Chapter 6: A Kiss for Pan
Pan
froze.
Why did I kiss you? Good question. I'd been sitting around for, like, a
whole week and I still haven't figure out the answer. Maybe it's because I'm
losing my mind or maybe it's because I got so pissed off with Marron for being
your girlfriend. Or maybe, just maybe
it's because I'm seriously in love with you.
She
felt his clear blue eyes looking at her, waiting for an answer.
"Trunks?"
she said, her voice shaking.
"Yes?"
he answered.
She
looked up at his face, that pair of icy blue eyes seemed to hypnotize her. "I
kiss you because I love you," she blurted out without thinking.
She
felt him grew stiff and the grip he had on her arm loosened. Way to go!
She thought sarcastically to herself. What the hell were you thinking? Why
do you have go and ruin a perfect night? She felt tears welling up in her
eyes. Pan blinked frantically, trying to stop them from coming and yanked her
arm away from Trunks' hand.
"I'm
sorry Trunks," she said quietly. "I'm really sorry."
She
ran towards her house. Now all she wanted was to go to her room, bury her head
under her pillow, and cry her heart out. Why am I such a fool? All those
childish fantasies thinking that maybe he feels the same way about me! Oh
Dende, I was so stupid!
Pan
felt two hands grabbing her by the shoulder. She spun around. "Trunks?" Why
is he still here? Shouldn't he be running away from here right now? Shouldn't
he be running away from the freak girl who is in love with him?
He didn't.
"Pan," he whispered her name and touched her
chin.
His
touch sent shivers down her spine. He
slowly tilted her head up and looked into her eyes. Pan felt her knees turn to
jell-o. I am dreaming. This must be a dream! If this is a dream, then I
never want to wake up.
He
leaned forwards and their lips met in a sweet kiss. Pan closed her eyes and
savoured the taste of his lips on hers.
Now I believe in miracles.
"So,
big brother, how was your little date with Pan?" Bra asked as she watched
Trunks coming in from the back door. She smirked when Trunks glared at her.
"Oops, excuse me! Did I say 'date'? I meant your nice little 'friendship
hangout'."
I just love to annoy my big brother, Bra thought with a sly smile. She ignored the murder looks Trunks was
casting her way and pressed on. "So how did it go, huh?"
"Fine,"
Trunks got a dreamy look in his eyes. Hmm, something is definitely up.
"Maybe a little too fine," Bra heard him mumble softly to himself.
"Okay,
that's it!" She jumped up from the couch where she was sitting. "Spill Trunks,
what's going on with you and Pan?"
"Like
I'm telling you!" Trunks rolled his eyes.
"Yeah,
you better tell me!" Bra pointed to the clock hanging on the wall. "Look at the
time, it's nearly ten. Mom had been asking me where you were for, like, ten
million times! Just thank your lucky stars that I lied and told her that you
went somewhere with Goten otherwise you will be in big shit. Maybe I should go
and tell her now!" she started for the stairs.
"Wait,"
Trunks yelled, he sighed in exasperation. "You win, okay? I will tell you what
happened."
Bra
turned to face Trunks. "That's better," she grinned then frowned. I just
noticed something, why is he covered with bits and pieces of food? At least I
think that's food. Is that yellow stuff on his face butter? Ew! "Um, maybe
you should take a shower first or something and change into some clean
clothes." She suggested, inching away from him.
Trunks
looked sheepish. "Huh?" He glanced down at his clothes. "Oh right, thanks for
reminding me Bra." A sly look crossed his face. "Let me give you a hug!" He
held his arms out and reached for her.
"Hell no!" Bra shrieked and ran from Trunks. "Don't
you dare come near me until you took a shower!"
"Okay,
so you went to the movies then you went to a restaurant and had a big food
fight," Bra stared at Trunks who had just showered and changed into his blue
pyjamas. I know he's hiding something. "What happened next?"
"Um,"
Trunks' face turned bright red. "Um, nothing."
Red face, looking down, and stammering, all the signs points to the
fact that he's lying. Bra rolled her
eyes. "Sure, whatever. Sorry to tell you this, big brother, but you really got
to learn how to lie better."
"I
dropped her off at her house and that's it."
"What
else?" Bra asked impatiently.
"Huh?
What are you talking about?"
"I'm
talking about the juicy stuff!" Bra reached over and whacked Trunks on the head
with a cushion. "Hello? Like, the kissing and the hugging and all of those?
Gee, you are just so clueless sometimes!"
"There
was nothing of those! We are just friends!" Trunks protested but the expression
on his face gave the truth away.
"There
was something wasn't there?" Bra narrowed her eyes. "Fine, you have two
choices. Either you tell me the whole, completely truth right now or I'm
telling mom! Take your pick."
"Okay,
I kissed her. There, I said it and that's the truth. Is that what you want to
hear? Are you happy now?" Trunks fumed, he was losing patience.
Bra's
eyes grew wide. "You actually kissed her? Pan? That is so awesome!"
Now
it's Trunks' turn to be surprised. "What? You are okay with this? But I thought
you would freak out or something."
"You
know, you really don't know me that well big bro. Tell you what, whenever you
go out with her, I'll help cover for you, okay? I know you probably don't want
dad to know about this."
"Thanks
Bra."
"Your
welcome," Bra yawned. "Ah, it's getting late. I'm going to sleep. Goodnight!"
She stood up from the couch and walked towards the stars.
"Wait!
Bra!"
"Hmm?"
she turned around to face her brother again.
"I'm
having her over tomorrow afternoon. Can you help, um… cover?"
Bra
smiled. "Sure no prob. I'll just ask daddy to take me to the amusement park."
Trunks stared nervously at the grandfather
clock standing at the corner of the room. Ten more minutes and she'll be
here, he thought. What if she doesn't show up? What if she suddenly
changed her mind about me?
Gee, calm yourself! He
ordered himself. This is Pan we are talking about, the girl you knew since
she was still sucking her thumb! Yeah I know that, but somehow everything
changed after all kiss yesterday. The scene from yesterday night replayed
in his mind. That was some kiss!
The
sound of the doorbell startled him. She's here! He took a quick look at
the mirror hanging on the wall to make sure that his looks were presentable
then rushed to answer the door.
He
pulled the door opened. "Hey Pan…" his voice trailed off as he found out that
the girl at the door was not Pan at all. Oh, we have a problem here.
It
was Marron and her eyes were red and puffy as if she had just been crying. Her
pink dress was wrinkled and was put on backwards. Her blond hair was messy and
uncombed. This was so un-Marron like.
"Trunks,"
she sobbed. "Daddy just had an heart attack!" She threw her arms around him and
buried her head in his shoulder. "They rushed him to the hospital and now they
are performing a surgery!" she looked up and he saw devastation in her
eyes.
Before he could say something to her, he saw Pan standing as still as a lamppost on his front yard. He opened his mouth to tell her that it was not how it looked but she put one hand up to her mouth for him to keep quiet. Then she slowly walked away.
She heard, Trunks realized. She heard everything
Marron said. So what's she telling me to do? Comfort Marron and pretend to be
her boyfriend again? I can't do that. But, he looked down at the crying
girl. How can I tell her about this now?
Trunks did the only thing he could do then. He rubbed
Marron's back soothingly and rocked her back and forth. "It's okay," he told
her over and over again. "It's okay."
Author's note: So… did you like it? Please review! Thanks! ^_^