Chappie 4!

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The Perfect Life – Chapter 4

Before they were going to head to the festivals, Trunks was treating Pan to a little New Years Eve romantic dinner. As tradition, they found a cozy little Chinese restaurant and ordered. A small table for two lit by a single candle made the perfect setting for their dinner. Pan could tell Trunks was lost in space somewhere so she kept conversation short and quick. After, they parked the car in a small abandoned lot near a hill and walked to town. Pan was puzzled why Trunks parked so far away, but when she asked, he replied it was because he wanted to avoid traffic. When they met up with the rest of the gang, it was about 11:36. They had fun for a while talking and ice-skating in the town square. For a while, Gohan, Videl, Bra, Goten, Trunks, & Pan ice-skated on the frozen lake while listing to some soft gentle Christmas music. At the end of 'Silent Night', And announcement was hear. "The countdown to New Years will begin in 5 minutes. Fireworks will take place after the ball, donated by Capsule Corporation, drops. Happy New Years." After the announcement finished, Trunks leaned in to Pan and whispered in her ear. "Pan, I want to show you something. Come on." With a smile on his face, Trunks led Pan off the lake. They returned the skates and started walking back towards the car.

As they walked arm in arm away from the lake, Bulma and Vegeta joined Gohan, Videl, Bra, & Goten at the edge of the lake. Bulma winked over at Videl and Videl just smiled back. "Why don't we go back to CC mom? We would get a great view of the ball dropping and the fireworks from there!" Bra looked up at her mom with the same eyes she used on Vegeta. "Well… okay. Care to join us?" Bulma looked over at the Sons and they nodded. Once they where at the top of Capsule Corp. they were able to see everything perfectly, considering CC was now a gigantic towering building. The clock below the ball, which held the CC logo, showed that there was only 2 minutes and 45 seconds left before midnight.

Over on Old Hill Road, Pan and Trunks were walking up the long road to the top of the hill. When they reached the top, Pan realized where they where. "Oh… This is my grandmother's old place, isn't it Trunks? That why you parked here!" Pan looked up at Trunks with gleaming eyes. Pan never really knew much about this place, Chi-Chi moved out before Pan was born and the house was demolished. "Yes, but over here is what I want to show you." Trunks took Pan's arm and led her over to an old willow tree. There were 2 hearts engraved on the tree - one with Goku and Chi-Chi's name and one with Gohan and Videl's. On the other side of the tree, there was a beautiful view of the city. The ball could be seen perfectly from there. On the ground under the tree, there was a red wool blanket. Even though there was snow on the ground, the blanket was the bone dry and very warm. While Pan looked at the view, Trunks tried to come up with the right words. The count down clock now read 1 minute and 30 seconds. Pan turned around to tell Trunks, but instead was signaled to walk over to him. He had her sit down on the blanket next to the light to keep warm. When he stood up straight, he looked at his watch for timing. Pan was watching him with a look of confusion on her face. Trunks then took a deep breath, cleared his throat, and knelt down on one knee on the blanket. With 45 seconds till midnight, Trunks put everything on the line, swallowed the one bad gene his father game him, and pulled a small black velour box from his winter coat.

At the sight of this, Pan gasped and put a hand to her mouth and tried not to cry. She had wanted this ever since that space adventure she snuck on when she was only 14. With a tear sneaking out of Pan's eye, Trunks put his arm on his knee and held the box with both hand and went for it. "Pan I've known you since you were born. You're practically my sister. As much as you tormented me, and I tormented you though the years, we still became good friends. And most times, two people go further then good friends, as we soon found out. And being with you made me realize that you're the one. You're the one I want to spend the rest of my life with. Through thick and thin we've been there for each other and I know that bond will never be broken. Son Pan…" With this said so far, Trunks opened the small box reveling a beautiful engagement ring that only Trunks would be able to afford. It was silver with a simple Princess cut diamond on top and tiny sapphires lined the band halfway 'round. With only a quick glace at the ring, Pan's eyes never left Trunks' eyes. She now had tears rolling down her cheeks. "…will you marry me?"  Inside, Trunks was screaming, 'Say yes, say yes!' But his face was showing only love. In the background, the count down could be heard counting down from 10,9,8, and so on. Just as the countdown reached 3, Pan wiped a tear from her eyes. "Yes! Yes Trunks, I will marry you!" and with that said, Trunks lifted pan up off the blanket and placed the ring on her finger. As her leaned in to kiss her, the countdown ended and the ball hit ground and exploded into fireworks for all to enjoy.

