Disclaimer: If I owned DBZ I would NOT be writing fanfiction. And here I am writing fanfiction, so what does that mean? I don't own DBZ!
A/N: D.B here. I'm sure u all know I have a new e-mail address, it's kyliecool87@hotmail.com. Ok this is the final chapter of Confessions. Holidays start tomorrow, and it's mine and my bro's b-day next week, 15 at last! So the week after that I will really be able to concentrate on my writing, so that when I should have the prologue up. It's a K/18 on planet Vegeta with a little G/CC and *Gasp* B/V. Anyway, enjoy this final chappie and tell me what you think. ~D.B
Confessions
Chapter 3
The warm afternoon sun filtered in through the big window, casting long shadows on everything it touched. There was only one quiet figure in the room, well two if you counted the tiny bundle in her arms. 18 sighed and looked down at the little miracle in her arms. It was still beyond her how something so small and perfect could belong to her, but it was true, this was her baby.
She could hear noises coming from downstairs, happy voices and the clinking sound of glasses, 18 smiled, as soon as she had become a mother Krillen had wanted to tell everyone he knew, and now they were all here at the Kame House celebrating. 18 was much to tired to move though, so she had opted to sit this little gathering out and just have some time to herself.
18 thought back on the past few hours, well 7 hours and 24 minutes to be exact, but she wasn't counting, it had been a living hell and she was not going through that again ever. The actual making of the baby – well there was no denying she enjoyed that part of it. Carrying the baby – it had been nine months so she had learned to deal with it. The delivery – there was absolutely no way in hell she was ever doing that again ever, she refused. But she had to admit, the pain was worth it, the tiny infant in her arms was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. She possessed no noes, and had the tiniest bit of blonde hair on her head, she had Krillens eyes too. 18 must have counted the baby's fingers and toes 100 times just to make sure they were all there.
Just then there was a knock on the door, 18 pushed some hair of her face and looked up, just to see Krillen poking his had in the door. She smiled sleepily as he made his way towards his family, carefully he sat on the edge of the bed and smiled.
"How are you feeling?" he asked as he gently touched the baby's head.
"Fine," replied 18 quietly "And you?"
"Never better" replied Krillen. 18 handed the baby over to Krillen and rested her head against the pillow, closing her eyes and sighing.
Krillen looked down at his daughter and he almost started to cry, she was asleep, but then again, she was only three hours old. His gaze shifted from the baby to 18 and back to the baby they were his family, he couldn't have asked for anything more perfect.
"18" he said
"Yeah?" she murmured
"What do you think of Marron?" asked Krillen. 18 opened one eye and rolled onto her side. "I like it" she said as she closed her eye again and yawned.
"Really?" asked Krillen.
"Yes really" said 18, she was already half asleep.
"Ok then, that's her name". Krillen leaned over and gently kissed 18 on the top of the head, then he pulled the curtains shut, and crept out the room.
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"Can you believe it, she finally had the baby" said Chi-chi as she layed Goten down on the couch, the 4 year old had been playing with Gohan all day and he had just now fallen asleep.
"I know," said Bulma "isn't it great?"
"Oh yeah, Krillen and 18 are going to be so happy". Bulma boiled the kettle and got out 3 mugs, she knew her way around the Kame House kitchen as well as she knew her own, she really was happy for 18 and Krillen. She would also have to thank Krillen later, his call had gotten her out of a very boring meeting with some executives that were trying to steal her inventions. Ha, no one stole Bulma Briefs inventions and got away with it. The door to the kitchen was pushed open then and Vegeta strode in, he was holding Trunks.
"Woman, your brat is sleepy" he said quietly. Bulma smiled, that was Vegeta's way of saying he cared, he was a strange one, but she loved him.
"Go put him on the couch with Goten" said Bulma as the kettle finished boiling, she made 3 cups of coffee and her and Chi-chi sat down at the table. A few minutes later the door was pushed open again, this time it was Krillen who walked in. Chi-chi was first to notice what, or who, he was holding.
"Is that..?" she asked.
"Yep, this is Marron" said Krillen proudly. Bulma and Chi-chi looked up.
"Marron? Are you sure that's wise Krillen?' asked Bulma.
"Of course I am," said Krillen "now do you want to hold her or not?"
The next 15 minutes was spent with Chi-chi and Bulma cooing over the newest arrival to the circle of friends. Krillen sat down at the table enjoying his coffee and letting the fact the he was a dad sink in. Soon Marron started to cry it was the unmistakable high pitch cry of a newborn. Krillen took Marron of Bulma and took her upstairs.
