First Love

Writen by: Lex

Chapter one




" Bra, honey, time to get up." came my kaasan's voice through the door.
I mumbled something about she should go away and leave me alone.

" But honey, in a few hours we have to meet everyone at the park."
My eyes flew open at that last statement. I sat up in bed and looked at the clock on my nightstand. It read 9:45am.
'Oh God, how could I have forgotten about meeting everyone, in the park for a picnic?.' I thought to myself while absentmindedly slapping my forehead with my hand.
" Thanks kassan!" I yell.
" No problem, dear. Just remember we need to leave at noon." she said
and walked away. I jumped out of my soft bed revealing my silky nightgown underneath. As I walked over to my wooden bathroom door, my feet felt the nice soft plush carpeting underneath. I turned the cold handle of the door and walked into my soft baby blue wallpapered bathroom. It seemed a little colder in this room than it had been in my room but that would make no difference once I started the shower. I opened a small wooden door to my left and pulled out one large, dark green, plush towel and pulled out another towel that was exactly the same as the first, only smaller. I put them both on my marble counter that was on my right side, I then walked forward, towards the shower. I opened the glass door and before stepping in, I let my silk nightgown fall to the floor. Once inside I turned on the hot water, letting the warm droplets wash away any sweat from the night's sleep. I reached for my shampoo and put some into my palm, then applied it to my hair allowing it to make peach scented shampoo suds. I opened my eyes as I washed away the shampoo and saw the steam from the shower all around me, it was fogging up the glass doors and most likely the mirror too. Soon my favorite bar of soup was in my hand moving in circular motions over my body, making my skin feel like silk. ' God how long has it been since I've seen everyone? A year I think. Oh, I can't wait to see Pan and Marron!' I thought happily. After I finished with the shower I stepped out onto the cool marble floor and took my large towel, rapping it around my slightly chilly body. I took the smaller towel and wiped the fog off the mirror, only for it to come back again so I just rapped the smaller towel around my wet hair. I opened the door and was greeted with a small gust of cold air. My body shivered and I decided to get dressed. I walk over to my walk in closet and opened the wooden doors. I walked in and started looking through all the different outfits. My hands kept flying through outfits of every kind until they came up one particular outfit that had matching boots to go with it. I picked up the outfit and stepped out of the closet. I set the outfit down on my bed and I took the towel from hair and just let it fall and stay on the ground and I soon did the same with the towel that had been rapped around my body. I quickly walked over to my dresser, for the air was cold, and I opened the top drawer. I pulled out underwear and a bra and put them on. I then walked back across the carpeted floor to my bed, to retrieve the outfit. I picked it up and put it on.
" Bra honey! Time to go!" came my kaasan's voice from downstairs.
"OK, be right there!" I yelled back.
I got up and walked over to my full length mirror. My reflection stared back at me wearing my short baby blue miniskirt with my spaghetti strapped baby blue shirt. On my feet were a pair of boots, a little darker than baby blue. My make-up consisted of a light color of blush on my cheeks, light blue eye shadow, mascara, and the nail polish that was on my fingernails.
"Perfect." I said.
I walked across the carpet over to my wooded bedroom door and opened it. I heard the soft sound my boots made on the wood floor, indicating that I had just stepped out of my room. I walked down the hallway turned left and went down the stairs and as soon as I got to the bottom I went into the kitchen.
My nichan, Trunks, was just finishing eating breakfast, while my kaasan was talking to my tousan. I think she was telling him something about it was a good thing to be able to go see everyone again. After a few seconds she turned to me and said
" Bra, grab something to eat and then we'll leave."
"All right." I said.
My nichan got up and put his dishes into the dishwasher. I looked at what he was wearing, a dark green shirt that was kind of dressy with a pair of tan pants. 'At least it's something different from what he usually wears' I thought as I walked over to one of the cabinets in the kitchen. I opened the cabinet and reached into it. I pulled out a breakfast bar and said "Lets go." I said while unwrapping the breakfast bar. As I turned to walk out of the kitchen I noticed that my nichan was looking at me.
" I still can't believe how you can eat so little." he said.
" Yeah, well, at least I don't eat as much as you do, Trunks. Besides I'm not that hungry." I said as I smiled at him.
He smiled back at me, walked over to me, put an arm around me and we started walking towards the front door. As we were walking I started munching on my breakfast bar, while thinking of what the day was to bring.

