Again, thanks to all who reviewed. I have had a hectic week with school (we
have to wear school uniform) with all the stupid coursework, but hey, I
have to learn.
AN: I do not own Dragonball, Dragonball Z or Dragonball GT or ever have done, if I did I wouldn't be writing this Fanfic but making it real. All is copyright of Akira Toriyama.
I do not own the song in this fic, it belongs to Nickleback and is copyright.
But She Was Happy…………………Chapter 5
Pan was on her way to Slush's with her mother. Videl was wearing a red dress with spaghetti straps and her hair was down (AN: her hair is long).
"So how have you been with the preparations?" Videl asked.
"Alright. You have done most of the work Mum. I've only picked the bridesmaids and pageboys and the cake and where the celebration afterwards is. You have done the rest."
"That reminds me, Pan. You do have a best man don't you?"
"Yeah, Mum," Pan replied, "Atzirk picked his brother Lewis to have the honours."
"Who are the pageboys again?"
"My future nephews: Shawn and Akira. The bridesmaids are Sasha, you know my friend from the dojo and I've decided to ask Bra and Marron as well."
"WHAT?!" yelled Videl and she screeched the car to a halt on a side road.
"Mum! Don't kill me before my wedding!"
"But Pan, the wedding is tomorrow and the bridesmaids and pageboys have to have a special uniform. Bra and Marron don't even know yet; you haven't seen them in nine years: there won't be any time."
"Mum, again you are ruling my life," said Pan looking at her mother with a glare, "You wanted me to have a party at the new hall they have got in town, but I didn't want that. And you still booked it! You wanted a dress with lace, but I didn't. That's why I changed it. You ordered some dresses and suits to be made for the pageboys and bridesmaids but I stopped it. They will be wearing any suit and dress they want and will be having a tulip flower attached to themselves to show what they are, okay?" Pan said this in one breath and her eyes were defined. She had an angry look on her face.
Her mother was shocked at her anger. ~I only did those things to help her. I thought she wanted a traditional wedding~
Pan then realised what she had done. Her face expression relaxed and she looked away:
"I'm so sorry, Mum."
"Oh Pan, it's okay. I'm only trying to help you and make sure that everything goes according to plan. You should have told me about what you wanted. I'm sorry," her mother said, placing her hand on her daughter's shoulder.
"It's my fault that I got angry and lost control Mum, not yours. It's just that I can't take anymore of this hassle. It's just too rushed and I feel like I'm going crazy over everyone making it a fuss."
"Pan…"
"It is too rushed Mum!" she began, a single tear rolling down her face, "Atzirk and I have only been together for six months and we are already getting married. I wish he had gone slower and never asked me that in the first place."
Videl knew exactly why: "Pan, you mustn't say that! I felt the same way about it as well and your father and I had been together for a year. You just
get overwhelmed by all the people and by what is going to happen. You love Atzirk very much and tomorrow will be the best day of your life. Don't let it get to you." Pan was pulled into an embrace that she gladly excepted. Another tear fell down her face.
~But that's just it! I don't love him~
After a while, they pulled apart and continued the drive to downtown.
"You better sort out your make-up Pan, your mascara's all run." Videl watched as Pan got her mascara out of her bag and cleaned herself up. She smiled as she thought that her little girl would never be like a proper woman, but she was. She used to play and dress like a boy but now she was a woman.
Pan had nearly lost all her self-control just then so she quickly tried to forget about Trunks. She thought about the good time she would be having tonight and that cheered her up, but then she thought about her wedding tomorrow and if she could go through with it: that made her upset. But then she spotted Slush's. It was just how she remembered it. Lights illuminated every bit of it and it was huge: the biggest ice cream parlour for miles. They made the best ice creams she had ever tasted and that was what cheered her up again.
Videl quickly parked and they both walked to the front where they would be meeting.
"Mum," asked Pan, "how will we recognise them and how will they recognise us?"
"Well, Bulma and Bra have the bluest hair I know. 18? Well, her eyes are what we'll recognise, but I don't know how we will recognise Marron. But she'll be with 18 anyway. How old will she be right now?"
"Umm…23. Yeah, 23."
"What about ki?"
"Oh, you know I am so stupid Mum! I can identify them by their ki!"
They waited for a few more minutes when they heard a voice calling:
"Videl!"
Both Pan and her mother turned to their left and Pan immediately recognised Marron's ki. And that was definitely 18's voice.
"Mum, it's Marron and 18!"
Out of the crowd, they saw two women with blonde hair. One had long hair while the other had short hair that came up to her chin. They both ran up to Pan and her mother and threw their hands around them. They had not seen each other in nine years and reunions like these won't happen everyday.
"Marron! How you look the same as you did all those years ago. Only your hair is so much longer! I've missed you and your company so much!"
"Pan, I haven't seen you since you were a little nine year old. You haven't changed much either. Still the same eyes and face except that you're taller."
It took a while for them to say their hellos and get up to date with what they looked like. It was quite emotional, they had a lot too talk about and then they waited for Bra, Bulma, Chi-chi and Sasha. Chi-chi arrived first and then Sasha. They all complimented each other on their outfits and then they heard a voice that they were all familiar with except for Sasha:
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING TRYING TO RUN ME OVER WHILE I'M CAPSULATING MY CAR? GET OUT OF HERE YOU PRICK!"
