Chapter 2

Shopping Day

*I will be calling Miria Trunks just Trunks and present Trunks Chibi-Trunks*

The dinner with the Briefs and Sons that night went very well. It was nice dinner except for the male Saiyans eating like pigs as they normally do, meaning Vegeta and Goku. The talking during the meal were mostly of the women that were their which were Chi-Chi, Serena, Bulma and Amy with the occasional answers from Trunks now that he was back from his time. Bulma wanted to find out why her future son was back in their time and was able to get answers from him while he ate. They found out that he came back to visit them now that their androids was dead and reconstruction was still going on. His mother from his time wanted him to get a good education and since many of the schools were still being rebuilt she decided it would be good for him to go back to the past and get it done and be able to see everyone again. While the Saiyans just sat, ate and once in a great while put their two cents in on the conversation.

While they were ate dinner Bulma asked Serena if she would mind staying at the Briefs residents for about a week while she went out of town on a conference. She didn't mind leaving she just worried what would happen with her being gone and not being there to watch them, plus she knew how Vegeta would be with watching chibi-Trunks too. Serena said she didn't mind house sitting for Bulma although it titled more of house sitting the Saiyans instead. And while Bulma was out and now that Miria-Trunks would be staying with them he needed some cloths and asked Serena to take him shopping while she was there since Bulma couldn't do it herself. That was the excitement of the dinner for the two families that night.

~*~

Serena woke up the next morning in her bed and stretched. Just then she heard the ringing of her phone. She rolled over on her right side to her night table and picked up the white cordless phone that sat there.

"Hello?" She greeted on the phone.

"Serena, I didn't wake you did I?" She heard the familiar voice of her mother.

"No, I've been awake. So what's up?" She asked her mother curious as to why she was calling. Serena turned her head to see her alarm clock sitting next to where her phone would be and it read 9:07 am the red lighting.

"Well I know you are heading over to the Briefs to baby-sit Vegeta and chibi-Trunks while Bulma is gone and I know you will be busy with them. Goten was wondering if he could stop by later on today after he got his chores done. But if you think it will be too much…" her mother was saying before Serena interrupted her.

"Mom its fine if Goten wants to come over he can. Vegeta will be here while I am with Trunks taking him shopping. And it's not like we will be gone all day. He is a male after all." Serena pointed the obvious out to her mother that it wouldn't be long before most likely Trunks got tired of shopping. Serena new her mother could use the break of Goten being hyper active all the time. With her father and little brother around constantly getting into trouble it was a wonder how Chi-Chi got anything done.

"Your brother will be so thrilled to hear…. Goku!! I told you to let those muffins cool down before you eat them!" Serena pulled the phone away from her ear as her mother yelled at her father. Serena just rolled her eyes at the image in her head of her father stuffing his face full of muffins only to realize they were to hot and was trying to get a drink. Serena stifled a giggle at the image as she heard Chi-Chi continue.

"Sorry, Serena, anyhow call me when you and Trunks are on your way home from the mall and I will tell Goten he can head over then. That way Goten and chibi don't get into to much trouble with the arrogant prince there watching them.

"I will call when we are leaving. But if I am going to get out of here to get the shopping over with I should start to get around." Serena replied back on the phone.

"Ok Serena, have fun." Chi-Chi said. Serena could hear a hint of worry in her mother's voice with the help of her Saiyans hearing.

"I shall mom and I'll be careful too." She said trying to reassure her mother that it was a good idea to let her and Gohan have their own apartment now that they were in college. Chi-Chi had never liked the idea of letting her children leave but with Bulma's help Serena was able to convince her that it was time to let them start their own lives.

"I know you will dear. Love you. Bye." Chi-Chi said. Serena heard the click as the end on her mother's side disconnected the call. Serena put the phone back on her night table and then proceeded to get up and get ready for the day.

~*~

Serena walked up to the Brief's residence front door and knocked on it. She waited a minute or two before it was answered. When the door opened there stood before her, Trunks, in his cloths from the pervious day with a smile on his face.

"Hi Serena." He greeted her. Serena smile back politely.

"Good morning Trunks. You ready to go shopping today?" She asked him curiously. Trunks with a frown on his face looked at Serena.

"You aren't going to be as bad as mom, are you?" He asked her. Serena laughed at the comment.

"No, Trunks. I've gone shopping with Bulma before and I can say I'm not as bad as she is. Besides, I'm not shopping for myself so we won't be doing that forever. Plus I do have to come back and make sure Vegeta didn't blow anything up." She stated to the purple hair man before her.

"Well, that is good to know." He said with a smile on his face.

~*~

After a morning of shopping for Trunks the two decided to go have lunch since both being a Saiyan and had not eaten since breakfast earlier that day. Before they had decided to get lunch the two of them put the ten bags of cloths they had accumulated with Trunks into Serena's car. They then headed back inside the mall to eat at a sit down restaurant. The two were sitting and waiting for their meals to be brought to them.

