Learning to Live Again
By: Faye_Valentine00
Faye_Valentine00@hotmail.com
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Disclaimer - This is my fic but the character beong to a lot of rich people in Japan. :-)
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We arrived in America 3 days ago and things had been wonderfully crazy ever since. When we'd arrived at the hotel and checked into our room, we were surprised to find that our room only had one bed. Much to my relief, Trunks offered to sleep on the couch. He'd kept his hands off except for hugs and he treated me like a complete gentleman.
After 3 days of solid meetings and dinner parties, I felt ready to drop. I hadn't been out so much since I was a kid. I wasn;t sure how many more days I'd be able to keep up this pace, especially after the formal dinner tonight. Thankfully Trunks had a big surprise for me this morning during breakfast.
"Panny... I have a confession to make." He looked so sheepishly embarrased. It was cute.
"Whats that?"
"Well. You know how I said that this business trip was for 8 days?"
"Yeah." Now I had no clue what he was going to say and honestly, I was a bit nervous.
"Well... the meeting and confereances actually end tonight at the formal dinner. The reason I'd told you that it was 8 days is because I really wanted to be able to spend time alone with you." He was blushing furiously and dropped his gaze from mine when he finished speaking. I guess he thought that I'd be mad but I wasn't.
"Seriously?" I tried to contain my excitment for a moment just so I could tease Trunks a little.
"Yeah."
"So you LIED to me and brought me all the way to AMERICA just so you could get me alone?!"
"Ummm... yes Pan. I'm sorry. If you want to go back t--"
I don't know what made me do it and I think I shocked myself more so than Trunks when I leaned out of my chair and pressed my lips to his. That shut him up quickly and he seemed to freeze. I thought I'd frightened him so I pulled back and smiled.
"Trunks, I honestly think that this is the nicest and most romantic thing that anyone has ever done for me."
Just when I thought he'd never respond after I kissed him, he sighed with relief and smiled.
"Ummm... WOW Pan. That was definetly the last reaction that I was expecting."
"Oh really?" I couldn't help but burst out laughing. "But its true. I loved Robert with all of my heart but he wasn;t exactly the most spontaneous person in the world."
"Well Panny." He reached over and pulled me out of my chair and into his lap. "You know what they say, opposites attract, because growing up, you were the most spontaneuous person I'd ever met."
We both laughed and I leaned up against his strong chest. Once the laughing subsided, I sighed deeply. "When Robert got sick, I never thought that I would smile again. You've really helped me alot Trunks. I'll never be able to repay you for everything."
"As long as you keep smiling, that is payment enough."
"Okay." I shifted on his lap until I was facing him and gave him my best smile. "Is that better?"
"Always. Now lets see if I can do this better this time." Then before I could react, he leaned up and kissed my lips softly. Although a small piece of me felt like I was being unfair to my deceased husband, I pushed it away because I knwe that Robert would have wanted me to be happy and this made me happy.
I wrapped my arms tightly around his neck and let my fingers lightly comb through his hair. Our lips parted and I couldn't help but notice that he tasted sweet. Our kiss that had begun innocently, slowly became hungrier and more passionate. Trunks' hands ran over my back and into my hair. Finally when the need for air got to me too much, we broke apart gasping for air. I leaned my forehead to his and neither of us spoke.
Finally I got control of my thoughts and managed to pull away and smile again. "That was much better."
I saw that Trunks looked slightly flushed and I am sure that I looked the same as well. Then, to my surprise, Trunks burst into laughter.
"Well I am glad you approve. For a moment I was afraid that I was going to take a ki blast to the head. So... I guess this means you are willing to go site-seeing with me for the rest of the trip?"
"I'd love to. I think a vacation will do us both a world of good. I just hope that the people at Capsule Corp don't find out."
He sqeezed me tighter and laughed. "Don't worry. Thats the plus to being the president of the company."
*** 5:30 That Night ***
I did a little turn in front of the full length mirror of the hotel room. Before I'd left on this trip, Bra had forced me to go shopping with her so she could pick me out a gown. Now I was thanking Dende that she had. My dress was very simple and elegant. It had spagetti straps and a low neck line. It fell to my ankles but had a slit in it up to my thigh. It was a deep red satin material and the straps and neck line were beaded.
After years of practice, I was finally able to walk and dance in heels so I had on red pumps to finish the outfit. I had curled my hair and let it fall loosley so it fell to just below my shoulders. It felt nice to be able to have a nice evening out in a formal setting again. It was really exciting.
When I was young I'd always wondered why Mom, Grandma and 18 had quit fighting when they settled down with families but now I knew. Fighting was fun but when the fight was over, so was the fun. Having close family and friends though, that was permenant.
I guess that was the biggest thing that had changed in my life. Although I still loved to fight, it was no longer my life. I would have thought that dressing like this was tortuer but tonight I was setting out to show Trunks just how much I had changed in the last 10 years. I just hoped that he liked it.
I took a deep breath and opened the door to the living room. Trunks had his back to me.
"Well. What do you think?" I suddenly got very nervous when he turned around and got a glimpse of me. His jaw just dropped and he stared.
Finally he seemed to get his wits about him and he flashed me and extremely devilish grin. "How am I supposed to keep my hands off you tonight when you look like that?!"
I couldn't help but laugh at the candid remark. "Does that mean you like it?" I did a little spin and really played it up.
"More than you know. You look great!"
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Next Chapter - The Dinner. What will happen?! Watch to see.
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