Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball z.

In this story, Marron is 13, Goten is 14, and Trunks is 15.

I, Marron, am a beautiful girl of 13. I have an almost perfect life. The perfect family. The perfect friends. The only thing thats not perfect is my love life. The one person who is crushing me is that last person I would date. And the person I'm crushing is best friends with the person whos crushing me. Goten has a crush on me. I can tell the way he's always following me around and flirting with me. The guy I'm crushing, Trunks, even suggested Goten to me when I asked him out a couple of months ago and he rejected me."Hey Trunks!" I said happily.

"Uhh Hi Marron."

"Listen. I was wondering..the Sadie Hawkins dance....." I was cut off. By HER.

"Hiya Trunksie Poo."

"Hey Jamie."

"Do you want to go to the Sadie Hawkins dance with me?"

"I'd love to."

"Okay then, pick me up at my house at 7!"

"But..I..you...we cant drive!"

Jamie just shrugged her shoulders and continued down the hall.

"Sorry about that." Trunks said as he turned back to me. "Now, what were you asking? You said something about a dance."

My eyes started to water. I couldn't cry in front of Trunks. He would think that I was a total baby!

"Oh..its nothing..I was just gonna ask you to the dance..." I whispered. I must have whispered loudly because Trunks heard me.

"I'm really sorry. I'm already going with Jamie. Theres too much of an age difference between us right now anyway. I bet if you asked Goten he would go with you though."

Thats what had happened. Trunks will never know how I really feel about him if he won't even let me be in the same room alone with him. The winter dance was coming up soon and I didn't dare ask Trunks to go with me. I don't take rejection that well. I knew that he would probably be going with Amy. Trunks switches girls like they are going out of style. He has a flavor of the week. Last week it was Jessica, the week before that Katie, the week before that Madison. If I told my father that I liked Trunks as more than a friend, I bet he would have given me a big speech. About why I couldn't be with Trunks. Blah Blah Blah. He'd probably make up a bunch of stories like Trunks did this... and Trunks did that... Blah Blah Blah. Parents. Ugh. Then I had a pretty good idea. I could use the dragonballs to make Trunks like me! It would take time though. I would have to gather them and when I got all 7 I would have to summon the dragon at night so no one who know about it. It was a perfect plan. All I had to do was get the dragon radar. I couldn't tell Bulma why I needed it. She wouldn't let me have it. She'd probably just laugh. I would probably have to sneak into her office and just take it. My mom and dad had taught me better than to steal, but I really wanted Trunks to like me. I went into my room to make a plan with more details and to write in my diary.

Dear Diary,

Today was bad. I failed 2 tests. Math and English. My two least favorite subjects. Trunks still hasn't noticed that I stand by his locker everyday. And that I stare at his butt in P.E. And that I was recognized as the most cheerful cheerleader at the pep rally. That was probably a good thing because I was in front of the whole school and my friend,Sarah, told me that my face was bright red. Anyway. I have a plan to make Trunks like me. I am going to use the eternal dragon to make Trunks like me. I really don't see what could go wrong. It seems like a perfect plan to me! Well, diary, I have to go because my moms calling me for dinner! Bye!

I ran down the stairs and sat down at the dinner table.

"Marron, next month, on November 3, me and your mother have decided that were going out to dinner on a date type thing. The Sons and the Briefs are going also. We have it all planned out already. Goten will be going to the Briefs to hang out with Trunks. Bulma said you could go if you wanted to. Or if you don't want to you'll have to stay here alone."

"I think I'll just stay here alone. I'll be fine. I don't need a babysitter or anything."

"We'll probably be out for a while."My mom said, "Are you sure you want to stay here alone?"

I nodded my head. We quietly ate dinner. It was already October 28th. This could be a perfect oppertunity to go and get the dragon radar.

The weekend passed quickly. Tomorrow was the Halloween Dance. I was already having a bad day. I was already running late for school and I ran down the stairs. I haden't tied my shoes very well cause I was in a hurry. One came untied and I fell down the stairs and I hit my head on the wall going down. I left my Algebra homework on my bed. We had a pop quiz in science and I failed. I didn't get enough sleep last night because I was up working on the Algebra that I left on my bed this morning and I fell asleep in History and I got yelled at for about 5 minutes. I was at my locker when Goten came up to me.

"Hey Marron."

I slammed my locker door shut. "What!?" I snapped at him. I didn't mean to be so irratable but I was having a bad day and it wasn't even 4th period.

"Umm.I was wondering..hehe if you maybe wanted..to go to the Halloween Dance with me??"

"Son Goten. I wouldn't go to the Halloween Dance if you were the last boy on earth!!!!!! Or any other planet!!!!!" I yelled. I didn't mean to be so mean. It just kind of came out. And I must have yelled pretty loud too becaue several people stopped and started. Trunks, of all people, had also heard. He went up to me.

"What was that for??!!" he looked angry. "You just broke my friends heart!! Yeah. You could have just said that you didn't want to go with him. But not like that! I don't know why you cheerleaders have such a hard time knowing what things should be said in private and what things shouldn't. Like what you just did to Goten. That should have been done in private! Or at least not out loud like that. And you shouldn't have said it like that either! Do you know how long he has had a crush on you? Just so he could have been rejected in front of a bunch of people? You, Marron Chestnut, disgust me."

"Yeah..I know the feeling. Like when you really like someone and they reject you in front of several people.."I muttered.

I had never felt so bad in my life. Obviously Goten doesn't take rejection well either because I kept trying to talk to him in the halls but he just kept ignoring me. I just ended up not going to the Dance at all. I'm pretty sure Goten didn't go either.

Novermber 3rd had come sooner than I expected. My parents and everyone else were leaving in a couple minutes. They said that they would be back around 2 or 3. Perfect. It was just enough time to get the dragon radar and maybe even snag a few balls along the way.