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Title: Nan de o?
Author: EC-Chan
Chapter Title: Where the Tide Blows
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Last Time:
"I need to leave- for my baby's sake," Pan rested a hand on her stomach. "And for your mother's. Goten has been telling me about the Jupiter Project for a while now. Can you help me get tickets so that I can go?"
I sighed, "I'll try. For my mother's sake."
She smiled tentatively, "Thank you."
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I looked around my office with a long sigh. No one was even paying me the slightest bit of attention and I sat back with a frown. The night before hadn't gone as well as I planned. Pan had insisted on going back to my father before he thought anything was amiss, and I told Goten I didn't want to go anywhere anymore.
So instead of going to the club I had wanted to go to not even half an hour before, I had curled up and fell asleep in my bed, completely ignoring my fiancé. When I woke up he was gone and it annoyed me that he didn't even bother to say goodbye. But instead of sulking like I had for a couple days now, I had shown up for work, ignoring my brother's curious stare.
I had to for Pan. I gritted my teeth, furious at myself for agreeing to do this for her and actually going through with it. Maybe all I am and ever will be is a bratty little teenager who will never grow up- doing the right thing simply doesn't agree with my conscious.
"Ms. Briefs?" I looked up sharply from my computer screen to see a smiling assistant at my door. My mind didn't even register his good looks as I glared at him, eyebrow raised. I had been typing in information, trying to give Pan a fake medical report (as well as a new name so that no one would find her), and any interruption could prove detrimental. "Mr. Briefs asked if you would like to take a break with him."
"Tell him I'd rather not," I said, trying to get my voice to boast it's normal sweet, melancholy tone, but failing miserably.
"He told me to tell you it's imperative and concerns your father- said that you would understand?" He looked quite confused.
I sighed, "Fine. But he's taking the heat from mom. I should've had this done ages ago."
Of course I was lying. There were, in truth, a lot of things I should be doing, but I was too out of it to do anything and this was probably far more important. Only when I heard the man leave, did I start typing again.
Surprisingly it didn't take me long, and I was done (with printed papers in my briefcase) by the time Trunks knocked on my door to bring me out to lunch. I made a show of hurriedly pushing papers to the side, and pressing a few more hurried keys on the computer before following him out the door, when in reality all I was doing was making sure I didn't have anything laying around or accessible that even hinted at what I just did.
My father couldn't figure out that I had anything behind Pan's sudden disappearance or where she had gone to. Actually that last part was a valid point- he could probably, if not anything else, find her ki no matter where he was. That meant that I actually still had work to do.
I let out my breath and it came out as an angry hiss, but my now deflated stomach now echoed how I felt. It was really more trouble then it was worth.
"Bura?" Trunks raised an eyebrow at me through the mirror.
"Yeah?" I asked woefully.
"Are you alright?" He asked, his eyes returning to the rode. I didn't say anything, merely leaned even further back in my seat. "Have you noticed dad acting a bit strange lately?"
I let out a snort of laughter before I could stop myself and reluctantly explained when I saw his disgruntled expression. "Of course he's acting strange- he bonded with Pan!"
He slammed his foot on the brakes, and all of the sudden I was extremely grateful for my seatbelt. "He's WHAT?!"
I frowned, berating myself for not being more tactful. "He mated with Pan..Don't worry about it- pretend I was joking or something."
"No- wait explain what you said," Trunks said, slowly regaining his calm. And so I spent the afternoon explaining the last couple days- how I found out, what he said to me, and other things. I didn't tell him about the night before with Pan though, because it was too risky. I shouldn't even have told him about the affair in the first place- there was no point.
The Ki Nullifier (as I affectionately named it), wasn't too hard to make surprisingly enough, so I had it done around dinnertime. Putting it into my bag, I turned to leave. This actually wasn't such a bad conclusion to the situation I was faced with only a few days ago.
Pan had explained herself (though I don't think I'll ever forgive her) and was leaving. I'm now engaged to Goten, and even if my dad ever comes to his senses and complains I have plenty of things to blackmail him with so that he submits. Trunks knew somewhat of what is going on and will be able to console my mother, and I might someday be able to step inside my mother and father's house again.
Of course I will never forget any of this and neither will anyone else who knows. I might regret in the future never knowing my half-brother, though not ever enough that I'd want to track down Pan. But everything else would slowly go back to being normal, right?
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Yeah I know ^^;; Two chappies in a twenty-four hour radius ^^; aren't u proud?;; I'm leaving soon and was so close to the end and knew what to do so I just wrote it. *shrugs* and there's really no point in waiting to put it up. I dun really care about reviews at the moment even if I would get some ^^;;. So the 107 people who've read up to the third chapter review!!!!!! ^^;;; I can see u *looks at u pointedly*
Err and I know that this is kind of a crappy ending but I am extremely tired and cannot think at the moment =.=; so I might revise this chappy when I get back, but I dun want anyone who is reading this to wait another two weeks or so for it. So here it is ^^:;;;
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Title: Nan de o?