They then saw Bulma, red faced and angry, putting her car into a capsule. Bra was with her and both would have looked quite the same had it not been for the difference in length of their hair and what they were wearing. Bra saw them all and immediately her eyes fell on Pan and Videl. She ran up to Pan and threw her arms around her neck.
"My kami! You look so much like the old Pan I used to play with, but you've grown up so much! I can't believe that you're actually wearing a dress and make-up since you swore to me all those years ago that you would never do that! Oh my kami, you must come shopping with Marron and I one day!"
"Bra! Calm down, you're giving me a headache. Goten was right when he said that you had the loudest mouth in the universe!"
"He said that, did he?" asked Bra, her features turning into a frown.
"Umm…but in a nice sort of way!" Pan said sweatdropping, ~What was that about? Good thing I lied~
"Oh, Pan! You look so grown up, even though I'm a year older that you! I can't believe that we lost touch!"
"I know!" said Pan, "I expected you to come here with thigh high boots, collar around your neck and those gloves you used to wear!"
Bra laughed, "I let that go ages ago! After you left, I decided that dressing like that was getting boring so I cut back on the gloves, boots and mini
skirts. Nevertheless, I still kept my charm on the clothes and wore trousers and jeans instead. The make-up is still there!"
They both laughed and Bulma said her hellos. Pan said that she didn't look like she was nearing sixty at all, but at least 15 years younger. Bulma said to knock it off, although she said that she still had that type of energy.
Slush's was quite packed, but Videl had reserved a table for them at the back of the parlour where it was quieter. They chose a table that had a big semi-circular sofa on one side and a bench on the other. Talk started immediately.
"So, you're Pan's best friend?" asked Marron while Videl, Bulma 18 and Chi- Chi chatted to themselves.
"Yeah, I'm Sasha." She smiled. She had long brown hair that reached to her shoulders. Her blue eyes mixed well with her hair although it was an odd combination.
"How did you meet?" asked Bra.
"Well, Pan runs a dojo on this city," Bra and Marron look at each other and smirk, "and we met there."
"I knew that the old Pan I knew was still there somewhere!" laughed Marron.
"Yeah!"
"What do you mean?" asked Sasha.
Pan blushed.
"Well," began Bra, "Pan isn't as innocent as she looks. When she was eight years old, she was the best tomboy you could find. You should have seen her with the chain she used to wear around herself! She's always loved fighting."
"I guessed that she loved fighting, but I never knew she was a tomboy. When we are training at the dojo, she wears baggy t-shirts and an orange bandanna," said Sasha.
"You mean her orange bandanna," said Marron.
"But when she's out and about, she's a well classy dresser!"
"Then she does take after me!" chimed Bra, "we must hit the mall one time."
"Great idea Bra," said Pan.
A man came round asking what they wanted. Pan remembered coming here all the time with Bra, Marron, Goten and Trunks. ~Those were the days~ she thought. But she dismissed her happiness by ordering two supreme specials with chocolate syrup. These could feel up to six people each and they were ordering two?!
"Two?" asked 18.
"Mum, we used to order that many between five of us!"
"Really? Where does it all go?" asked Sasha.
"Umm…well, Goten; my friend and Trunks; Bra's brother have big stomachs and a huge appetite for ice cream!" said Marron.
"I mean, Goten; he's my uncle, you can definitely call him the ice cream king! He even ate a lot of ice cream before I left," said Pan.
"He still does!"
"Is he still with Paris? I forget to ask him when I saw him last," said Pan.
Marron stifled a giggle: "No! He broke up with her a long time ago, right after you left."
"What a bad time to leave!"
"How old is Goten if he is your uncle?" asked Sasha.
"He's 26 years, 1 month, 4 days…" she looks at her watch… "3 hours, 47 minutes and…six seconds!" said Bra triumphantly.
"How on earth did you know that?" asked Pan.
"I just know when he was born," she replied blushing.
"So, are any of your friends single?" asked Sasha.
"No!" said Bra straight away.
Pan was beginning to get confused with Bra's behaviour.
"Trunks has a girlfriend called Krystal," said Marron.
"So, who is Goten with…another one of his 'girlfriends' or is it serious?" asked Pan, trying not to hear Trunks being mentioned.
Bra blushed a deep shed of red.
"Me," she said bluntly.
"WHAT?! Are you serious? I never guessed that you two would become an item. He never mentioned to me that he liked you. So are you serious or just going along with it, and how did it come about?" asked Pan shocked.
"Well, we are serious even though we have been going out for around five months. Marron knew straight away about it, but I didn't tell Trunks because I knew he would mock me, but he found out. I had it all wrong though: instead of teasing me, he helped me keep quiet about it until when Mum and Dad found out this morning."
"This morning?"
"Yeah…Dad figured it out when I said that I didn't want Mum to come shopping with me because Goten was coming with us and we… you know," went on Bra.
"Tell them how you came about, Bra," said Marron.
"Yeah, I want to know!" said Sasha.
"Okay." They all leaned in to listen to Bra.
