Hey everyone, sorry this took so long, I'm pretty sure all of you are going to kill me after this chapter, I sort of got carried away and might have made the guys seem like jerks or something, Well to refresh every ones memories I should make a few points clear so they don't go, Huh? What are you talking about?
1. I added a prologue that was accidentally deleted a long time ago, it's not that great but it does let you know the intentions of the moms when they sent their kids to the island.
2. In chapter 2, The Notes, they (The girls) talk about stories they wrote along time ago, Just imagine that they were little kids with overactive imaginations who would write little short stories about the guy they like falling in love with them.
3. It should be noted that in the short stories written by Pan, She was in love with Trunks and he would love her.
In the stories by Bra, she was in love with a fictional character named 'Ralph' who was actually Goten, but she was embarrassed to admit to her friend that she had a crush on her uncle.
In the stories by Marron (aw poor Uubu) She wrote about Trunks, they didn't know Uubu at the time.
4. It should also be noted that this is an AU fic. The story doesn't follow the DBZ Timeline, in fact the ages might be a little off, I don't know just use your imagination to decide their ages I guess. I might also change their personalities to suit the story. This means they may be a tad OOC.
5. And Also, I intend, as you will find out by the end of the chapter, to break up one or more couple. Don't worry! They should get back together. Don't be mad. Just think of it as another rock in their relationship. I already have the cute little ideas to get them back together. LOL
6. So as to not bore you, Here is the story, and if you haven't read the above note please don't be mad at me and give a bad review or e-mail me with bad intent, don't worry I plan a happy ending.
STORY
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Flashback:
They were cuddled up on the couch watching TV when the girls fell asleep. Trunks noticed Pans feet were bare and she was shivering. He lifted his gaze slightly and noticed that Gotens face was twisted in concern for Bra's shivering feet as well.
Goten glanced up at Trunks and they silently agreed to find socks for the girls.
Goten lead Trunks to his and pans room. Both ignored the fact that Gotens side had clothes strewn everywhere and Pan's was nice and tidy. Goten and Trunks came face to face with a problem however. Or actually it was in the shape of a dresser. They both froze at the thought of its contents and Goten tried to strain his memory and remember which drawer held her socks but couldn't because he never saw her putting them on. Trunks glanced at Goten who just shrugged his shoulders.
Trunks sighed and picked a drawer at the bottom. 'It makes sense' he thought. 'You put stuff you wear on your feet at the bottom drawer" He opened the drawer and closed his eyes at the same time. When he heard no noise from Goten he slowly opened them to see a collection of socks and underwear of several colors and designs. He couldn't help but notice that some of the underwear matched the socks and bras. Trunks sweat dropped and tossed two pairs of socks at Goten and closed the drawer quickly. He was about to get up when he slid his arms out for support and on hand slid under the bed.
Goten looked down and noticed a strange look cross Trunks' face as he started to get up. Trunks ran his hand under the bed and pulled out several pieces of pink and yellow papers.
Trunks handed about half of the pile to Goten and they both began to read as they walked into the living room. Neither noticing at first that two girls were getting out of their spots.
Gotens P.O.V.
Trunks handed me a few papers he grabbed from under Pans bed and while I was about to object about going through her things I lost all conscious thought. I looked down and noticed the page was pink and at the top line had words written in bold letters: THE LOVE OF RALPH BY: BRA
I suppose the curiosity got the better of me and I started to read what my lovely Bra wrote while slowing down my walking pace.
'The sun was down and the only light to illuminate the room came from the full moon perched outside her window. Bra stirred lightly in her sleep and opened her eyes at the sight of her window open and the drapes blowing in the breeze. She sat up surprised and noticed a retreating shadow blanket the floor and rummage through the curtains.'
'She sat up surprised and almost scared until she smelled the familiar scent of the one person she knew she ached and longed for. 'Ralph' she whispered barely with out yawning. The atmosphere of the room dropped to being tense.'
I immediately tensed at the thought of my lovely Bra whispering another persons name in a dark room and flipped through the pages quickly, not exactly reading but picking up small fragments which, described Bra and 'Ralph' confessing their love and their families unlikely response of happiness.
I noticed she described everything with such warmth and feeling and shuddered at the realization that she felt like that about this 'Ralph' guy and not him. I know you can't just lose a crush and someone you have loved for so long and with that much feeling unless someone distracts you from it. I couldn't help but believe that I was the one to come between her and this happiness. I felt I would hold her back from the evident happiness she felt with him.
I looked up in time to see Pan tackle Trunks to the ground and I dropped mine immediately at the sight of Bra. The papers flew across the room and landed everywhere.
I was locked with Bras beautiful eyes, as she looked both surprised and terrified at the same time.
I picked up the papers at my feet and walked calmly over to the table where Trunks was sitting after somehow getting away from Pan.
The girls cried out as we studied the papers stunned beyond belief. At some point Marron and Uubu walked in the room and joined the quest for papers. Marron joined Pan in tackling Trunks and with the next paper I examined I figured out why. I left the papers in a trance as I passed Uubu who no one noticed was sitting on the couch clutching a piece of paper as well.
