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It wasn't like her to speed, but she was angry. Trunks was always doing this to poor Goten. The poor kid had always looked up to his lavender haired friend and when it came to women, Goten wasn't as confident as Trunks was. Marron blew the stray strands of blonde from her eyes as she entered West City. Luckily her parents and the Sons were out and Goten was with Paresu so no one would bug her.

She turned into Capsule Corp's driveway and soon gave her ID to the guard. "Go on ahead Miss Chestnut." Capsule Corp's sales had skyrocketed after Marron turned eleven. Bulma had developed a type of aircraft that was impossible to destroy. Thus, security for new blueprints was tight. Thousands of companies would kill and literally kill Bulma for the rights to the company, most of them angry that an irresponsible kid was getting the company once he turned of legal age, which was only ten months from now.

Marron rang the bell to have Bura answer. The girl's face went from happy to shocked. "Marron! I haven't seen you since our party!" She quickly embraced the older girl, chatting a million miles per hour about Ubuu and herself. Marron just nodded along, putting on a fake smile. "...and then we went to this awesome concert. Oh Marron if you'd only been there!" Marron nodded, "Why haven't you called then Bura?" The younger girl's mouth gaped open, then shut then opened to reply again yet Marron shook her head.

"It's okay, I've just been out there without word from anybody and the only person I've heard from is Paresu." Bura frowned, "She called...you?" Marron nodded, "Yep." Bura nodded, "I wonder why she didn't call me." Marron shrugged, "Who knows. Goten dumped her though." Bura's eyes lit up. "He did! I knew it wouldn't work...of course I didn't tell her that, but I knew it wouldn't." Marron shook her head once again. "They're back together though." Bura's shoulders fell limp again. "Oh. Oh well, good for them...did you want to talk to me or Trunks?" Marron giggled and smiled. "Not to be rude, but I'm here for him." Bura shrugged carelessly, "It's alright, Ubuu's fixing to pick me up. We're going on our six month anniversary!" Marron congratulated the girl.

"TRUNKS!" screamed Bura. There was a loud comment from Vegeta then Bulma snapping back. Finally Trunks jogged up to the door and his face beamed. "Marron? Where ya been?" Bura smiled weakly and slipped by to hop in the car with Ubuu.

"I'm here about Goten and Paresu." Trunks shoulders fell. "Not right now, Mar." Marron felt her heart jump at the nickname, but remembered her previous problem with the attractive teen. "Trunks, Goten loves her!" Trunks looked at her with humor. "Goten's loved a lot of girls...girls just don't love him back." Marron glared, "Yeah, name one." Trunks shrugged, "Umm, you?" Marron gasped, blinking rapidly. "E-Excuse me?" Trunks nodded, "Yeah. He's loved you since you were eight, when you gave him that box of chocolates for Easter?? He told me that day that he loved you!" Marron shook her head in disbelief. "Well...why, why didn't he ever tell me?"

Trunks shrugged, "Who knows. Maybe because you started dating that one guy, Martello?" Marron let out an exasperated sigh. "Trunks, I was thirteen when I dated Bartello." Trunks shrugged. "That year was the first dance you went to and Goten wanted to take you but you didn't see it." Marron frowned, "How could I? You guys never come to visit me! I'm always out on that damn island alone!" Trunks rubbed his index finger and thumb together. "Ya know what that is?" Marron rolled her eyes. "No, what is it, Trunks?"

Trunks grinned, "The world's smallest violin. Would you like some cheese with that whine?" Marron glared as he cackled at his own joke. "That is SO old, Trunks." The demi-Saiyan frowned. "Yeah, well if you weren't always crying about yourself you'd see that the rest of us have problems too. Goten used to love...not anymore, you. Paresu's gonna hurt him and I did him a fucking favor by telling him to break it off before she fucked him over!" Marron  was still stinging from the first insult yet her quick wit brought her back. "Listen Trunks, can't you accept for ten seconds that Goten doesn't have to live by your rules! That he can get an attractive girlfriend?! Goten's a good looking guy and he's sweet too! Hell, he's probably more man than you are!"

