Ch. 5 Remembering…

When I feel afraid, think I lost my way
Still you're there right beside me
Nothing will I fear
As long as you are near
Please be near me to the end

-(Darlene Zschech) Thy word.

Pan walked into the forest and climbed up a familiar tree. These happy memories… some started right here…

Flashback:

3yrs-old Pan climbed up the tree. She had been hiking with Trunks and Goten… now she was lost. Pan climbed into the huge hollow of the tree and unconsciously fell asleep. A few hours later, 8yrs-old Trunks found her. "Panny, wake up, it's okay, I'm here now." He picked her up and gently awoke her. "Trunks…? Trunks!" She wrapped her arms around him and he began to fly back home, still carrying her.

"Trunks?"

"Yeah?"

"Thank you."

"I would do the same for Bila and you're just like her, but you are welcome Panny." He smiled at her.

"I'm like Bila?"

"Hmm."

"Trunks?"

"Uh-huh?"

"I love you."

"I love you too, squirt."

End Flashback

"Remembering?" A voice behind her asked. "I wanted to be left alone, Trunks."

"I know… I wanted to tell you… that whatever was wrong or is still wrong." He corrected himself. "I'll wait as long as you need…" he added. "Panny…that day, I told you that I loved you… I still do…" He placed a hand on her shoulder but she slapped it away. "Don't say that to me like that! Don't touch me like it doesn't matter because to me, it does!"

"Pan, what are you saying?"

"I'm saying that I love…" No…I can't believe… that I just told him that I love him…Pan quickly levitated and began to leave, but Trunks grabbed her hand. "Panny…" He pulled her to him and wrapped his arms around her. "That's why? huh?" She tried to pull away, but was unsuccessful. "Panny… it's okay." Trunks held her close to him. "Pan, look at me." Strong, slender fingers grabbed her chin and turned her till she faced a pair of round-cut pieces of ice. "Trunks…" She whimpered, unable to look away from the piercing gaze, feeling a small bit of hope when she saw no pain in his eyes- in fact- was that love?

Trunks looked lovingly- yes, lovingly into Pan's eyes, giving a slight smirk when the girl tried to pull away but couldn't because of the hold he had on her. Why is he staring at me like that? Is that… love… in his eyes?

"Panny, what were you about to say again?" Pan started to panic.

"I…um…uh…-" Pan struggled once again, gaze darting everywhere but Trunk's face, not wanted to let him be certain of her feelings.

"Pan." His tone was still very patient. Pan's gaze finally fell back on the one's across from her, eyes locking and she couldn't look away.

Her shoulders slumped as a deep sadness crept into her eyes, liquid filling raven orbs as she stared with a weary smile into Trunks's beautiful gaze.
" I love you." There she had said it.
Now he can reject me, and never speak to me again and let my broken heart die in peace.
Instead, to her complete bewilderment (and pleasure) a hot, hungry mouth claimed her lips and stole her breath away greedily. He caressed her bottom lip as he asked for entrance that she instantly gave.

The kiss lasted for as long as one possibly could without oxygen, ending with both parting and gasping for air, only to jump on each other for another, shorter but no less urgent kiss.
I can't believe it… my prayers… have been answered…I hope that this isn't a dream…
To her own surprise, as well as Trunks's, it was Pan that pulled away first. She tucked a lose strand of silky lilac hair behind his ears. "We should head back, you know, if Goten's back, he'll start to wonder."
"Guess you're right." Trunks smiled and wrapped his arms around her once more. " I guess what they say is true, you don't know what you have until it's gone… I love you…"

He was a boy She was a girl Can I make it any more obvious?
-(Avril Lavigne) S8ter Boy