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We all got out of the car and started looking around the park for our friends.
We finally spotted them near the lake and started walking towards them. Chichi turned around and as soon as she saw us and ran up to us. She hugged each of us in her excitement to see us. My kaasan went with Chichi, my tousan went by a tree and just stood there, and my nichan went with Goten. I looked for Pan and Marron and in a couple of seconds I spotted them.
" Pan, Marron!" I yelled while running on the green grass over to them.
Pan and Marron turned around at the sound of their names and as soon as they saw me their faces lit up.
"Bra!" both yelled as they stood up to greet me. As soon as I reached them I was enveloped in a hug.
"Bra, it's so good to see you!" Pan said.
"Same here." I said, as we started to sit back on the blanket, that was on the ground.
We talked for a while about different stuff and then we finally came upon the subject of boys.
"So Bra, do you have you eye on anyone?" asked Marron with a sly smile on her face.
I looked at her and shrugged.
"Oh come on Bra! There has to be someone that you like!" said Pan.
"Not really. I'm just not interested in anyone right now." I said as I moved on the blanket, so that I was lying on my stomach.
Then, when they start talking about their latest crushes, I partly pay attention to what they are saying. I start to look around the park with my eyes. What I'm looking for, I'm not sure, but my eyes just keep wandering from one object to the other until they land on something interesting. They land on Goten and Trunks. For a moment I wonder why out of all the things to look at I end up looking at Trunks and Goten. More specifically Goten but I just quickly get read of the thought as I watch the scene before my eyes unfold. They were on a blanket of their own, with Trunks sitting Indian style on it and Goten sitting with his legs stretched out and his back leaning on the tree that was giving them shade. It looked as if Trunks and Goten are talking about something and it seemed rather important from the look of seriousness on their faces. I mentally wonder what in the world they could be talking about. Then Trunks stood up, told Goten something and then gives a shrug of his shoulders when Goten shakes his head no. As Trunks begins to walk over to were the food is set up, Goten pulled something out of his pocket. It looks like he was doing something to it for a few seconds and then held it up to his ear.
'Oh, it's a cell phone.' I thought and mentally laughed at myself for not realizing what it was earlier.
As I see him wait for the person he is calling to pick up, I notice that his face holds the expression of someone impatient and anxious.
'Wonder why he seems anxious?' I think.
A few seconds pass and I turn my thoughts back to what Goten is doing. I see his lips moving and I figure that he must be talking to the person he had called.
'Who could that be?' I think as I see that his face is a little hopeful as he is talking to the person but then I see it suddenly fall into an expression of sadness.
I see him hang up the phone and wonder what got him so down all of sudden. But then my thoughts were rudely interrupted by Pan.
"Bra, Bra?" asked Pan.

"What?" I asked partly annoyed that she had interrupted my train of thought.

"We, were just wondering if you were paying any attention to us." said Marron.

"Yeah, I mean you kinda looked like you were in your own little world or something." said Pan.
I cracked a smile at her saying that, for she didn't even know how right she was about me being in my own little world.
"Well, do you guys want to go get some food to eat?" asked Marron.

