It was now November and everyone couldn't wait for Thanksgiving Break. They all wanted one so badly. Most were acting up entirely just because they couldn't take the pressure anymore. Pan and Cassie were best friends now, but Pan wouldn't admit it to her parents at all. Every single guy in the school was lusting after Cassie, but she wouldn't even talk to them. She didn't want a guy who just wanted her for her looks and her body. She was looking for a guy who liked her for her personality. One day, they were walking into the school and talking.
"So Pan have you ever had a boyfriend?"
"No. I don't want one."
"So are you lesbian then?"
"No."
"Bisexual?"
"No.
I'm straight as a rod but I just don't want a boyfriend. All the
boys at this school are dumb."
"Well they're immature that's why. They're not worth anything."
"Have you ever had boyfriends?"
"Yeah I had a boyfriend when I lived in Florida. But we broke up before we moved. We were already through before we even broke up and I knew. I was just waiting for him to come to me and tell me."
"Oh."
"He was a shit head anyway. I hated his guts and he hated me."
"Well how long were you two together?
"A year."
"And you guys hated each other with a passion and you guys lasted that long?"
"Weird isn't it?"
"You're telling me."
They opened their lockers and got their math book, notebook, and pen. They walked around for a little bit talking. All of a sudden, Bra came running up to Pan.
"Hey Pan," she said.
"What do you want, Bra?"
"I wanted to know if you wanted to go to the Hangout with me and Trunks and some others after school."
"Well
Bra if you haven't noticed all I have is two classes. So I'm out
of this school at 10:47. Ok?"
"Well no need to go and get all
malignant. I was just asking. What about your friend?"
"I have two classes also. Besides we wouldn't go to The Hangout ever."
"Well where do you two go," Bra asked, obviously annoyed by them.
"Medieval
Knights."
"Oh that Goth place. Well bye."
Pan and Cassie just stared at Bra as she walked off.
"Is she always that preppy and hyper," Cassie asked.
"Unfortunately, yes."
"Hmm. I really don't see how your families are such good friends."
"Well I wouldn't be friends with their family if my grandpa Goku never met their mom."
"I see."
They walked to the classroom and sat in their seats at the top. All the other kids filed in and got in their seats and talked. Pan and Cassie just stared at them in disgust. The bell rang and everyone sat down and waited for the teacher. She didn't come in for ten minutes and everyone was wondering where she was. All of a sudden, a man walked in and everyone looked at him. He was wearing glasses and looked like a huge geek. He fumbled around with his briefcase and some papers and put them on the table.
"Um…Good…Good morning class. My name is Mr. Jones. I will be your substitute for this entire week. Rikku has a family emergency. Ok let's take attendance. Shellie Anderson?"
"Here."
"Bailey Banks?"
"Here."
He said more names and when he got to Pan's name she didn't answer.
"Pan Son? Is there a Pan Son here?"
Cassie looked at Pan with a smile and she started laughing.
"Um…Cassandra
Grey is there something funny?"
"Well I'm sitting next to
Pan."
"Well why aren't you answering Pan?"
"Because
you said my name wrong."
"Well there's a typo on this
seating chart. It says Son Pan."
"That's how you say my name."
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"Yeah I know," she said quietly.
Cassie started to laugh hysterically and Mr. Jones looked at her.
"Is there something funny?"
"No," she said in between laughing.
"Well I would appreciate it if you would stop laughing right now so I can hand out the assignment."
"Ok. You can hand it out."
"Thank you."
He started to talk and he gave the front row the papers and they handed the papers down the rows and everyone got a paper and looked at it.
"Rikku said this should take the entire hour so just go ahead and pace yourselves. I'll be sitting at the desk if you need any help."
He sat at the desk and everyone started writing. Thirty minutes later, Pan stood up and Cassie looked at her.
"What're you doing," she asked with a smile.
"Watch."
She took a piece of paper and crumpled it up and threw it at Trunks and sat down. He looked at the piece of paper and he looked up at the top. Everyone was working and he opened the paper and read it.
"Hi Trunks. I really like you a lot and hope to see you more after school. Love, your secret admirer. P.S. You know who this is."
He looked around and then he looked at Rei. She sat up in the top row and she looked at him with a smile. He waved at her and she waved back. Pan and Cassie saw the entire thing and giggled under their breath. Class ended and everyone put their papers on the desk and left the classroom.
"Oh man. Trunks is gonna die when he finds out that note was from me."
"Oh man."
They walked to their lockers and put their books in and grabbed their history book and walked to the classroom. As they were, they heard Trunks scream Pan's name. They continued to walk, like they hadn't heard anything. Trunks ran up to them and turned Pan around. She had a nonchalant look and looked at Cassie.
"Why
the hell would you write a note to me?
