This one's for LL, I hope your feeling better hun!
When The Stars Come Out: Chapter Five- Realization
Marron sighed as she closed the book and set it down on the table. Nothing like a sappy romance novel to make her feel better. Really, how bad could her problems with Trunks be when poor Sergio died saving Larine? Next to that, the whole Trunks situation seemed like a little kid's broken crayon.
"Where's your father?" 18 asked as she dried her hands on a dishtowel. "Wasn't he here a little while ago?"
"Capsule Corp. He said he had to talk with Bulma and Vegeta about something important. Probably training or something," Marron replied tonelessly.
18's eyes widened. "He went to talk with Bulma and Vegeta? Oh shit. Oh shit. I have to go over there right now." And with that, she ran out the door leaving her daughter with a confused look on her face.
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The Briefs' bathroom door opened, a cloud of steam billowing out. Trunks stepped out, clad in only a towel hanging from his waist. His parents had been yelling downstairs since he got home earlier, but now they were talking in normal tones, and Krillin was there too. What could be so important that involved Krillin? Shrugging his shoulders, Trunks walked off down the hall.
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"Seriously, we need to fix this problem. We could be screwing up our children's lives here!" Bulma exclaimed. "We can't control who they date, and you and 18 had no right whatsoever to make this wish."
Krillin nodded meekly, not wanting to make Vegeta too upset with him. "Marron's been storming around the house angrily for the past couple days, and you can totally see she's miserable. I'm sure Trunks is the same way."
"No son of mine is going to fall in love with some weak human who can't even fly!" Vegeta roared.
Bulma pointed a finger to her chest. "Hello?! What the hell do you think you did? And look at you. You're still alive! And you've still got that damn Sayain pride!"
"You don't know a rat's ass about Sayain pride! And because of you, Trunks doesn't know anything about it either! And he should!"
From the stairs, Trunks' eyes widened. That's what happened? A wish? I need to go and find out if this is true.
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"There," Marron said to herself as she blew the last of the dust off the table. She was so bored, not having anything to do or anyone to hang out with. Pan and Bra were at school. Goten was out training with Goku, and Trunks… well, it just wasn't a good idea to hang out alone with Trunks. So she had resorted to cleaning.
The front door slammed open, and Marron jumped and turned around. Trunks stalked in with a stern look on his face.
"Trunks! What the hell are you doing here? You scared me half to death!" Marron yelled. Trunks didn't answer her, but instead walked up to her, took the back of her head in his hand, and planted his lips on hers firmly.
Marron squirmed at first, but then gave up and just kissed back. When Trunks finally broke away, he shook his head. "They did do it."
"Do what?" Marron asked, still dazed.
"Your mom and my dad, they made a wish for us to hate each other. That's what's been going on."
Marron cocked her head to the side. "They did? But why?"
Trunks looked away. "Because they didn't want us dating. What are we going to do?"
I knew something was wrong. I knew I didn't hate Trunks. But does he want to get back together? She sat down on the couch and buried her face in her hands. "Do you still like me?" she asked in a muffled voice.
He shoved his hands in his pockets. "Well… uh, I don't know-- I mean, I guess…"
"Yes or no Trunks," she snapped.
"Yes," he muttered.
"So the wish really had no effect."
"It had an effect, just one that wore off quicker than they expected."
He sat down next to her. "Are you okay? You look a little pale?"
"Let's see. My ex-boyfriend stormed into my house, kissed me without saying a word, and then tells me that our parents made a wish for us to hate each other and that's why we haven't been able to stand each other for the past week. Hmmm, I wonder."
"Yeah, I see. Hey, why don't we give us another shot? We were so good together."
She turned to face him. "We were good. But I just don't know. There was a lot of things you and I said that we can't take back. And some of those things were really hurtful."
He smirked. "What, you don't like being called the Boob Goddess?"
"No," she giggled.
"If you had been showing any more cleavage, I think my eyes would have popped out of their sockets."
She leaned her head against him. "That was the point."
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18 burst through the Briefs' front door. "Vegeta, you ass! You told them!" she yelled.
"18, where's Trunks' ki?" Krillin asked.
Vegeta's and 18's heads snapped up. "They're both at Kame House!"
Bulma smiled. "See? The wish wasn't even that effective. Now do you two understand? You can't tamper with love."
"Shit, we have to go over there. They might be blasting each other's heads off," Vegeta said.
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When the parents burst through the front door, they all gasped at the scene before them.
Trunks and Marron were both laying on the couch, sleeping. Marron was leaning against Trunks, and the two looked so peaceful, the four just turned around and left.
I'm so, so, so sorry this took so long to get up. I had writer's block like you wouldn't imagine, and with all the crap going on, I haven't found time for this story. But thanks a bunch to all my reviewers, you know who you are.