Episode 16: I Finally Arrived, Marron
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"Huh?"
Marron: I awoke from a knocking noise on my window. I was wearing a silk dark blue spaghetti strapped tank top with a pair of gray cotton gym shorts, I looked at the time 4:19 a.m. wondering who in the hell would bother me at this time! Then I turned my head and looked at the window, it just began raining when I noticed Trunks whispering my name as he stood there continuing to knock wearing nothing but khaki shorts with a black shirt that began to cling to his body as the rain continued falling. At first I stared at him in shock and joy. Tears began to well up as I finally opened the window
I couldn't say anything, I just stared in shock as I watched him begin making his way through the window and sat on my bed facing me.
"Sorry to wake you up so late."
With no words to add to that I leaned over and took his face pulling it toward me before he could say anything and pressed my lips onto his.
Trunks: I tasted a tear that rolled from Marron's face as I sat still while she kept her lips pressed onto mine. I wanted to explain myself so a couple seconds passed till I broke it off.
"I'm sorry I broke my promise again. But I saw you that morning and couldn't face you, then I realized…I can't get over you."
"Trunks I don't care about your promise, you still kept it because I was the first person you visited right?"
"Yes."
"I can't believe you've been out in the rain trying to wake me up."
"I had to see you, even if I couldn't shake this feeling. I needed to see you."
Marron began pulling my wet shirt off probably so I wouldn't catch a cold. She pulled the blanket from behind me and wrapped my body and herself with it. I placed my hands on her back as I held the blanket closed behind her. She wrapped her arms around my body, resting her head on my shoulder; her body was so warm compared to mine as I felt it pressed up against me.
"I've been waiting for you." She spoke quietly
"I don't know how you feel about me now, or even if you have those kind of feelings about me anymore. But I know one thing...no matter how you feel about me then, now, or even the future, there's something I have to tell you and I can't prolong it anymore otherwise I'll continue to wonder what would've happened if I did tell you."
Marron lifted her head and looked into my eyes with a look of concern "Tell me what?"
"That I want to start things over with you. To go to that level of a relationship beyond our mere friendship and for you to have faith in me to be a better boyfriend and make you happy....and to hopefully get you to love me the way I've realized I do right now."
Marron: WHAT? *_*...did these word I was hearing come from HIS mouth? How did he come to loving me? He wants to be my boyfriend again? HUH? I didn't say anything just gave him a warm smile and rested my head back down on his bare shoulder. I was speechless....All I could do was think about what he had just said. Words can be so powerful and overbearing especially coming out of Trunks....
We sat there like that for about 15 minutes in silence...thinking to ourselves... until I felt he was warm enough. I stroked his back to reassure that he was warm, then my hands began trailing to his stomach slowly. I traced my index finger from the center of his chest down his packed stomach. I looked into his crystal blue eyes as I began unbuckling his belt. He looked down as I began unzipping his pants, he grabbed my hands and we both looked at each other
"Are you sure?"
I nodded and smiled to give him my assurance.
"Trunks I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm special to you right?"
"Yes."
"Well, they say your first time should be with someone special, and I want to be your first…you know how to right?"
Trunks:I became nervous, but this seemed to be her way of telling me her answer for her to let me love her. "Yes."
"I don't want to unless you do."
I nodded and let go of her hands and she continued.
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I woke up and noticed I was still on the ground and it was still dark
"Of course, a dream. It's ALWAYS a dream."
I got up and started walking off not knowing where I was going, I continued thinking…
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"That was weird." Marron:I awoke and looked at my window hoping to see Trunks there
"He was here, that seemed so real… Maybe that just means he'll be back today!" I laid back down and fell asleep. Too tired to take the time and think about the dream that just occurred
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Later that same day...
"Hello?"
"Goten?"
"Yes?"
"It's Marron are you busy right now?"
"No. I just got out of the shower. Why?"
"Lunch time, can you go?"
"Sure, I'll be over in a couple minutes ok."
"Thanks."
"Sure, bye."
"Bye."
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Minutes later Goten picked me up for lunch. Arriving at a fast food restaurant, as usual Goten ordered one of everything while I ordered a simple meal.
"So seems like you and Bra are back to hanging out all the time again huh?"
"Yup, I actually have time now."
"So what've you guys been doing the past week?"
"Nothing really, just hanging out. Going to the movies, taking her shopping after school with Pan, stuff like that."
"I'm so jealous, you hang out with her so much I barley get to see both of you anymore. I'm so alone." I said in a sarcastic voice
Goten grabbed my hand and stroked it with his thumb while he continued eating with his other hand
"I guess without Trunks there's no one to bug you everyday huh?"
