Two Sides of The Story

Summary: After a drunken night, Marron receives the biggest surprise of her life. AU

Ages:

Marron: 26

Bra: 22

Trunks: 27

Goten: 26

Uub: 25

Two Sides of The Story: Chapter 1-Poker Night

Log: March 19, 793

The rain fell softly on the loud city. The sound of car horns were at a minimum. It almost seemed as if the whole town was quiet.

"Why can't we start poker night?" Goten complained as he popped another chip in his mouth. The demi-saiyan was getting annoyed. It was closing in on seven thirty and they normally started playing at seven.

The gang decided that once month they would play a game of poker for fun. It was another way for them to hang out. They mainly would go to Yamcha's Diner almost every night after work. It was Bra's idea when they went to celebrate her birthday two years ago.

Marron couldn't help but laugh at him because he sounded like a child not getting his way. "We are waiting for Trunks and you know that."

He rolled his eyes at the blonde's statement as he popped another chip his mouth. "I'm giving him ten more minutes and we are starting without him."

"Come, on Goten, we can wait until Trunks arrives. It's not that big of a deal." Uub admitted. Goten sighed in defeat as he got up to use the bathroom. Bra pulled her phone out to see what time it was.

"I mean it is 7:25 already." She confessed slightly annoyed. Marron shook her head in disbelief as she took a sip of her beer. There was a knock on the door which startled all of them.

The blonde said, "It's open." The doorknob twisted and the door creaked every inched it opened. "Hey, Trunks, we were wondering if you were going to show up or not." He quickly shut the door and locked it.

The twenty-seven year old took his coat off and placed it on the coat rack. He grabbed two ice cold beers off the counter and sat down in the seat next to Uub. Goten exited from the bathroom with a smile on his face.

"Finally you made it!" Goten shouted as he sat down in his seat. Trunks slurped down his first bottle and placed it to the side. The lavender head sighed heavily and looked over at his best friend.

"Hand me the cards." Goten nodded his head as he searched in his coat pocket for the deck of cards. He gave the cards over to his best friend.

Trunks stared at everyone as he began to shuffle the deck of cards his best friend Goten brought. He had a long day at work and the only thing that was on his mind was winning poker night. The son of Vegeta began to give a card to everyone. He knew that the only problem he would encounter during the night was the one and only Marron Chestnut.

He taught her how to play when they were teenagers and now she has become a master at it. Normally, he didn't mind when they played poker once a month, but tonight was different. He had to win. He took a few chips and placed the first bet of the night. "Are you guys ready to lose?" He asked with a huge smirk on his face.

Marron caught the smirk on his face and increased the bet he made. "I'm surprised you are so confident tonight." She admitted to him as she took a sip of her beer. "Let's get it started, shall we?"

Trunks took a sip of his beer as he flashed a smile at her. "All right, ladies and gents, we are going to play blackjack." He announced to the room as he made sure everyone had three cards. "Are you ready?"

Everyone nodded their heads as they looked at their cards. A few grunts were made because they knew that they were out of the game.

"I'm over." Uub groaned as he threw his cards down on the table. He accepted his defeat with the first game. He grabbed his beer and took a sip. "What about you guys?" Goten smiled as he placed his deck down.

"I have eighteen." He cheered with his goofy grin on his face as he popped a couple of chips into his mouth. Bra chuckled at him as she took a sip of her beer as she placed her deck down.

Bra also groaned because she knew that she was out of the first game. Her luck was out. "I'm out because I got twenty-two. "What about you big brother? Marron?"

The blonde flashed a smile at Trunks because she knew that she was his biggest target for tonight. She placed down her deck, "I have nineteen." Goten formed a smirk on his face as he took a sip of his beer.

"Okay, Marron, you are on!" He shouted as she giggled at him. "What's so funny Marron?"

Marron averted her orbs over to the famous lavender haired man who hasn't said anything since he dealt the cards out. "Trunks hasn't mention if he is over or not." Goten nodded his head as he looked over at his best friend.

Trunks smiled at everyone as he placed his deck down. "I have exactly twenty-one." Uub rolled his eyes as he ate some chips. Bra took a sip of her beer. "All right now, let's make it interesting." He stated as he took out his wallet and placed a ten dollar bill out. Normally the five of them played for fun, but Trunks was being extremely greedy tonight.

