Goku finished painting her bedframe, and her dressers. He promised they'd paint the walls together, so he left them the color they were; cerulean blue. Meanwhile, Chichi and the others were halfway home.
"Hey, Mom?"
"Yes, Goten?"
"Does it usually take this long to get home?"
She laughed.
'He flies too much.'
"Yes, it usually takes this long. Why?"
"It doesn't seem like it when we fly. And why do you keep stopping?"
She sighed, as she'd have a lot of explaining to do. But, before anything could come out of her mouth, Trunks started to explain.
"Thank Dende."
Gohan laughed and his Mom looked over to him.
"Gohan?"
"Yeah?"
"You know how to drive, right?"
Trunks and Goten stopped talking and listened in.
"Yeah, why?"
"You wanna drive? I'll pull over so we can switch."
He nodded excitedly.
"I've only driven a few times, though."
"Really? When?"
She was upset hearing he already experienced his first few times without her.
"Well, Videl didn't know how to drive, so when her plane broke down I drove her to school and back for a few days. Though they weren't as long of drives like this, so I'm excited!"
Goten was amazed at his big brother in the front seat.
"Wait, so you're telling me all of you know how to drive? Why don't we drive more often!?"
Chichi and Gohan laughed.
"Well, Goten, if you want us to drive more, just tell us next time."
"Oh, I will. Just you wait!"
Gohan merged back into traffic and took a right.
"Gohan, where are you going?"
"Bulma told me about this shortcut when I started school for when I had friends that wanted to come over."
She nodded. She was hoping for the best, but was prepared for the worst. Then the crying started. Trunks and Goten once again stopped conversing and turned to Kaina. Chichi unbuckled herself, then reached back, unbuckled Kaina, and brought her into her lap.
"Honey, what's wrong?"
"I had a scary dream."
"Don't worry, it's just a dream."
Goten and Trunks started their conversation up again, and Gohan turned up to a side street that led them near their mountain home.
"Huh, you were right. Good job, Gohan!"
He smiled and parked the car in front of the house. Then the boys got out and Chichi came out with Kaina. She was cat napping… For now. Goku opened the door for them and poked Kaina's arm.
"Come on, princess, I need to show you something."
Chichi set her down and they all followed Goku after he motioned for them to follow. They stopped at a door she hadn't seen before. "What room is this, Daddy?"
"Open it, and you'll know."
She opened the door and looked in awe.
"Wooooooooooooow! It's so pretty!"
"Do you like your new room?"
She nodded and hugged him.
"Oh, and Goten?"
"Yeah?"
"Tomorrow, we're gonna paint yours and Gohan's walls, too!"
"Yeah! Now they won't be green!"
"What's wrong with green?"
"I don't really like green."
"You're crazy."
They laughed and all the kids went to play.
"Hey, Chi?"
"Huh?"
He walked up behind her as she folded a blanket and wrapped his arms around her waist and rested his chin on her right shoulder. "
What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I'm bored. I was going to ask if you'd wanna watch a movie with me later."
"Of course I will. Just make sure to pick a good one."
He stayed where he was; even when she dropped a towel, but he wouldn't let her bend down to pick it up.
"Goku, I need to get the towel, honey."
"Nah, it can wait."
"It's the last one."
"…"
"Please, just let me finish?"
He gave in and sighed.
"Fine." She smiled and picked it up. After she folded it, he helped put them up, and then they sat down on the couch.
"Goku?"
"Huh?"
"Do you… Nevermind."
He laid his head in her lap and looked up at her.
"What?"
She hated when he did that. Every time he did that, he did it because he knew she wasn't telling the truth.
'Why does he have to be smart enough to know this?'
"I heard that, thank you very much."
She sighed and combed through his hair with one hand and held his hand with the other.
"You know what I meant."
"I know very well what you meant. So... What were you saying before?"
"Well, I mean, do you ever miss it being just us? You know, the two of us?"