Disclaimer : I do not own Dragonball Z or Dragonball GT. I also do not own the song Come Home Soon.
Song: Come Home Soon by Shedaisy.
"talking" song lyrics
Come Home Soon
I don't know what you're doin'
And I don't know where you are
But I look up at that great big sky
And I hope you're wishin' on that same bright star
Melanie hung up the phone and went downstairs to find Pan standing there. They left to go to the mall. Of course, Pan already had her dress. But that was to be expected. So they wondered around the mall until Melanie saw a really pretty black one with rhinestones in it. Melanie went and tried it on. The dress was about three hundred and fifty dollars, but it was well worth it.
The dress fit Melanie really well. It accented her curves nicely. She came out of the dressing and went to show Pan.
"Rai is going to fall for you yet. Especially in that dress." Pan said.
"You think so because Goten said that he likes me."
"First of all….I'm sure that Goten knows, and second do you care?"
"No, not really. As long as he likes me I'm fine."
"Good. Now that's the one that we're getting…so go back and change."
"All right." Melanie said as she went back into the dressing room.
It took her a good fifteen minutes to change. In reality it took more like two or three, but Melanie just had to sit and think. When she finally came out, the girls went to the checkout counter and Pan paid for the dress. Melanie knew that she couldn't protest anything with Pan because Pan was the rich one. With Hercule, her grandpa, winning the world tournaments, and being married to Trunks. So Melanie just accepted the dress.
"Thanks Pan. Are you ever going to stop buying me things?" Melanie asked as he grabbed her dress.
"Nope…so just get use to it. At least Bra stopped."
"That was because her parents cut her off. You should hear her when I find something and can't afford it."
"What do you mean?" Pan asked as they reached her black BMW convertible.
"Well…" Melanie got in the car and said, "She still wants to buy me things. I keep telling her that it's fine. But Bra just won't take no for an answer.
"Yep, that's her. How is she doing?"
"Good. Some days she's really tired and others are just happy. She calls Trunks every once in awhile."
"That's cool. Sometimes I worry about her. I doubt that she would ever feel normal."
"Yeah…that's what happens when your parents kick you out…" Melanie said as she trailed off.
"Or just leave because they can."
Melanie nodded as she laid her head on Pan's shoulder and said, "Why did dad have to leave? I mean couldn't he have stayed? Those years were really hard for me. I think that mom was just use to it."
"I dunno. I mean I thought it was hard, but I had Trunks. The one person you could trust wouldn't even talk to you."
"Yeah…I know…why did the dragon take dad away?"
"Because…I dunno…I think that he was always suppose to be part of the dragon balls."
"But leaving me behind like that?"
"I think Grandpa Goku did it in order to protect you. Remember they didn't know if you would even survive your first year because you were born three and a half months early?" Melanie nodded. "Well….I think that you were always special to him besides the fact that you were born when my dad was twenty-six years old….that in itself was a big achievement."
"I realize that. It's just that sometimes I wonder did he even wasn't a family with mom or not….because he was forced into it."
"Well dad says that…."
"I know what Gohan says, but still…."
"Then don't think about it." Pan said.
"Well…it's not that easy. I mean the only real father figure I ever had was Goten."
"What about dad?"
"He always yelled at me for something."
"That's because you were his baby sister and he worried about you."
"I realize that. With Goten everything was cool. He managed to always listen even when he was being controlled by Bebi."
"I heard you were the only one that could talk to him. So….when did he break up with Paris?"
"Two days after the world had been restored. The most important part though was the fact that Paris was launching her modeling career and decided to do that through Videl."
"Somehow I always knew that Paris was up to no good."
"Yep."
Before they knew it, they were back to Melanie's house. Pan helped her get the dress and then drove off. Now, Melanie almost could understand Pan. She thought she always had, but now it made sense. Melanie went inside to find Mariana asleep on the couch. Melanie could not believe it. She looked at the clock and saw that it was 10:02 pm. That meant that hopefully Bra and Goten would be home soon.
Melanie just continued up the stairs to her room, where she hung her dress up in her closet. She was sitting on her bed when she heard her phone ring.
"Hello?"
"Hwi."
Melanie was trying not to giggle. "Is this Geta?"
"Yeppie!" Geta excitedly said. "Dwaddy told me to call wou."
"Why?"
"Dunno."
"It's late. You should be asleep. I wonder what Rai is going to say…" Melanie trailed off.
In the background, you heard Rai come in and yell at Geta. Then he picked up the phone. "Hello? I'm sorry about that. My son just pushed numbers…"
"Good one. So you mean to tell me that you don't have my number on speed dial?"
"Hey Melanie. Did Geta wake you?"
"Nope…I just got home. Goten's going to be pissed because my mom is nowhere to be found."
"Did she leave a note?"
"If she did I wouldn't know. Mariana went crazy with the food. So I'm guessing Mariana didn't even know. Can you hold on a minute?" Melanie asked.
"Yep."
Melanie ran downstairs and picked Marian up, and then took Mariana upstairs to her room. After Melanie was sure Mariana was fine, she went back to the phone. All that took about four minutes.
"Sorry about that. I put Mariana to bed."
"Did you look for a note?"
"Yeah…but I didn't see one."
"Oh…that's ok then. You want me and Geta to come over and keep you company?" Rai concernedly asked.
