A/N: Thank you Thirteenth for your review and mooni21 for the favorite and HikarinoTenshi2879 for the review AND the favorite ^^ I'm really glad that people are liking this, I just wish more people would review, it would make me see that people are really loving the story so far. Anyway, I'm hoping I can continue this chapter a day pace, I'm just so inspired I want to get it all out before I explode x.x
~Gohan
Tiny fingers grasped one of mine and yanked it back and forth as the small baby laughed in my lap. I chuckled, stood up and lifted Trunks up into the air, moving him up and down making him 'fly' through the air a bit. He seemed to like it, or at least he laughed more when I moved him forward.
I stopped instantly when I felt a large ki coming towards the room. I knew it was Vegeta by the size of it. Of course he had not stopped in his training. He would probably train everyday till the day he died. He stopped in the hall when he came to the entrance of the room, he glanced over, his son was kicking his arms and legs up and down, waiting for me to continue flying him through the air, but I did not dare to move. I hadn't seen him since the Cell Games, and I knew what he thought of me, of my father.
He did not say anything at all, he just kept walking towards the kitchen where Bulma had left to about ten minutes ago. I stared after him for a while until Trunks decided to move around in my arms, looking angry and trying to put himself down. I caught a better hold of him before he fell, if something were to happen to him I know Bulma would kill me, but I was pretty sure Vegeta would murder me, even if he did not look like he loved his son, I'm sure it was a love that to him seemed normal.
I sat back down on the ground and put him back into my lap, grabbing one of his many toys he reached for it before I could even bring it to him. It was some kind of dinosaur, I was not sure what kind exactly, but I guess he liked it, he began to suck on the head.
"Sorry about that," Bulma said, coming into the room with what looked like baby food. Or I guessed that it was. It actually looked more gourmet than normal looking baby food.
"That's alright." I told her and she took her son from my lap, positioning him on her leg to feed him.
"So what was it you were going to ask?" she pressed a spoonful of food at Trunks mouth, he seemed determined not to eat because he moved his head and the food rubbed over his cheeks.
"Baa!" he spoke before hitting the spoon from her hand, the remaining food went all over the floor.
"Trunks." Her tone was stern as if to tell her son that he did something wrong.
"I was just wondering if you had any books on pregnant women.... I know mom is going to be pretty weird... I wanted to know what I might need to expect during this time before she has the baby." Bulma began to force Trunks' mouth open to shove the food in, a look of satisfaction on her face when he swallowed the food; the result, he started to cry again.
"I don't have any pregnancy books, sorry... My mom told me everything I needed to know when I was pregnant... but you might be able to get some at the book store." She bounced Trunks on her knee to try and calm him again.
"I didn't even think about that... but then..." I lowered my head. I had no money to buy anything. I didn't think to ask mom for money before I left either. Looks like I won't be able to get any.
"You can borrow some money for me if you need to." Bulma's voice cut into my thoughts.
"What? But I couldn't possibly-" I had began but she cut me off with a wiggle of her finger.
"Gohan, it's alright, you don't have to be so modest, you can borrow some money, it's not that big of a deal, besides, it's nice to know that someone is being so caring about a pregnant woman," she looked in the direction Vegeta had gone in.
I could only guess that Vegeta ignored her the whole time she was pregnant with Trunks. I was glad that Bulma didn't get weird on me like everyone else. "Thank you..." I told her and she just smiled.
"Don't mention it, alright? Besides, I'm sure your new sister or brother will be a good playmate for little Trunks." I hadn't even thought of that. They would be a year apart, but they could probably get along great.
I smiled, but then something caught my eye and I looked over in the doorway. Vegeta stood there, arms crossed, looking pissed as usual, tensing his muscles and gritting his teeth.
"Kakarott is having another child?" He asked, thought it sounded more like a demand to know. "But... he's dead now, that's impossible!"
"Keep your voice down will you?" Bulma tried calming an almost crying again Trunks. "I know, I know, his face looks so scary like that."
I just kept quiet, Vegeta's anger and frustration was too great that I was afraid any comment or noise from me would result in something regrettable. He just continued his stare before he walked off, muttering something that was too low to be heard. I looked back at Bulma who had started to bounce Trunks again. I had a feeling that it would be a long time before things would start to feel normal again.
~*~
The ding of the stores bell rang, letting me know that another person had entered the small book store. I was in there for about a half an hour, the store clerk had greeted me once I entered and asked if I needed help. I told him I was fine and that I would just look around. However... none of the books seemed to be in any particular order. Not alphabetically, nor by a category. I would have asked, but I would feel too embarrassed to ask where the books would be. Besides, Bulma had lent me enough money to get a few books that I wanted that were not on my list.
"Now, don't just spend it on pregnancy books, get yourself something nice too, okay?" She had told me, her smile was warm and genuine. I nodded to her before waving good bye from the side of the street.
If it was one thing that I remember dad always saying it was 'You can always count on Bulma.' Now if only she could have came with me, I wouldn't feel so embarrassed.
I used my finger to run through the titles, the books seemed endless, especially for a small store. I glanced around, the guy that had come into the store stood in one of the corners, reading a manga and laughing a bit to himself. His long blond hair was pulled into a ponytail and he wore a muscle shirt, though, he had some muscles, I doubted that he really knew how to use them right. A quick glance into his ki told me that he wasn't really all that strong, he would be easy to defeat.
I shook my head. I shouldn't be thinking about that sort of thing.No, I had to concentrate on finding what I was looking at that way I could help mom out. I nodded in agreement to myself and before I could put my eyes back onto the books in front of me, a tap at my shoulder caught me off guard. I jumped back a few feet, readying myself, the old man in front of me looked surprised and a bit taken aback. I lowered my guard back down and sighed.
'Old man, could have gotten hurt or something...'
"I'm sorry, I was just wondering if I could help you find anything, you've been in here for a while." The old man looked determined to help me and I felt cornered and trapped.
"Uh, well..." I started, trying to think of the best way to put this without embarrassing myself too much. "I... I'm looking for books on pregnancy..." I said quickly, wincing as I said it.
The man blinked at me for a moment before sighing to himself, "these teens nowadays, have no regard at who they do it with..." he shook his head and I just looked after him, a bit confused. He walked over to a shelf I had already looked at, but apparently not hard enough, he pulled out three thick books and handed them to me. "Are you marrying this girl you got pregnant?" He asked and I was lost for words with shock.
"E-e-excuse me?" I really couldn't believe what he was saying. "You have the wrong idea." I tried to tell him, he started to walk towards the counter and put the books down.
"Kids, all they think about is fun.," he muttered to himself. I could feel the blond boy in the corner looking at me.
"I didn't get anyone pregnant," I explained. "My mom is the one that's pregnant."
"Oh, well then why do you need these books then? She should know what she's doing if she's already had a child before." He gave me that look that people give to kids when they don't think that the kid is telling the truth, I had no reason to lie. "It's going to be 12,489 zennie." he held out his hand and I placed the money in it. He put the books in a brown paper bag and handed it over to me. I hesitated before actually grabbing the bag and starting out the door.
The door's bell dinged as I walked out of it and onto the sidewalk. I held the books close to my side and started to walk down the walkway. Another ding of the doors bell told me that someone came out, or went in, but I knew that someone came out, I could feel eyes following me and I could hear the tapping of feet on the sidewalk's concert behind me. 'The blond guy...' I thought to myself with a frown.
A/N: Well that was a long chapter, 1692 words. Whoot! Anyway, you know the drill, please drop me a review and I'll get the next chapter up asaic. Hope everyone enjoyed it, there is MUCH more to come ahead ^-^
