He sat there deep in thought. "No." he finally answered.

"Alright, he stays with us and I cook for you till Bulma get's back."

"Deal. 3 meals a day for me and he can stay there till she returns." Vegeta and Marron shook.

"Boy!" he yelled at his son, "You and this...uh...Marron get outta this house." He turned to Marron, "Breakfast at
6."

"It'll be ready." then Trunks came down stairs with a duffle bag. They ran out of the house to meet the
waiting Goten.

"Let's go!" Trunks cheered. The two of them took of leaving her in the dust.

Oh well. To night is a beautiful night for a walk anyway. She said to herself. She walked toward her house
humming quietly to herself. There was a rustle in the bushes. Marron stopped dead in her tracks. She thought
about running back to Vegeta. He won't let anything hurt me, seeming how I own him 3 meals a day for 3
days. No you have more guts than that, Marron.

The creature emerged from it's hiding place and sat down beside Marron. She looked down.

"Luke?"

She heard a whimper.

"Come on boy. Lets go home."

He quietly barked and started to jump with enthusiasm.

"So, how'd ya get loose?" she expected his normal bark, yip, or howl. That is just what she got. They
played around till they reached home.

"Uncle Junana, I'm home."

No response.

"Trunks? Goten? Anyone?"

Still nothing. She looked down at Luke.

"Search the house."

His nose went to work. He found Goten and Trunks sitting in her room chatting about girls and fighting.

"Where's my uncle?" she asked them sitting down with them.

They shrugged.

"Did you tell him about my deal with your dad?"

Trunks nodded, Goten shook his head.

"Oh, he's taking care of everything then.

Trunks and Goten looked puzzled and stared at her. She just stared right back. Then they started talking about
how they wanted to be friends forever and that in 5 years we would meet back at Capsule Corp. Then they
started singing kareoke. They had loads of fun making fools out of themselves with people who already knew
they were crazy. Then they heard the front door open and 2 voices talking in the living room. The 3 of them went
and peeked over the edge of the balcony. Vegeta and Junana were talking and getting along. After a few
moments they all crawled back to Marron room.

"Wow! They were actually getting along." Trunks said amazed.

"That is to weird for science." Goten admitted.

"Something fishy is going on and I'm going down there to find out what it is."

"No...Wait!"Goten and Trunks whispered at her.

She shook her head and walked down the stairs.

"Hi uncle. Hi Vegeta."

Her uncle said hello and Vegeta looked up at her. He at least made some acknowledgment to her existence.

She walked into the kitchen. "Would you like anything?" she asked.

"How about some hot tea." Junana-gou said looking at Vegeta. He AGREED!

She picked up the kettle and filled it up with water and put it on the stove.

"So where were you?" she inquired. "I was worried when I came home and you weren't here."

"Oh, I went to talk to Vegeta. He's a very interesting man."

"I wouldn't know."

"Anyway, you don&'t have to cook for him for the rest of the week. I am going ot be sparring with
him instead."

"Well, I am still going to cook in the morning and it should be ready by 6, so if you want breakfast, you can stop
by here tomorrow morning."

"I will." he said.

The kettle whistled and Marron rose to take it off the heat. She took 5 tea cups down from the cupboard and
poured tea into 2 of them then carried them out to the 2 sweaty men.

They didn't thank her but that didn't bother her.

"Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the tea." Marron said as she carried a tray with the rest of the tea
and cups up to her room.

"Well,..."

"We heard."Goten said.

"Your lucky that dad likes your uncle." Trunks said.

"You sly dogs, you" she remarked.

Luke lifted his head and looked at her.

"Not you baby."

Vegeta stayed a little while longer while Trunks, Marron, and Goten made up a story together. Eventually Trunks
got carried away and started to make up the entire story himself letting his imagination run wild. Goten and
Marton didn't mind. Marron laid her head down in Goten's lap. Trunks words slowly got jumbled
then she fell asleep.

*****

"I hope their alright. It''s strange. Trunks and Vegeta have left."Krillin said while laying in bed.

"No it's not. They went home to train."

"But...."

"Shut up and go to sleep!" she demanded.

After that no words were said

*****

Goten was trapped in a flaming building with no way out. He was calling out to Marron but she couldn't
do anything. Suddenly a beam fell down and crushed Goten beneath it. She screamed.

Marron woke up screaming and in a cold sweat.

Goten sat up beside her. "What's wrong?"

She stared at him trying to figure out if it was really him or a ghost.

"Goten?" she whispered.

"What?"

She found his voice so soothing. She threw her arms around his neck.

"I had a nightmare that you were trapped in a building and that you were kille and I just sat back and watched it
happen, helplessly."

He held her, caressing her. "It's alright. I'm just fine and so are you."

