Chapter 10: Things Work Out…Eventually.
Ring-ring!
Trunks groaned and struggled to open his eyes. He blinked as the sunlight hit his sensitive Saiyan eyes. He glanced around and found that the annoying ringing noise came from his pants, which are lying in an unattractive pile on the floor. Then he turned his eyes towards the digital clock that was sitting beside his bed. It said 8:34 AM.
Oh Dende, Trunks moaned and threw his blanket over his head. Waking up EARLY on a Saturday is a big no-no and waking up to the ringing of his cell is an even bigger no-no. Ringing of cell phone equal to business, and business usually (usually? Try definitely) equal to signing endless piles of paper work and attending a zillion boring meetings.
Can somebody please let me sleep? Trunks thought wearily as he tossed his blanket aside and reached over to pick up his pants. Damn! Which pocket did I put my cell in? He fumbled around for the annoying piece of device that is ringing non-stop. He finally found it inside one of the back pockets.
Note to self: Next time, turn off the stupid cell phone
the minute I come home from work on Friday night. Only turn it on again when
it's Monday morning and I'm forced to walk into that big prison.
Trunks flipped the cell phone open. "Hello?" he grunted. Hey
it's Saturday! I don't feel like being Mr. Nice Guy on my favourite day of the
week. Especially when I'm so RUDELY interrupted from my sleep.
"Hey!" a cheerful voice responded. "What took you so long to answer huh?"
Trunks' jaw dropped and he stared at the cell phone in his hand in disbelief. "Marron?"
"Yeah it's me. You know, you could at least pretend that you're happy to hear my voice!"
"Sorry, it's just that it's Saturday and it's really early. I'm not a morning person," Trunks felt a grin crawling up to his lips. Marron called me, so that means she's not mad anymore. RIGHT? "Uh, Marron, about Pan and I and that kiss,"
She cut him off. "I understand."
"You do?"
"Yeah, I sat around for a whole day and thought about it. Well, have to admit, you and Pan will make a pretty cute couple." He detected a forced tone in her voice.
"Marron, I'm really sorry about it. Can we still be friends?"
She laughed, a real laugh this time. "Trunks what do you think? Will I be calling you if I hate you?"
He felt a wave of guilt washing over him. He knew that if he had caught Marron kissing someone else, he wouldn't be half as forgiving. Then again, this is Marron, the sweetest girl (and the most forgiving) in the entire world. "Thanks Marron, I owe you one."
"I'll remember that Trunks, well, I gotta go see my dad now and I think someone still needs some beauty sleep. Sorry to bother you, Mr. President. See ya!"
"Bye!" he said into the cell phone and snapped it shut. He
sat there for a while, reflecting on the conversation he just had. Whoa!
Talk about getting things the way you want it! He jumped out of bed and
rushed to the bathroom. Gotta tell Pan the good news!
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"She's not mad at us anymore?" Pan gasped. "That is SO cool!" she jumped up, threw her arms around Trunks and gave him a big hug. "But I still feel guilty." She whispered in his ear.
"Me too, we'll find some way to make it up to her. Okay?" He responded, and gently stroked her hair.
She smiled at him. "You bet, now I think this calls for some celebration."
Trunks nodded. "Where do you want to go?"
"How about that GREAT restaurant we went the other day?" Pan's large eyes twinkled. "We could have another food fight!" They both laughed.
"Did you know how long it took me to wash all that gunk off of my clothes?" He demanded.
Pan rolled her eyes. "Big deal! That's just clothes. It took, like, two hundred bottles of shampoo to get the chocolate syrup completely out of my hair!"
Trunks smiled. "So where're we going?"
"How 'bout that restaurant Bra loves so much?" she suggested. "The one that serves that awesome sushi?"
"Great," he replied and extended his hand to her. "Let's go!"
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"So,"
Bra smiled. "What do you think?"
Ubuu stared blankly at the paper she set in front of him. "And this is…?"
"The PLAN you dope!" Bra was tempted to yell but held back because they were in her favourite restaurant and she doesn't want to be stared at. "The plan that will make Marron fall madly in love with you!"
Ubuu sighed and held up the paper. "No offence Bra, but you need better handwriting."
"WHAT?" Bra bit her lips and continued in a lower tone. "Fine, I'll explain it to you step by step." She snatched the piece of paper from Ubuu. Okay, maybe my handwriting was a bit sloppy but I wrote this in a hurry! Bra thought as she glanced at the paper.