I carefully walked outside and calmly continued to walk as I was trying to digest what I had found out. I was barely conscious to the fact that footprints were approaching cautiously behind me.
I snapped out of the trance when I realized the person matching my strides as we walked through the sand was none other than Bra.
I sighed at the reality of the situation and slowed my pace down. Without even looking at her I cautiously spoke, trying to let my voice sound natural instead of trembling.
"Bra? We need to talk..."
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Bra's P.O.V
I woke up as I tried to hold Goten closer but realized he wasn't even there. Confused and sleepy I got up and stretched. I saw Pan spread out alone on the large chair and tapped her on the shoulder while I tried to stand. She merely moaned my brothers' name and then woke up as I giggled. We both got up in order to look for our guys.
'Our guys' I sighed. No matter how long I thought about it I still couldn't get over the happiness of having Goten, and being able to call him 'mine.'
I smiled to myself and then looked up only to do a face vault as I stared into Gotens eyes and realized his hands gripped tightly around several sheets of paper.
I felt everything crash around me and tried to stay calm. I tried to convince myself that maybe he hadn't read them yet. But by the sad look on his face I knew he did. Calming myself down it was apparent at that moment that I had two choices. I could either pounce on him like Pan had just pounced onto my brother in an effort to wrestle the papers from his grasp, or I could calmly try and explain to Goten about the stories.
I tried as hard as I could to try and play out how that type of conversation might flow. All I could picture was me balling As Goten either refused to believe that he was Ralph and thought that I loved someone else, or I could also visualize him creaped out about how long I liked him and how weird and childish I portrayed it.
I had tried so long to get him to think of me as something other than a child and with the fact that he knew the stories existed I was plagued with images of his rejecting me because I was a child.
I couldn't think of what type of pain Uubu would go through with the realization that Marron had loved Trunks, or at least thought she loved him. I couldn't even focus on what Trunks or Pan would be feeling. My mind swirled and ached as I tried desperately to filter through ideas of getting Goten to understand that I loved him, and only him, and I always have and always will.
I snapped out of my trance as I noticed him moving towards the table with Trunks. I watched and walked over there numbly as I watched him switch stories with his hand and almost sighed when he switched to one written by Marron. I felt like an outsider, unable to control myself as I whined and pleaded alongside Pan to get them to drop the stories and talk to us.
It was then that I first realized he had dropped the other papers earlier and Pan was able to wrench several from Trunks' grasp.
I followed Pan to the table and joined in the efforts to get more papers out of their hands. The both of us complained several minutes only to be ignored. I barely noticed the door open to show Marron and Uubu. I don't think I even realized they weren't there in the first place.
Somehow I found the strength in my legs to follow Goten outside despite the weakness within my heart. I made Marron aware that Uubu was reading a story and then walked out the door.
I paused on the steps as I watched his retreating form. He wasn't running but he was walking pretty quickly. All I could think about was that I needed him to understand the truth before he convinced himself of something else. I knew if he set his mind to believing that I didn't love him that he would never believe that I did.
I promptly lowered my head to follow his footsteps. My head and eyes lowered in sadness but I let my heart rise in hope. I must tell him the truth right away.
I followed his footprints slowing my pace and then quickening it as I thought. I eventually caught up with him and walked alongside him.
Neither of us paid attention to the raising Ki's coming from the direction of the house. I tried to focus on the situation and find words to express everything that was pouring from my heart. I felt that if he could see my heart and soul at the moment he would crumble and understand everything. When I tried to find words they were only caught in my throat. I felt a tear flow down my cheek and didn't even realize my eyes had been watering up.
I heard him sigh and tensed. Without looking at me he spoke the words that made me tremble in fear due to his detached tone of voice.
"Bra? We need to talk..."
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Pan and Trunks:
Trunks joined Goten to find socks for the girls and Pan awoke before he came back. She was having a wonderful dream about being at the beach with Trunks when Bra tapped her shoulder.
They stood and stretched then looked up. Trunks froze at the sight of Pan. He was in the middle of the story with him and Pan at the beach (IE: Remember the one she was reading before Goten came into the room in Chapter 5: Food Fight.)
Trunks didn't even have time to think and all Pan could think about was to get the papers away from him. She leaped threw they air and surprised both of them as she crash landed into Trunks and they both hit their heads against the wall. Pan barely caught sight of the socks in her bottom drawer as Goten dropped them and several sheets of paper from his grip.
Pan had no time to think about how they got her socks, or what was next to the socks because Trunks was in the middle of wrestling with her. Trunks tried not to hurt her as he pushed her away from him. Fortunately for Pan she managed to rip several of the papers from his hand as she fell backwards.
Trunks then with saiyen speed darted away from her and sat at the table to focus on the yellow sheets of paper that he managed to salvage and keep out of Pans hands.
Trunks became aware of pleading voices behind him and vaguely noticed that Bra was trying to get Goten away from the papers. He really noticed Marrons presence as he looked at the next story, which was written by her.
Pan and Trunks were barely aware of the retreating forms of two of their friends and only partially aware that Marron had taken Uubu onto the porch to talk. Pan was struck with a sickening feeling in her stomach as she began to wonder how they got the stories.
