While you were sleeping

Chapter 12: Wedding gift and Invite

Trunks walked into the apartment building and headed up the stairs hearing voices on his way up. "Your hair is looking really good tonight."

"Why thank you, oh I love your new cologne."

"Yeah, its called Paris guy, It's from France." It was Joe Junior and his new girlfriend Phyllis. The young blonde bounced her curly hair and slid a hand over Joe Jr.'ws shoulder. Trunks couldn't help bbut chuckle at the sight.

"Hey there Junior."

"Oh hey, are you going to see Ryanna." Trunks nodded Jow licked his lips and gave him the okay. "Ooh, she's the best looking chick in this building." Phyllis slapped him up side the head. JOe looekd at her and gave her a sly smile. "But you are the best-looking Chick on the third floor." Phyllis smirked.

"Oh Joe Junior."

"Phyllis." Trunks shook his head and made his way up stairs. Ryanna looked at her two selection of shoes.

"What do you think Minx, this one, or this one?" Knock, knock "OOH I DON'T WANT ANY FLOWERS FROM YOU I AM NOT WEARING BLACK UNDERWEAR AND I DEFINITELY DO NOT WANT TO MOVE IN WITH YOU J-" She opened the door and expected Joe Junior but it was... "Trunks." She winced and blushed. Trunks chuckled.

"Well I don't have any flowers for you, I wouldn't mind seeing you in black underwear and under the circumstances I don't think we should move in together." Ryanna laughed.

"I thought you were Joe Jr." Trunks scoffed and rana tongue over his bottom teeth.

"I get that a lot." Ryanna nodded and blushed.

"Come on in." Trunks walked in and looked at the wedding dress that hung onh er lampshade. It was a simple dress with a creamy color shade and a rose on the bodice

"Wow is that the wedding dress?"

"Yeah, I know it's nothing fancy or special, but it really doesn't matter about the dress."

"Yeah it depends on whom you're doing it with." Ryanna smiled slightly. she pulled back her messy bangs and looked at him.

"So what are you doing here?" Trunks smiled and gave her a package.

"I wanted to give you this before the presents started to pile up." Ryanna smiled and began opening the gift. "I was doing some last minute business in Italy I saw the small shop looked in the window and..." The gift was a beautiful orange snow globe with Italian markings and the Florence building on the inside.

"Florence, oh my god Trunks it's beautiful." Ryanna admired the globe and gently cradled it in her hands. She looked up at Trunks. "Thank you so much." He smiled and kissed her cheek and turned around placing his hand on the doorknob.

"Before I leave, I just want to say that Goten... is a very lucky guy." Ryanna blushed. "And I'm not just saying that because you're gonna be my sister in law." Ryanna grinned and pulled back some of her messy curls.

"Well I guess we'll be seeing a lot of each other than." Trunks nodded and sighed.

"Well I better go." Trunks made it out the door and was down several steps before Ryanna stopped him.

"Trunks." Trunks turned to her.

"Yes?" She opened her mouth. She badly wanted right then and tehre to tell him how she felt. However if he didn't feel the same it would not only ruin their relationship as friends but also as family. She took a deep breath and stared down at him.

"Can you give me any reason why I shouldn't marry your brother?" Trunks looked at the floor for a bit then back at her trying to hide his tears. Goten was successful, handsome, and a good man. Any woman would kill to marry him. Did he have a reason she shouldn't marry him other than he loved her?

"No." Ryanna bit her lip and nodded and she watched as Trunks left the building. Ryanna went back into her apartment and laid on her bed cradling the globe in her hands. Tears silently came down her face. She knew he wouldn't have anything to say. Why did it still hurt?

Next morning Ryanna placed a wedding invitation on Kankton's desk. "What's this?"

"It's a wedding invitation." Ryanna turned to leave.

"Wait a minute, this is your wedding invitation."

"Yeah so?" Kankton gave her a knowing look.

"Whom are we marrying?" Ryanna rolled her eyes and pointed to the name on the invite.

"Goten Vegeta Briefs," Kankton cocked an eyebrow and sat up.

"the coma guy? Are you insane?" Ryanna got fed up.

"Yes Kankton I'm insane. Everyday I go and I sit in a booth like a veal, I work every holiday, I come home to a cat, and now a rich and handsome man has asked me to marry him, and I said yes. Okay, okay that makes me a raving total lunatic!"

"The wedding is tomorrow Ryanna." She threw her hands in the air and yelled out.

"I know its tomorrow, but you know what I wish it was yesterday. That would mean that today I would be on my honeymoon, that I would finally have a stamp on my passport and it would say Italy on it!" Kankton's face softened. "

What happened to the other guy?" Ryanna began to tear up a bit.

"He didn't want me."