Chapter Five: Memories…
Adrienne strummed a few notes on her guitar as she stared out the window at the stormy sky. There was a knock on her door. "What is it?"
"Can I come in?"
"Yes." Adrienne wiped a tear from underneath he eye.
"What are you up to?" Vegeta asked, sitting down in the chair next to the windowsill.
"Not much." Adrienne said. "I'm just trying to come up with a sad song that would depress anybody…"
"And why is that?" Vegeta asked. "You're normally writing funny songs. What happened to 'Grandma Flew into My Window on Halloween'?" Adrienne laughed and Vegeta smiled. "That's my girl."
"Daddy, I don't think I deserve Goten." Adrienne said.
"What do you mean?" Vegeta asked.
"Goten deserves better than me," Bulma could hear her husband and daughter talking from the stairs where she had a tray of milk and cookies. "Somebody like Paresu."
"Why do you think that?" Vegeta asked. "It's you that deserves better than him! Being of Saiyan royalty, of course."
"No, Dad, Goten deserves better," Adrienne said. "And I decided this when Trunks told me that he thought Goten was stupid for dating me."
"IT WAS A JOKE!!!!!!!!!" Trunks yelled from the room next to the one they were in. Adrienne and Vegeta rolled their eyes. "FINE, THEN!! I WILL CALL GOTEN UP AND TELL HIM THAT HE NEEDS TO COME OVER HERE AND TELL YOU THAT HE DOES NOT DESERVE BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"I don't ca-er!" Adrienne called.
"ARRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Trunks started banging his head against the wall.
"Trunks, don't hurt yourself." Bulma warned. Trunks continued hitting his head against the wall.
"Well, you do whatever you want," Vegeta said. "There's nothing I can do to stop you, anyway."
Vegeta closed the door behind him and Adrienne went back to looking out the window. As she stared out the window, she couldn't help but wonder what Goten was thinking.
*~*~*
Adrienne was walking down a sidewalk along a long, deserted road and it was raining hard, the cloudy sky dark. The air was crisp and dry, like it hadn't rained in a long time.
"Adrienne, wait up!" Adrienne continued walking down the sidewalk, ignoring the person behind her. "Adrienne, wait!" Their footsteps got closer, but Adrienne continued walking. "Adrienne!" A hand grabbed her shoulder and she was swung around to face a drenched and panting Goten. "Adrienne, I'm sorry-"
"Sorry for what!?" Adrienne jerked away from him. "Sorry for dumping me and going out with Paresu!?"
"Going out with Paresu?" Goten looked confused. "No, you've got it all wrong-"
"I have to go," Adrienne told him. "I'm going to miss my flight." Adrienne turned to leave, but Goten stepped in front of her. "Get out of my way."
"I won't let you go!" Goten declared, shaking his head, causing his matted down hair to shake in front of his face. "I didn't dump you-"
"I have to go!" Adrienne tried to shove him out of the way, but Goten grabbed her hand. She swung her fist forward, but he grabbed it, too. He pinned her to his body and she squirmed to break free. "Let go!"
Goten smiled at her, causing Adrienne to freeze. "Last time we fought you weren't this weak." Adrienne swallowed as Goten leaned forward and kissed her. He stopped, leaving Adrienne breathless. "I love you."
*~*~*
Adrienne scowled. Those stupid antics! Was this foolishness natural for a Saiyan her age?
*~*~*
Goten sighed as he stared at the ceiling of his room. Did Adrienne think he had dumped her? Did she think he was going out with Paresu? Everything was just so confusing…
*~*~*
"The one thing I could *try* to hold on to-ooh!" Michelle Branch's CD was playing as Adrienne lay on her bed, remembering all of the times she had spent with Goten. Trunks was often in her memories, but when he wasn't…
*~*~*
"HA!" Goten went to tag Adrienne, but missed her.
"Miss me, miss me! Now you gotta kiss me!" Adrienne exclaimed. Goten leaned forward and kissed her. "*Gross*!!!"
*~*~*
"Wouldn't it be weird if we got married when we grow up?" Goten asked.
"Yeah." Adrienne nodded. "But why would we wanna get married? We're just friends! That's a *stupid* idea!"
