The Lost Art of Keeping A Secret

--Bring It On--

Once they arrived at Pan's house, she twisted the doorknob only to find it was locked. "Aw, man. My mom and dad aren't home yet." She bent down and lifted the welcome mat in front of the door to reveal a house key. Pan presented the key and winked at Bra. "The last time they locked me out of the house, they came home to a broken down door." She unlocked the door and opened it.

Bra shook her head. Pan undoubtedly gave her parents trouble everyday. She wasn't sure how they put up with her.

She walked into the house that she remembered from her childhood. It looked exactly the same. Cleaned from top to bottom, filled with books and lit brightly. Boy, did they have a lot of books.

"Have a seat. Do you need anything?" Pan asked, tossing her book bag haphazardly on the floor.

Bra's stomach made a familiar noise. Oh, yeah. She'd missed lunch today. She missed lunch quite often these days. "Got anything to eat?"

Just as Bra settled down on the sofa, Pan spoke up. "Ha! I hope you don't expect me to get it for you. On the first visit, you're a guest. After that, you're family. You may as well be family anyway. So you can just get up from there and find something for yourself."

Bra frowned. "You know nothing of hospitality." She stood and headed toward the kitchen.

Pan sat on the sofa where Bra was about to sit a moment ago and grinned. "Hey, I'm doing YOU the favor by letting you come here. Now while you're at it, make about 6 ham and cheese sandwiches for me. That should get the day started."

Oh, no she didn't. Bra marched right over to Pan, grabbed her by the ear and dragged her into the kitchen. "As much trouble as you've caused me this week, I should make you my personal slave."

"Ow, ow, ow. Okay, okay, okay. I was only kidding. Let me go," Pan pleaded. She escaped from Bra's grasp and sat on the kitchen counter.

Bra smirked and opened the refrigerator. It was full now, but by the time she was done with it, there would surely be nothing left. She pulled out the ham of which Pan had spoken and looked at it for a long time. "Mmmm.... Meat...."

"So, what's been going on?" Pan asked.

Bra once again wondered if telling Pan about all of this was the right thing to do. Unfortunately, it was her only option at the time. She couldn't imagine what things might be like if she had to deal with this on her own. Besides, Pan could always come up with something devilish without it being devastating. No more holding back information. Here we go....

--soon--

It took Bra a long time to find the words to explain to Pan what exactly was happening in her and Goten's 'relationship,' but Pan listened patiently. She told her about the fact that Goten was dating Paris, yet at the same time was somewhat seeing her. She told Pan that it was all her idea to start with. And she told Pan that she only wanted him to go out with Paris so that no one would suspect that THEY were together.

Pan looked at Bra strangely for a while. "Okay. So let me make sure I've got this right. You wanted to keep your relationship from being broadcast all over school, so you told Uncle Goten to start dating someone else?"

Bra nodded slowly.

"Not just ANYONE else, but his ex-girlfriend from college? That wasn't very smart," Pan told her bluntly.

Before she could comprehend what she was doing, Bra had reached over and started choking Pan.

"Knock it off!" Pan said, casting Bra's hand aside.

"I know it wasn't the smartest move in the book. But I couldn't think of any other way," Bra said, folding her arms across her chest. "Now, I didn't come here for you to evaluate my plan. I came here for you to help me out of the mess I've made."

Pan looked at Bra out of the corner of her eye. "You expect ME to help you get out of this. I have to say that I'm flattered. You've never been one to ask for help, even in the worst of situations."

"Well, are you gonna help me out or not?" Bra asked.

Pan smiled that fiendish smile of hers. "Hm. It gives me a whole new reason to come up with something evil to do to school faculty outside of school hours. You say they're together now?"

Bra finished off the rest of the ham. "I think they're spending the whole afternoon together. That's why we didn't have tutoring today."

Pan nodded thoughtfully. She was silent for a while. What was in this girl's head? Would the amount of devilment she seemed so willing to go through with be enough to scare off the red-head for good? There was only one way to find out....

"What's going on inside that head of yours?" Bra asked.

Pan smirked. "We're gonna have to take a hands-on approach on this one. What we're gonna have to do is...." She started telling Bra what her plan was.

--at one of the finest restaurants in town--

Pan was so much better at locating people who weren't using their energy than Bra was. The two of them sprang up from behind some bushes and peeped into the restaurant.

"There they are," Pan said, spotting Goten and Paris.

As the 'couple' dined, Paris was clucking away like the hen she was, while Goten played at his food. He looked bored. Real bored.

"Alright," Bra said. She sighed. "Now, why's Marron here?"

Marron emerged from the bushes. "I'm the other woman in Goten's life, remember? I'm supposed to go in and make a huge scene in front of everyone."

"Okay. Why's the baby here? Who's kid is that?" Bra asked.

Marron held a 7-month-old child in her arms. "Oh, him? This is one of the other designer's baby. I take care of him on days she works late. He posing as Goten's illegitimate son. Isn't that right, Nicholas?"

Bra rolled her eyes. "Well, that makes sense. But what I really don't understand is why Trunks is here."

Trunks came out of the bushes as well. "I'm not gonna miss out on all the fun."

"AAAAAA!!!!!!" Marron and Pan screamed.

"How did you find out about this?" Marron asked.

Trunks laughed villainously. "Wouldn't you like to know."

"Okay, everything's in place. All we have to do is sally forth. We'll find some seats in the back of the restaurant while Marron puts on her little show. Let's do it," Pan commanded.

The Briefs, Marron and little Nicholas headed into the restaurant.

--End Bring It On--

--Hello once again. This was a silly little chapter. Thanks for reading it and I hope you all enjoyed it.

--Now that there's a plan of action, we'll just have to see what happens. Please stay tuned for the next episode of Versus 2. Please review and let me know what you liked or what you didn't like. And as always, thanks for the past reviews.