"I never wrote you a
note, Trunks."
"I know this is from you because Rei said it wasn't from her.
"That's not my handwriting, Trunks. It's not Cassie's either so don't blame her."
"Well Rei's the only girl brave enough to write me a note but she said she didn't write it."
"Trunks if Rei wrote the note, which she obviously did, she wouldn't admit it if she had a crush on you."
Trunks sighed in frustration and walked off. Pan and Cassie looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders. All of Trunks and Bra's friends were staring at them and Bra and Trunks were staring too. Pan waved and walked off. Pan rolled her eyes and Cassie looked at her.
"He's such a dumb ass. I hate him," Pan said.
"Mm-hmm."
They walked into their class and sat at the top. They talked and all the kids looked at them as they did. Pan stared at a couple of girls and they stared back.
"Is there a problem," Pan asked.
"No, Pan. Nothing at all."
"Well stop fucking staring at me, Heather. You too, Nikki."
They turned around with smiles on their faces and started whispering. Pan looked at Cassie.
"Maybe we should go to lunch today," Pan said.
"Okay."
The bell rang and everyone sat in his or her seats and the teacher walked in. He made them take notes and then made them do a Guided Reading Activity. When class ended, they all got up and walked out of the class. Before they could get to their lockers, Heather and Nikki stopped Pan and Cassie. Pan turned around and stared at them with an annoyed look.
"What Heather?"
"You know, you're little attitude is getting old, Pan. You should just stop trying to be different. You know you're just like the rest of us."
"Oh please. A bunch of anorexic bitches? No. You see, unlike you guys, I don't try to be someone I'm not. This is who I am. So maybe you should try to do the same ok? Come on Cassie."
They turned around started walking, but Nikki grabbed Pan by her arm and turned her around roughly. Pan looked at Nikki with a smile.
"You shouldn't have done that, Nikki."
"Oh why not? What're you gonna do? Hurt me?"
Pan raised her eyebrow at her and turned around. Nikki looked at Heather with a smile and then Pan turned around and smacked Nikki with her notebook. Nikki reeled back and fell on the floor. Heather looked at Pan in shock, and everyone stopped and looked. Pan was breathing hard and staring at Nikki. She got up, with a vengeance and charged Pan to the floor. They started hitting each other and rolling on the ground. Heather got into it and so did Cassie. Trunks and Bra saw what was going on and joined in. Eventually, some administrators stopped the fight. They were all breathing hard and sweating. Nikki's shirt was ripped and Heather was forming a black eye. She either got kicked or punched in the face. They all looked disheveled. They were all taken to the principal's office and all of their parents were called. Pan and Cassie didn't look phased at all.
"Pan you know you keep disappointing me with your behavior," Gohan said.
"And?"
"Don't get smart with me, Pan. I'm tired of it."
"Tell me something I don't know."
"You'll end up in jail one of these days."
"Oh, I already knew that. Or I'll end up in juvie."
"Pan."
She smiled at him.
"Cassandra Aurora Grey I'm appalled at this behavior. You never acted like this before."
"You just never noticed how I acted, mom."
"Cassandra I would appreciate it if you would act like you have some sense."
"Oh please."
"Don't get smart, Cassandra," her dad said.
"Paul you can't tell me what to do."
"Don't call me Paul. I am your father."
"Okay man. Whatever you say."
Trunks and Bra stared at Pan and Cassie at how they talked to their parents. They knew if they talked to their parents that way, Vegeta would get on them so quick.
"Videl I'm so sorry for how Trunks and Bra acted. I promise that it won't happen again," Bulma said.
"I know, Bulma. It's ok. I'll make sure Pan acts better too."
"Mr. and Mrs. Briefs we'll make sure Cassandra acts better also."
"Okay."
"What is this? Some kind of hug festival," Cassie said.
The principal cleared his throat and they all looked at her.
"Now even though you've all made sure that your kids will act better, I must issue them all a Saturday detention." Heather, Nikki, Bra, and Trunks all protested and Pan and Cassie looked at them. They were all saying that they had things to do. "I'm sorry but I must do this. If I didn't, everyone who's had detention would protest and get mad at me. I have to enforce my authority around here."
"Whatever," Pan and Cassie said.
Trunks, Bra, Nikki, and Heather all looked at them.
"How can you guys act like this isn't the biggest monstrosity in the world," Heather said.
"You forget, Heather. We don't go to the mall on the weekends," Pan said with a small smile.
They all rolled their eyes at Pan. They all left and Pan's parents argued as soon as they got in the house. Pan stared at them and then she walked upstairs.
"Where do you think you're going young lady," Gohan asked.
"To my room. Where does it look like I'm going?"
"We're not done with you yet."
"Well you and mom are arguing so I guess it doesn't concern me."