Pan mercilessly slapped his face when the realized they had been going through her things.
Trunks was jolted out of the story when his cheek began to sting. He noticed Pans face was red.
Pans face was indeed red with anger but Trunks mistook the redness for embarrassment.
"What's the matter Pan? There's nothing wrong with this." He said softly not seeing a problem with the story. The truth of the matter was that Trunks was thrilled at the depths of her feelings for him.
Pan tortured herself by thinking he was being insensitive. 'How can he be such a jerk? There's nothing the matter? Of course there's something the matter!! YOU WENT THROUGH MY THINGS!!!' Pan thought. She was very pissed off at the moment and let her anger flow through her as her Ki skyrocketed.
Trunks became very scared at that moment. He couldn't figure out why she was mad. Then it hit him about as hard as the slap to his face. 'She thinks I went through her things on purpose. Uh Oh' He thought and he quickly got out of the chair and faced her to explain himself.
"no..Pan...You have it all wrong...I wasn't...Goten and I just...Well we...It was an..."
While Trunks stuttered and tumble over his explanation that he was just blurting out Pan was overtaken with the idea that he was just making it up off the top of her head. She was just as mad at Goten at the moment and refused to listen to Trunks.
"No Trunks...You have it all wrong. I'm not just one of those girls you can use and then just lie to to get your own way. I don't know if I can forgive you. You went through MY things. My PRIVATE PROPERTY! And what about those socks? Just what else did you take from my room?"
Pan turned around and ran to her room. Locking the door behind her. As far as she was concerned Goten could sleep outside tonight and live with out anything from the room. She lay down onto the bed and did something she hadn't allowed herself to do in a long time. She cried.
Trunks was left in the kitchen. He stood still and received the blows from her yells, taking them willingly and understanding how she felt. He felt immediate regret and wanted nothing more than to run to her room and apologize over and over. But he wouldn't do that. His pride hurt too much from the blow of her yells. Did she really think he uses girls that way? That he lies to them to get his way? How could she think that?
Trunks ran through the memories of his none to perfect relationships. He shuddered at the thought that she was right. Trunks saw the light of the situation and didn't like the way it shone. Basically he figured she would never forgive him as long as she thought he invaded her privacy. She thought that he didn't care and found nothing wrong with going into her personal space. He carefully lifted his hand to his cheek and decided that he should apologize despite his pride. But no matter how much he tried Pan refused to talk to him and wouldn't listen to his pleas as they bled through the door. He eventually gave up and walked over to Goten and Uubu on the front porch. He didn't even notice that Marron and Bra had gone to their room and slammed the door shut as well.
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Marron and Uubu:
While Marron went over to assist Pan in trying to pull the papers away from Trunks Uubu noticed one on the floor directly by his foot. His curiosity got the best of him and he bent down carefully to pick it up.
While Goten and Bra walked out of the room Marron felt a tap on her shoulder and saw Bra walking out the door while motioning to Uubu.
Marron's breath caught in her throat and she felt like everything was spinning. Uubu was sitting on the couch reading a pink piece of paper. Even from there she could see the handwriting from there and knew exactly which story it was.
Marron walked over to Uubu and some how felt that she needed to apologize but she wasn't sure why. 'Should I apologize for liking someone? Should I apologize for his finding out that I liked someone?' She was confused and then felt Uub's eyes on her.
Uubu motioned them outside and they walked to the porch. Marron avoided his eye contact by looking out at the ocean. She noticed that Bra was running after Goten and felt a pang of sorrow for her. She also felt sorry for Pan. But at the same time she felt sorry for Uub. She knew she had to explain and she went over to sit on the bench.
Uub carefully looked around and then sat beside her. Neither were willing to say the first words, but both were aching to tell the other how they felt.
"Uubu, I..."
"Why didn't you tell me?" He asked quietly while interrupting her.
Marron looked into his eyes and sighed. "I don't know. I guess it just didn't seem important. It didn't seem to matter in our relationship about how I felt about Trunks."
Uubu listened to her words but interpreted them differently. "So what? You were just using me to get him jealous or something? Or did you think you could have both of us?"
Marron gasped. He couldn't think that she wrote those recently could he? "Uubu, It's not what you think..."
"Then what is it? Explain it to me will you?" Uubu became angry and neither of them even noticed Pans loud voice or raised Ki.
"Explain what? That I wrote a stupid story in Junior High? That I used to have crushes on people before I knew you? That I don't like or care for anyone in the same way I care for you?"
Uubu seemed to be blinded with anger. "LIAR!" He yelled and watched Marron scoot backwards as if she was scared of him.
"Liar? You think I'm lying?"
"Well what am I supposed to think? You can't just feel like that about someone then switch over to someone else. Did you think I would replace those feelings or something?"
Marron was scared at that moment as he yelled. She then became equally as angry and couldn't help but raise her voice as well. "You don't trust me do you? How can we ever have a relationship if you can't trust me? Or are you just to blind with Jealousy?" she couldn't stand to be near him anymore and walked to the door.
