Chapter 3: Caught Red Handed

15 minutes later, the trucker pulled up in front of Capsule Corp. and Marron opened the door. After thanking the driver a million times over for his troubles and offering to pay for what he had done, although he refused, she slid out of the cab, said good-bye and he drove off.

As Marron turned to walk towards the entrance, she saw a figure running towards her.

"Marron?! Are you ok?!?! I tried to call you at least a million times!!" Bra exclaimed as she hugged her best friends damp body.

"I'm fine." She replied, nodding as they began to walk inside. "My cell broke. That's why I never picked up." She smiled weakly.

Marron gave a quick run down of what all happened since she last called before Bra insisted that she go take a warm shower and get changed into some dry clothes before things got too interesting.

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Stepping out of the bathroom, already dressed in a pair of P.J.s that she kept over at the Briefs house, she walked to Bra's room and knocked lightly on the door.

When she got no response, she opened it only to see that nobody was in there.

"What do you mean she is no longer good enough for you?!" she heard a voice yell.

"I mean I don't love her anymore!" Trunks' voice replied.

Marron slowly walked down the stairs towards the kitchen and found Goten and Bra fighting with Trunks.

"How could you say that? Last week she was perfect, remember? You bought the ring and everything!" Goten exclaimed.

"And then I found out I don't love her."

"You have been seeing someone else, haven you?" Marron asked quietly.

All 3 sets of eyes slowly trailed over to the blonde standing in the doorway.

"Isn't there? Please, Trunks, tell me. I just want to know." She pleaded as she moved closer to the group.

"What makes you think that?" Tunks barked.

Her eyes flicked for a moment as she took a deep breath. "I just have that feeling."

"And if I do?"

Bra quickly grabbed hold of Goten's arm as he lunged for Trunks' throat.

"How could you, you sick bastard! How dare you hurt Marron!!" Goten growled, as he stared hard at Trunks, backing off so not to hurt his girlfriend.

Trunks smirked. "I didn't say I had someone else. I just said 'what if'."

"I want to know who she is. I won't do anything. I just want to know. I mean, it's your life you're wasting. My heart but your life." She said coolly as she brushed past him on her way to the fruit basket.

There was a long silence.

"Well.?" Bra urged.

Marron crunched into a crisp apple as she sat on the counter-top, watching Trunks search for the answer that she already knew.

"I've been told that you are not answered 10 seconds after you ask the question, you know the answer. Now I just have to wait for him to tell me or for her to call us up and give herself away."

"You've gone nuts Marron. I know as well as you do that there is no one else. I just want to end our relationship."

"Alright. I will agree that I have gone nuts if she isn't on the phone right now." Marron smiled as she pointed to the phone and it began to ring.

Trunks jumped up to answer it, but Bra beat him to it.

"Hello?.......Hi Pan...Trunks?.....yeah he's here, hold on one moment please." Bra said as she hung up the phone then glared daggers over at Trunks. "You're going out with Pan?!" she growled as the phone began to ring all over again.

"Don't tell me you believe what Marron said!" Trunks roared.

"It's kinda hard to do that when she said that you were 30 minutes late for your date."

Trunks gritted his teeth as he whipped his head around and glared at the blonde.

"What are you looking at me for? I didn't do anything." She smirked as she munched on a bite of apple and watched as the little vein on Trunks' forehead pulse violently under the skin.

"You love making my life a living hell, don't you?"

"It's my new life long goal. But don't worry, I have no hard feelings towards Pan. She can have you. Plus she didn't know you and I were still going out because neither Bra nor I have been able to get ahold of her since you and I started having problems." She said as she picked up the cordless phone and tossed it at Trunks. "It's not nice to keep a loved one waiting." She smiled as she jumped off the counter and walked out of the room, Bra and Goten following close behind.

Trunks slipped into a near by chair. "Hello?..." he mumbled into the phone.