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A/N: Haha! I'm evil! This chapter will not be about the party! Well, you have to be patient! But I promise, the next chapter will be about it. I swear!
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Chapter 6: Bad, baaad day
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The following day Pan slept till 3 o'clock in the afternoon, a quite unusual time for her, since she normally didn't sleep longer than ten or eleven o'clock in the morning. She could have even slept longer that Saturday, after the lack of sleep during the week, but her Saiyajinmetabolism kicked in and demanded food. Still half asleep she shuffled over to her small kitchen to the fridge, looking for something to eat. But much to her disappointment the fridge was almost empty. The only thing that was still there was some milk. Sighing, she grabbed the milk and the pack of cereal and put everything into a bowl. And if everything wasn't bad enough that morning, err afternoon, the pack of the cereal was empty as the bowl was half full. "Why me?" Pan whined and let her head fall on the table in her kitchen. It really looked like she had to do some shopping this afternoon.
Suddenly her stomach rumbled again, louder this time. Deciding that this small bit of food would maybe calm her stomach down, she nearly dug into the rest of the cereal, devouring it within a few seconds. As the bowl was empty, her stomach was still complaining, but not as bad as before. It would have to wait until she did her shopping and got to a restaurant or something like that. Buying food was now more important than having breakfast, or lunch or whatever she could call it at this time of the day.
She just wanted to get up and put the bowl away, when her eyes rested on the sink. Oh great, she thought. One more thing she had to do and one more thing that had to wait until she got back from shopping. Defeated, she went back into her bedroom and not feeling like taking a shower she just put on some clothes. Old light blue torn jeans, a white tank top, white sneakers and a messy ponytail would just have to work for her shopping-tour.
After she left her apartment and arrived at the elevator, she could just stare at the closed doors. There was hanging a white sign with OUT OF ORDER written in bold red letters on it. She hit her head against it a few times, leaving a small dent in the door. "Dende, I swear, if something else goes wrong today, I'll enjoy killing you," she mumbled under her breath and made her way to the stairs. Twenty floors. Well, nothing a Saiyajin couldn't handle, when he wasn't tired, hungry, annoyed and in the mood to kill the green guardian of the earth.
"Okay, I guess I'll just jump. I hope no one will see me," Pan decided and climbed over the rail. She gently pushed herself away from it and let herself fall down to the ground. Without bothering to slow her fall near the ground, she landed in a crouched position. When she got up again, she saw an old man staring at her. A huge grin, unique for anyone belonging to the Son-family, spread across her face and her hand wandered to the back of her head. "Uhm… Oops?" she said, laughing nervously.
The old man just shook his head. "Those young people nowadays."
"Well, yeah… we are always in a hurry! Bye!" She quickly waved to him and left the building. Outside she took out a capsule of her pocket and decapsulized (does that word even exist?) it, to reveal a red mountain bike. She smiled. Mom, dad, thanks again for this birthday present. It's my second baby after my motorbike.
She got on the bike and drove off.
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About the same time the preparations for the party at Capsule Corporation went at full blast. Bulma was throwing commands at Trunks, Gohan, Goten and Vegeta, who she forced to decorate the large living room, while ChiChi and Videl were in the kitchen cooking for the buffet.
"Hey Bra," Bulma said, when her daughter came down the stairs, holding a large box containing garlands and other stuff in her hands. "Can you please do some shopping for me? There are still a few things we need for tonight. You can take Goten with you, so that it will go faster."
Bra placed the box on the floor and took the piece of paper her mother was giving her. "Sure mom," she answered smiling. "Anything to get out of here." She went over to her boyfriend and pulled him away from the others. "Come on, honey. We have to do some shopping."
"Huh? O-okay…" Goten answered confused and followed her.
"And where do you think you're going?" Bulma demanded to know, as Vegeta wanted to go past her in the hallway, after Bra and Goten were gone.
"Train," he answered shortly.
"Oh no, you won't." Bulma poked her index finger in his chest. "You will stay here and help the others. And you won't train tonight either. Understand? It's your daughter's party and you will stay here with the other guests."
"Or what?" Vegeta smirked.
"Or else you'll have to sleep on the couch," Bulma threatened.
Vegeta took a step closer to her, forcing her to back away against a wall. He leaned with his right hand against the wall and began to place butterfly kisses on her neck, where he had bitten her the night Trunks was conceived. "You know exactly that you can't hold out a night without me," he almost purred into her ear.
"Vegeta," Bulma moaned. "Not here. What if someone sees us?"
"So what?"
With her last strength Bulma pushed Vegeta away. "No. And now go back! When the couch-threat doesn't work, then what about destroying the gravity room?"
She smirked, when she saw the look of shock on her mate's face. "You wouldn't dare."
"Do you want to risk it?"
