This one's for Burned, cause I know from experience I'll be on her shit list if I put this out any later.
Trunks swallowed a piece of pizza. "Alright guys, what do you say we play truth? You know, the opposite of Truth or Dare?"
Marron nodded. "Sure. You know that's my favorite game. And plus, I'm dying to get some scoop out of 'Ten over here."
"Why me?" Goten asked.
She laughed. "Cause it's fun making you squirm." She playfully pinched his arm. (Or bicep. You decide.)
"Okay, I'll go first," Trunks said. "Marron, what irks you most about Goten?"
"Hmm, only one thing?" she asked evilly. "No, really, what irks me most about Goten is probably how he always does everything he says he'll do. I mean, if I were to ask him to take me to the mall in ten years, he'll remember and do it. Sometimes, that gets on my nerves." She saw his expressionless face and wrapped an arm around him. "But I still love you."
"Ha, I knew that. Now Trunks, I want to make this more than a game. Do you still love Marron?"
Marron looked up at Goten.
"Well, I already told Marron the answer on the phone the earlier," Trunks replied nervously.
"Goten, do we have to start this now? I just wanted to hang out, not get into this," Marron pleaded.
"But I have to know. Then we can go back to the game. Now Trunks, answer the question."
Trunks shifted nervously. "Uh, no 'Ten, of course I'm not in love with Marron. Now let's get on with the game. Goten, I believe it's my turn to ask."
"You know Goten, I could kill you right now. Trunks, hand me my crutches," Marron spat out angrily. "I can't believe you just did that. I thought we were over this. But I guess you aren't." She grabbed her crutches and limped her way into the bedroom.
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Marron grabbed the phone and punched out the number to Kame House. Of course, she ended up getting the answering machine, so she slammed the phone down. How could he do this to her? More importantly, why did he do this to her? Things were finally going good. The three of them, playing Truth, eating pizza, drinking beer. It was all going so perfect. And then he had to ruin it. And he was the last person she thought would.
She heard a door slam, but she didn't know which one of them left. Most likely it was Goten, but with those two, you could never be sure. Then there was a knock on her bedroom door before it opened and Trunks sat down on the bed next to her.
"You okay Mar? You seemed pretty pissed off back there." He wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
"Yeah, well, I just can't believe he would do that to you. I guess I just got a little mad that he had to ruin everything. I felt like things were getting to be normal again," she said softly.
Trunks stood up. "Well, I think I'm going to head home. Since we made promises not to leave you alone, how about I take you back to my parents with me? I'll bring you home later, and I know Goten will be back by midnight, trust me."
"Thanks Trunks, but I think I'll just call Pan and see if she wants to hang out for a while. I'll call you tomorrow and tell you what happened. Thanks for the pizza. I owe you one."
"Don't worry about it Chestnut. I owed you. Take care of yourself and don't worry about your knight in shining armor. He'll come around soon. I promise."
He walked out the door, leaving Marron sitting on her bed, wondering how she got herself into that position in the first place.
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"Uncle Goten actually said that?" Pan asked in disbelief half an hour later. "I thought he was over that."
"Me too," Marron added dryly. "But Trunks was so wonderful about it all. He reassured me Goten would be home by midnight, and would be sorry. I want to believe Trunks and everything, but I think this might be it."
Pan gave Marron a quick hug. "Come on Mar. You know for a fact a little fight like this is not going to ruin what you two have."
"But what if he doesn't come home Pan? What happens then? Can you tell where he is?"
"Yeah. He's over at Grandma and Grandpa's. I know him. He loves you too much to stay away."
"I know. I'm just worried about him. Okay, let's talk about something else. So what did you do today?"
Pan laughed. "I spent the day training with my dad. But instead of sparring physically, we ended up sparring verbally. We fought over everything: the way I was fighting, taking breaks, school, Uncle Goten, Mom, you name it, we fought over it."
"I can see that," Marron laughed before glancing over at the clock. "Wow, it's ten thirty already. Don't you have to leave now?"
"Yeah, but I can't leave you here alone, Mar. I'll wait until Uncle Goten gets back."
"No, I'll be fine. I promise I'll just sit here on the couch or maybe go to bed. You go home. I don't want you to get in trouble, Pan."
Pan sighed. "Okay, but if you need anything, just call me, and I'll be there."
"Thanks Pan. I'll call you in the morning. If you see Goten, tell him I wish he would come home."
"Sure. See ya Mar. Take care."
"You too Pan. Bye."
Pan left and Marron limped her way to the bedroom. She crawled into the bed, But what if Goten didn't want to come home? What if he decided that he didn't need her anymore? No matter how much Trunks and Pan tried to reassure her, Marron still felt that he was fed up with all the shit that'd been going on in the past three months. Soon, she stopped worrying and fell asleep.
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Goten walked through the apartment a little after two. He had been training for the past four hours, and all he wanted was to plop down in bed and sleep for a year. But there was something he had to do.
He made his way into the bedroom and smiled at Marron's sleeping form. She was on her side, the way she had gotten used to sleeping, a good position for her arm and leg. Goten knew he had to apologize to her, and Trunks, too. Just as she had made a mistake, so had he. A bad one that he had no way of fixing.
He kneeled on the bed and leaned over her. "I'm sorry, my Marron. I made a mistake tonight. I was stupid. Please forgive me?" he whispered in her ear.
"I know you're sorry 'Ten," she murmured. "Just forget about it. Go to sleep and we can do what we have to do in the morning."
"Yeah. Good night Mar."
"Night 'Ten."
He crawled next to her, wrapped his arm around her, kissed her head, and fell asleep.
More drama, more drama. What can I say, I'm in a drama mood. Okay, well review like I hope you will. Alright so I'll see ya around.