"Sure!" said Pan and myself at the same time.
"I'm so hungry." I said as we got up and started to walk towards the multiple picnic baskets.
When we got to the picnic baskets I noticed that Trunks was just done collecting his food from them.
"Hello nichan. Do you think you have enough food?" I asked him well eyeing all the food on his plate, while trying not to laugh.
"I wouldn't be making fun of my appetite if I were you." he said.
"And why would that be?" I asked him.
"Because at least I eat SOMETHING, unlike some people I know around here." he said as he quickly started walking away with a smile across his face.
I looked down at my plate. I had a sandwich, some grapes and a few chips on it so far. Then I yelled at his retreating back,
"I do TO eat stuff, Trunks!"
But I knew he probably hadn't heard me, even with his sayian hearing.
I started to walk away from the picnic baskets to find someplace to sit down and eat the food I had gathered on my plate. I finally spotted a great place to sit down and eat. It was under a tall maple tree, that gave off lots of shade. And all around the tree the grass was thick, really green and very soft. I sat down and crossed my legs, setting my plate in front of me. I looked up back to were the picnic baskets were to see Pan and Marron still going through them finding various goodies to eat. I picked up a grape and popped it into my mouth. I chewed it then swallowed it and popped another one into my mouth.
"Hey, B-chan. Can I join you?"
I practically started choking on the grape because he had scared me senseless.
"Are you ok, B-Chan?" Goten asked in a worried tone seeing that I wasn't responding to his question very quickly.
I was finally able to swallow the grape and regain myself.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I said a little out of breath do to my lack of oxygen a little earlier.
"Ok. So can I sit with you?"
"Sure, Goten." I said "But wouldn't you rather sit with Trunks?"
"Kinda but not really. Anyway, he's eating with Marron."
"He's eating with Marron?" I asked surprised.
"Yeah, they're right over there." He said as he pointed to them with his finger.
He sat down next to me and put his plate in front of him as he leaned back against the tree. I noticed that he looked a little down and I started wondering what was wrong. Then I remembered that he had first gotten that look after a couple of minutes into his phone call earlier.
"Goten, are you ok?" I asked.
I knew it had to do with whoever was on the end of the phone line but I didn't really know why that person made his spirits suddenly sink.
"Yeah, I'm fine B-Chan." he said as he plastered a fake smile on his face.
I smiled somewhat at the name he had given to me. I didn't know why but I liked it when he called me B-Chan.
"Goten, don't you dare try to fool me, especially with such a fake smile like that. Now I know something is wrong. What is it?" Goten looked at me a little surprised that he hadn't even fooled me for a second.
He smiled at me and said
"Wow, B-Chan! You read me like an open book."
I smiled back at him.
"So, I was right. There IS something wrong." I said with a little bit of that I Knew I Was Right tone.
He sighed and thought about how stupid he was by giving away that something WAS wrong so easily.
"Well, it's just that I was hoping that Paris would be able to come here today with us. And as it turns out, her job has got her way to busy to come down here." he said as you could very clearly see that it upset him that she wasn't there.
I don't know why but I felt some sort of jealously come up on me when I saw how upset he was about her not being there. 'Why on Earth should I be jealous?' I thought but I quickly pushed that thought away as I tried to focus on cheering Goten up.
"It's all right Goten." I said my voice filled with sympathy. "Anyone who would rather be at their job than here with you is totally crazy." I said with full honesty in my voice.
He turned his face toward mine and I could see the thankfulness in his eyes.
"Thanks, B-Chan. I really needed that." he told me while smiling at me.
I felt happy that I had made Goten feel better even if he wasn't totally happy again.
We sat in silence as we started eating our lunches.
'I wish I could strike up a conversation with him. But I don't know what to say!' I thought and sighed a defeated sigh. While eating I looked over to where Goten had pointed to Trunks and Marron. They were also sitting under a tree but it looked like they were done eating and were talking. I watched them for a moment and then I saw Marron blush at something Trunks said.
'I wonder what he said that made her blush?' I thought as I took another bite of my sandwich.
Then I looked for Pan and I saw her sitting with her mom. They were talking about something but they were to far away to hear what. Then just as I was about to take another bite of my sandwich I heard the sound of a phone ringing. I looked over at Goten, who in turn looked at me and gave me a look which said
"I'm sorry this phone call had to interrupt your lunch". He then answered it.
"Hello?"
"Oh, hi Paris!" My face turned into one of disgust at the sound of that name.
I was trying to hear what Paris was saying but I was not prevailing.
So I just ended up listening to a one sided conversation.
"You think you'd be able to do something tonight, around 8:30pm?" "That's great! What time should I pick you up?" "8:40pm. I can do that! I'll see you then!"
"Love you too." When he said those words to her I felt my heart break.
And I couldn't even figure out why.

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