"YES!"
"Sorry, I just need to make up the time I missed with Bra. It's important for the both of us to catch up."
I sighed and rested my face on my hand
"Lunch has been so boring though. I mean with Trunks gone and you always out with Bra, I'm actually glad you came with me today."
"No prob. It's Thursday, I dropped Bra off about 30 minutes before you called."
"When is he coming back it's been a week since he said he'd be back? Goten do you know where he went."
"I've already told you I don't know. He just said he had to go-"
"Out of town on business." We both said in synched
"I know I know. But how can there be out of town business if his mom said all the meetings were at Capsule Corp. for the week?"
"Marron, stop worrying. A week, don't worry. Maybe he just forgot to write it down. If anything, he can take care of himself. Just STOP worrying."
What? I just began worrying since Tuesday. Which was about 3 days ago.
"You know if I didn't know any better I'd say that you have a crush on him don't you?"
I looked at him as if he were crazy. "A crush? On Trunks?"
"Yes a crush on Trunks. Don't deny it I can tell by the look on your face and the way you seem so concerned about his whereabouts."
"So you're saying if I begin worrying about a friend who happened to say he'd be back by a certain day and hasn't came back or even called, that means I have a crush on them?"
"When it comes to you...and Trunks...of course!"
"You're a total idiot. If that's the case then I'd have to say you have a crush on Bra then."
"And how do you justify that?"
"Because you two have been hanging out everyday for the past week. Unlike the time you were with Paris you BARELY hung out with Bra even when Paris was out of town! Therefore, you have a crush on her!"
Goten:I gave her a sly look as if I didn't know what she was talking about. "And what if I did...?"
Marron:WHAT?! I became stunned all of a sudden. Till Goten broke the ice "You can't prove it because I hung out with you a lot when you came back from college with Trunks didn't I, but it doesn't mean I have a crush on you."
"That's different, you were still with Paris and I just got out of an engagement."
"Well I just got out of a relationship."
"But you're single now that's the difference. When you hung out with me you weren't."
Goten ignored me and didn't say anything, just continued eating. With no answer, I decided to switch the subject.
"So where are you taking Bra tonight?"
"I don't know, She's going to run some errands with Pan for her mom a little after class is over. So I don't get to see her till about 6 or 7 she said. So whenever she gets out, whatever she wants to do."
"How about you drop Pan off here so you 2 can be alone."
"Alone? Why?"
"Uh…" Whoops, I hope I didn't give anything away from that, "I mean you know to catch up."
"Oh, ok."
"… Um Goten" he looked up at me continuing to chew his food
"I need to ask you something, BUT you have to tell me the truth ok. I'm not joking either."
Goten: I became frightened at whatever question was going to come up but nodded my head in agreement.
"Do you like Bra?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean like her as in more to the point where you would want to be her boyfriend?"
I thought about it while I swallowed the food in my mouth, but was surprised at the question
"Um…I guess so, I mean I can't honestly say I haven't thought about her being in my life in that kind of way, but…I don't know."
"So you WOULD want to be her boyfriend."
"Sure." I said in an unsure voice
"But..."
"But...I don't know. Why are you asking anyway?"
"Just because you two seem really close and I just thought about if you two were ever to get together or something."
I kept silent for a minute
"How does she feel about me?"
"Well...she likes you I guess. I mean I haven't had much time to talk to her yet."
"Oh...........Marron..."
"Yeah?"
I looked around making sure all was clear. "I do like her...I like her a lot, being with her..."
I looked down for a short second then looked back up to Marron's eyes "I lose track of everything going on around me... when I'm with her I feel like it's just us two, me and her with the world becoming silent around us and I don't have to worry about how I act around her because she understands who and what I'm about."
Marron:I smiled in joy but in concern at the same time. "So then what's the problem?"
Goten looked down at his food, "I can't be with her right now..." then looked back at me"it's still early and I'm still trying to get over Paris. Although when I'm with Bra, all my thoughts about Paris vanish, but when I'm not with Bra it seems like all I ever think about is Paris. My feelings for her are still strong...my heart is damaged with minor cuts and bruises, but only time will help it heal. I'm still very much in love with Paris. So I don't want to be with Bra right now, as much as I'd love to, I know I would only be doing that so I wouldn't feel lonely. I can't make that mistake cuz I don't want to be the one to break her heart and lose her."
Goten:After I had told her that, I understood why Trunks left and why he couldn't be with Marron...only because we both were afraid to hurt them. Marron just nodded and understood what I was telling her.