update time!

There was a knock on the door, and then another. Videl and Gohan were just about to sit down and eat till the knock came, then another, then another. Videl sighed and got up, heading over to see who it was.

'They're going to knock the door down at this rate.' Videl though, hand reaching for the doorknob.

BANG

"Pan! What the-?" Just as Videl thought, Pan had gotten impatient and knocked a hole in the door. Not exactly knocking the door down, but Videl's reaction would have been the same either way.

"I'm sorry, let me-"

"What's going on there?"

"Nothing, Gohan! It's just Pan- Stop, you're only going to- NO!"

"Agh, it just got bigger!"

Gohan poked his head out the kitchen door to see Pan trying to get her hand out of the door by punching it with the other, and Videl frantically trying to stop her. When Pan succeeded, the hole in the door was a little bit bigger than her fist, which wasn't all that large, but it was still an impressive sized hole.

"Just leave it," Gohan sighed, putting his hand to his head, "I'll fix it later."

"Sorry..." Pan said sadly, but Videl put a hand on her shoulder an chuckled.

"It's fine, if anything we can always use the Dragonballs. Anyways, what do you need? Are you hungry?"

Pan smiled sadly, and sat on the couch. "Nah, maybe later. I just have a question."

'Pan? Not hungry? This must be serious.' Videl thought, as she sat beside her daughter. "What is it?"

"Well... I... I think Marron is jealous of me and Trunks friendship! We're just friends, but she get's all fussy like a baby when we are just doing what friends do! She needs to chill before she drives him away, and that's what I told her! But she-"

"Okay, slow down. What I got from that is that you and Marron had a fight about Trunks, right? Well, I can't agree with you entirely. Marron might be a little... Insecure. And yes, she needs to work through that with Trunks, and yes, she can overreact, but you can't ignore the fact that they are married. I wouldn't like it much if someone spent more time with Gohan than me, because husband and wife are supposed to be special to each other."

Pan put her hand on her knee, and placed her chin in her palm. "Well I know that, and I'm not trying to be a homewrecker, or trying to ruin their marriage-"

"Pan, just hear me out. Trunks is not a bachelor, a single guy, anymore. He has a company to run, a wife he needs to spend time with, and they will probably want to have children someday. I don't know if it's good for him to keep goofing off with you all the time. That could seriously damage his relationship.

"Mama..." Pan said, sounding heartbroken. She wasn't trying to hurt anyone! Trunks, Marron, they're marriage, nothing! Why did Marron have to make such a fuss over her and Trunks' friendship?

"Pan, I know that might hurt, and I wasn't trying to sound harsh, but I can sympathize with Marron. As I said before, if someone was hanging out with Gohan more than Gohan was hanging out with me, I'd feel uncomfortable. I'm going to have to side with Marron on this one.

'What. The. Heck.' Pan thought, unable to process what her mother just said. 'Trunks and I are just FRIENDS. Are friends not allowed to hang out with each other if one of them get's married? What's the point of a friendship if it isn't forever? What's the point of a friendship if your friend is just going to leave you?' Pan's face was in horror at the thought of not being able to hang out with Trunks anymore. She was not the attacker, she was the victim.

Videl saw the look on daughters face, and took her hand in hers. "I didn't mean to sound mean or anything Pan, and Trunks will always love you. He and Marron just need space.

I was going to make this chapter longer because it's been so long, but while I accidentally deleted it and had to start over, I think that's a good thing because the pacing would have been off SO BAD If I continued to the next part of the story. Things will get better and longer from here, and way more exciting!