Once too many
Chapter three
Disclaimer: Shaking head furiously
A/N: Nothing really except read and enjoy and thanks to those people who reviewed. Ages: Pan is 19 and so is Bra. Trunks is 25. Goten 24. Marron 22.
Pan sat at her computer and shook her head furiously. She was good at math's but her weak spot was English and literature. Glancing to her left she took a hard long stare at Trunks. He was laying on her bed flicking through one of her many magazines. On the cover of the magazine he was holding was a picture of none other than himself. He was CEO of Capsule corps which explained a lot.
"I thought you came here to help me, not flick through magazines, looking at pictures of yourself!" She said sarcastically.
He put the magazine down and gave a smirk. "Hey, I can't help it if everybody loves me. I'm the hottest bachelor around and you know it!." He grinned again as she rolled her eyes.
"I thought you were with Kayla!" Pan said with a smug look on her face.
He frowned for a moment before turning red. "Oh yeah, so I guess technically that doesn't make me a bachelor anymore then." She gave a nod and he lay there laughing. "So what did you need help with?"
"I'm doing a recount of Romeo and Juliet for English and I have no clue as to what they want me to write. I mean they fall in love, he dies, end of story. How the hell am I suppose to write a whole report on it?" Pan gave him a weary look and slumped her shoulders. "Help me, I know you got a perfect score when you did this assignment a few years ago. You bragged about it non-stop and I had a headache for weeks. Come on, it was only about three years ago, you have to remember something."
"Oh, that assignment!" He raised an eyebrow then lowered it before giving a smile. "I learn from experience. I wrote a bunch of crap about how she feels when he dies and how strong their love is. Sound familiar?"
"Bra…" She muttered slowly. "She always talks about one guy or another and how she loves them so much and how she can't live without them. Then after she dumps them she talks about how heartbroken she is." Trunks gave a heart filled laugh and nodded his head.
"I recorded one of my conversations with her and rephrased some of it for my report. Pretty lame, but it still worked." He gave a shrug and laughed again. "Just do what I did."
"I can't just sit and ask her to tell me how she feels. It doesn't work like that and besides it has to happen naturally. You were just plain lucky that's all." Pan lay down on the ground and shut her eyes in concentration.
"You want to take a break. Want to talk about something else for a while?" He went and sat down on the floor next to her.
"I've got a favor to ask you Trunks." Her face was serious and he knew no one else was suppose to know what she would tell him.
"Yeah, anything Pan-chan!" He locked his gaze on her and she smiled. "I promise I won't tell anyone!" He added in, to reassure her.
"It's about Bra, and Goten." Trunks gave a grin and she looked at him with both amusement and confusion. "What is it?"
"Let me guess. Bra likes Goten and she told you and made you promise you wouldn't tell anyone. She isn't sure he likes her so she isn't doing anything about it." Pan gaped at him in wonder and quickly closed it before trying to say something else. She was speechless.
"How did you know?" Her voice was quiet.
"Goten said something similar. He likes her and he doesn't know what to do either." He gave another shrug.
"You still want to do me that favor?" She gave a smirk and he gulped, the way her lips curved made him nervous. She was up to something and he just knew it.
"Yeah sure."
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"Be quiet Trunks, they might be able to hear us you idiot." Pan whacked him on the head and he smirked before wincing. "Don't give me that look, now shut up!" She gave him a glare and he laughed.
"Hey, it's kind of funny you know. You and me both hiding behind bushes and trying to hook those two together." He gave a nod towards Bra and Goten's direction and Pan smiled.
"I guess so. It kind of reminds me of the time we threw water bombs at them from your bedroom window." He gave a chuckle and she laughed. "You're different now, you know." Trunks gave her a funny look.
"In what way?" He questioned.
"You don't hang out with us anymore. Most of your time is spent with either work or Kayla. Have fun and live a little. Want to hang out with us tomorrow, we're going to the park." She glanced at him.
He sighed. "I'm sorry Pan but I'm spending the day with Kayla tomorrow but how about some other time." The gleam in her eyes had disappeared and she turned in another direction.
"Oh!" She coughed nervously. "Anyway I better get going." Pan stood up and was prepared to go but he tugged on her hand. "Yeah what is it?"
"Is it okay if I bring Kayla along?" The smile on her lips reappeared and she laughed.
"Yeah sure. Of course you can bring her along. Like my mother always says, the more the merrier. I'm so happy you're coming. Mike is coming too. You guys get along pretty well." She hugged him and knocked him to the ground in the process.
Trunks laughed. "I didn't know you were that excited!" She giggled and helped him stand up. "Want to go for a bite? I'm so famished."
"Yeah sure!" He put an arm around her shoulder and the two of them walked across the street and into one of the many restaurants.
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"Goten, what are you doing here?" Bra asked nervously. She was suppose to be meeting Pan and had dressed up for the occasion. He was glancing her up and down and she felt her face heat up.
"I could ask you the same thing!" He replied. There was a grin on his face and he scratched his head. He was also suppose to be meeting someone, Trunks to be more exact. He had a feeling something was going on and something told him it would be a good thing. "Uh, you look nice." She blushed and he could see himself turning red as well.
