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Dad, Uncle Goten and Vegeta just looked at us. It was obvious that they all wanted to say something but they didn't dare to just yet. My parents and Uncle Goten had always been supportive of me for my entire life but this was different. They all had know deep down that I'd always had a "thing" for Trunks but he had always seemed a lot older than me. Now being 23 yrs old and Trunks being 34, it didn't seem so bad anymore.
"Good Morning everyone!" Trunks took my hand and my heart jumped into my throat. He lead me into the room and headed straight for our fathers, which was exactly the place I had been trying to avoid. By the time we made it across the room, he was pratically dragging me.
"Morning." Dad forced a smile to me, then turned to Trunks with a questionable look, as if he was not too sure to trust him just yet. I guess I couldn't blame my father. Trunks did have quite a reputation with women but I knew deep down that if we did start something, it would last longer than just a night. I know I had enough of those kind of relationships when I was in college and I was pretty sure that the same went for Trunks.
I didn't realize that Trunks was still holding my hand until I heard a familiar voice behind me. "Wow! Did I miss something this morning?" Trunks and I turned to see Bra, grinning ear to ear and pointing to our hands.
"W-Well..." I was suddenly at a loss for words and Trunks seemed to be as well but he just squeezed my hand and when I looked up at his face, he smiled. It was obvious that we'd go through this together and that helped ease my mind a lot.
Bra looked over our shoulders and I assume that our males family members still looked upset because Bra started laughing. She flashed Trunks a devilish grin that I am sure only he could understand the true meaning of and then she turned to me. Bra tackled me into a hug and when she let me go, she took me by the shoulders and tore me away from Trunks. "You have to tell me everything." She squealed dragging me out of her room and towards her bedroom.
I swear that I heard Vegeta groan and when I looked up, it was just in time to see Goten grab Trunks and practically drag him from the room with a serious expression on his face. I wanted to go and rescue him but I knew that I had my hands full with Bra for at least the next few minutes.
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Bra pulled me down the hall and straight into her room, never letting me go until I was seated on her bed. "What happened? When did it happen?! WHY DIDN"T YOU TELL ME?!" She was yelling now but the huge grin on her face made it obvious that she was just excited.
"Well... it's kind of a long story so..." I tired to talk my way around the conversation but to no avail. Bra cut me off at the pass.
"Oh, can it Pan! You never could keep anything from me so spit it out already." She had always been like a big sister and she was my best friend so I knew enough to know that I'd have to explain everything or she'd never let it drop.
"Well... when I brought Trunks back her to rest after saving my life, we started to talk... and we ended up kissing." Bra squealed with delite but stayed otherwise quiet so I could continue. "He made me promise to come back safely. When I went back to fight Brolly again, I felt the rage well up within me when I thought of how Trunks had almost been killed beacuse of me and that rage allowed me to become a super sayajin."
Bras face went blank and she paled a bit. It was obvious that she hadn't heard that piece of news just yet. "A-Are you serious?"
"Just ask your dad." I smiled proudly now that the full magnitude of the sitsuation was beginning to set in.
"Oh my gosh..." She shook her head to clear her thoughts but then turned back to me again. "Well, what else happened? Its obvious that you're hiding something. TELL ME!" She looked as though she may beat me within a inch of my life if I did not tell her but I just laughed and forced myself to continue.
"After the battle, we came back and everyone was so happy and excited but I was still shaken and exhausted from using so much power. I just wanted to be away from it all for a while so I made my way down the hall and found myself in Trunks' room." Bras shocked face at that moment almost made me laugh but I forced myself to hold it in until she had heard it all. I still wasn't sure exactly how she'd react to the entire story so I dove head first into the conversation, hoping she'd be happy. "I was just watching him sleep so peacfully and he woke up and moved over for me so I laid down and curled up in his arms to relax and we both fell asleep. In the morning, we woke up and lay in bed just talking and to my surprise, we kissed again but right as our lips met, your mother walked into the room."
It took a moment but then Bra started laughing hysterically. "Wait, let me make sure that I understand. You and Trunks were laying in his bed, in each others arms and kissing when my mom walked in the door?"
I know my face was bright red and all I could manage to do was nod my head. Somehow, when Bra explained the sitsuation back to me, it sounded a lot less innocent than it had felt.
Bra was hyperventilating, she was laughing so hard. "I can't believe it Pan. You must have horrible luck. Of all the people to walk in, it was Mom! Even Dad would have taken it better."
I couldn't help but laugh right along with Bra but all the while, my thoughts trailed back to Uncle Goten and Trunks. I was hoping that everything was going smoothly because I knew Dad wasn't going to be as easily to deal with as Bra.
"Pan?" My attention snapped back to Bra waving a hand in front of my face. "Earth to Pan! So are you guys a couple now or what?" I just shrugged. All I really knew was that "this wasn't the end." Trunks' words still replayed in my mind. But was this whole thing a beginning?
"You are so hopeless." She jumped off the bed and pulled me to my feet. "Come on. Lets go."
"Where are we going?" I was so clueless.
"The only place you want to be right now. We are going to find Trunks and Goten." She smiled and took my arm before I could object. She dragged me out the window and we flew straight towards the forest where we felt both of their kis.
"Bra." When she turned to me, I offered her a smile. "Thanks for understanding."
She just smiled and nodded her head in understanding before picking up the pace toward the forest.
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