Learning to Live Again
By: Faye_Valentine00
Faye_Valentine00@hotmail.com
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I hope you are enjoying this fic. It is almost over. Only one more chapter after this so please read and review! Thanks Bunches! Sarah *aka Faye_Valentine00*
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**** 3 Days Later ****
"This was the best idea ever, Trunks. Did I ever telly ou how thankful I am to have you back in my life?" I looked over form my lawn chair where I was sunbathing in my new bikini and smiled at him.
He shifted his gaze which had been focused on a group of kids in the hotel pool back to me and smiled teasingly. "Only about 1,000 times in the last 3 days."
I couldn't help but laugh. "You don't have any clue how hard those last few months were with Robert. At least when an enemy attacked I had someone to focus my anger at. With Robert, there was no enemy and I wanted to be strong for him so I kept it inside. You were the one who taught me how to live again, to get it all out and move on without forgetting him completely." I reached out and squeezed his hand tightly.
"Well Panny. I love you and I just want to see you happy?"
The second the words were out of his mouth, we both froze. It was obvious he hadn't meant to say it outloud but it flowed so naturally. Trunks turned red and looked as though he wished that he could curl up and disappear. I felt bad that he was embarrased because I was truely flattered. In order to lighten the mood, I decided to handle it the way we always had as childern... tease him.
"You love me, huh?" I sat up and stuck my chest out, trying to look cocky.
"Umm-" He tried to talk but I cut him of again.
"I mean, of course you love me. I'm Pan, the most powerful woman in the universe, single, smart, attractive and willing to try just about anything, f---."
He moved so fast that I couldn't stop him. Damn saiyan speed when you weren't ready for it. "Thats enough of that." He picked me up and tossed me over his shoulder effortlessly. I kicked and screamed like a normal human girl would but I knew, if I really wanted to, that one good ki blast to the head would have done it.
After "fighting" him for several moments, Trunks reached his hand up and swatted me on the butt. I couldn't help but burst out laughing. I knew that everyone at poolside was staring at us like we'd gone mad but the second Trunks let his guard down and started laughing, I took my opprotunity.
I tried to make it look like Trunks had slipped but in reality, I stuck him in a tight headlock and flew straight into the cold pool. We both came up laughing and coughing. Thankfully Trunks' emabarrasment seemed to have faded.
"I'm gonna get you, Pan!" His perfect lavender hair was plastered to his head, making him look hillarious.
"Oh really?" I winked evily.
He lunged at me and I let out a scream as I turned and swam to the shallow end as fast as I could without attracting too much attention. Just as I was about one body length from the wall, he caught my foot and ripped me backwards so hard that I almost lost my top.
Without missing a beat, he spun me around and pulled me into his arms. Then he pressed his lips to mine and kissed me. I instantly felt myself melt into his arms and return the short but romantic kiss. He stopped the kiss quickly and laened back so he could see my face clearly before saying words that I neevr expected.
"I really do love you, Pan. I think I realized it the first time you smiled after coming home. I knew then that I wanted to see your smile everyday."
I opened my mouth to speak but he put his finger to my lips and his fcae turned a little sad before continuing.
"But I know that its probably too soon for you to even consider loving someone else. Especially because we've known each other as friends forever." He gave me another quick hug and then turned to leave the pool.
I stood there stunned. I'd had a crush on Trunks for as long as I could remember but once I'd gotten into high school, I had moved on to "bigger and better" things. Instead, we'd become great friends. Now suddenly he was the one telling ME that he had a crush! It seemed impossible but as I watched him back away and leave, I realized that Trunks was the one who'd taught me how to live again and I didn't want to lose him.
My decision was made and I swam towards Trunks as fast as I could. He was already out of the pool and drying off when I got to him but when he saw me, he just looked sad and turned away. When he started to walk away I knew I had to do something or risk losing this chance forever.
"Trunks, wait!"
He stopped walking but kept his back to me. "Pan, you don't have to say anything. I shouldn't have said anything. I'm sorry. I--"
He stopped speaking when I came up and wrapped me arms around him from behind. "Please don't be sorry Trunks... because... because..." I paused. I didn't realize how hard it would be to say these words to another man after losing my husband. "Because... I love you too. Please don't walk away."
His whole body seemed to go rigid at my confession but after a long moment, hus breath came out in a heavy sigh and he turned around. Just as he opened his mouth to speak, I leaned up on my tip-toes and and pressed my lips to his tenderly. He held me tightly as we kissed and the world seemed to melt away until it was only him and I.
When I finally pulled away, he smiled down at me. "I don't think that I'll be walking away anytime soon."
We both started laughing. I grabbed my towel in one hand and his hand in the other and marched back into the hotel, straight into the elevator. Once we got into our room, I headed straight into the bathroom.
"I'm going to take a shower before we go out."
"Alright."
I opened the bathroom door and stepped inside before turning around with a wicked smile which earned me a confused expression from Trunks.
"I thought you were taking a shower."
"I am... but are you coming too or not?" I winked evily before stepping the rest of the way into the bathroom to start running the water. Before I even stood up from turning the knobs, I could feel his ki behind me.
Lets just say that we never did go back out that day... or that night.
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