Two Sides Of The Story: Chapter 3-Confession Part 1
Log: April 22, 793
It was a Monday morning and Marron thought to leave the past behind. She will admit she has been avoiding Trunks mainly because he wants to know the truth. The blonde appreciated the text messages from him asking if she was okay and what happened, but she couldn't face him unless she was going to tell him the whole truth.
She placed her purse in her bottom drawer and locked it, so no one would steal it. "All right let's get this over with." She muttered to herself. She needed to tell her boss the situation she was in because in about nine months she will be having a baby.
The blonde told herself over and over again that it was just ripping a bandage off. She walked down to her boss's office and knocked on the door. "Come in." He said. She heavily sighed knowing that there is no turning back now.
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Uub chuckled at the joke that Goten told him. He was with Bra and Goten at the diner waiting for Marron to come. They all knew that she was going to tell her boss along with Trunks. She couldn't keep the secret any longer from him because he will start to get suspicious.
Marron walked down into the diner not in a good mood and she knows for a fact that her friends are going to ask her how telling her boss went and she didn't exactly want to talk about it.
"Marron, how did telling your boss go?" Bra asked as the blonde slid into the booth right next to Uub.
She rolled her eyes as she stuck out her tongue and vibrated her lips while placing a thumbs down. "It was that bad?" Uub asked as Yamcha came over and placed down Marron's club sandwich.
She nodded her head yes, "Yes, I am known as the office whore." She confessed to her friends. "Also, thank you Yamcha."
Uub smiled at her, "That's not a bad thing." He said, "You can get the meat beat whenever you want too."
Marron rolled her eyes at him and chose to ignore Uub's statement. Bra looked at her with a frown. "Who gave that nickname?"
"Well, when I went to tell my boss, apparently the door didn't close all the way. And I'm pretty sure the bitch who's cubical is two down from mine that hates me spread the rumor." She explained to her friends.
Goten shook his head no, "Wow, that's so petty."
Bra and Marron nodded their head agreeing with Goten's statement. Yamcha walked back over to hand Marron her raspberry iced tea and gave Bra another water. It was sad that they came their so often that Yamcha memorized what they order.
"Thank you Yamcha." The girls said in unison as Marron took a sip of her iced tea. "Now, I'm pretty sure everyone thinks I'm some slut." She said as she took a bite of her sandwich.
"Well you aren't one." Goten mumbled as he slurped down the rest of his beer. Uub raised his eyebrow and looked at the blonde as she ate her club sandwich.
"You promise you will tell Trunks tonight?" He said. She told her friends that she was going to go to his house on Saturday to tell him. She walked halfway to his apartment and chickened out. When she came back to her apartment and told them she couldn't do it, they made her pinky promise she would do it on Monday.
She nodded her head yes, "Yeah, I'm telling myself that it is just like ripping a bandage off." She said. "And I'm not breaking a pinky promise."
Uub smiled with satisfaction when he heard those come out of her mouth. "Trunks told me he is coming home late."
The blonde knew that because when she was at work she told him she would explain everything to him at his apartment alone. "Yeah, it also gives me time to find his sweater."
Bra chipped in, "Yeah, that idiot thought he left out at mom and dad's house."
Goten rolled his eyes as he shooed Bra out of the booth so he could get out to go to the bathroom. Bra slid back in and glared the blonde down.
"Are you sure you need to tell him alone?" Bra asked her best friend as she swirled the straw that was in her glass.
"…Yeah, I need to tell him alone…" Marron stuttered, "It is our problem and I know how you guys act when you know something and you have to act like you don't."
Bra gritted her teeth when Marron said that. She knew that she was telling the truth. It was two years ago when she turned twenty, they threw her a surprise party. She overheard Marron talking to her brother about it on the phone. Bra confessed to Marron that she knew and when the party came Bra overreacted.
Goten returned and sat next to Bra, "I just hope everything goes well." Bra said causing Marron to form a smile on her.
"I need to get home because I want to make sure I have everything down." Marron said as she got up. She walked to the counter and paid for her iced tea and club sandwich. "Wish me luck." She said to her friends as the waved goodbye to her. She exited out of the diner. "Like ripping a bandage off."
