Hidden Secrets

Chapter 5

Pan sat on her chair near her small window that overlooked Capsule Corporation. She was upset in a way but managed to keep her tears in.

"When can he know? When can they know?" She asked herself in a whisper.

She wanted to tell them. She wanted to go back to all of them.. But she couldn't. The incident had changed her life forever and now it would be harder to show her face in to them. She scanned the dark room with her chocolate brown eyes till they landed upon a photo frame.

It was a picture of her and Trunks. Trunks had his arm around her and she was just smiling. They took this picture at one of Bulma's many parties. She cherished every picture of him. She had a whole box filled with pictures of the two of them together. She wished that maybe one day she could show her face to him and tell him everything... Everything..

Ring.. Ring..

Pan looked at the phone confused. Who could be calling? No one knew where she was... How...

"What the.." Pan muttered. She reached for the phone and answered it with a, "hello."

"Jesse... Come back." A husky voice said.

"Chris.." Pan muttered.

"I miss you Jesse.. Come back." Chris said quietly.

"Chris... It's over between us. It will never work out." Pan said.

"I wont let you go.." Chris said obsessively.

"Chris it would be better if you would just leave me alone." Pan said.

"Fuck that! I want you back, now get your fucking ass back here bitch! You fucking owe me and you know it!" Chris yelled.

Pan shivered.

"Chris... You don't want me.. Just leave me alone." Pan said, with fear in her voice.

"I'll fucking find you Jesse, don't think of getting away from me! You owe me!" Chris screamed.

"Chris.." Pan said.

A long pause.. Followed by a long beep.

Pan placed the phone back in the receiver. A tear fell from her face, then another, and another, till they fell like waterfalls down her pale cheek. She covered her face with her hands and sobbed quietly. She didn't know what to do anymore.. Everything just seems to go all wrong.... Nothing's right anymore...

Capsule Corporation

"ATTENTION ALL EMPLOYEES. THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT HAS BEEN POSTPONED FOR ANOTHER WEEK. PLEASE REFRAIN FROM ATTENDING THIS EVENING. THANK YOU." A voice in the intercom repeated.

Trunks heard the announcement loud and clear. He didn't mind that he didn't have to attend a presentation tonight, but his mother was so excited about it.

"She's probably really upset right now." Trunks said to himself.

It was 4:00pm and Trunks decided that he wanted to see Scarlet tonight. He found her base phone and dialed her number.

"Hello Capsule Corporation how may I help you?" He heard her say.

"Scarlet, this is Trunks Vejita Briefs." Trunks said boldly.

"Oh, hello sir how may I help you?" She asked, he could hear her smiling.

"Well you could help me by going out with me tonight." Trunks said.

Scarlet giggled.

"Well I don't know sir, where would you want to go?" Scarlet asked.

"Oh, I was planning on taking you to a nice restaurant, but we could go somewhere else if you like." Trunks said.

"Well... I would love to.. But I can't leave my daughter with my neighbor forever." Scarlet said.

Trunks thought for a moment. Babysitters were easy to find, but he wanted someone h could really trust. Let's see... He could ask Bra, but she was busy enough as it is with 2 sajin babies who already knew how to fly and shoot ki blasts for fun. He could ask Chi-Chi.. No, she would probably scare the child.. What about.. Gohan and Videl. They haven't had a child in their house for a long time. Maybe they'll accept.

"Hold for just a sec okay" Trunks said.

"Sure." Scarlet said.

Trunks pushed the 2nd line button and dialed Gohan's number.

Ring.. Ring..

"Hello?" A voice on the other line said.

"Gohan?" Trunks asked.

"Yes.." Gohan said.

"This is Trunks." Trunks stated.

"OH, hello Trunks, I Haven't heard from you in awhile." Gohan said.

"Ya.. Vice versa." Trunks muttered.

"So what is it you need?" Gohan asked.

"Well, are you and Videl busy tonight?" Trunks asked.

"No..." Gohan answered.

"Well, I was wondering if your up to baby sitting my friend's daughter." Trunks asked.

"Sure! I haven't been able to baby-sit in a long time. And I know it will cheer Videl up to have a child in the house again." Gohan said cheerfully.

"Great, I'll send her right over. Thanks a lot Gohan." Trunks said.

"Anytime Trunks." Gohan said

The two said their good-byes and Trunks switched back to Scarlet.

"I got you a baby sitter." Trunks said.

"Really? Who?" Scarlet asked impressed.

"Two friends of mine. Their names are Gohan and Videl Son, they will be happy to take care of Toya." Trunks said.

Scarlet was silent for a while.

"Um.. G-Great.." She stuttered.

'Ok, I'll pick you up at 5:00. Meet me the same place." Trunks said.

"Okay." Scarlet said

They both hung up the phone and Trunks wanted to pat himself in the back.

"This is great.." Trunks said to himself.

Gohan's household

Videl and Gohan sat in their living room that night, awaiting the arrival of the child. They were excited to have a child in the house again. Videl had always offered to baby sit Bra's children, but always found them too much pain in the neck. They would always fight and cry. However, she loved babysitting Marron's child because she was human and didn't float around the room like the sajins did.

Ding dong

Videl jumped out of her seat. She rushed to the door and wasted no time in opening it.

There stood three figures. Trunks, whom was holding an adorable child with Brown hair and brown eyes, and a beautiful woman beside her. The woman seemed tense, Videl could tell. There was something about this woman that Videl couldn't quite explain.

"Hello Videl." Trunks said cheerfully.

"Hello Trunks.. Is this Toya?" Videl asked with a loving smile.

"Imma Toya!" The little girl cheered.

Videl giggled. "Aw, she's adorable."

Videl moved her gaze over to Scarlet, "And you must be.."

"Scarlet Hera. I'm Toya's mother." Scarlet said.

Videl looked at her, "You have an awfully nice figure to be a mother."

Scarlet blushed.

Videl chuckled and picked Toya up from Trunks' arms.

"I'll take good care of her. You two have fun." Videl said.

"Thank you.." Scarlet said softly.

Trunks waved to Videl and him and Scarlet drove off.

Videl looked at the child. There was something about the child's eyes that reminded her of someone.. There was something about her smile that made her remember a time when Pan would smile like that... Videl sighed.. She missed Pan too much.