Episode 30: Can One Forget So Easily?
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"Goten, don't go."
He was on his way out of my room from the window after laying me down on the bed.
"I gotta get home baby. Trust me, we'll have tomorrow to be with each other again, a couple more hours in that matter plus the rest of our lives."
I got up and ran to him, grabbing onto his shirt and pulled him into my room and began kissing him.
"Baby, baby, baby come on I'll see you first thing ok. Get some rest it's been a really long and emotional night."
"I don't want you to leave."
"Neither do I."
"So don't go."
"Cutie, I want to be around you just as much as you do, but I have to get home."
"Make love to me."
"What?"
"Come on. Right here right now." I pulled him onto the bed and had him lying on top of me.
"Why?"
"You say you love me, why not make it real?"
he chuckled a bit and gave me a kiss.
"Honey, I don't need to make love to you to assure my love for you. I love you and it can wait till you're REALLY ready."
"I am."
"No you aren't."
"Become one with me Goten."
"You're so sexy, trust me I'd do you in an instant. But I want to wait till you're ready. We have time, no need to rush into this ok."
"Then stay here with me. At least give me that."
"Bra."
"Please?"
"...Mmmkay." He kissed my forehead, followed by my nose, then my lips. He slid to the side facing me, slowly he pushed my hair back from my face and put his arm on me pulling me toward him.
"Tighter I don't want to wake up from this dream... not yet..."
He held me closer to him and kissed my forehead again
"Good night my love." As the last words of the night were said, we fell asleep in each others arms... both of us, two friends that became lovers... I felt safe and loved more than ever. So this is love... what a night...
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Trunks: I woke up and saw my girlfriend... MY girlfriend... laying bare next to me, this beautiful angel that's finally back in my life. She laid there on her side, one arm under the pillow the other arm over her chest and the blanket lying on the middle of her bare hip. I traced every part of her body with my eyes. Memorizing every curve, every wrinkle, every beauty mark, everything... I traced my eyes to her face and just watched her... I leaned in quietly and kissed her lips, staring back at her again. Still asleep. I slipped my arm under her and slowly pulled her up, laying her on top of me as she made some uncomfortable facial expressions and noises in her throat placing her hands on my chest and laying her head down on them. Still asleep, she adjusted her body to a comfortable position. I slowly pulled the covers over us as I just wrapped my arms around her waist and kissed the top of her head. I could feel and hear her breathing on me as I stared at the ceiling, I couldn't believe what had happened these passed 2 weeks...
"I love you Marron."
"NO!" Her body jolted in one fierce shake. Her head off my chest as she kept facing the window.
"Whoa, Marron what's wrong?"
She turned her head facing me, her face first looked worried then relieved. She said nothing just wrapped her arms under me and her head under my chin.
"What happened?"
"I... I dreamt that I was getting married to you."
"Is that bad?"
"We were saying our vows. Then Geeno popped up and said to stop the wedding."
"Marron... does this mean you still ha--"
"No, don't finish that sentence because that wasn't the worst part of it... THEN Kirei came and said nothing,except grab you and took you away from me."
"I'd never go with her ok..." I began stroking her back and she lifted her head up and looked at me.
"One question..."
"Yeah?"
"What am I doing in bed, naked, and with you under me?"
"What do you think?" I said sarcastically and smiled. She however, looked around confused then looked back at me.
"What happened?"
"Stop being weird, you remember."
She placed her hand on her forehead.
"Ah, ow..." Sitting up, she held the blanket shut to her chest, then placing her hand on her head. I sat up and still kept my hands on her hips. "Golly, and my head... ow... what happened last night Trunks?"
"You remember."I gently kissed on her neck separating each word. Then she pushed me away to stop kissing her, then placed her hand back onto her head.
"Stop it."
"Marron?"
"Did we... I mean... how did you... haven't you been missing for like 2 weeks now? Why now... naked... me and you... geez my head hurts..."
"Um, Marron... you do remember don't you?"
"Ow... my head..."
"Ok stop it, it's not funny anymore Marron."
"How did this...?"
"No, really stop this."
"Me... you?"
"Marron please?"
"I remember seeing Goten... but how can YOU be here and not him?"
"No, this isn't happening. Marron PLEASE tell me you remember what happened last night on your birthday?"
She looked down and saw my exposed portion. Quickly she looked back at me and now had her hand over her mouth, her face in shock! My heart pounded furiously. No what's going on? She's got to remember!
"WE DID NOT! DID WE?"
"Marron..."
"Well did you at least use a..."
I shook my head. My face just displaying I was worried as much as her... not because she could be pregnant, just because she didn't remember!
"No, this can't be... Oh no I messed up, shit, Geeno's going to be-"
"Marron NO, I love you!" I had to say it. I had to be heard, I didn't want to have come this far and have gone through all this trouble and let her have feelings for Geeno again.
"What?"
"I love you Marron. Can't you remember anything last night?"
She held the back of my neck and instantly pressed her lips on mine. My eyes open seeing her face as she held the kiss, her eyes shut. Then she stopped and placed her forehead on mine.