"Go to your room. You're grounded."
"For how long?"
"A month."
"Okay. Bye."
She walked up to her room and closed the door. Her parents stared at her and thought nothing of it. They hoped that Pan would change her ways before she graduated, but they knew there wasn't a guarantee.
Pan had just woken up for her Saturday detention. She walked into her bathroom and took a shower. She got out and dried her hair and got her outfit. She put on a red shirt with black devil wings and a black skirt with fishnet stockings and platform boots. She did her hair and her little makeup and walked out of the house. Cassie picked her up and they drove to the school and walked in. They went to the detention room and found seats. Heather and Nikki were already there and they were sitting on the other side of the room. They looked at Pan and Cassie and then turned their heads. Trunks and Bra walked in five minutes later, looking furious. They sat on the same side as Heather and Nikki and stared at Pan and Cassie.
"Is there a problem?"
"Yeah. My whole day is wasted because of you two," Heather said.
"Oh please. We'll be out of here by twelve. Give it a rest," Cassie said.
"Oh, my God I'm gonna miss going to the mall. I have to go before noon or I'll die," Pan said mockingly.
"Don't you guys have anything better to do than be outcasts," Trunks asked.
"Don't you have anything better to do then to sleep with every girl in the school since freshman year," Pan asked. Trunks stared at her. "Oh yeah. Don't think I don't know about all of your little escapades in the janitor's closet and the boy's locker room."
Cassie's jaw dropped in shock and she looked at Pan.
"Pan you don't know what you're talking about. You're lying."
"Oh please. I know every girl you've slept with. Even sometimes when you were with girlfriends and they don't even know. You're a little horn dog and you lust after every girl. I'm surprised you haven't gone after Cassie."
"Oh no. I don't want his hands all over me anyway. Who knows where they've been," Cassie said.
"Pan I swear to god one of these days I'm gonna get you," Trunks said with an evil eye.
"Go ahead, Trunks. I'll be waiting for that day."
"You know Pan, you're life must really suck for you to act like that," Bra said.
"Oh really and my life is worse then yours? A life where I have to be skinny, preppy, just like everyone else and make fun of other people just so I can feel better? No. My life is fine, now what about yours?"
"My life is great. It's just wonderful."
"Why because you have so much money and you can do whatever you please just because you know your mom will take care of it?"
Bra stared at Pan and then she turned her head away. All of a sudden, their history teacher walked in.
"Mr. Naya what're you doing here," Heather asked.
"I'm the detention teacher."
"Oh."
Pan stared at Heather and Nikki with a smile and then she put her legs up on the desk and pulled out her CD player and started listening to her music. Pan and Cassie listened to their music the entire detention and Trunks, Bra, Nikki, and Heather all talked and Pan knew they were plotting. When noon came, Mr. Naya released them and they all left. Cassie and Pan went to Cassie's house and they went straight up to Cassie's room. Five minutes later, her dad walked in.
"Cassie you know you're not supposed to have friends over. You're grounded for a month."
Cassie stared at him and he stared back.
"You are not my father, Paul. Leave my room." He closed the door and Pan looked at Cassie. "That's my step-dad."
"Where's your real dad?"
"New York City. I'm going back there when I graduate."
"When did your parents get divorced?"
"A year before we moved here. I was furious."
"Why did they get divorced?"
"Supposedly they had un-reconcilable problems. But it was because my dad was a bad influence on me or so my mom says. My mom wanted me to be some type of preppy, cheerleader girl and when I didn't turn out that way, she blamed my dad."
"Did your dad remarry?"
"Yeah. I actually like my step-mom. She's cool and she's cool with me being a Goth. Paul isn't but I don't really care about him."
"That's why you talk to him that way."
"Yeah. I don't really care."
"Do you have siblings?"
"I have a half sister on the way. My step-mom's pregnant."
"How far?"
"She'll have her at the end of this year. They're coming for graduation though."
"Oh cool."
"Yeah."
They talked for an hour and watched some TV and then Pan went back home and her parents got on her.
"Where were you, young lady? Detention ended at noon. It's almost two," Gohan said.
"I was at Cassie's for your information."
"You know you're grounded. You're not allowed to leave this house for a month and if you do I'll make you grounded for two months."
"You know you always say that and you never do it dad. When are you going to enforce stuff that you say? Besides if you haven't noticed I'm eighteen years old and I had a wonderful birthday."
"You got your car that you finally wanted."
"But you won't let me drive it, so what's the point of having one?"
"You'll be able to drive it, when you can prove to me you're responsible."
"I am responsible. You just don't notice it."
"Go
to your room."
"Bye."
She walked up to her room and closed the door. She fell on the bed and sighed. Nothing her life seemed to get better and it seemed as if it was getting worse. She hoped it wouldn't but it was.
