A/N: I don't normally include song lyrics in my stories but I thought this
song really suited it somehow. Just so you know, I don't own 'Another
perfect day'. American Hi-fi does. Anyway, hope the song lyrics work out!
The school dance was coming up and because Bra and I were the closest girls to Trunks in the whole grade, the other grade ten girls (and some in grades seven, eight and nine) were begging us to hook them up with him. Both Bra and I refused all of them. I had my own plans for Trunks on the night of the school dance.
I was determined to get him to ask me out. Since what I had been doing with Goten as friends before was considered flirting it wouldn't be THAT hard, right? I woke up an hour earlier than usual to prepare myself for school and often arrived in very short dresses and bathing in makeup and perfume.
I sat beside him in almost every class when I could pry him away from his sister and others who followed him around in the hopes of finding a date and I tried doing everything I had done when sitting with Goten.
"So Trunks. Let's ask each other random questions."
"What for?"
"For something to do, ok?"
"Why?"
"Because we can."
"But I don't want to."
"Why not?"
"Because I have to study. If I don't pass the HSC, my mother and grandfather will be disappointed with me and I can't let that happen. So please just leave me alone!"
The conversations always ended up the same. With Trunks becoming angry with me and trying to push me off. I had more luck with him before I started acting unnatural around him. And even then I was getting no where. So I went to my next resource. Trunks' best friend.
I felt a little nervous speaking to Goten about hooking me up with his best friend. It would have been easier to talk to Bra but she wouldn't be any help. She was stuck on the idea that Trunks would ask the girl whom he decided would be right for him and she refused anyone who tried to use her to get to him. It wouldn't be any different for me. Goten was my only hope.
I delayed speaking with him until we were alone and flying to tutoring together. (It was raining but that was no excuse for not flying anywhere. Only it made it hard to have a decent conversation.
"Goten?" I asked as we soared through the sky. He didn't reply, unable to hear me through the rain.
"GOTEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs and he finally noticed me.
"Sorry, can't hear you. Wait till we get home."
We landed outside and hurried into Gohan's house. Gohan and Videl weren't in the room, but Pan was sitting on the floor, playing with an elastic band.
"What was it you wanted to ask me, Marron?" Goten asked as he sat down on the couch watching his niece play with amusement.
"It's about the school dance." When I said this, he sat up straight and Pan stopped playing to listen. Everything was silent. Even the rain outside the room.
"Just say it." Pan grumbled, folding her arms across her chest. "He won't say no." Oh no! They thought I was going to ask Goten!
"Goten, maybe I should tell you this alone."
"Just ignore Pan. It's now or never, Marron."
That was too true. If I didn't ask now, I never would and I would be labeled a dateless wonder for the rest of my years.
"Goten.....I was wondering if you could try and hook me up with Trunks. You know....as a couple.....for the dance."
Pan's jaw dropped to her neck as she eyed me with disbelief. Goten wouldn't even look at me. He hid his face, keeping his eyes on the floor so I couldn't read his expression.
"Hello? Is someone down there?" Gohan called from upstairs as he made his way towards us, smiling. "I thought I heard something." He saw his brother and frowned. "What's wrong, Goten?"
"Nothing's wrong."
"What's right then?" Gohan asked taking slow and easy steps towards his younger brother.
"Nothing. Nothing is right." He said, then pushed past me almost knocking me to my feet and burst through the door and into the rain. I ran after him to the door and watched him walk next door and into his own house.
"What happened Marron?" Gohan's voice was strong and fierce as if he was addressing an evil villain instead of a teenage girl. "What did you do to my brother?"
"I didn't do anything!" I shouted in protest.
"Oh yes she did." Pan said through tear filled eyes as she ran to her father. "No I didn't. I did nothing!"
"It's not our problem, Pan. Go upstairs with Mum and I'll talk to Goten later. I have to tutor Marron first."
I hardly concentrated and neither did Gohan. We both thought about Goten continuously. What did I do? I thought that Goten would be more than happy to hook me up with Trunks. Why was he so sad?
As soon as Gohan said I could go, I rushed past him and ran out into the rain. I darted next door and ran past Goku and Chi-Chi, not stopping to even say hello. I reached Goten's room and tore the door open.
He was pacing his room, wearing no other visible clothing besides his purple pants. He had his stereo on so loud, I could hear it blaring all through the house. He was listening to a CD and singing in places.
I'm holding on waiting for your call
It's simple but I can't explain this
I'm sinking down I feel like I could die
I'm falling off I don't know why
[chorus:]
I still believe it when you say
It's another perfect day
Another perfect day
I still believe it when you say
It's another perfect day
Another perfect day
So i might try to leave it all behind
I know tomorrow's not so bright now
I'll say goodbye cause nothing good can last
(you wear and figured no where fast)
And today I don't know how too keep it all inside
But I guess I'll let it slide
[repeat chorus]
Today I don't know why
I thought that it was real
But I guess it's no big deal
[repeat chorus]
I don't know how
I don't know how
To let it slide
"Goten?" I asked him no louder than a whisper. He turned to face me, his face stern but his eyes smiling strangely.