"Of course I remember sweetie."
"Don't scare me like that!" My body eased up and I held her tighter to me. She took her forehead off mine and looked in my eyes.
"But I do have a slight headache and with that said... because I know we didn't use one... if I am..."
She let go of the blanket, exposing herself and placed her hand on her stomach. I place my hand on top of hers.
"Don't... worry... I'll be here... for you... both... ok" I said pecking her neck after each word. Then I kissed her lips
"But don't you EVER scare me like that ok."
"Oh, I'm sorry baby, let me make it up to you..."
Marron: I leaned forward and began kissing him. I took my hand off my stomach, placing my arm on his shoulder. I stretched my arms straight out to have enough room to get a hold of my right hand... I got a hold of the ring I still had on from Geeno and took it off tossing it to where ever it would land on the floor...
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Bra:I woke up, saw the sleeping face next to me. We laid on our sides facing each other, one arm resting under his head, the other still holding me. I smiled to myself. It was great to be in his arms again, to feel him holding me, lay next to me, and to wake up seeing his face. Dende please don't show that I've made a mistake in taking him back... I don't want to be hurt like that again, but I can't seem to find the strength to be without him again either... He then held me tighter for a couple seconds and opened his eyes ever so slowly and loosened up.
"Morning honey."
"Morning Goten."
::RINGRINGRING::
I began getting up to answer my phone when Goten pulled me down and held me tight.
"No, don't leave."
"It's the phone Goten."
"Let the machine get it."
"Goten."
"I don't want you to go."
"I'll be back in 2 seconds."
"Ok..."
He let me go and I went ahead and got up, walking to the phone. I then felt him wrap his arms around my shoulders and waist.
"Goten..."
"Shhh."
"..."
"I just want to stay here and hold you like this for a while."
Naturally I turned around and wrapped my arms around him... Truth is, I couldn't help myself, I wanted to stay held in his arms too. Sometimes your body just does thing without you even noticing it...only because... it feels right...
"I just want to stay like this... As time will pass I'll still love you, but growing old with you, I know it'll just get old... so I want to savor this moment for as long as I can."
"Goten."
"Yeah?"
"I want to stay like this for as long as I can too, because I know as time passes too, I'm not too sure if the future will still hold us together."
"Bra? What're you saying?"
"I don't know what the future holds for us Goten. I don't know if we'll be together for the rest of our lives, or 20 years or 10 years or even the next 10 days for that matter..."
"Are you saying you don't believe we'll be together that long?"
"No, I'm just saying, I don't want to live my life having my mind set on something that far ahead. I KNOW there'll be times when we just don't get along as well as we could..."
"Baby, we can work at it."
"And I know there'll be times we both want to separate..."
"Bra?"
"I know there'll be times I'll regret coming back to you as well as there'll be times you with you were still with Paris..."
"Bra what are you saying? Do, do, do you want to break up with me already?"
"No I'm not saying that at all. All I'm trying to tell you is my whole life I've lived for the moment, taking one step at a time in love. Finally I realized I had fallen in love with someone which changed my whole perspective on love...but I don't want to change what I've gone accustomed to..."
"So..."
"So what I'm trying to tell you is I want to live each beautiful moment with you, taking everything one step at a time. I don't want to set my mind thinking I'll always be with you... because I just want to live for today. If I'm still with you by the end of the day I'll still be happy. If we continue the next day it'll be even great. And so for now, just let me stay in your arms happy that last night helped us grow and bring us together... I'm greatful I have you with me right now at this moment Goten..."
"As am I..."
"I love you Goten."
"And at this moment, I love you still..."
He leaned in with a smile and he gave me a sweet long kiss. We then held eachother there... by the moment... I was still with him... for how long can I keep him? I don't know, but I have him now... that's all that matters...
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Eventually as time passed that day and the next couple of months our friends and families begun to take notice of the relationship Goten and I were sharing as well as Marron and Trunks... of course my father didn't take it too well and was in denial for about 2 weeks while my mother was ecstatic about the findings... everyone was happy... Marron had my brother, Pan had Taki, and I... I had Goten. We never heard from Geeno, nor Paris again either... well maybe one phone call from Paris, Goten made me answer it...
"Hello?"
"Um... may I please speak to Goten?"
"May I ask who's calling?"
"Paris."
"He's not in right now."
"Um, Ok. Who's this?"
"His girlfriend, Bra."
"Oh."
"Did you want to leave a message?"
"Um, that's ok. Bye."
"Bye."
Heh, she never called again after that... As far as I know, Kirei hasn't contacted my brother either... I kept what I told Goten in mind and we're still together as of this moment, taking it one step at a time and enjoy and love each day that goes by that we're still together. Trunks and Marron were doing as great as ever. He had eventually moved in with her too! Taki and Pan had a couple bumps due to the long distance, but after a while Taki had moved into the city which made their relationship bloom even more... and as the regular traditional fairytale story goes, we ALL lived happily ever after... (or did we?...)