Guiding Light

             Well … well … er … almost everyone wanted Goten on drums, so that's settled, I can just picture the ebony-haired boy happily bashing away … and as for Trunks … most of you said Electric Guitar … a few agreed with me on the Tenor Sax. One wanted Piano, and another one wanted either the violin or the viola.

             Oh … and as for the reviewer (I won't mention names) who said that Tenor Sax was too marching band-ish … I completely disagree, I happen to play the Alto Sax for a Jazz band, and I have never thought of myself as a marching band participant, frankly, I think that only people who do not understand the instrument would say that. And I also play the flute … ^^ Let's hear Trunks play that, eh?

             Well, I've decided to put Trunks on vocals AND *eyes anxious readers* Electric guitar.

             *hears cheering and such*

             ^^ Well … I really, really wanted him on Tenor Sax, but I guess I can make an exception, eh?

             And as for the band, I'm not sure whether if it'll be in this chappie, or the next … wait an' see, will ya?

             One further note, there will be NO bobbleheads in this version of the story … sorry 'bout the inconvenience … ^^;;

             Er … I am sad to say that I have … ruined my straight T/P rep … yeah … in fact … with something not so straight … *laughs at own corny pun*  … er … well … *scratches head* It's a Mirai Gohan/Mirai Trunks … yep! T'was a dare, and ya'll know that I can't refuse dares … but I must say … I like the story, Mirai Gohan/Mirai Trunks is now another one of my fav couples … but my fav couple will always be Trunks/Goten …

             *hears stunned readers gasp*

             Don't worry, T/P will always be my baby! ^ ~ And my very, very, fav couple, kay?    

             (by the way, I have no experience in radio broadcasting whatsoever, so spare me … ^^;;)

             Yeah, yeah, enjoy the chappie, kay?

                                                                        Chapter 5: Ask Miss. Lonelyhearts

            Pan gathered her books in one arm and prepared to head out of the classroom, but a sheet of paper managed to slip out of her binder and fall to the floor, she sighed in exasperation as she tried to bend down to pick it up, but with all the stuff that she was holding, plus her laptop, it was quite difficult … luckily, the kind boy behind her picked it up for her.

            "Oh … thank you." Pan smiled, and then blushed when she saw whom it was.

             "No problem … you seem to have a habit of dropping things …" grinned Jake, the stud supreme, as he handed the single sheet filled with little scribbles to her, "Why copy by hand when you've a laptop?"

            "Oh … that's not my notes … that's …" Pan blinked, trying to remember the contents of the page, "Er … a list of Kamala's … crushes …" She clasped a hand over her mouth, "Opps …"

            Instead of laughing, Jake teased, "Ya' think my name's on there?"

            Pan laughed softly, "Of course, just about every in the school is on that list."

            The blonde grinned and waved, "Well, I have to go now, but maybe I'll see you later?"

            "Sure." Pan waved back as she started to head back towards her dorm … it was near lunchtime, her very favourite time of the day. And two figures were waiting for her by the corner.

            "Hello, Pan." Smiled Casey, "I have to stop by the main broadcast office, can you come with me?"

            "The what office?" Pan asked with one eyebrow arched.

            "The school radio station, I do reports and stuff for them, things have gotten awfully busy lately, we need more help, have you any experience in radios, Pan?" The blonde questioned.

            "A fair amount, I guess, why?"

            "Uh-oh, now she'll want you to join it or something." Laughed Kamala, who was standing beside her, "It's a real bore, trust me, by the way, I noticed you talking to Jake, isn't he such a hunk?"

            Casey ignored the babbling girl and turned to Pan, "You know, the advice deejay graduated last year, and according to the older people there, they haven't been able to find a replacement, maybe you could try?"

            Pan snickered at the girl, "Me? Offer advice? I dunno, I might just mess a lot of people up … I'm not the best decision maker around, besides, I heard Janelle talking about her wanting to be the deejay, but they refused her on the spot, and she has a lot of experience with radios an' stuff. What makes you think that they'd want me?"

            Kamala grinned and waved her finger in the ebony-haired girl's face, "Being the niece to a really hot guy can do wonders, you know."

            Casey shook her head, "Whatever, just come with me, who knows? Maybe you'll like it or something, or maybe they've gotten really desperate, or something, you should try, anyways, I bet you'd be great at it. I mean, you're really sensible and not afraid of anything, that's always a good sign."

            Praise can do wonders, so the girl shrugged, "Who knows? Maybe I could, but I still think that they'd want me."

            "You never know." Winked Kamala as the three girls headed towards the broadcast office.

                                                                        ~*~

            "You want to be Miss Lonelyhearts?" Asked an auburn haired girl.

            Pan blinked a few times at all the people busily rushing past her, she didn't know that a radio station needed so many people, "Er … I guess."

            "Have you any experience in the romance department?" The girl asked again, "Or have you worked for a radio station before?"

