Meg - I'm pretty sure I can handle this one. Ok, here goes nothing.
I'm not really one for author's notes today, you got a pretty lucky break, huh?
Oh, wait. In this story their ages are only a few years apart. So, like, maybe they're
Juniors and Seniors in high school? Something like that.
In the last chapter:
As they neared the campus Goten explained to Pan about his conversation with her father.
"He said that he still intends to send you, as well as my parents intent to send me to a
private school. Apparently my mom also thinks that we will both get hurt if Vegeta
catches us while talking to Bra and Trunks so she is supporting his point. I don't know
when we have to change schools, but I know it will at least be 2 days for them to send the
school transcripts and actually set us up in classes there."
Pan nodded to show she understood and silently walked into the school.
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"Pan, what are we going to do?," Goten asked as they slowly walked through the front
hall of the school.
"Well, one thing's for sure, we *have* to find Trunks and Bra to tell them about this," Pan
said, her voice shaking a bit. "We have two days left to see them - TWO! I mean, I don't
care that we're not supposed to see them, and that we could get mangled by Vegeta. All I
care is that...well, Goten...I feel like a piece of me has been ripped out with no warning....
You know what I mean?"
Goten nodded. "Pan, I feel exactly the same way, and we've got to find them now."
"Excuse me," the secretary's aide said as she came up to them and lightly touched
Goten's arm and looked at the pair expectantly. "Could you two come to the office real
quick?" She cracked her gum and waited for an answer.
They both just nodded, and curiously followed her to the office to find out the exact
nature of their visit. She led them to sit on some hard orange chairs and told them to wait.
"I hope she's not too long," Pan complained, "my ass hurts already."
"Yeah, these chairs are so uncomfortable! Remember when Trunks offered to refurnish
the chairs in the detention room with recliners?," Goten asked, laughing a bit.
"Well if I was him, I would have done the same thing," Pan joked, "I mean, he was in
detention so often - who wouldn't want them?"
They stopped laughing abruptly when they saw the principal's door open. Gohan stepped
out, shaking his hand and thanking him.
"Gohan?!," Goten said, leaping up and momentarily forgetting his aching behind, "What is
this? What are you doing here?!"
"Goten, Pan, I'm going to take you to your new school now," Gohan said, with a smile on
his face. He was successfully ignoring his brother and daughter's opposition to the school
change. "I got the transfer to go through more quickly. So now everything is settled.
Let's hurry so you can get a tour as well as a few classes in."
"Everything is NOT settled," Pan said in a deathly tone of voice.
"It sure is Panny," he said firmly, but holding a smile still because they were in public. He
didn't want to cause a scene, and he didn't want Pan to blow up the office. "Now let's
go."
He pushed Pan and Goten through the door and thanked the principal over his shoulder.
Once outside, Pan and Goten were relieved to find Goku there, sitting on the bike rack
looking at the sky. They ran to him to see what kind of comfort he could give, or if they
could talk Gohan out of this.
"Dad!"
"Grandpa!"
He looked over at them but shook his head sadly. "There's nothing I can do, I'm sorry,"
he said, and through his voice they knew he meant it. "In fact, you're going to hate me for
the reason I'm here."
Pan and Goten looked at him quizzically. Goku sighed and looked pleadingly at Gohan.
"Come on, dad," he said, "Let's go."
Goku sighed again and teleported them all to the school.
"Grandpa how could you?!," Pan screamed once they landed.
"Dad?," was all Goten could manage. He felt betrayed, as if everyone was against him.
Pan was his only ally.
"I know, I'm sorry!," Goku said. Both knew that he really was sorry, but they were still
mad that he did it at all. They looked away and avoided eye contact with either of the
adults.
"See what you made me do, Gohan?," Goku asked.
Gohan sighed. "You know dad, you can go home now," he said.
Goku shook his head sadly. "Sorry, Pan, Goten - you're on your own now."
"Wait-," they both desperately pleaded together, but Goku had already disappeared.
Pan crossed her arms and looked away, blowing some stray hair out of her face. For once
she had no idea how to get out of this mess. Goten felt the same way. He kicked the dirt
angrily and shoved his hands in his pockets. He refused to look up to meet Gohan's eyes,
Pan did the same.
