Forgotten promises

Chapter six

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A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed. I'm sorry it took me ages to update, the last week of school was so bad but I've got two weeks of holidays now. lol.

The room was quiet once again as everyone held their breaths. There was sweat dripping down his face. Pan was mad at him at the moment and if he chose her then they'd probably make up but it would damage his relationship with Marron. He still wanted to know if he and her could build something out of their relationship. He needed help, he couldn't decide so he said the first thing that came to mind.

"I'm sorry Pan…" Trunks began to say but she cut him off.

"Don't be!" She said sharply. "Don't say something you don't mean. Just like you shouldn't make promises you can't keep." She faced him and he could see the tears dripping slowly down her face. It hurt him more than a thousand daggers to see her so hurt. This was the worst he had ever seen. Pan was never like this. She was depressed once in a while but this, this was worse then seeing her die. "Just leave me alone. Go away and never come back." She got her hand and raised it to her forehead, fingers in position.

"WAIT!" He screamed but she had disappeared. "COME BACK!" Trunks ran to where she lay just a few moments ago and dropped to the ground. He had made the biggest mistake of his life. Nothing in the world was worth causing her this much pain and nothing in the world would make her come back to him. He had lost her forever. Those last three words had affected her more then he could ever imagine.

"I'm sorry Trunks, I'm sure you never meant for that to happen." Marron stood by him and put a reassuring hand on his shoulder.

He turned around and she stepped back for a minute. There was fear in her eyes and red in his. "You don't understand. She's gone from my life forever. There is nothing I can do or ever say to her again." She stepped back further. Something about the way he said those words scared her. Marron knew he was never going to be the same again.

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"I hate him so much," Pan sobbed into her pillow. She had IT home and it hurt more than ever to know she would always be second best. "I hate him. I hate him." She repeated. The fact that they had always been the best of friends meant nothing to him. "I mean nothing to him. I'm just someone who he can come to when things are going bad. When has he ever helped me. When was the last time he told me things would be fine?" More tears cascaded down her face but she did nothing to wipe them away. The longer Pan lay there, the more hours ticked by until it was morning again. Her eyes held nothing but blackness. No word or actions could ever bring her back.

"KNOCK KNOCK"

Someone knocked repeatedly on her door but she never gave it a second glance. Then a key turned and whoever it was let themselves in. There were very few people she gave her keys to.

"Pan? Pan, are you here?" Shouted her mother and father.

"Oh kami!" Videl shouted as she ran over to her daughter. There was no trace of happiness what-so-ever. "Talk to me. Are you okay? Your father went to Bulma's yesterday when he sensed your ki drop but you weren't there." Still she was silent.

"Pan! Talk to me. What's wrong?" Gohan asked urgently. She still continued to stare into space and didn't look at them once, or neither did she flinch when they shook her.

"Tell me what's wrong?" Videl cried as she hugged her.

"Nothing mom, I'm fine!" She put on a smile which made them shiver. It seemed so fake, so forced and there was something lifeless about it. Her head slowly turned to face them. "I better get ready for school then, wouldn't want to miss that." Her voice was calm yet eerie.

"Okay dear!" Videl stuttered. She stepped back a bit to give her some space.

"Well, I'll see you two later!" Pan said before grabbing her bag and walking out the door.

"There's something wrong with her!" Gohan frowned. "I've never seen her like this before. I wonder what happened over at Bulma's?"

"I don't know but I'm going to find out!" She shuddered. The room seemed so much colder now and Gohan held her close. "She seems so dead."

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Pan walked through the hallways and stopped at her locker. The creepiness seemed to disappear and was replaced with emptiness. Her soul was empty, her mind was empty and lastly, her heart was empty. After everything she had endured all her life, watching him date other woman, forget her because he was busy with them, that was the final straw. Hearing him say those last words almost killed her. She had loved him with every fiber in her body and the most aching truth was she still did. He had broken her heart the moment he said that and he didn't even know. It was painful to know that she could never really hate him, it wasn't his fault. She would try and make herself believe that she could hate him, shouting it out when she was mad, but in reality she could never. No matter how much pain he caused her, she could still never hate him.

"Why do I love him so much? What makes him so damn special?" She muttered to herself. "How come I ask questions I can't answer?"

"Pan!" The voice gave her a start and she hit her head against the metal. "I'm sorry if I scared you. I just needed to talk to you." Pan turned around and was surprised to see her friend looking worse then her. Her eyes were red and puffy plus her face was pale.