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"Goten...We do need to talk"
While Bra was only thinking of how to convince him that she loved only him Goten took her words to mean that she was going to confess her feelings for Ralph and that she didn't really care for Goten, but only thought she did.
"Bra...I don't want to trap you" Bra opened her mouth but Goten only stopped talking and placed a finger to it.
"No Bra, don't talk till I finish. I know that you love 'Ralph' And I can't say that I'm happy that you don't love me, I do want you to be happy. As long as we're together you and Ralph won't be and as much as you may say that doesn't matter, it does. I know what it is like to love someone from far away and not be able to have her. I don't want you to lose your chance at happiness. I know now that you can never love me as much as him, and I don't expect you too. I just want to know why you pretended?"
Bra felt her heart stumble and knew at that moment for sure that she could never stop loving Goten. He only cared that she was happy even if it wasn't with him. Bra looked up and tried to explain.
"No, Goten you don't understand. There is no Ralph. He doesn't even exist to me anymore. All I know is that I wrote those stories off of my feelings for someone in Junior High. Goten...don't you see. Ralph was just a name I used because I didn't want Pan to know I liked her Uncle. Goten, You're Ralph. When we were little Pan and Marron started these things where they both would write stories about Trunks. I guess they were just trying to show off to each other and prove that one loved him more than the other. Well they got me into it and I wrote stories, only at the time I didn't want to risk anyone finding out I liked you. I wrote them about what I imagined would happen between us if I had the courage to admit my feelings. I never told you how I felt because you were so much older and I figured you would just think of me as a kid. I just used the name 'Ralph' so Pan wouldn't think that I was in love with her uncle"
Goten felt his heart soften for a moment and then began to question her answer. He still couldn't get over the idea that she was writing like that "so what? You figured you'd just live out some sort of childhood fantasy by pretending to have feelings for me? It was all an act wasn't it? You know your right, you are just a kid. A grown up doesn't play with another persons feelings. No matter what you do I will see you as a child because you used me like that. You know, I will always see you as a child, and I always have!"
Goten felt better to yell even though he knew he didn't mean half the things he said. He was still getting over the fact that she loved him since Junior High.
Bra nearly stumbled backwards at his voice. 'He thinks I'm a kid' she thought angrily and then decided that he was right. 'I am just a kid, and I let myself hurt the one person I ever cared about'
"I didn't use you. I wrote those a long time ago. I do like you, I do love you. I just wasn't good at showing it when I was younger but I can show you now" She struggled back the tears that were flowing down her face and her voice was strained.
"But you will see me as a kid, and always will won't you? You saw me, as a kid earlier too didn't you? You said you always did and always will. Does that mean that you were fooling around with my feelings too?"
Goten felt the need to defend himself but before he could talk he saw Bra's feet running back towards the house. Goten followed and decided to talk to her later.
Bra was blinded by tears and ran straight up the porch and to the door. She opened it and walked in followed by Marron, who seemed equally upset. They walked past the kitchen where a red-faced Trunks cradled his cheek and they ran to their room where they slammed the door seconds after Pans door fell.
Marron refused to let herself cry and carefully talked to Bra with words of comfort. Both deciding that they hated the guys.
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Uubu remained outside sitting on the bench. He was very aware of some of the mistakes made and was trying to find a way to apologize. He was all too aware that all girls were in their rooms and Trunks had just sat down beside him with a slightly red cheek. A moment later Goten was there too. All of them were lost in thought and unable to talk to each other. That night Goten slept in the same room as Uubu and Trunks.
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Ok, so about everyone out there hates me right now, but I promise they get back together. And I already have the very sweet plans made out for how they will get back together...lol You're going to love it, but in the mean time you might hate me
Ok, so some of this was out of character but just think that they were mad, surprised, and under stress so they said things they didn't mean. Don't worry they will come to their senses, all though I'm still not sure how I will get Pan to forgive Trunks since she thinks he purposely went through her things. All though he shouldn't have pulled out the papers and read them. I'd be mad too!! Ok, well next chapter will be good, and come soon. Review
Oh yeah, and thank you Fluffy, you always review my stories, along with a billion other stories. Thank you Jen for reviewing and thank you, K-Chan, Danyella Skyler Sylverfire, Marla Black, Dark Vengance, DBZFreak, Vegie's_2_Princess, Stephanie, Trunksgirl, Hanita-chan, puroka, Stephanie, PannyBaby123, me, Celeste, QueenPsylocke85, ~PanHopNVS~, Rayne, Aireone Granger, Godess of death 01, Katarik, Jami_Chan, Ryoko#2001, lovely Neptune, Kitty Moon, ICU, Karena, Sheryl, Eris, Queen of the Shadows, Saiyan Bunny, Lynn, SacuraBlackcatrr, Kitiara, Animae, Princess Quinny, LittleLizzyGurl, Pan_Chan2007, Katy, Kayale, SailorCereCere, Nicholle, Vegeta's lil' Princess, Bratt, Cheddar, $$Michelle$$, =), I appreciate it, and I'm sure everyone else you review for do too. I also want to thank Jen for helping me decide on some of the break ups that allow them to get back together. Thanks everyone!!! And if I left off your name THANK YOU!! Oh and If I misspelled your name on accident I apologize.
