Hello everyone! How was your 4th of July? Mine was really fun. My cousin and I actually jumped through some of the firework fountains that we had. I thought that we were going to burn ourselves but we didn't. It wasn't like jumping through fire like I expected, more like jumping through sparks. By the way, if anyone wants to know, I'm 16.
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The Secret Affair
Ch.9
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Gohan and Videl returned the following evening.
"Pan?" Videl shouted as she walked inside the house.
"We're home!" Gohan said. Thinking it was slightly peculiar that she wasn't responding they walked up to her room calling her name. They became frightened of the thought that something had happened to her. They knocked before opening the door. They saw her curled up in her bed.
Videl rushed to her side. She knelt down by her bed and brushed the hair away from Pan's ashen colored face.
"Pan, honey? Look at me please?" Videl pleaded.
Pan's eyes which were staring into space beforehand forced themselves to look up into Videl's own eyes. Noticeable dry tears covered her soft face.
"Pan-chan, what happened?" Gohan asked.
"Mommy?" Pan squeaked.
"Yes sweetie? What is it?" She said soothingly.
Pan wanted to tell them what had happened. But she couldn't. Trunks might be the father of her baby and she didn't want anything bad to happen to him even after what he just did.
"I'm just so…scared." She managed to get out before breaking down and crying.
"Oh, Gohan. I knew that we shouldn't have left her here by herself." Videl said looking at Gohan's fearful face. Videl turned to look at her daughter again.
"Oh honey, I'm so sorry. Are you ok?" Gohan said as he sat down on Pan's bed taking her hand in his. Pan struggled to get up and they helped her.
"Pan! It looks as though you haven't even got up since we left yesterday!" Videl said.
"I don't think I have." Pan said weakly.
"Oh Pan, what did we tell you?'' Gohan said.
"You need to keep eating. The baby needs you to keep eating." Videl informed her once more.
"Alright mom." Pan agreed.
They led her to the kitchen and Videl whipped up something for her to eat.
After she was finished eating they told her that tomorrow they would have to tell everyone, especially Trunks, that she was expecting.
That night as she lay in bed dreading the next day, she thought about everything that had happened to her. Within 3 weeks she managed to turn her life upside-down. Her hands unconsciously moved over her abdomen. She began to think about the life growing inside her. Even though it's smaller than her nail its still hers and she would protect it no matter what. Trunks made her realize that she needed to.
No, she wouldn't tell anyone about Trunks because if he was the father of her baby then she didn't want him harmed in any way. But maybe just maybe it didn't have to be that way. After all she didn't love him and there was Vegeta.
Vegeta actually treated her with more respect then Trunks did. He didn't force himself on her, it was completely her decision to sleep with him. Vegeta might possibly be the father of her child. She prayed to Dende that it was him and not Trunks. She was afraid of Trunks now. Afraid of the things he might do to her, there could be worse things than what he had already done. What if he harmed the baby in some way?
Pan felt this protective emotion surge through her. She would protect her baby no matter what. She was the one responsible for bringing it into this cold, cruel world but she would make sure that her baby would be completely loved and cared for.
After concluding those last thoughts she let her mind relax and she fell into a comfortable, soothing sleep. The best nights sleep she had in weeks.
The following morning she woke up early, took a shower and dressed. She loathed the idea of going over to C.C. and telling everyone, especially Vegeta and Trunks but she knew she had to go through with this and the sooner she gets there the sooner it's over. As she walked to the kitchen she saw her parents up and her mother serving breakfast.
"Hurry up and eat, so we can get out of here." Videl said.
"Ok, mom, like that's a problem." Pan replied.
Pan wolfed down her food and her orange juice. She felt a bit woozy, but she ignored the feeling and followed her parents out the door into the car. She sat in the back and silently stared out the widow. There really wasn't anything to be said that they hadn't already talked about. Yes she disappointed them, yes her future is ruined, yes she has a huge responsibility now, but now her feelings have changed. She doesn't see all those things anymore. She's actually looking forward to taking care of her own little baby. Pan smiled at that thought. It was the only thing that was actually hers. Her responsibility. Her parents had no say in it anymore. This was hers. Her baby would love her unconditionally and she would love it the same way.
She just wished that the baby would also be Vegeta's as well. She felt such a strong earning for him. But then what? If the baby turned out to be his, what then? Would he leave Bulma? Abandon her and the children he already has for one he created during a one night stand? She really didn't care anymore. She needed him. The baby needed him. She needed him to be with her. To help her take care of their baby. To help love their baby. She hoped he felt the same way.