"Are you ok?" I whispered.
"Yes. I'm fine. About Trunks, I don't know what I can do but I'll see. Ok?"
"Yeah. Thanks." He sat down on his bed and I cautiously came to his side and sat beside him. He was starring at his knees and I watched the hand resting on it. Eventually I met his eyes, empty and stone cold.
"So.....ready to go?" It felt wrong to ask, but I knew that I had to or I wouldn't get home until late.
He met my eyes, his own smiling from behind his dark hair. I became aware of the fact he was topless and blushed, etching away from him slightly. He seemed to read my expression because he stood up, walked across the room and put his usual white shirt on.
"I'm not really feeling very well. Maybe my dad can take you home."
"Goten. Are you feeling bad because of me?"
"No. Never." He shook his head, still smiling. "I'll be right for school tomorrow. I'll see you then."
"Ok. Goodbye."
"Yeah. Goodbye."
When I came downstairs, Chi-Chi rushed over to me and grasped my shoulders.
"Is he ok? What did he say to you? He just ran upstairs without saying anything and started playing music. I was too scared to talk to him."
"He's fine, Chi-Chi. Only he said he wasn't feeling well. So if you wouldn't mind taking me home now, Goku, it would be great."
"No problem, I can use instant transmission." Goku stood up and before I could ask, grabbed my hand and held two fingers to his forehead. I felt a sudden tug and found myself standing outside my house.
"What the....." I trailed off. Utterly lost for words.
"It's my most famous technique. I can transport people from one place to the next in a matter of seconds."
I found my voice and burst out with anger. "THEN WHY DON'T YOU PICK AND DROP GOTEN TO AND FROM SCHOOL LIKE THAT? WHY DON'T YOU TANSPORT ME TO TUTORING THAT WAY!?"
"Easy Marron, really. Goten didn't want to come to school that way. He'd rather fly and take the bus. And as for taking you to and from tutoring, it was Goten who insisted on flying you to and from school." "Why?" I asked, resuming my calm voice.
Goku winked, placing two fingers back on his forehead. "Thought you would have figured it out by now."
"Figured what out!?" I shouted but Goku had already disappeared, leaving my outside in the rain and wondering what was going on.
The school dance was coming up and because Bra and I were the closest girls to Trunks in the whole grade, the other grade ten girls (and some in grades seven, eight and nine) were begging us to hook them up with him. Both Bra and I refused all of them. I had my own plans for Trunks on the night of the school dance.
I was determined to get him to ask me out. Since what I had been doing with Goten as friends before was considered flirting it wouldn't be THAT hard, right? I woke up an hour earlier than usual to prepare myself for school and often arrived in very short dresses and bathing in makeup and perfume.
I sat beside him in almost every class when I could pry him away from his sister and others who followed him around in the hopes of finding a date and I tried doing everything I had done when sitting with Goten.
"So Trunks. Let's ask each other random questions."
"What for?"
"For something to do, ok?"
"Why?"
"Because we can."
"But I don't want to."
"Why not?"
"Because I have to study. If I don't pass the HSC, my mother and grandfather will be disappointed with me and I can't let that happen. So please just leave me alone!"
The conversations always ended up the same. With Trunks becoming angry with me and trying to push me off. I had more luck with him before I started acting unnatural around him. And even then I was getting no where. So I went to my next resource. Trunks' best friend.
I felt a little nervous speaking to Goten about hooking me up with his best friend. It would have been easier to talk to Bra but she wouldn't be any help. She was stuck on the idea that Trunks would ask the girl whom he decided would be right for him and she refused anyone who tried to use her to get to him. It wouldn't be any different for me. Goten was my only hope.
I delayed speaking with him until we were alone and flying to tutoring together. (It was raining but that was no excuse for not flying anywhere. Only it made it hard to have a decent conversation.
"Goten?" I asked as we soared through the sky. He didn't reply, unable to hear me through the rain.
"GOTEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs and he finally noticed me.
"Sorry, can't hear you. Wait till we get home."
We landed outside and hurried into Gohan's house. Gohan and Videl weren't in the room, but Pan was sitting on the floor, playing with an elastic band.
"What was it you wanted to ask me, Marron?" Goten asked as he sat down on the couch watching his niece play with amusement.
"It's about the school dance." When I said this, he sat up straight and Pan stopped playing to listen. Everything was silent. Even the rain outside the room.
"Just say it." Pan grumbled, folding her arms across her chest. "He won't say no." Oh no! They thought I was going to ask Goten!