"Listen," Gohan said firmly. "You're going to get a tour and-"
"You can't do this," Pan stated bitterly.
"Yes, I can." Gohan said with more firmness than before. "Now you're going to get a
tour and-"
"Gohan how could you do this to me?," Goten asked with the same bitterness as Pan.
"It is the right thing to do," Gohan said in that firm voice that Goten and Pan were getting
sick of. "Now LISTEN. You're going to get a tour, and," he paused and eyed them to
make sure they wouldn't interrupt again, "then you will be able to go to a few of your
classes. They'll give you your roster and you'll be able to join your class. Now don't be a
smartass to your teachers just because you're mad at the situation-"
"I'm mad at *you*," Pan stated.
Gohan narrowed his eyes and continued as if he hadn't heard that, but really he was a bit
hurt by that and Pan could see it in his eyes. But she stubbornly held back an apology.
"I know that you're mad at the SITUATION," Gohan said, stressing the word quite
clearly, making Pan glad that she didn't apologize, "but you know what? What's done is
DONE. Okay? Now get over it and meet your new teachers and adjust to your new
classes."
Pan and Goten silently followed him, not in the mood to argue. Each were more sad and
depressed than they'd ever been. And it was only getting worse.
*************
After the tour, Gohan left, but not before warning them to be good and stay in class or he
would personally hunt them down. Eye contact had been avoided by Pan and Goten, of
course, as they nodded. They were given uniforms and books and assigned to lockers.
Then they settled into their first classes - Goten in his senior classes and Pan in her junior
classes.
Pan and Goten were put in the same lunch though, and they planned to meet in the
courtyard as soon as the period started. The classes seemed to go by so slowly, and even
slower for the always hungry Goten. Finally though, Goten met Pan under a tree with his
mountain of food. Pan frowned and shook her head at Goten's predictableness, and
surprisingly Goten frowned too.
"Umm, Pan?," he asked hesitantly. She looked up in answer. "I'm uh.........not... hungry."
Pan's jaw dropped. "You're not hungry?! Goten, I don't think that has ever happened to
you in your life - I'm worried." She paused as she looked at his mountain of food. "You
know what," she said flatly, "I'm not either." They put the food back in the capsule that
Chichi had always packed for Goten. Goten sighed.
"This sweater is itchy," he said finally, "And my tie is too tight...and I don't know how to
loosen it."
"This skirt is itchy too," she said, "And too long." She proceeded to roll her skirt a few
times at the top and pull her sweater over the rolled part. A few hoots were heard
throughout the courtyard from the guys. She ignored them and turned back to Goten.
"Thats good, I guess. Want me to loosen your tie?"
Goten smiled weakly. "Could you?"
Pan loosened his tie and they continued to sit there and talk about their day, and finally the
depressing subject of the predicament that they were in. They both cursed Gohan and
vowed that they would overcome the obstacle.
"I feel empty still," Pan said. "I need to see Bra again, and Trunks too....seriously, Goten,
I feel like a part of me has been ripped out."
"I know Pan, I know," Goten said tiredly, "me too. Trunks was the best friend I ever had.
He is the best friend I will ever have. And Bra...." Goten trailed off and sighed.
"What about Bra?," Pan interrogated.
"Huh?," Goten asked. Pan swore she saw his cheeks turn rosy.
"So you like my best friend?," Pan asked smiling. When Goten didn't answer, she turned
serious. "Do you, Goten?," she asked softly.
"What if I do?," he asked hesitantly.
"That's fine with me," Pan said smiling. Goten sighed in relief. Pan continued. "Because
I like Trunks...no, I...love him...." she waited for a reaction from Goten.
"Do you think that's stupid?," she asked.
"No," Goten said finally, "I don't. Do you think its stupid that I love my niece's best
friend and my best friend's sister?"
Pan smiled, blushing a little still from her own confession, and shook her head no.
"That's why we feel so empty. Because we're losing two very important parts of
ourselves," Goten said wisely, "Our best friends...and the people we love."
Pan sighed, putting her chin in her hand and staring absently at the sky. "What do you think
they're doing now?," she asked sadly.
"I wish I was there to see," Goten replied with an equal sadness.
The rest of the day passed painfully slow for Goten and Pan.
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Meg - good luck with the next chapter! I think you can find lots of different things to do!
