Zarbon swallowed, and took a small step towards Frieza. Frieza looked at him.
"Is it just me or do you seem a little tense?" he asked.
"Er..." Zarbon looked at the ground. How would Frieza take the news?
"Zarbon?" Frieza said. "What's the matter with you?"
"I... have something to tell you..." Zarbon began.
"Oh?" Frieza looked at him. "What?"
"Er... Maria - I mean, I... - I mean... er..." Zarbon felt his face burning. "We're... sort of... well, I mean, we are..."
"Yes...?" Frieza urged.
"Erm..." Zarbon cleared his throat. "Engaged."
"You... and Maria?" Frieza stared at him. Zarbon looked back nervously, and nodded.
"Y - yes."
"I thought you two liked each other, but I never thought you'd propose." Frieza admitted.
"Well, we were kinda serious..." Zarbon admitted.
"I know. I just didn't think you'd have the guts." Frieza smirked.
"Er..." what was Zarbon meant to say to that?
Frieza chuckled.
"We'll throw a party for you two, okay?"
"R - Really?" Zarbon was surprised Frieza had made such a suggestion. Frieza nodded.
"Sure."
"Thank you, sir." Zarbon nodded. "She'll be pleased to hear about it." "Good." Frieza smiled.

*a week later*

The room was full of several races. Every member of the Ginyu Force, Frieza, Maria and Zarbon, and all of Maria's close friends, who were a variety of races. There were a few saiyans, Zia's species, and a few other races. Cabbi was standing on a table with pint of beer in one hand, giving a speech. Zarbon was a little pleased, actually. He hadn't liked it when Cabbi had started, but the saiyan had turned out to be a pretty good speaker. He was quite funny, too. Maria was happy, anyway. She and Cabbi were close. Cabbi and Zia seemed to be Maria's best friends, actually.
"But anyway," Cabbi started to bring his speech to a conclusion. "You don't wanna hear me all night,"
"Never mind, Cabs, there's only five minutes left!" someone called from the crowd. That got some laughs. Cabbi smirked at whoever had said it, and carried on.
"So I'd just like to wish years of happiness to Zarbon and Maria," Cabbi announced, and looked at Maria. "Come up here a minute, Maria."
Maria smiled, and climbed up onto the table. She stood next to him, looking at the crowd. Cabbi put his arm around her shoulder. Zarbon became a little annoyed at this, but told himself to not make a fuss. Cabbi just carried on with his speech.
"Now I think I speak for everyone when I say that Zarbon is the luckiest man in the word," he smiled at Maria, and looked back at his audience. "To marry a beautiful, lovable, dependant and downright amazing woman like Maria,"
"Here, here!" Maria's friends or just people that knew her all cheered in agreement. Maria smiled at Cabbi, who raised his glass.
"To the happy couple!"
"To the happy couple!" the whole room raised their glasses.

Cabbi jumped off the table, and held out his hand to Maria. Not that she needed to, but Maria took it, and he helped her down. Zarbon approached them. Cabbi looked at him.
"Heya!" he smiled.
"Hey..." Zarbon began, looking at the ground. "Er... nice speech."
"Wha?!" Cabbi was surprised that Zarbon had said that. "Uh - hey, thanks!"
"I told you he wasn't bad." Maria smirked at Zarbon.
"Yeah, I know..." Zarbon mumbled. He gave a small smile.
"Guess you were right, eh?"

~~~

Maria kissed him.
"Just a few more days now..." she said.
"Mmm." Zarbon uttered. He was tired. They were in bed now, but the party hadn't finished 'til late. How long was it until the wedding now...? Four days. It wasn't going to be anything fancy. Zarbon would've liked to have spent more money, but in that case most of it would've been his, and Maria didn't want him paying for their wedding. So they were going for a fairly cheap wedding, and each paying half.
"Are you going to sleep?" Maria asked.
"Mm hmm..." Zarbon nodded. Maria smiled, and closed her eyes.
"Okay..." she cuddled up to him. Zarbon smiled a little, and drifted off to sleep.

~~~

Zarbon looked around. Where was he? Oh, right. That was it. It was that cliff he and Maria had... talked on... The sun was setting and the sky was a nice orangey red colour. Was this a dream? What was he doing here?
"Hey, Zarbon!" Maria's voice called. Zarbon turned his head. He smiled when he saw Maria there. She looked so beautiful under the setting sun.
"Maria..." Zarbon stood up. Maria ran over to him. Zarbon put his arms around her waist, and smiled into her eyes.
"Why... I mean, what're we doing here?" he asked. Yes, there were better things to say, but he wanted to know.
"I don't know." Maria replied. "But... we're both here, and neither of us know why, so there must be a really special reason..." she said.
"What do you mean?" Zarbon looked at her.
"Let's make a promise," Maria began.
"A promise?"
"If we meet here again unplanned while the sun is setting... we'll spend the rest of our lives together, alright?" Maria replied.
"We're getting married, we're going to do that anyway." Zarbon reminded her.
"I know..." Maria mumbled. "But you need to promise me anyway. If we meet again under these circumstances, we'll be together." she looked at him. "Promise me."
"Yeah. Alright, if you really want..." Zarbon agreed. That was weird. Why did she want him to promise to do something he'd do anyway?

Maria's face lit up.
"Thank you." she smiled. She kissed him. Zarbon decided to not worry about that promise, no big deal anyway, right? He kissed back. Maria put her arms around his neck, and kissed him again. Zarbon frowned as he felt something touch his leg. He moved his eyes down, and saw a green lizard - like tail. That was weird. He'd never noticed Maria with a tail before. What was happening?
"What?" Maria asked, noticing the look on his face.
"Nothing..." Zarbon mumbled. Maria followed his gaze, and looked at her tail.
"What, it's been there ages. You've never noticed it before? I've always had it." she told him.
"I didn't know..." Zarbon replied.
"Does it matter?" Maria asked, gently turning his head around so that he was looking at her.
"No. I guess not." Zarbon answered. He started to kiss her again, stroking her tail as he did so. Actually, he rather liked it. Why hadn't he noticed it before? That was so weird...

~~~

"Hey, wake up!" Maria shook him.
"Huh?" Zarbon opened his eyes. He looked at her, still half - asleep. "We need to get up - you're already almost late. Better hurry up." Maria told him.
"Wha?" Zarbon looked at the clock. Whoa! Was that the time?!
"Crikey!" he gasped, and leapt out of bed. Maria laughed as she watched him run into the bathroom; come out again; and throw his clothes on.
"Quit laughing!" Zarbon frowned as he brushed his hair.
"Sorry..." Maria smirked. Zarbon began plaiting his hair. As he did so, he looked at Maria. Maria noticed this.
"What?" she asked.
"Hey..." Zarbon realized that she didn't have a tail. It was just in the dream? That was strange. Why did he dream that she had a tail? "What?" Maria demanded.
"Nothing. Forget it." Zarbon shook his head. He kissed her on the cheek, and quickly left the room. Maria rolled her eyes, and also left.