Oh and a huge thanks to Jen for proofing this story, THANKS!
1. I added a prologue that was accidentally deleted a long time ago, it's not that great but it does let you know the intentions of the moms when they sent their kids to the island.
2. In chapter 2, The Notes, they (The girls) talk about stories they wrote along time ago, Just imagine that they were little kids with overactive imaginations who would write little short stories about the guy they like falling in love with them.
3. It should be noted that in the short stories written by Pan, She was in love with Trunks and he would love her.
In the stories by Bra, she was in love with a fictional character named 'Ralph' who was actually Goten, but she was embarrassed to admit to her friend that she had a crush on her uncle.
In the stories by Marron (aw poor Uubu) She wrote about Trunks, they didn't know Uubu at the time.
4. It should also be noted that this is an AU fic. The story doesn't follow the DBZ Timeline, in fact the ages might be a little off, I don't know just use your imagination to decide their ages I guess. I might also change their personalities to suit the story. This means they may be a tad OOC.
5. And Also, I intend, as you will find out by the end of the chapter, to break up one or more couple. Don't worry! They should get back together. Don't be mad. Just think of it as another rock in their relationship. I already have the cute little ideas to get them back together. LOL
6. So as to not bore you, Here is the story, and if you haven't read the above note please don't be mad at me and give a bad review or e-mail me with bad intent, don't worry I plan a happy ending.
STORY
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Flashback:
They were cuddled up on the couch watching TV when the girls fell asleep. Trunks noticed Pans feet were bare and she was shivering. He lifted his gaze slightly and noticed that Gotens face was twisted in concern for Bra's shivering feet as well.
Goten glanced up at Trunks and they silently agreed to find socks for the girls.
Goten lead Trunks to his and pans room. Both ignored the fact that Gotens side had clothes strewn everywhere and Pan's was nice and tidy. Goten and Trunks came face to face with a problem however. Or actually it was in the shape of a dresser. They both froze at the thought of its contents and Goten tried to strain his memory and remember which drawer held her socks but couldn't because he never saw her putting them on. Trunks glanced at Goten who just shrugged his shoulders.
Trunks sighed and picked a drawer at the bottom. 'It makes sense' he thought. 'You put stuff you wear on your feet at the bottom drawer" He opened the drawer and closed his eyes at the same time. When he heard no noise from Goten he slowly opened them to see a collection of socks and underwear of several colors and designs. He couldn't help but notice that some of the underwear matched the socks and bras. Trunks sweat dropped and tossed two pairs of socks at Goten and closed the drawer quickly. He was about to get up when he slid his arms out for support and on hand slid under the bed.
Goten looked down and noticed a strange look cross Trunks' face as he started to get up. Trunks ran his hand under the bed and pulled out several pieces of pink and yellow papers.
Trunks handed about half of the pile to Goten and they both began to read as they walked into the living room. Neither noticing at first that two girls were getting out of their spots.
Gotens P.O.V.
Trunks handed me a few papers he grabbed from under Pans bed and while I was about to object about going through her things I lost all conscious thought. I looked down and noticed the page was pink and at the top line had words written in bold letters: THE LOVE OF RALPH BY: BRA
I suppose the curiosity got the better of me and I started to read what my lovely Bra wrote while slowing down my walking pace.
'The sun was down and the only light to illuminate the room came from the full moon perched outside her window. Bra stirred lightly in her sleep and opened her eyes at the sight of her window open and the drapes blowing in the breeze. She sat up surprised and noticed a retreating shadow blanket the floor and rummage through the curtains.'
'She sat up surprised and almost scared until she smelled the familiar scent of the one person she knew she ached and longed for. 'Ralph' she whispered barely with out yawning. The atmosphere of the room dropped to being tense.'
I immediately tensed at the thought of my lovely Bra whispering another persons name in a dark room and flipped through the pages quickly, not exactly reading but picking up small fragments which, described Bra and 'Ralph' confessing their love and their families unlikely response of happiness.
I noticed she described everything with such warmth and feeling and shuddered at the realization that she felt like that about this 'Ralph' guy and not him. I know you can't just lose a crush and someone you have loved for so long and with that much feeling unless someone distracts you from it. I couldn't help but believe that I was the one to come between her and this happiness. I felt I would hold her back from the evident happiness she felt with him.
I looked up in time to see Pan tackle Trunks to the ground and I dropped mine immediately at the sight of Bra. The papers flew across the room and landed everywhere.
I was locked with Bras beautiful eyes, as she looked both surprised and terrified at the same time.
I picked up the papers at my feet and walked calmly over to the table where Trunks was sitting after somehow getting away from Pan.
The girls cried out as we studied the papers stunned beyond belief. At some point Marron and Uubu walked in the room and joined the quest for papers. Marron joined Pan in tackling Trunks and with the next paper I examined I figured out why. I left the papers in a trance as I passed Uubu who no one noticed was sitting on the couch clutching a piece of paper as well.
I carefully walked outside and calmly continued to walk as I was trying to digest what I had found out. I was barely conscious to the fact that footprints were approaching cautiously behind me.
