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Paying for our purchases we headed back to Capsule Corp. in silence. But the silence was broken when a shrill voice called out to my Uncle Yamcha; he turned to face the banshee which summoned him. It was Jade, Uncle Yamcha's new toy. Pan, Paris, Bra and I looked at each other with sweat drops forming on our heads. "Hey Jade, what are you doing here?" He asked politely, and kissed her on her cheek. She giggled with glee and snuggled up to him. "Nothing, I was just wandering around." She seemed kind of 'peppy' I noted, and introduced myself. "Hello, I've heard so much about you!" I said offering my hand for her to take. She looked at me quizzically, and then looked behind me and beamed. "Bra!" She screamed and went over to hug her, Bra's out reached arms begged for me to help her. We all tried to stifle our laughter. After awhile Bra just shoved her off, but she didn't even seem to notice. "Hi" Bra said rather bored. "Oh Jade, are you doing anything now?" Uncle Yamcha said intervening the possible threat to her life by the hands of Bra. She looked like she was thinking, but then again she didn't really look like she could think at all. She shook her head. "Do you want to come to a little barbecue that we're going to have?" She beamed with happiness, and jumped up and wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him. "Wow! Really?! I'd love to honey! Just let me grab a few stuff first ok?" She told him, he nodded and we waited for her outside of her apartment, where we followed her to.
She took quite some time and we amused ourselves by planning on making her pay for her annoyance. Uncle Yamcha didn't even seem to mind. After awhile my curiosity got the better of me and I asked him. "Why do you put up with her? When she's so annoying." Paris looked at me and shook her head. "Mar, don't you know that most of the time guys could care less about a girl's personality, as long as they're good in bed." She said smirking, which soon turned into a huge grin when Uncle Yamcha's face blushed a deep red with embarrassment. We all laughed and Pan took out the frozen pack of hot dogs and put it on his forehead. "Just thought that you might want to cool off." She said smiling, and we laughed again. WE were silent again and then Bra spoke up. "Yamcha, I know that I set you up with her, but how can you stand her?" She asked, trying to be as polite as possible. He looked around and then turned back to us. "Truth be told I cant really. But she's just so adorable!" He said, "Just like a little kitten!" We all stared at him like he was stupid, and with his previous comment, I think that maybe Jade had rubbed off of him. But before we could say anything she stepped out of the door. Pan, Bra, Paris and I went ahead. We reached Capsule Corp. long before Uncle Yamcha and Jade did. So we went and changed and took our purchases outside, where the guys were waiting.
As we entered we saw that Goten was trying to light the grill, and we all glanced at each other in terror. We ran to the other side of the pool, just as a massive flame jumped out and reached toward Goten, he jumped back, out of freight. And thus causing him to trip over his own feet into the pool. We all laughed and disposed the food onto a near-by table. Uubu took over, just for our safely. Just then a wind blew and I shivered, realizing how foolish this looked. A bunch of kids and two adults in their bathing suits in the middle of November, just a few days away from Thanksgiving. And they were having a barbecue! I laughed silently to myself. "Mar, you ok?" Paris asked me, I giggled and told her. And she looked around and burst out laughing. I went over to the pool and shook my head looking down at Goten. "Isn't the water cold?" I asked him confused, he looked around and lifted his glowing hand for me to see, he was heating the pool with his ki. He keeps on surprising me with his intellect. I smiled and pushed his hand under the water as Jade and Uncle Yamcha came out. But I just managed to shove him under the water. Bra shrieked and immediately pulled him out and smothered him in love. He looked at me and mouthed the words. 'Can you do that again for me?' I rolled my eyes and walked away. I casually sat on a lawn chair next to Trunks.