"I know," Goten said, looking offended. "But it would still be weird!"
"Well I'm *not* getting married." Adrienne said.
"Why not?" Goten asked. "Don't you want kids?"
"No." Adrienne said, tucking her hair behind her ears and looking at the ground.
"Well I'm gonna grow up, get married, and have *lots* of kids!" Goten exclaimed. "I like kids! I don't know why you don't…"
"Goten, time for supper!"
"See you later!" Goten waved and ran off. Adrienne just stared after him.
"But I *do* like kids," Adrienne said. "I just don't want…" Adrienne's eyes filled with tears. "I just don't want them to…" A tear collided with the ground, making a splash of mud.
*~*~*
"Hey, these are for you." Goten said, holding out some flowers. "Mommy says you should give flowers to girls you like." Adrienne took the flowers from him. "She says if you do- they'll like you back!"
Adrienne stared at the flowers in her hand. She went into a flashback and saw a field of flowers. It was blurry, so she couldn't tell what they were. "I don't like flowers." She ripped them in half. Goten watched as the flowers fell to the ground, sending petals everywhere.
*~*~*
"Look at this one, Adrienne!" Goten exclaimed, pointing at a fish.
"Goten, if you were in a tank, do you think you would like people to point at you and call you 'it' and 'this one'?" Adrienne asked.
"Well, no…." Goten said, looking at the ground.
"Then don't do it." Adrienne said. "Only treat others as you want to be treated."
"Then how come you're so mean to me!?" Goten asked. "You're always mean when Trunks isn't around! Do you just want Trunks to think you're a nice person!?"
"I-" Adrienne swallowed and blushed. "I guess I'm just stupid."
"What…?" Goten looked puzzled.
"It just seems that, well," Adrienne paused. "Everything you do just always seems to bring back memories…"
"I'm sorry." Goten said. "Are they bad memories?"
Adrienne looked at the ground. "Really bad."
"Well…" Goten said. "Could you try being a little more nice? It wouldn't hurt, you know…"
*~*~*
"But I don't remember those memories…" Adrienne said. She sighed and flipped onto her side. She smiled. "They've been wiped out with my memories of you…"
Adrienne strummed a few notes on her guitar as she stared out the window at the stormy sky. There was a knock on her door. "What is it?"
"Can I come in?"
"Yes." Adrienne wiped a tear from underneath he eye.
"What are you up to?" Vegeta asked, sitting down in the chair next to the windowsill.
"Not much." Adrienne said. "I'm just trying to come up with a sad song that would depress anybody…"
"And why is that?" Vegeta asked. "You're normally writing funny songs. What happened to 'Grandma Flew into My Window on Halloween'?" Adrienne laughed and Vegeta smiled. "That's my girl."
"Daddy, I don't think I deserve Goten." Adrienne said.
"What do you mean?" Vegeta asked.
"Goten deserves better than me," Bulma could hear her husband and daughter talking from the stairs where she had a tray of milk and cookies. "Somebody like Paresu."
"Why do you think that?" Vegeta asked. "It's you that deserves better than him! Being of Saiyan royalty, of course."
"No, Dad, Goten deserves better," Adrienne said. "And I decided this when Trunks told me that he thought Goten was stupid for dating me."
"IT WAS A JOKE!!!!!!!!!" Trunks yelled from the room next to the one they were in. Adrienne and Vegeta rolled their eyes. "FINE, THEN!! I WILL CALL GOTEN UP AND TELL HIM THAT HE NEEDS TO COME OVER HERE AND TELL YOU THAT HE DOES NOT DESERVE BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"I don't ca-er!" Adrienne called.
"ARRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Trunks started banging his head against the wall.
"Trunks, don't hurt yourself." Bulma warned. Trunks continued hitting his head against the wall.
"Well, you do whatever you want," Vegeta said. "There's nothing I can do to stop you, anyway."
Vegeta closed the door behind him and Adrienne went back to looking out the window. As she stared out the window, she couldn't help but wonder what Goten was thinking.
*~*~*
Adrienne was walking down a sidewalk along a long, deserted road and it was raining hard, the cloudy sky dark. The air was crisp and dry, like it hadn't rained in a long time.
