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A/N: I'm really sorry that I needed so long to write this chapter. I honestly thought that I would have more time for you, now that the final examinations are written, but the teachers must've thought the same and are giving us now tons and tons of work!
And thank you soooooo much for your reviews! I never dreamed that this story would have such success!
@t Maria Cline: As I wrote in the previous chapter, Pan is wearing a bracelet, which is a ki-shield.
Chapter 3: The new job
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As soon as Pan was home and had changed into her pajamas, she let herself fall down on her bed. She groaned, thinking about the previous events at that evening. This was SO not supposed to happen. Okay, she knew that she would have to meet him eventually, but not under those circumstances! Not doing this with him! But why did this even happen? What had gotten into her?
To answer that question: She knew exactly that she had no idea what had gotten into her. Her feelings and her reaction were totally new to her. She wasn't in control of herself as it happened. It felt like someone else was acting for her. She normally should have felt his ki, at the latest when he entered the club. But somehow her ability to sense other people's ki was replaced by the other feelings, which were running through her body at the moment he was near her.
But how could that happen?
Pan glanced at her clock and sighed. She had to start and think about something else, otherwise she wouldn't get any sleep that night. And she needed to be fresh the next day.
Pan was woken up by the annoying sound of her alarm clock. She hit it lightly, trying hard not to smash it, and turned around in her bed. She didn't want to get up! She was still tired and she felt like she hadn't slept at all. When had she fallen asleep? Just one or two hours ago? "Trunks, I hate you…" she mumbled, as she crawled out of the warm and very comfortable bed. "It's all your fault." If he hadn't danced with her like that, she would have slept a lot better. And more. The whole night, she couldn't think of anything but how his touch felt, what it had caused in her.
She looked at her mirror image, as she arrived in the bathroom. "You're a liar, Pan," she scolded herself, "you know that you can't blame him for that. Well, at least not fully. You're as guilty in this as he is." But now she was prepared. She wouldn't let something like that happen again. She thought she was over him and she wouldn't give those feelings a chance to come to surface again.
After she had taken a long and hot shower and had a huge breakfast, she was on her way to her new job. She walked there, because it wasn't that far, and she needed about 10 minutes until she stood in front of the skyscraper, where she would work from now on. She checked her clothes, which consisted of a dark blue longer skirt, a white blouse and a dark blue blazer, and took a deep breath, before she entered this building. She was told to report when she arrived and so she made her way to the office she was told to go to. After knocking and hearing a faint 'come in', she opened the door and stepped inside.
The elderly woman, who was sitting at the desk, looked up and smiled at the young woman in front of her. "Good morning Miss Shen." She got up and extended her hand.
Pan shook it. "Good morning Mrs. Briefs. How are you doing?"
"I'm fine… And how are you? You look a bit tired."
Pan smiled lightly. "You're right. I didn't sleep well last night. Something kept me awake." Or better, someone.
Bulma gave her an assuring smile. "Don't worry about that. It's understandable. Maybe you were just a bit nervous about working here. Well then, shall we go?"
Pan nodded and Bulma led her out of the office, along many hallways, Pan still knew by heart, into an elevator. While they were on their way to the highest floor, Bulma was talking non-stop about Capsule Corporation and the job Pan, no Pia, should do. Pan admired the woman in front of her. In the last years, she hadn't changed at all. She was still so full of energy and that she was still working impressed her.
"And there's one thing I still have to tell you," Bulma said, "You must know, my son has this bad habit to sneak out of his office. But I hope that he will stop doing this with you working with him."
Pan grinned, well remembering this habit of Trunks. Well, some things never change. She sighed inwardly. Trunks. Why did she take this job? Oh yeah, because it was the only one, where she wouldn't be fired, when she revealed herself.
Suddenly the elevator came to a halt in the highest floor. It was time. What would Trunks say, when he saw her? Don't think of last night, don't think of last night, Pan chanted to herself, as she and Bulma stopped in front of the door, which would lead to Trunks office.
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Trunks Vegeta Briefs, President of Capsule Corporation and heir to the throne of the Saiyajins, wasn't himself that morning. Everything he started went wrong. He even almost messed up an important deal with some other company from the USA, and that just because he couldn't concentrate.
He caught himself looking at the window again. He was debating with himself, if he should sneak out and look for her, or not.
The whole night and the whole morning his mind kept drifting off to this woman he had met the night before.
Pia Shen.
He could still remember her scent, how his body reacted as their bodies touched. It was breathtaking. She was breathtaking. He had never seen a woman like her before. A woman so beautiful, so… so… he couldn't describe it. No woman had ever done something like this to him before. Alone thinking of her was torturing him.
Trunks smiled. But it was a sweet torture.
Suddenly a beeping noise came from the intercom, tearing Trunks out of his thoughts. Groaning he pushed one of the buttons. "What is it?" he asked, trying to hide the annoyance in his voice.