            Pan blinked again and was just about to shake her head when Kamala stuck her two hands on her hips and all but yelled, "Whom do you think you're talking to here? Nobody else could be more qualified, jeez, you don't know real naturals when you see them. Ask her something! You know, one of those, what if' s"

            The girl sneered at Pan and folded her arms across her chest, "Alright then, not that it'll help, and a freshman too, I don't know what you people are thinking these days … say somebody asks you," She thought for a moment and cleared her throat, "What if, a girl is dating two guys at once, and a dance is coming up, one of her boyfriends is nice and caring, and the other one is comical and outgoing, which one should she take?"

            "Wouldn't her boyfriends mind if she was seeing the other one?" Pan asked curiously.

            The girl sighed and rolled her eyes, "Hel-lo? I'm asking you, you're not supposed to be asking me! And they don't know that she's seeing the other one … so … she's like, cheating on the both of them."

            "Then she shouldn't go." Pan said firmly, "And she shouldn't have two boyfriends in the first place."

            "That's so typical … I just knew that you were going to say that." The girl muttered, "She should go with the outgoing one, she'd have more fun, and since the other one's so nice, he wouldn't mind, would he? Well … maybe that was the wrong question to ask, I'll ask another one, like a real simple one, why do guys flirt if they don't like the girl?"

            "Simple." Pan said firmly, she'd had enough experience with the topic to know herself, "Guys flirt with anything that flirts back, even if they don't like girl, it's the thrill of the chase that excites them, they don't really care about the girl, just having the simple satisfaction that their pea-sized brain could've attracted a member of the opposite gender, which is quite perculiar, I say."

            "Well, why do girls flirt?"

            "Girls don't flirt, they mess with guys' minds, and it's like they're holding back for that one special somebody … really … flirting is pointless and wastes time …"

            The girl sighed, "Well, whatever, you're weird, do you even like anyone?"

            Pan thought for a while, "Yeah … I guess so …"

            Kamala's eyes widened at once, "You do? You do? Who? Tell me! Why haven't you told me?"

            The girl shooed Kamala aside, "I don't see what's so special about you, you're just like all the other girls that want the job, I dunno, why don't you take a call? We'll see … but I hardly doubt a girl like you could offer advice."

            Pan narrowed her eyes, she was going to get the job, just to piss the annoying girl off, "Fine, I'll take a stupid call."

            The girl smirked and geastured to a large chair in the recording area and stood beside her, "Sit down here."

            Pan frowned, she wasn't sure she wanted to do this anymore, it had sounded fun in the beginning, but as she saw the satisfactory smirk on the girl's stuck-up face, she stomped over to the leather seat and sat down it, soon greeted by a bunch of little buttons and switches of all sorts in front of her.

            "Oh, don't mind those." The girl must've noticed her panicking, "Steve here will take care of these. All you need is this." She pointed to the mike.

            A boy on the other side of the girl looked up and gave a little wave.

            "Well? Go ahead."

            Pan noticed that a little red light that was labeled on air was suddenly turned on, she gulped as she heard a muffled voice come through the speaker.

            "Hi, is this Miss. Lonelyhearts? I'm in love with a real hunk." A pause came on the line, "Well, Goten, to be exact, but how can I get him to notice me without making a fool of myself?"

            Pan glanced up at the girl standing beside her, who rolled her eyes and smiled, "Well, you hear this one at least once a day, and no one had ever offered the right advice, too bad, eh? Don't worry, you could always try again next year. After all, you'll have er … more experience in the department, and you'll need a lot too, do you even know who Goten is?"

            The ebony-haired girl wanted to rip the girl's neck off, of course she knew who Goten was? He was her goddamn uncle! But of course, she didn't let her know and smiled sweetly, "Could you possibly remind me?"

            "Alright." Sighed the bronze-eyed girl, "Goten is only the hottest guy on campus, really, girls are screaming to get hold of him, not that anyone will, his girlfriend has got him all tied up, not that it'll help you any."

            "Oh … right, that Goten …" Nodded Pan as she smiled again, "So you like him too, huh?"

            "Of course I do-Hey! You're supposed to be giving the girl advice!"

            Pan smiled again, how could she not smile? This girl was so incredibly pathetic, she shook her head and cleared her throat as she spoke through the microphone in what she considered a fairly loud squeak, "In love with Goten, huh?"

            She heard a snicker behind her, no doubt coming from Kamala, but she continued, "That's an easy one, you know what they always say, the best way to a man's heart is through his stomach, just casually go up to him and say something like – I saw a great new restaurant downtown last week, maybe you'd like to come with me? They serve some mighty beefy meatballs, and the desserts are just heavenly – Or something like that, or even better, take him to a Greek restaurant, Greek is his favourite food, you know. Of course, I'm pretty sure that every man has a spot in his heart for Chinese, take him for Dim Sum, and it'll work, guaranteed."

