Friendship, Anger, & Love

Chapter 2: Anger and Friendship

A/N: Trunks had gotten back and spent the morning with his parents… just a note… Oh, and he'll see Goten later in one of the other chapters…

Pan looked out the window. 'He'll be here soon…' She cringed. Did she or didn't she want to see him? Why wouldn't she? Why did she get mad, anyway? All of the sudden, she was reminded… He had ruined their friendship out of lust, and she didn't want it to be like that. 'But he's older, now… so he'll be different… unless I'm terribly mistaken…' She bit her lower lip with high hopes.

She was older, too. She had finally gained her curves and was wanted by most men and boys. She had tossed the orange bandana about three years ago for hair ties and clips. Her usual clothes had turned into tank tops and skirts, but she hadn't lost her need for a good fight every now and then. The fifteen year old 'Panny' had been exchanged for the nineteen year old Pan.

His car finally stopped in the driveway as Gohan and Videl rushed to greet him. Pan couldn't hold her excitement, or fear, in anymore. She waited behind as she sighed in angst. She saw him get out of his car with a suit on. 'Damn… why does he look so good? What am I thinking? He is… Or was… my friend!' She studied his frame as he neared the door, only carrying a small bag.

She sighed, preparing herself for one of the biggest greetings she could give. Videl and Gohan went to retrieve the food from the kitchen and left the two of them alone.

"Pan, I'm sorry for what I had said… and done…" He looked intently into her eyes.

"I'm not…" Pan stopped. She had blown it. She just admitted that she didn't care that she had called him a bastard.

"Oh, well, I'm sorry you feel that way." He extended the bag into her direction. "I got this for you… but you don't have to take it if you still consider me to be a bastard…"

'I don't want it, I want you…' Pan stood still, thinking. 'No, don't say that, he'll think you're a creepy whore all of the sudden…' "Thanks…" she said as she took the orange bag from his hand. She slowly pulled back the tissue paper and revealed a glass picture frame of the two of them at Pan's thirteenth birthday party.

Trunks couldn't stop his heart from beating so fast. He so badly wanted to tell Pan that he really wasn't sorry, he had meant to do that and never regretted that, just the outcome… He still loved her, he still longed to kiss her after so many years. He swallowed hard. 'Tell her you want her…' A voice rang out from his heart. 'No, I'll sound like I've turned into a twenty-four year old pervert!'

Pan started to cry hysterically. "I'm sorry… I want our friendship back!" Pan found it hard to speak between her sobs.

'I want more than that…' Trunks thought as he embraced her in a comforting hug. "It's okay, Panny…" He cooed.

'God, his voice sounds so sexy…' She thought as she nestled her head deeper into his chest. She looked up into his eyes. 'I want more than friendship, but I'll settle for what I can take… He said he was sorry, so he probably has a girlfriend or something now…'

A little while later, at the dinner table:

Pan kicked Trunks from underneath the table playfully. He whimpered out as he felt the strong kick. Videl and Gohan focused on Trunks, staring. Trunks nodded. "Heartburn…" he whispered. Pan giggled.

"Oh, okay…" Gohan went back to slurping his spaghetti.

"Tell us, Trunks, where are you staying until you get your apartment?" Videl stared intently at Gohan. She touched his arm as a signal to slow down.

"Actually," Pan chimed in, "He's going to stay with me in the condo…"

"Oh… that sounds lovely…" Videl smiled, happy that Trunks didn't have to go back and stay with 'mom and dad'.

"I am?" Trunks looked at Pan, who smiled at him from across the table. "I mean, 'I am.'"

"As long as you two don't do anything I wouldn't like." Gohan re-filled his plate as he eagerly stared at it.

"Dad!" Pan yelled as she gave an evil glare across the table to him.

"I'm just sayin'…" He said as he shrugged his shoulders.

"Well, in that case, stop talking…" Videl gathered plates, starting with Gohan's.

"Hey, I'm not done!" He pouted at his wife.

"Well, that's what you get for talking with your mouth full…" She said, half jokingly. "Besides," she added, "I'll need help cleaning, and I can't do anything if you're still eating."

"Oh… wait… Yes you can!" Gohan glared at his wife who winked at him. "Ohhh… okay!" He got up and left the room.

"Is it just me, or are we always alone?" Trunks put his hands behind his head.

Pan shrugged. 'Yeah, and I like it…' She thought.

Hey, by the way, why am I staying with you and not my parents?"

"Because we have a lot of good times to catch up on…" Pan said, as she stood up from her chair.

A/N: Well, that's that… Please Review!