Chapter 7: Steve & Work
Pan walked up stairs carrying Garrick. She wanted to find Vegeta and tell him she would be back the next morning.
Pan walked up to his closed bedroom door and knocked softly.no answer. She knocked a little harder.still no answer. Pan quietly opened the door a crack.
(Pan's POV)
I peeked in the room to see Vegeta's back to me. He was curled into a tight ball, his knees pulled to his chest and totally naked. "Oh poor Veggi." I whispered as I stepped in the room. I carefully balanced Garrick on my hip while I grabbed a blanket and gently lay it over the sleeping Saiyan Prince.
"Sleep well Veggi. I'll be back in the morning." I left his room to shower and change for work.
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(Third Person POV)
After showering Pan uncapsuled her dark blue Chevy Suburban and strapped her son in the back seat. When she jumped in and started her Suburban Poem by Taproot was playing.
Pan thought back to when Taproot was still underground band and played in small clubs. They were some fun guys to chill with. She decided to give them a call and see if they were gonna be touring in Japan any time soon.
(Pan POV)
I grabbed my cell and hit four on speed dial. It rang a few times before Steve picked up.
"Hello?"
"Hey Steve, what's up?" I said in a bubbly voice.
"Pan babe, what's goin on? How's home?
"Oh not bad. The first day I saw my parents all they did was nag, my uncle and best friends freaked out after seeing me dancing with an older man who is actually my best friends' dad, and my father almost had a heart attack when he saw Garrick. So yea I guess things aren't to bad."
"Wait a minute your best friends caught you dancing with their dad. How old is he?"
"Oh not that old, I think about 67."
"Not that old! Pan that's as old as my grandfather!"
"Humph, whatever."
"Don't you give me your humph whatever attitude. That's your I'm not talking to you anymore attitude."
"I actually called you to see if you were coming to Japan."
"I've been meaning to call you cuz we're gonna be playing near you in about two months.
"Two months, my birthday is in like two months. What's the date of your show?"
"Our first one is the fourteenth, but we're actually gonna be there for about two weeks."
"That's great, I can't wait! Well I gotta go Steve. I have to get to work. I'll talk to ya soon."
"Ok Pan, later." Steve said before hanging up.
"Time to get to work." I said to myself as I hung up my cell and shifted suburban into drive and headed towards the center of Satan city.
I was supposed to be to work by nine but I arrived at nine thirty. Oops my bad.
When I walked through the door I was greeted by Sovay, Arvid and a mystery man sitting at the counter.
"Hey guys sorry I'm late." I laid Garrick in his playpen.
"Pan what's up? This is Psyfer. Check out his drawings."
I walked to the counter to look at the guy's drawings. There was a dragon with large wings looking ready to attack, a beautiful wolf howling a moon in a clear night sky, and a thin faced regal looking man with long wild hair (A/Na mullet, hehe. There's only one man that can make a mullet look good! D.B!) and his eyes looked to be two different colors.
"Wow these are really good."
The young man just smiled and nodded his thanks.
"Pan he's looking for a job." Sovay said.
I crossed my arms and looked him over. He wore black baggy jeans with a long silver chain and a tight black muscle shirt that had a fishnet like material covering the front and silver buckles on the shoulders. Around his right bicep he had a tribal tattoo and on his left he had a mage with silver hair and a dark robe holding a crystal filled with swirling smoke. He had other tattoos over his fore arms but I didn't pay much attention to them.
"Why should we give you the job?" I asked leaning against the counter.
His eyes met mine as he answered. "Cuz I'm good." He rose an eyebrow daring me to argue.
"Ok, prove it." I said rolling up my sleeve. "I don't have any appointments for a while, do I?"
Arvid shook his head. "Not till noon
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My last appointment of the day ended just before four. I walked out of the back room and took Garrick from Sovay's arms.
"That was my last one, I'm out."
"Pan ya wanna go out to dinner with Arvid and me?" Sovay asked.
"No thanks Sovay, I'm headed to the rents for dinner. Wish me luck."