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7:30. He told her the latest he would be home would be 7:30. Marron has been patiently waiting outside of her longtime best friend's house since 6:30. She would have left thirty minutes ago, but she pinky promised Uub.
She flipped the page to her magazine. As she heard footsteps coming to her direction praying that it will be Trunks.
"I'm sorry I am late." He confessed as he put out his hand to help her to her feet. "My mom had an impromptu meeting and we were signing some deal." He continued as Marron handed him something. "My sweater!"
He placed the key in his locked and stepped in and Marron flowed after him. He tossed the sweater on his Gucci couch and the blonde closed and locked the door.
"Trunks we need to talk." She said as she sat down the ledge of the chair.
He nodded his head as he sat on the ledge on of his couch. "Yeah, I have been trying to contact you, but you have been ignoring me since Friday." He said, "What's wrong, Mare?"
She sighed, there was no turning back now. "I found something out a couple of days ago that is going to change my life."
He nodded his head, "What is it?"
"I'm pregnant." She confessed. He smiled at her and gave her a hug. She was confused at him. She didn't understand why he was hugging her. Did one of her friends tell him and he is acting like he doesn't know when he does?
"I knew you had a secret boyfriend! Congratulations Marron!" He exclaimed. She rolled her eyes at him. Even though he was extremely intelligent, he could also be the biggest moron there is. She pushed him off of him.
She pushed some of her locks out of her face, "I don't have a secret boyfriend."
Trunks was alerted by that. If she didn't have a secret boyfriend then, how did she become pregnant? "Then, who is the father?" He asked concerned. He for sure was going to give the guy a piece of his mind.
Ripping a bandage off. "You are." She softly said. She watched as she saw as all of the color of his face turned pale and he stood still. "You were too drunk to remember, but we had sex on poker night a month ago."
He came back to earth as he calmed his nerves down. He had to think. He remembers that he spent the night at Marron's house, but he didn't realize that they went all the way. That also explains why she had his sweater.
"…A-Are you sure?" He asked.
She nodded her head yes as she watched him take the biggest sigh of his life, "If it makes you feel better, I don't remember everything either. I'm sorry Trunks, if you don't want to be a part of this you don't have too."
Trunks glared his daggers at his blonde friend. How dare she thought of him like that? He did recall the times he was selfish when he when they were children, but he grew out of it when he turned eighteen and went off to college.
He shook his head no, "You don't have to be sorry Marron because it takes two to tango." He started off, "I understand that I was selfish back in the day, but I promise that I will help. I want to raise this baby with you."
The blonde's face lit up with excitement when she heard those words come out of his mouth. "You mean that?" She asked.
He smiled and nodded his head, "Yeah, we are in this together." Marron stood up and gave her best friend the biggest hug of his life. "So, that's why you didn't want to go to the party. You can't drink for nine months."
"Yeah, that's why." She said as she pushed more locks out of her face, "All of our friends know, that's why dumb and dumber was acting strange on Friday."
She gave Goten and Uub that nickname when they move into together after college. Since they live on the floor below Marron, they would constantly ask her to spare things because they would forget to buy things at the store. Also, they would often forget to do simple task and then the nickname appeared.
"That makes sense. So now, we have five more people to tell." He said.
Marron thought about it for a minute, "Five?" She asked for clarity.
He nodded his head, "My parents, your parents and my girlfriend."
"Oh right, I forgot about Lana." She confessed.
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Marron rushed into her cubical quickly. She was late for work mainly because she couldn't keep anything her stomach was throwing everything up. Her first appointment starts in five minutes and she doesn't even have the studio ready for them.
"Damn it, damn it, damn it!" She cursed as she tossed all of her paper work on her desk. She quickly grabbed her camera and made it down the studio. She looked at the file folder and noticed she was taking engagement photos. "I swear they better not be a diva."