I snapped out of the trance when I realized the person matching my strides as we walked through the sand was none other than Bra.
I sighed at the reality of the situation and slowed my pace down. Without even looking at her I cautiously spoke, trying to let my voice sound natural instead of trembling.
"Bra? We need to talk..."
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Bra's P.O.V
I woke up as I tried to hold Goten closer but realized he wasn't even there. Confused and sleepy I got up and stretched. I saw Pan spread out alone on the large chair and tapped her on the shoulder while I tried to stand. She merely moaned my brothers' name and then woke up as I giggled. We both got up in order to look for our guys.
'Our guys' I sighed. No matter how long I thought about it I still couldn't get over the happiness of having Goten, and being able to call him 'mine.'
I smiled to myself and then looked up only to do a face vault as I stared into Gotens eyes and realized his hands gripped tightly around several sheets of paper.
I felt everything crash around me and tried to stay calm. I tried to convince myself that maybe he hadn't read them yet. But by the sad look on his face I knew he did. Calming myself down it was apparent at that moment that I had two choices. I could either pounce on him like Pan had just pounced onto my brother in an effort to wrestle the papers from his grasp, or I could calmly try and explain to Goten about the stories.
I tried as hard as I could to try and play out how that type of conversation might flow. All I could picture was me balling As Goten either refused to believe that he was Ralph and thought that I loved someone else, or I could also visualize him creaped out about how long I liked him and how weird and childish I portrayed it.
I had tried so long to get him to think of me as something other than a child and with the fact that he knew the stories existed I was plagued with images of his rejecting me because I was a child.
I couldn't think of what type of pain Uubu would go through with the realization that Marron had loved Trunks, or at least thought she loved him. I couldn't even focus on what Trunks or Pan would be feeling. My mind swirled and ached as I tried desperately to filter through ideas of getting Goten to understand that I loved him, and only him, and I always have and always will.
I snapped out of my trance as I noticed him moving towards the table with Trunks. I watched and walked over there numbly as I watched him switch stories with his hand and almost sighed when he switched to one written by Marron. I felt like an outsider, unable to control myself as I whined and pleaded alongside Pan to get them to drop the stories and talk to us.
It was then that I first realized he had dropped the other papers earlier and Pan was able to wrench several from Trunks' grasp.
I followed Pan to the table and joined in the efforts to get more papers out of their hands. The both of us complained several minutes only to be ignored. I barely noticed the door open to show Marron and Uubu. I don't think I even realized they weren't there in the first place.
Somehow I found the strength in my legs to follow Goten outside despite the weakness within my heart. I made Marron aware that Uubu was reading a story and then walked out the door.
I paused on the steps as I watched his retreating form. He wasn't running but he was walking pretty quickly. All I could think about was that I needed him to understand the truth before he convinced himself of something else. I knew if he set his mind to believing that I didn't love him that he would never believe that I did.
I promptly lowered my head to follow his footsteps. My head and eyes lowered in sadness but I let my heart rise in hope. I must tell him the truth right away.
I followed his footprints slowing my pace and then quickening it as I thought. I eventually caught up with him and walked alongside him.
Neither of us paid attention to the raising Ki's coming from the direction of the house. I tried to focus on the situation and find words to express everything that was pouring from my heart. I felt that if he could see my heart and soul at the moment he would crumble and understand everything. When I tried to find words they were only caught in my throat. I felt a tear flow down my cheek and didn't even realize my eyes had been watering up.
I heard him sigh and tensed. Without looking at me he spoke the words that made me tremble in fear due to his detached tone of voice.
"Bra? We need to talk..."
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Pan and Trunks:
Trunks joined Goten to find socks for the girls and Pan awoke before he came back. She was having a wonderful dream about being at the beach with Trunks when Bra tapped her shoulder.
They stood and stretched then looked up. Trunks froze at the sight of Pan. He was in the middle of the story with him and Pan at the beach (IE: Remember the one she was reading before Goten came into the room in Chapter 5: Food Fight.)
Trunks didn't even have time to think and all Pan could think about was to get the papers away from him. She leaped threw they air and surprised both of them as she crash landed into Trunks and they both hit their heads against the wall. Pan barely caught sight of the socks in her bottom drawer as Goten dropped them and several sheets of paper from his grip.
Pan had no time to think about how they got her socks, or what was next to the socks because Trunks was in the middle of wrestling with her. Trunks tried not to hurt her as he pushed her away from him. Fortunately for Pan she managed to rip several of the papers from his hand as she fell backwards.
Trunks then with saiyen speed darted away from her and sat at the table to focus on the yellow sheets of paper that he managed to salvage and keep out of Pans hands.
Trunks became aware of pleading voices behind him and vaguely noticed that Bra was trying to get Goten away from the papers. He really noticed Marrons presence as he looked at the next story, which was written by her.
Pan and Trunks were barely aware of the retreating forms of two of their friends and only partially aware that Marron had taken Uubu onto the porch to talk. Pan was struck with a sickening feeling in her stomach as she began to wonder how they got the stories.
