Hiya everyone! Finally another chapter out. It took me forever to figure out how this chapter was going to unfold. I hope everyone likes it! Thanks again for the reviews, they really keep me motivated!
Disclaimer: I do not own dbz or sm…
Trunks and Serena got into the line for pizza, standing together. They both placed their orders and after about five minutes, their order was done. Serena once again looked astonished at how much food he had ordered. They began walking back to their seats where Bulla and Bulma were talking and halfway done with their meal. They looked up as the couple sat and began to start eating.
"Are you enjoying yourself, Serena?" Bulma asked.
"Yes, I don't remember when I last had this much fun. It seems like ages."
"I'm glad you're enjoying yourself. You know, you remind me of myself when I was younger; intelligent, beautiful…" Bulma began.
Trunks and Bulla just rolled their eyes, looking at their mother. They both sighed as they heard this story repeatedly. She always said something like that whenever they brought home friends, or in her case with Trunks, perspective girlfriends.
"Shy…" Bulma sighed longingly while her children looked at her like she had grown another head. Shy? From what they heard from family and friend get-togethers, their mother had been anything but shy, but they knew better than to voice their thoughts to their mother. Serena, on the other hand, just sat and listened to the woman as she was lost in her memories.
"Mom, are you ready to go and look at some more things?" Bulla asked her mother interrupting her memories and giving her a sly look. Bulma looked at her daughter and nodded, knowing that look. It was the let's-go-and-give-them-some-time-alone look.
"Yeah," Bulma said before turning to Trunks. "Bulla and I are most likely going to be in Lord and Taylor's, so when you two are done, come look for us in there, okay?"
Serena nodded and turned back to her food. Trunks nodded and rolled his eyes. He knew what his mother and sister were planning, not that he minded. He was just tired of them trying to set him up. He did go on dates occasionally, but they were with women that his mother and sister set him up with. He wanted to be the one to choose who he dated.
After Bulma and Bulla left, Trunks decided that he would be able to talk more comfortably with Serena.
"Are you sure they aren't annoying you? I wouldn't get mad if you told me they were." Trunks asked her sincerely.
"I'm sure, but thanks for asking." Serena replied laughing and finishing up her food.
"You had enough to eat?" Trunks asked, also finishing up his food.
"Yes, I don't think I could eat another bite."
"Are you seriously enjoying yourself?"
"Yea, I haven't been to the mall in so long. I started to forget what it looked like."
"Really? Why?"
"Well, my fiancée never wanted to come with me."
"You couldn't go by yourself?"
"No."
"Why?"
"He would think that I would be doing something else."
"Like…?"
"He would think I would be cheating on him." Serena replied sadly and a little exasperated. She could've sworn that she told him this story before.
"Well, have you ever cheated on him?"
"NO! I would never do such a thing!"
"Then I don't understand why he would think such a thing."
"Well, when I was younger, there was this guy that wanted me, and would stop at nothing to have me. His name was Diamond." (AN: I'm referring to Prince Diamond, but in the story, he wasn't of the Dark Moon Family and wasn't a Prince. I hope this doesn't complicate things.)
"So what happened?"
"Diamond tried everything in his power to try to win my affection. To tell you the truth, I was actually starting to fall for him. He would bring flowers to my doorstep everyday; bring me chocolates, write me little letters. Eventually, my fiancée found out, got angry, and then we moved here to West City. I can see why he was angry. I guess I did give him a reason not to trust me. It was just that Diamond did everything that my fiancée used to do when we started going out. Maybe I am to blame for his anger," Serena finished with tears in her eyes.
Trunks moved his chair closer to Serena and wrapped her in a warm embrace. "It's not your fault," he said to her.
Serena laid her head against his chest. "How is it not my fault? I mean, I could see how he would be angry. Diamond was flirting with me after all."
"Well, you wanted the attention and you weren't getting it from that guy so it's only logical that you would respond to his advances," Trunks wisely explained to her.
"I guess you're right,"
"I know I am," Trunks replied, causing Serena to laugh a little.
"Trunks?"
"Hm?"
"Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure."
"If you were my fiancée, what would you have done?"
"Well, we would have never had a problem with you falling for another guy but me. I would never try to control a fiancée, girlfriend, or anyone else for that matter. Also, how I act in the beginning of a relationship is most likely how I'll stay. I am me, and that's all I can be. I would never mentally of physically abuse a woman; that just shows you're a punk."
Serena laughed a little. So her fiancée, well actually ex-fiancée, although he didn't know he was dumped, was a punk. 'Come to think of it, he always avoided conflicts with those who looked like they could beat him and always started with me and my female friends.' Serena laughed again.
Trunks, hearing her laugh, looked down at her. His arm was still around her but since she wasn't complaining, he wouldn't remove it. She was still lying against him and seemed to be in thought. Then, all of a sudden, she started laughing, but more to herself.
"What are you thinking about?" Trunks asked her.
"Nothing much," Serena replied.
"Well it has to be something if you're still laughing."
"Just hearing you call my ex a punk put a lot of things into perspective. He would always start arguments with me and my female friends. He even went so far as to-" Serena stopped abruptly, realizing that she was about to tell him the real reason that she fled from him.
"What did he do?" Trunks asked the young woman that was still in her embrace. He wanted to know as much as he could about her.
"Um, nothing," she lied
"Sere?"
"Yes Trunks?"
"I think that you are lying to me,"
Serena sweat dropped and looked up at the man still holding her. 'That quote must run in the family or something.'
"But, you don't have to tell me now if you don't want to." Trunks replied, understandingly, causing Serena to sigh. She would tell him one day, just not today.