"Goten, maybe I should tell you this alone."
"Just ignore Pan. It's now or never, Marron."
That was too true. If I didn't ask now, I never would and I would be labeled a dateless wonder for the rest of my years.
"Goten.....I was wondering if you could try and hook me up with Trunks. You know....as a couple.....for the dance."
Pan's jaw dropped to her neck as she eyed me with disbelief. Goten wouldn't even look at me. He hid his face, keeping his eyes on the floor so I couldn't read his expression.
"Hello? Is someone down there?" Gohan called from upstairs as he made his way towards us, smiling. "I thought I heard something." He saw his brother and frowned. "What's wrong, Goten?"
"Nothing's wrong."
"What's right then?" Gohan asked taking slow and easy steps towards his younger brother.
"Nothing. Nothing is right." He said, then pushed past me almost knocking me to my feet and burst through the door and into the rain. I ran after him to the door and watched him walk next door and into his own house.
"What happened Marron?" Gohan's voice was strong and fierce as if he was addressing an evil villain instead of a teenage girl. "What did you do to my brother?"
"I didn't do anything!" I shouted in protest.
"Oh yes she did." Pan said through tear filled eyes as she ran to her father. "No I didn't. I did nothing!"
"It's not our problem, Pan. Go upstairs with Mum and I'll talk to Goten later. I have to tutor Marron first."
I hardly concentrated and neither did Gohan. We both thought about Goten continuously. What did I do? I thought that Goten would be more than happy to hook me up with Trunks. Why was he so sad?
As soon as Gohan said I could go, I rushed past him and ran out into the rain. I darted next door and ran past Goku and Chi-Chi, not stopping to even say hello. I reached Goten's room and tore the door open.
He was pacing his room, wearing no other visible clothing besides his purple pants. He had his stereo on so loud, I could hear it blaring all through the house. He was listening to a CD and singing in places.
I'm holding on waiting for your call
It's simple but I can't explain this
I'm sinking down I feel like I could die
I'm falling off I don't know why
[chorus:]
I still believe it when you say
It's another perfect day
Another perfect day
I still believe it when you say
It's another perfect day
Another perfect day
So i might try to leave it all behind
I know tomorrow's not so bright now
I'll say goodbye cause nothing good can last
(you wear and figured no where fast)
And today I don't know how too keep it all inside
But I guess I'll let it slide
[repeat chorus]
Today I don't know why
I thought that it was real
But I guess it's no big deal
[repeat chorus]
I don't know how
I don't know how
To let it slide
"Goten?" I asked him no louder than a whisper. He turned to face me, his face stern but his eyes smiling strangely.
"Are you ok?" I whispered.
"Yes. I'm fine. About Trunks, I don't know what I can do but I'll see. Ok?"
"Yeah. Thanks." He sat down on his bed and I cautiously came to his side and sat beside him. He was starring at his knees and I watched the hand resting on it. Eventually I met his eyes, empty and stone cold.
"So.....ready to go?" It felt wrong to ask, but I knew that I had to or I wouldn't get home until late.
He met my eyes, his own smiling from behind his dark hair. I became aware of the fact he was topless and blushed, etching away from him slightly. He seemed to read my expression because he stood up, walked across the room and put his usual white shirt on.
"I'm not really feeling very well. Maybe my dad can take you home."
"Goten. Are you feeling bad because of me?"
"No. Never." He shook his head, still smiling. "I'll be right for school tomorrow. I'll see you then."
"Ok. Goodbye."
"Yeah. Goodbye."
When I came downstairs, Chi-Chi rushed over to me and grasped my shoulders.
"Is he ok? What did he say to you? He just ran upstairs without saying anything and started playing music. I was too scared to talk to him."
"He's fine, Chi-Chi. Only he said he wasn't feeling well. So if you wouldn't mind taking me home now, Goku, it would be great."
"No problem, I can use instant transmission." Goku stood up and before I could ask, grabbed my hand and held two fingers to his forehead. I felt a sudden tug and found myself standing outside my house.
"What the....." I trailed off. Utterly lost for words.
"It's my most famous technique. I can transport people from one place to the next in a matter of seconds."
I found my voice and burst out with anger. "THEN WHY DON'T YOU PICK AND DROP GOTEN TO AND FROM SCHOOL LIKE THAT? WHY DON'T YOU TANSPORT ME TO TUTORING THAT WAY!?"
"Easy Marron, really. Goten didn't want to come to school that way. He'd rather fly and take the bus. And as for taking you to and from tutoring, it was Goten who insisted on flying you to and from school." "Why?" I asked, resuming my calm voice.
Goku winked, placing two fingers back on his forehead. "Thought you would have figured it out by now."
"Figured what out!?" I shouted but Goku had already disappeared, leaving my outside in the rain and wondering what was going on.