This chapter is a bit short, but i'm already working on Chapter 3 so it should be up soon. Enjoy!
Chapter 2 – The Ball
Trunks sat at the head table with his hand under his chin. Bulma slapped his knee under the table and leaned closer to him.
"Even if you're bored, you don't have to let the whole world know it."
"I'm sorry, but this truly is boring. Now excuse me while I go hit my head on a wall, or get too drunk to feel bored. Trunks got up from his seat and went into the kitchen despite the stares and gapes of the staff and guests.
"Hey that guy is kinda cute."
Sherri looked at who Kaya was pointing at, then rolled her eyes. "You think every guy is cute."
"Whatever. I'm gonna go find myself someone to talk to."
"Wait, don't leave me here... all alone."
Kaya was already gone. Sherri sighed. "Oh well. I'm kinda thirsty from all that singing. Better get something to drink."
Trunks walked out of the kitchen and yawned. "Better find a good wall to bash my head against." He started walking, then bumped into someone and their water splashed on him.
"Hey watch where you're- Sherri?"
"Oh my gosh I'm so sorry- Trunks?"
They stared at each other for a while, then Trunks cleared his throat. "Hey there."
"Hey yourself."
Trunks smiled at the familiar greeting and hugged Sherri. "Let's grab a seat and talk." He held her gently by the elbow, and led her to an empty table on the side. All the while, Sherri expected a little kid or a woman to come to them.
When they sat down, Trunks began talking. "How are you?"
"I'm fine. How are you?"
"I'm doing great. What are you doing here?"
"I'm actually representing my bosses who, conveniently, neither could make it tonight. But what are you doing here? I thought you hated these things."
Trunks groaned. "I do, but Mom insisted that I come since I'm the new president of Capsule Corp."
"Oh yes! I heard you became the president! Congratulations."
"Thank you. You said your bosses couldn't make it. I didn't know you worked here."
"Actually, yes. I work as a secretary, both full time and part time. How's Bulma?"
"She's fine. She's right over there." He pointed to the head table where Bulma was laughing at a joke. "How are your parents?"
Sherri's smile faded a bit. "I really don't know."
"Huh?"
"They're sort of M.I.A. When we went to America, their vehicle was involved in an accident, but there were no traces of them."
Trunks reached across the table and put his hand on Sherri's. "I'm so sorry to hear that."
"It's okay." She blinked back a few tears, then looked at him and smiled. "You look nice. Haven't changed much since the last time I saw you."
"Neither have you and you look amazing."
Sherri blushed. "Why thank you." Her phone rang and she rummaged through her purse to find it. "Hello? Yeah. Yes. No problem. No I understand. Just leave the keys in the car. Yeah, bye."
She turned off the call. "Sorry about that. My friend got a ride with someone else, and I gotta take the car we came in to go home."
"No problem." He smiled at her.
"Oh look at the time! It's almost midnight! I better run. I've got to get to work in the morning." She got off her seat and fixed her dress before walking away from the table.
"Wait!"
Sherri turned back to see Trunks standing up behind her.
"If you're not busy sometime, maybe we could meet up at Starbucks or something?"
She smiled. "Hey no problem. But I really gotta go right now. Bye!"
She gave Trunks a hug, then vanished through the front door. Trunks smiled as she left, then hit his forehead.
"Oh man! I forgot to ask her where she lives. Or where she works. It's like finding a needle in a haystack." He groaned, then looked at Sherri's seat and smiled. "Maybe it won't be so hard after all."
Well that's it till the next chapter. Happy holidays! :D