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Author`s Note: Well,but hugs to those of you who reviewed,it means quite a lot to me. Hmmm,well,I just got home from Cali the other day,so I`m trying to catch up on my writing. Please bear with me here,as school is going to be starting soon,I have 3 big essays to turn in on the fist day of school and I haven`t started them,so I`m a bit overwhelmed at the moment.

Anywho,please enjoy the chapter and please remember to review :)

Trunks stared at Goten with a look that held little emotion at all. He had taken in so much information about Marron,and most of it was horrible.

No wonder she had such a hard exterior. When Goten had told him about the arranged marriage,he laughed to himself. If he wanted Marron out of the marriage,he would get her out,easy as that.

"Trunks,this isn`t even half of her secrets." Goten bit his lip nervously,breaking Trunks away from his thoughts.

Trunks looked at him and raised his eyebrow.

"Marron.. I take her to the doctor`s at least once a month. She`s undergone so many horrible surgeries and she`s so young. No one else will take her... well,Pan would,but I won`t let her. "

Trunks thought about this for a moment."What`s wrong with her?" He asked softly,realizing how sensitive the subject was.

Goten grabbed his hair in his hands and held his head."They don`t even know. That`s the thing. She has real thin blood,her bones get extremely weak every now and then. They give her therapy,they take samples. It`s horrible. " Goten`s eyes got somewhat glazed over and he seemed to be talking subconsciously. "It`s so horrible to hear her scream and not be able to help her." He said just above a whisper.

Trunks sighed. No wonder she tried to come across as such a hard ass. Then why did he still want her?

Goten looked at the clock. "I gotta go. She has an appointment today. I`ll give you a buzz later though." Goten said as he stood to his feet.

"Want me to come?" Trunks offered,also rising.

Goten looked at him for a moment,as if considering. Then he shook his head no."Marron would kill me. But we usually all hang out after her doctor things-it makes her feel better even if she can`t very well stand." Goten forced a small smile.

"Ok then. Just give me a call on my com screen. Oh,and uh... Give this to Marron. To make her feel a little better." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small red box. He looked at it for a moment before handing it to Goten.

"I was going to give this to Bra,but she`ll be fine with out it." With that,he turned and started out the door,leaving Goten to stare at him,speechless.

Goten looked down at the box after her heard the light * click * of the door. He thought about opening it and looking at it,but decided against it and walked out the front door. He looked at his car for a moment then shook his head.

"Nah,it`ll take to long." He mumbled under his breath to no one in particular. He took off at a run before taking to the sky.





Marron looked at the clock almost longingly. She was more tired now than she had been when `Ten had shaken her awake. But putting up with obnoxious young males wasn`t exactly relaxing.

She sighed heavily and her shoulders slugged a little.

"Hey,your buddy still not here yet?" a pretty girl with dark brown hair asked Marron.

"Nah,Jaqu. He prolly just left though and I`m not late yet,so I`m not too worried." Marron absentmindedly began to help customers as they came to her register.

Jaqu smiled."Well,you let me know if you need the phone or anything. I don`t want you feeling all yuck on the sales floor." She paused."Hey,did you hear that they fired Tanie?" She asked with a slightly wicked tone.

"Nut uh?! She was such a wench!" Marron really smiled for the first time since she had come to work. Tanie had always been getting in her way.

"Yeah." Jaqu smiled. " I bet you`ll get her job."

"Me?" Marron asked with a voice of pure innocence."But she was a supervisor... I`m just a peon."

"Yeah,but Kippi loves you. You`re a show in for the job too. I mean,you work your ass off more than anyone else here and you`ve been here the shortest amount of time."

Marron opened her mouth to say something when Goten walked through the entrance. "Hey Mare-bear. You ready to go?" He asked,slightly out of breath;he had flown as fast as he could since he had left later than he should have.

She smiled."Yeah,just lemme finish here and get my stuff." She finished helping another customer then clocked out and ran into the back room.

When she came back out,Goten was chatting with Jaqu,but not much paying attention. He was distracted by the Blue-haired beauty walking by outside. When he realized that Marron was ready,he shook his head and they walked out the entrance.

"I talked to Trunks." Goten said as he began to run with Marron in his arms and took off in the sky.

"Oh yeah? " Marron raised her eyebrow. "What did you tell him?" She asked as she nestled her head into Goten`s strong chest. She wanted to learn to fly,but for now,if she was dropped,she would fell to her death,and that could get messy.

Goten smiled to himself."Well,I told him about your engagement,which he didn`t hesitate to laugh off. I told him about your ... 'illness' ... He got kinda worried about that." Goten paused as he remembered the small box that he held in his pocket.

"Hey Mare. In my jacket pocket,there`s a small box,get it out for me,please?" He asked.

"Mmm-hmm." She reached up and fished around in his pocket a minute before retrieving the box."What`s this?" She asked,admiring the red velvet that adorned the outside of the box.

"That`s for you. Trunks wanted to give you something,I guess. I dunno,he didn`t really explain himself... Actually,he left after he told me to give it to you." If he hadn`t been holding Marron,this would be the part where he would reach behind his head and scratch it Son style.

Marron bit her bottom lip as she stared at the box. Now he was giving her gifts? This was all very sweet,but it was a bit much at the same time.

Goten looked down at her for a moment."Well? Aren`t you going to open the box? That`s kinda rude." He smiled at her,hoping she would realize he was joking about the rude thing.

She pursed her lips slightly. "Fine." She mumbled before undoing the small silver latch that kept the box closed. She used the nail on her right index finger and pried the box open.

She gasped when she saw what was inside. It was a silver ring,very tiny and feminine. It had a beautiful ruby adorned in the midst of the ring,with several smaller diamonds on the outside of the ring. It was probably worth a small fortune.

"Well?" Goten asked again. Now he wanted to know what was worth the large intake of air that Marron had done.

Marron held up the box,which still held the ring and Goten`s eyes became nearly as large as saucers. "Holy... That thing... It`s gotta be worth a lot." He stuttered. Trunks must really like Marron. "Put it on."

Marron reclined her arm and slowly took the ring out of the box. She shakily put the ring on her right ring finger-it wasn`t like she was marrying the guy!

Goten landed and put the empty box back in his pocket. He took Marron`s hand that she wore the ring on and they walked through the door.

For some reason,Marron wasn`t dreading this appointment anymore. Now she felt like she could do anything.

A/N: Well,thats all for now. Sorry it`s taken me so long,but I was house-sitting,and alas,they have no pc. So,yeah! I hope you liked it and I will try to update asap. So long as you all review,that it! *Taps her head * I already know how it ends-and if you don`t review,you never will.

* Laughs evilly before readers begin to pummel her with jagged pieces of ice* Review please :)