Trunks stared at her in disbelief. "Where the hell did that come from?" Marron bit her bottom lip nervously. "It...it, well...umm." Trunks grinned. "I think you like Goten." Marron glared again, her eyes changing before his eyes from a light crystal, back to their smoldering sapphire. "Yeah, because I'm worrying about my friend I like him?!" She turned on her heel and stormed back to her car angrily. Trunks began to sing, "Goten and Marron, sittin' in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes love!" Marron stood before sitting. "Grow up, Trunks!"

"Second comes marriage!"

"Shut up, Trunks!"

"Third comes Marron with a baby carriage!"

Marron peeled out of the driveway, speeding back home angrily as she glanced in her rearview mirror to see Trunks pointing and laughing wildly. "Immature prick," she muttered beneath her breath.

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Evening fell upon Kame House and Marron sat on her bed, cuddling a large pillow. Her thoughts were flying millions of miles per hour making her own head throb. Her eyes drifted out the window to see just barely, the lights of West City were strung out upon the horizon as dusk finally hit. She bit her bottom lip as tears pushed against her defenses. "I'm not gonna cry," she whispered to herself.

Trunks words had hit her hard and she couldn't figure out why. Usually she'd just let them roll off her back, yet for some reason that had stuck and were eating away at her. Did she always feel sorry for herself? It didn't really bother her that much that her friends ignored her, hell, she could care less. So what if they were having problems, she wasn't. She was just trying to help Goten and he had never objected.

'Maybe because he was in love with you, Marron? C'mon girl, I thought you were smart!' she hissed to herself. Goten had Paresu, Bura had Ubuu and Trunks was too immature to hold onto a girlfriend for more than a week, what did that leave Marron? No one, nobody. And as much as she tried to deny it, she had never felt this sorry for herself. Now that Trunks had pointed it out, maybe she was a crybaby, nothing more than a lonely loser.

There was a light tap at the door that pulled her away from the painful truth. "Marron?" It was Goten's innocent voice, if not deeper, he would sound the way he used to when he got scared in his room when he'd stay with her for the night. That was before their parents became paranoid of the two being so close.

"Yeah?" Goten entered slowly and she smiled to him from her perch on the bed. He sat down slowly beside her, as if trying not to disturb her. "Did you fix everything with Paresu?" Goten smiled broadly. "Yeah," he replied quietly. Marron smiled, "That's good." Goten picked at her floral bedspread before he looked back at her and let out a sigh. "I heard that you and Trunks got into a fight?" Marron sighed, so gossip flew around fast with them? Figures, they were all related either by friends or sisters or whatever...she was the normal human kid.

'There ya go again, feeling sorry for yourself,' thought Marron. Goten placed a gentle hand on hers. "You okay?" Marron bit her bottom lip nervously. She looked back up at Goten with teary eyes and whispered. "Do I...and be honest...do I feel sorry for myself Goten?" The raven haired Saiyan shook his head. "No Marron! If anything you're the complete opposite! Your sweet and smart and you always see the brighter side to things! We all feel sorry for ourselves sometimes, it's just the human side to us." Marron looked at him and he stuttered, "Well...the complete, err, ya know human thing." Marron hugged Goten tightly and whispered. "Thanks, I needed to hear that." Goten wrapped his warm arms around her and hugged her back with just as much sincerity.

After that, no other words were spoken as Goten rose and simply waved good night before heading back to his room. Glancing one last time at West City, what appeared to be lightning shot across the black sky. Marron curled against her pillow, her thoughts drifting towards happier ones. She didn't need Bura OR Trunks, she had Goten and Paresu and they were all she needed...

A/N: Well, how did you like it? Marron is feeling pretty low for herself, I know. And yeah, the characters might be a little out of character, but oh well. This is slightly AU, I guess. Well in later chapters anyway. Please, please! Review!! :P