Please READ & REVIEW everyone! Thanks a bunch!
I'm not really one for author's notes today, you got a pretty lucky break, huh?
Oh, wait. In this story their ages are only a few years apart. So, like, maybe they're
Juniors and Seniors in high school? Something like that.
In the last chapter:
As they neared the campus Goten explained to Pan about his conversation with her father.
"He said that he still intends to send you, as well as my parents intent to send me to a
private school. Apparently my mom also thinks that we will both get hurt if Vegeta
catches us while talking to Bra and Trunks so she is supporting his point. I don't know
when we have to change schools, but I know it will at least be 2 days for them to send the
school transcripts and actually set us up in classes there."
Pan nodded to show she understood and silently walked into the school.
_________________________
"Pan, what are we going to do?," Goten asked as they slowly walked through the front
hall of the school.
"Well, one thing's for sure, we *have* to find Trunks and Bra to tell them about this," Pan
said, her voice shaking a bit. "We have two days left to see them - TWO! I mean, I don't
care that we're not supposed to see them, and that we could get mangled by Vegeta. All I
care is that...well, Goten...I feel like a piece of me has been ripped out with no warning....
You know what I mean?"
Goten nodded. "Pan, I feel exactly the same way, and we've got to find them now."
"Excuse me," the secretary's aide said as she came up to them and lightly touched
Goten's arm and looked at the pair expectantly. "Could you two come to the office real
quick?" She cracked her gum and waited for an answer.
They both just nodded, and curiously followed her to the office to find out the exact
nature of their visit. She led them to sit on some hard orange chairs and told them to wait.
"I hope she's not too long," Pan complained, "my ass hurts already."
"Yeah, these chairs are so uncomfortable! Remember when Trunks offered to refurnish
the chairs in the detention room with recliners?," Goten asked, laughing a bit.
"Well if I was him, I would have done the same thing," Pan joked, "I mean, he was in
detention so often - who wouldn't want them?"
They stopped laughing abruptly when they saw the principal's door open. Gohan stepped
out, shaking his hand and thanking him.
"Gohan?!," Goten said, leaping up and momentarily forgetting his aching behind, "What is
this? What are you doing here?!"
"Goten, Pan, I'm going to take you to your new school now," Gohan said, with a smile on
his face. He was successfully ignoring his brother and daughter's opposition to the school
change. "I got the transfer to go through more quickly. So now everything is settled.
Let's hurry so you can get a tour as well as a few classes in."
"Everything is NOT settled," Pan said in a deathly tone of voice.
"It sure is Panny," he said firmly, but holding a smile still because they were in public. He
didn't want to cause a scene, and he didn't want Pan to blow up the office. "Now let's
go."
He pushed Pan and Goten through the door and thanked the principal over his shoulder.
Once outside, Pan and Goten were relieved to find Goku there, sitting on the bike rack
looking at the sky. They ran to him to see what kind of comfort he could give, or if they
could talk Gohan out of this.
"Dad!"
"Grandpa!"
He looked over at them but shook his head sadly. "There's nothing I can do, I'm sorry,"
he said, and through his voice they knew he meant it. "In fact, you're going to hate me for
the reason I'm here."
Pan and Goten looked at him quizzically. Goku sighed and looked pleadingly at Gohan.
"Come on, dad," he said, "Let's go."
Goku sighed again and teleported them all to the school.
"Grandpa how could you?!," Pan screamed once they landed.
"Dad?," was all Goten could manage. He felt betrayed, as if everyone was against him.
Pan was his only ally.
"I know, I'm sorry!," Goku said. Both knew that he really was sorry, but they were still
mad that he did it at all. They looked away and avoided eye contact with either of the
adults.
"See what you made me do, Gohan?," Goku asked.
Gohan sighed. "You know dad, you can go home now," he said.
Goku shook his head sadly. "Sorry, Pan, Goten - you're on your own now."
"Wait-," they both desperately pleaded together, but Goku had already disappeared.
Pan crossed her arms and looked away, blowing some stray hair out of her face. For once
she had no idea how to get out of this mess. Goten felt the same way. He kicked the dirt
angrily and shoved his hands in his pockets. He refused to look up to meet Gohan's eyes,
Pan did the same.
"Listen," Gohan said firmly. "You're going to get a tour and-"
"You can't do this," Pan stated bitterly.
