Chapter 9
"That was a great movie!" Goten said as the lights came back on. "Especially the part where this girl beat up that guy who was staring at her." He was flirting and he didn't care. After he took her hand in the movies and she didn't object, he felt ready to try anything, but he still didn't know that Pan and Trunks had set the whole thing up.
"Yeah, I know. Wasn't she great!" Bra laughed. She loved attention, but particularly when it came from Goten. There was a pause before anyone spoke.
"Ok then, let's go back to our place for desert." Trunks said. Pan and Bra grimaced at the thought of more food.
"TRUNKS! How can you think about any more food! We've eaten more than enough today!" Bra yelled at her brother.
"Calm down, B-chan! We are saiyan males, you know." Goten thought about putting his arm around her, but decided against it, due to the fact that Pan and Trunks were there.
"Fine. Me and Goten will eat desert, and you two can go to bed like good little girls." Trunks laughed. Bra was clearly not impressed.
"YOU'RE MEAN!"
"No, I'm not. I'm just right."
"YOU DUMBASS IDIOT!"
"YOU'RE THE IDIOT!" Trunks yelled back.
"GUYS!" Pan yelled. "Let's just go home, we can argue there. I think you're creating a scene."
"Fine. Let's go." Bra said coldly towards her brother, then giggled. "I can't stay mad at you."
"Neither…race you guys home!" Trunks cried as he jumped off into the sky.
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They arrived home a few minutes later. Goten headed straight to the kitchen to find some food, and instead, he found a fax.
"Hey guys! Bulma sent us a fax!" The remaining three joined him in the kitchen. "It's addressed to you, B-chan. I'll read it for you!". Before anyone could protest, Goten started reading.
-Bra, Me and your father are at Goku and Chi-chi's house (your father and Goku are sparing again…sigh). Anyway, you and Pan enjoy yourself, and tell Trunks (and Goten, if he is there) that there is some food cooked for them in the fridge. I also picked up 20 litres of chocolate and vanilla ice-cream, you guys can have that too. Have fun. I won't be home until about 1pm tomorrow. Bye!-
"Gimme that!" Bra reached for the paper, but Goten yanked it out of her reach.
"Come on Trunks! Let's get some ice-cream" Goten went over to the freezer and got the ice-cream.
"I think I might have a bit." Pan said as she grabbed a spoon.
"I suppose some ice-cream won't hurt." Bra conceded. Goten smiled at her, then they all started eating. Not too soon after, the entire tub was gone.
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"Oh Dende! I don't think I can eat another bite!" Pan complained. She sat there for a while before getting up and walking towards the stairs.
"Where are you going?" Trunks asked.
"I'm going upstairs and getting ready to bed like a good little girl, for your information!" Pan turned around and walked up the stairs. Just a few moments later, the phone rang.
"DAMMIT!" Trunks yelled as he reached for his mobile. "Hello?…Oh, hi Mr Nap…Sure, hold on a sec…" he covered up the mouthpiece. "I'm going outside to talk for a bit…wait a sec, there's another call coming though." He spoke into the phone again. "Mr Nap, I've got another call, can you wait a minute? Thanks…(beep…beep)…Hello? Oh, hi Chi-chi…yes…he's here…ok, I'll tell him…sure…ok, bye. (beep)"
"What's up?" Goten asked
"Your mum wants you to come home now. I'm going outside to finish this call now. Cya later Goten, hope you had fun tonight." Trunks walked outside. Bra and Goten sat in silence for a while.
"Well," Goten stood up, feeling sort of strange. "(Maybe It's because I'm alone with her)…I'd better be going."
"Sure. How bout I walk you out?" Bra said, too enthusiastically for her own good.
"That's fine with me." They got to the front door, and Bra opened it. She stepped onto the front porch, let Goten out, and shut the door behind him. She turned around and he was staring at her.
"Umm, I'm glad we met at dinner…" Goten was trying to make intelligent conversation. He seemed to have failed.
"Yeah, ummm, it was luck, I guess…" Bra was fidgeting with her fingers.
"Well, ummm, thanks for…a nice…night…"
"Yeah, thanks…I had fun…all of us together."
"We haven't done that in a long time."
"Yeah…" Bra seemed to be repeating herself.
"Well, I'd better be going then, B-chan." There was a seriousness in his voice that she hadn't heard before.
"Bye Goten." He turned around and started to walk down the steps.
NO! I have to say something to her. He stopped halfway down the stairs and turned towards Bra. "Hey B-chan…"
"Yeah…what…" Bra walked to the edge of the top step. Goten slowly walked back up the stairs until he was on the step below her and took hold of her hands. She stared into his eyes and noticed that they were very calm, and staring right back at her.
