Chapter 3

Friday Night

It was a beautiful night, the stars were out, the moon was shinning and the wind was blowing gently, making the leaves on the tree sway slowly. Everything was still and quiet, excluding the sound of the waves hitting the shore and the sounds of light snoring filling the quietness in the house, indicating that everyone was sleeping…..well almost everyone.

In a room filled with snoring only coming from one, contained a beautiful blonde known as android 18, who lay wide awake. She tossed and turned on several accounts, desperately trying to fall asleep, but failed miserably each time. She lifted her head up slightly, to get a look at the time and then dropped her head back in frustration after seeing that it was just 11:00. After about 10 more minutes of tossing and turning, 18 finally decided to give up on trying to sleep. She sat up and got out of bed slowly, not wanting to disturb her husband, and headed towards Marron's room to check on her. Seeing that she was fine, she quietly headed downstairs and out the door, soaring into the cloudy night.

Flying off at top speed, she closed her eyes, twirling around in the sky. She sighed, feeling quite relaxed. Flying over the ocean always helped her clear her mind and gave her a sense of peace. She hasn't been able to sleep since Monday and it was now Friday. For the past week, she has been waking up at the same time every night from those so called nightmares. This was the first time she experienced nightmares in a long time (the last time she had nightmares was after she was absorbed by cell). The frustrating part was that they always stopped at the same place. She was just glad Krillin didn't catch on yet; she knew it was only a matter of time before he caught on, so she couldn't hide it for long.

Krillin yawned sleepily as he groggily sat up and headed towards the bathroom. Yawning once more as he exited the bathroom, as quickly as he entered,. He then went over to his side of the bed and laid down, instinctively reaching for his wife, only to find the spot empty. He quickly sat up, feeling alarmed and looked around the room anxious to find his wife. He hopped out of bed and quickly trotted down stairs to look for 18.

After seeing that she wasn't inside he decided to check on the roof, where she usually went when something was bothering her. Not seeing her there either, he sighed tiredly and headed back inside. He decided to sit on the couch and wait up for her until she returned. He knew he wouldn't last two minutes without falling back a sleep again, so he decided to make a couple of cups of coffee to keep him up. After retrieving his coffee, he sat back down and listened as the waves crashed against the shore. That sound could lure any one to sleep if they listened long enough.

The sound of someone landing on the steps caught his attention. He did a ki check and didn't get anything so it had to be 18. Right? Placing his coffee down on the table, he got up and walked towards the door to open it up.

"18, is that you?"


A/N: My Krilin/ 18 sections are always going to be this short, so expect it. I kind've stink with this couple. I'll probably improve later on. Hopefully.