It Was You
Chapter Two- Who Knew?
After leaving the loft Trunks dropped Bra off at her school on time with plenty of time for him to spare for himself. As Trunks pulled up into the driveway of his High School he saw his best sitting on the steps a gloom look on his face.
Once Trunks parked his car he made his way quickly up to Goten.
"Hey bro what's up?" Goten returned the greeting with a half smile as he and Trunks did their special hand shake. "Nothing good man." Goten said sadly. "Man what's wrong? I haven't seen you this down since the cafetria lady told you they were out of dessert." Trunks responded with a small grin. Goten snorted. "If only my problem was food." Goten sighed as she ran his fingers through his gravity defying jet black hair.
"My big brother Gohan just a message this morning talking about his ex-passed away last week." "Okay…But what does that have to do with anything? I thought he hated her?" "Well that's where the sad part comes in. It turns out when they divorsed she was pregnant. And remembered she had transferred with her jobs over to America? Like a week after they seperated?" Trunks nodded.
"Well she never called to tell him why. And so she had the baby and now that the kid's somewhat grown up she's moving over here to Japan looking for Gohan, hoping he would watch over her until she was 18. But Gohan's ex-father-in-law doesn't want Gohan to have anything to do with the girl and so he won't let him know her name, where she was sent and stuff like that." Goten sighed.
"But if Mr.Satan didn't want Gohan to have to do anything with your neice why tell him about her now?" Trunks asked getting confused. "I don't know. But whatever he told Gohan ticked him off last night and now I don't know where he is right now. He's been gone since the phone call and what little info I just told you he told me before he left."
"Hey it's gonna be alright Goten." Trunks said trying to comfort his friend. 'Kami this feels weird.' Trunks thought as he wasn't use to the idea of comforting Goten as it was usually the other way around. Goten would normally be comforting him in the little wee minutes that the school bell permits them as the catch up in the hall or at lunch and what not.
RING! RING! RING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Trunks huffed lifting a few lavender strands on his forehead. "Look Goten if it makes you feel any better I'll help you look for your brother if he isn't home by the time I need to pick Bra up." Trunks offered. "Thanks Trunks. That really means a lot to me." Goten said as he perked up some. Trunks smiled.
"Now come on the school bell just wrung and we only have about 4 minutes now to get to the other end of this prison!" Goten cheered as he grabbed Trunks' arm and lead him into the big building of Star High School.
"Um…and exactly what ever happened to the loom and gloom Goten that was just momentarily sitting on the school steps pouting?" Trunks shouted as Goten continued to drag him into the school.
Later On That Day
It was now near the middle of the day and currently Trunks was in his Reading class with Mrs. Green. Mrs. Green was an American transfer teacher, but had quickly found herself mezmorized by Japanese culture and soon began to act as though she had lived her whole life in Japan. She was about in her late 30's yet she had a much younger look about her.
But despite all of this she was one of Trunks' lest favorite teachers. She was annoying and as all annoying teachers do assign to much homework for one kid to possibly do in one night. Then they wonder why they're sleeping in their class the next day!
"Okay class. I want you to take out the novel you are suppose to have acquired "The Good Earth" and read the first two chapters." Mrs. Green stated from her desk. The class groaned out in misery and Mrs. Green coughed threatenly and the class immediately became quite and took out their books.
Once Mrs. Green saw the class pull out their books and start flipping through the pages she nodded her head to herself satisfied and sat back down at her desk picking up her Maginze of male models. After about ten minutes of undestrubed silence there came a knock at the classroom door and Mrs.Green sighed heavily putting her nearly finished magizine down.
"Continue reading class." Mrs.Green instructed as she got up and made her way to the classroom door. As soon as the teacher opened the door whispers and flying notes began to engulf the room behind the teacher's back.
Trunks didn't know exactly why at the moment, but for some reason when he had caught Mrs.Green saying "New student I see." He looked over at the door.
"Class!" Mrs. Green shouted before she even turned around. Everyone stopped talking and throwing notes and pretended as if they had been reading their novels like good little high schoolars and not doing anything else.
"Do please forgive my rudeness. Sometimes the class just act like they don't have brains if my face isn't to them all the time." Mrs. Green said to the unseen student.
"Oh that's okay really." A female voice responded. Suddenly Trunks tore his eyes away from the book and looked back at the door way, as did many other students.
He knew that voice! It was the voice from earlier this morning!
Suddenly Mrs. Green stepped aside to allow the person in the classroom and sure enough it was the girl from before.
"Pan." Trunks mumbled under his breathe as he watched the young woman walk behind the teacher into the front of the classroom.
"Class we have a new student who shall be joing us for the duration of the year. So please be warm and humble to her." Mrs. Green said as she scanned the room smiling while also looking for a desk for the child to sit.