He looked up and looked me up and down; his mouth slightly open, I just smirked and looked rolled my eyes. Our crazy tans were starting to fade, and remembering that I grabbed a bottle of sunscreen lotion. I tried to reach my back and Trunks took the bottle from me. He squirted a bit onto his palm and began massaging my shoulders and neck. I leaned into it a bit and moaned a little. I could feel him smirk. After he was done I began working on him. I made him lie down on his stomach and I sat on his back and began rubbing the lotion on his back; and massaging it. He was soon asleep and I got up and left. Uubu was almost done with the food and Pan was taking a few lessons from him. I was called over to Uncle Yamcha, and walked over to him. "What's up?" I asked "I just wanted you to meet Jade." He said and this time she smiled happily and pulled me into a hug. I rolled my eyes at this. I seemed to be doing a lot of this lately. I didn't hug back but I did hide my disgust at her. "Hi, nice to meet you, I've heard a few good things about you." I said smiling, and Uncle Yamcha gave me a look that told me to stop. She didn't seem to notice. "Really? So have I!" She said, "And who are you? I dint believe I've heard much about you." She said and I looked at her; not believing my ears, she was worse than.. well, hmm.. there wasn't anything that was worse than her!
"I'm Marron, his niece. " I said slowly pointing to Uncle Yamcha. He looked at her. "I told you that she was my niece." He said, I believed him, she didn't look like she even paid attention. "Well I have to get going now, I'll see you two later!" I said and left. She must be pretty good in bed for Uncle Yamcha to still be with her.
I giggled to myself and joined Bra and Goten in the pool, the water was warm and they were just sitting there. "Do you mind?" I asked, they shook their heads and Goten looked over to me smiling. "I saw you and Trunks over there." He said wiggling his eyebrows and I just shoved him a little. Bra looked at me with the same look that Goten had just given me. "Not you too!" I said in disbelief, and tried to stifle my laughter but failed. "So what are we doing on thanksgiving? Is your mom having another Thanksgiving dinner?" I asked Bra changing the subject. She nodded. "Everyone's coming as usual." She said and we just sat in silence, until I noticed that Bra and Goten looked behind me and smirked. She backed up a little, I began to turn around, wondering what they were smirking at. That's when Trunks grabbed me from behind and took me under the pool. I pulled away and shoved him down and swam to the top. Bra joined in and we each took one of his arms and pulled him down further. Goten joined us and started tickling his feet. Trunks' eyes widened and he tried to keep the air that he had in him; but failing unsuccessfully. We let him go and re- surfaced. Laughing we tried to catch out breaths. "Goten! You're supposed to be my best friend! What happened?!" He asked a little upset, but it was out of good fun. "I like watching you suffer." He said and we just laughed. Pan and Uubu came over to us and took out huge water guns. Our eyes widened in shock and we began to swim away with fear. They still blasted us with ice cold water, all the while laughing maniacally. Bra and I evidently had the same idea, because we both grabbed the guys and pulled them in front of us; using them as a shield. They screamed and tried to push away the cold water and we just laughed. After awhile we dragged ourselves out of the pool and grabbed a few towels. We glared daggers at Uubu and Pan and looked at each other briefly and got us. We slowly stalked to them and flipped them into the pool. When we had settled down I noticed that Uncle Yamcha and Jade was no where to be found. I'm guessing that they were in his room. I shook my head and tried to remove all of that out of my head. He was my uncle for Dende's sake! It was really creepy, so we all went to the food and commented on how well Uubu and Pan had done on the food. I looked around and noticed that Paris was missing. "Has anyone seen Paris?" I asked worried, they all shook their heads and we went off to look for her, afraid that something might have happened to her.
I wandered to the front of Capsule Corp. and found her with Chris, sitting on the steps. I looked with interest and listened to them for a bit. They were obviously flirting. "So why are you here again?" Paris asked him, smiling a bit. "No reason, I was walking by across the street and smelled the barbecue coming from Capsule Corp. so I came over to see what we going on, since it's the middle of November and all." He said chuckling. "I thought you were spying on us." She said laughing. He shook his head. "Nope, just thought that maybe you guys have gone mad." He told her, "Hey if you're free sometime or later on , do you want to go out and do something?" he asked, his cheeks turning a nice pink. I couldn't help but 'aww' at the scene that was unfolding in front of me. 'Say yes!' I mentally told her, knowing that she wouldn't at all. She was too shy. "Maybe." Was all she said before standing up. "Call me ok?" she said and gave him a hug. He hugged back, and she left. Lucky for me she went around the other way. I ran back and saw that everyone was already there. I didn't say anything. "Hey guys!" She said, "I hope you guys didn't miss me, sorry I saw Chris just now." She said and rejoined us. "It's ok, as long as you're safe," Pan told her, "so that you can judge the food that me and Uub prepped." She said and we all grabbed a little bit of everything; it all smelled so good. After we had gotten our food I lead Paris away from the rest of the group and smirked at her. "Are you going to meet him afterwards?" I asked "You spied on me?!" She asked shocked. "No, I just heard that part." I told her and waited for her answer. She seemed calm again. "I don't know, I want to I guess." She said shrugging her shoulders. "Go for it, you guys are so meant to be together, even if it's not going to be a long lasting relationship." I told her. "Yea, I guess it cant hurt." She said and we went back. After we had our fill of the delicacy, we just sat around, a little tired. There was nothing left, and it had been about 45 minutes. We just laid around talking about whatever came to our minds.
