Chapter Three
Even Worse
Pan sat lazily in her hammock, arms dangling barely touching the soft grass. The sky this time of day was absolutely beautiful. Off in a dream land, she thought of all that had become of her and everyone around her in the last few years.
"Pan!!!" a voice called, jumping her back into reality, and also causing her to loose her precarious balance on the small hammock.
She groaned from the grass, looking up to face her mother, with a phone in hand. "It's for you!" she called to her daughter, smiling.
Pan got up, but warily, and staggered over to the phone. "Who is it?" she asked, half asleep.
"Trunks."
Pan's eyes shot open. ~What!?~ she screamed silently. Outside, she struggled to maintain her composure in front of her mom. "Okay," she told her, rubbing her eyes. "I will take it out here, you can go inside."
"H-hello?" she asked, still in shock.
"Uh...hi, Pan."
There was a moment of silence that seemed to last forever. Her heart beat rapidly. ~What should I say??~ she thought, looking down at her feet.
"Well, I was just wondering...you know...if you wanted to meet up with me sometime soon. You know, it seems like a while since we have been together...well, I mean, not been together, but you know, seen each other or anything. So do you want to? I am off tomorrow and there is a great restaurant kinda close to Capsule Corp...so, you know. Would you do the honor of coming with me? I mean, you know, escorting me...hehe." He bit his lip, ~I sound like a rambling moron!~ "That is, if you want to..." he found himself saying. ~Please, please want to!~
"Well...I don't know. Let me check. I think I am busy," she lied, feeling panicked. ~What am I doing? I want to see him so bad!~
"It's okay if you can't, I just thought it would be fun if...well, you know...we saw each other...how long has it been? Three, four months? I just have missed you."
Pan shot up. ~Missed me?! He has missed me?!~ she did a little dance and sat back down on the step. "I...I don't know. I will call you back?" she asked.
"Uh, well, I am going to be kind of busy for the rest of the day, so I really kind of need an answer now Pan."
"Well," she said. ~YES! YES! YES!~ her mind screamed. "I don't....maybe....no, I don't think so." ~WHAT DID I JUST SAY???!!!~
"Oh. Okay. I understand if you are busy or something. It's okay-"
"Bye Trunks," she sighed, turning her phone off. She said no? What was wrong with her? She had been waiting so long for that moment. No?! How could she have done that to herself. She threw the phone at the side of the house. ~NO?!~ she cursed loudly, looking at what was once a phone. ~My chance. My one and only chance.~
* * * *
Trunks held the phone by his ear, shocked. "She wasn't supposed to say no," he said out loud to no one. Staring at his desk. "There wasn't even anything to say no about! I wasn't asking her out or anything like that! Why would someone say no? I just want to see her! She makes it sound like I am coming onto her or something! For Dende's sake, she's like a sister to me! What is her deal?" he slammed his phone back into the receiver and got up from his desk.
~She is just a stupid child!~ he yelled silently. ~She doesn't know anything. What made me want to see that idiot in the first place? It can't be that she is perfect...~
Trunks screamed and walked out of his office, slamming the door behind him. ~Stupid child! Stupid child! She is....where am I going?~
Trunks looked down from his position in the air, straight at Gohan's house. He groaned, rubbing his temples with his hands. "She probably isn't even there," he said, sensing her ki.
"Man!" he said, looking at the woods. "It is now or never...I just hope she doesn't..." he stopped. His heart was pounding. He could feel it in his chest. "Nervous over a girl....so pathetic." He hung his head, but began to fly toward the woods.
There she was. She was underneath an old, solid oak tree. It had begun to sprinkle. He landed near a tree stump that had been there since he could remember. He sat on it, never taking his eyes off Pan.
She sat, her legs underneath her, crying into her hands. Rain gently fell on her shoulders, but she ignored it. She looked so beautiful and at home there. A few flowers gently swayed in the breeze around her. He didn't want to interrupt this natural beauty. He sighed pleasantly. ~Whoops.~
Pan's head jerked up. Her eyes were wet and her cheeks were puffy. But she still looked beautiful. "What are you doing here?" she demanded.
He smiled inside, but frowned outwardly. "Um...I came to see you. Remember, I called, but you were busy..."
"Of course I remember! But that still doesn't explain why you are here!" Pan stood up and backed away from him a little.