"So Serena how have you been? The last time I saw you, you were just twelve I believe." He stated the young blond woman sitting across from him. Serena smiled which Trunks noticed and found from the day of shopping he really enjoyed being around Serena. She was sweet and caring young woman who was very bright and mature for her age it seemed. He also noticed how beautiful she was. Her light skin, blond silky hair that came down to her back and those bright blue eyes that could seem to see inside a soul were just an added bonus.

"Yes, your right the last time I saw you I was about twelve. I've been good. I just finished my sophomore year of college and I have my own apartment which is nice too." She responded to him.

"That's great to hear." Trunks replied before raising an eye brow. "But I'm shock to hear that you have an apartment. I never thought with how protective Chi-Chi is of you and Gohan that she ever let you two out of the house." He answers back to her. Serena took a sip of her soda before explaining herself.

"Well, it was with the help of Bulma. Gohan and I had been talking about wanting to get an apartment to mom and dad one day. Dad was ok with the idea but mom just had a fit about it. Mom acting very overprotective of Gohan and me was how she was being and even Dad was trying to help us win mom over. Bulma had found out when she came over to pick up your younger self. Bulma told mom she thought it was a really good idea and that she would help us get a place that she knew was safe. It took a couple of weeks to convince mom and take her to a few different apartments that Bulma thought that were best for us. But basically, Bulma broke mom into letting us get a place and that's pretty much how it happened." Serena finished explaining the short story to him. Trunks chuckled at the images in his head of Bulma having to convince Chi-Chi to let her two oldest kids go out in the world without her.

"So what is the story with Gohan and Amy?" Trunks questioned Serena with a curious look on his face. Serena smiled at the next question.

"Amy and Gohan have been dating about a year now. It took me forever to convince the two of them they both liked each other. They were always finishing each other sentences and usually had the same ideas. So one day with the help of my other friend Mina, her and me, got those two to end up on a blind date together. Mina brought Amy and I brought my brother and then we bailed on them." Serena said laughing lightly at the memory. "They weren't very happy with us but they figured out why we did it and well they ended up hitting it off the rest of that night and they are still together." She finished.

"So how about you? Do you have a boyfriend" He asked her a curious look on his face. Serena shook her head no.

"No I'm single. My ex-boyfriend, Darien and I, broke up when I started college. We had dated four years but we just weren't in love anymore. Besides it just didn't feel right anymore. We both felt were with each other out of obligation. So it was decided to break up and just be friends." She stated to him in a matter of fact tone. Trunks had a frown on his face.

"I'm sorry to have brought that up." He said. Serena waved her hand nonchantly with a smile on her face.

"Don't worry about it. He and I are friends but that's all it will ever be." She said taking another sip of her soda. Before he could start talking again, "How about you? Do you have any girlfriends in your timeline?" She asked with a raised eyebrow and a smile on her face. Trunks chuckled at the look on her face.

"No with all rebuilding we have been doing over the past couple of years since the androids were destroyed I haven't had much time to even have a girlfriend. With all the work I have been doing that is the reason why mom made me come back to the past. She wanted me to take a break and live my life. Which means go to college and social with people and have a break from working so much. I didn't want to leave until things were finished but she more than insisted on me going so in the end here I am in the past." He explained himself to her.

The food had finally arrived for the two young couple and they had their lunch respectively unlike Goku and Vegeta who always eats like they are starving to death with food flying around him. The two talked about what was going on in their lives and just getting to know one another. Once lunch was over the two did a little more shopping and then headed back to Briefs' place.

~*~

When the two got back they walked in, with their arms both filled with bags, into the living room to find chibi-Trunks and Goten watching television. Serena put the bags down that were in her hands behind the couch and smiled at the younger saiyans who sat there watching television. She then put a small bag that was still in her hand on the left side of the couch to hide from the boys until later. As she put the bag down, Serena saw the remote that was laying beside Goten, who was not paying any attention to it. Serena reached over from behind the couch and pick it up without either of them noticing her. She then clicked the power button and turned the television off on them.

"HEY!!" was the unison response that she got from them the second the television was off.

"Well, now that I have both of your attention." Serena stated from behind them. The two boys whipped around to see Serena standing before them with a smile on her face.

"Serena we were watching that." Goten whined to his older sister. Serena came around the couch and ruffled her little brother's hair playfully while Chibi just had a frown on his face. Trunks had followed Serena inside and had put his bags down right behind her and were watching her interact with the two younger boys before him.

"Well, I want you two to take these bags up to Trunks' room for us." She stated to them. Both boys gave a look of disgust at the idea of having to take shopping bags upstairs to his room.