I went to the juice bar and make everybody piña coladas. After awhile we all just sort of wandered back into the pool. Floating around, and playing 'Marco Polo' Pan, Bra, Paris and I kept on pulling Trunks' swimming trunks down while he had his eyes closed as he was 'it'. Despite the great temptation I didn't peek down. When it started to get dark we reluctantly packed up everything and put it back in its rightful places. Paris left to go and have coffee with Chris, he called just in time; as she was leaving Capsule Corp. after we all got our showers in we went to our room; and crawled into bed.
As I laid down my back cracked. That's how I knew that I had a good day. Then I remembered that I had to tell Trunks, it was the right thing to do. Even if it meant that we couldn't be the way that we are tight now. "Trunks, can I have a word with you in private please?" I asked him walking towards the door. He followed me into the living room, but we didn't bother to sit down. "Is everything alright?" He asked worried, I didn't know how to answer him. "I don know" I began. "You see.." I said trailing off, trying to muster up the courage I needed to get it out. I couldn't. "I think I ate too much, and I just wanted to feel comforted with only you around." I said offering a fake smile. He bought it, and pulled me into a hug, and just held me. "I'm sorry, I hope you feel better." He cooed and I couldn't help but sigh and lean against him. After awhile longer: I couldn't take it anymore, so we went back to the room. Pan and Bra looked at me expectantly. I shook my head the lightest, and I noticed them sigh and glance at each other. "Sorry" I said, and realized that everyone was looking at me. "Sorry I wasn't feeling well." I said covering it up. Pan and Uubu glared at me; and I quickly clarified. "Not that it was your fault! It wasn't the food, I just ate too much." I said and sighed in relief. That was a close one. We turned on the TV to some weird cartoon. We didn't pay any attention to it. Tiredness took over our bodies and we were soon asleep.
When I woke up the next morning I was alone in the room. I padded downstairs and found everyone eating Pop Tarts. I grabbed one and sat down; No one said anything, just letting our eyes wander around in total silence. The atmosphere was very weird. But as soon as we were done we were livelier. We got cleaned up and headed for the living room. I just sat there as Pan and Bra pulled Trunks away. After awhile I realized what they were doing, I got up and left. I started wandering around Capsule Corp. trying to get myself lost. I saw the back of Trunks' head and I saw Pan and Bra talking to him, I turned around and bolted out of there. As I was busy going up the stairs I saw Trunks advancing on me, I turned a corner and tried to loose him, but he cut me off. "Mar, we need to talk." He began. "About what?" I decided to play clueless. "Pan and Bra told me that you needed to talk to me." He said "What did they tell you?" I asked, so that if I did have to tell him anything I wouldn't have to repeat anything they already said and suffer even longer. I started fidgeting around with my fingers. "Well, they told me that you have to talk to me, it was important. And it had to do with trust." H paused. "You don't trust me?" He said shocked. "No! That's not it." I told him, twisting my fingers around. "Ok, let's see, where to begin.." I said more to myself than to him. I took a deep breath and tried to look into his eyes.
