A rose by any other name

Author's note: Some of the verses may not be complete from the play... they were too long so I shortened them. ^_^

Ryanna: 18, Trunks: 18, Kankton: 17 almost 18, Pan: 17, almost 18, Goten: 18

Chapter 5: Be in your blood, Ryanna.

Three words had been stuck in Ryanna's head for the longest time; Romeo and Juliet. She practically knew the whole play by heart and now she had a reason to. Juliet had most of the lines in the entire play. She played with her fist glove as she looked at the lake in the park. It was truly wonderful to look at. The sun made the lake shimmer and she smiled as a couple of kids and their father threw bread at the ducks in the lake. She had barely known her parents. Her mother had died giving birth to her, and her father died when she was eight.

Sighing she got up from her comfortable spot on the bench and walked home with her hands in her baggy black pants. She had turned gothic after her dad died, believing that it was a symbol of comfort and remembrance of her father. As for her tough attitude she had believed that it would be easier to get over her loss if she had no contact with relationships, especially ones with the other sex. She had never had a boyfriend, and the one time someone had had the guts to kiss her got a black eye. She smirked, hey it was a living. She was only eighteen and wasn't really ready for any relationships anyway.

Her long walk had taken her to a cozy cottage looking home. It was two stories tall and was quite spacious. Ryanna lived here with her foster mother Chary Cabana. She was a romance novelist who worked at home. She had bright blue eyes and fiery red hair, very beautiful in Ryanna's respect. The middle-aged woman smiled up at the young girl and placed her glasses on her desk. "You're home late, bad day?" Ryanna shook her head. "I just visited the park. I wanted some alone time is all." Chary nodded and began typing away again on her computer.

Ryanna sighed and headed upstairs to her room. The sky had gotten dark already and the sun set a light hue of pink and purple among the clouds. "Dinner will be here in a half an hour. I ordered pizza." Chary called from downstairs. Ryanna sighed and answered her back. "Okay Chary!" Ryanna began taking off her clothes to take a shower. She adjusted the water setting and hopped in washing al the dirtiness from her body. While the drizzles of water began to turn cold Ryanna was in deep thought. She was thinking about the play again. Why had she let Pan talk her into such stupid things?

The water was stone cold by the time she had snapped out of her thoughts. "I got to get a life." She mumbled to herself turning off the water and stepping out of the shower. Ryanna put on her stereo and placed Simple Plan in the CD area. "Perfect" blasted through the speakers and Ryanna began putting on her clothes. Debating amongst her small wardrobe she decided to wear a pair of tight jeans Pan had given her for her B-day, and a simple black T-shirt. She brushed out her thick and curly brown hair and placed on her black bandana.

Chary called her downstairs indicating that the pizza had arrived. So slipping on her fist gloves she left her room intentionally leaving on her stereo.

Perfect
Hey dad look at me
Think back and talk to me
Did I grow up according to plan?
And do you think I'm wasting my time doing things I wanna do?
But it hurts when you disapprove all along

And now I try hard to make it
I just want to make you proud
I'm never gonna be good enough for you
I can't pretend that
I'm alright
And you can't change me

'Cuz we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late and
We can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect

I try not to think
About the pain I feel inside
Did you know you used to be my hero?
All the days you spend with me
Now seem so far away
And it feels like you don't care anymore

And now I try hard to make it
I just want to make you proud
I'm never gonna be good enough for you
I can't stand another fight
And nothing's alright

'Cuz we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late and
We can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect

Nothing's gonna change the things that you said
Nothing's gonna make this right again
Please don't turn your back
I can't believe it's hard
Just to talk to you
But you don't understand

'Cuz we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late and
We can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect

'Cuz we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late and
We can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect.

After Dinner Ryanna ran up the stairs to her room once again. Chary looked up towards her foster child and sighed. She wished Ryanna wasn't so distant from her. If she were to ever have the courage to ask her call her mom, it would take an act of bravery and insaneness. Ryanna looked up at the dark sky from her room. A few tears found their way to her cheeks but she stubbornly wiped them away. "Why did you leave me dad? I may not have said it much but I loved you. I loved you daddy."

Aw man! Poor Ryanna! Sorry this chapter took so long. My writings for this story stopped at the last chapter and I had to think of the rest with my mind. Have to say that I like the results. I hope you do too!