"Yes, I can." Gohan said with more firmness than before. "Now you're going to get a
tour and-"
"Gohan how could you do this to me?," Goten asked with the same bitterness as Pan.
"It is the right thing to do," Gohan said in that firm voice that Goten and Pan were getting
sick of. "Now LISTEN. You're going to get a tour, and," he paused and eyed them to
make sure they wouldn't interrupt again, "then you will be able to go to a few of your
classes. They'll give you your roster and you'll be able to join your class. Now don't be a
smartass to your teachers just because you're mad at the situation-"
"I'm mad at *you*," Pan stated.
Gohan narrowed his eyes and continued as if he hadn't heard that, but really he was a bit
hurt by that and Pan could see it in his eyes. But she stubbornly held back an apology.
"I know that you're mad at the SITUATION," Gohan said, stressing the word quite
clearly, making Pan glad that she didn't apologize, "but you know what? What's done is
DONE. Okay? Now get over it and meet your new teachers and adjust to your new
classes."
Pan and Goten silently followed him, not in the mood to argue. Each were more sad and
depressed than they'd ever been. And it was only getting worse.
*************
After the tour, Gohan left, but not before warning them to be good and stay in class or he
would personally hunt them down. Eye contact had been avoided by Pan and Goten, of
course, as they nodded. They were given uniforms and books and assigned to lockers.
Then they settled into their first classes - Goten in his senior classes and Pan in her junior
classes.
Pan and Goten were put in the same lunch though, and they planned to meet in the
courtyard as soon as the period started. The classes seemed to go by so slowly, and even
slower for the always hungry Goten. Finally though, Goten met Pan under a tree with his
mountain of food. Pan frowned and shook her head at Goten's predictableness, and
surprisingly Goten frowned too.
"Umm, Pan?," he asked hesitantly. She looked up in answer. "I'm uh.........not... hungry."
Pan's jaw dropped. "You're not hungry?! Goten, I don't think that has ever happened to
you in your life - I'm worried." She paused as she looked at his mountain of food. "You
know what," she said flatly, "I'm not either." They put the food back in the capsule that
Chichi had always packed for Goten. Goten sighed.
"This sweater is itchy," he said finally, "And my tie is too tight...and I don't know how to
loosen it."
"This skirt is itchy too," she said, "And too long." She proceeded to roll her skirt a few
times at the top and pull her sweater over the rolled part. A few hoots were heard
throughout the courtyard from the guys. She ignored them and turned back to Goten.
"Thats good, I guess. Want me to loosen your tie?"
Goten smiled weakly. "Could you?"
Pan loosened his tie and they continued to sit there and talk about their day, and finally the
depressing subject of the predicament that they were in. They both cursed Gohan and
vowed that they would overcome the obstacle.
"I feel empty still," Pan said. "I need to see Bra again, and Trunks too....seriously, Goten,
I feel like a part of me has been ripped out."
"I know Pan, I know," Goten said tiredly, "me too. Trunks was the best friend I ever had.
He is the best friend I will ever have. And Bra...." Goten trailed off and sighed.
"What about Bra?," Pan interrogated.
"Huh?," Goten asked. Pan swore she saw his cheeks turn rosy.
"So you like my best friend?," Pan asked smiling. When Goten didn't answer, she turned
serious. "Do you, Goten?," she asked softly.
"What if I do?," he asked hesitantly.
"That's fine with me," Pan said smiling. Goten sighed in relief. Pan continued. "Because
I like Trunks...no, I...love him...." she waited for a reaction from Goten.
"Do you think that's stupid?," she asked.
"No," Goten said finally, "I don't. Do you think its stupid that I love my niece's best
friend and my best friend's sister?"
Pan smiled, blushing a little still from her own confession, and shook her head no.
"That's why we feel so empty. Because we're losing two very important parts of
ourselves," Goten said wisely, "Our best friends...and the people we love."
Pan sighed, putting her chin in her hand and staring absently at the sky. "What do you think
they're doing now?," she asked sadly.
"I wish I was there to see," Goten replied with an equal sadness.
The rest of the day passed painfully slow for Goten and Pan.
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Meg - good luck with the next chapter! I think you can find lots of different things to do!
Please READ & REVIEW everyone! Thanks a bunch!
