Yeah, you know the usual, disclaimer stuff, I don't own dbz…blah blah blah.

Chapter 2

Pan woke up early the next morning and felt like doing some training. She flew over to the gravity room at Capsule Corp, luckily no one was there. She felt like she needed to blast some things out of her mind…so she did. The punching bags would never see the light of day again.

"Yaa!…Baammmm!…Take that you bag full of…stuff…" Pan didn't know why she felt so good, or why she had so much energy, but her dad wouldn't mind. He'd be proud of her, and she liked being daddy's girl.

"Take that you son-of-a-bi…Oh. Hi Vegeta!" Pan stopped training as Vegeta came in to see what all the commotion was about.

"Hmmph. Training are we, Brat?" Vegeta said in his sarcastic tongue. Pan stepped back and brushed some hair off her face that had fallen out of her bandana.

"Here you go! You can have the room all to yourself now. I was gonna go soon anyway. Is Bra up yet?" As soon Pan mentioned Bra, she could have sworn he was trying not to smile.  Vegeta had a soft spot for his little girl. She always brought out the best in him.

"Hmmph. Bra's not up yet. Go wake her." He said.

"OK, see ya later!" Pan yelled as she ran out of the gravity room. When she was around the corner she stopped. She seemed very confident and brave today. She usually would have never talked to Vegeta like that…if she talked to him in the first place.

Something just feels strange. Like something is gonna happen and I have to be prepared for it. Pan thought to herself. Oh well. It's not a bad thing, is it? She ran inside the house, and up the stairs to Bra's room.

"WAKE UP B-CHAN! It's a beautiful day!" Pan yelled as she flung open the door to her best friend's room.

"What? Where? Who? Huh…Pan? What are you doing here?" Bra sat up in a dazzled state.

"Oh, I've been here since 6am this morning, in the Gravity Room."

"Oh well, then, how bout we get ready and go to Maccas for breakfast. My treat!" Bra started licking her lips at the thought of hotcakes and maple syrup. "Ok! I'll go home, have a shower and get my stuff. Meet you back here in 45 minutes k? That should give you plenty of time." Pan replied.

"Should be enough. See ya there!"

"CYA!" Pan called as she flew out the window. Today, she felt, was gonna be a good day!

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Pan was home in a flash. She raced up the stairs, running straight into Gohan. They crashed to the floor in a heap. Gohan untangled himself and stood up.

"Whoa! Steady on. Where have you been young lady?" He said, trying to assert his authority.

"I've been blasting around in the gravity room. Sorry I didn't leave a note. Anyway, gotta go. Meeting B-chan for breakfast. Have shower, go to school, Busy! Love ya daddy, BYE!" Pan kissed him on the cheek as she flew past him and into the shower.

"What just happened?" Videl appeared at the bottom of the stairs.

"I…I…really don't know. Apparently she's been training in the gravity room since 6am, she's having breakfast at Capsule Corp, then going to school. I think that's right." Gohan then realised how much his little girl had grown up, seemingly overnight.

"As long as she's going to school, that's the most important thing, considering their final exams are on in 3 weeks." Videl laid her head of Gohan's shoulder.

"Yeah, you're right. Want some tea?"

"Sure. And don't worry about her."

"Who? Pan?"

"Yeah. She'll be fine." Videl's arms wrapped around his neck.

" You're right again, darling."

"Don't you just love it when I'm right." Videl teased. Just as they grew closer, Pan came flying down the stairs.

"MUM! DAD! Cut it out!" Pan grabbed her bag and lunch and raced out the door. "I'll be home later, k? Don't worry about me!" In a flash, she was gone.

"That's…ok…" Videl said slowly.

"What do you think is on her mind?" Gohan put his arms around her waist again.

"I don't know."

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Pan was going to be 30 minutes early for Bra, so she decided to go to her 'thinking' place in the bush. Trunks had been on her mind since she woke up, and she figured that that must be part of the reason for her great bounds of energy, along with the fact that she thought something was gonna happen. She got there and went over the rock pool and had a drink of the perfectly clear and clean water.  Then, while walking over to the rock she had carved her feelings on the night before, she suddenly stopped. There, in the sand, was a footprint. It certainly wasn't hers, it was too big and she never wore those kind of shoes. Pan silently freaked out and quickly flew to Bra's place.

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Bra was waiting for Pan when she got there.

"What took ya? I've been here for 2 whole minutes. I WANT BREAKFAST!!!" Bra exclaimed.

"Sorry, had to make a detour." Pan looked around to the gravity room, and noticed that Trunks wasn't there.  "So where's Bulma and Trunks this morning" She added the Bulma part in case Bra got suspicious.

