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Disclaimer- I do not own Dragonball Z and I'm not getting any money for writing this.

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You know you love me

Chapter fourteen- Bad Choices

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"H-h-hi Marron." he stammered.

"H'lo." she replied flatly, not at all understanding the state of the young man before her.

"Hey, Trunks. How you been?" Brad asked, making the situation worse. "I see a certain girl's gonna get lucky." he continued. "Who is she?"

Marron couldn't bear the reality that Trunks was in love with someone else. It made her want to throw up.

"Well... I haven't..um.. you wouldn't know her, Brad." he answered, looking at the floor. Poor guy.

"Do I know her?" Marron asked, with the look of sadness, anger, and disgust in her eyes.

"Um... I gotta go." and with that said, he raced off.

"Well, that's weird. I've never seen anyone that nervous. Especially not Trunks." Brad commented.

'Why did this happen to me?' Marron thought to herself. 'He was all ready to give up his tough act for someone else. What was wrong with me?'

The two walked to school without saying much. Brad only spoke up when he saw Lila and Melissa up ahead.

"Hey! Melissa! Lila!" he called.

'Oh, great. Bitchgirl's here.' Marron thought.

"Hi Marron." Melissa greeted with an extra touch of bitchiness.

"Morning Brad. Marron." Lila smiled. "We were just discussing the upcoming Easter fete."

"Yeah Marron, who are you going with." said Melissa.

"Lila, can you come over here a sec?" asked Marron, while hastily pulling Lila away.

"Is it just me, or has she really got it in for me?"

"Give her a break Marron. You are walking around with the boy that she's loved for years, after all."

"What? How come I was not informed of this? No wonder she's been coming round giving me dirty looks!" Marron nearly shouted.

"Hey, chill! Marron, you know Melissa's got problems. She's just got a little too much jealousy and anger in her. We gotta help her control it."

"I don't know..." Marron hesitated.

'She did tell me that Trunks liked me.' Marron thought. 'Hey! How the hell did she know about that? She didn't come round that night just to tell me that did she..? No..it had to be something more...'

"Zzzp. Earth to Marron." Lila mocked.

"Huh? Oh..yeah. You're right. I'm gonna give her a last chance..."

"That's better. Isn't it better? It's so much better when we all get along!" Lila said, pretending to be over happy about those words.

"It is so much better, honey." Marron smiled.

"Now let's get to school."

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He sat, or rather tumbled, on the cold bench. He thought about what he had seen ten minutes ago. The sight of her, clinging on to someone...someone else. Not him.

'Is she not in love with me anymore..? I guess it was too late...'

He felt his eyes begin to sting. For the first time in his life, he knew what it felt like to be heartbroken.

"Hey, kiddo. What's wrong?"

'Oh no. It's Goten. I can't let him see me like this.' Trunks thought. He stood up.

"Nothing, Goten. Nothing at all. Just a little sleep deprived."

"Liar." Goten said, fixing his eyes on the bunch of roses, which lay on the ground.

"Well... ahem.. what makes you say that?" Trunks mumbled.

"That." Goten said, pointing to the ground. "What part of losing sleep do you start going out to buy roses? When do you, the almighty Prince of Darkness, go out to buy roses at all?"

"Um.....when he falls in love with a beautiful, delicate little princess whose name begins with 'M'?" Trunks answered. "And who, for one, is not, I repeat NOT...Melissa."

"M-M-Marron....?" Goten stuttered, stating the obvious.

"Good guess." Trunks exclaimed. "But I'm too late. She's with Brad now... I saw them together. I'm... sorry you didn't know earlier."

Trunks carried on his conversation with Goten all through the morning period, sitting on the bench.

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AN- Hey, sorry that ended abruptly. I couldn't be bothered. I'm so bored. Soz.