chapter6
"I saw him!! He left with her - to her hotel room!!" cried Pan through her tears that flowed uncontrolably. She
was sobbing so hard she could barely breath. She took the tissue that Bra had handed her and wiped her
face. "I don't know why he's doing this! This was OUR vacation together and he goes and - and -" and Pan
fell into her uncle Gotens arms and wept. The others in the hotel room watched with agony and remorse
towards Trunks. Goten shook his head, "How could Trunks do that?" Marron agreed, "Yeah I mean, sure
he's a flirt but he would never go to a hotel room and -"
"Well he did have a bit too much to drink." concluded Bulma matter of factly and Pan cried even
harder. Gohan rubbed his chin. He was very upset with Trunks. He loved his one and only daughter and to
see her crushed by something the other did killed him. "I'm nothing to him!" cried Pan, "Nothing at all! He'll
never change. Why did I think that I was the one for him?! WHY?! I KNEW what he was! Why couldn't I just
look past the good looks and attitude? I'm so stupid! I'm just another woman to flirt with him!!"
"Don't say that." came a voice from the door way. Every head turned. It was Trunks standing there with a
stirn look on his face, his board short strings dangled. "YOU!!" Pan screamed as she stood from the bed
and ran towards him like a rapid pollicle. Her friends tried to hold her back but she squeezed through,
shoved Trunks into the wall and slapped him with all her might. She tried to continue in beating him
senseless but Trunks held her back by her shoulders allowing a few strong hits to his chest and shoulders.
Her blows became weaker as she sobbed and collapsed in his arms. He struggled to hold her up right. In
dishearted whispered she cried, "you pathetic, immature, rancid, cold hearted, two timing, son of a bitch!!"
"Pan please!" he cried. But she gave him another slap into the wall and ran out the door crying and
stumbling. Bra quickly ran after her shoving Trunks out of the way and Trunks quickly grabbed the door
frame to prevent him from falling. The others in the room were silent as they stared at him in anger and
dissapointment. Gohan who stood near him had his arms crossed as he said in a stirn firey voice, "How
could you?" Trunks rolled his eyes quickly, "Gohan, I didn't do anything. I came to-"
"You didn't do anything?!" now Gohan was down right angry with him, "My daughter sees you and that
trashy woman slip to a hotel room and yet you didn't do anything?!?!?!" Trunks quickly stood to Gohan and
retorted, "She's not trash!" His eyes wondered to the rest of the tribe knowing he wasnt on anyone's good
side, "Look I know what I did back there at the bar didn't look very good, but I promise you, nothing
happened. In fact, though Usina wanted to, I came back to my senses and told her how much I really loved
Pan." everyone's ears pricked and Trunks nodded before they could ask, "Yeah," and he threw his arms in
the air surrendering all his feelings, "I love her! I've always loved her. I messed up. I admit that but nothing
happened. I couldnt do it. I love Pan." suddenly a single tear began to form on his face as he looked down
in dismay, "And I think I ... screwed it up." Trunks glanced back up at Gohan, pain in his eyes and tone of
voice. He could see the truth in Trunks and his anger lightened. He believed him. Trunks continued as a
shred of fighting tears streamed down his cheek, "If anyone was stupid, it was me. I had the one thing in
my life that I've been searching for and I had to juggle with something incredibly special that I had...that I
KNEW I had and" Trunks swallowed hard then said, "...I fumbled." and Trunks leaned back against the wall
unable to hold himself up and slid in failure to the ground, knees propped up and head sunked before them
with his arms wrapped over the back of his head in shame and lost hopes. It was gone. Everything that
mattered to him just ran out the door.~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
A few yards away from the tiki bar party that continued on in the night, Pan sat against a tree staring off at
the neon lights, the ocean in the distance and the starfilled sky. Her tears had become dried rivers on her
face which was still moist and wet. Her mascara still smeared and painted under her eyes giving her an
unattractive display. But she didn't care anymore. If she wasn't pretty enough to keep a man in her life then
she wasn't pretty enough to care about it. She sat there too tired to cry and even if she wasnt she had run
out of tears. She sat there with her head back against the tree and just allowed the island's wind to dry her
face with it's cool gusts of air and bring back her respiration. She began remembering the simple things
with Trunks like the dance at last year's highshcool, how he carried her off with him, leaving her to feel as if
she could fly. She remembered the roses he gave, the kisses, the smile that would turn her on like a star in
the sky, and the invitation to go far away somewhere on a distant island to be together. Lies. All lies.
Unable to face Trunks she figured it would be best to just leave the her home and start again else where.
She would have to run away soon. Suddenly her thoughts were interupted by a sudden presence beside
her. She opened her eyes and glanced over only to see Usina. Her stomach churned and she felt as though
she was going to vomit from her presence. Had she come to gloat about what a great time she had with her
man? Was she going to make her ears bleed with every detail? Through clentched teeth, Pan asked coldly,
"What do you want?"
Usina frowned, "You're not with Trunks?" Just the fact that the woman said his name like she knew him
made her spit feel like acid, "What do you think?!" and Pan stepped to her feet unwilling to look up at such
a low life woman, "I saw you two heading towards the hotel! I know about you two and you're asking why I'm
not with that scum bucket? Who do you think you are anyway? Do you know that man? Do you know how
long he's been with me? Do you know how much I cared for him? Do you know who he is? Do you know
about his life? His mother, father, siblings, do you know the unforgetable look he gives when he's at his high
times and low times? Do you know his favorite food? His favorite story, dance and song? Do you know how
it feels to have something that was once a part of you be ripped away by something that had spawned on
him in a matter of twenty minutes? Do you know?!?!"
Usina's eyes wondered the ground in shame as she answered in a whisper, "No...I don't, though I wish I
did." and Pan coudln't find anything else to say and before she even could Usina then added as she
glanced up at her once again, "But I do know how much he loves you." Pan frowned and Usina continued,
"He's a beautiful man hun, I saw how he was alone, drinking...drinking alot actually and I wanted him. I
wanted what you had. I took him to the hotel room, I wanted him only to find out, he didn't want me.
Nothing happened. He wouldn't let anything happen now matter how seductive or forceful I was and no
matter how drunk or not fully there he was. He didn't want me. He wants you and I envy you. Don't give up
on him. He deserves better than me. He's a good guy, I didn't think there were guys out there that were so
dedicated to their woman. He's one of the few. Don't lose that." and with that Usina turned to leave. At a
lost for words, Pan cried out to her, "Usina!" Usina turned and Pan said, "Congratulations on the pagent."
and Usina gave a weak smile, "It's just a contest. Winning a crown is nothing compared to winning a heart."
and with that, Usina left.
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