That One Night

Chapter 5

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Bra's heels clicked on the hardwood floors of the Brief's mansion, she turned into the foyer to see an extremely pitiful Trunks sitting there crouching over with his head in hands.

"Pity party is now over," She screamed in his ear, making his head jerk up in pain, "now get up, and get yourself together."

"Bra, please leave me alone." He sluggishly pushed himself up the stairs.

"Don't you want to talk to her?" She scowled, hoping that Trunks didn't do what she was think of.

"I already did, its over." He started up the stairs once again.

"What's over?" She ran up the stairs after him trying to get him back down to the party.

"Everything that we had." He walked away from her, all she heard was the shut of his door.

"You....." she paused, taking in the shock of his words and actions, "you blew it, how could you do that, I hope your happy....you could of had her and all you did was push her away, Pan was right, you don't care about her!" She stomped down the stairs back to the party, leaving Trunks to waste away by himself in his room.

The rest of the evening went by smoothly, Pan talked to her parents and friends while staying by Rob's side the entire time, Bra let Goten comfort her and help her to calm down and Marron just hung out with everybody, by the end everyone was re acquainted just like the days long ago, the only difference was that there was no more Trunks.

The next two months were a blur, Pan continued to see Rob, everyday becoming more and more serious, Goten and Bra's wedding became closer and closer and Trunks became more and more distant from the 'gang' only leaving the house for work or for the occasional date that his mother insisted on. Until Pan's 21st birthday, there was a small party held for just her friends, her family would visit her the next day.

"So who exactly did you invite?" Bra asked, getting ready for the party.

"Well, you guys of course, Rob, Marron, her boyfriend Ryo, uhhhhh oh yea and Trunks." Pan smiled showing her friend that she was done her list of names.

"Trunks? You invited him." Bra almost fell over in astonishment.

"Yea, why wouldn't I?" Pan zipped up her short red dress and got ready to do her wet hair.

"Well for starters he hasn't talked for God knows how long, he was rude to you at the party, he never wants to leave the house.....there are a million reasons to leave him out this year."

"Aw Bra come on, he's been my friend forever and besides he's probably just having a rough couple of months." She gave Bra her don't bring it up again face then ran down the hall to answer the ringing phone.

"Hello?"

"Its me."

At first she didn't recognize the voice, it was so sad and distant, not like anyone she would know, but then she realized it to be her long lost friend.

"Trunks?....hey long time no see, what's up?"

"Just calling to tell you I can't make it tonight."

"Why?" She could feel tears threatening to fall, he sounded angry all of a sudden like there was something wrong with her.

"No reason, I just......uh well I just can't come."

"Please," she lowered her voice so that Bra couldn't hear her, "I don't think I could have a good time without you being there with me." That was it, she could feel the water on her face that very second.

"Pan, I really don't care enough to come to your party, so happy 21st ok bye." There was a click then a smash, the sound of Pan hitting the floor.

Bra ran out of the room, Pan was on the floor sobbing the phone was still in her hand, she pulled it away from her, hugging her friend she dialed *69......"the number of your last incoming call was.........." she knew it immediately, Trunks had called probably to say that he wasn't coming.

"That does it!" She screamed at the top of her lungs, making the furniture and window shake slightly.

"Pan," she looked down at her friend who was trying to dry her eyes, "I'll be right back, call my beeper if you need me ok. Bye." She leaped out the door flying to Capsule Corp. where he was probably still at work.

Bra marched into the door, storming past the secretary she entered Trunk's office. He was sitting there starring at the phone.

"Huh?" He looked up at his sister, who was in the process of beginning to scream her lungs out.

Calming herself down enough she growled out her words.

"What the hell do you think you doing?" But before he could even get a word out she spoke again. "Pan was having a good day and you ruined it so why don't you get up off you lazy ass and go look at out Kitchen floor, cuz that's where you'll find her, in a puddle of her own tears."

"Pan's problems are none of my concern," he said in his business voice.

"Like hell they aren't, because I know that you care about her, that's why you can't bring yourself to see her tonight, well guess what buddy....Pan is still seeing Rob and you know what, he's going to ask her to marry him tonight so if you don't get down there you're going to lose her FOREVER." She sat down in a chair in front of his desk, setting down her purse she waited for his response.

"How do you know that?" He looked at her with concern.

Bra smirked like her father and set down a tiny object on her brother's desk, the ring.

His hand shook as he picked it up, it wasn't good enough for her, to small and way to unimportant, nothing like Pan.

"I was asked to hold it for him." She snatched it back and put it back into it's small velvet house again.

"I don't care," he turned around so that she wouldn't see his tears.

"You don't have to Trunks but if you know what's good for you then you will be there tonight and on time, because if your not then your going to lose your best friend and only love," She took a deep breath and walked out of his office, leaving him there with his own depressing thoughts.

Oh Pan, he thought, I hope your happy with your decision.

So I have this one all planned out, I hope you like it so far there's much more to come.

~*Rayne*~