"Thanks, you do too. Anyway, I don't think Pan is going to be coming here anytime soon so you want to go and get a bite. If my assumptions are correct then you're suppose to be meeting Trunks but I have a feeling he won't be arriving either." Bra wasn't sure what had caused this sudden outburst of confidence but she didn't want it to end until she had finished.
"In that case, let's just go in and eat." She just nodded her head to his suggestion. He just had to make her forget everything. There was something about the way he sighed that made her curious.
"Yeah, sure Goten, let's go in." Maybe she was wrong and he didn't like her. She knew he didn't want her to continue because he was afraid of what she would say. He was afraid they would stop becoming friends because he knew he would have to break her heart. All these reasons whirled in her mind.
This is fact was not the case at all but she would realize it soon enough.
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"Remember the time we went into space and Grandpa Goku ate all the food." The two of them laughed as memories came flooding back. "We were starving for hours but luckily we landed at that place."
"Yeah, those were the times!" He chuckled.
"I wouldn't mind going back into space someday." Pan sighed. "But everything is different now. We all have a life to live, you've got Kayla, I've got Mike and grandpa is with Grandma. I don't think she would let him go out there again. It's never going to happen again but it was great while it lasted."
"Never say never. You never know, but the three of us might end up going into space again one day." She raised an eyebrow and he laughed. "I guess it isn't likely but you never know."
"Yeah I know. Anyway, maybe I'll ask Bulma to build another spaceship and we'll all go for my twentieth birthday. That's in like eight more months but that would be so cool." Pan sighed and rested her head on the chair. "Actually I should go with Grandpa Goku Uncle Goten, and Bra. You're too busy with Kayla."
"Hey, I'll probably be married by your twentieth birthday and so we should have as much fun as possible now." He gave a grin.
"Yeah, I guess you're right! That reminds me, I haven't spoken to Mike all week. He had to go to a business meeting in Vienna and left me all alone. I'm so lonely." She pouted and he chuckled. "What are you laughing about. It isn't like you're the one with the problems. Aren't you, as one of my best friends, suppose to be helping me through this difficult time." Pan grinned as Trunks rolled his eyes.
"He's coming back tomorrow so what are you so upset about?" He asked calmly.
"How did you know he was coming back tomorrow?" She gave him a suspicious look. "Have you been stalking me and reading my timetable, or else how did you know."
"Yeah Pan, I stalk you everywhere. That's how I know you sleep with a teddy bear." He said sarcastically. She raised an eyebrow and waited for him to shut up.
"No seriously, how did you know?" Pan asked again.
"Oh, simple. You asked me if I wanted to go to the park and you said Mike was going to be there so I assumed he was coming back tomorrow." He gave a smirk as she frowned.
"Mr. Logical, I see you've done your homework. Anyway, let's go check up on Bra and Goten. I don't think they're doing very well. She's shy when it comes to guys, no actually she isn't. She's only shy when it comes to Goten and he's a bit thick when it comes to girls." He nodded his head and the two made their way out.
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"So Goten, how are things going back at home." Bra asked as she wiped her mouth with the napkin. The two had gotten a bit more comfortable talking with each other after they had started eating.
"Yeah, it's pretty good. What about you? How's Vegeta?" He seemed to shudder when he mentioned the name.
"Same here I guess. Dad's been working out twice as much as before since that incident with your dad. You know, with the chicken wings." She laughed and he chuckled nervously.
I guess that means he'll be ready to kill me if I make a move on Bra he thought to himself. Damn dad, he should've just given him the damn chicken. Maybe then I would've stood a chance. Working twice as hard I see, that just means he'll break my bones quicker. Anyway, here's my chance to tell her. It's now or never.
"Yeah, that sounds like dad alright!" Goten replied calmly. "Anyway, there's actually something I've been meaning to tell you." She stopped eating and looked at him perplexed.
"Of course, just shoot. Have you been having problems with another girl or what?" She asked coolly.
"Yes, in fact a close friend of mine." Bra swallowed her piece of food quickly and her stomach seemed to be full of butterflies.
Could he mean what I think he means she asked herself. I wonder who else he can possibly be talking about. Of course he isn't talking about Pan, that's for sure. Maybe Marron, what if he likes Marron? Actually what if he's gay and trying to make a move on Trunks. She laughed at her crazy idea and gulped her glass of water down before she could choke.
"Are you okay B-chan?" He asked quickly. She nodded her head and he relaxed.
"I'm fine, now what did you want to talk about? Who's this girl you like so much and want to ask out?" The smile on her lips never wavered as she thought back to her crazy idea.
"It's you…" He said quietly, but with her saiyan hearing she caught every word of it.
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That was a pretty okay chapter to write with the Bra and Goten. It's going to be more interesting in my next chapter when Kayla just happens to get a little more jealous. Actually a lot more jealous. Then there's going to be a fight and then…Sorry, can't ruin it for you. Just R&R, then hang in there for my next chapter.
