Episode 12: Don't Blame Bra
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"Let me in."
Goten: Just waking up, I got out of bed and walked up to the window where Trunks was knocking. I unlocked it and let my friend in
"What? Couldn't you see I was asleep?"
"I need to talk to you about something."
"There's a thing called the door Trunks, we're not 12 anymore you don't have to sneak in my room."
I laid on my bed while Trunks shut the window and sat on the opposite side of me.
I rubbed my eyes and yawned, "Well what do you want to talk to me about?"
"Marron."
"Ok what about her?" I sat up and took a pillow next to me and held it
"I talked to her today and I know you helped her move last night and this morning."
"Oh yeah, I called you a bunch of times this morning so you could help set up the furniture Krillin and 18 got her, but you didn't pick up your phone, I even called your work and I prepared a pretty good excuse just so you can get let out early but you weren't there either. Where were you?"
"That was you?"
"Yes."
"Oh, I didn't feel like going to work. When you called my cell, I thought it was just Capsule Corp. asking where I was so I got mad and blew it up."
"Psh, typical Trunks, blowing up things if he gets mad, just like Vegeta."
"Oh well. I saw it, good job by the way."
"Thanks, so was that all?"
"No, Marron said you talked to her early this morning before you left right."
"Why? What'd she tell you?"
"Nothing, she said it wasn't her place to talk about your business. Basically, she told me I had to come to you about it, so what is it?"
"Oh, um…"
I looked around the room with my eyes as I thought about what had happened…How was I going to explain this?
"What?"
"Paris and I….we…um…we…"
"We what? Got engaged?"
"No, the total opposite we broke up!"
"Huh? Why?"
"I was supposed to meet her at the movies at 5 but I got there late and we got in an argument and broke up."
"Why? You're usually early when you meet her. How late were you?"
"Almost 2 hours late."
"2 HOURS?! HOW?!"
"She got a call from her agent and…" I continued telling the same story I had told Bra
"…By the time I got there she wasn't there anymore. I called her cell phone and she didn't pick up the first 5 times. So I knew she was mad, so I went over to where she was staying…."
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"Paris, please let me in I'm sorry. I want to explain, but I don't want to through a door. Please Paris. Baby, please let me in."
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"Finally after a while of pleading she let me in. She didn't want me to kiss her or hug her instead I sat on her couch as she stood there staring at me furiously."
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"Well…aren't you going to explain yourself?"
I took her hands but she just pulled them away and crossed them
"I'm so so so sorry baby. Please you have to forgive me."
"Forgive you? How can I forgive you? You were 2 hours late, and you haven't even explained it yet."
"I went over to see Bra while I waited for you since the theatre was close to their house."
"Bra?"
"Yes, you remember her right? Trunks' little sister."
She slowly put her arms down "Yes, she's the one who doesn't like me much right?"
I nodded "I haven't spent much time with her since we started dating. She wanted to spend more time with me like before, but I canceled my plans with her that day, just so I can spend time with you."
"That's sweet, but I don't care. You knew I was coming for only 3 days. I told you 2 weeks ahead of time how could you double book a date if you knew I was coming?"
A thought rendered my mind 'don't you ever lose track of who you're going out with and what day it is?' I guess Bra was right I DO need a planner
"Paris, you tell me in and out when you're coming in half the time you don't show up at all! Because you're too busy."
"Why should that matter, that was the past? It's business sweetie. I've explained it to you before. You know how awful my schedule can get. I'm here now for 3 days. Shouldn't we just try to spend as much time together as we can?"
"Yeah, 3 days Paris. But baby, it was supposed to be your vacation. This is the second time and you only have 3 days. If your agent tells you, you have to work why not just tell them off and reschedule?"
"I DID! You were there, I couldn't reschedule, it was a very important shoot that I couldn't get out of. I hurried as fast as I could at that interview, I even made it to the theatre 10 minutes early so I could surprise you that for once I was early, I waited an hour for you, what were you doing with Bra that took you so long you didn't even show up early?"
"I was talking to her and I fell asleep."
"Why didn't you tell her to wake you up?"
"I don't know."
"Did you want to be late or something?"
"No, I just over slept."