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A soon as I walked in the door my mom came running to take Garrick. "Oh Panny let me see my grandson."
My grandma Chi-Chi and my father came to hug me. As I hugged grandma
Chi-Chi my sleeves went up a bit.
Next thing I know my dad has a hold of my arm and is pulling me from gram.
"What is this?" He yelled pushing my sleeve up further.
"What dad, it's a tattoo of Shenron. You expect a tattoo artist not to have any?"
"A tattoo artist. That's what I am, my friends and I own a tattoo parlor."
"Why when you went to college to be a graphic artist would you decide to throw it all away to be."
Thunk.Grandma Chi-Chi's frying pan connected with daddy's head.
"Enough Gohan. Panny isn't here to listen to your lectures." Gram yelled causing even mom to cringe and cover her ears.
Garrick began to cry as his little fists went to his ears.
"Give him here mom." I rocked my son softly and smiled when his little tail twitched free from it's hiding spot and wrapped around my arm.
"Panny why didn't you have his tail cut off?" Mom asked.
"Cuz I feel it is his own decision. It will stay till he is old enough to decide for himself."
"But Pan how will he attend school. There is no way you could expect a child to keep that a secret." My father tried to reason with me.
"School won't be a problem. I have chosen to home school him. When he's old enough to decide and if he wants to keep tail and I think he's responsible enough to keep it hidden he can go to public school if he wants."
"Pan is it really worth the trouble." My father asked shaking his head.
"I duno dad you tell me. You know what it's like to have a tail." I shook my head softly. "Dad anything is worth it to make my son happy."
"What about his father Panny where is he?"
"I don't know and I don't care." I looked down at me now sleeping child. Garrick and I better off without him."
"Panny I think your making a big mistake."
"No father, your wrong. You don't know what I went through when I live in California. Sorry mom, gram, I won't be staying for dinner tonight." I said before I walked out the door and flew off.
A/N: Wow, it's been 3 months since I updated last. Well my next chapter is almost done and I have a nice little twist for it. Wait till you read it. Review, maybe it will get me to update sooner.
Pan walked up stairs carrying Garrick. She wanted to find Vegeta and tell him she would be back the next morning.
Pan walked up to his closed bedroom door and knocked softly.no answer. She knocked a little harder.still no answer. Pan quietly opened the door a crack.
(Pan's POV)
I peeked in the room to see Vegeta's back to me. He was curled into a tight ball, his knees pulled to his chest and totally naked. "Oh poor Veggi." I whispered as I stepped in the room. I carefully balanced Garrick on my hip while I grabbed a blanket and gently lay it over the sleeping Saiyan Prince.
"Sleep well Veggi. I'll be back in the morning." I left his room to shower and change for work.
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(Third Person POV)
After showering Pan uncapsuled her dark blue Chevy Suburban and strapped her son in the back seat. When she jumped in and started her Suburban Poem by Taproot was playing.
Pan thought back to when Taproot was still underground band and played in small clubs. They were some fun guys to chill with. She decided to give them a call and see if they were gonna be touring in Japan any time soon.
(Pan POV)
I grabbed my cell and hit four on speed dial. It rang a few times before Steve picked up.
"Hello?"
"Hey Steve, what's up?" I said in a bubbly voice.
"Pan babe, what's goin on? How's home?
"Oh not bad. The first day I saw my parents all they did was nag, my uncle and best friends freaked out after seeing me dancing with an older man who is actually my best friends' dad, and my father almost had a heart attack when he saw Garrick. So yea I guess things aren't to bad."
"Wait a minute your best friends caught you dancing with their dad. How old is he?"
"Oh not that old, I think about 67."
"Not that old! Pan that's as old as my grandfather!"
"Humph, whatever."
"Don't you give me your humph whatever attitude. That's your I'm not talking to you anymore attitude."
"I actually called you to see if you were coming to Japan."
"I've been meaning to call you cuz we're gonna be playing near you in about two months.
"Two months, my birthday is in like two months. What's the date of your show?"
"Our first one is the fourteenth, but we're actually gonna be there for about two weeks."