I couldn't do this, but I had to. "Ok, you see, I have this thing with trust. And I do trust you, but I just feel uncomfortable sometimes. And it's not you personally. But it's because of what has happened to me in the past." I blurted out. Boy was that hard. I was nearly twisting my fingers off, but I continued. "It's because I've been cheated on like two to three times, and I almost got raped by a friend once. And it's just that one title that just makes me uncomfortable. I looked into his eyes, hoping to see understanding. But I couldn't, so I looked down to my fingers, which were being bent into all different shapes. "Well, my thing is, if there are feelings, then you don't need a title." He tried to justify. I shook my head. "Every time I get close to a guy, like if I'm 'talking' to him, I can't help but feel uncomfortable. And that makes it hard for me." I said, and we fell silent. I looked into his eyes; and I don't know if it was just me or what. But I saw hurt in them. And it hurts to know that I put it there. After what seemed like eternity I took a chance at speaking. "So where do we stand?" I asked, almost afraid of the answer. "We're still friends!" he clarified, "I couldn't live with myself if we weren't." He told me. He must have taken my words the wrong way, because I just wanted to tell him, I never intended for it to end this way. I didn't want to be 'just friends'. I just wanted to let him know!
But if that's what he thought I meant, then it must have been sub- consciously. And the sub-conscious was almost never wrong. So I just let it go without any thing. After awhile longer I decided to leave, I gave him a hug, and it was nice too. I went downstairs and went back to the room. I crawled into bed and just lay there. Pan and Bra came in, and asked me what happened. I told them that I was still kind of sleepy, and I would tell them later on; knowing that they would go to Trunks. He could tell the story, I was too depressed. I just wanted to stay where we were, but I guess this was what he wanted. After about 15 to 20 minutes there was a knock on the door. "Come in." I said and Uncle Yamcha walked in. I was so relieved! He came over and hugged me. "How'd you know?" I asked him. "Well, I was walking by, and I was right under the stairs, I had just walked Jade to the door. And I hear everything." He told me, "Sorry." He added. I shook my head. "It's ok, I'm glad that you did. This way I wont have to explain it." I said trying to make myself smile, even a little. "Want to go out? Just you and me." He said, I just shrugged my shoulders and fell back onto the bed. "Sure, why not." I said and he picked out a few nice outfits for me to pick from. He forced me to put on make up and then pulled me outside. I would've flown but I was to upset with myself. So we drove. I didn't even know where we were going.
We drove for what seemed like forever, he ended up taking me to the mall. Just what the doctor ordered; the spoiling of an uncle. There really wasn't anything there that got my remotely interested, until I saw a poster with The Black Cat on it! I dragged Uncle Yamcha to the store, and got one. I've never felt so good before. "Wow, you're quite something now huh?" He said trying to cheer me up, about the earlier incidents. I slimed a little. And felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around to meet brilliant green eyes. I blinked to get myself strait.
The eyes belonged to a very attractive guy, I noted. Almost better looking than Trunks, I mentally slapped myself for that thought. "Yes?" I asked giving this stranger my perfect attention. "You dropped this." He said handing me the poster that had slipped out of my hands. "Oh thanks!" I said and took it from him. I was about to walk away when he said something that took my attention back to him. "You're The Black Cat aren't you?" He said looking at me. I froze in place but forced myself to respond. "No, I'm sorry you have the wrong person. I get it all the time though." I said forcing a little laugh. That's when Uncle Yamcha appeared. "Hey I was wondering where you disappeared of to!" He said and noticed the guy behind me. "Hello.. umm." He said obviously interested in him name. "Brandon." The guy with the amazing green eyes replied. "I dropped my poster/" I told Uncle Yamcha. "Sir are you aware that your daughter is The Black Cat" Brandon said. Uncle Yamcha looked at me a bit confused and surprised, and I shook my head a little. "I'm sorry, you must be mistaken, she gets that a lot, and I'm not her father." He told Brandon. I sighed in relief a bit; and looked over to Brandon. Who looked a bit disappointed. The next few moments were a blur, but I guess I ended up giving Brandon my number, and I got his.
As Uncle Yamcha and I were leaving I just realized what had happened. "Do you realized what just happened?!" I shouted at him. "Yea, some kid recognizes you, and you got his number," He stated. "Is that a good thing?" I asked him. "I don't know."