Pan mercilessly slapped his face when the realized they had been going through her things.
Trunks was jolted out of the story when his cheek began to sting. He noticed Pans face was red.
Pans face was indeed red with anger but Trunks mistook the redness for embarrassment.
"What's the matter Pan? There's nothing wrong with this." He said softly not seeing a problem with the story. The truth of the matter was that Trunks was thrilled at the depths of her feelings for him.
Pan tortured herself by thinking he was being insensitive. 'How can he be such a jerk? There's nothing the matter? Of course there's something the matter!! YOU WENT THROUGH MY THINGS!!!' Pan thought. She was very pissed off at the moment and let her anger flow through her as her Ki skyrocketed.
Trunks became very scared at that moment. He couldn't figure out why she was mad. Then it hit him about as hard as the slap to his face. 'She thinks I went through her things on purpose. Uh Oh' He thought and he quickly got out of the chair and faced her to explain himself.
"no..Pan...You have it all wrong...I wasn't...Goten and I just...Well we...It was an..."
While Trunks stuttered and tumble over his explanation that he was just blurting out Pan was overtaken with the idea that he was just making it up off the top of her head. She was just as mad at Goten at the moment and refused to listen to Trunks.
"No Trunks...You have it all wrong. I'm not just one of those girls you can use and then just lie to to get your own way. I don't know if I can forgive you. You went through MY things. My PRIVATE PROPERTY! And what about those socks? Just what else did you take from my room?"
Pan turned around and ran to her room. Locking the door behind her. As far as she was concerned Goten could sleep outside tonight and live with out anything from the room. She lay down onto the bed and did something she hadn't allowed herself to do in a long time. She cried.
Trunks was left in the kitchen. He stood still and received the blows from her yells, taking them willingly and understanding how she felt. He felt immediate regret and wanted nothing more than to run to her room and apologize over and over. But he wouldn't do that. His pride hurt too much from the blow of her yells. Did she really think he uses girls that way? That he lies to them to get his way? How could she think that?
Trunks ran through the memories of his none to perfect relationships. He shuddered at the thought that she was right. Trunks saw the light of the situation and didn't like the way it shone. Basically he figured she would never forgive him as long as she thought he invaded her privacy. She thought that he didn't care and found nothing wrong with going into her personal space. He carefully lifted his hand to his cheek and decided that he should apologize despite his pride. But no matter how much he tried Pan refused to talk to him and wouldn't listen to his pleas as they bled through the door. He eventually gave up and walked over to Goten and Uubu on the front porch. He didn't even notice that Marron and Bra had gone to their room and slammed the door shut as well.
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Marron and Uubu:
While Marron went over to assist Pan in trying to pull the papers away from Trunks Uubu noticed one on the floor directly by his foot. His curiosity got the best of him and he bent down carefully to pick it up.
While Goten and Bra walked out of the room Marron felt a tap on her shoulder and saw Bra walking out the door while motioning to Uubu.
Marron's breath caught in her throat and she felt like everything was spinning. Uubu was sitting on the couch reading a pink piece of paper. Even from there she could see the handwriting from there and knew exactly which story it was.
Marron walked over to Uubu and some how felt that she needed to apologize but she wasn't sure why. 'Should I apologize for liking someone? Should I apologize for his finding out that I liked someone?' She was confused and then felt Uub's eyes on her.
Uubu motioned them outside and they walked to the porch. Marron avoided his eye contact by looking out at the ocean. She noticed that Bra was running after Goten and felt a pang of sorrow for her. She also felt sorry for Pan. But at the same time she felt sorry for Uub. She knew she had to explain and she went over to sit on the bench.
Uub carefully looked around and then sat beside her. Neither were willing to say the first words, but both were aching to tell the other how they felt.
"Uubu, I..."
"Why didn't you tell me?" He asked quietly while interrupting her.
Marron looked into his eyes and sighed. "I don't know. I guess it just didn't seem important. It didn't seem to matter in our relationship about how I felt about Trunks."
Uubu listened to her words but interpreted them differently. "So what? You were just using me to get him jealous or something? Or did you think you could have both of us?"
Marron gasped. He couldn't think that she wrote those recently could he? "Uubu, It's not what you think..."
"Then what is it? Explain it to me will you?" Uubu became angry and neither of them even noticed Pans loud voice or raised Ki.
"Explain what? That I wrote a stupid story in Junior High? That I used to have crushes on people before I knew you? That I don't like or care for anyone in the same way I care for you?"
Uubu seemed to be blinded with anger. "LIAR!" He yelled and watched Marron scoot backwards as if she was scared of him.
"Liar? You think I'm lying?"
"Well what am I supposed to think? You can't just feel like that about someone then switch over to someone else. Did you think I would replace those feelings or something?"
Marron was scared at that moment as he yelled. She then became equally as angry and couldn't help but raise her voice as well. "You don't trust me do you? How can we ever have a relationship if you can't trust me? Or are you just to blind with Jealousy?" she couldn't stand to be near him anymore and walked to the door.
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"Goten...We do need to talk"
While Bra was only thinking of how to convince him that she loved only him Goten took her words to mean that she was going to confess her feelings for Ralph and that she didn't really care for Goten, but only thought she did.