She reached for a sushi and popped it into her mouth. After chewing for a couple of minutes, she swallowed. Bra smirked; she knew this was getting on Ubuu's nerves. But it serves him right after he made that remark about my handwriting, she thought with a sly grin and reached for another sushi.
"Bra can you please stop eating and tell me the plan?" Ubuu glared at her.
Wow, he actually said 'please! Impressive. Bra eyed him for a moment then cleared her throat. "Okay, here's what I thought up. I'm going to throw a big party that going to be some hotel and…" she proceeded to tell Ubuu the rest of the plan. "So, what do you think?"
It took a couple of minutes for Ubuu to digest all this information. Finally, he looked up at Bra and grinned. "Bra, you are a genius!"
"Nah, I'm just really smart," Bra said modestly. "Mom is the real genius around here."
"Hey Bra!" a familiar voice called out. Bra whipped her head around and say Pan standing behind her along with Trunks, who has his arm around her.
"Hey Pan!" she responded enthusiastically. It was nice to talk to my best friend again. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Um,
eat?"
"Right, why don't you join us?" Bra gestured to the empty sits beside her table.
"Sure," Pan and Trunks pulled put the chairs and sat down. "So Bra," Trunks glanced between Ubuu and Bra. "Are you guys like, going out?"
Ubuu, who had just taken a sip from his soda, spit all the liquid in his mouth out. "NO!"
"Ew!" Bra jumped out of the way. "Don't you dare spit on me!" she glared at her brother. "No, for you information, we are not going out. Hey!" a light bulb light up in her head. "You guys can help us in our big project!"
That caught Pan's attention. "What project?"
"PGMTFILWU, or Project-Get Marron to fall in Love with Ubuu." Bra replied.
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Goten inhaled deeply and stared at the Briefs' big mansion. I'm
gonna do this, he said to himself. It's no biggie anyways, just go up to
Bra and ask her out! What's the most she could do? Say no? That's…VERY
BAD. He sucked in another big breath. Chill man, what makes you think
she's going to say no? Bra's cool, she's very likely to say yes.
Just when he was about to knock on the door, he heard
someone call his name. "GOTEN!" he spun around and saw Trunks, Pan, Ubuu, and
Bra walking towards him. Uh-oh, he got a sinking feeling inside of him. Ubuu
and Bra? Are they going out or something? He immediately erased that
thought from his brain. Nah, how can they be going out? They are just
friends, hanging out together like Trunks and Pan.
Then he noticed that Trunks had his arms casually slung around Pan's shoulder and Pan has her arm around Trunks' waist. Another uh-oh went off in his head. What the hell are they doing? Aren't they friends? That does NOT look like a 'just friends' gesture. "Hey Trunks," he forced himself to sound cheerful. "What's up between you and my little niece?"
Trunks blushed. "Goten, I forgot to tell you this. Sorry man, but Pan and I are going out."
"WHAT?" Goten fought to keep his voice normal. "You and PAN?"
Pan shot him a pleading look. "Uncle, please! It's no big deal."
His glance darted between Trunks, Pan, Bra, and Ubuu. So
if Trunks and Pan are a couple, then Bra and Ubuu must also be…He felt like
someone had just stabbed his heart with a knife. Silly me, I didn't even
realized that she's already taken.
"So Goten, want to come with us to a movie?" Bra peeped up.
Goten swallowed. A movie? Sit in a dark room for an hour and half watching Bra and Ubuu together? No thanks. "Thank but no thanks Bra," he replied. "I got to help mom with an errand."
Bra looked disappointed. "Oh I see."
"Bye!" Goten choked out before running away as fast as he
could. I'm so stupid, he repeated to himself. Stupid, stupid, stupid,
stupid, stupid!
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Bra watched as Goten disappeared into the distance.
I wish he was coming with us, she thought sadly. He's
such a fun guy to be with! Now Trunks and Pan are going to go gaga over each
other and Ubuu, well, he's BORING to be with so I'm pretty much on my own. She
sighed; this sucks.
"Um guys?" she called out. "Actually, I'm not feeling that well so I think I'll skipped the movie okay?"
Trunks
and Pan exchanged a glance. "Okay Bra."
"Thanks," Bra turned and dash up to her room. She collapsed onto her bed and clutched her pillow to her chest.
Why do I feel so bad? This is just Goten. Goten, the guy I
had known since I was born!
Author's note: HIYA PEOPLE! Yep, I know I didn't update yesterday and I tend to update everyday but come on! A girl needs a night off to party with her friends huh? Hope you like this chapter and NO! THIS IS NOT THE END! There are still chapters coming, how many? Well, I'm not sure yet. Meanwhile, write me a review okay? THANKS!