"Why should we do that? Can't he take them up himself?" Chibi-Trunks asked arrogantly. Serena rolled her eyes at the younger Trunks trying to sound like his father.

"Because I am asking you two to do it, besides I am figuring neither of you had anything to eat and are probably hungry." When she mention food both the boys heads started to nodded furiously up in down. "Well, if you take these bags up to Trunks' room for us then we can make some food for the two of you and it will be done faster than me working alone." She explained to the boys.

"You're not going to make crappy food for dinner, are you?" Chibi asked Serena with his arms folded trying to act like his father again. Serena looks at chibi with a frown on her face.

"No, Chibi, unlike your father, I can cook meals that you will be willing to eat." She stated to him.

"Ok, we'll do it!" Said both of them excitedly before getting up as fast as they could and going behind the couch to pick up the fifteen bags of clothing that they had gotten for Trunks. Then they were off to take them upstairs to Trunks' room.

"Well, I'm impressed at how you handled those two." Trunks stated to her. Serena laughed at Trunks.

"Well when you have babysat those two as much as I have then you pick up on a few tricks here and there to make sure you get them to do what you want them to do." She replied back to him.

"Well, I better go make those two monsters some food and the arrogant prince that is out there too." She said before she left to go to the kitchen to start some food.

"I'll come help you." Trunks offered her. Serena smiled back at Trunks before speaking.

"Thanks…I'm going to need all the help I can get making dinner for those three." She said back to him before laughing. Then the two demi- saiyans were off to make food.

~*~

When the food was ready Serena had Trunks went to get the little ones while she went to get the Vegeta. She made her way over to the gravity room and found the door shut and could hearing banging noises coming from within the gravity machine. She opened the door and walked into the gravity room to see Vegeta sparring alone. She slightly noticed when she came into the room there was a difference in gravity change inside but paid no attention to it. She was use to it from all her fights that had that gravity variations and the fact that she was a saiyan helped out greatly to stand above the gravity that was set at the moment. Serena stood there and kept watching him for a minute more as he sparred with himself. He was wearing spandex dark blue shorts with no shirt on and was sweaty everywhere. It seemed that he did not know she was there, but Serena knew, he sensed her and was just ignoring her. Just then Vegeta stopped sparring and turned to the blond woman that stood in the door before him.

"What do you want brat?" he grumpily asked her. Serena ignored his usual tone.

"Well, I made some dinner for the boys and there is some there too if they haven't eaten it all on you. I thought I be nice and tell you." She said back to him with a smile on her face. Vegeta nodded in understanding and then made his way out the door to head into the house to get some food. Serena let him by and followed Vegeta to the house. Vegeta had made his way to the dinning room to eat but Serena instead took a seat on the couch to relax after making a decent size meal for them. When she got to the living room she found Trunks on the couch all ready watching the television. Serena sat down on the left side of the couch since Trunks was sitting on the right side.

"So that was fun making all that food." Trunks replied sarcastically. Serena laughed at hearing that comment.

"I'm just glad I'm not mom or Bulma. I would hate to have to cook everyday for them." Serena said back to him. Trunks nodded his head in agreement while he was flipping through channels for something to watch.

"You would think with all these channels that there would be something good to watch." He said to her.

"I know. But don't forget you have that movie you bought. We could pop that in." She suggested to him. Trunks smile at Serena.

"Your right, I completely forgot about that. I'll go get it." He said to her. He got up from his spot and went to his room to get the movie. Serena sat on the couch waiting for Trunks to show back up with the movie. A few minutes later he came back down with the dvd in his hand and put the movie in. Then sat back down in the same spot he was in before he had left.

"Sorry I couldn't remember which bag the movie was in. It took me a few minutes to go through the bags to find it." He said to Serena. Serena just smile and waved hear hand.

"Don't worry about it." Just then Goten and Chibi-Trunks came running into the room and stood in front of Serena. Both of them seem to want her attention about something. Trunks just watched in amusement curious as to what they wanted now.

"Serena did you bring anything back for us?" Goten asked her nicely. There was a pleading look in Goten's eyes that he was hoping his big sister was nice enough to have come home for something. Serena looks at her brother very serious for a moment.

"Why would you think that I brought something back for you?" She asked him. Goten put his hand behind his head and smile that huge smile on his face just like her father does so much. She couldn't believe at times how much Goten and her father look so much a like.

"Well…because…you said to mom on the phone that you had something for me and chibi-Trunks" He said sheepishly to his older sister. Serena just smile at the two boys before her. Both Goten and chibi-Trunks had pleading looks on their face for Serena to give them what ever she had bought them. Serena then got up from her spot on the couch and grabbed the small bag that was beside the left side of the couch that she had put there earlier. She then dug in the bag for the items that were in it. While Serena was getting the bag Goten and chibi-Trunks were watching Serena's every move. Before Serena pulled the items out of the bag she turns to the two boys.

