First Love
Chapter 2
By:Alexa aka Lex (Alexa is my real name but Lex is my nickname and
also my penname so I'm just going to use Lex from now on. Ok?)
Later that night I was trying to find out why it bothered
me so much when he told Paris he loved her. ' It's so strange, it's
like there is this pain in my heart.' I thought while laying on my
bed looking at the ceiling. 'I probably just feel like this because
I want a boyfriend that is as nice and handsome as Goten. Ok, hold on,
where did me thinking Goten was handsome come in?! I've always thought
he was nice but HANDSOME, I don't think so. Maybe I should start on my
homework. After all it is due on Monday. But I don't feel like doing
it right now.' I turned my head towards my clock and saw that it was
8:53pm. 'He's probably out with HER right now.' I thought bitterly.
'Now wait a minute! Why should I even care if he's out with Paris
right now? God, why I can't I keep my mind off him!?' I kept staring
at the ceiling while thinking about everything. But somewhere along the
line I dosed off.
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blink, blink I couldn't really see my room through the
darkness. My lights were turned off as they had been the night before
and the only light was coming from my window. But the light coming
from it was not that bright, so I guessed it to be around 8:00am. I
moaned and turned my head to try to see what time it was. '8:21am. I
was pretty close in guessing what time it was.' I turned my head to
look up at the all too familiar ceiling. 'I should probably go take a
shower.' I sat up on my bed not needing to remove the covers since I
had not applied them the night before because I had fallen asleep, before
I could. I sat up in my bed and put my feet on the ground and walked over
to my bathroom. About 30 minutes later, I walked out of the bathroom. 'Ahh,
nice and fresh!' I thought happily. "Now what to do today? Maybe Marron
or Pan would like to go shopping or something. I'll have to ask them about
that after breakfast." I said to myself while walking on the soft carpet
towards my door. I put my hand on the cold door knob and turned it,
allowing me access to the hallway. With my access granted for the hallway
I began to walk towards the kitchen. Once I got there I saw that nobody else
was in the kitchen so I decided to make myself some breakfast. I pulled out
a plastic bowl and a metal spoon and set them down on the wooden table.
Then I went to the pantry and looked for some good cereal and soon I found
some. I grabbed the box with my left hand and then walked over to the
refrigerator. I opened the lower door with my right hand and also using my
right hand I pushed the things inside the refrigerator out of my way as I
searched for some milk, as soon as I saw the milk I grabbed its handle with
my right hand. I walked back over to the table and placed both things down.
I opened the box of cereal and poured some of it into my plastic bowl, when
I was finished pouring the cold cereal I closed it back up and placed it on
the table again. I then opened the lid to the milk and poured some of it onto
the cereal, allowing the cereal to soak up the milk making the cereal soggy.
I really didn't care if the cereal was soggy or not and I replaced the lid to
the milk and then grabbed both the milk and box of cereal with my hands. I
quickly put them both back where they belonged and sat down to eat my so
called breakfast.
After I was done, I put my dishes in the dishwasher and looked at
the clock in the kitchen. It read 9:44am. 'Now, what to do today?' I asked
myself. 'I think I will go to the mall with Pan and Marron. Of course I'll
have to wait a little bit to call them. So what to do in the meantime?' I thought
and then I decided on doing my homework. 'Might as well get it out of the way.' I
thought as I started walking towards my room. When I got to my room I
opened the door and closed it behind me. I walked over to where I had
laid my bookbag and opened it up, pulling out my homework.
"Finally, I'm finished!" I said to myself as a huge smile was making
its way onto my face. I looked down at all the books and papers in front of me and
decided to put them all back into my book bag. So I started gathering
them and once I had them all, I put them into my bag. I sighed and
looked at my clock. '11:29am. I think I'll call Pan and Marron now.'
I thought as I reached for my phone. I dialed the numbers and waited
for a familiar voice to pick up while I waited on the other line
listening to the ringing.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Marron!"
"Bra?"
"Yup, that's me. So you want to go shopping today?"
"Shopping? Sure! Will Pan be coming with us?"
"I don't know. I still have to call her."
"OK, well what time do you want to go?"
"Well, since its 11:31am now, I think 12:00 should be alright."
"I can make that! I'll meet you there. Wait, is your brother
going to take you?"
"Most likely."
"All right I'll see you there."
"OK, bye, Marron."
"Bye." 'Yes!' I thought as I knew I would be going shopping
today. "Well, better call Pan, now." I said to myself, as I dialed the
numbers.
"Hello?"
"Pan is that you?"
"Yes. What are you calling about Bra?"
"Well, I was wondering if you wanted to go shopping today, with
me and Marron."
"Of course! What time?"
"Be there at 12:00."
"Ok, I can do that."
"Who's going to take you?"