Paying for our purchases we headed back to Capsule Corp. in silence. But the silence was broken when a shrill voice called out to my Uncle Yamcha; he turned to face the banshee which summoned him. It was Jade, Uncle Yamcha's new toy. Pan, Paris, Bra and I looked at each other with sweat drops forming on our heads. "Hey Jade, what are you doing here?" He asked politely, and kissed her on her cheek. She giggled with glee and snuggled up to him. "Nothing, I was just wandering around." She seemed kind of 'peppy' I noted, and introduced myself. "Hello, I've heard so much about you!" I said offering my hand for her to take. She looked at me quizzically, and then looked behind me and beamed. "Bra!" She screamed and went over to hug her, Bra's out reached arms begged for me to help her. We all tried to stifle our laughter. After awhile Bra just shoved her off, but she didn't even seem to notice. "Hi" Bra said rather bored. "Oh Jade, are you doing anything now?" Uncle Yamcha said intervening the possible threat to her life by the hands of Bra. She looked like she was thinking, but then again she didn't really look like she could think at all. She shook her head. "Do you want to come to a little barbecue that we're going to have?" She beamed with happiness, and jumped up and wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him. "Wow! Really?! I'd love to honey! Just let me grab a few stuff first ok?" She told him, he nodded and we waited for her outside of her apartment, where we followed her to.
She took quite some time and we amused ourselves by planning on making her pay for her annoyance. Uncle Yamcha didn't even seem to mind. After awhile my curiosity got the better of me and I asked him. "Why do you put up with her? When she's so annoying." Paris looked at me and shook her head. "Mar, don't you know that most of the time guys could care less about a girl's personality, as long as they're good in bed." She said smirking, which soon turned into a huge grin when Uncle Yamcha's face blushed a deep red with embarrassment. We all laughed and Pan took out the frozen pack of hot dogs and put it on his forehead. "Just thought that you might want to cool off." She said smiling, and we laughed again. WE were silent again and then Bra spoke up. "Yamcha, I know that I set you up with her, but how can you stand her?" She asked, trying to be as polite as possible. He looked around and then turned back to us. "Truth be told I cant really. But she's just so adorable!" He said, "Just like a little kitten!" We all stared at him like he was stupid, and with his previous comment, I think that maybe Jade had rubbed off of him. But before we could say anything she stepped out of the door. Pan, Bra, Paris and I went ahead. We reached Capsule Corp. long before Uncle Yamcha and Jade did. So we went and changed and took our purchases outside, where the guys were waiting.
As we entered we saw that Goten was trying to light the grill, and we all glanced at each other in terror. We ran to the other side of the pool, just as a massive flame jumped out and reached toward Goten, he jumped back, out of freight. And thus causing him to trip over his own feet into the pool. We all laughed and disposed the food onto a near-by table. Uubu took over, just for our safely. Just then a wind blew and I shivered, realizing how foolish this looked. A bunch of kids and two adults in their bathing suits in the middle of November, just a few days away from Thanksgiving. And they were having a barbecue! I laughed silently to myself. "Mar, you ok?" Paris asked me, I giggled and told her. And she looked around and burst out laughing. I went over to the pool and shook my head looking down at Goten. "Isn't the water cold?" I asked him confused, he looked around and lifted his glowing hand for me to see, he was heating the pool with his ki. He keeps on surprising me with his intellect. I smiled and pushed his hand under the water as Jade and Uncle Yamcha came out. But I just managed to shove him under the water. Bra shrieked and immediately pulled him out and smothered him in love. He looked at me and mouthed the words. 'Can you do that again for me?' I rolled my eyes and walked away. I casually sat on a lawn chair next to Trunks.