"Well, Mum had sent me to go to his house to collect some things that Chi- Chi, his Mum, had made and as my parents have a sweet tooth, they always try Chi-Chi's new cakes and biscuits. When I got there, Goten was being told off for ruining her cake. He still lives with his parents because his Mum won't let him live in a flat or his own house until he has a suitable girlfriend and you can never mess with Chi-Chi. Anyway, I received the cake and as Goten wasn't doing anything, he decided to come along with me, saying that he might as well spar with Trunks. On the way, we have to go past the mall, and I saw the most amazing thing…"
"What was it Bra?" asked Pan.
"A sale!"
The others let out all the air in their lungs and looked at Bra in exasperation.
"Did you fly or drive to his house?" asked Sasha.
The others looked at each other thinking how did she know but Pan came to the rescue.
"Don't worry, she knows and can fly as well."
"Ohh!"
"So," continued Bra, "while he waited with two meringue pies in his hands, I spent money on three dresses. By the time I was coming out of the store, it was evening and the sun was beginning to set. Goten was a bit annoyed at me, but shook it off and we continued back to capsule corp. On the way, I started to tease him about managing to convince his latest girlfriend that he was a psycho. I had had a little crush on him for a while then and I knew he had broken up with someone.
He got annoyed and started to yell at me, but in a joking kind of way because he thought that it was funny too. As I was holding the other meringue, I quickly put my hand in it and took a handful and guess where I threw it: right in his face! It was so funny and I burst out laughing, but he got me back as well. After a few handfuls each, he said that his Mum would definitely kill him this time as he had managed to destroy another two cakes. Nevertheless, I hit him with more cake.
And soon we were on the ground by a little stream. He hid so I came out of my safety spot and went to look for him and he jumped right out from behind a tree and pinned me to the ground. I had meringue in my hair and all over my face. It had caused my mascara to run, and when I did get home, it took four hours to get myself completely perfect again.
As he pinned me to the ground, he said that I looked cute with all the cake in my hair. I laughed and threw more in his hair…but then he leaned in close to me and I lifted my head towards his and…"
"Okay, we get the picture," said Pan and Sasha.
"So had did you meet Atzirk, Pan?" asked Marron.
Pan was hoping that it wouldn't get into this subject but she had to face the facts and tell them, even though their love wasn't real.
~Don't say that, Pan! You do love Atzirk~ she convinced herself.
"Well, I met him at the dojo, thought he was fit, he asked me out and things went from there."
"You must really love each other if you met only six months ago," said Marron.
Before Pan could answer, the ice creams arrived and Marron forgot about her question. Pan was relieved, just in case she broke down. The ice cream was delicious: swirls of vanilla, strawberry, chocolate, mint and lemon ice cream with nuts and chocolate syrup, topped with flakes of chocolate. They has such a laugh trying to eat all of the ice cream, which was easy as they had two saiyan stomachs and Sasha even spilt some down her black dress which made them all fuss over it, but it was eventually cleaned. After that they talked about some funny things that happened in their lives including the incident with Pan and the puppy (AN: I don't even want to go there ^~^)
Pan told them what Atzirk looked like and what she did on her travels before she returned. They were set to hit the club at around 9:00 and as it grew nearer to that time, Pan thought that now was the perfect chance to tell Bra and Marron about their special part in the wedding.
"Bra, Marron, can I ask you something?"
"What?" they said in unison.
"Well, when I phoned you up Marron to tell you about the wedding you were so excited about seeing me and when I talked to Tru…your brother Bra, he said that you would be really excited about it so," Bra and Marron were waiting in anticipation… "Can you two be my bridesmaids along with Sasha tomorrow?"
Bra squealed in excitement and Marron let her jaw fall to the floor.
"Of course, Pan! I'll be delighted to be one of your bridesmaids!" exclaimed Marron.
"Wow, Pan! It will be an honour…what will we wear though? We haven't been measured or anything," her face fell in horror, "and I spent seven hundred bucks on a dress on my credit card!"
Pan laughed at her friend's face: "Thanks for saying yes; and no, you won't need to be measured because you won't be in a special uniform only a
lily pinned onto your dress."
"Thank god for that!" said Marron.
After a few more chats, they decided to hit the club. It was a new club on the west side of town called 'The Matrix Xperience' and had just opened but it had great reviews. Videl and Pan took Marron, Bra and Sasha with them while 18 and Chi-Chi went with 18 in her car as Bulma, Chi-Chi and Sasha had their cars in capsules. It wasn't along drive and as soon as they turned the corner, they saw the massive queues to get in. They all
groaned as they knew it would take ages to get in, but Videl was smiling. As soon as they had parked, they followed Videl and were surprised when she started to walk past the queues towards the entrance.
"Hi Videl," said a woman by the doors.
"Hi Carrie, could you get us in?"
"I don't know," Carrie replied.
"It's my daughter's hen night."
"In that case," said Carrie, "I'll let you in. How many?"
"Umm…nine of us."
"That will be…£89.91."
"Mum, let me pay."
