First Love

Writen by: Lex

Chapter three




OK now remember, this is still what happened BEFORE the prologue. At the end of the chapter though it jumps back to the present time. I hope all of you are following me on this. And if you aren't well e-mail me and I'll explain it to you the best I can. ^_^



'God, this is the 2nd time I've done this. This looking up at the ceiling trying to sort out my feelings. And for the 2nd time, it's also because of him.' I thought to myself while lying on my bed.
Tears were still slipping onto my cheeks while I tried to convince myself that I was NOT in love with Goten.
'I can't be in love with Goten. For Christ's sake he's my brother's BEST friend and Pan's uncle! Oh God what am I going to do? All this denying it is starting to give me a head ache.' I thought and then out of nowhere I heard a knock on my door. I nearly jumped to the ceiling because of being scared out of my wits. " Bra, it's time to eat." Came my nichan's voice through the door.
"Alright, I'll be down in a little bit. By the way, is Goten still here?" I asked wondering with curtain doom.
"Yes, he's still here. But how did you know he was here in the first place?" "Kassan."
"Oh, Ok. See you downstairs." He said as I could hear him walking away.
'How can fate be so cruel. Making me see Goten right now. My feelings are all still jumbled up. But I guess there is no use dening it. I've fallen for Goten. I sighed and started to walk towards the bathroom to try to remove the tear stains that I knew where still there. And as I was walking I said to myself,
"Falling for your brother's best friend, your friends uncle, and a guy that's not single. Great going Bra." I stopped at my radio and turned it on and then continued to walk towards the bathroom.

I can read your mind and I know your story
I see what you're going through
It's an uphill climb, and I'm feeling sorry
But I know it will come to you
Don't surrender 'cause you can win
In this thing called love
As I walked to the bathroom to wash my face the lyrics of the song captured my attention. I started to pay close attention to them now but I still continued on my way to the bathroom.


When you want it the most there's no easy way out
When you're ready to go and your heart's left in doubt
Don't give up on your faith
Love comes to those who believe it
And that's the way it is


I listened to the lyrics as I washed my face and they interested me for some reason. In a way I felt like this song was meant for me. To give me strength and to believe in the impossible. I reached for a towel to dry my face and continued to listen to the song.

When you question me for a simple answer
I don't know what to say, no
But it's plain to see, if you stick together
You're gonna find a way, yeah
So don't surrender 'cause you can win
In this thing called love


I put the towel down on the counter and started to walk back into my room. I decided that I wanted to listen to the rest of the song before I went down to eat with the others. So, I walked towards my bed and sat down on it, planning on hearing the rest of this song.

When you want it the most there's no easy way out
When you're ready to go and your heart's left in doubt
Don't give up on your faith
Love comes to those who believe it
And that's the way it is
When life is empty with no tomorrow
And loneliness starts to call
Baby, don't worry, forget your sorrow
'Cause love's gonna conquer it all, all

Again I couldn't help but wonder about the words. They seemed like they were there to give me some silent strength and encouragement. Again I smiled and got off the bed and walked over to the mirror to see if you could still tell that I had been crying.


When you want it the most there's no easy way out
When you're ready to go and your heart's left in doubt
Don't give up on your faith
Love comes to those who believe it
And that's the way it is
When you want it the most there's no easy way out
When you're ready to go and your heart's left in doubt
Don't give up on your faith
Love comes to those who believe it
And that's the way it is

I looked into the mirror and was glad that you couldn't tell that I had been crying. I looked over my shoulder at the radio and knew that the song was about to come to an end. So I deiced to start walking towards the door. I reached the door and put my hand on the handle and started to turn it. I opened the door and walked though but not before hearing the very end of the song.

That's the way it is
That's the way it is
That's the way it is, babe
That's the way it is
Don't give up on your faith
Love comes to those who believe it
And that's the way it is

I closed the door behind me and started towards the kitchen with a smile. I reached the kitchen and saw that the boys had not waited for me to join them before they had started to stuff their faces. 'Well, at least something hasn't changed.' I thought to myself and sat down in a chair. I looked at all the things to choose from and settled upon taking a drum stick, some fruit salad, and 2 biscuits. My brother and father acknowledged me with a nod of the head but Goten actually stopped eating for a second and said hi to me and then continued on his way eating. I started to eat too but as I was eating my eyes kept falling over Goten. He wasn't sloppy when eating as fast as he was and looked so adorable with his eyes glazed over at looking at all the food. I smiled to myself at the site of him but I quickly frowned. 'I shouldn't think that. Paris is his girlfriend even if I don't like it.' I quickly finished eating and excused myself. I was getting weird looks from everyone, even my tousan. And I knew why. Usually I just wouldn't stop talking at the table but tonight I had been perfectly quite. I walked out of the kitchen intending to go back up to my bedroom. But before I could make it up the stairs I heard them say some things about me.
"Trunks, is your sister ok? She seemed kinda quite."
"I don't know Goten. Maybe she just has other things on her mind for once."
"Maybe. I just hope nothing's really wrong."
And that was all I heard before reaching the top of the stairs. I silently wondered why Goten would even care if something was wrong. But then I just laughed softly at the answer.
"Of course he would care, I'm like a younger sister to him." I said barely above a whisper.
"Just a like a younger sister and nothing more." I said again only this time with more hurt in my voice. I walked slowly back to my room.
I decided to see if Pan or Marron could do anything. As I walked into my room I heard the radio still playing and I turned it off. I called both Pan and Marron but neither of them could do anything. So I just went to bed. Preparing to be haunted by Goten in my dreams. The next day was torture. I had to be around Goten all day and half way through the day Paris decided to join us. So the whole day I had to put up with Paris, which in simple terms was hell. Every day was a day of hiding my feelings for Goten and I was doing quite well at hiding them, if I do say so myself. Until the one day that changed my life, the day that my world came crashing down on top of me.

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( back to present time )

"So that's how it started, Marron."
"Wow. I had no idea that you felt like that for that long."
"Yes, well..."
"Ok Bra, I get the story so far, but what happened today? I mean why are you so down?"
"Well, all things will be answered in time." I said with a slight smile.
"Oh come on Bra, tell me now!"
"Ok, Ok. Well, remember how I told you that I kept my feelings perfectly hidden for all that time and then one day everything just came crashing down?
"Yes."
"Well, that day was today. And before you start asking any questions let me tell you what happened. It will make this so much easier."
"All right, Bra."
"Well, remember how this morning you, Pan, Trunks, Goten, and me went to the park?"
"Yeah..."
"Ok, good. Let's start from there then." "Well....."

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