Chapter 3: The Horrible Surprise
"Goodbye guys!" Pan said. Everyone said the same back. She was about to go to bed, when she stopped Bulma. "Can I have a word with you?" she asked. Bulma stopped. "Sure, honey. What's up?" Pan closed the door. "Where's Trunks?" she asked. "I know we live so far away from each other, but Christmas is an exception." Bulma sighed. "It's too hard to explain." Pan wanted to know. "Well?" "You see, Pan, Trunks was in a bad motorcycle accident..." Pan gasped. "OH MY GOD! Is he okay? Is he alive? What did he-" "CALM DOWN!" Bulma screamed. Pan fell silent. "Trunks is okay, but he's going to have to stay in the ER for a month or two. The doctors said that some of his ribs crushed into his lungs, but with surgery, Trunks'll be okay." Pan sighed. "Thank you, Bulma," she said. "Anytime," Bulma replied. She put her hand on Pan's shoulder. "If you need anything, we're here for you." Pan tried to smile, and led Bulma out the door. Pan was worried. She knew Trunks loves motorcycles, and his accidents are quite common when they were dating, but ribs bursting through into his lungs? This is bad, she thought. I'll give him a call now to see if he's okay.
She reached for the phone, when she felt something jab into her left breast. "Ouch!" she screamed. Pulling the neckline back, she saw a safety pin going through the fabric. She didn't think much of it. It could have been from sewing the dress together. But something bothered her about it. Pan worked the pin out. It was attached to a piece of paper.
She was puzzled by this. She decided to open it, when a breeze came through. That's weird, she thought. All the windows are closed... Unconsciously she looked at the tree. Under it was a small black present with white ribbon. She decided to open it. Pan peeked inside and gasped. It was a human hand! All of a sudden, the light dimmed, and Pan blacked out.
When she came about, she looked for the present. But it wasn't there. In its place was a sprig. This is too weird, Pan thought. I knew that stuffing had expired. There was a loud noise coming from the front door. She jumped. No one but her was in here, but that was when she remembered... "How long did I sleep?" she asked herself nervously. If she slept a long time, a burglar could have come in. Or a raper. She shuddered. She didn't want a stalker like that visiting her bed when she slept. She ran towards the front door. The door was open, but there were no wet spots from the snow outside. How odd, she thought. Then Pan remembered about the note.
She ran to the kitchen counter, where she placed the note. Pan quickly unfolded the paper. It was written in Trunks' handwriting. She remembered how Trunks would give her holiday traditions every Christmas. This is what the note said:
The lady who would bind her love for all eternity the lover she kissed beneath mistletoe must sew a sprig from it into the breast of her corset.
Corset? She laughed. She hadn't worn a corset since the Christmas she spent at the Brief's house... That's where the sprig was from! It was from the mistletoe that she kissed Trunks under! If this is true, she thought, then I must sew the sprig. She fetched her needle and thread from her craft room and started sewing the sprig to the corset of her dress.
Ding-dong! The doorbell rang. Pan was so into her thoughts that she jumped when she heard the sound. She walked towards the door. But something wasn't right. She felt like she was being watched. Pan cautiously took each step that followed by a quick look around the room. What was that? she thought. A shadow passed her upstairs. She got scared. Ding-dong! The doorbell rang again, this time, more ominously. Pan was scared. There was someone in the house, and now this stranger was ringing the doorbell at a bad time. As she reached for the door handle, there was a foul smell coming from the foyer. Note to self, she thought, clean the foyer.
She opened the door, and was about to cheer 'Merry Christmas!' but stopped. She saw, to her total shock, that it was Trunks. But no one ever told her that Trunks had died, and so long ago...
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