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Author`s Note: I`m so very sorry this has taken me so long. I`ve been busy with deadline in my yearbook class and soon I`m going to have to design my own spread for my section. But thanks so much for waiting for me!

I`m going to thank the many people who reviewed for chapter 12: A Galexia Goddess, Jena, Niori, Katy, Celie, Rory, Marron-12, Jamie and Jessie. Also, big hugs and warm fuzzies to my beta reader, Aerith and I hope you feel better ASAP hun!!! Now on with the story!



Marron grinned shyly, then much to Trunks' amazement, she stood up and took his hand. He raised an eyebrow, bemused."What's going on, Marron.

She didn't reply, but simply smiled and led him over to where the mystery man
was sitting. Gently she pushed Trunks into the seat beside him. The boy smiled at the
group, then kissed Marron on the cheek

"Trunks... this is Gavin." She smiled She smiled as a look of confusion crossed her would-be boyfriend's face. "He... he`s my brother." She said the words slowly.

Trunks blinked a moment, thinking of how to respond. "Your... your brother?" Marron nodded. "How much older are you then her, Gavin?" He directed to the question to the new member of the small group.

Gavin smiled,his eyes sparkling. "About ten minutes." He reached over and squeezed
Marron`s small hand.

Trunks paused. Now that he thought about it and actually took the time to look Gavin
over,he looked like a splitting image of Marron: He had shoulder length blonde hair,
large, deep blue eyes, and very pale skin. His face also had the same gentle quality
that Marron`s held.

Marron raised an eyebrow. "You okay, Trunks?" She asked before rubbing his leg to
get a response from him.


Trunks smiled and nodded. "I feel kinda like an ass, but what else is new, right?"
He paused. "Am I the only one who didn`t know?"

Marron sighed with exhaustion. "You and Uub. You see, Goten grew up with me and
Gavin, and Pan and Gavin used to be an item."

Trunks looked from Pan to Goten who were now talking Gavin up quite incessantly. He
smiled. "Let`s go talk somewhere else... somewhere a bit more... alone."

She grinned and they stood. Uub had sat next to Pan and was attempting to get her
attention back from Gavin. Marron shook her head and took Trunks` hand as they walked
out of the cafeteria.







Marron sat down in the shade of a tall shade tree, shortly followed by Trunks, who
held her in his arms as he gently nuzzled her neck.

"I was so worried about you when you left. I didn`t know where you had gone." His
whispered in her ear.

She turned around and gazed at him with a small smile gracing the corners of her lips.

He leaned forward and kissed her lips softly. "So why didn`t you ever tell me about
your twin brother?" A smirk danced across his lips.

"Well... because you never asked." She avoided his gaze and instead looked at the
grass like it was the most interesting phenomena she had even seen.

"Well then... where has he been all this time? I`ve never once seen him. Is he like
you or is exactly opposite."

Marron knew he was digging and she thought she knew why, but was still curious.
"Well... he was imprisoned when I... when we were ten."

"What for?"

"For training a female. Namely, me... but the authorities never found out who it was
he had trained, so they figured he must not had gotten very far with whoever it was
and they gave up."

Trunks thought about this a moment. "Why did he want to train you?" He was finding
as much out about Marron and her past as he possibly could.

"...." Marron once again looked away so that Trunks wouldn`t see the emotions in her
eyes. "Because my older sister was killed by soldiers when I was seven. Gavin wasn`t
about to let the same thing happen to me, so he started training me, against my
parent`s knowledge and will, of course."

Trunks bit his lip. No wonder she was so secretive sometimes. "Marron... I`m so sorry."

She looked up at him and forced a weak smile. "Don`t be, you did nothing wrong.
Besides, it helped mold who I am today,right?" She reached up and rubbed her hand
along his jaw line making him smile weakly as well.

Trunks kissed her forehead. "And I wouldn`t have you any other way in the world." He
paused and looked into her pools of eyes. They seemed to pull him into her. "What are
you doing tonight?"

Marron bit her lip. "Well, I was planning on asking you that same question... But
now..." She trailed off and looked in the direction of the lunch room.

Trunks forced a small smile. "I understand. Maybe tomorrow?" He raised his eyebrows
and made a sad attempt at puppy dogs eyes.

Marron grinned, pushing her long golden locks behind her ear. "Definitely tomorrow.
What did you want to do though? I don`t go back to work for a few more days... my
treatment and all."

He nodded. "I know what... But I want it to be a surprise. Can I pick you up at your
house sometime after classes tomorrow?"

Marron raised a suspicious eyebrow. "What are you planning, mister?"

Trunks only smiled before he stood and offered her his hand. "C`mon, let`s go back
inside. The bell is going to ring soon."





Marron awoke and quickly dressed in her room before running across the hall into her
bathroom. Gavin was starting school today and she wanted to get the bathroom first;
hey, so what if he just got home? The potty competition was ongoing.

She did her hair and make up as quickly as she could since she had woken up a bit
late and walked back into her room. When she entered her room, she heard the bathroom
door close and smiled to herself. Things would be a bit better from now on, she hoped.

She turned her radio on softly and sang along to the tunes that came in from Earth`s
transmissions. She didn`t understand some of the words at times, but when she did,
they made her think.

She glanced at her clock after about ten minutes: 700, time to go. She turned off
her radio and opened the door before bumping into Gavin.

They stood in the hallway and stared at each other a moment. They did indeed look
identical. Marron had on a pair off cutoff black capri`s with a red tank top and black
skate shoes. Gavin was wearing long black pants that covered his black skate shoes (of
a different kind) and a red T-shirt.

"How do we always seem to do this?" She asked her counterpart with a grin of confusion.

"Great minds think alike." Gavin smiled at his sister. How did it look like she had
grown up so very much? She was still a splitting image of himself, and yet he hardly
recognized her at first glance.

She had become so radiant... so beautiful...so... full of life.
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Author`s Note: Ok,thats all for now! Hehe! I hope you all liked it and all that! Please review and tell me what you thought! Big thanks again and I`ll update as soon as I can!

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Cassi