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18 groaned and rolled over, she was so tired and sore, but she just couldn't sleep. She just couldn't stop thinking about Krillen and Marron. Eventually she gave up and threw the covers off herself, she climbed out the bed and pulled on a pair of white sweat pants and a blue shirt. It was amazing, but only hours after giving birth she nearly had the same figure she had had before she even got pregnant, smiling at her reflection in the mirror she brushed her hair and tied it back into a ponytail. "Well I guess Dr.Gero was good for something after all" she said to herself. And she walked out into the hall rubbing sleepily at her eyes as she went.
Krillen made sure Marron had stopped crying then left the nursery, he saw 18 at the end of the hall and called out to her. "18,". She stopped and waited while he caught up to her. "You should be in bed" he said.
"I couldn't sleep" said 18 and she made her way downstairs, Krillen close behind.
18 walked into the lounge room and was greeted by the smiling faces of her 'friends'. Bulma and Chi-chi came up to her and lead her to a chair.
"18 you should be resting" said Bulma.
"I'm fine" said 18
"18, your daughter is beautiful, I alway wanted a little girl" said Chi-chi. 18 looked at Chi-chi and smiled.
"She's amazing isn't she" 18 was still in shock over the whole thing.
"She sure is," agreed Bulma "even Vegeta said she's cute".
"Vegeta said that?" asked 18.
"Well not in those words exactly, but I know what he ment".
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The days passed and soon they turned into weeks, Marron was getting bigger with every passing day and it wasn't long until she was a whole month old, 18 was sitting in the hammock, to her, it seemed like only a few days had passed, not a whole month. She was scared that if she blinked Marron would be all grown up and having her own babies. She had to admit she had been a little mad at Krillen when she had found out where the name Marron had actually come from, but she got over it rather quickly. It was too hard for 18 to stay mad at her husband for long, he was just to damn cute.
There were parts of being a mother that were still a little to much for 18 to handle and some that she just couldn't do at all. Breast-feeding presented a problem since 18 didn't produce any milk, but Marron drank baby formula instead and getting up at all hours of the night to tend to her was a pain in the butt but she and Krillen took it in turns. 18 smiled, Krillen had been great through all of this, he hadn't given any less attention to 18, yet he still managed to be an attentive father to Marron, he was like superman.
Speaking of Krillen, 18 could hear soft footsteps in the sand behind her. She rolled over and looked at him, he was dressed in a pair of jeans and a white shirt, 18 thought he looked cute with the baby monitor attached to his jeans. He climbed into the hammock next to 18 and without saying anything, he kissed her.
"Well hello to you to" said 18 when she pulled away from him. She rested her head on his chest and looked out at the ocean, it was late afternoon and the breeze was blowing in off the ocean, bringing the strong scent of salt water with it. 18 inhaled deeply, she loved the smell of the ocean, 18 smiled, that was what Krillen and everything else on the Kame Island smelled like.
"How are you feeling?" asked Krillen.
"Fine" replied 18.
"Good" said Krillen. About five minutes later the sound of Marron crying came through the baby monitor, Krillen went to get up, but 18 pushed him back down.
"I'll go" she said.
"Ok" said Krillen and he let her go.
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18 walked into Marron's room and lifted the tiny girl out of her crib. She remembered the first time she had seen her daughter, she had truly believed there was no way in the world something so perfect could belong to her. 18 sat down with Marron and held her close.
"I wish my brother could see you Marron, then he'd know why I'm here. You're my little angel". She let out a long sigh and turned her gaze to the open window, somewhere deep inside her she hoped that her brother would just appear out of thin air and take her away from all of this, back to the life she was used to. Then she thought about Krillen and Marron and how much she loved them both and she felt like she didn't need her brother as much. 18 groaned, she knew that wasn't true, she needed 17 as much as she ever did, he was the only connection left to her forgotten past and she had no idea if he was alive or dead. It frustrated her to no end.
18 looked down at Marron, sometime in the past 5 minutes she had fallen back asleep, 18 stood up and put Marron in her crib, then she just stood there for a few more minutes watching her baby sleep. She knew if the opportunity to leave all this behind ever did arise she wouldn't take it, her family meant too much to her, and as much as she loved her brother, she loved Krillen and Marron more.
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A/N: Well even thought that fic was mainly written so you guys would know I wasn't dead I am actually quiet happy with the way it turned out, tell me what you think in a review. And will you please put me on your fave authors list! ^_________^
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