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Song : There Goes My Life by Kenny Chesney.

song "talking"

There Goes My Life

It had been several years since his daughter had moved out. He was nervous and had been since Madison's call last night.

"Trunks, what are you doing?" Marron asked as she walked into the living room.

"I'm just making sure that everything is clean."

"You have cleaned already. Madison won't care if there is dust or if the apartment looks a little messy."

"But I do."

Marron smiled. "It does show."

"I'm glad."

After about twenty minutes, there was a knock on the door. Trunks got up and walked toward the door. It took a few moments before he opened the door.

"I love you, baby, good-bye"

"Hi Madison." Trunks said as he looked at the man that stood next to his daughter. "Come on in."

Madison quickly hugged her father. "It is good to see you again." She pulled back from the hug and said, "This is my boyfriend, Stephen."

At this time, Marron walked over to the door and was shocked to see her step-daughter with a man. "Good afternoon, I'm Marron."

"Stephen." Stephen said as he shook hands with both Trunks and Marron. "It is nice to meet both of you."

"You too." Marron turned and walked back into the apartment. She was glad that she finally got to see Madison.

"Please come in." Trunks watched his daughter and her boyfriend walk into the apartment. "Can I get anyone anything to drink?"

"No, thank you." Stephen said.

"No, I'm fine." Madison said as she sat on the couch. "How has everything been with you two?"

Trunks sat in the recliner and said, "Everything is great. Capsule Corp has been doing well."

"That's good." Madison was extremely nervous about having bought her boyfriend home. "I talked to Pan a couple days ago."

"How is she doing?" Marron knew that Madison missed her best friend, but she was glad that they were at least talking.

"She is doing good." Madison smiled. "Apparently Ubuu finally proposed a few days ago."

"It's about time." Trunks stated. "How long have they been dating?"

"At least five years." Madison laughed. She was glad for the subject change. It at least took some of the pressure off. "I'm just glad that he proposed."

"I think we all agree on that." Marron said.

After a few minutes of silence, Trunks asked, "So Stephen what do you do for a living?"

"Right now, I'm in Graduate School for Business."

"Really?!" Trunks was a little shocked, but he wasn't going to let it show. "Then is that where you met my daughter?"

"Dad!"

"What? I was just asking a question."

"It is an embarrassing question."

Stephen smiled and said, "Yes, sir, that is where I met her."

"How long have you two been dating?" Marron loved to embarrass her step-daughter.

"Almost two months now." Madison looked at Stephen and said, "It was funny how we met."

"How did you meet?" Trunks couldn't help but be curious about this.

"Well, remember a couple months ago when I called because my car wouldn't start?" Madison asked.

"Is this before or after you ran into Marron's car?"

"Dad!" Madison shrieked. She really wanted to forget about that. "This is after and besides that wasn't exactly my fault. She was parked in my spot."

Marron laughed. "We know."

"Anyway, Stephen helped me get my car started and we became friend. After about a week or two of being just friends he kissed me."

"What?!" Trunks was shocked and he didn't find that funny at all.

Marron sighed. She couldn't believe that after all this time he was still protective of his twenty-three year old daughter. "I think that is funny."

"We do," Madison stated, "and that is all that matters."

Before they knew it, two hours had passed. It upset Trunks that his daughter had to leave because all he wanted was for her to stay.

"You are going to come back and see me, right?" Trunks curiously asked. He wasn't sure why he felt like he wasn't going to see his daughter again.

Madison smiled and hugged her father. "Of course you will. I'll be back later in the week."

"Promise?"

"Promise." Madison quickly hugged her step-mother and said, "I'll see you later."

"Bye."

They watched Madison and her boyfriend leave. Marron wrapped her arms around her husband.

"I'll be alright Marron." Trunks said with a shaky voice.

"You don't sound alright."

"I just don't like her being gone from home like this."

"I know, but everything is going to be fine."

"I know."

"There goes my life."

It has been several months since Madison and Stephen had last been to her parents' apartment. When Marron heard a knock on the door, she got up and opened the door to see Stephen.

Marron was a little shocked to see him. "Good evening Stephen. What are you doing here? Because Madison isn't here."

"I know that she isn't here."

"Then why are you here?"

"Because I need to speak to you and Trunks about something."

"Come on in." Marron said as she moved out of the way. "Trunks will be home shortly."

"He doesn't have to hurry back."

"He called a couple of minutes ago."

"Oh…ok."

Marron was excited because she figured that there could only be one reason to why Stephen would be here by himself. "Please have a seat. Is there anything I can get for you?"

Stephen sat on the couch and said, "Water would be nice."