"Mum's at work already and Trunks is still in bed. He left at 10:30 last night and didn't get back till just after 4 this morning." Bra replied, thinking nothing strange of it. Pan froze. She'd left her house at about 10:30 last night! He must have been the one who was there!

"Oh my dende!" Pan whispered under her breath, although Bra heard her.

"What's up, Pan?"

"I…um…forgot my maths book"

"Oh well, no big loss!" Bra laughed. "Come on! Lets go!"

"Right. Food, here we come!" Pan was relieved, but freaked. What was Trunks doing following me? Oh my, I wonder if he saw what I wrote on the rock?!? …mmmm…I wonder if he likes me too!  Pan smiled to herself. I hope so!

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Pan had one class without Bra that day…English, which she hated anyway, but was made even more unbearable by the separation from Bra. And it was this day that Trunks decided he should go and see Pan.

"Yes. I'll go and have a nice friendly chat with her…(and maybe something else…)…no! Just a talk. That's all." So at 12:30, he left for Pan and Bra's locker. To have a good excuse, he would bring some lunch for Bra, saying that Bulma had told him to tell her to have a healthy lunch today, not canteen stuff. His heart leapt at the thought of seeing Pan again. He had never felt this way before. Hopefully she wouldn't be scared away by what he had to say.

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Bra and Pan turned the corner towards their lockers, chatting up a storm. They both stopped when they saw Trunks leaning against Bra's locker.

"Howdy ladies. I've got a package to deliver to Miss Bra Briefs!" Pan looked at him in a strange way. Trunks then realised that he was showing off…big time.

"You idiot Trunks! What did you bring?"

"Some lunch for you. Mum made you Chicken and lettuce roll, a fruit salad and she also made one for your friend over here too!"

"Mum cooked?!?" Bra was shocked.

"No, she bought them, thank dende." Trunks looked over at Pan. She was looking down at her feet, and her ki had risen quite a bit, her pulse was probably more rapid than usual too.

"Hey Pan!" Bra turned suddenly to her. "Turns out I wasn't ready this morning anyway…in a way…Crap. Here I was thinking I was really great, which I am by the way, by getting ready before you and all." Pan wasn't listening. She was trying desperately to lower her ki and reduce the redness in her face, which she hoped neither of them had noticed.

'RING!"

"Come on Bra, there's the bell, we'd better go. What do we have now?"

"ENGLISH!" Bra growled. "In…separate…classes!"

"Well, I'll see you too ladies around, k?" Trunks turned away and started to walk down the corridor. "Bye!" He walked around the corner and stopped, he wanted to talk to Pan.

Meanwhile, Bra was rummaging around in her locker. "Ah ha!" She pulled two watch-like things out of her locker and handed one to Pan. "Here you go! A watch-sized mobile text messenger. I got Grandpa to make them for me! We'll send messages in class k? Cya! I've gotta go! If I'm late my teacher will kill me! You know what Ms Nella's like!"

"Yep, I'll see you at lunch then"

"Cya!" Bra called as she ran down the corridor.

"Cya!" Pan closed he locker and started to dawdle to class,  her teacher was always at least 10 minutes late. By this time the hallways were practically empty again, except for the few stragglers (mostly from her grade) and most of her English class. She continued to walk along the hallway, and, to Trunks' delight, she was walking straight towards him!

Pan turned the corner and stopped. She could feel the heat in her face rise up again as she dropped her gaze.

"Pan! Good to see ya again! How's my favourite quarter-Saiyan?"

"…Fine…How's my …favourite half-Saiyan…?" Trunks stopped and looked at her.

Did she just call me her favourite? This time it was Trunks' turn to blush. "ummmm…Pan…?" Pan looked up at him.

"Yeah…Trunks…?"

"I…(shit! How do I say this?)…" Trunks didn't know what to say. How do you explain something like this? Without realising it, he reached down and took her hands in his, raised one of them up to his lips and kissed it. At this, Pan snapped out of her dreamland.

"Trunks…can we talk later? I really have to go. Can you meet me at that place in the bush at lunch? At 1:30? I'll tell Bra I've got an extra lesson. She'll buy it. No one will guess otherwise." She looked down at her hands, which were still enclosed in Trunks'. "Ummm, Trunks…"

"Oh yeah, sure…" He let go of her hands. "I guess I'll see you then…"

"Ok then. Cya!" Pan quickly ran down the corridor and into her English room, leaving Trunks dazzled.

     How did she know I was there? I'll ask her later…(sigh)…she's so sweet. Trunks thought as he leant on the wall. I'd better go and eat something,…I'd better also clean myself up a bit…don't wanna make the wrong impression do I…that won't make much of a difference now…will it?