Hit and Run- Chapter 4

by Tanyaneko

Disclaimer: Same as the last one.

A/N: Thank you to all the wonderful reviewers: MBJade, Jackie, ills, pink-lemonade-86, artimus cangee, Lady Tomboy, mrchezzysnickers, blue-angel1204, SSJ7Panchan, (blank), Akira Gown, and dragon agility!

A/N # 2: Also, a bunch of you asked for longer chapters. The thing about that is, I can only update at this rate with short chapters. See, school's just started and I'm crazy and decided to take all Honors classes. So the workload is crazy and I just really don't have the time to update as quickly as I have been for this fic with long chapters. If you people really need me to do longer chapters, I will, but the updating will be as slow as it is for Night Shadows. So, if you really want the longer chapters with the slower updates, tell me in your review, but unless a bunch of people want that, I'll keep doing it this way and hope you understand.

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Pan's outfit was ruined and she was breathing hard by the time she saw Trunks's lavender head again. "Excuse me!" she called. When he didn't hear, she screamed, "Sir? SIR, EXCUSE ME!"

Trunks finally turned around and when he saw her, everything else was forgotten. He decided that this panting, disheveled woman with the flushed cheeks and the messed-up hair and the painful-looking shoes was the most beautiful thing he'd ever laid eyes on. He couldn't quite remember where he'd seen her, but she looked familiar. "Um… hello, miss… do I know you?"

"No," she said, looking up at him from her bent position with her hands on her knees, "I'm-" She took a deep breath, "Pan… Pan son."

Suddenly he realized why he recognized her. This was the girl he'd seen in all the pictures. She was the one he was being forced to attract and then destroy.

If he'd felt bad about what he had to do before, now that he'd met her, he felt just horrible. But this was for his company, and for his family. All he had to do was flirt a bit, right? He'd done the same with other girls before. But those times were for totally different reasons. True, trying to snag one-night stands (and usually being successful) wasn't exactly the most noble of missions, but this was ruining someone else's company, playing with someone's emotions- big time, possibly ruining someone's life. He didn't want to do that to anyone, and now… now that he was looking at her, he really didn't want to do that to her. Not her.

But I have to.

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Pan looked at him. I'm totally staring… A second later, she shrugged mentally. I don't care.

She'd seen pictures, watched the newscasts, she'd known what he looked like, expected him to be handsome, but he just looked even better in public. And there was just something about him… she didn't know what it was, but it was there. And it left her without a thing to say. Even though she hadn't a clue what to tell him before, now she was even more lost.

Which was why she was surprised when he invited her first. "Hey, would you like to have lunch with me?" She decided she really, really liked his voice.

Then she realized that even though he'd made the first move- which was such a good fortune she hadn't even hoped for- she still didn't know what to say. She knew she shouldn't let this opportunity slip by, but she didn't want to lie to him. And she knew she'd already have to lie to him enough… she wanted to have as small amount of lies as she could, so she found herself admitting, "I'd love to, but I'm sorry, I've already had lunch…"

She saw him reach up his hand to scratch his head sheepishly as he confessed that he'd already had lunch too. She thought it was really cute.

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"Hey, would you like to have lunch with me?" He asked her, putting on his look-at-me-don't-you-think-I'm-hot smirk.

Then, when she told him she'd already had lunch, he remembered that he had too. Unconsciously, he scratched his head, a bit embarrassed, as he answered that he had as well. Smooth, Trunks. Real, real smooth. She must think I'm a dork…

"So, um…" Pan started.

"Um… yeah…" He replied, the awkwardness of the situation obvious, but neither of them wanting to leave.

"So…"

"Yeah…"

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Look. Look, people, look! I've made them meet… woohoo… And they're both acting like clueless fools… wonder if they'll ever stop blocking the sidewalk… So, what do you think?

~Tany