Chapter
2: "The Party"
When she woke up the sun had already gone down and the moon dominated the sky.
Pan wiped the tears away from her eyes and shot into the air towards CC. She
looked at her watched as she made it to the front door, "7:55 PM" she
said out loud. "Great, now I'll be pegged as rude." She said as she
walked inside.
"Where were you? Everyone was about to go home!" Bulma asked.
"Sorry, I fell a sleep in a valley some where or the other." Pan said
a little sheepishly.
"Well come on, dinner is getting cold." Bulma guided Pan into the
dining room where everyone was waiting. They must've just sat down, to eat
without her.
"Look who finally decided to show up to her own party." Trunks
teased.
"Sorry, I feel asleep." Pan offered weakly.
"Just like her grandfather, not a worry in the world." Krillin said
happily, looking at Goku.
Pan took her seat between her parents and across from Trunks. Everyone started
to eat, when Gohan and Videl started at it again.
"Thanks for the meal Bulma." Gohan said as he finished his plate.
"Kami forbid I get one at home."
Videl replied back bitterly, but no one said anything to stop them, everyone
just watched them go at it. Everyone consisted of the entire Brief Family, Son
Family, Krillin's family, Yamcha, Tien, Choazu, Lunch, Master Roshi, Oolong,
Puar, and Uubu.
Finally Pan couldn't take it anymore, her ki increasing massively, tears slowly
running down her cheeks as she tried to hold them in. Her parents didn't even
notice, this was the first time she cried in public for a very long time. Her
raven black hair flickered blonde for a moment, but her ki couldn't stay down
any longer, no matter how hard she tried. Finally she gave in to her feelings,
her ki exploding, thus creating a crying SSJ.
"Is it humanly possible for you two to stop fighting for two
minutes?" Pan spat out. Her shoulder length hair now blonde and standing
straight up as if there were no gravity. "That's all I hear when I wake up
and go to sleep and hell I can't even escape it in my dreams or on my birthday!
It's been like that, ever since, ever since, fuck I can't even remember time
when you weren't fighting!"
"Pan." Gohan started.
"Don't Pan me, GOHAN!" Pan yelled into her father's face! "I've
had enough of this crap! Just get a fucking divorce! There's nothing to hold
you back this time, you don't have to pay child support now that I'm 18!"
"Pan." Videl tried to calm her daughter down but only to be cut off.
"Oh and dear mother!" She yelled. "Why didn't you get that
abortion 18 years ago?"
"What are you talking about?" Gohan asked stunned.
"What am I talking about? Don't tell me you don't remember!" Pan
yelled back. "Maybe I should've just gotten the abortion 17 years ago,
then we both wouldn't be in this mess!" She mimicked her mother's words perfectly,
then her fathers, "If I could reverse time I would!" Gohan and Videl
were left speechless. "There's no point in celebrating my birthday,
there's nothing to celebrate." Pan said before leaving CC.
Everyone looked at Gohan and Videl as if they were criminals. Videl didn't say
anything, just picked up her car keys and left quietly. Gohan apologized for
the scene as he left, flying in the opposite direction of his wife and
daughter.
`A family divided, nothing is new about that in this world today. Fifty percent
of all marriages end in divorce. I guess I just never thought it would be
happening to the people I hold close.' Bulma thought to her self.