Marron nodded and walked into the kitchen. She couldn't help but be extremely nervous. When she bought the glass of water out for Stephen, she was Trunks walk through the front door. "Welcome home. We have a visitor."

Trunks frowned. "Who is it?"

"Stephen."

"What is he doing here?"

Marron shrugged. "He said he wanted to talk to us about something."

"Oh…ok." Trunks took off his suit coat and hung it up. "This could be interesting." He walked over to the living room and sat in the recliner. "It is nice to see you again."

"You too sir." Stephen couldn't help but be afraid of him. "I came to ask you something."

"What is it?" Marron asked.

"Don't be afraid to ask." Trunks stated.

Stephen nodded. "I want to ask you if I could marry your daughter."

Trunks was shocked. He couldn't believe what he had just heard. "You want to marry Madison?"

"Yes, sir, I do." Stephen answered. All of the sudden he was afraid that he wouldn't be allowed to marry her.

"What are you going to do?" Trunks stated. "I want to make sure that my daughter will be well taken care of."

"Trunks…" Marron understood why her husband was acting like this, but figured that was something that he didn't need to know. So she decided to change the subject. "Stephen I'm very glad that you asked us first. I only have one question."

"Ok, what is it?"

"Are you sure that this is what you want? I only ask because you and Madison have only been dating for at least eleven months." Marron had to make sure that he was sure.

"I realize that we have only been dating for a short time, but I do love Madison." Stephen looked at Trunks and Marron. "If it helps, I'm not planning to get married right away. Personally, I would like an engagement of at least two years."

Marron smiled. "That is a good thing."

"How long was your engagement?"

Trunks looked at his wife and before looking back at Stephen. "About six months."

"Wow…that isn't long at all."

"No, it isn't," Trunks stated, "but Marron and I grew up together."

"I heard that he looked up to his girlfriend's parents because they had such a loving marriage.

Before either of them we aware of it, a couple hours had flown by. Stephen still had not gotten his answer. The three of them had been talking about various things from college to sports to what they should Madison for her birthday.

"I would hate to cut the evening short, but I would like to at least try to be home before Madison."

"Of course." Trunks watched Stephen stand up from the couch. "Stephen before you go I will allow you to marry my daughter."

"What?!" Stephen was surprised. "Thank you." He hugged Trunks only to quickly let go. "Thank you so much."

"Just promise that you will take care of my little girl."

Stephen smiled. "I promise."

Marron hugged Stephen and told him 'bye'. After he left, she turned to look at Trunks. "I have a serious question."

"What is it?"

"Should we invite Emily?"

Trunks shook his head. "I don't want to, but that should be Madison's decision."

"Your right." Marron wrapped her arms around her husband's waist and laid her head on his shoulder. "How long before your mother starts in on great-grandchildren?"

Trunks laughed. "Shouldn't that question be directed toward your parents too?"

"Good point."

"Marron?"

"Yeah?"

"How long do you think it will be before we are grandparents?"

"I don't know, but you just sounded like your mother."

"Shut up!" Trunks teased. "Madison is truly grown up now."

"Yeah, she is."

Trunks and Marron stood there in the living room holding onto each other. Neither one of them were exactly ready to believe that their little girl would be getting engaged.

"There goes my life."

It has been a couple years since Stephen had asked permission to propose to Madison. Today had been the rehearsal diner, which had been held at Bulma's house.

Trunks was glad to have his daughter home for one last night. When they walked into the apartment, he saw his daughter collapse on the couch. "Are you excited for tomorrow?" He asked as he sat in the recliner.

"Yeah, I am." Madison smiled. "In my opinion, the wedding should have been a year and a half ago."

"That's because you wanted a short engagement."

"Of course I did." Madison looked at her father. "It's just that is has almost been three years since he proposed."

"But isn't tomorrow the three year anniversary of him proposing?" Marron asked as she sat in the other recliner.

"It is." Madison laid back down against the couch. "That is part of what makes it so special."

Trunks smiled. "That is special."

"Dad?"

Trunks turned on the television and said, "Yeah?"

"Do you think that she'll come tomorrow?"

Marron had been glad when Madison invited her birth mother to the wedding. She felt that Emily had a right to come see her daughter get married, even if Marron and Trunks didn't really like the idea. "Emily might come."

"We never did get reservation." Trunks really didn't want her there, but then again he hoped that she would at least come to see her daughter get married.

Madison looked at the clock and saw that it was 12:33 in the morning. "I'm going to go to bed." She got up off the couch and hugged both her parents. "See you guys in the morning."

"Good night sweetie." Trunks watched his daughter leave the living room. "What time do we have to get up in the morning?"

"Her hair appointment is at eleven…so I would think that between 9 and 9:30."