"Nope…I think that we'll be fine."
"Are you sure?"
"No…not really. But I'll can you if I need you."
"Sounds good. Do you want me to call you in the morning?"
"….Yeah….can you?"
"Of course…call Gohan and tell him."
"All right."
"Bye."
"Bye Rai."
Melanie hung up the phone. She went downstairs to clean up the mess. Melanie was so pissed. She couldn't believe that her mother would do this. Melanie knew how much Bra and Goten depended on her mom. She knew that there had to be a reason because there is a reason for everything that happens.
After she was done cleaning, she looked at the clock and it said 12:14 am. She knew that Gohan hated to be disturbed, but also knew that she needed her brother rather then her crush. So she picked up the phone and dialed Gohan's number.
Melanie was so anxious. She couldn't even remember if Gohan was home or not. But Melanie knew how to find him if he wasn't, so it's not that big of a deal. The phone rang four times before someone answered.
"Hello?" A sleepy voice said.
"It's Mellie. Is Gohan there?"
"Duh Mellie, it's me. What's wrong?"
"Mom isn't here. I got home at ten. I don't know what to do. There's no note. Everything from her room is gone…" Melanie paused. "Gohan, I'm scared."
This caused Gohan to sit up. He knew that this would happen. "Ok calm down. I take it that Bra and Goten aren't home yet. So I'll be there. You call Bulma and …"
"She's not there. I was talking to Rai earlier."
"Oh…so you call him before you call me?" Gohan said pretending to be hurt.
"No…Geta called me. Rai took the phone away form him. My number is on his speed dial."
"That's all right. Don't worry I'll be over in a couple of minutes."
"All right."
Melanie and Gohan both hung up the phone. She knew that by now her brother and sister-in-law would be home in the morning. So Melanie should be ok. It took about ten minutes for Gohan to get there. When he got here, he gave his baby sister a hug.
"Everything's going to be fine. I promise." Gohan said as he and Melanie sat on the couch.
"How do you know?"
"Because mom has done this before."
"When?"
"When Goten was six months. She just left. She came back the next day. This time though…. I'm not sure if she is coming home."
"Then why wait eight years? Why didn't she just leave after dad left?" Melanie asked.
"I don't know…" Gohan grabbed Melanie and sat her on his lap. "Mellie…I know how you feel. It's normal. You just have to let it out. Trust me…"
"Why should I?"
"Because…"
"Gohan are you and Videl through?"
"Yep….we are. She left me for some guy."
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have called."
"No…you had too. Anyway…Dad left the first time when I was five. It sucked. I was so sure that I hated him. But I figured out that he had to leave and that it wasn't my fault. You have to remember that. It wasn't your fault at all."
"All right then…what about mom?"
"Not you fault either. I can't honestly tell you what she's doing or thinking. But I know that you're always going to be my favorite little sister."
"That's cause I'm your only little sister. So yeah…I'm really tired. Rai invited me to got with him to that formal even at Capsule Corp tomorrow, which I guess would be later today, but I'm going."
"That's good. You need to go. Trust me."
"I do and you know that." Melanie said as she got comfortable laying her head on his shoulder. "I'm just really nervous."
"Don't be. Everything's going to be fine."
"All right."
That was the last thing that Melanie said before she went to sleep. She was so exhausted and she just didn't want to be awake right now. When Melanie woke up later that day, she was in her room. She got up and ran downstairs. As soon as she got to the bottom of the stirs, she saw Goten.
"Goten can I…."
"Mellie, its not you fault. You at least cleaned everything up and cleaned Mariana up."
"Yeah…but I should have taken her with me. I couldn't forgive myself if something had happen to her."
"Nothing did and your fine. That's all. I'm just glad that you came home. Don't worry about it. Everything's going to be fine."
"All right."
"By the way, Rai called around ten this morning. I told him that you would call him back." Goten said.
"All right. I'll go do that." Melanie exclaimed.
Melanie looked at the clock and saw that it was two in the afternoon. There was not enough time to call. But Melanie didn't care. A ten minute call couldn't hurt, right? As soon as she got to her room, she sat on her bed and grabbed the phone. After about two minutes, she dialed Rai's number.
"Hello?" Rai said a little out of breath.
"It's Melanie. You called. I didn't catch you at a bad time."
"Nope." Rai said. "I had to run up the stairs."
"That's cool."
"How's everything been?"
"Fine….I doubt that Pan knows, but Gohan and Videl broke up."
"That's probably ok though. Shouldn't you be getting ready?"
"Probably. I mean…I have to beat your place in four hours. But that's plenty of time. Don't worry. I'll be there."
"All right. I trust you Melanie."
"That's good."
"I'll see you when you get here."
"All right. Bye."
"Bye."
Melanie hung up the phone and went to the closet. She took out her dress and starred at it. Melanie was truly nervous, but decided to start getting ready. Because in her brain that this could maybe calm her nerves.
She took her shower and then went through the drawer in the bathroom. Melanie was digging through trying to find to put her hair up in, but she couldn't find it. So Melanie went Bra's room.
"Bra? I need your help." Melanie said outside the door.
"I'm busy…"
"I don't care. I have to be at Capsule Corp in a little under three and half hours and I have no clue of what to do with my hair." Melanie paused. "Bra please?"