"No." Videl paid and as soon as they entered, they were met with loud music, very loud music. The latest song by Darude was playing and Pan began to bop her head
~I've had such a blast so far, hopefully nothing will happen to make me remember about my problem. Remember, you are going to get married tomorrow so this will be your only hen night ever as you will be spending the rest of your life with…that man. Oh my God! I can't even say his name! Am I going to break down or hold on. I will hold on, definitely…hopefully~
They went to the bar and ordered: three Barcardi Breezers, a lager, two white wines and three Hooch's. They managed to find a table and sat down to drink while the music rang overhead. That was when they noticed that this wasn't the ground floor. Bra, Pan, Sasha, Marron and Bulma walked towards a railing that overlooked something and it was a basement. They could see more than one hundred people dancing to the music and a DJ jamming his tunes in front of them. They looked up and saw another floor. There were lights everywhere and that was when they noticed that their teeth had gone blue in the light.
"Wow!" said Marron, "it's that reflective light that makes everything that's white go blue."
"Look at me!" shouted Sasha over the music. They all looked at Sasha and laughed. She was wearing a white dress and now she was blue.
Bulma got an idea: "You enjoy yourselves. I'm just going to ask the others something…"
The young friends looked at each other and laughed. Just then, Hey Baby by No Doubt blasted through the club and they all looked at each other. Running down the stairs, Bra nearly tripped on her three-inch heels and Sasha bumped into a few people. They joined the club people, moving towards the middle of the crowd and dancing to the song. It was remix and had them all over the place.
~My first time in a club and it is great! I wonder why Atzirk didn't bring me to a club when we were dating; always those fancy restaurants. Oh well, might as well enjoy my only hen night~ she thought sadly, but then another of her favourite songs came on: Papercut by Linkin Park.
After that song, there was Am to Pm by Christina Milian, Bye Bye Bye by N*Sync and then I Gotta Get Through This by David Beddingfield.
They returned to their table to find it unoccupied. They glanced to the dance floor on their floor that they didn't notice before and saw their parents dancing. They laughed so much, thinking that some 45+ adults were getting to the groove on Bon Jovi. They drunk all their drinks and got another round. And then another, but they had a race with this one. Bra, Pan and Sasha were competing against eachother. Bra was winning until she clutched her head with pain and spat most of what was in her mouth all over the table. Pan and Sasha laughed, but continued drinking. Pan and Sasha already had their heads spinning with two Bacardi Breezers and this was their first lager, but they continued. Pan was victorious. Sasha lost by at least a gulp but all the friends were still feeling giddy, even Marron!
Then, Fat Lip by Sum41 came on and that was when the adults returned. Bulma and Chi-Chi saw how they were laughing and realised that they were starting to become pissed. They whispered to themselves about how they reminded them of when they were young.
The friends clambered their way to the dance floor downstairs where there was more atmosphere and got down to a groove. But Bulma called them up at the end of the song and that was when they were caught off guard. They all shrieked when they were sprayed with vibrant spray of orange, pink and green. Now, not only did their teeth shine, but the spray turned hard and shined too. They could be seen for miles. To them, they thought that they were drunk because of the dizzy feeling I their heads, but that was only the beginning signs, but they didn't know that so they decided to get water from the bar. Bra, Marron and Sasha had been to a club before but never had they ordered such strong alcoholic drinks.
Pan then heard the DJ say that there was a competition, a singing competition. Knowing what she was doing only slightly because of her first ever signs of becoming pissed, she signed to sing a song. The others said that they would join in with her and they decided to sing How You Remind Me by Nickleback:
1 Never made it as a wise man,
I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing,
Tied of living like a blind man,
Sick of sucking out a sense of feeling
And this is how you remind me.
This is how you remind me of what I really am
This is how you remind me of what I really am
It's not like you to say sorry, I was waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken for handing you a heart worth breaking
And I've been wrong, I've been down, right to the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head scream: 'are we having fun yet?'
Yet, yet, yet, oh no
Yet, yet, yet, oh no
It's not like I didn't know that
I did love you and I swear I still do
And it must have been so bad
'Cos living with me must have damn near killed you
And this is how you remind me of what I really am
This is how you remind me of what I really am
It's not like you to say sorry, I was waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken for handing you a heart worth breaking
And I've been wrong, I've been down, right to the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head scream: 'are we having fun yet?'
Yet, yet, yet, oh no
Yet, yet, yet, oh no
2 Never made it as a wise man,
I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing
And this is how you remind me
This is how you remind me
This is how you remind me of what I really am
This is how you remind me of what I really am
It's not like you to say sorry, I was waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken for handing you a heart worth breaking
And I've been wrong, I've been down, right to the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head scream: 'are we having fun yet?'
Yet, yet, yet, oh no, are we having fun yet?
Yet, yet, yet, oh no, are we having fun yet?
Everyone clapped as Pan and her vocals finished the song. They all laughed hysterically, even though they weren't even that pissed. Someone was watching Pan though.
"She's cute, in fact gorgeous. I'll easily be able to win her tonight and get a good night…an invigorating night…………."
Cliffhanger! Therefore, who is the man, and will that be Pan's only hen night or will she be having another one on her wedding with Trunks? Stay here.
I'd also like to say an enormous thank you to all who reviewed, especially Dr. Squiee who has reviewed to every chapter so far.