Bra smirked at him as she took a five out of her bra. "Why?" Uub asked as he took a sip of his beer.

"Don't judge me." She sneered at him as he took his wallet out and placed down another ten dollar bill. Goten shook his head stating that he needed all of the money that he has in his wallet. Everyone looked at the blonde.

"So, are you going to make a bet or not?" Trunks questioned as he glared down the blonde. Just like Bra she took a bill out of her bra which caused her to get a grimace from Uub. "So our total bet is twenty-five dollars?"

"Look at my bill, Briefs." Marron said as she took a sip of her beer. Trunks picked up the bill and his orbs were stunned. She placed down a twenty dollar bill. She smirked at him as she grabbed the cards to shuffle the deck. "All right, the last game of blackjack, winner takes it all and gets bragging rights." Everyone nodded their head as she handed everyone three cards except for Goten.

No one said anything which surprised Trunks. He sighed heavily praying that he had the closets to twenty-one. Bra placed her cards down first. "Sixteen." She said confident with a huge smile.

Uub laughed at her which caused her to smack him on the arm. "Nineteen." He stated slightly in pain from the slap she gave him.

It was down to the blonde and the lavender. Marron took a sip of her beer as she flipped over the first card. "Nine." She stated. She flipped over the next card, "Ten." She placed a chip in her mouth as she flipped the last card. "One." She leaned back in her chair and folded her arms.

Trunks looked back down at his cards and knew that he lost, but he didn't want to admit defeat. He had eighteen and made the risky move of grabbing another card praying that it will be at least lower than three. He looked at the card and he made a mistake.

"I'm over." He growled as he threw his cards down on the table. The blonde snickered as she grabbed the money from the table. "Guess you get bragging rights."

The blonde took a sip of her beer and smiled at him, "Yeah, I guess I do." She said as she grabbed all the cards from the table. "I'm sorry guys we weren't able to play the same length as usual. My parents are visiting tomorrow and as you can tell my apartment isn't the cleanest." Her group of friends nodded their heads.

The apartment was a mess. Mainly her friends would come to her house after work if they did not feel like going to the diner. Pizza boxes lay on the coffee table. Papers from her job were everywhere. Magazines were in a cluster and tossed all over the floor. That was curtsy of Bra trying to find a magazine to read.

Bra stood up and gave the blonde a hug, "Congrats on your bragging rights." She said.

Marron smiled at her as she grabbed all the empty beer bottles and placed them in the recycling bin. "Thank you." Uub walked over to her and patted her on her back as he walked over to grab his coat.

"Goten, could you possibly drop me off at my parents' house?" Bra asked slightly embarrassed. Her friends knew that she wanted to leave her parents' house soon because she has enough money from her job. Or they believed she wasn't ready yet.

The son of Goku nodded his head as he took the car keys out of his coat pocket, "Yeah, I can, but I thought you were apartment hunting?" Goten asked as Marron handed him the deck of cards that he brought.

Bra shrugged her shoulders, "My mom bribed me to stay again and I just don't have the heart to break her heart right now." She confessed as she unlocked the door of Marron's apartment. "I don't want to talk about it. Let's go." The bluenette and demi-saiyan left.

"Thanks for a good time Marron." Uub said as he exited.

Marron sighed as she took another beer for herself. She jumped when she noticed that one of her friends didn't leave. "Trunks, why are you still here?" She asked. "You gave me a heart attack."

"I'm sorry, I just feel bad that you have to clean this apartment by yourself." He admitted as he stood up and grabbed another beer.

Marron rolled her eyes, "I'm a big girl, and it's my fault because I am such a procrastinator." She added which turned into a giggle. "I appreciate your offer, Briefs, but I think I got it."

Trunks took a sip of his beer, "No, I'm not like the others. You are going to stress yourself out; can't I just help out a little?" He begged like a little kid wanting to get a piece of candy at the store. Marron couldn't help, but laugh at him.

"Okay, fine, Trunks, you can help a little. First clean the table while, I'll go clean up the magazines and the pizza boxes." He smiled when she caved in to him. She walked away from him and made her way to family room. Even though the kitchen was connected with the family room, they still could talk to each other.