"Adrienne, wait up!" Adrienne continued walking down the sidewalk, ignoring the person behind her. "Adrienne, wait!" Their footsteps got closer, but Adrienne continued walking. "Adrienne!" A hand grabbed her shoulder and she was swung around to face a drenched and panting Goten. "Adrienne, I'm sorry-"
"Sorry for what!?" Adrienne jerked away from him. "Sorry for dumping me and going out with Paresu!?"
"Going out with Paresu?" Goten looked confused. "No, you've got it all wrong-"
"I have to go," Adrienne told him. "I'm going to miss my flight." Adrienne turned to leave, but Goten stepped in front of her. "Get out of my way."
"I won't let you go!" Goten declared, shaking his head, causing his matted down hair to shake in front of his face. "I didn't dump you-"
"I have to go!" Adrienne tried to shove him out of the way, but Goten grabbed her hand. She swung her fist forward, but he grabbed it, too. He pinned her to his body and she squirmed to break free. "Let go!"
Goten smiled at her, causing Adrienne to freeze. "Last time we fought you weren't this weak." Adrienne swallowed as Goten leaned forward and kissed her. He stopped, leaving Adrienne breathless. "I love you."
*~*~*
Adrienne scowled. Those stupid antics! Was this foolishness natural for a Saiyan her age?
*~*~*
Goten sighed as he stared at the ceiling of his room. Did Adrienne think he had dumped her? Did she think he was going out with Paresu? Everything was just so confusing…
*~*~*
"The one thing I could *try* to hold on to-ooh!" Michelle Branch's CD was playing as Adrienne lay on her bed, remembering all of the times she had spent with Goten. Trunks was often in her memories, but when he wasn't…
*~*~*
"HA!" Goten went to tag Adrienne, but missed her.
"Miss me, miss me! Now you gotta kiss me!" Adrienne exclaimed. Goten leaned forward and kissed her. "*Gross*!!!"
*~*~*
"Wouldn't it be weird if we got married when we grow up?" Goten asked.
"Yeah." Adrienne nodded. "But why would we wanna get married? We're just friends! That's a *stupid* idea!"
"I know," Goten said, looking offended. "But it would still be weird!"
"Well I'm *not* getting married." Adrienne said.
"Why not?" Goten asked. "Don't you want kids?"
"No." Adrienne said, tucking her hair behind her ears and looking at the ground.
"Well I'm gonna grow up, get married, and have *lots* of kids!" Goten exclaimed. "I like kids! I don't know why you don't…"
"Goten, time for supper!"
"See you later!" Goten waved and ran off. Adrienne just stared after him.
"But I *do* like kids," Adrienne said. "I just don't want…" Adrienne's eyes filled with tears. "I just don't want them to…" A tear collided with the ground, making a splash of mud.
*~*~*
"Hey, these are for you." Goten said, holding out some flowers. "Mommy says you should give flowers to girls you like." Adrienne took the flowers from him. "She says if you do- they'll like you back!"
Adrienne stared at the flowers in her hand. She went into a flashback and saw a field of flowers. It was blurry, so she couldn't tell what they were. "I don't like flowers." She ripped them in half. Goten watched as the flowers fell to the ground, sending petals everywhere.
*~*~*
"Look at this one, Adrienne!" Goten exclaimed, pointing at a fish.
"Goten, if you were in a tank, do you think you would like people to point at you and call you 'it' and 'this one'?" Adrienne asked.
"Well, no…." Goten said, looking at the ground.
"Then don't do it." Adrienne said. "Only treat others as you want to be treated."
"Then how come you're so mean to me!?" Goten asked. "You're always mean when Trunks isn't around! Do you just want Trunks to think you're a nice person!?"
"I-" Adrienne swallowed and blushed. "I guess I'm just stupid."
"What…?" Goten looked puzzled.
"It just seems that, well," Adrienne paused. "Everything you do just always seems to bring back memories…"
"I'm sorry." Goten said. "Are they bad memories?"
Adrienne looked at the ground. "Really bad."
"Well…" Goten said. "Could you try being a little more nice? It wouldn't hurt, you know…"
*~*~*
"But I don't remember those memories…" Adrienne said. She sighed and flipped onto her side. She smiled. "They've been wiped out with my memories of you…"