She quickly placed the seats by the background and made sure she had the correct backdrop. She caught her breath and realized this is how her life is going to be. She is going to be rushing to make sure that her child is doing well if she and Trunks don't move in together. She sat down on the chair provided for her.
She never realized how much her life was going to change. The blonde sighed and she looked to the right to see her customers arrived. She stood up and smiled at them. "Good Morning my name is Marron Chestnut." She held out her hand for them shake it.
The lady scoffed as she brushed passed the blonde. "I apologize for her." The male said to Marron as he shook her hand.
"It's fine trust me." Marron admitted to the man even though she wasn't in the mood for this. The lady placed down her purse and sat down in the chairs adjacent to the backdrop.
"So, are you going to take pictures or not?" She hissed as the male sat right next her.
"And this is going to be one long day." Marron thought to herself as she got the camera ready. They wanted to take thirty pictures. "I don't know if I'm going to survive and that smell of his cologne is making nausea."
The blonde inhaled deeply getting ready to take the first picture. "Get ready." She stated as she took the first picture. She walked over to them and showed them.
"We look amazing." The male praised Marron's work causing a smile to form on her face.
The lady huffed, "Redo it, you got it all wrong." Marron rolled her eyes as she walked back near the desk to retake the first picture.
"And this day just got even longer…" She thought as she pinched the bridge of her nose.
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The blonde couldn't go to the diner tonight. She didn't care if her friends were angry with her, she just wanted to go home and drown herself with a nice glass of raspberry iced tea. She knew her life was going to change, but she didn't realize it was going to change this much.
"Where are the keys?" She asked herself as she searched through her purse.
She heard footsteps, but she assumed that was just one of her neighbors. "Having a stressful day?" That voice sounded familiar as she turned around.
"Hey, Trunks I thought you were going to be at the diner with the rest." She confessed as she finally sighed in relief when she found her key to unlock the door to her apartment.
He shook his head no, "No, I needed to talk to you tonight before I go out with Lana." He said. The blonde walked into her apartment and Trunks followed after her as he closed and locked the door.
"Why did you need to talk to me?" She asked as she placed her purse and paper work on the counter and opened up her fridge to get the pitcher of iced tea.
"I was thinking about telling Lana our current situation. I just wanted your okay." He mumbled as he watched her pour a glass for herself.
The blonde pushed some of her locks out her face, "Yeah, that sounds fine, but when are we going to tell our parents?"
"This Saturday?" He asked.
"Sounds good to me. I hope you have a good date." She said as she slurped down the iced tea.
Trunks smiled at her when he heard those words come out of her mouth. "Thank you. Are you sure you want to be alone tonight?"
Marron nodded her head, "Yeah, I'm positive." She said as she made herself a ham and cheese sandwich. "I had a long day and I just want to be alone and think about what I'm going to have to do with this baby."
Trunks sat down at her kitchen table, "What do you mean?"
She sighed as she took the seat right next to him, "I was twenty minutes late to work because I had terrible morning sickness today. I just feel that I'm going to struggle living alone with this baby."
"Who said you were going to live alone?" Trunks questioned her.
Marron shrugged her shoulders, "I assumed you and Lana would want to move in if you stay together that long and I don't want to be third wheeling."
She made a good point, he didn't even about that. "Well, I think we should move in together soon it will be easier when we are raising the baby. Even better idea, you can give this apartment to Bra when you move out."
Marron smiled at the father to be, "Yeah, you make a good point. When do you want move in together?"
The lavender haired man thought to himself. They couldn't do this week because they were going to tell their parents, but all he knew it needed to be soon. "How about in a couple of weeks? Our families should be calmed down by the idea. You in?"
The twenty six year old smiled at her baby's father, "Sure, I'm okay with that." He smiled at her.
Trunks pushed up his sleeve to reveal the time, "I would stay and chat, but I need to get on my date with Lana." He stood up and pushed the chair in. "If you need me tonight, just give me a call." He kissed her forehead as he exited her apartment.
Marron picked at her sandwich before she shoved half of it in her mouth. "I hope Lana will take this well." Marron said as she walked into her bathroom to run the water. She wanted to take a long hot bath and relax.