NEXT TIME:
"Who are you?" asked Pan. "Someone with talent, looks and an impressive tongue that wants to be in your mouth." "…" "have another drink," said ? ~as long as she keeps drinking, she's mine~
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AN: I do not own Dragonball, Dragonball Z or Dragonball GT or ever have done, if I did I wouldn't be writing this Fanfic but making it real. All is copyright of Akira Toriyama.
I do not own the song in this fic, it belongs to Nickleback and is copyright.
But She Was Happy…………………Chapter 5
Pan was on her way to Slush's with her mother. Videl was wearing a red dress with spaghetti straps and her hair was down (AN: her hair is long).
"So how have you been with the preparations?" Videl asked.
"Alright. You have done most of the work Mum. I've only picked the bridesmaids and pageboys and the cake and where the celebration afterwards is. You have done the rest."
"That reminds me, Pan. You do have a best man don't you?"
"Yeah, Mum," Pan replied, "Atzirk picked his brother Lewis to have the honours."
"Who are the pageboys again?"
"My future nephews: Shawn and Akira. The bridesmaids are Sasha, you know my friend from the dojo and I've decided to ask Bra and Marron as well."
"WHAT?!" yelled Videl and she screeched the car to a halt on a side road.
"Mum! Don't kill me before my wedding!"
"But Pan, the wedding is tomorrow and the bridesmaids and pageboys have to have a special uniform. Bra and Marron don't even know yet; you haven't seen them in nine years: there won't be any time."
"Mum, again you are ruling my life," said Pan looking at her mother with a glare, "You wanted me to have a party at the new hall they have got in town, but I didn't want that. And you still booked it! You wanted a dress with lace, but I didn't. That's why I changed it. You ordered some dresses and suits to be made for the pageboys and bridesmaids but I stopped it. They will be wearing any suit and dress they want and will be having a tulip flower attached to themselves to show what they are, okay?" Pan said this in one breath and her eyes were defined. She had an angry look on her face.
Her mother was shocked at her anger. ~I only did those things to help her. I thought she wanted a traditional wedding~
Pan then realised what she had done. Her face expression relaxed and she looked away:
"I'm so sorry, Mum."
"Oh Pan, it's okay. I'm only trying to help you and make sure that everything goes according to plan. You should have told me about what you wanted. I'm sorry," her mother said, placing her hand on her daughter's shoulder.
"It's my fault that I got angry and lost control Mum, not yours. It's just that I can't take anymore of this hassle. It's just too rushed and I feel like I'm going crazy over everyone making it a fuss."
"Pan…"
"It is too rushed Mum!" she began, a single tear rolling down her face, "Atzirk and I have only been together for six months and we are already getting married. I wish he had gone slower and never asked me that in the first place."
Videl knew exactly why: "Pan, you mustn't say that! I felt the same way about it as well and your father and I had been together for a year. You just
get overwhelmed by all the people and by what is going to happen. You love Atzirk very much and tomorrow will be the best day of your life. Don't let it get to you." Pan was pulled into an embrace that she gladly excepted. Another tear fell down her face.
~But that's just it! I don't love him~
After a while, they pulled apart and continued the drive to downtown.
"You better sort out your make-up Pan, your mascara's all run." Videl watched as Pan got her mascara out of her bag and cleaned herself up. She smiled as she thought that her little girl would never be like a proper woman, but she was. She used to play and dress like a boy but now she was a woman.
Pan had nearly lost all her self-control just then so she quickly tried to forget about Trunks. She thought about the good time she would be having tonight and that cheered her up, but then she thought about her wedding tomorrow and if she could go through with it: that made her upset. But then she spotted Slush's. It was just how she remembered it. Lights illuminated every bit of it and it was huge: the biggest ice cream parlour for miles. They made the best ice creams she had ever tasted and that was what cheered her up again.
Videl quickly parked and they both walked to the front where they would be meeting.
"Mum," asked Pan, "how will we recognise them and how will they recognise us?"
"Well, Bulma and Bra have the bluest hair I know. 18? Well, her eyes are what we'll recognise, but I don't know how we will recognise Marron. But she'll be with 18 anyway. How old will she be right now?"
"Umm…23. Yeah, 23."
"What about ki?"
"Oh, you know I am so stupid Mum! I can identify them by their ki!"
They waited for a few more minutes when they heard a voice calling:
"Videl!"
Both Pan and her mother turned to their left and Pan immediately recognised Marron's ki. And that was definitely 18's voice.
"Mum, it's Marron and 18!"
Out of the crowd, they saw two women with blonde hair. One had long hair while the other had short hair that came up to her chin. They both ran up to Pan and her mother and threw their hands around them. They had not seen each other in nine years and reunions like these won't happen everyday.
"Marron! How you look the same as you did all those years ago. Only your hair is so much longer! I've missed you and your company so much!"
"Pan, I haven't seen you since you were a little nine year old. You haven't changed much either. Still the same eyes and face except that you're taller."
It took a while for them to say their hellos and get up to date with what they looked like. It was quite emotional, they had a lot too talk about and then they waited for Bra, Bulma, Chi-chi and Sasha. Chi-chi arrived first and then Sasha. They all complimented each other on their outfits and then they heard a voice that they were all familiar with except for Sasha:
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING TRYING TO RUN ME OVER WHILE I'M CAPSULATING MY CAR? GET OUT OF HERE YOU PRICK!"
