As everyone started showing up the next morning, Goku was in the next room, leaning up against Gohan's bed with his eyes closed. Gohan was still sleeping and he didn't want anyone waking him up; he knew that the next couple of days were going to be hectic and he wanted Gohan to get as much sleep as he could.

Goku opened his eyes when he heard the door to the bedroom being thrown opened. He looked at Vegeta with a scowl on his face.

"Vegeta, Gohan is still sleeping and I would like to keep it that way for at least a few more hours."

Vegeta ignored the comment and walked over to Goku so that he was looking down at him, "Your woman made me come in here to get you, she needs you or something."

Goku sat up abruptly pushing Vegeta out of the way as he did, which got him a snarl from the sayian prince, "Hey watch it!"

"Sorry, you shouldn't have been standing so close though."

Vegeta crossed his arms and if it was possible glared even harder at him, "What's wrong with you today?"

Goku glared right back, "Sorry if I am suppose to be happy when my son is lying in that bed behind you dying, sorry that everyone is expecting me to leave his side and chit chat, sorry that they can't deal with things on their own and have to come to me for everything."

Vegeta uncrossed his arms and back away a little, "Jeez calm down will ya, if it will help I'll stay here with the half-sayian brat while you go out there and see what your woman wants."

Goku took a deep breath and cocked an eyebrow, "Why? Why would you want to sit in here watching over Gohan?"

"Well that is none of your business Kakarott, just go out there and deal with those women before they come in here and start blaming me."

Goku rolled his eyes at the comment and then walked past him to go out into the living room to deal with 'those women' as Vegeta had called them.

As soon as Goku left the room, Vegeta turned around to look at Gohan who was still sleeping peacefully on the bed. He gave a growl as he grabbed one of the desk chairs and pulled it over to the bed, he sat down and leaned over to look at the boy.

"Come on brat, I know you are stronger than this, some stupid sickness is not going to kill you. I want your father to stop mobbing around. I am falling behind in my training and in need of a sparring partner but your dad can't do it if he is only concern about you. So you get better you pain in the ass!"

"You know Vegeta, cussing at someone is not going to help them get better."

Vegeta leaned back against the chair and crossed his arms as he saw a smirk form on Gohan's face, "Yeah well sleeping all day is not going to help someone get better either."

Gohan opened his eyes and leaned up from the bed by his elbows. He looked around the room finally noticing that only Vegeta was present, he raised his eyebrow and gave him another smirk, "Ah so my dad must be afraid to leave me alone if he is making you baby-sit."

Vegeta scoffed, "I am not baby-sitting brat, I am just in here so those human women will leave me alone for a few minutes, all they have been doing lately is nagging and bossing me around."

Gohan gave a little laugh, "Yeah well that's what they do best." He pushed himself up all the way and scooted to the front of the bed so he could lean against the headboard, "So where is my dad anyways?"

"That woman of his wanted him out in the living room for some reason."

"You mean my mom?"

Vegeta rolled his eyes, "Whatever." He looked up at the ceiling for a moment like he was contemplating something and when it looked like he decided on what that something was, he stopped looking at the ceiling and turned his attention to Gohan, "Now listen here boy, I am going to say something to you and if you ever repeat this to anyone especially your father, if this disease doesn't kill you than I will."

Gohan gave him a confused look wondering what in the world Vegeta was talking about and if he would want to hear it but nodded anyways so that he would continue.

"Good, now when I first met you in that battle field 6 years ago (A/N: I'm not positive if it was 6 years and if I am wrong, I apologize!") I thought you were one of the weakest kids I have ever seen; I couldn't help but hate you. Actually I don't think I've ever liked you even if you were a half-sayian."

"Wow Vegeta, you sure say the nicest things."

Vegeta glared at him, "Shut up brat, do you want to hear what I have to say or not?"

Gohan cocked his head to the side and shrugged, "Sure why not."

Vegeta looked like he wanted to slap him and walk away but he continued, "Don't interrupt me again, as I was saying I took a huge dislike to you right when I met you. Then I ran into you on Namek and I hated you even more. At first I thought it was because you had a father that was alive and he didn't care who you grew up to be and he would be proud of you no matter what. Then I started to realize that, that wasn't what was bothering me about you, after I saw what you did to Frieza when you thought he killed that bald headed idiot I finally understood why I hated you so much."

Gohan crossed his arms and closed his eyes as he leaned his head back to the headboard, he hadn't even been up for a couple of hours and he was already getting tired but he nodded to Vegeta to let him know that he was still paying attention to what he had to say.

"I hated you because you had some kind of power that I couldn't even dream of and the way you handled it made me realize that you had no idea what kind of power, you even had, power I dreamed about for so many years. I actually for a moment thought that you had become the legendary super sayian, but then you returned to your weak self and your dad had become the first who had succeeded. Then of course you and that idiot father of yours came out of that time chamber or whatever it's called in your super sayian form and it infuriated me even more, how could a mere child be so freaking strong and yet still had no idea how to even fight properly."

Gohan was started to get a little impatient, his head was starting to hurt and he really hope that Vegeta was almost done so he could rest a little in silence.

"Of course Cell came and he had that stupid little tournament and in the end, that mere child that I had hated for so many years defeated one of the most powerful beings in the universe." When Gohan felt Vegeta looking at him, he opened up his eyes and was surprised to see the look on his face; it was a look that his dad had given him so many times.