She looked into his caring eyes and saw that he wouldn't ever lose her again.

"I love you." she told him.

"I love you too. Now go to sleep." he kissed her forehead and she went back to sleep.

When Marron woke up, Goten's arms were still around her. Carefully she wedged herself out of them
and snuck downstairs. She gathered all the food that she would be using: 2 dozen eggs, 3 pounds of bacon,
enough oranges to make one gallon of orange juice and a pot of coffee and a loaf of bread.

This is all supposed to be prepared in 1 hour. I don't thinks so. I wish I had some of those robots to help
me. She said to herself as she started to cook the eggs and the bacon. She put some coffee in the coffee pot
and started to toast the bread. She kept an eye son the baacon and the eggs as she started to squeeze fresh
orange juice.

"Let me do that." a light voice startled her. She turned and saw a half asleep Goten standing there.

"No no. You go back to sleep. I have everything under control down here." she told him as she kissed his cheek.
Then she went to check the eggs and bacon and plop in new pieces of bread.

"Let me do it." he started to sound irritated.

"Alright." she didn't dare mess with a cranky saiyjin this early in the morning. She handed him the
oranges. He isn't in the best of all moods this morning is he. She thought to herself. By the time
everything was done, all were accounted for and waiting for food.

"So how early were you 2 up?" Junana asked them.

" 5 " Marron said in her cheeky morning voice.

"To early for me." Trunks managed to say through a mouthful of food.

Marron smiled but Goten just lookd at his food. It was getting cold. Marron leaned over toward him and kissed
him on the cheek.. He look at her startled.

"Thanks for helping me with the cooking." she whispered.

"Uh huh."

Trunks looked at his friend. He knew this wasn't his normal hyper friend and that something was wrong.
" Hey buddy, Lets go play a lil one-on-one basketball after this" he suggested.

"Where?" Goten mumbled.

"I have a basketball goal. The people that lived here before us had a son that was a basketball star at his
school."

"Um....ok." Goten murmured.

After the table was empty of food, Vegeta and her uncle took off to go sparring and Trunks and Goten went out
to start their game. Marron stayed inside and cleaned up all the dished and changed into a bathing suit with a
pair of jean short cut-offs before going outside. She went out cheering for her guy. Man was it hot out there, and
so early in the morning.

"Go Goten!'; 'Beat Trunks!!' 'Nice shot!' 'So close'" she
cheered till she was almost hoarse.

Slowly, Goten got more and more energetic and he returned to his normal self. After 2 hours of playing, the
guys stopped and came over to meet Marron. They looked at her in her bathing suit then ran inside to go
change. She was left outside to play with her dog.

"Marron."

She turned to look at her uncle. "Yeah?"

"Would you and the guys like to was my car?"

"Sure." She stood up and walked inside to house to get towels, soap, a bucket, and a couple of sponges. When
she came back out the 2 were outside goofing off with Luke. She trough sponges at them and walked over to
fill the bucket with water from the hose.

"What are these for?" Trunks asked.

"We're gunna wash the car." she told them.

"But I don't wanna."

"To bad." She turned to hose toward them but she wasn't pressing the handle so nothing came out.
CLEAN!" she demanded.

"You're starting to sound like my dad." Trunks said.

Marron squeezed the handle and it hit him in the shoulder and got him all wet.

"I take it back." he squealed running away from the jet stream of water. Goten cracked up so Marron aimed the
water at him and got him wet. Marron started laughing at the fact that her friends were all wet then she
shrieked. Trunks just squeezed soapy water out of a sponge all over her head. They had gotten the car all wet
while getting each other wet. Marron picked up a towel to dry it off but Goten and Trunks thought differently.
They got their towels wet, twisted them up and snapped Marron on the butt. She screamed.

"I'll get you! Both of you!" She chased after them, towel in hand, with Luke running at her side, barking
joyously.

Eventually they all plopped down on the ground laughing and panting like Luke. They had attracted a rather
large crowd of hopeful males and females had gathered to watch them have their little party. Then her uncle
stepped outside to check up on their progress.

"My car! It's even more dirty than it was before." He raved.

"Opps!" the three friends stood up and finished cleaning the convertible. He didn't go back in till it was
clean and everything was put away.

"It's 4 o'clock. You wanna go to the mall?" Trunks asked.

"Yeah, I need a new pair of pants. Mine were destroyed when we last sparred and mom won't be to
happy if she finds out."

"Only once we are cleaned up." Marron told them. They all ran inside to shower.

*****

"Come on Marron!" Goten called to her.

"Almost done." She opened the door. "Let's go." she said clipping her cell phone to her shorts.

"I like that model. Where can I buy one like that?" Trunks asked.