They then saw Bulma, red faced and angry, putting her car into a capsule. Bra was with her and both would have looked quite the same had it not been for the difference in length of their hair and what they were wearing. Bra saw them all and immediately her eyes fell on Pan and Videl. She ran up to Pan and threw her arms around her neck.
"My kami! You look so much like the old Pan I used to play with, but you've grown up so much! I can't believe that you're actually wearing a dress and make-up since you swore to me all those years ago that you would never do that! Oh my kami, you must come shopping with Marron and I one day!"
"Bra! Calm down, you're giving me a headache. Goten was right when he said that you had the loudest mouth in the universe!"
"He said that, did he?" asked Bra, her features turning into a frown.
"Umm…but in a nice sort of way!" Pan said sweatdropping, ~What was that about? Good thing I lied~
"Oh, Pan! You look so grown up, even though I'm a year older that you! I can't believe that we lost touch!"
"I know!" said Pan, "I expected you to come here with thigh high boots, collar around your neck and those gloves you used to wear!"
Bra laughed, "I let that go ages ago! After you left, I decided that dressing like that was getting boring so I cut back on the gloves, boots and mini
skirts. Nevertheless, I still kept my charm on the clothes and wore trousers and jeans instead. The make-up is still there!"
They both laughed and Bulma said her hellos. Pan said that she didn't look like she was nearing sixty at all, but at least 15 years younger. Bulma said to knock it off, although she said that she still had that type of energy.
Slush's was quite packed, but Videl had reserved a table for them at the back of the parlour where it was quieter. They chose a table that had a big semi-circular sofa on one side and a bench on the other. Talk started immediately.
"So, you're Pan's best friend?" asked Marron while Videl, Bulma 18 and Chi- Chi chatted to themselves.
"Yeah, I'm Sasha." She smiled. She had long brown hair that reached to her shoulders. Her blue eyes mixed well with her hair although it was an odd combination.
"How did you meet?" asked Bra.
"Well, Pan runs a dojo on this city," Bra and Marron look at each other and smirk, "and we met there."
"I knew that the old Pan I knew was still there somewhere!" laughed Marron.
"Yeah!"
"What do you mean?" asked Sasha.
Pan blushed.
"Well," began Bra, "Pan isn't as innocent as she looks. When she was eight years old, she was the best tomboy you could find. You should have seen her with the chain she used to wear around herself! She's always loved fighting."
"I guessed that she loved fighting, but I never knew she was a tomboy. When we are training at the dojo, she wears baggy t-shirts and an orange bandanna," said Sasha.
"You mean her orange bandanna," said Marron.
"But when she's out and about, she's a well classy dresser!"
"Then she does take after me!" chimed Bra, "we must hit the mall one time."
"Great idea Bra," said Pan.
A man came round asking what they wanted. Pan remembered coming here all the time with Bra, Marron, Goten and Trunks. ~Those were the days~ she thought. But she dismissed her happiness by ordering two supreme specials with chocolate syrup. These could feel up to six people each and they were ordering two?!
"Two?" asked 18.
"Mum, we used to order that many between five of us!"
"Really? Where does it all go?" asked Sasha.
"Umm…well, Goten; my friend and Trunks; Bra's brother have big stomachs and a huge appetite for ice cream!" said Marron.
"I mean, Goten; he's my uncle, you can definitely call him the ice cream king! He even ate a lot of ice cream before I left," said Pan.
"He still does!"
"Is he still with Paris? I forget to ask him when I saw him last," said Pan.
Marron stifled a giggle: "No! He broke up with her a long time ago, right after you left."
"What a bad time to leave!"
"How old is Goten if he is your uncle?" asked Sasha.
"He's 26 years, 1 month, 4 days…" she looks at her watch… "3 hours, 47 minutes and…six seconds!" said Bra triumphantly.
"How on earth did you know that?" asked Pan.
"I just know when he was born," she replied blushing.
"So, are any of your friends single?" asked Sasha.
"No!" said Bra straight away.
Pan was beginning to get confused with Bra's behaviour.
"Trunks has a girlfriend called Krystal," said Marron.
"So, who is Goten with…another one of his 'girlfriends' or is it serious?" asked Pan, trying not to hear Trunks being mentioned.
Bra blushed a deep shed of red.
"Me," she said bluntly.
"WHAT?! Are you serious? I never guessed that you two would become an item. He never mentioned to me that he liked you. So are you serious or just going along with it, and how did it come about?" asked Pan shocked.
"Well, we are serious even though we have been going out for around five months. Marron knew straight away about it, but I didn't tell Trunks because I knew he would mock me, but he found out. I had it all wrong though: instead of teasing me, he helped me keep quiet about it until when Mum and Dad found out this morning."
"This morning?"
"Yeah…Dad figured it out when I said that I didn't want Mum to come shopping with me because Goten was coming with us and we… you know," went on Bra.
"Tell them how you came about, Bra," said Marron.
"Yeah, I want to know!" said Sasha.
"Okay." They all leaned in to listen to Bra.