Author: EC-Chan
Chapter Title: Where the Tide Blows
~
Last Time:
"I need to leave- for my baby's sake," Pan rested a hand on her stomach. "And for your mother's. Goten has been telling me about the Jupiter Project for a while now. Can you help me get tickets so that I can go?"
I sighed, "I'll try. For my mother's sake."
She smiled tentatively, "Thank you."
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I looked around my office with a long sigh. No one was even paying me the slightest bit of attention and I sat back with a frown. The night before hadn't gone as well as I planned. Pan had insisted on going back to my father before he thought anything was amiss, and I told Goten I didn't want to go anywhere anymore.
So instead of going to the club I had wanted to go to not even half an hour before, I had curled up and fell asleep in my bed, completely ignoring my fiancé. When I woke up he was gone and it annoyed me that he didn't even bother to say goodbye. But instead of sulking like I had for a couple days now, I had shown up for work, ignoring my brother's curious stare.
I had to for Pan. I gritted my teeth, furious at myself for agreeing to do this for her and actually going through with it. Maybe all I am and ever will be is a bratty little teenager who will never grow up- doing the right thing simply doesn't agree with my conscious.
"Ms. Briefs?" I looked up sharply from my computer screen to see a smiling assistant at my door. My mind didn't even register his good looks as I glared at him, eyebrow raised. I had been typing in information, trying to give Pan a fake medical report (as well as a new name so that no one would find her), and any interruption could prove detrimental. "Mr. Briefs asked if you would like to take a break with him."
"Tell him I'd rather not," I said, trying to get my voice to boast it's normal sweet, melancholy tone, but failing miserably.
"He told me to tell you it's imperative and concerns your father- said that you would understand?" He looked quite confused.
I sighed, "Fine. But he's taking the heat from mom. I should've had this done ages ago."
Of course I was lying. There were, in truth, a lot of things I should be doing, but I was too out of it to do anything and this was probably far more important. Only when I heard the man leave, did I start typing again.
Surprisingly it didn't take me long, and I was done (with printed papers in my briefcase) by the time Trunks knocked on my door to bring me out to lunch. I made a show of hurriedly pushing papers to the side, and pressing a few more hurried keys on the computer before following him out the door, when in reality all I was doing was making sure I didn't have anything laying around or accessible that even hinted at what I just did.
My father couldn't figure out that I had anything behind Pan's sudden disappearance or where she had gone to. Actually that last part was a valid point- he could probably, if not anything else, find her ki no matter where he was. That meant that I actually still had work to do.
I let out my breath and it came out as an angry hiss, but my now deflated stomach now echoed how I felt. It was really more trouble then it was worth.
"Bura?" Trunks raised an eyebrow at me through the mirror.
"Yeah?" I asked woefully.
"Are you alright?" He asked, his eyes returning to the rode. I didn't say anything, merely leaned even further back in my seat. "Have you noticed dad acting a bit strange lately?"
I let out a snort of laughter before I could stop myself and reluctantly explained when I saw his disgruntled expression. "Of course he's acting strange- he bonded with Pan!"
He slammed his foot on the brakes, and all of the sudden I was extremely grateful for my seatbelt. "He's WHAT?!"
I frowned, berating myself for not being more tactful. "He mated with Pan..Don't worry about it- pretend I was joking or something."
"No- wait explain what you said," Trunks said, slowly regaining his calm. And so I spent the afternoon explaining the last couple days- how I found out, what he said to me, and other things. I didn't tell him about the night before with Pan though, because it was too risky. I shouldn't even have told him about the affair in the first place- there was no point.
The Ki Nullifier (as I affectionately named it), wasn't too hard to make surprisingly enough, so I had it done around dinnertime. Putting it into my bag, I turned to leave. This actually wasn't such a bad conclusion to the situation I was faced with only a few days ago.
Pan had explained herself (though I don't think I'll ever forgive her) and was leaving. I'm now engaged to Goten, and even if my dad ever comes to his senses and complains I have plenty of things to blackmail him with so that he submits. Trunks knew somewhat of what is going on and will be able to console my mother, and I might someday be able to step inside my mother and father's house again.
Of course I will never forget any of this and neither will anyone else who knows. I might regret in the future never knowing my half-brother, though not ever enough that I'd want to track down Pan. But everything else would slowly go back to being normal, right?
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Yeah I know ^^;; Two chappies in a twenty-four hour radius ^^; aren't u proud?;; I'm leaving soon and was so close to the end and knew what to do so I just wrote it. *shrugs* and there's really no point in waiting to put it up. I dun really care about reviews at the moment even if I would get some ^^;;. So the 107 people who've read up to the third chapter review!!!!!! ^^;;; I can see u *looks at u pointedly*
Err and I know that this is kind of a crappy ending but I am extremely tired and cannot think at the moment =.=; so I might revise this chappy when I get back, but I dun want anyone who is reading this to wait another two weeks or so for it. So here it is ^^:;;;
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