Pan felt terrible for Bulma but the truth was that over the past year and a half things have crumbled between Bulma and Vegeta and everyone knew it. They didn't need each other anymore. Bulma has her children and enough money to last her the rest of her life. Vegeta didn't really want Bulma to begin with. Having their family was an accident. But then so was the child she was carrying. But if Pan and Vegeta became mated? Pan knows a little about Saiyan mating.
She knows that her parents are mated because they were in love when they had the opportunity. Plus didn't Vegeta say that he wanted to be mated? She wasn't sure if he said that or if that was something she made up. She decided not to think anymore for fear of a migraine. Pan caught Videl glancing at her in the rear-view mirror. Videl sympathetically looked at Pan. Pan forced a smile and started to play with her hands.
They would have flown and that obviously would have been faster but they didn't want to take a chance of hurting the baby or Pan. In a Saiyan pregnancy the child drains their mothers energy whenever she shows any kind of body challenging movements including flying. Pan wasn't allowed to train for the next 9 months.
They soon pulled up to C.C. and Pan slowly got out of the car and followed her parents up the walkway to C.C.
Gohan rang the doorbell. No answer.
Gohan rang the doorbell again. Inside they heard someone shouting.
"Bra, get the door please!"
Next there was the sound of footsteps running down the stairs. Bra opened the door looking irritated and it immediately changed when she saw who was at the door.
"Pan!" Bra squealed. She wrapped her arms around Pan. Pan gave her a weak pat on the back. When Bra didn't feel the excitement of Pan seeing her she knew something wasn't entirely right here.
"What's wrong?" She asked as she stepped back.
"Bra, are your parents home? Is Trunks home?" Videl said. Pan shivered at the mention of Trunks' name.
"Yeah, they're all home. Is something wrong?" Bra asked again.
"We'll tell you in a minute." Gohan answered.
"Ok come on in." Bra said.
Gohan and Videl walked in and as soon as they had disappeared into the family room Bra pulled Pan aside. Pan couldn't even make eye contact with her.
"Pan, are you ok?" Bra asked concerned of the well being of her best friend. Pan slowly looked up and into her eyes. She saw the look of alarm and worry in the eyes of the person she told everything to. Pan nodded.
'Pan! Don't' lie to your best friend. That's horrible! Just tell her the truth. Tell her you're not alright. Tell her what happened!' Pan ignored the thoughts in her head. Bra had to ask, "Is it about the time that I saw you and Trunks…" Pan eyes widened. But still she said nothing. She had to get this over with. She walked into the family room to join her parents.
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Bra was left there gaping at her best friend who was obviously troubled with something and wouldn't tell her. She wanted to help her but with the way Pan was acting she didn't know how. Bra spun around. The first one she went to get was her mother who was just in the next room.
After telling her mother what she knew Bulma walked out of the room as perplexed as Bra was. Bra then went to the intercom inside the family room and called Vegeta. Bra hesitated and turned around.
"Are you sure you want me to get my dad too?" Bra asked Pan.
Videl spoke up, "Well I don't really see the need-" "YES!!!" Pan nearly hollered.
Everyone stared at her in shock. She hadn't spoken a word since she arrived. Why did she want Vegeta to be here as well when he didn't really care about his own family? It was quite peculiar and suspicious to everyone there.
Bra decided not to argue. "Dad?" Bra paged.
"Yes princess?" Vegeta answered sweetly unaware of the fact that there were others listening to what he was saying.
Bra giggled.
"Can you come up here for a minute? Pan, Videl, and Gohan are here and want to see you." She told him.
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Vegeta froze. 'Why the hell do they want to see me? Did Pan tell them that I forced her or something? Stupid woman. I don't know what I'll do if she did that. I wouldn't do that to a girl whose father is 100x stronger than the average human'. A million thoughts raced through Vegeta's mind. He ran his shaky hands through his jet black hair. He took a deep breath and went to meet what he thought was his doom.
Little did he know that what Pan was about to say would be worse to Vegeta then if she had told her parents that he raped her.
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"TRUNKS!" Bra yelled into the direction of Trunks' room. "TRU-UNKS!" she yelled again.
Trunks came walking briskly down the stairs with his girlfriend, Gillian.
"What do you want?" He demanded obviously annoyed. Gillian was blushing furiously and Bra could tell what they had been doing. Bra though was not embarrassed or intimidated by they're current state of affairs.