Pan looked about the room at her new classmate and once her eyes landed on Trunks her eyes twitched with surprise and she read the same shocked expression off his face. "Um hello?" Mrs. Green said as she tried to gian Pan's attention.
Pan snapped out of her dazed and looked back up at the teacher. "Yes ma'am?" "I said you can take your seat right there behind Trunks. Trunks please raise your hand." Mrs. Green instructed as she looked over at Trunks. Hesitantly Trunks raised his hand and slowly Pan made her way down the aisle of desk over to were she would be sitting for the remainer of the seimester.
"Right now dear our class is starting a novel called The Good Earth and you'll be needing a copy to read in class by the end of the week." Pan nodded though she was sure she wasn't paying attention. "Good." Mrs. Green excailmed. "Then for now just share with Trunks. I'm sure he wouldn't mind now would you Trunks?" Mrs. Green questioned as she looked at him.
Trunks gulped before shaking his head. "Very well then. Class please continue on." She said as she clapped her hands together now that she'd be able to finish that magizine.
Trunks turned in his desk with his book in hand and Pan slid her desk some so they wouldn't have to stretch so far over to read the pages.
"I didn't now you were still a high school student!" Trunks whispered as pretended to be reading the page once Pan took hold of the one side of the book. "Neither did I!" She replied. "I thought you were like a college person or…or a-" "A dad?" Trunks cut her off. "Yeah. But how did you know what I was gonna say?" Pan asked confused. "SHHH!" Mrs. Green sounded from behind her magizine.
Trunks and Pan stopped whispering for a moment and bit their lips. After a moment past they continued.
"Everyone first thinks that when they see me and my little sister." Trunks answered. "Oh." Pan said thoughtfully. "I actually thought you were in college or something you know since you said you had to go to your new work place in all." Trunks replied.
"Well that's what think of high school. A work place. Except high school is just a smaller and shorter version of what a real work place looks like." Pan said as she began to scan over the last paragraph then flip the page.
Trunks chuckled a bit at how true the words sounded and once again Mrs. Green 'shh' them this time bending a coner of her magizine over so she could peer out to find the noise makers. Trunks and Pan both noticed this and stopped talking for another minute.
"So how old is your sister?" "She's about 3." Trunks answered. "And you stay with your parents?" She asked. "No just with my father." Trunks answered somewhat uneasily. "Oh." Pan said as she looked away feeling as though she said something wrong. "If you don't mind could you stay away from that subject…please." Trunks asked as he flipped the page again. Pan nodded her head as she began reading to appease Mrs. Green, who had now given up on trying to finish her magizine and instead watch he loud mouthed class.
Finally after what seemed to be like forever the 6th period bell rung. And everyone nearly hurted themselves trying to get out of the room. Pan scooted her desk back and looked up when she noticed Trunks still standing there next to her.
"Yes?" "What does your schedule say you have next?" Trunks asked as he looked over at her. "Um….Kendo class….why?" Trunks face kind of tinted a light shade of pink, but he quickly over came it and made up a quick excuse.
"Oh I was just asking to see what you had. And I have that class next too so you can just follow me to the Kendo Room." Trunks chirped as he chuckled slightly and scratched the back of his head pretty much the same way he did eariler that morning.
End of School Day
"Wow this school has a awesome Kendo program!" Pan exclaimed happily as she and Trunks walked out the double doors merging in with the crowd of teens near the bottom of the stairs. "Yeah it's ranked one of the top 5 in this city." Trunks commented as he searched the crowd as if looking for someone.
"What's the matter?" Pan asked as she notice him looking wildly at every person that walked passed. "I'm looking for my friend I'm suppose to help him look for someone after school today." Trunks answered. "But what about your baby sister? Is anyone going to go get her?" "Oh! I forgot!" Trunks said as he hit himself on the head for being so absent- minded.
Pan looked at him with a quizical look. "Well what about your dad?" Pan suggested. "NO! … Um, I mean that is my father works a long shift around this time of year and so he just couldn't spare the time right now." Trunks lied quickly. "Okay then why not let me watch over her." Pan suggested again. "I don't know if that's such a good idea." Trunks said unsure.
"Come on I promise I will take good care of her." Pan pouted. "Well…okay, but only for a little while. I just met you and already I'm dumping my sister on you. If she gives you any problems I'll leave you a number to reach me by." Trunks said as he saw his friend waving over to him from the far corner of the student parking lot.
"I'll go pick her up and drop her off at my place and you can go watch either there or at your place." Trunks said. "Well I think it would be better if it was yours." Pan said. "You now with me moving in and all today." Pan added. Trunks gulped, but nodded anyway. "Fine then. She should be around the apartment in about another 30 minutes or so." Trunks said as he waved her off and headed towards Goten.
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