Trunks did the same, but took a few steps toward her. "I told you, I wanted to see you. I haven't seen you forever. We used to be such good friends. Are you scared?" he looked shocked.
"No, of course not," she told him, unaware of the fact that she was still backing up...towards the pond.
"Um...Pan..." Trunks started. Too late.
Pan tried to step a foot back, but only got water, struggling to maintain her balance, she leaned forward, a desperate look on her face. She leaned further forward, putting all her weight on her foot that was covered in mud. She slipped. "Cra-" she started, but ended in the water.
Trunks laughed at the sight, but tried to hide it when she came sputtering out of the water. "Man, I am all wet...just what do you think you are laughing at?" she asked angrily.
"Laughing? I am not laughing..."
Pan glared at him. "Are too. And I am going to give you something to laugh about, mister." She pulled herself out of the water, and ran towards him. Throwing her arms around him, she gave him a sloppy hug and smiled.
"Oh, is that right?" Trunks picked her up and started toward the pond.
"Hey! This isn't fair! That was supposed to be my reveng-" she again, splashed into the water.
A few seconds later, she had not yet come up. "Pan? Pan? Where..." he leaned in, looking into the deep water. A hand grasped his leg. "No..." he said, then found himself beneath the water. Gasping for breath at the surface, he began, "Hey! That was cheap! This is a new suit! I really need-" Pan's eyes were locked onto his. He breathed deeply.
Her black hair was plastered down to her head, and there was grass hanging in front of her eyes. But she was beautiful. He looked into her eyes intently. "Pan-" she put her hands on his cheeks and her nose to his. "I-"
His heart beat rapidly. ~This is Pan. Little Pan. That I babysat for...~ He looked back up into her shining eyes. He wrapped his arms around her waist and leaned in, kissing her gently. Shocked, he pulled away. "I am sorry-" Trunks started. She looked at him, leaning in again. She then pulled away, embarrassed.
"I...I am sorry...I didn't mean to..." she looked up at him, her eyes wide and sparkling. "I...I have to go...I guess, I will see you later..." she pulled herself out of the pond, and began walking out of the forest.
"You know, I didn't fly all this way to kiss you and then leave. We really need to talk."
"I don't see what there is to talk about."
Even Worse
Pan sat lazily in her hammock, arms dangling barely touching the soft grass. The sky this time of day was absolutely beautiful. Off in a dream land, she thought of all that had become of her and everyone around her in the last few years.
"Pan!!!" a voice called, jumping her back into reality, and also causing her to loose her precarious balance on the small hammock.
She groaned from the grass, looking up to face her mother, with a phone in hand. "It's for you!" she called to her daughter, smiling.
Pan got up, but warily, and staggered over to the phone. "Who is it?" she asked, half asleep.
"Trunks."
Pan's eyes shot open. ~What!?~ she screamed silently. Outside, she struggled to maintain her composure in front of her mom. "Okay," she told her, rubbing her eyes. "I will take it out here, you can go inside."
"H-hello?" she asked, still in shock.
"Uh...hi, Pan."
There was a moment of silence that seemed to last forever. Her heart beat rapidly. ~What should I say??~ she thought, looking down at her feet.
"Well, I was just wondering...you know...if you wanted to meet up with me sometime soon. You know, it seems like a while since we have been together...well, I mean, not been together, but you know, seen each other or anything. So do you want to? I am off tomorrow and there is a great restaurant kinda close to Capsule Corp...so, you know. Would you do the honor of coming with me? I mean, you know, escorting me...hehe." He bit his lip, ~I sound like a rambling moron!~ "That is, if you want to..." he found himself saying. ~Please, please want to!~
"Well...I don't know. Let me check. I think I am busy," she lied, feeling panicked. ~What am I doing? I want to see him so bad!~
"It's okay if you can't, I just thought it would be fun if...well, you know...we saw each other...how long has it been? Three, four months? I just have missed you."
Pan shot up. ~Missed me?! He has missed me?!~ she did a little dance and sat back down on the step. "I...I don't know. I will call you back?" she asked.
"Uh, well, I am going to be kind of busy for the rest of the day, so I really kind of need an answer now Pan."
