Episode 04: Nevermind, Goten Wins

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In Trunks' Room:

Bra: I pull out what I've been working on as I continue on working on the floor concentrating while Goten watches sitting from the bed

"So what are you 2 making?"

"Well if I tell you I'd have to kill you"

"Um right"

"Trunks doesn't want me to tell anyone what this is sure you can see it but I can't tell you it's function until it's presented"

"What's it for?"

"You'll see …so who were you talking to on the phone a while ago?"

"Oh it was Par- eh I mean Tanoshii"

Whatever. Ok here's the deal. Occasionally Goten dated other women besides Paris. Once Paris became too busy to keep going out on dates with Goten they made an agreement that they could see other people but still keep a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship between them but I never approved of her when it came to him and Paris only because- to me, I always knew Goten was such a sweetheart and what I think Goten would want in a girlfriend, Paris can't ever give him. I always thought he deserved better.

"Ah making another date I see"

"Yup tomorrow around 5"

Right, how stupid does he think I am? I knew Goten was going to say Paris but come on, I didn't want to bring myself to start an argument with him, after all, all I wanted was some fun peacetime with my friend whom I don't get to see very often because he was usually occupied with Paris or who ever else he was seeing. Wait! It just occurred to me! I stopped working and looked at him confused

"5 did you say?"

"Yeah tomorrow at 5 we're going to see a movie"

"5?"

With a confusing voice "uh yeah 5" he scratched his head in confusion "I could've sworn I said 5 just 2 seconds ago"

Baka! I got up off the floor and stood in front of him

"WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO SHOPPING AT 5!!!"

Goten falls back after being yelled at. With fear in his eyes "Oh whoops I guess I forgot, I'll just cancel with her then maybe another day will do right?"

Goten: well I guess it'd be ok to reschedule since she has the next 3 days off I'm sure she'll understand

Bra tilted her head down as she crossed her arms "Goten, a guy like you should have a planner for these kinds of things"

She sat down next to me, she actually looked serious now for some reason.

"A planner huh?"

"Yeah I mean you seem so busy all the time with dates and everything. I mean don't you ever lose track of who you're going out with and what day it is?"

"Um…I don't think so"

She looked up like she was pondering about something. What would I need with a planner? "I mean, the reason we planned to go shopping tomorrow was to spend some time together, you…you just aren't here all the time anymore like you used to be"

I sat up and reminisced about how I used to come over and hang out with her and Trunks whenever I came over with him after taking Marron home, of course that was all before my days were full of nothing but dates with girls some of which I did only met for about one day just to keep myself occupied whenever Paris couldn't make it

"Hmm? So that's why you wanted me to go shopping with you just so we could hang out like before?"

"Yes."

She sounded pretty disappointed, shop just to hang out huh? I placed my hand behind my head as I chuckled "Oh well geez, I just thought you wanted to go shopping"

Bra: I began to become filled with frustration with my face scrunched up in anger. How stupid is he? AH! Just breathe…breathe…breathe…in a calm voice "that's it Goten I want you to leave"

"Um, but Bra I didn't do anything."

Again I ask, HOW STUPID IS HE? Now he's really done it "I can't stand to be around your stupidity when I'm trying to be serious! It's been about 3 months since we ACTUALLY did go somewhere just to hang out together "

I started to get up when Goten placed his hands on my hips pulling me from behind and placing me on his lap. Then he wrapped his arms around my waist as he leaned over and looked up so he could look at my face. I shut my eyes and turned my face away from him, but I could still feel his ki staring at me.

"Hey look I'm sorry, I don't want to leave if we're trying to make up for lost time"

It wasn't a big deal for Goten to hold me like that, I mean don't get me wrong, it's cute and all but, I knew he was just playing around, but still I wanted to get up just to prove my point that I was mad at him not only because he was being so naïve but because of the fact that he totally forgot about spending time with me tomorrow when he made a date with Paris over the phone at my own house! I missed him, it was 3 months that passed by, I just wanted the old Goten back, the one that wasn't SO occupied all the time. Sure he was with Paris for about a year but the days when she wasn't there it was me and him who hung out almost everyday, as time passed the days began to fade, spending probably once every 2-3 weeks, twice if I was lucky. But for the past 3 months he hasn't hung out with me at all, just with other girls. He was slipping away from me and I didn't know what to do, sure there was Pan and Marron, but I wanted to hang out with Goten too. I looked down to the floor, I had to let him know.

"Goten I know you really made plans with Paris tomorrow"

Goten: Shoot! How'd she know? Aww man I feel so guilty now. What am I going to do?

Bra continued "But I think you should go with her tomorrow we'll just go out another day when you're free"

Bra: As much as it hurt me to say it, I had to say it. I knew how much he liked Paris and how rare it was for him to spend any time with her. Besides, I didn't want to feel the guilt the next day when we would spend time together and the whole time I'd know he would've just been distracted thinking about Paris all day. Just then Goten's grip began to loosen up, I stood up and faced my confused looking friend as he stood up. Look at me with confusion "are you sure?"

"I can't spend time with you tomorrow if I know all you're going to think about is her"

Goten: Regardless of what I didn't like what I had just heard her say…I knew she was right, but now what am I supposed to do, sure now I have a date with my girlfriend who I haven't spent any time with for about 3 weeks, but now I faced the guilt of already having promised to hang out with Bra and of all things it was being broken by the LAST person I would ever think would approve of me going out with Paris instead of her! I had no idea what to say to her as I sat back down thinking. With nothing left to say Bra just sat back down on the floor and continued working. Then I laid myself down on Trunks' bed as I watched Bra work Why would you let me just go like that? You've never approved of Paris, why did you give up your day with me so I can go with her… I guess I can cancel with Paris for once, she always has to me, and there'd be no harm if I canceled for once… It HAS been a while since I hung out with Bra, I barely know if anything new has been going on with her, I have seen her around when I go out, but she's right we haven't spent much time with each other… 3 months? Has it really been that long? I paused for a while thinking about how much time passed I guess I was too busy thinking and waiting for Paris to come back that I didn't realize what I left behind.

Bra: 30 minutes have passed and I was still working, Silence passed during the whole 30 minutes though. I looked over at Goten to find that he had fallen asleep facing me, I just shook my head as I looked over at him in disappointment, why did I tell him to go off with her? It's just not like me to do that…but I KNOW it was the right thing to do, or at least I've been trying to convince myself that it was for the past 30 minutes…What am I going to do with you Goten? I looked at him as he just laid there and a smile appeared on my face, I was admiring his presence as I reminded myself how long it's been since I had any time with him, at least he was here with me even if he was sleeping, it felt good to have my friend back for as long as I had him