"Never Lose"

By Pixie

Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ or any of its characters. JP and Celeste do belong to me though…but if you wanted to use them, I suppose you could. I don't really care.

Pixie: Well this is it…The chapter I've been waiting to type. Chapter 18, "The Final Redemption"

Celeste's POV

This was it…I was going to Japan. Trunks was even nice enough to get my grandmother a first class ticket. The rest of us decided we had no problems sitting coach. Marron was the first to board, she took a seat by the window. Goten sat next to her. Bra sat in front of them, by the window. Trunks sat next to her. Pan, was in front of me, and I could see she did not want to spend 14 hours next to Trunks. So, I pushed myself in front of her…and sat next to Goten, leaving only the seat next to Trunks open. Pan glared at me, as did Trunks…if looks could kill, I'd be dead a thousand times over. Bra and Goten both seemed to find this fact extremely funny. Trunks scooted over as far as he could next to Bra, and Pan scooted as close as she could to the aisle…but I could still see hurt in her eyes by Trunks' reaction. Marron didn't react, she just stared out the window lost in her own thoughts.

Poor Pan…it was easy to see how hurt she was about Trunks not liking her. Goten nudged me, and pointed at Pan. Though she wasn't looking at anyone, I could see her eyes had filled with tears.

"They're meant to be together," Goten whispered softly in my ear, "But they are both incredibly stubborn and won't admit to each other that despite everything, they still have feelings for each other." I turned to face him, and suddenly I realized how very close we were. I blushed and pulled back, and Goten did the same. He smiled sheepishly at me, but quickly wiped off his grin. He looked at me, his eyes full of determination.

"What are we going to do Celeste?" he said, lowering his voice back down to a whisper. I thought this over, and looked at them both, Trunks and Pan.

"If they are meant to be together Goten…then they'll be together." Goten nodded, looking thoughtful, then reached over and took my hand in his. His hand felt warm and soft. I looked at his face, studying him closely. He smiled at me, a soft genuine smile. I think I'm in love.

Bra's POV

The flight couldn't have landed any sooner. The tension between Trunks and Pan grew thicker by every passing mile, and I had no one to talk to. Pan and Trunks were grumpy, Marron stared out the window the whole time, and Goten and Celeste talked the whole time while holding hands. I think I ended up falling asleep, drifting off. I remember Trunks finally poking me, telling me we were about to land. I grabbed my purse, and walked off the plane, feeling tired still, and very bored. The second I stepped off the plane I was attacked. My mother, crying hysterically, had leaped upon me, the second I had come off the plane.

"MY BABY!!!" was her war cry as she squeezed me tighter and tighter.

"Woman! Let go…her face is starting to match her hair…" Dad, turned and smiled at me, a secret smile, for only the two of us. I grinned back, realizing all around us, reunions were taking place. Videl and Chi-Chi were fighting over Pan, while Gohan stood back, smartly staying out of the ladies ways. 18 and Krillan were overjoyed to see Marron, but she hardly seemed glad to see them. She seemed almost…sad. Weird….We went and got my luggage, and started home, so happy, and laughing. So very unaware of what was going to happen soon…

Marron's POV

It's time now, isn't it? The time of my redemption is at last, at last in hand. I'd think I'd be nervous now, but I am so very calm. I walk into my room, locking the door behind me. I walk over to a draw and pull out a small picture of my parents. It is one of the very few pictures of them together. I kiss the picture of them, and place it on a small table in my room. I placed a small note beside it, the last bit of Marron to be left behind.

"Pan-chan…Panny…I'm so sorry…I love you…I love Trunks…" I began to cry, but nothing mattered anymore. Not my tears, not their tears, not the tears of my parents. Only redemption. I picked up the bottle of pills, and swallowed them…all of them. I knew this would kill me, but now…now I didn't care anymore. I picked up a raggedy old teddy bear, a remnant of my childhood, and laid down on my bed, holding the bear close to me, with my thumb in my mouth. And I saw something…angels, maybe. I smiled softly upon seeing them, and then…

Then I closed my eyes.

Pixie: Ok, I know, a lot of you guessed this, so its not all that unexpected, but I still hope you enjoyed the chapter, as much as I liked writing it. The fic is coming to a close now, and as for sequels, I have no ideas for any. If you have an idea for a sequel, let me know, and maybe I'll write it. As of now, there is no sequel to Never Lose, but hey…things change.