"Well," she said. ~YES! YES! YES!~ her mind screamed. "I don't....maybe....no, I don't think so." ~WHAT DID I JUST SAY???!!!~
"Oh. Okay. I understand if you are busy or something. It's okay-"
"Bye Trunks," she sighed, turning her phone off. She said no? What was wrong with her? She had been waiting so long for that moment. No?! How could she have done that to herself. She threw the phone at the side of the house. ~NO?!~ she cursed loudly, looking at what was once a phone. ~My chance. My one and only chance.~
* * * *
Trunks held the phone by his ear, shocked. "She wasn't supposed to say no," he said out loud to no one. Staring at his desk. "There wasn't even anything to say no about! I wasn't asking her out or anything like that! Why would someone say no? I just want to see her! She makes it sound like I am coming onto her or something! For Dende's sake, she's like a sister to me! What is her deal?" he slammed his phone back into the receiver and got up from his desk.
~She is just a stupid child!~ he yelled silently. ~She doesn't know anything. What made me want to see that idiot in the first place? It can't be that she is perfect...~
Trunks screamed and walked out of his office, slamming the door behind him. ~Stupid child! Stupid child! She is....where am I going?~
Trunks looked down from his position in the air, straight at Gohan's house. He groaned, rubbing his temples with his hands. "She probably isn't even there," he said, sensing her ki.
"Man!" he said, looking at the woods. "It is now or never...I just hope she doesn't..." he stopped. His heart was pounding. He could feel it in his chest. "Nervous over a girl....so pathetic." He hung his head, but began to fly toward the woods.
There she was. She was underneath an old, solid oak tree. It had begun to sprinkle. He landed near a tree stump that had been there since he could remember. He sat on it, never taking his eyes off Pan.
She sat, her legs underneath her, crying into her hands. Rain gently fell on her shoulders, but she ignored it. She looked so beautiful and at home there. A few flowers gently swayed in the breeze around her. He didn't want to interrupt this natural beauty. He sighed pleasantly. ~Whoops.~
Pan's head jerked up. Her eyes were wet and her cheeks were puffy. But she still looked beautiful. "What are you doing here?" she demanded.
He smiled inside, but frowned outwardly. "Um...I came to see you. Remember, I called, but you were busy..."
"Of course I remember! But that still doesn't explain why you are here!" Pan stood up and backed away from him a little.
Trunks did the same, but took a few steps toward her. "I told you, I wanted to see you. I haven't seen you forever. We used to be such good friends. Are you scared?" he looked shocked.
"No, of course not," she told him, unaware of the fact that she was still backing up...towards the pond.
"Um...Pan..." Trunks started. Too late.
Pan tried to step a foot back, but only got water, struggling to maintain her balance, she leaned forward, a desperate look on her face. She leaned further forward, putting all her weight on her foot that was covered in mud. She slipped. "Cra-" she started, but ended in the water.
Trunks laughed at the sight, but tried to hide it when she came sputtering out of the water. "Man, I am all wet...just what do you think you are laughing at?" she asked angrily.
"Laughing? I am not laughing..."
Pan glared at him. "Are too. And I am going to give you something to laugh about, mister." She pulled herself out of the water, and ran towards him. Throwing her arms around him, she gave him a sloppy hug and smiled.
"Oh, is that right?" Trunks picked her up and started toward the pond.
"Hey! This isn't fair! That was supposed to be my reveng-" she again, splashed into the water.
A few seconds later, she had not yet come up. "Pan? Pan? Where..." he leaned in, looking into the deep water. A hand grasped his leg. "No..." he said, then found himself beneath the water. Gasping for breath at the surface, he began, "Hey! That was cheap! This is a new suit! I really need-" Pan's eyes were locked onto his. He breathed deeply.
Her black hair was plastered down to her head, and there was grass hanging in front of her eyes. But she was beautiful. He looked into her eyes intently. "Pan-" she put her hands on his cheeks and her nose to his. "I-"
His heart beat rapidly. ~This is Pan. Little Pan. That I babysat for...~ He looked back up into her shining eyes. He wrapped his arms around her waist and leaned in, kissing her gently. Shocked, he pulled away. "I am sorry-" Trunks started. She looked at him, leaning in again. She then pulled away, embarrassed.
"I...I am sorry...I didn't mean to..." she looked up at him, her eyes wide and sparkling. "I...I have to go...I guess, I will see you later..." she pulled herself out of the pond, and began walking out of the forest.
"You know, I didn't fly all this way to kiss you and then leave. We really need to talk."
"I don't see what there is to talk about."