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Chapter 37

Thursday Afternoon

Videl was currently walking around the store, in a comfortable pair of jeans and a loose white shirt, buying items and materials that would come in handy for Saturday's party. She still wasn't talking to Gohan which meant she was still angry with him. She hasn't been this pissed off since her teenage years. What does that mean? In other words, she was beyond pissed. Maybe furious would be a better word to explain the anger she has been feeling.

She has never lied to him about anything. She has always been truthful and honest with him. Did he not remember that? She growled, starting to get pissed all over again. She took a deep breathe, reminding herself that she was a month pregnant and that she didn't need to be stressed while she was carrying her and Gohan's second child. That just wasn't healthy and she didn't want to risk losing her unborn child.

Videl let out another breath and walked into another store. She had most of the things she needed. Chi-Chi, Pan, and Venezuela would cover the food, Bulma was going to cover the invitations, and she was going to cover the decorations and Bulla and Farrah would take care of the organizing. She just needed to collect a couple of more things and then she would be on her way.

Trunks watched in amusement as Pan opened up the window to his office. He made sure to lock the door so no one would be able to come in and see what they were up to. They just got back from lunch and he was ready to see Pan lose the bet. She was so confident that she would win, he just had to see the look on her face when she lost. He tried to tell her that it didn't matter if she lowered her ki or not, but she was stubborn as usual.

He watched as Pan lowered her ki all the way to nothing and positioned herself on the ledge of the window, the wind immediately rushing in and blowing her hair back.

"Ready to lose, Trunks?"

Trunks scoffed, "No, are YOU ready to lose?"

"Son Pan, never loses," smirked Pan as she leaped out the window and into the sky.

He simply bet that she wouldn't even make it ten miles without his dad catching her and she accepted. If she lost she would have to do a week's worth of his work and attend every meeting with him for a month. If he lost he had to do whatever she wanted for a full week.

He watched as Pan took off in full speed and smirked. 10.…. 9.…. 8.…. 7.…. 6.…. 5.…. 4.…. 3.….2.… 1. He uncrossed his arms and stared after Pan in shock. What the heck? Where was his dad? He was out there in a heartbeat whenever he tried to ditch work, but all of a sudden when Pan did it, she didn't get caught? Something had to be wrong.

He growled when he saw Pan fly back with a smirk and closed the window back.

"I won."

"Whatever, Pan. I was really looking forward to my end of the bet."

"Well. I guess I'll be looking forward to my end," laughed Pan.

Marron shook her head as she listened to Bulla talk about her uncle again. Why couldn't she understand that 17 wasn't right for her? 17 wouldn't return her feelings she held for him, but she was so bent on her confidence. She already had her mind set on 17 and she wasn't giving up. Whatever Bulla set her mind to, she followed through with it.

"Marron, I gotta go."

"Okay. Bye."

"Bye."

Marron let out a sigh as she got off the phone and laid back on her bed. She heard a knock on her door and turned her head in confusion.

"Goten?"

"Marron, can I come in?"

"Sure thing. What's up?"

She watched as Goten took a deep breathe and look at her with intensity.

"Is something wr-"

Goten cut her off with a kiss and Marron instantly responded wrapping her arms around him.

Chi-Chi listened to Bulma on the phone, which was pretty hard to do since she was yelling at Vegeta right now. She shook her head, the two were like cats and dogs, and if you didn't know either of the them, you would think that they hated each other.

She rolled her eyes in aggravation, "Bulma, you can call me back if you like."

"No Chi, that's what he wants. He's just being lazy. Sorry about that."

"It's fine," replied Chi-Chi.

"So you still haven't heard from Goten?"

"No, not at all. Strange isn't it?"

"Yeah, well maybe he's just soaking all this in and a little nervous."

"I guess. How's your mother coming along?"

"She's doing pretty good."

"That's great."

"Yep. I'm half-way finished constructing the tournament. And I already decided on that it's going to be indoors."

"That's wonderful. I just have the strangest feeling in my heart that Goku's going to show up."

"You really think so?"

Chi-Chi scoffed, "He wouldn't miss a tournament for anything in the world."

Goten let out a sigh as he ran his fingers through his hair in exasperation. What was he thinking kissing Marron like that? He was in a relationship for goodness sake! He loved Valese. Valese has been nothing but good to him and this was how he repaid her? He and Valese has been together for quite a while now and he goes out and do something like this. How could he do this to her? He clenched his fist in anger. They were suppose to be getting married soon and he already cheated on her.

Goten stood up and shook his head, he needed to tell Marron that this was a mistake and that he loved Valese and he needed to tell Valese about what he just done. If he wanted to fix this, he needed to take action now. He sighed one last time and headed back to Bulla's apartment that he and Marron were temporary crashing at.

He made it to the apartment in less than ten minutes and unlocked the door before stepping inside and then closing and locking the door behind him. He took in a deep breathe as he headed for Marron's room and then knocked, waiting as patiently as he could.

"Hey Goten, What's up?"

Goten sighed as he entered the room and sat near her, not wanting to sit to close for fear that something would go wrong.

After minutes of sitting in silence he finally began to speak, "Listen, Marron. About earlier it was a….mistake. I apologize if I led you on in anyway. Please forgive me."

Marron looked at Goten with a pained expression. Somehow she knew that it was to good to be true. She nodded her head, "I understand Goten. Can I….be left alone please?"

"Sure," replied Goten suddenly feeling worse than before.

He quickly left the room, leaving Marron to herself and took off to the sky heading over to Valese's house.