Trunks knew how to clean even though he uses a maid. He closed the bags of chips and placed them back in her pantry. He took the beers and put them back in the fridge. "Hey, Trunks, I need to ask you something?"

He turned around and faced her, "What's on your mind, Marron?"

"Normally on poker night you aren't cocky, but tonight, you just needed to win. How come?" She asked as she took another sip of her beer. Trunks swallowed hard because he feared this question.

He sighed heavily he didn't want to be haunted with the memories of today. He wish he could erase today and pray that he could start the day all over again. "Well, today at work I just had a shit day. I didn't even take my break because there were too many people bugging me about crap that they could ask my mom. It just seems as if I don't even want the job anymore." He sat down in the chair and placed his head on the table. "I made a mistake."

Marron walked over to Trunks and sat down right next to him, "No, you did something you wanted to do since you were young." She stated as she started to peel at the label on her beer bottle. "Sometimes people are like that because they feel alone. I guarantee if you were having an easy day or week you wouldn't be livid about your job."

Trunks raised his head and looked at the blonde. A smile crept on his face, "Thanks Marron, is it okay if I stay here tonight?" She nodded her head. "I don't feel like driving across town to my apartment."

The daughter of Krillin and Eighteen nodded her head, "Yeah, I hear you." The blonde looked down at her watch and noticed it was only 8:45, "Let's order some Chinese food and bring that beer out."

"You said you needed to clean." Trunks shot back.

"I know, but you are stressed and as your friend I need to be here for you." Marron walked over and picked up her phone to call Egg Noodle and have them deliver their Chinese food. "Hello, my name is Marron and I would like to place an order for take-out. An order of your spring rolls, chicken fried rice, Mongolian beef, and orange chicken. Okay, my address is 1246 Maple Lane Apartment eight. Thank you."

Marron took the beer out the fridge, "Marron, I'm not that hungry." He confessed. The twenty-six year old busted out laughing knowing that statement was false. "Okay, wow, I feel hurt" The blonde rolled her eyes as she took another bottle of beer for herself. "Do you want to get drunk?"

She shook her head no as she sipped on her beer, "You aren't the only one who had a rough day at work." She muttered, "This one bitch claims she runs the whole damn thing and I'm sick of it. I have been working longer and I'm a better photographer than her, but since she is so easy the men love her."

"Is she cute?" Trunks asked. Marron smacked him on the shoulder. "What, I'm just curious."

Marron took another sip as she walked away from him as she grabbed her cleaning supplies, "Come on, we can talk and clean." Marron placed her beer on the top of the bookshelf." Trunks cleared her table off and sprayed the coffee table with her secret formula cleaning spray Marron created.

Trunks grabbed three beers and placed them on the bookshelf. "Thanks Mare." She smiled at him as she used Windex to clean her windows. Marron walked over to her couch and proceeded to fluff her pillows and throw away items that should have been thrown away a while ago. The doorbell rang and Marron answered giving the man money and taking the Chinese food.

Trunks grabbed the orange chicken and fried rice while Marron took the spring rolls. Both of them now clearly intoxicated laughing at everything they said to each other. "All right, Trunks, let's get to bed now, shall we?"

Marron got up and tried her best to walk to her room, but she tripped over her rugged and fell down. "Marron!" Trunks shouted as he chased after her, tripping over the rug and falling on top of her. "Are you okay?" He asked slightly curious.

"Yes, I am." The blonde said as the two stared at each other. Cerulean staring into royal blue and before the both of them could blink they started to kiss each other. He smiled at her as he stood up. He grabbed her hand and helped her to her feet. He picked her up bridal style and flashed a smile showing all of his pearly whites.

"Come one, let's get to bed now." Marron giggled at him as they both walked into Marron's bedroom to go to "bed".

A/N: Finally, a Trumar story. I'm not a huge fan of the ending, but I like this ending much better than the original one. This story is combined with my humor and my two favorite shows, I told a few people which shows, but if you are able to figure them out (will be easier to recognize in later chapters) you will get a cookie! Leave a review and tell me what you think.