He looked up and looked me up and down; his mouth slightly open, I just smirked and looked rolled my eyes. Our crazy tans were starting to fade, and remembering that I grabbed a bottle of sunscreen lotion. I tried to reach my back and Trunks took the bottle from me. He squirted a bit onto his palm and began massaging my shoulders and neck. I leaned into it a bit and moaned a little. I could feel him smirk. After he was done I began working on him. I made him lie down on his stomach and I sat on his back and began rubbing the lotion on his back; and massaging it. He was soon asleep and I got up and left. Uubu was almost done with the food and Pan was taking a few lessons from him. I was called over to Uncle Yamcha, and walked over to him. "What's up?" I asked "I just wanted you to meet Jade." He said and this time she smiled happily and pulled me into a hug. I rolled my eyes at this. I seemed to be doing a lot of this lately. I didn't hug back but I did hide my disgust at her. "Hi, nice to meet you, I've heard a few good things about you." I said smiling, and Uncle Yamcha gave me a look that told me to stop. She didn't seem to notice. "Really? So have I!" She said, "And who are you? I dint believe I've heard much about you." She said and I looked at her; not believing my ears, she was worse than.. well, hmm.. there wasn't anything that was worse than her!
"I'm Marron, his niece. " I said slowly pointing to Uncle Yamcha. He looked at her. "I told you that she was my niece." He said, I believed him, she didn't look like she even paid attention. "Well I have to get going now, I'll see you two later!" I said and left. She must be pretty good in bed for Uncle Yamcha to still be with her.
I giggled to myself and joined Bra and Goten in the pool, the water was warm and they were just sitting there. "Do you mind?" I asked, they shook their heads and Goten looked over to me smiling. "I saw you and Trunks over there." He said wiggling his eyebrows and I just shoved him a little. Bra looked at me with the same look that Goten had just given me. "Not you too!" I said in disbelief, and tried to stifle my laughter but failed. "So what are we doing on thanksgiving? Is your mom having another Thanksgiving dinner?" I asked Bra changing the subject. She nodded. "Everyone's coming as usual." She said and we just sat in silence, until I noticed that Bra and Goten looked behind me and smirked. She backed up a little, I began to turn around, wondering what they were smirking at. That's when Trunks grabbed me from behind and took me under the pool. I pulled away and shoved him down and swam to the top. Bra joined in and we each took one of his arms and pulled him down further. Goten joined us and started tickling his feet. Trunks' eyes widened and he tried to keep the air that he had in him; but failing unsuccessfully. We let him go and re- surfaced. Laughing we tried to catch out breaths. "Goten! You're supposed to be my best friend! What happened?!" He asked a little upset, but it was out of good fun. "I like watching you suffer." He said and we just laughed. Pan and Uubu came over to us and took out huge water guns. Our eyes widened in shock and we began to swim away with fear. They still blasted us with ice cold water, all the while laughing maniacally. Bra and I evidently had the same idea, because we both grabbed the guys and pulled them in front of us; using them as a shield. They screamed and tried to push away the cold water and we just laughed. After awhile we dragged ourselves out of the pool and grabbed a few towels. We glared daggers at Uubu and Pan and looked at each other briefly and got us. We slowly stalked to them and flipped them into the pool. When we had settled down I noticed that Uncle Yamcha and Jade was no where to be found. I'm guessing that they were in his room. I shook my head and tried to remove all of that out of my head. He was my uncle for Dende's sake! It was really creepy, so we all went to the food and commented on how well Uubu and Pan had done on the food. I looked around and noticed that Paris was missing. "Has anyone seen Paris?" I asked worried, they all shook their heads and we went off to look for her, afraid that something might have happened to her.
I wandered to the front of Capsule Corp. and found her with Chris, sitting on the steps. I looked with interest and listened to them for a bit. They were obviously flirting. "So why are you here again?" Paris asked him, smiling a bit. "No reason, I was walking by across the street and smelled the barbecue coming from Capsule Corp. so I came over to see what we going on, since it's the middle of November and all." He said chuckling. "I thought you were spying on us." She said laughing. He shook his head. "Nope, just thought that maybe you guys have gone mad." He told her, "Hey if you're free sometime or later on , do you want to go out and do something?" he asked, his cheeks turning a nice pink. I couldn't help but 'aww' at the scene that was unfolding in front of me. 'Say yes!' I mentally told her, knowing that she wouldn't at all. She was too shy. "Maybe." Was all she said before standing up. "Call me ok?" she said and gave him a hug. He hugged back, and she left. Lucky for me she went around the other way. I ran back and saw that everyone was already there. I didn't say anything. "Hey guys!" She said, "I hope you guys didn't miss me, sorry I saw Chris just now." She said and rejoined us. "It's ok, as long as you're safe," Pan told her, "so that you can judge the food that me and Uub prepped." She said and we all grabbed a little bit of everything; it all smelled so good. After we had gotten our food I lead Paris away from the rest of the group and smirked at her. "Are you going to meet him afterwards?" I asked "You spied on me?!" She asked shocked. "No, I just heard that part." I told her and waited for her answer. She seemed calm again. "I don't know, I want to I guess." She said shrugging her shoulders. "Go for it, you guys are so meant to be together, even if it's not going to be a long lasting relationship." I told her. "Yea, I guess it cant hurt." She said and we went back. After we had our fill of the delicacy, we just sat around, a little tired. There was nothing left, and it had been about 45 minutes. We just laid around talking about whatever came to our minds.