"You sure you want what I have for you?" She asked them. Chibi-Trunks being much like his father was getting very impatient now.

"Serena give it to us all ready!" Chibi-Trunks exclaimed. Serena laughed and pulled three items out of the bag that were now in her hands.

"Here, we got you two, two movies for you to watch and a game for you to play. Now as long as you two behave yourself I will let you have them, ok." Being informed by this both boy's eyes were sparkling with excitement at the items that were in Serena's hand.

"Yeah, sure…whatever you say." Was Chibi-Trunks reply. Goten just nodded his head excitedly agreeing with his best friend. Serena gave the items to Goten and Chibi-Trunks and they ran off as fast as they could up to Chibi-Trunks' room for the night. Trunks just chuckled after they were gone. Serena just shook her head at the antics of the boys, not at all surprised she got no thank you from one from them.

"You spoil those brats to much." Came a gruff voice from behind them. Serena and Trunks turn around to see Vegeta standing behind the couch with arms cross over his chest and a frown on his face. Serena raised an eyebrow at him.

"Like you care Vegeta? They are out of your hair so you can go back to your training." She pointed the obvious to him.

"There are plenty of other ways to keep those two out of my way like making them go over to Kakarott's house." He said back in a matter of fact tone. Serena just rolled her eyes at him.

"Doesn't the all mighty prince of some training to do?" She asked him sweetly with a smile on her face. Vegeta just glared at Serena who was not fazed by the look he was giving her at all. Vegeta getting annoyed at the fact that his look was doing nothing to Serena just stomped away grumbling under his breath. Once out of the room Serena just start to giggle which Trunks noticed. He noticed how nice sounding her giggling was and unafraid she was of his father too. He was beginning to realize that he liked her more as he got to know Serena.

"Wow, I thought dad was going to kill you." He said with shock. Serena just smile at Trunks.

"No, Vegeta actually likes it that I am sassy to him. It shows that I am not a weakling and worthy of his time even though he'll never come out and admit it." She explained to him. Trunks just nodded his head in understanding. He didn't understand his father but it made sense to Serena and she knew how to handle his father so that was always good for her. "So how about that movie we put in little bit ago?" Trunks had almost forgotten about the movie they had put in and was brought back from his thinking.

"Sure... I almost forgotten about it with all the interruptions we have been getting since I put it in." He said to her his cheeks turning a light shade of red in embarrassment of forgetting about the movie. Serena noticed the light pink of his cheeks and found that it made him look cute. She had noticed that he was very handsome with this blue eyes and purple hair that had come down to his eyes and would cover them at times. She could tell he was well built from training which was also plus but what attracted her most was his personality that he had. He was very sweet, gentle, helpful and fun to talk too. She realized as well as Trunks did that she liked him more as she was learning more about Trunks too.

"Here we go finally." Trunk said bringing Serena back from her thoughts as he push the play button on the remote to start the movie. Serena curled up on her side of the couch to get more comfortable as she began to watch the movie.

~*~

Two and half hours later after the movie ended Trunks look over from his spot on the couch to find Serena curled up on the couch fast asleep. He smiled at seeing the slumbering blond laying peacefully. He was able to get a nice view of her now. Her long blond hair in a pony tail that was behind her, her small pink lips, small nose, and her beautiful sparking blue eyes when they were opened. All in all he thought she was gorgeous and the more he got to know Serena and see what a fun, loving, caring out going person she was the more he admired her.

He got up from his spot on the couch and stood above her. He slowly tries not to wake the young blond by picking her up carefully. He realized how light she was in his arms and easy to hold. He also noticed how perfect she seems to fit in his hold and the warmth that she was giving off too. As he looked down at her he noticed a small smile had formed after he had picked her up. Trunks made his way over to the stairs and start to go up them to put Serena in a bedroom to sleep for the night. Once he made it up the stairs he walks down the hall way until he came to the open bedroom that was empty at the moment. He walk into the room and saw the king size bed that was at the very end of the wall in front of him. Once in the room he made his way over to the bed and slowly while holding Serena pulled the covers down for her. Once they were down he placed the young sleeping blond gently in the bed. As he straightens up he noticed that her shoes were still on her feet. He turns to his right and proceeds to take her shoes off so she did not have to sleep with them on. Finally gotten her shoes off Trunks pulled the covers up over Serena tenderly. Serena curled right back up with a small smile still on her face. Trunks smile at seeing Serena sleeping and then left the room to let her sleep for the night peacefully.

That is the end of that chapter. I hope you like it. It took me a while to write it up but I finally got it. I will try and get one or two more chapters out for this fic before my Christmas break is over but I can't promise anything.

I'd like to thank ills for giving me some good ideas on how to try and keep my writers block coming back and keep the issues of writing down for me. They were great suggestions and I will do my very best to try and use them fully.