"Hands off. Marron is mine." Goten snarled.

"I was talking about the phone. I know that she is your's." Trunks said putting his hands in the air and
stepping back.

"I like you with your hair down." Goten complemented her.

"Thank you." she walked into the living room where Junana was watching TV.

"We'e going to the mall. Can we use your car?"

"Sure, just be careful with it."

"We will." she said gabbing the keys. She kissed her uncle on the cheek and then joined her friends outside.

Marron go in the drivers side, Goten got beside her and Trunks had the back seat to himself. She cranked up
the engine and listened to it purr. She rolled back the top, cranked up the radio and pulled out of the driveway.
They were going down the street when they were soon being followed by 2 carloads of girls

"This is the one good reason about flying." Goten told his girlfriend.

"Sorry. I wanted to get there like normal people."

"It's alright." Trunks said patting her head. Goten growled at him and Trunks stopped.

They got on the highway and sped up but they didn't lose the cars.

"I wish Bra was here." Marron said.

"Why?" Trunks said.

"That way they would back off."

"Don't worry. Goten and I can take care of them." he said winking at his friend.

They pulled into the parking lot of the mall. Goten and Trunks jumped out as Marron closed to the top of the
convertible. She watched out of the rear view mirror as the cars got closer then turned around and drove off as
quickly as possible. She turned around and saw Goten and Trunks holding hands. Her eyes got enormous. She
stepped out of the car.

"You 2 aren't really..."

"No. You wanted them gone right? They're gone."

She smiled and they walked into the mall.

"Ohh. Popcorn." Goten said sniffing the air.

"Your drooling." Trunks told him. "Ohh, pizza"

"Now you are." Goten smirked.

"Come on you guys." Marron said pulling them toward Connie's Bay.

"I have to go look for some thing. You guys go look for pants." Marron said parting from the guys. "We'll
meet back here in 30 min."

Marron went to the jewelry counter while the 2 went off to their section.

Marron's phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Hi honey."

"Daddy! How are you?"

"Just fine and you?"

"Wonderful. I and at the mall with Goten and Trunks."

"Really?!"

"Yeah. We're are having a lot of fun."

"That's good."

"Yeah. How are you liking your vacation?"

"It's marvelous."

"Great."

"Well here's your mom. We just wanted to check up on you. I love you."

"Love you too! Bye."

"Bye....Hi Baby."

"Hi mom. How be you?"

"Be I just fine."

"That's great."

"Well your father told you why we were calling. How are you?"

"Just fine. I've been told you are having a blast. Is it true?"

"Yes, but I can't wait to get home."

"Well I miss ya but I look into Uncle Junana's eyes and I see you in them so I don't feel that bad."

"Does that mean you don't want us to come home?"

"No. I'll just keep him here."

"Uhhh." her mom whined.

"I am just kidding. I can't wait but I love Uncle too!"

"I understand. Well talk to you later. Bye."

"Bye." Then Marron pressed 'end' on her phone.

"May I help you?" the clerk asked.

"Yes, I am here to....."

*****

"I'll go ask Marron. You can't figure out which one's look like them and I can't
remember. She'll help me in this crisis." Goten picked up the two pairs of pants and started to walk to
the jewelry counter but stopped.

What is she doing? he asked himself. No. No she can't be giving him her number. And he's giving
his to her. She looked at it and smiled. It has to be his number. Goten turned around and walked over to Trunks.

"So which pair did she chose?"

"I didn't ask her."

"Come one. Your not asking her to marry you."

"Let's go."

"What about Marron?" Trunks asked his friend confused.

"Who cares."

"What do you mean 'Who cares' she's your girlfriend."

"I'll tell you on the way home."

"Alright." Trunks nodded and they left.

*****

"I wonder why they aren’t here?" Marron asked herself. She had been waiting for 15 minutes and she
even had someone ask for them over the loudspeaker. She picked up her phone and dialed home.

"Hello?"

"Hi. It's Marron. Is Goten or Trunks there?"

"They just left with their stuff."

"Did they say where they were going?"

"No."

"I'll be home soon. Bye." she hung up and dialed Trunks's number as she walked out to the car.

"What?"

"Vegeta?"

"Who is this?" he growled.

"Marron. Is Trunks there?"

"Why?"

"I need to ask him something."

"Trunks! Phone!"

Trunks picked up. "Hello?"

"Trunks, why did you leave me here?"

"I don't want to talk to you." He slammed down the phone.

Marron started to cry. Luckly she was in the car so nobody saw her. She drove home as quickly as the law
would allow. Once there she ran up to her room, locked herself in and balled her eyes out. She cried for hours
and only stopped when there was a tap on her door.

"Go Away." she moaned.

"I'm a good listener."