I went to the juice bar and make everybody piña coladas. After awhile we all just sort of wandered back into the pool. Floating around, and playing 'Marco Polo' Pan, Bra, Paris and I kept on pulling Trunks' swimming trunks down while he had his eyes closed as he was 'it'. Despite the great temptation I didn't peek down. When it started to get dark we reluctantly packed up everything and put it back in its rightful places. Paris left to go and have coffee with Chris, he called just in time; as she was leaving Capsule Corp. after we all got our showers in we went to our room; and crawled into bed.
As I laid down my back cracked. That's how I knew that I had a good day. Then I remembered that I had to tell Trunks, it was the right thing to do. Even if it meant that we couldn't be the way that we are tight now. "Trunks, can I have a word with you in private please?" I asked him walking towards the door. He followed me into the living room, but we didn't bother to sit down. "Is everything alright?" He asked worried, I didn't know how to answer him. "I don know" I began. "You see.." I said trailing off, trying to muster up the courage I needed to get it out. I couldn't. "I think I ate too much, and I just wanted to feel comforted with only you around." I said offering a fake smile. He bought it, and pulled me into a hug, and just held me. "I'm sorry, I hope you feel better." He cooed and I couldn't help but sigh and lean against him. After awhile longer: I couldn't take it anymore, so we went back to the room. Pan and Bra looked at me expectantly. I shook my head the lightest, and I noticed them sigh and glance at each other. "Sorry" I said, and realized that everyone was looking at me. "Sorry I wasn't feeling well." I said covering it up. Pan and Uubu glared at me; and I quickly clarified. "Not that it was your fault! It wasn't the food, I just ate too much." I said and sighed in relief. That was a close one. We turned on the TV to some weird cartoon. We didn't pay any attention to it. Tiredness took over our bodies and we were soon asleep.
When I woke up the next morning I was alone in the room. I padded downstairs and found everyone eating Pop Tarts. I grabbed one and sat down; No one said anything, just letting our eyes wander around in total silence. The atmosphere was very weird. But as soon as we were done we were livelier. We got cleaned up and headed for the living room. I just sat there as Pan and Bra pulled Trunks away. After awhile I realized what they were doing, I got up and left. I started wandering around Capsule Corp. trying to get myself lost. I saw the back of Trunks' head and I saw Pan and Bra talking to him, I turned around and bolted out of there. As I was busy going up the stairs I saw Trunks advancing on me, I turned a corner and tried to loose him, but he cut me off. "Mar, we need to talk." He began. "About what?" I decided to play clueless. "Pan and Bra told me that you needed to talk to me." He said "What did they tell you?" I asked, so that if I did have to tell him anything I wouldn't have to repeat anything they already said and suffer even longer. I started fidgeting around with my fingers. "Well, they told me that you have to talk to me, it was important. And it had to do with trust." H paused. "You don't trust me?" He said shocked. "No! That's not it." I told him, twisting my fingers around. "Ok, let's see, where to begin.." I said more to myself than to him. I took a deep breath and tried to look into his eyes.