"Well, Mum had sent me to go to his house to collect some things that Chi- Chi, his Mum, had made and as my parents have a sweet tooth, they always try Chi-Chi's new cakes and biscuits. When I got there, Goten was being told off for ruining her cake. He still lives with his parents because his Mum won't let him live in a flat or his own house until he has a suitable girlfriend and you can never mess with Chi-Chi. Anyway, I received the cake and as Goten wasn't doing anything, he decided to come along with me, saying that he might as well spar with Trunks. On the way, we have to go past the mall, and I saw the most amazing thing…"
"What was it Bra?" asked Pan.
"A sale!"
The others let out all the air in their lungs and looked at Bra in exasperation.
"Did you fly or drive to his house?" asked Sasha.
The others looked at each other thinking how did she know but Pan came to the rescue.
"Don't worry, she knows and can fly as well."
"Ohh!"
"So," continued Bra, "while he waited with two meringue pies in his hands, I spent money on three dresses. By the time I was coming out of the store, it was evening and the sun was beginning to set. Goten was a bit annoyed at me, but shook it off and we continued back to capsule corp. On the way, I started to tease him about managing to convince his latest girlfriend that he was a psycho. I had had a little crush on him for a while then and I knew he had broken up with someone.
He got annoyed and started to yell at me, but in a joking kind of way because he thought that it was funny too. As I was holding the other meringue, I quickly put my hand in it and took a handful and guess where I threw it: right in his face! It was so funny and I burst out laughing, but he got me back as well. After a few handfuls each, he said that his Mum would definitely kill him this time as he had managed to destroy another two cakes. Nevertheless, I hit him with more cake.
And soon we were on the ground by a little stream. He hid so I came out of my safety spot and went to look for him and he jumped right out from behind a tree and pinned me to the ground. I had meringue in my hair and all over my face. It had caused my mascara to run, and when I did get home, it took four hours to get myself completely perfect again.
As he pinned me to the ground, he said that I looked cute with all the cake in my hair. I laughed and threw more in his hair…but then he leaned in close to me and I lifted my head towards his and…"
"Okay, we get the picture," said Pan and Sasha.
"So had did you meet Atzirk, Pan?" asked Marron.
Pan was hoping that it wouldn't get into this subject but she had to face the facts and tell them, even though their love wasn't real.
~Don't say that, Pan! You do love Atzirk~ she convinced herself.
"Well, I met him at the dojo, thought he was fit, he asked me out and things went from there."
"You must really love each other if you met only six months ago," said Marron.
Before Pan could answer, the ice creams arrived and Marron forgot about her question. Pan was relieved, just in case she broke down. The ice cream was delicious: swirls of vanilla, strawberry, chocolate, mint and lemon ice cream with nuts and chocolate syrup, topped with flakes of chocolate. They has such a laugh trying to eat all of the ice cream, which was easy as they had two saiyan stomachs and Sasha even spilt some down her black dress which made them all fuss over it, but it was eventually cleaned. After that they talked about some funny things that happened in their lives including the incident with Pan and the puppy (AN: I don't even want to go there ^~^)
Pan told them what Atzirk looked like and what she did on her travels before she returned. They were set to hit the club at around 9:00 and as it grew nearer to that time, Pan thought that now was the perfect chance to tell Bra and Marron about their special part in the wedding.
"Bra, Marron, can I ask you something?"
"What?" they said in unison.
"Well, when I phoned you up Marron to tell you about the wedding you were so excited about seeing me and when I talked to Tru…your brother Bra, he said that you would be really excited about it so," Bra and Marron were waiting in anticipation… "Can you two be my bridesmaids along with Sasha tomorrow?"
Bra squealed in excitement and Marron let her jaw fall to the floor.
"Of course, Pan! I'll be delighted to be one of your bridesmaids!" exclaimed Marron.
"Wow, Pan! It will be an honour…what will we wear though? We haven't been measured or anything," her face fell in horror, "and I spent seven hundred bucks on a dress on my credit card!"
Pan laughed at her friend's face: "Thanks for saying yes; and no, you won't need to be measured because you won't be in a special uniform only a
lily pinned onto your dress."
"Thank god for that!" said Marron.
After a few more chats, they decided to hit the club. It was a new club on the west side of town called 'The Matrix Xperience' and had just opened but it had great reviews. Videl and Pan took Marron, Bra and Sasha with them while 18 and Chi-Chi went with 18 in her car as Bulma, Chi-Chi and Sasha had their cars in capsules. It wasn't along drive and as soon as they turned the corner, they saw the massive queues to get in. They all
groaned as they knew it would take ages to get in, but Videl was smiling. As soon as they had parked, they followed Videl and were surprised when she started to walk past the queues towards the entrance.
"Hi Videl," said a woman by the doors.
"Hi Carrie, could you get us in?"
"I don't know," Carrie replied.
"It's my daughter's hen night."
"In that case," said Carrie, "I'll let you in. How many?"
"Umm…nine of us."
"That will be…£89.91."
"Mum, let me pay."