            The girl speaking squealed in delight, "Ooooh! That's even better than when the other lady suggested that I try to play football! Thanks sooo much, Miss Lonelyhearts!"

            "You're very welcome." Smiled Pan as she spun around on the chair to face the slightly stunned auburn-haired girl, "So? Am I in? Or what?"

            "H-How do you  … know … so … much …" Gaped the girl.

            "Simple." Kamala smiled and geastured to Pan, "I'll have you know, that she is his very favourite niece."

            The girl's eyes grew wider, "Y-You're his n-niece?"

            "As far as I know, anyways." Pan leaned back in the chair and smiled, oh, she was going to have a lot of fun with this, wasn't she?

            "Well, why didn't you say so!" The girl smiled and shook her hand, "My name's Amber, welcome to EWUS! You're the very new Miss Lonelyhearts!"

            Pan grinned and gave Kamala and Casey the thumbs-up sign, and the brunette huffed, "See, Casey? I told you that all she had to do was mention Goten and be accepted."

            Casey beamed and gave Pan a hug, "This is great! It'll be so awesome having you work here!"

            "Now I know his favourite food!" Kamala clapped her hands, "And by the way, who do you like, Pan?"

            Pan smiled mysteriously, "I dunno, figure it out yourself."

            Kamala thought about all the possible boys and then her mouth fell open in horror, "You wouldn't! You couldn't!"

            The other girls shot Kamala a strange look as she continued, "You couldn't possibly like your own uncle! That's so weird!"

            Pan growled and hit her arm, "What are you talking about?"

            "Oh my god! Incest!" Kamala screamed and ran out of the broadcasting office, laughing.

            Casey shot Pan a strange look, "Er … ignore her … she gets awfully strange when lunch is near."

            "I can tell …"

                                                                        ~*~

            "So … you wanted to take a break from modeling and movie shoots?" Goten asked as he walked the brunette hottie down the corridor.

            Paris nodded, "Yes, it's great and all … but after a while, it gets awfully overwhelming, and I wanted to have my own fashion line … so … here I am, back in university … what about you? You haven't told me about yourself."

            "Aw … what else could I say?" Goten grinned, "Same ol' stuff."

            "Still Quarterback of the football team?" Paris ventured, "I remember when I used to be the head cheerleader, who is it now?"

            "Oh … er …" Goten scratched the back of his head, "It's Ashley …"

            "That's nice …" Paris nodded thoughtfully, "After all, it's only right that head cheerleader and star of the football team go together, you guys look really great with each other …" She giggled added, "Remember how we used to be a couple? That seemed so long ago … like a different lifetime."

            Goten nodded, "Yeah … I do …" Until that Bastard had to come and spoil everything …everything was so perfect … until he ended their relationship out of jealousy … and I'll always hate him for that …and he claimed that he was my best friend … what'd I ever see in him anyways?

            A horde of girls suddenly exploded around Goten, all yelling about Greek food and Dim Sum, Paris blinked in astonishment as all the girls asked at the same time.

            Can I take you out to lunch?

            I saw this fantastic Greek restaurant the other day.

            I know the best place for Dim Sum, Goten!

            There's this quaint little dessert place downtown that you might like!

            C'mon, what do you say?

            It serves the best Chinese food ever!

            I know the best place for beefy meatballs!
            Goten simpered stupidly, "You all want to take me out for lunch?"

            As he watched the girls nod, he grinned, "Well, what are we waiting for? I'll see ya' later, Paris!"

            Paris smiled and waved, "Oh … sure … later!" As she watched the horde of girls lead Goten further away, she turned around only to stare at the heavily muscled chest of a certain someone else, and as her large eyes wandered up at the man's face, her cheery lips broke into a wide smile.

            "I missed you …"

            The violet-haired man enveloped her in his embrace and mumbled back …

            "I missed you too …"

                                                                        End of Chapter 5

            Well … you know see why Trunks and Goten's rivalry is in existence … and only one question remains … how the hell is this going to turn into a T/P?

             Don't sweat your socks, peeps! Remember what Pan had mentioned … ^ ~ Although … maybe I'm misleading you again?

             I added the Miss Lonelyhearts touch 'cause it'll come in handy later in the fic, and I need all your honest opinions.

             Should this fic be one of those down-to-the-point ones that'll end in its 14th or 15th chapter?

             Or should it be more dramatic with interesting plot twists that carry on into it's 20th

             Or … should it be one of its incredibly long things that are like the fic equivalent of a soap opera?

             'Cause I can definitely picture Guiding Light carrying on, but if I ended it sooner, it'll give me more freedom to work on my other fics, what are all your opinions?

              Oh yeah, by the way, leave a little review on your comments towards this chappie, kay? ^ ~

              AND NO! T/P DOES NOT STAND FOR TRUNKS/PARIS!!! ARGH! HOW COULD ANYONE THINK THAT?!

                                                                          -Juunanagou4ever