"I just wanted to say, dear brother, that Gohan, Videl, and Pan are downstairs and wish to speak to you." She told him.
Trunks' eyes widened. 'I'm going to kill Pan if she told them anything. That lying slut.' He thought. (A.N.: No, Pan isn't a slut, nor am I going to turn her into one. Trunks is just a bit angry at the moment.)
"Do you know why they're here?" He asked.
"No." Bra said.
He composed himself and said coolly, "Hey babe, why don't I go pick you up later and I'll take you somewhere nice ok? You know, family business I need to take care of."
"Sure thing." She said air headedly. Gillian gave Trunks a peck on the cheek and skipped merrily down the stairs and out the front door.
Bra raised an eyebrow curiously. "Trunks, you really need to pick girlfriends that don't have the mentality of a rock."
"Yeah well, like they say, the stupider the better." He said.
Bra was utterly disgusted with her brother.
Trunks followed his sister down the stairs and into the family room where Vegeta was just entering as well.
Vegeta and Trunks both couldn't make eye contact with Pan. But it didn't matter though, Pan's eyes were downcast. She didn't take her eyes off the floor.
Pan never noticed before all the little zigzags the carpet had in its design. Everyone sat down comfortably but awkwardly. Vegeta actually took the farthest couch away from Bulma and Pan. He just didn't want to be near Bulma unless he had to and he was too nervous to even look at her.
There was this long awkward pause.
"So I guess you all are wondering what we're doing here, right?" Videl finally said.
No one wanted to answer.
"Well, the reason is because we're going to have a new addition to the family." Videl said.
"OH VIDEL!" Bulma shouted as she jumped up out of her seat to hug Videl lovingly.
"Oh my gosh!" Bra exclaimed as she went to congratulate Gohan.
"No, you don't understand." Videl said as Bulma released her from the tight hug.
"What do you mean?" Bulma asked worriedly.
"I'm not pregnant-"Videl started.
"I am." Pan finished.
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Oh! So now the secret is out…not the affair obviously but the other secret! Hope you enjoyed this chapter…took me forever to write and type it. I think I might be getting writers block! Eek! I hope not. Maybe if you give me lots of reviews I will try really hard to get over it! ;)
To the reviews:
Kairi: Um…why Pan what? I like Pan too! I don't understand what your saying.
Bluedreamer: We'll just have to see who the father is later. Muahaha.
Draco-Malfoy-Vegeta_luvr: Hehe…your welcome. Yes I am a fan of Harry Potter…I'm they're number one fan!!! Yes I have read book five…I'm so sad. That wasn't fair that she killed that character…it wasn't fair at all.
Chihiro: You almost cried? To tell you the truth that means a lot to me. It tells me that people really get into the story. Thank you. And yes the only time I ever saw Pan on t.v. was when she was 4 in the martial arts tournaments. The GT series is not on t.v. yet in the United States.
Raven Beauty: Thank you. I hoped that the dream wasn't retarded. Although nobody else commented on it. I'm not sure who's baby it is yet…wait…maybe I do. But it could be either of them! ;) No, I don't think I'd make her hurt the baby. But it depends on my mood while I'm writing. No I'm not depressed anymore. I'm just very anxious to get my puppy that I'm supposed to get soon!!! Thank you for your review. I love reading them.
Panny: Well actually you can tell a week after. So it could be either of theirs. But if you don't believe me then use your imagination. ;)
RoamingLake: I don't know what Gohan will do when he finds out. It depends. I don't know what Vegeta would do either. No Trunks didn't kill the baby. Let's just say that things turn out happily in the end…or do they? I'm sorry…don't want to confuse you and I don't want to give out too much information either! ;)
*¤*.¸¸.·´`»*sAiLoR uNiVeRsE*«´`·.¸¸.*¤*: Hehe…I'm glad you get into it. I knew it was you because you're the only one that makes those weird squiggly lines.
Schizophrenic Eggplant: Thanks…I'm glad it wasn't retarded. Never seen 'Trainspotting'. Is it really scary? I love scary movies. But not when they're gory. Thanks.
Nedokeshi: Thank you so much. Thanks for wishing me happy birthday. No one else did. L thank you! J
Saiyan Princess: Thanks! I can't believe that happened either!
Vegeta/Pan luver! And Kayla: Thank you.
tiki111: Thanks…you forgot about my story? L I feel sorry for her too. I can't believe you forgot my story either. ;)
Thank you for all the reviews!!! They mean so much to me!