"Ok." Trunks looked at his wife and said, "I think we should probably go to bed too. Tomorrow is going to be a long, but exciting day."

"It will be." Marron got up out of the recliner and walked over to Trunks. "Let's go to bed. I wanna be able to be up before her."

"Why?"

"Because I think waking her up in the morning would be so much fun."

"Yeah, it will be."

With that said, Trunks followed Marron to their bedroom. As soon as they laid on the bed, they were fast asleep.

Trunks woke up to a loud clap of thunder. He opened his eyes to see that it was raining very hard. He sighed as he woke up his wife. "Marron wake up."

"Just let me sleep for a little longer."

"You're the one that wanted to wake Madison up."

"Fine." Marron opened eyes only to see the rain. "Tell me that I'm imaging it."

"Nope, it is really raining and there have been some thunder."

"It is suppose to be an outside wedding."

"Let's got wake her up so that I can get ready to go."

"Why are you leaving so early?"

"If my little girl wants an outside wedding, she'll have one."

Marron quickly kissed Trunks before getting out of bed. She put her robe on over her pajamas before walking to her daughter's room. She walked in only to find her daughter lying in her bed crying. "Madison what's wrong? Did Stephen call the wedding off?"

Madison shook her head no. "Rain…my wedding is ruined…why is it…r-raining?"

"I don't know." Marron sat on her daughter's bed. "Don't worry about it. Everything will be fine. Your wedding is not ruined."

Trunks walked over to the other side of the bed. "You are still going to have your wedding outside, even if it is with tents or umbrellas. I'll figure something out."

Madison sat up and said, "Really?! You would do that? I really really want an outside wedding."

"I'm going to try." Trunks kissed his daughter's forehead. "I'll see you later. Have fun getting ready."

"Ok. Bye."

Marron smiled when she realized that Trunks already had on jeans and a black t-shirt. "Good luck with figuring everything out."

"Bye."

When they were sure that Trunks had left, Madison and Marron started laughing. At least they got to laugh at something. It seemed to make that day a little better.

Before everyone realized it, it was 4:00 pm and that meant that it was time for the wedding. Madison couldn't help but be nervous. She began to really hate the rain. It had not stopped all day and was making her extra nervous. She calmed down a little bit when she saw Pan come into her old room.

"Are you ready?" Pan asked as she helped Madison put her veil on.

"I think so, but I'm nervous." Madison stood up and smoothed out her dress.

"Everyone is nervous before the wedding." Pan looked at Madison and said, "Even I was nervous when I married Ubuu."

"Good then I'm not the only one."

"Your not."

"Pan did my birth mother come?"

"I don't think so."

"Oh well, it was a long shot."

"I think it was brave of you to send her an invitation."

"Me too."

Trunks knocked on the door. He couldn't wait to tell Madison the good news. He walked into the room and said, "It is time."

Pan quickly gave Madison a hug before leaving the room.

"You look beautiful." Trunks was till in a little shock that his daughter was getting married. For some reason he saw that little girl his daughter use to be instead of the young woman she had grown up to be.

"Do you like my dress? Marron just finished it."

Trunks nodded. He knew that disaster that the dress had caused. He blamed it partially on Marron being so nervous, partially on the zipper that kept breaking, and partially on his daughter for being so fidgety. "Strapless was perfect."

Madison twirled in her white floor length strapless gown. "I think that simple look is more eloquent then just having a bunch of sequins."

Trunks laughed. "Sweetie, you're probably the only person who thinks that."

"Yep, I am."

Trunks pulled Madison's veil down in front of her face. "I think that we should probably go."

"Yeah, we should."

Trunks walked out of his daughter's room with her. When they reached the bottom of the stairs, he said, "By the way, your wedding is still outside."

"What?!" Madison shrieked. "Really?!"

"I managed to find someone that let us use their tents on short notice."

Madison hugged her father. "Thank you so much."

"Anything for you sweetie." Trunks walked his daughter over to the back door and said, "If you don't want to do this, I'll go out and tell everyone."

Madison smiled. "This is what I want. I wan to marry Stephen."

"Then we should go out there." Trunks walked his daughter down the isle and handed her to Stephen before sitting down next to Marron.

"Is everything ok?" Marron asked as she squeezed his hand.

"Everything is perfect." Trunks said with a smile.

Trunks knew that Madison wouldn't stray too far from her parents, but he also knew that he had to let her go to live her life with her husband.

"Baby, good-bye."

That is the end of this story. I would like to thank everyone who sent in ideas and reviewed. I am sorry that there was such a wait for this chapter, but I hope that this long chapter made up for it. Thank you to everyone who reviewed telling me to update. I hope that everyone liked it. Thanks again. Bye!