Only Sixteen

By: Shari Celestine

A.K.A.

Serenity

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After one night of passion, Pan ends up pregnant. Trunks, the father of the baby, not realizing how much he loves Pan turns her away. Hurt from rejection Pan leaves Japan and Trunks behind. What happens they meet up five years later? Starts out as a T/M but ends up as a T/P.

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§ Chapter Eight: The Truth Comes Out §

Pan stared at the phone she had just hung up. Marron had answered her page that was meant for Trunks. How long would it before she put two and two together?

"Pan-chan." Satomi walked into her best friend's room.

"Eeep!" Pan jumped spinning around to face her bedroom door. She sighed once she saw who it was.

Satomi raised an eyebrow. "Are you alright Pan, you look as white as a sheet?"

"Y-Yeah you just startled me."

"Okay. Come on let's take the twins to the movies I think Boxer is getting edgy."

"Sure." Looking back at the phone once more Pan left her room with Satomi.

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As Trunks entered the small dining room his hotel sweet offered him he tensed suddenly, something was wrong he just didn't know what is was.

"Who is she Trunks?" Marron's sharp voice caught his attention

"Who Marron? You're not making any sense." He sat down at the table.

Marron came up beside him slamming his plate down on the table. Trunks looked down at the burnt stir-fry and then up questionably at his wife. "Marron?"

"Your pager went off, three times! At first I thought I'd just ignore it 'cause it could be a employee from work but after the third time I couldn't ignore it. I picked it up and dialed the person back and do you know who answered?"

"No-"

"It was a woman, Trunks! Who the hell was she?"

"Marron you over reacting, I have many female employees too, you know the firm isn't only made up of men." Trunks was shocked by Marron's reaction.

"I don't think so Trunks, she sounded as if she really knew you."

"How can you tell from taking to her on the phone for a few seconds?"

"Call in wife intuition. Trunks who is she, who number 33 on you cell phone?"

Trunks' eye went wide.

"Oh so now you're beginning to comprehend how serious this is. Who is she?"

Trunks sat up and left the dinner table. He had his back to her as she leaned against the counter top by his pager and cell phone.

"I'd hoped it wouldn't have to come to this Marron. I was going to tell you on my own when the time was right but I guess that time is now."

Marron's hands flew to her mouth as she sat down quickly. "Your cheating on me with that woman aren't you?" Her voice quivered.

"If you asking if I've slept with her the answer is no but I did once so long ago, I thought I could forget her but seeing her again like this…Marron I'm sorry."

"Who is she Trunks?"

"It's Pan."

Marron looked flabbergasted. "Pan, Son Pan? The same little girl that you dumped after that one-night-stand? Trunks how could you?"

Trunks sighed. "Marron things are different now…you wouldn't understand."

Marron walked over to him forcing him to look at her. "Trunks, tell me. Make me understand, what the hell could have changed between then and now to make you feel anything towards her?" Her blue eyes searched his desperately.

"Marron, when I was with Pan we slept together. It was a one-night-stand yes but something happened that night. I guess I was so caught up in the moment I didn't think…I didn't used protection and Pan ended up pregnant."

"No!" She sobbed walking as far away from him as she could. She bumped into the table. "Trunks how could you? Have you no brains at all!" Her voice cracked.

"So now what? What are we supposed to do? Just because she had your kid you're going to go running back to her? What about us Trunks? Tell me that night was a mistake, how do you know they're yours? Do you have proof? She could be trying to string you along again-"

"It's not like that!" Trunks yelled.

Marron shut her mouth but a silent tear ran down her face.

"Marron listen to me I was as shocked as you were when I found out but I've seen them! They look just like us. Boxer looks like my dad okay and Bikini looks like my mom. There's no changing the facts, Marron I know this is hard for you-"

"Hard for me! God damn it Trunks! You have no idea what this is doing to me, do you? Do you even care?"

"Of course-"

"No you don't, you just want to get back with Pan, don't you? Good lord, for once in your life stop thinking with your balls! I mean look where that got you the first time? A roll in the hay with a little girl and two unwanted brats!"

"That's not true Marron!"

The pregnant pause that followed seemed to last forever.

"W-what?" Marron finally asked.

"I said it's not true. Pan wasn't just some roll in the hay and the twins…they all mean something to me."

Marron let this information sink in. "Okay Trunks I think I see why you're acting like this. Your getting older and you want to have a family…I can give you that, Trunks, just give us another chance."

"…Marron I can't."

Marron couldn't understand…what would make him do this? Then it dawned on her.

"Oh God, Trunks your still in love with her aren't you?"

Trunks turned from her unable to been her eyes.

"You do." She answered her own question.

Suddenly her eyes darkened as the anger inside her exploded like a dam. "How dare you! I am your wife God damn it! We promised before God to 'love honor and protect each the until death do us part' did those word mean nothing to you?"

"No." His voice was just above a whisper now.

"I can't believe this…I can't deal with this right now. I'm going for a walk."

With that said she turned on her heels picked up her coat and left the hotel room.

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Pan sat alone in front of her T.V. with a mug of hot coco in her hands. The T.V. was off and she stared blankly at the dark screen. A tear fell and then another and another until they flowed down freely.

Suddenly there was a pounding on the apartment door, Pan was so startled that she dropped her mug spilling the coco all over her pants and on the carpet.

The knocking came again. Pan looked through the living room door, down the hall and to the front door. Please just go away… She thought sadly.

"Pan! Are you there? It's Trunks I need to talk to you!"

Pan's heart skipped a beat, it was Trunks. She jumped out of the chair to open the door, then she remembered what had happened at the café. No, I won't let him hurt me any longer…

"Pan I know your in there I can sense your ki!"

"Pan this is important, please open the door!"

"Go away! I won't be your fool anymore, Trunks!" Hot tears ran down her face.

"Pan don't be like this, at least let me talk to you for five minutes."

"That's what you said last time and you told me you were sleeping with your wife again! Go away Trunks!"

"It was a mistake Pan, if I didn't she would have suspected something was wrong. But it doesn't matter now, she knows the truth."

Pan froze in place and for some reason she found herself shaking uncontrollably. She swallowed the huge lump in her throat. "You told her? What happened?" She began walking to the door.

Trunks sighed. "She flipped, what did you expect? We argued back and forth for about and hour before she walked out of the hotel. That was about fifteen minutes ago. Pan, please open the door I need to see you, talk to you, anything I just want to be near you right now." She heard a soft thud and guessed he was leaning against the door.

"Why?" She asked looking out the peephole.

"Why? Pan do you even have to ask?"

"Yes, I need to know and unless you want to spend the next hour out there I suggest you answer me too."

"Heh, I want to, no need to be near you because I love you Pan and I love our kids too."

"Trunks…" She whispered whipping the tears from her eyes.

Pan unlocked the door and opened it wide jumping into Trunks' waiting arms.

"I love you, Son Pan."

"And I love you, Trunks Vegeta Briefs."