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Could You Love Me?Written By: Debs-Dragon Disclaimer: Don't own, don't sue. Chapter 5 It had been a week since Bra's party and Marrons ankle was pretty much back to normal. Goten, Pan & Bra had all been around to visit but she hadn't heard or seen anything of Trunks since his unexpected confession. She wondered why he was staying away, she could only presume that he was struggling to come to terms with what had happened between them, or should she say nearly happened. Had Goten not come in when he did maybe they would have kissed properly. After what he had told her she was sure that he liked her and that there was a possibility of them becoming more than friends but then she also knew he had Vegeta's blood coursing through his veins and that accounted for a lot when it came to displaying or even accepting feelings. Her thoughts were interrupted by the ringing of the 'phone. She got up & answered it. "Hello" "Hi Marron, its Bra. Pan & I are going to the mall to do some shopping, would you like to come?" "I'd love to." replied Marron, "Anything to stop me thinking about Trunks." she thought to herself. "Okay then, meet you in the usual spot in an hours time." said Bra. "Sure, I'll be there." said Marron and hung up. The girls had a great time with their shopping and after a couple of hours they decided it was time for a drink. They found a cafe and sat sipping sodas when Pan spied Goten & Trunks in the crowd, she called them over. "Hi guys." said Bra & Marron. "Hey" said Goten, Trunks just nodded and avoided eye contact with Marron. Fortunately Bra & Pan were too busy to notice but Goten did. "So where you been hiding Trunks?" said Pan, "We haven't seen much of you these past few days." "Umm I had some things to do & Dad wanted me to train with him." he muttered . Pan accepted this but Marron wasn't so sure. She held her silence though and tried vainly to stop herself from looking at him. She could sense he was uncomfortable around her but she was at a loss as to why. After a short while & much to Trunk's relief the girls bade them good bye and left. Goten & Trunks headed for the Pool hall. As they played a couple of games of pool Goten couldn't help but notice that his friend seemed somewhat occupied. "So, what's up?" asked Goten. "Nothing." replied Trunks. "You can't fool me." said Goten. "Usually I can't beat you but today I have won both games." Trunks shrugged his shoulders & went to get another beer. Goten scratched the back of his head, something was eating Trunks & he was determined to find out what it was. Trunks returned with 2 beers. "Play you another round?" he asked. "Nah.. your hearts not in it." replied Goten. "Look buddy something's bothering you and has been for a while. Your not yourself any more." said Goten. Trunks drank his beer & looked at Goten. "That obvious huh?" he said. Goten nodded. Trunks ordered another drink, they stood at the bar, Trunks swirled his beer around. Goten waited patiently knowing his friend would tell him more when he was ready. Trunks downed the drink and was about to order another when Goten stopped him. "Look mate, heres not the place to get smashed. How about we go back to my place & you can have a few more there & crash for the night. What do you say?" "Yeah, all right. Sounds good." said Trunks. Goten grabbed some bottles and joined Trunks at the car. "I'll drive." said Goten. Trunks handed him the keys. They drove in silence, the wind whipping through their hair. Goten was getting worried. He had never seen Trunks like this before. They had been mates since they were born and shared everything but something serious was happening here and he was at a loss as how to help his buddy. They pulled up out the front of the Son house and got out. No one was home. There was a note on the table. "So where is everyone?" asked Trunks. "Gone to your place according to this." said Goten. "At least mom left us some dinner in the oven." Goten went to the oven & removed the large casserole dish. "Want some?" he asked. Trunks shook his head. "No thanks." he replied and helped himself to another beer. "Okay thats it!" said Goten Trunks looked up. "What do you mean?" "It must be really serious if you refuse food!!" laughed Goten. "Enough beating around the bush. Something is bugging you Trunks, correction, something has been bugging you for a week now. So tell me to mind my own business if you want but I've had enough. Either you tell me what the problem is or do us both a favour and get over it!" Trunks looked up at Goten suprised at this long speech. His brow furrowed. "Sorry man, I didn't realise I was carrying on so bad." "Yeah well your no fun anymore. You dont want to go out, you dont want to train, hell you dont even want to get together with the girls & play some jokes. All you seem to do is stare into space, it's like half your brain is missing." said Goten in between mouthful's. "If I didn't know any better I'd say you were in love." Trunks gagged on his beer. "Say What!!!" he choked. Goten looked up, mouth full, spoon poised in mid air. "Mmmm your acting just like Gohan used to when he was first going out with Videl." he said. Trunks looked stunned. Goten continued, "Gohan used to walk around with this vacant look on his face. He didn't want to do anything either, except spend time with Videl." Goten scraped the last morsel from the bowl then sat back & studied Trunks. His mate was deep in thought. "So, who is she then?" Trunks looked up. "Who said I was in love?" "Look buddy the way you are acting it can't be anything else." said Goten. "So come on, spill the beans." Trunks took a swallow of his beer. "I'm really not sure what's happening to me Goten." said Trunks. "It's really weird, my moods seem to change at the drop of a hat, I can't be bothered to do anything." Trunk's eyebrows forked as he tried to explain. "Why don't you start at the beginning." said Goten. "It might take a while though." replied Trunks. "So? I'm not going anywhere." Goten got up and fetched them another beer each. "There you go. Now, tell Uncle Goten all about it." Trunks laughed and took a swig of his beer. "all right, you win." |