"That's great, I can't wait! Well I gotta go Steve. I have to get to work. I'll talk to ya soon."
"Ok Pan, later." Steve said before hanging up.
"Time to get to work." I said to myself as I hung up my cell and shifted suburban into drive and headed towards the center of Satan city.
I was supposed to be to work by nine but I arrived at nine thirty. Oops my bad.
When I walked through the door I was greeted by Sovay, Arvid and a mystery man sitting at the counter.
"Hey guys sorry I'm late." I laid Garrick in his playpen.
"Pan what's up? This is Psyfer. Check out his drawings."
I walked to the counter to look at the guy's drawings. There was a dragon with large wings looking ready to attack, a beautiful wolf howling a moon in a clear night sky, and a thin faced regal looking man with long wild hair (A/Na mullet, hehe. There's only one man that can make a mullet look good! D.B!) and his eyes looked to be two different colors.
"Wow these are really good."
The young man just smiled and nodded his thanks.
"Pan he's looking for a job." Sovay said.
I crossed my arms and looked him over. He wore black baggy jeans with a long silver chain and a tight black muscle shirt that had a fishnet like material covering the front and silver buckles on the shoulders. Around his right bicep he had a tribal tattoo and on his left he had a mage with silver hair and a dark robe holding a crystal filled with swirling smoke. He had other tattoos over his fore arms but I didn't pay much attention to them.
"Why should we give you the job?" I asked leaning against the counter.
His eyes met mine as he answered. "Cuz I'm good." He rose an eyebrow daring me to argue.
"Ok, prove it." I said rolling up my sleeve. "I don't have any appointments for a while, do I?"
Arvid shook his head. "Not till noon
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My last appointment of the day ended just before four. I walked out of the back room and took Garrick from Sovay's arms.
"That was my last one, I'm out."
"Pan ya wanna go out to dinner with Arvid and me?" Sovay asked.
"No thanks Sovay, I'm headed to the rents for dinner. Wish me luck."
__
A soon as I walked in the door my mom came running to take Garrick. "Oh Panny let me see my grandson."
My grandma Chi-Chi and my father came to hug me. As I hugged grandma
Chi-Chi my sleeves went up a bit.
Next thing I know my dad has a hold of my arm and is pulling me from gram.
"What is this?" He yelled pushing my sleeve up further.
"What dad, it's a tattoo of Shenron. You expect a tattoo artist not to have any?"
"A tattoo artist. That's what I am, my friends and I own a tattoo parlor."
"Why when you went to college to be a graphic artist would you decide to throw it all away to be."
Thunk.Grandma Chi-Chi's frying pan connected with daddy's head.
"Enough Gohan. Panny isn't here to listen to your lectures." Gram yelled causing even mom to cringe and cover her ears.
Garrick began to cry as his little fists went to his ears.
"Give him here mom." I rocked my son softly and smiled when his little tail twitched free from it's hiding spot and wrapped around my arm.
"Panny why didn't you have his tail cut off?" Mom asked.
"Cuz I feel it is his own decision. It will stay till he is old enough to decide for himself."
"But Pan how will he attend school. There is no way you could expect a child to keep that a secret." My father tried to reason with me.
"School won't be a problem. I have chosen to home school him. When he's old enough to decide and if he wants to keep tail and I think he's responsible enough to keep it hidden he can go to public school if he wants."
"Pan is it really worth the trouble." My father asked shaking his head.
"I duno dad you tell me. You know what it's like to have a tail." I shook my head softly. "Dad anything is worth it to make my son happy."
"What about his father Panny where is he?"
"I don't know and I don't care." I looked down at me now sleeping child. Garrick and I better off without him."
"Panny I think your making a big mistake."
"No father, your wrong. You don't know what I went through when I live in California. Sorry mom, gram, I won't be staying for dinner tonight." I said before I walked out the door and flew off.
A/N: Wow, it's been 3 months since I updated last. Well my next chapter is almost done and I have a nice little twist for it. Wait till you read it. Review, maybe it will get me to update sooner.