"Bra...I don't want to trap you" Bra opened her mouth but Goten only stopped talking and placed a finger to it.
"No Bra, don't talk till I finish. I know that you love 'Ralph' And I can't say that I'm happy that you don't love me, I do want you to be happy. As long as we're together you and Ralph won't be and as much as you may say that doesn't matter, it does. I know what it is like to love someone from far away and not be able to have her. I don't want you to lose your chance at happiness. I know now that you can never love me as much as him, and I don't expect you too. I just want to know why you pretended?"
Bra felt her heart stumble and knew at that moment for sure that she could never stop loving Goten. He only cared that she was happy even if it wasn't with him. Bra looked up and tried to explain.
"No, Goten you don't understand. There is no Ralph. He doesn't even exist to me anymore. All I know is that I wrote those stories off of my feelings for someone in Junior High. Goten...don't you see. Ralph was just a name I used because I didn't want Pan to know I liked her Uncle. Goten, You're Ralph. When we were little Pan and Marron started these things where they both would write stories about Trunks. I guess they were just trying to show off to each other and prove that one loved him more than the other. Well they got me into it and I wrote stories, only at the time I didn't want to risk anyone finding out I liked you. I wrote them about what I imagined would happen between us if I had the courage to admit my feelings. I never told you how I felt because you were so much older and I figured you would just think of me as a kid. I just used the name 'Ralph' so Pan wouldn't think that I was in love with her uncle"
Goten felt his heart soften for a moment and then began to question her answer. He still couldn't get over the idea that she was writing like that "so what? You figured you'd just live out some sort of childhood fantasy by pretending to have feelings for me? It was all an act wasn't it? You know your right, you are just a kid. A grown up doesn't play with another persons feelings. No matter what you do I will see you as a child because you used me like that. You know, I will always see you as a child, and I always have!"
Goten felt better to yell even though he knew he didn't mean half the things he said. He was still getting over the fact that she loved him since Junior High.
Bra nearly stumbled backwards at his voice. 'He thinks I'm a kid' she thought angrily and then decided that he was right. 'I am just a kid, and I let myself hurt the one person I ever cared about'
"I didn't use you. I wrote those a long time ago. I do like you, I do love you. I just wasn't good at showing it when I was younger but I can show you now" She struggled back the tears that were flowing down her face and her voice was strained.
"But you will see me as a kid, and always will won't you? You saw me, as a kid earlier too didn't you? You said you always did and always will. Does that mean that you were fooling around with my feelings too?"
Goten felt the need to defend himself but before he could talk he saw Bra's feet running back towards the house. Goten followed and decided to talk to her later.
Bra was blinded by tears and ran straight up the porch and to the door. She opened it and walked in followed by Marron, who seemed equally upset. They walked past the kitchen where a red-faced Trunks cradled his cheek and they ran to their room where they slammed the door seconds after Pans door fell.
Marron refused to let herself cry and carefully talked to Bra with words of comfort. Both deciding that they hated the guys.
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Uubu remained outside sitting on the bench. He was very aware of some of the mistakes made and was trying to find a way to apologize. He was all too aware that all girls were in their rooms and Trunks had just sat down beside him with a slightly red cheek. A moment later Goten was there too. All of them were lost in thought and unable to talk to each other. That night Goten slept in the same room as Uubu and Trunks.
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Ok, so about everyone out there hates me right now, but I promise they get back together. And I already have the very sweet plans made out for how they will get back together...lol You're going to love it, but in the mean time you might hate me
Ok, so some of this was out of character but just think that they were mad, surprised, and under stress so they said things they didn't mean. Don't worry they will come to their senses, all though I'm still not sure how I will get Pan to forgive Trunks since she thinks he purposely went through her things. All though he shouldn't have pulled out the papers and read them. I'd be mad too!! Ok, well next chapter will be good, and come soon. Review
Oh yeah, and thank you Fluffy, you always review my stories, along with a billion other stories. Thank you Jen for reviewing and thank you, K-Chan, Danyella Skyler Sylverfire, Marla Black, Dark Vengance, DBZFreak, Vegie's_2_Princess, Stephanie, Trunksgirl, Hanita-chan, puroka, Stephanie, PannyBaby123, me, Celeste, QueenPsylocke85, ~PanHopNVS~, Rayne, Aireone Granger, Godess of death 01, Katarik, Jami_Chan, Ryoko#2001, lovely Neptune, Kitty Moon, ICU, Karena, Sheryl, Eris, Queen of the Shadows, Saiyan Bunny, Lynn, SacuraBlackcatrr, Kitiara, Animae, Princess Quinny, LittleLizzyGurl, Pan_Chan2007, Katy, Kayale, SailorCereCere, Nicholle, Vegeta's lil' Princess, Bratt, Cheddar, $$Michelle$$, =), I appreciate it, and I'm sure everyone else you review for do too. I also want to thank Jen for helping me decide on some of the break ups that allow them to get back together. Thanks everyone!!! And if I left off your name THANK YOU!! Oh and If I misspelled your name on accident I apologize.
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