"Over slept? How do I know you're not just cheating on me?"
"What are you talking about, I wouldn't do anything like that."
"Why should I believe that? She doesn't even like me so she's probably trying to get us to break up isn't she? If it's a break up she wants then a break up she's going to get, Goten it's over!"
I quickly stood up and looked at her, I couldn't believe what she had said! She was blaming Bra for our problems? She barely knows Bra! "WHAT? Paris, what are you talking about, Bra would never do that, SHE was the one who woke me up and told me I was late."
"Well if she woke you up why didn't she wake you up earlier?"
"She fell asleep too."
"She did? So you 2 slept together then?"
"WHAT?! NO!! No, no, Paris you have the wrong idea. I was tired so I went to sleep; she was working on something and must have fallen asleep. You've got to believe me. I wouldn't ever cheat on you ever!"
"How do I know that?"
"You just have to believe me."
She sat down with her head cupped in her hands like she was going to cry. I went ahead and sat next to her and looked at her while rubbing my hand on her back to comfort her…after a couple seconds she turned her face toward me, no signs of crying though, I guess she was just upset…
"Goten, you've never been late before. You've slept in a couple times but you always made it in time to still be early. I'll accept the fact that you slept in longer than usual this time, but I just have this bad feeling that you're cheating on me with her."
"Why?"
"Because she hates me, isn't that enough reason for her to try to break us up?"
"Bra isn't that kind of person. She might hate you, but she wouldn't do anything like that."
"I still have a feeling you're cheating on me though."
"You've known she's hated you the whole time, yet you start having this feeling now? You've trusted me this long and you're saying you don't trust me now?"
"I just need to know you're not cheating on me"
"I'm NOT! Paris, how do I know YOU'RE not the one cheating on me?"
She looked at me straight in my eyes, "I'm not Goten. I'd never do that to you."
"I trust you more than enough to know that, but your questioning is making me question the times you say you're coming and don't. Saying you're at an interview, well how do I know you're not just out with some other boyfriend, I can only TRUST that you're not doing anything while I'm not there."
"Goten we both agreed to see other people as long as we don't make out with them or make a big commitment with that person right?"
"Yes."
"And I haven't done anything wrong! I've kept my promise, and I will as long as we're together. But I feel like these last couple of weeks without you has been putting a stain on our relationship."
"What do you mean 'a strain'? I've called you at least once a day and we seemed fine. Now you're saying you want to break up?"
She looked down again, "I don't know, I just…I need a break from you for now."
"A break? Paris, a break IS a break up."
"No, I just want to put our relationship on hold. Be able to do things without worrying about what I've left back here. Then when I'm ready hopefully we can get back together."
"Paris, putting a relationship on hold IS still a break up. If you want to break up then say it, don't give me this 'on hold stuff till I'm ready' because you don't want to hurt my feelings, just say it I know you do!"
"What is wrong with you? Fine I want to break up, but it's a temporary thing I know I want to get back with you when I'm ready, right now my career is holding both you and me down. And I don't want to be in a relationship if it's going to get in the way."
"Don't try to spare my feeling Paris, I can take it I've taken it over 100 times by now by every girl I've been with. I've heard every excuse in the book."
"Fine you want me to break it up ok," She stood up and pointed to the door, "GOTEN GET OUT! I don't want to see you again, GO! LEAVE ME ALONE!"
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"After I left, I flew around for a couple hours thinking if I should go back and try to fix things or just move on."
"And you just moved on?"
"Well by the time I almost approached an answer I was flying around the Kame House, and I saw Marron outside lying on the sand looking right up at me."
"Didn't you know she was out there?"
"I was too deep into thought, I couldn't even feel her ki. So I went down there and asked what she was doing. She said she was taking a break from helping her dad move her stuff. Basically after that I just helped her out, after about 3 a.m. Krillin went to bed. I was about to go home too, till she asked how Paris was. After that I told her what happened and she just gave me support and said I didn't need her etc."
"Basically the same advice you gave her after her break up with Geeno?"
"Oh so she told you huh?"
"Yeah, basically to make a long story short; I found a photo album and she explained."
"Ok, sorry I had to keep it from you like that."
"It's fine, you only did what you had to do."
"Yeah."