"I'll just get Goten or someone like that to take me." As soon
she said that name I didn't feel as cheerful anymore and I couldn't
figure out why. But I quickly dismissed my train of thought and told Pan
bye. As soon as we had hung up I started walking towards where I thought
Trunks would be. For I didn't need to get dressed or anything like that
because I had done all that earlier this morning. I walked into the
kitchen and as I had guessed there was Trunks.
"Hey, Trunks." I called to him noticing that he didn't notice
my presence earlier. Since he had been looking in the refrigerator when
I had called his name, he hit his head while jumping from surprise.
I started to laugh at his expression, which was priceless. He then
looked at me in an annoyed way.
"What do you want, Bra?"
"I was wondering if you could take me to the mall."
"Why don't you use your car?" he said giving me a questioning
expression.
"It's in the shop, remember?"
"Oh, yeah! I forgot. Well, if I take you to the mall what's
in it for me?" Thinking that he most likely wouldn't turn down food
she answered..
"Well, if you take me I'll treat you to anything you want
on the food court." He started to think about this. He knew that if he
went he would end up carrying all the stuff she would buy but then on
the other hand he would get food.
"I'd be delighted to take you." he said with a smile.
"Thought you would." I said teasing him, while we started
off towards the front of the house, to where his car was.
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As soon as Trunks parked the car we got out and started walking
towards the entrance of the mall. When we arrived there I saw that
Marron and Pan were already there. Then I looked a little bit more to
the right of Pan and saw Goten. For some reason my heart rate quickened
a little bit when I saw him. When we had finally reached them, Pan
spoke up.
"So you ready to hit the stores?" she asked directing the question
at me.
"But of course." I answered with a smile on my face. Then we
all walked in. About one and a half hours later you could hear two men
grumbling about having to carry bags and that they were hungry. "Ok, Ok
you guys. We'll stop at the food court now." I said getting tired of
listening to them grumble. They both gave a shout of approval and we headed
towards the food court. We got our food and sat down to eat. While eating
we were carrying on a conversation. But in the middle of it Trunks got
called on his cell phone to come to work, Pan's dad wanted her home for
some reason, and Marron had to go because she had forgotten to do something
that she was supposed to do.
"Well, it looks as if it's just me and you, B-chan."
"Yeah, guess so. I still can't believe that they all had to go
and do something. This day was just supposed to be a day to hang out."
I said with a slight pout.
"Oh well, might make the best of what is left right?" he asked
just as his cell phone began to ring. he said excuse me and answered his
phone. It somewhat reminded me of the last time that someone had called him
on his phone. They had been eating also. She got so caught up in her thinking
that she didn't even realize that he had hung up until his voice brought
her back to reality. " B-chan, I'm so sorry but-"
"You have to go." I said cutting him off.
"I'm really sorry, B-chan. I wish I didn't have to go but Paris is barely ever
free and she said she had some free time now so....."
"So you want to go and be with her while you can." I said understanding exactly
what he meant but I still didn't like it. Him leaving me for that stupid girl,
Paris. 'Ok, calm down Bra, its not like you own him or anything. God, you don't
even like him as more than a friend. Right?'
" Ok, well, bye B-chan!" he said as he stood from the table.
"Bye, Goten." I said. Then I watched him walk off. I sat there playing with my cold
food while deep in thought. 'God, Bra! What's wrong with you? Your acting as if you
like him as more than a friend. I mean who cares if he wants to spend more time
with Paris than you. She IS his girlfriend. I mean I couldn't possibly love him.'
I laughed out loud at the thought and got up and threw away the rest of mine and Goten's
food. "Well, as long as I'm here I might as well finish shopping." I said to myself as
I started to walk out of the food court.
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As I walked into the house I could hear the sounds of my kaasan cooking. And then I
thought that I heard a thump come from the gravity room and I guessed my tousan must
be in there. 'I wonder if Trunks is home yet' I wondered to myself. "Kaasan, is my
nichan home yet?" I called.
"Yes, honey. I think he and Goten are in his room."
"Ok. Thanks mom!" I said as I happily skipped up the steps to my room to drop my bags
in it. Once I got to my room I put the bags on my bed and decided to pay my nichan and
Goten a visit, so I headed towards his room. As I neared it I could hear them talking
and just as I was about to knock, what Goten was saying stopped me dead in my tracks.
"Trunks I think things are getting serious between me and Paris."
"Well, isn't that good?"
"Yes, but I don't really know if I would ever be able to fully commit to her."
"Goten do you love her?"
"Huh? Of course I love her!"
"Well, then you have nothing to worry about."
"I guess your right Trunks. I mean I do love her more than anything."
My eyes went wide and I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes just waiting to fall.
'Why am I crying? Of course he loves Paris with all his heart!' 'But if he loves her
then there can't be any room in there for me, can there?' I started to hear their foot
steps coming towards the door so I turned and started running towards my room. As I was
running I could do nothing to stop the tears that were now spilling onto my cheeks. And
as I was running I kept thinking 'I can't love my nichan's best friend, can I?'
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