HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE A SAIYAN WOMAN SCORNED
A/N: The shame is great, no words can express how terrible it feels to know you aren't paying enough attention to your work. Frequent updates can't be promised because life gets in the way but I can promise that I will do my best to update as soon as I can.
Also, thank you to everyone who has reviewed followed and favourited (lets be kind enough to ignore the fact that there is no such word ;-)), hope you enjoy this chapter!
CHAPTER 3
The constant bustle of people walking down the street was sort of calming to the saiyan princess. Watching people go about their own lives reminded her of just how quick the human race is capable of not only change but adapting to it as well.
While sitting inside the café opposite Capsule Corp she couldn't help but be amused by the way the obviously pregnant young woman who looked like she would burst at any time outside the window was dragging the bored looking man next to her around like she was the Queen of the world.
A serious looking man in an even more serious looking suit was walking in such a serious way that he looked seriously ridiculous, ugly briefcase and all.
Seriously.
Even the adorable little girl with big blue eyes and blonde hair tied into pigtails holding onto someone who looked like her grandmother. When Bra looked out the window she saw all this and felt peaceful, like maybe the world wasn't as messed up as it seemed.
Like maybe there was hope.
It really wasn't that surprising that she would be in a bit of a funk after leaving her brothers office. Seeing Oolong had freaked her out, like it was a bad omen or something and it worried her more than she would like to admit,
"Or maybe I'm just being an idiot, it probably didn't mean anything,"
But no matter how much she tried to convince herself that she was being paranoid, the nagging feeling in the back of her mind just wouldn't shut up.
It felt like the every inch of her body was alert and waiting for something, anything, to happen.
But what?
Taking a sip of her coffee, she tried to clear her mind like her father taught her. Training with Vegeta was both painful and calming, but right now all she felt was grateful.
After the disturbing moment in Trunks' office, Pan left to go down to the Research and Development Department to help Bulma with the new technology capsule was trying to develop while she went to her office to catch up on the paperwork piling up on her desk.
Unfortunately, there was a minor accident involving a trash bin, said paperwork and a mysterious fire. The accident had rattled her so much that she just had to leave the building and take a short break to put her fragile self back in one piece.
Her secretary looked like she was about to explode if the pulsing vein on her forehead after she entered Bra's office and saw the damage was anything to go by. Oh well.
It wasn't yet lunch time but already the day felt like it had dragged on too long. This wasn't all that surprising considering all the things going on in her mind, like her best friends problems.
Not just Pan's issues, but everything around her including her brother's marriage to her other best friend, her parents weird behaviour, her tail growing back out of nowhere and her blackouts, those terrified her.
Like how she could be doing something one minute and the next find herself waking up in a completely different location with no memory of the last few hours.
No one had noticed anything strange about her absentmindedness because no one knew about it, besides, who could she tell about what was happening to her? Who would understand the fear she felt everyday knowing that something was wrong with her but not knowing what it was? Who would be able to fix her problem?
No one.
Quickly finishing her coffee she stood up and waved to the barista behind the counter, leaving the comfy café and embracing the outside word, becoming one with the same people she had spent her time observing from the other side of the window.
Taking a deep breath, Bra Briefs looked at the beautiful and clear blue sky, saw the beauty of the day and the brightness of the Sun then looked back at the people walking down the street, at the man holding flowers in his hands and looking lovingly at the small black box in his hand.
The little boy running around with a red balloon, being closely watched by two older girls.
"Yes," she thought, "the world will never stop changing, and we will never stop adapting."
Marron Briefs sat in the soft leather chair and couldn't help shaking with nerves, "I'm sorry Doctor Hathaway but I….I don't know what to say, what do you want me to say?"
Jean Hathaway looked at her patient calmly, knowing that it would be hopeless to beat around the bush because the young blonde woman knew exactly what she wanted to hear.
Taking off her glasses she folded them gently and set them on her desk, next to the photo of her husband and their two children, "Marron as your doctor it is my duty to take care of you, to make sure that you are in perfect health at all times, are you aware of that?"
The young woman bit her lip and twirled a strand of her hair, a nervous habit she didn't know she had, "I-I know that but I don't understand what any of this has to do with why I'm here?"
"When you decided to see me, I made it clear to you that my job is not just to make sure you are fine physically, but mentally and emotionally as well, do you remember that?"
Sitting up a bit straighter, Marron narrowed her eyes and spoke stiffly, "yes but my personal life is none of your concern, and I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself and making my own decisions."
"I don't doubt that, but I have to understand you in order for me to help you to the best of my abilities, so let's start with something simple, why do you look so tired?"
Now humbled and feeling slightly ashamed of herself, she looked at her hands clasped tightly to try and hide their shaking from her doctor.
"Die…."
"I guess because I am tired, I haven't been able to sleep well for a while now,"
"And is there a reason why you're having some trouble sleeping?"
Tucking a strand of hair behind her ear she refused to look up, "Just a few nightmares, it's nothing really."
"Die…."
"Anything that gives you trouble sleeping and makes you nervous and jumpy is not nothing Marron,"
Looking up startled she saw her doctor smiling at her with a calm and compassionate look, like she understood. Only she didn't.
"Die…."
That voice, that word, it was everywhere.
The first thing she heard when she woke up, when she tried to eat breakfast, when she tried to get her husband's attention before he left for work, when she tried to walk to her car, everywhere.
And it was driving her crazy.
Maybe she was crazy.
And who could she tell about what was happening to her? Would they be able to fix her? No, they wouldn't understand.
She tried to ignore it, she really did, but every sense in her mind and in her body was alert, like it was ready to take flight, which was crazy because unlike her parents and the rest of their friends she had no interest in fighting or Ki or anything like that so obviously she COULDN'T fly.
Doesn't mean she didn't want to.
"…..and we can try to figure out the cause of your anxiety, it would be really good for you," wow, she didn't hear anything Doctor Hathaway was saying, which was rude considering she's just trying to help her. Not that she can.
"Is there anything else you'd like to tell me Marron?" Quickly shaking out of her thoughts and zoning into the current conversation she tried to come up with an excuse that would satisfy the kind doctor.
"Well, I was wondering if we could schedule an appointment for later during the week because I had some questions to ask, I need to confirm with my husband first but I think it's something I, or, we need to do, is that ok?"
Her doctor looked puzzled for a moment, "And what do you want to talk about?"
She looked at the ground for a few seconds and took a deep breath to gather her courage before looking up again with certainty,
"I want to find out if there's anything keeping me from having a baby."
"Die…."
And that's a wrap. It has been so long I almost forgot how it feels like to actually think of the right way to put things and whether what you're writing is making any sense, stuff like that.
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Please enjoy and have a great day, stay awesome,
Natellah