"Fine! I'll go back!" Vegeta growled and went back to the living room. Bulma grinned as she looked after him. Some people would never believe what power some weak earth women have over the strongest fighters of the universe.
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Goten practically drooled over all this food that was lying in the freezer in front of him. It was really a good thing that Bra had brought him along. This store was like a paradise for every real Saiyajin. Huge freezers full of food, free-food at every corner, where costumers could try new food, but best of all the large food court, where Bra had promised to take him after they've finished shopping.
He looked up to find Bra, as someone caught his eye. He suddenly got a strange déja-vu. This face… He walked over to the person and tapped her on the shoulder. "Pan?" he asked stunned.
Pan was standing in front of the shelves with the cereal, looking for her favorite taste, as suddenly someone tapped her on the shoulder. "Pan?" she heard the person asking. She jumped around, an unreadable expression on her face.
When Goten saw the woman turn around, he suddenly remembered that she couldn't be his niece, since she was in the USA on college, even though there was some strong resemblance between them. And besides, he couldn't feel Pan's ki anywhere. "Oh sorry… I thought you were someone else…" he said grinning. "But, hey! I do know you, don't I?"
Pan almost sighed with relief, seeing that Goten didn't really recognize her. She grinned back. "You're Goten, right? I'm Pia. We've met at the club two weeks ago. Remember?"
"Yeah, right! Wow, I almost didn't recognize you. You look so different wearing those clothes." He scratched the back of his head and Pan had to say that he looked almost exactly like Goku, doing that. "Bra told me that you're working for Trunks now?" She nodded. "So, and how is working at Capsule Corporation?"
"Stress, and lots of it," Pan told him. "I was never home before two o'clock in the morning the whole last week. That's the reason why I just woke up about one hour ago today. And then I had to find out that I was totally out of food. So I just threw on the next best clothes and went shopping."
At that moment her stomach rumbled again. Goten's grin just got bigger. "I know what you mean. A house without food would be hell for me. Hey, Bra and I wanted to go to the food court when we're finished here. Do you want to come with us? We wanted to meet here again and she must be here any minute."
"Food court? Sounds good."
At that moment Bra came around a corner. "Hey Goten, here you are."
"Yep," He gave her a quick peck on the lips. "Look whom I've met."
"Hey Bra!" Pan greeted her smiling.
"Hey Pia! What are you doing here?" Bra wanted to know.
She held up the cereals. "Buying food?"
By the word 'food' her stomach began to rumble again. Stronger this time. Goten began to laugh. "Bra, I invited her to go to the food court with us. Do you agree?"
"Sure, why not? Let's go!"
A few minutes later they sat in the food court, stuffing their faces, literally. Goten dug fully in, just Bra showed actual table manners and Pan, well, she really would like to eat like Goten, but she had to hold herself back.
"So, Pia, are you looking forward to tonight?" Bra wanted to know.
"Tonight?" Pan asked confused, but then she suddenly remembered. "Oh, yeah, tonight… Of course, could be fun." Damn it! She totally forgot about the party. Bra's party. The party where she would meet her whole family again.
"I just want to warn you," Bra said. "Some friends of my family and my family itself could be a bit… strange. Especially my father. Don't take what he says to you personally. Oh, and by the way, don't dress too formally tonight. Wear something you would also wear to other parties."
"Okay, when you say so…" Pan answered. "I would've taken my most formal dress, but then I think that I'll wear something else."
"Hey, wear something that will have the same effect on Trunks, you had two weeks ago," Goten suggested grinning.
"Goten!" Bra hissed, as Pan blushed.
"What?" he asked, being as clueless as always, "You have seen what has happened between them! There were almost sparks flying!"
"Goten! Now is neither the right time nor place to talk about that!"
Goten looked at Pan and saw her red face. "Oh, sorry Pia… But you have to admit. There is something between you and Trunks. Think about it."
"Okay…" Pan answered, trying to regain her cool. She cleaned her mouth with her napkin and put it on her plate. "Well, Goten, Bra, thanks for the food, but I really have to go now. I still have to take a shower and find something to wear for tonight."
"You're welcome," Bra said. Goten just nodded, unable to speak, because of the food in his mouth. "See ya tonight!"
"See ya!" Pan got up and waved to them, before she left the food court.
As Pan arrived at her apartment, the elevator was still broken and so she had to take all the stairs up to the twentieth floor. Sure, she could have flown up there, but she didn't want anyone to see that after what had happened just a few hours ago. After getting inside, she went directly to her balcony. She leaned on the rail and looked over the city.
As hard as it was to admit, Goten was right. Something was going on between her and Trunks. All those feelings she got, whenever he was touching her, weren't normal. Every time when he touched her, her mind lost control of her body and something else took over.
The last thing she wanted to happen, has happened:
She was falling for him again.
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