But standing in the tree, was the one person that would witness the beautiful sight of Pan & Trunks' engagement on New Years. Son Goku's spirit was floating undetected in the tree watching the fireworks and his only granddaughter kiss the one man she loved. With the colorful fireworks in the midnight sky, the silhouettes of Trunks in his winter coat and Pan in her short fur coat with the ring glittering off her hand, was the most beautiful sight Goku had ever seen. He himself had to wipe a tear from his eye then disappeared. Over on CC when the ball hit, Videl and Bulma were able to pull there men in for their midnight kiss while Bra and Goten stood making gagging noises while watching the fireworks.

After braking off their kiss, Pan looked up into Trunks' eyes. Her indigo eyes were shinning in the moonlight. Trunks looked down at her and smiled. He embraced her in a loving embrace. "Oh Trunks." Pan tried to sound strong as she hugged her true love. "I've waited for this moment for so long. And now that its come, its better then I've ever imagined." Pan rested her head on his shoulder and swallowed her tears as she enjoyed this moment. Wanting it to last forever. Never ending just him, her, and the moonlit midnight sky. Music began to play to welcome the New Year. '…baby, hold my hand. Show me you're my man …' Trunks and Pan began dancing in the snow up where everything started. Where the Sons were formed, where romance stared. '…let's dance while the lights are shining bright…' Neither wanted that moment to end. Scared to death what the future might hold, but that did not stop them.

The fireworks festival lasted until day brake. Everyone around was having fun dancing, skating, and just plain having a blast. On the rooftop of CC while Vegeta was in his own corner recovering from the shock of Bulma forcing the kiss on him; Bra, Goten, Videl, & Gohan were dancing.  When the sun did some up, Trunks' awoke from under the tree. He did not even realize he had fallen asleep. After they had finished dancing, he and Pan decided to sit down under the tree. Trunks looked down and saw his Pan curled up in a ball with her head on his lap. "I guess it wasn't so hard. Mom was right. All I needed to do was swallow my pride and just ask the question. What did I have to lose? What's the worse Pan could have said? But its over now, I've got my baby. And life couldn't get any better." Trunks gently stroked Pan's hair, which caused Pan to wake up. "Hey…" She said sleepily as she stretched to kiss her love. "Morning…" Trunks smiles down at her as she rested her head back in his lap. The sun was in the sky and when Trunks checked his watch, it was already 7:16am. "Hey…we better get you home." Trunks looked down at his sleeping beauty and she just snuggled closer to him. So Trunks picked her up and carried her back to the car and drove her home. When they got there, Trunks walked Pan inside and straight up to her room so she could rest. It was the first time Trunks had seen Pan's room, and he was awe struck. It was the master bedroom of the house and had a double door entrance. The closet was huge enough that Trunks had to ask if it was another room, which of course made Pan laugh. The walls were eggshell white and the bed was a circular four-poster bed with a flat side where the headboard was; the rest was pure circular. It had a canopy draped over the four posters that was cotton; so you couldn't see through.

"How about the grand tour of your future house?" Pan smiled and looked up at Trunks. He was staring at the bed, which was a bed, which had a huge bay window behind it, and double French doors, which lead to the balcony, to the right of the window. With a quick tug on his arm, Pan was able to lead Trunks out of the room and back downstairs. Before she showed him around, she took both coats and hung them up in the coat closet at the bottom of the stairs. She then showed her stunned Trunks the living room, kitchen, and the shower-less bathroom, and the grand dinning room with a long oak table in the middle. The second floor consisted of 4 small bedrooms, the master room, library, a hallway bathroom, and the staircase to attic; which Pan has not gone up into yet so she claimed. By the end of the tour, they went back in Pan's room where Pan went in her closet and changed into something more comfortable. She came back out wearing a denim mini skirt and white blouse and her red bandana in her hair. She opened her balcony door, walked out and was soon followed by Trunks. "Wow. Its beautiful." Trunks put his arm around Pan as they both looked out on the ocean waves crashing onto the white sandy shore. "But not as butiful as you, Pan-chan." Pan blushed as Trunks kissed her check. "Isn't it? I love it here. I wouldn't leave it for anything…well, almost anything." Pan looked up at Trunks and smiled as Trunks moved in for yet another kiss. They stood there embracing each other while watching the waves. Which of course, what does watching waves make one do? "I'll be right back Trunks" Pan headed off into her private bathroom located in the room. When she returned, Trunks was still standing on the balcony looking out at the waves. He turned around when he hear her coming. "This is amazing Pan-Chan. This, this house is beautiful and the view, the view is gorgeous!"

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I'll try and hurry with the next chappie.