"Goten…I…" She started to speak, but Goten silenced her with his lips on hers. After a few moments she put her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss. Goten wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him….
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"IT WORKED! I can't believe it worked…oh…wait…yes I can!" Pan cried. Pan and Trunks were upstairs watching the whole thing. Trunks gave Pan a high five, then stopped halfway though.
"Hey, instead of a high five, how bout a kiss…" Trunks put on his puppy-dog eyes, but needn't have. He put out his arms in an inviting way. "Come' ere you!" Pan giggled and he gave her a massive bear hug, only letting go so he could kiss her.
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"Hey Pan! Where are you?" Bra yelled from downstairs. Pan and Trunks were still kissing in Bra's bedroom, and they had no idea how long they'd been there. All Trunks knew is that he had better get out before Bra saw him. He couldn't leave via the door, in case she saw him, so he decided to leave through the side window. He stepped onto the windowsill, and gave Pan one last kiss.
"You'd better go now. Bra would FREAK if she saw you in here." Pan kissed him and playfully pushed him out the window and closed it behind him. Trunks flew over to his window, but it was locked.
"Dammit!" He cried, then remembered that he was supposed to be outside taking the call from 'Mr Nap'. He flew over the house and landed beside the door which he'd walked out of, waited for a moment, then walked back inside the house. "Hey Bra!"
Bra turned around in surprise. "Where did you come from?" She asked, putting her hands on her hips.
"Same place as you, I hope!" Trunks laughed. "I don't want to think about it!"
"TRUNKS!" Bra whined. "You sick bastard. I'm gonna have nightmares now! I try not to think about things like that! Ewww!" She ran up to him in a split second and punched him in the stomach. "YOU SICK BASTARD!"
"WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN HERE!" Pan came down the stairs to find Bra bashing the crap out of Trunks, Trunks laughing as she did so.
"He started it!"
"I did not!" Trunks was still laughing.
"DID TOO YOU IDIOT!"
"GUYS! GROW UP! Bra, you are 17, act like it. Trunks, that'll teach you to be disgusting." Pan said, taking charge of the situation once again. Trunks looked up at her and smiled a cheeky grin.
"Sorry Pan."
"Yeah, sorry about Trunks, Pan."
"That's alright. Come on, Bra, let's go upstairs and get ready for bed." Pan started up the stairs again.
"You lose, bro!" Bra teased, and followed Pan upstairs. Trunks was left downstairs, grinning, in a state of happiness. He stood there for a while, then went upstairs to his room, to dream of his girl.
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"You like him, don't you."
"Who?"
"You know who I'm referring to, Bra"
"Ummm, "
"GOTEN! You like him!" Pan leaned back on the bed and giggled.
"Well, ummm…I…I…" Bra stuttered.
"LIKE HIM!"
"Well…"
"I saw…" Bra cut Pan off and tried to offer an explanation.
"It was only a kiss and he started it" Bra blurted out.
"Ok, interesting. I was only talking about you two flirting on the way out of the movie."
"Oops."
"Don't worry about it…I already knew…" Pan lowered her eyes!
"HOW?!? TELL ME!" Bra's ki began to rise.
"Me and Trunks planned the whole thing." Pan said quietly.
"YOU WHAT!"
"We planned the whole thing. The meeting at the restaurant, Trunks leaving, me leaving you two alone, you and Goten sitting together at the movies, then me going upstairs, Trunks leaving again, which led to the kiss, which, by the way, was not 'just a kiss'. You guys were kissing for at least 5 minutes. And also, me and Trunks saw you guys from upstairs, but as soon as you started to kiss, Trunks left your room." Pan cowered in the corner and closed her eyes, waiting for the onslaught. But it never came. Pan opened her eyes.
"You did!?!…Umm…thanks." Bra smiled.
"You're not mad at me?"
"Of course I am…but thankyou."
"Huh?" Pan was very confused.
"Well, I've liked Goten for ages, but I never had the guts to ask him out, or say anything, mainly because of my dad, and the fact that he is your uncle. But tonight, things just started to happen. He must have liked me for a while."
"Goten's liked you for ages, you know." Pan didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Really…wow…now I really have to thank you two."
"That's ok…How was it?"
"PAN!" Bra screamed. Pan laughed and rolled off the bed onto the floor. "IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!" Pan looked up at her, and started rolling on the floor in fits of laughter. Bra began to see the funny side to it, and soon they were both laughing and having fun!