"What's wrong Rita? What happened?" She instantly took on the role of the helpful person who was their to comfort a friend in need.

"You were right, he doesn't love me. I should never of gone against what you said." Rita cried onto Pan's shoulder while Pan rubbed her back, trying to get her to calm down. "I saw him with another woman."

"I didn't mean what I said. Maybe he was seeing a friend." She suggested.

"I saw them together." Pan raised an eyebrow showing that she wasn't sure if she got her meaning. "In the bedroom." She sighed and hugged her friend. "Aren't you going to say you told me so?" Rita cried harder.

"No, I'm not going to tell you I told you so."

"I thought he loved me." She sobbed.

"Things are going to be fine. You'll find someone else who is much better than him. Someone who's always going to be there for you." Pan stood there and felt her life fall apart. Everything was taking a wrong turn. Her life was at its peak, no one could make her feel any better.

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Four months had passed since the incident and he rarely saw her. She came over once in a while to see Bra and to train with Vegeta but that was it. There was hardly ever a time she glanced at him, let alone spoke with him and he couldn't blame her. He tried numerous times to talk to her but she gave him an icy stare and continued with what she was doing. Marron tried to talk to him, his mother tried to talk to him but he pushed them further away. He only wanted to speak with Pan. Trunks felt himself wanting to die because she wasn't a part of his life and that made him more confused. He couldn't decide what he felt for her. Sometimes he felt himself growing angry when she was with some guy, felt annoyed when they made her laugh, and felt heated when they made her smile. All he knew was that he was depressed most of the time.

"Pan, don't go!" He muttered as he tossed and turned in his bed. Then he sat up with a jolt. "I'm only dreaming!" Trunks said to himself. He heard a noise at the door and glanced over to see Bra holding a video camera. She was laughing at something and he sighed. "Leave me alone Bra, I don't have time for your silly pranks." Normally he would've chased her around the house and broken her camera but he was different since the incident.

"You never have time for anything." She sighed and went to sit on a nearby chair. "Go out there and get a life. She'll come round." He gave her a glare and they were both quiet. "What you said hurt her real bad and in her mind I know she doesn't really hate you."

Trunks gave her a quizzical look. "Just leave me alone. You don't know what the hell you're talking about. Of course she hates me." He then put the covers over his head and shut his eyes.

"She doesn't hate you. You don't notice it but I do. She comes here, gives you a glare and then does her thing. Think about it, if she hated you so much then why would she bother looking at you, let alone come here. She knows as well as I do that I could always come over there." She leaned against the chair and smirked.

From under the covers Trunks had a grin, he wasn't quite sure why he was grinning but he knew it had something to do with what his sister had just said. "So you mean if I asked her to forgive me then she would." She laughed and shook her head. This only confused him more. "Then what the hell are you trying to tell me?"

"I'm saying she doesn't hate you, not that she's ever going to admit that. She's only trying to act the part. Even if you do try and talk to her, she's still going to ignore you. She isn't the type to give up easily. The only way Pan will come round if she sees you hurt, physically, or maybe near death. Then she'll be by your side in I don't know, two seconds. Anyway, why do you care whether she hates or likes you. It isn't as though you care what she feels." Bra questioned.

"I care what she feels. She's my best friend." He said angrily.

"Was your best friend." She beamed. "I sense a little jealousy. Are you a little itty bitty jealous of her new boyfriend."

"She has a boyfriend?" He asked as he sat up straight. "Who is he?" Trunks demanded.

"My poor, poor brother. Just admit that you like her. Come on say it." She pouted as he gave her a glare.

"I said who is he?" He asked again, this time voice rising.

"It's that guy that comes here with her sometimes. What's his name, Kyle. Yeah that's it. He and her are getting pretty serious. I think he's going to propose to her sometime soon. I reckon it's still a bit early for that but I guess as long as they love each other then that's all that matters. It's going to be so exciting. She promised I would be her maid of honor." Bra said excitedly.

He felt something stab at him but he still wasn't sure what it was. It was probably the shock of hearing it for the first time. "When was she ever going to tell me?" There was suddenly a black hole in his heart, the place he had set aside for the girl he thought was Marron. "Why do I feel this way?"

"Are you okay Trunks?" Bra asked.

"I don't know." He was somewhere lost in space. "I don't know what's wrong with me."

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That was a pretty short chapter but I'll make it up to you. Anyway, please R&R. Thanks a million.