"No." Videl paid and as soon as they entered, they were met with loud music, very loud music. The latest song by Darude was playing and Pan began to bop her head
~I've had such a blast so far, hopefully nothing will happen to make me remember about my problem. Remember, you are going to get married tomorrow so this will be your only hen night ever as you will be spending the rest of your life with…that man. Oh my God! I can't even say his name! Am I going to break down or hold on. I will hold on, definitely…hopefully~
They went to the bar and ordered: three Barcardi Breezers, a lager, two white wines and three Hooch's. They managed to find a table and sat down to drink while the music rang overhead. That was when they noticed that this wasn't the ground floor. Bra, Pan, Sasha, Marron and Bulma walked towards a railing that overlooked something and it was a basement. They could see more than one hundred people dancing to the music and a DJ jamming his tunes in front of them. They looked up and saw another floor. There were lights everywhere and that was when they noticed that their teeth had gone blue in the light.
"Wow!" said Marron, "it's that reflective light that makes everything that's white go blue."
"Look at me!" shouted Sasha over the music. They all looked at Sasha and laughed. She was wearing a white dress and now she was blue.
Bulma got an idea: "You enjoy yourselves. I'm just going to ask the others something…"
The young friends looked at each other and laughed. Just then, Hey Baby by No Doubt blasted through the club and they all looked at each other. Running down the stairs, Bra nearly tripped on her three-inch heels and Sasha bumped into a few people. They joined the club people, moving towards the middle of the crowd and dancing to the song. It was remix and had them all over the place.
~My first time in a club and it is great! I wonder why Atzirk didn't bring me to a club when we were dating; always those fancy restaurants. Oh well, might as well enjoy my only hen night~ she thought sadly, but then another of her favourite songs came on: Papercut by Linkin Park.
After that song, there was Am to Pm by Christina Milian, Bye Bye Bye by N*Sync and then I Gotta Get Through This by David Beddingfield.
They returned to their table to find it unoccupied. They glanced to the dance floor on their floor that they didn't notice before and saw their parents dancing. They laughed so much, thinking that some 45+ adults were getting to the groove on Bon Jovi. They drunk all their drinks and got another round. And then another, but they had a race with this one. Bra, Pan and Sasha were competing against eachother. Bra was winning until she clutched her head with pain and spat most of what was in her mouth all over the table. Pan and Sasha laughed, but continued drinking. Pan and Sasha already had their heads spinning with two Bacardi Breezers and this was their first lager, but they continued. Pan was victorious. Sasha lost by at least a gulp but all the friends were still feeling giddy, even Marron!
Then, Fat Lip by Sum41 came on and that was when the adults returned. Bulma and Chi-Chi saw how they were laughing and realised that they were starting to become pissed. They whispered to themselves about how they reminded them of when they were young.
The friends clambered their way to the dance floor downstairs where there was more atmosphere and got down to a groove. But Bulma called them up at the end of the song and that was when they were caught off guard. They all shrieked when they were sprayed with vibrant spray of orange, pink and green. Now, not only did their teeth shine, but the spray turned hard and shined too. They could be seen for miles. To them, they thought that they were drunk because of the dizzy feeling I their heads, but that was only the beginning signs, but they didn't know that so they decided to get water from the bar. Bra, Marron and Sasha had been to a club before but never had they ordered such strong alcoholic drinks.
Pan then heard the DJ say that there was a competition, a singing competition. Knowing what she was doing only slightly because of her first ever signs of becoming pissed, she signed to sing a song. The others said that they would join in with her and they decided to sing How You Remind Me by Nickleback:
1 Never made it as a wise man,
I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing,
Tied of living like a blind man,
Sick of sucking out a sense of feeling
And this is how you remind me.
This is how you remind me of what I really am
This is how you remind me of what I really am
It's not like you to say sorry, I was waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken for handing you a heart worth breaking
And I've been wrong, I've been down, right to the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head scream: 'are we having fun yet?'
Yet, yet, yet, oh no
Yet, yet, yet, oh no
It's not like I didn't know that
I did love you and I swear I still do
And it must have been so bad
'Cos living with me must have damn near killed you
And this is how you remind me of what I really am
This is how you remind me of what I really am
It's not like you to say sorry, I was waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken for handing you a heart worth breaking
And I've been wrong, I've been down, right to the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head scream: 'are we having fun yet?'
Yet, yet, yet, oh no
Yet, yet, yet, oh no
2 Never made it as a wise man,
I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing
And this is how you remind me
This is how you remind me
This is how you remind me of what I really am
This is how you remind me of what I really am
It's not like you to say sorry, I was waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken for handing you a heart worth breaking
And I've been wrong, I've been down, right to the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head scream: 'are we having fun yet?'
Yet, yet, yet, oh no, are we having fun yet?
Yet, yet, yet, oh no, are we having fun yet?
Everyone clapped as Pan and her vocals finished the song. They all laughed hysterically, even though they weren't even that pissed. Someone was watching Pan though.
"She's cute, in fact gorgeous. I'll easily be able to win her tonight and get a good night…an invigorating night…………."
Cliffhanger! Therefore, who is the man, and will that be Pan's only hen night or will she be having another one on her wedding with Trunks? Stay here.
I'd also like to say an enormous thank you to all who reviewed, especially Dr. Squiee who has reviewed to every chapter so far.
NEXT TIME:
"Who are you?" asked Pan. "Someone with talent, looks and an impressive tongue that wants to be in your mouth." "…" "have another drink," said ? ~as long as she keeps drinking, she's mine~
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