"Um…Why are you looking at me like that?"

Vegeta turned his head away to look at the wall and took a deep breath, when he turned back to Gohan his face still held the same expression, "What I have been trying to say through this little speech of mine is that…I don't hate you anymore Gohan."

Gohan sat up a little bit straighter and gave Vegeta a disbelieving look, "You just called me Gohan…"

"That is your name isn't?"

"Well yeah but you had never called me Gohan, it has always been brat, half-sayian, or just recently pain in the ass"

Vegeta stared at Gohan for a few minutes trying to decide if he should say the next thing that he was thinking about and well since he already said too much, he might as well say the rest of what he wanted to. "Well if you make it through whatever the hell is killing you inside, then I will call you your real name from now on."

"I'm not going to make it so you don't have to worry about calling me anything" Gohan whispered under his breath kind of hoping that Vegeta wouldn't hear him. When he took a peek at Vegeta's face, he knew that he had heard him.

"Now listen here Gohan and listen well, we sayians do not just die from some stupid illness; we fight until our very last breath." He then leaned forward so that he was looking Gohan directly in the eyes, "If you die, you will destroy your father; you don't want that, do you?"

Gohan shook his head as tears starting forming into the corner of his eyes, Vegeta noticed so he backed away and stood up from the chair; still not really use to the tear thing just yet, even though he did have a 1 year old son who pretty much cried all the time. "So promise me that no matter how bad it hurts and how bad you want things to end, you will keep on fighting until you can't fight anymore. We Sayians are a warrior race and you better keep it that way, you got that?"

"Yes sir!" Gohan replied with a smile on his face as he wiped the tears away, he then at that moment regretted everything bad he had ever said about Vegeta because through all of that tough interior and sayian blood, deep down he was honestly a good guy.

Vegeta gave a smirk and turned to leave since he felt Goku's Ki coming toward the door, when he felt Gohan grab his wrist. He turned back around and Gohan gave him a small smile, "I don't hate you either Vegeta."

When Goku opened up the door, he expected to see Gohan still asleep on the bed and Vegeta leaning up against the wall with a scowl on his face, what he didn't expect was what he got. Gohan was sitting up on the bed with a smile on his face, holding onto Vegeta's wrist and as for Vegeta; even though he could only see the back of his head, he knew that somehow he was giving Gohan a look that he rarely gave to anyone.

Goku was about to try to sneak away not wanting to ruin whatever he had walked into when Gohan noticed him and he couldn't pull himself away when he saw the look that his son gave him, it was one of pure joy and he had missed seeing that on his face.

"Daddy!"

Vegeta instantly moved away from Gohan and the scowl was back on his face. He walked past Goku without saying anything and shut the door loudly behind him. Goku shook his head at the sayian prince's behavior and walked over to his son's bed and gave him one of his goofy grins.

"Hey son, what were you and Vegeta talking about that got him so quiet?"

Gohan gave him an identical smile and shook his head, "Sorry daddy, can't tell you. It's a secret!" He then gave a cute giggle and Goku couldn't help but pick him up off the bed and give him a huge hug.

"God Gohan, I really missed hearing you laugh."

Gohan gave him a hug in returned and then looked up at him and smiled, "Sorry for making you worry so much daddy, I've just been scared and feeling really tired and you know how that makes me grumpy."

Goku gave his son's hair a ruffle, "It's alright Gohan, just try to keep this smile on your face, it would make your mother very happy."

Gohan nodded and wiggled out of his dad's embrace so that he was sitting back down on his bed, "Daddy, can I go back to sleep for a few hours, I am feeling tired and it would be nice to be more rested before I go out and have fun with everybody."

"Of course Gohan." He said as he pulled the covers back so that Gohan could lie down. When he did, he covered him up with them and gave him a quick peck on the forehead, "Just come on out when you wake up. I am sure your mother and Bulma will have plenty of food ready for you."

Gohan gave him a tired smile and nodded his head, "I will just have a few minutes of rest and then I will be right out." He closed his eyes at the last word and was to sleep in an instant.

When Goku was sure that Gohan had fallen asleep, he walked out of the room shutting the door softly behind him. When he turned around he saw Chi-Chi give him a small smile as she walked over, "Is my baby boy doing ok?"

Goku wrapped his arms around her and smiled in returned, "Yeah he's just fine, he just wants to get some more rest before he comes out here and says hi to everyone." He then looked up at everyone who was in the house to see his son and gave them all a smile, "Thank you guys for coming over, it really mean a lot to us."

Krillin was the first one to speak up, "No problem Goku, you are our friend and Gohan means a lot to all of us and we are going to be here no matter what happens in the next few days."

Everyone else said their agreements and Goku was so thankful that he had friends like them by his side. He wouldn't be anywhere without them and he wouldn't be able to get through Gohan being sick without them either. He took a quick look over Chi-Chi's head and saw Vegeta lurking in the hallway between the kitchen and the living room. He knew that Vegeta had something to do with Gohan's change of attitude, but since he probably was never going to figure out what he said or did; the only thing he could do now was say thank you and once everything calmed down and he had some time to talk to him alone, he was going to do just that.

Authors note: Well I finally got a chapter up! Hope everyone likes it and if Vegeta is a little OOC than I apologize but he plays an important role at the end and I needed this chapter to make it happen. Please Review!