"Mr. Briefs, your mother is here. She wants to talk to you," the sweet voice of his secretary told him.
His mother? What was she doing here? Trunks gulped. Had she noticed that so many things had gone wrong this morning? Hesitating, he pushed the button again. "Send her in."
Trunks straightened his suit and prepared himself for whatever might come now. The door opened and his mother stepped inside with a smile on her face. "Hello mom, what are you doing here?"
"Hi Trunks. I'm here to introduce you to your new personal assistant," Bulma told him.
Oh shit! Trunks cursed mentally. He had totally forgotten about that! His mother had long planned for him to get an assistant and yesterday she had told him that she finally found someone. "Well, and where is he?"
"She is waiting outside. I wanted to give you some time to prepare, since you weren't yourself this morning." She looked at Trunks with a very Vegeta-like smirk, when she saw the look of shock and fear in his eyes. "Trunks, you know that I know about everything that is going on here. You could be glad that you were able to save the deal."
"I'm sorry…" Trunks mumbled and hung his head.
"Don't worry about that. I'm quite confident that something like this won't happen again with her being here. I was really impressed as I met her. For someone as young as her, she's 23, she knew really much about Capsule Corporation and her marks were excellent. She must have been working really hard to receive them. Oh, and did I already say that she's also really beautiful?" Bulma added winking.
"Mom…" Trunks groaned.
"Okay, forget about that last comment, but I really think that you should start a family soon." Bulma sighed. "Whatever, I'll call her now…" She went to the intercom and pushed a button.
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Pan tapped nervously with her foot. She didn't know why she was scared so sudden. It's not like she hadn't met Trunks before. But exactly that was the reason why she was so nervous. If she hadn't met him the previous night, everything would be okay, but now… And the glares from the secretary didn't help either. She could see pure hatred and jealousy in the eyes of the blond bimbo (A/N: I have nothing against blondes, I'm self one). Pan took a quick glance at the still open doors of the elevator. She could still flee, but decided against it. She was a Saiyajin and not a coward!
Pan almost jumped, as the intercom began to beep. "Please send her inside," she could hear Bulma's voice saying.
"Well, you've heard what she had said," the secretary hissed at her.
Pan put a smile on her face and looked at her. "Thank you." She turned to the door and after taking one last deep breath, she opened it and stepped inside, her smile not wavering a bit.
Trunks had to blink, as she stepped into his office. Once. Twice.
"Trunks," his mother said, "this is your new personal assistant. Her name is…"
"Pia?" Trunks asked disbelieving. He blinked again, but she was still there. The woman who had kept him awake all night was standing right in front of him.
"You two know each other?" Bulma asked confused.
"We've met before," Pan answered, tearing his eyes away from him. Trunks just nodded in agreement, not being able to look away from the young woman in front of him.
"Okay, then I leave you two alone now. Trunks, please be so nice and show her a bit around. See you later." Bulma turned around and left the office, silently congratulating herself. She had never seen her son looking at a woman like this before. This could become interesting. She almost squealed with delight, as she was in the elevator. Getting those two together meant one thing - Grandchildren!
Trunks and Pan looked at each other awkwardly. There was an unbearable tension in the air. None of them knew what to say. As Pan dared to take a closer look at her new boss, she noticed that he was still as handsome as before. And he looked really hot in this dark blue suit. She asked herself, if he had finally burned his hideous old one. But why did he still wear those fake glasses?
"Uhm," Trunks began hesitating. "I never thought that you would be my assistant. Why didn't you tell me last night?"
"I don't know. I guess I just forgot about it." Pan told him, "Apropos last night… I… uhm…"
"I'm sorry if I have offended you in any way, but I have no idea what had gotten into me…"
"Me neither," Pan answered quickly. "I mean, I also have no idea what had gotten into me… So you don't need to be sorry about it. What do you think of just forgetting about last night?"
"Okay," Trunks said and Pan thought she heard something in his voice. Was that… disappointment? "Last night has never happened."
"Okay, then…" She walked over to him and extended her hand. "Good morning, Mr. Briefs. My name is Pia Shen and I'm your new personal assistant."
"It's nice to meet you, Miss Shen. Please call me Trunks, if I may call you Pia."
"Pia is fine… Trunks."
Trunks smiled at her and shook her hand. Both felt immediately as if hit by a lightning. They both felt again the burning sensation going through their skins.
Pan slowly pulled her hand away. "Didn't you want to show me around?" she asked, trying to avoid any uncomfortable moments.
"Yeah, right… Please follow me," Trunks answered and walked to the door.
Pan followed him, absently rubbing her hand. After this encounter she was sure of one thing. If every touch of him caused those reactions in her, she would need a lot more self control.
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I'm once again sorry that this chapter took so long, but I hope that I will get the next one out faster!
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