Chapter 1

Me without you

You can hear the soft breathing of Videl and Gohan as they lay in their bed sound asleep. Gohan suddenly wakes up and sits up in his bed, running his hand through his hair. He takes a deep breath and looks down at Videl who is facing the opposite direction of him. He softly smiles as he watches her sleep. Gohan lays down next to her and gently puts his arm around her waist. Then, he softly and gently rubs Videls' lower abdomen. It had been two months and although you couldn't see it because of the clothes she was wearing, Gohan could still feel the bump that was slowly making a miracle. Gohan smiles at the thought of his wife holding the little miracle. He quickly kisses Videl on the back of the neck and gets out of bed. He walks down to the kitchen and gets a glass of water. He chugs his glass of water and turns to make his way out of the kitchen. Before he exits the kitchen though, Gohan turns toward the microwave and looks at the time. The microwave reads 3:15 am.

"Even earlier than yesterday." Gohan says to himself. He sighs and sits down on the couch. He knew trying to go back to sleep would be pointless as he has tried many weeks prior. Every Couple of minutes Gohan would get up to get another glass of water. This continued until about 6:00 am when Gohan finally gave up and made a pot of coffee. As he waited for his coffee to brew he thought about Videl.

'I wonder how she's doing being pregnant and all. She never really talks about it. I wonder if I should ask her.' Gohan thinks to himself. He ponders the idea of asking his wife but then decides against it because she's been very touchy about the subject before. He feels that she might yell at him. Then, he thinks about the last time he asked her about her pregnancy. He chuckles nervously as he remembers she almost instantly started yelling at him...

Flash back

"So hun, how does it feel to be pregnant?" Gohan asked curiously while he sipped his coffee. He never understood why being pregnant was such a big deal. She looks up from her food that was made by her husband and intensely stared at him while she finished chewing what was in her mouth. Then, she swallowed and continued to stare at him for a moment. Then, she puts her silverware down on her plate, not moving her gaze. She takes a deep breath and said, "Well," Then she stopped. She still had her eyes on her husband.

"Well, what?" Gohan asks. Videl sighs as she rolls her eyes at her husband. She now angrily stares at her husband. This makes Gohan a little uncomfortable. He pushes his chair back a little and tries to avert her eyes. Her intense stare eases as she thinks about the child developing in her body. She closes her eyes and softly smiles as she feels a little bit of movement in her lower abdomen. Then, she opens her eyes as she snaps back into reality. She looks back at her husband and smiles once more.

"Well," Videl starts, "every time I start to feel angry or sad I remember that it's just hormones and then that reminds me that I have the greatest gift anyone can ask for on the way. So, nine months of feelings moving around like a roller coaster is worth the reward." Videl says as she smiles even bigger. Gohan looks at his wife with awe.

"What else?" Gohan asks with a smile on his face. His wife has an angry expression on her face once more. He instantly knows he made a mistake.

"Well what else am I supposed to tell you?" Videl yells as she continues her angry parade, "What, that every time you accidentally bump into me I fall to the ground because I'm more vulnerable? What, every time I run to the bathroom to throw up I'm thinking about how great this is? Do you think I enjoy this? Do you think when I get up in the morning I think to myself hmm today's gonna be a good day because I'm going to throw up after I eat and have mood swings like nobody's business?" She was then interrupted by the curtain urge to throw up as she ran to the bathroom. He sighed as a sweat drop goes down the side of his face. He then slowly makes his way toward the bathroom. He herd Videl start to cry. Now he just felt kinda bad. When he appeared in the door way he was almost knocked down by a sobbing Videl. He was hesitant but he put his arms around Videl.

"What's wrong?" Gohan asks, concern clearly in his voice.

"I...don't...know!" Videl yelled in between sobs. Gohan wasn't sure how to comfort his wife. So, he picked her up bide style and carried up to their room and laid her down on their bed and laid down next to her in attempt to comfort her.

End of flash back

Gohans thought were interrupted by the loud beeping of the coffee maker. He gets up to get a nice refreshing cup of coffee. After his first couple cups of coffee, it became 7:30. Gohan decided to make some breakfast for him and his wife. Since he had the appetite of his father, and Videl was pregnant with a sayin, Gohan made more than usual. He made 8 packages of bacon, 3 12 dozen cartons of eggs, 84 giant sized pancakes, 18 servings of hash browns, and he made sure they had enough orange juice, milk, and syrup. By about 9 am, Gohan was setting food on the table and Videl was sleepily making her way down the stairs and to the dinning room.

"It smells delicious dear, what did you make?" Videl asked with a yawn.

"I made eggs, bacon, hash browns, and pancakes with a choice of milk or orange juice as a drink." Gohan says cheerfully.

"That's great. I bet it will taste amazing." Videl states. She pauses for a moment before addressing Gohan again, "Hey Gohan," She starts.

"Ya."

"I was just wondering... what time did you wake up this morning?" Videl asks as she takes a bite out of a strip of bacon. Gohan pales a little at the question. He didn't want Videl to know that he was having trouble sleeping.

"Oh, I woke up at about 8 this morning." Gohan lied. Videl gives a nod and goes back to working on her breakfast. He lets out a slight sigh and he to starts to work on his breakfast. The thing is, Gohan hasn't slept very well ever since Videl got pregnant. He just never told her because he thought she had enough to deal with with being pregnant and all. She never questioned it and he never brought it up. That's just how it has been for the past couple of months. Gohan was always somewhat worried about Videl. Her being pregnant was taking its toll...not just on Videl, but Gohan as well. He was starting to get frustrated with the lack of sleep. He was becoming more irritable and down, but he tried his best not to show it. Gohan was also noticing some other changes as well. Lately he has been loosing his appetite. Eating less and less everyday.

"Wow Videl, you ate 9 human sized breakfasts today." Gohan states.

"And you only ate 27 human sized breakfasts." Videl replies.

Gohan chuckles a little, "I see your point."

"Is there something wrong, Gohan? Usually you eat about twice that much." Videl asks.

"No, no I'm fine! I'm just not that hungry today." Gohan reassured Videl. She gives him a disbelieving look, but then brushes it off.

"What am I going to do with you." Videl playfully says.

"What will you do without me." Gohan playfully replies. Videl smiles.

"I'm not sure. A world with me without you, is a world imposible to imagine." She says. Then, she gives Gohan a light peck on the cheek and helps Gohan clean up.