"I'd tell you but I know nothing besides the fact that everyone is against me."

"I'm not."

"Well, no your not and neither is Luke but you are the only 2."

He walked away then there was a scratch at her door. She got up and let Luke in. He just laid his head on her
lap.

*****

Marron didn't come out of her room for the next 2 days. She sent Luke down for food and with
messages to everybody. When her parents had came home she didn't care, she stayed in her room.
She heard her uncle telling her parents everything they had done and he knew about her current state. It was
about 3 in that afternoon when the phone rang for the first time since the incident at the mall.

"Marron, it's Bra." her uncle called.

She picked up the phone.

"What's wrong." she asked before Marron had said a word.

"What do you mean?"

"You didn't say your cheeky 'hi' and Goten was here when we got home.

"Can you come over?"

"Yeah. Be there in 5." she hung up. She stood up and found her way downstairs.

"Mom, Bra's coming over. Send her up when she gets here, k?"

"Sure, but what's wrong?"

"I'll tell you when she leaves, maybe."

"Alright."

She went back upstairs and sent Luke down so she could fix up her room. Then her room door opened.

"Bra. Hi."she hugged her friend.

"Tell me the story now. Oh yeah, your mom set something outside the door. Should I get it?"

Marron nodded. Bra got up and returned with a plate full of cookies and two glasses of milk.

Marron smiled.

"Well this is what I know....." she started to tell her patient friend.

*****

Marron handed her a bag. "This is what I was getting."

"It's beautiful." Bra told her.

"Thanks. It reminded me of him when I saw it in the magazine so I ordered it but they could only deliver it to the
store so when we went there it was the perfect time to get it. To bad he'll never get it."

"Hold on there. You go get another phone and we're going to find out what Trunks knows." Bra smiled.

Marron ran out and got another cordless and handed it to her friend. Bra dialed her house.

"What?" Vegeta's gruff voice asked.

"Hi daddy."

"Hey cupcake. What are you calling for?"

"I was wondering if Trunks was there?"

"Hold on one moment."

"Hello?" Trunks picked up the phone.

"Why is Goten mad at Marron?"

"Hey! Where are you?"

"The mall. Marron won't talk and I want to know what is going on!"

"You must be at the quietest place in the mall."

"Yeah, the book store now talk."

"He's what Goten told me. She........"

*****

"But she was getting you a gift." Trunks told Goten after Marron and Bra confessed that they were really at her
house and Bra knew Marron's side.

"What ever." Goten told him as he hung up the phone. He laid down on his bed and turned on his radio. He
drifted in and out of listening to the words. He was thinking about everything he and Marron had done together.
The dj said something that distracted Goten's train of thought and he started to listen to the new song. It
didn’t hit him till the chorus how the song was like Marron and he was who she was singing to.

"I'll stand by you....won't let nobody hurt you.... I'll stand by you...."

"What have I done? Not only have I lost her trust and love but I have also lost Trunks' trust in me as a
friend." he shot up and said aloud to nobody.

He picked up the phone and dialed his friends number. Trunks answered.

"Meet me at Marrons house as soon as possible. Bye."

"Ok." Trunks answered into dead air. He ran down stairs. "Going to Goten's. Later mom."

" Then go to Marron's house and make sure you don't get to sweaty."

"K!" then he darted out the door.

*****

"Wonder who that could be?" Bra asked.

"Probably my dad." Marron answered pulling one of her socks out of Luke's mouth.

Bra shrugged it off and they started to chat about their favorite songs and they turned on the radio.

"Bra, time to go home." Krillin called up to the room they were in.

"I'll walk you outside." Marron said trying to be hospitable.

They walked out to the front gate.

"I guess I'll see you later." Marron told her as her friend began to walk down the street.

"Trunks! What are you doing here?" his sister asked him surprised.

Marron turned around and was scooped up in Goten's arms.

"Man was I stupid. How could I have thought that you were cheating on me? I have been asking myself since
Trunks called me up and told me your part of the story why I didn't ask you any questions." he looked
deep into her eyes. "Do you forgive me?"

"Honestly.....Yea. I'd be crazy not to."

They kissed.

"Oh. Let me go get what I was getting for you." She ran upstairs, grabbed the bag, then dashed back down. She
pulled out one small package and gave Goten the other. He unwrapped it and pulled out a silver chain. On the
end of it was a ring with an emerald and a word inscribed in it.

"Marron." Goten whispered.

She smiled. "I hope you like it."

"That's her name." Trunks said.

"That's the inscription." He pulled Marron close and again they kissed. They didn't realize that
everyone's parents were standing there watching them. They didn't care but the on lookers for
the first time realized that Goten and Marron were much more than friends.
 
 
 
 

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