I couldn't do this, but I had to. "Ok, you see, I have this thing with trust. And I do trust you, but I just feel uncomfortable sometimes. And it's not you personally. But it's because of what has happened to me in the past." I blurted out. Boy was that hard. I was nearly twisting my fingers off, but I continued. "It's because I've been cheated on like two to three times, and I almost got raped by a friend once. And it's just that one title that just makes me uncomfortable. I looked into his eyes, hoping to see understanding. But I couldn't, so I looked down to my fingers, which were being bent into all different shapes. "Well, my thing is, if there are feelings, then you don't need a title." He tried to justify. I shook my head. "Every time I get close to a guy, like if I'm 'talking' to him, I can't help but feel uncomfortable. And that makes it hard for me." I said, and we fell silent. I looked into his eyes; and I don't know if it was just me or what. But I saw hurt in them. And it hurts to know that I put it there. After what seemed like eternity I took a chance at speaking. "So where do we stand?" I asked, almost afraid of the answer. "We're still friends!" he clarified, "I couldn't live with myself if we weren't." He told me. He must have taken my words the wrong way, because I just wanted to tell him, I never intended for it to end this way. I didn't want to be 'just friends'. I just wanted to let him know!
But if that's what he thought I meant, then it must have been sub- consciously. And the sub-conscious was almost never wrong. So I just let it go without any thing. After awhile longer I decided to leave, I gave him a hug, and it was nice too. I went downstairs and went back to the room. I crawled into bed and just lay there. Pan and Bra came in, and asked me what happened. I told them that I was still kind of sleepy, and I would tell them later on; knowing that they would go to Trunks. He could tell the story, I was too depressed. I just wanted to stay where we were, but I guess this was what he wanted. After about 15 to 20 minutes there was a knock on the door. "Come in." I said and Uncle Yamcha walked in. I was so relieved! He came over and hugged me. "How'd you know?" I asked him. "Well, I was walking by, and I was right under the stairs, I had just walked Jade to the door. And I hear everything." He told me, "Sorry." He added. I shook my head. "It's ok, I'm glad that you did. This way I wont have to explain it." I said trying to make myself smile, even a little. "Want to go out? Just you and me." He said, I just shrugged my shoulders and fell back onto the bed. "Sure, why not." I said and he picked out a few nice outfits for me to pick from. He forced me to put on make up and then pulled me outside. I would've flown but I was to upset with myself. So we drove. I didn't even know where we were going.
We drove for what seemed like forever, he ended up taking me to the mall. Just what the doctor ordered; the spoiling of an uncle. There really wasn't anything there that got my remotely interested, until I saw a poster with The Black Cat on it! I dragged Uncle Yamcha to the store, and got one. I've never felt so good before. "Wow, you're quite something now huh?" He said trying to cheer me up, about the earlier incidents. I slimed a little. And felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around to meet brilliant green eyes. I blinked to get myself strait.
The eyes belonged to a very attractive guy, I noted. Almost better looking than Trunks, I mentally slapped myself for that thought. "Yes?" I asked giving this stranger my perfect attention. "You dropped this." He said handing me the poster that had slipped out of my hands. "Oh thanks!" I said and took it from him. I was about to walk away when he said something that took my attention back to him. "You're The Black Cat aren't you?" He said looking at me. I froze in place but forced myself to respond. "No, I'm sorry you have the wrong person. I get it all the time though." I said forcing a little laugh. That's when Uncle Yamcha appeared. "Hey I was wondering where you disappeared of to!" He said and noticed the guy behind me. "Hello.. umm." He said obviously interested in him name. "Brandon." The guy with the amazing green eyes replied. "I dropped my poster/" I told Uncle Yamcha. "Sir are you aware that your daughter is The Black Cat" Brandon said. Uncle Yamcha looked at me a bit confused and surprised, and I shook my head a little. "I'm sorry, you must be mistaken, she gets that a lot, and I'm not her father." He told Brandon. I sighed in relief a bit; and looked over to Brandon. Who looked a bit disappointed. The next few moments were a blur, but I guess I ended up giving Brandon my number, and I got his.
As Uncle Yamcha and I were leaving I just realized what had happened. "Do you realized what just happened?!" I shouted at him. "Yea, some kid recognizes you, and you got his number," He stated. "Is that a good thing?" I asked him. "I don't know."