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Lana smiled at Trunks as she took a sip of her gin and tonic. "Are you okay, Trunks?" She asked as she looked over her menu. He wasn't talking much which concerned her. Most of the time, he wouldn't shut up and she wasn't used to seeing him like this.
"I'm just thinking." He said as he closed the menu. "Just thinking." He repeated.
Lana looked at him with her puppy eyes when she wanted to hear something. "What are you thinking about?"
He sighed, "I don't want to ruin this relationship, but I promise you nothing is going on between Marron and I."
Lana chuckled at him, "Why would I assume something is going to happen between you and Marron?" She asked as she picked up her drink and took another sip.
He took a sip of his water and placed it down, "Before we started dating, Marron and I had drunk sex. And I got her pregnant."
Lana swallowed hard when she heard that. "Wow, I wasn't expecting that."
"I'm sorry, I really do like you and I just hope that my actions when I was drunk doesn't affect this relationship." He confessed.
She sighed heavily, "I mean it was before we were dating and you were both drunk." She started off. She took a pause which concerned him. He would be devastated if she wanted to break up because she liked him for him not for being the son of Bulma. "I'll support you."
Trunks thought his heart stop when he heard the words come out her mouth. He was shocked she said that because he was thinking of the worse. "Really?"
She nodded her head, "Yeah, I mean we weren't dating, it isn't like you were sober when you did it." She giggled at herself, "I'll help you guys out, but anything funny happens between you and Marron I'm ending this relationship."
It was a fair statement. He was happy that she said that she would support the two of them, "Okay, thanks babe I'm really glad that you are supporting us."
Lana smiled at her boyfriend as she continued to scan at the menu, "You always have to support your person."
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Bra knocked on Marron's apartment door. She hasn't heard anything from her since her lunch break. She was worried when she didn't show up at the diner with the rest of them.
The blonde came out of the bathroom to hear knocking on her door. She looked through the peephole and realized it was her best friend alone. She unlocked the door and smiled when she saw Bra.
"Marron, you are okay!" Bra said as she walked in and Marron closed and locked the door behind her.
She nodded her head, "Yeah, I'm sorry I didn't show up to the diner tonight."
"Rough day?" Bra asked.
"Yeah, I called my parents and Trunks and I are going to tell them on Saturday." Marron said as she walked back into her bedroom, so she can change into her pajamas.
Bra smiled, "I heard Trunks took the news slightly well according to Goten."
"He did, I was surprised." Marron confessed as she walked back out. "I'm just worried."
Bra shrugged her shoulders and looked at her best friend concerned, "What are worried about?"
Marron sat down in one her chairs and placed her elbows on the ends of her thighs. "He said he wants to raise this baby with me, but I feel like he is going to run out when he gets the chance."
The bluenette shook her head, "No, Trunks wouldn't do that. He loves you too much of friend to do that."
Marron rolled her eyes as she sat back in the chair, "I'll see it when I believe it. I hope Lana took the news well."
"Knowing her she probably will. She is a very understanding person." Bra added to the conversation.
"Yeah, you are right." Marron said.
Bra stood up and walked back to the door, "I'm going to head back to my parents' house, so I hope to see you tomorrow. Goodnight Marron."
"Goodnight Bra." Marron got up and walked towards the door to lock it. She walked back to her room, but the home phone rang causing her to jump out of her skin. She walked back over to grab it. "Hello?"
"Marron, Lana took the news well." He said through the phone.
A smile appeared on the blonde's face, "That's great to hear. I'm going to head to bed, so have a goodnight."
"Have a goodnight." He said as she hung up the phone and placed it back into its dock.
"Maybe it won't be too bad after all." She muttered to herself as she walked into her to go to sleep.
A/N: This will be the last part out for a while. Before everyone feels upset, I am going into my last semester of high school. I feel old, but anyway I have to still worry about grades and also hang out with my friends because this will be the last time we will ever be in the same school again. I'll try my best to update, but some good news is, I have the fourth chapter almost done, so it should be out soon. Please leave a review, I appreciate the feedback :)