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Chapter 25
"Mom, I'm home," Bra screamed as she walked in the front door of her parent's house in the Capsule Corporation compound. Within seconds she heard footsteps flying down the stairs and sure enough it was her mother, coming right at her with open arms.
"Bra you're home," she squealed as she held her tight, "You look so great! I've missed you so much!"
"I missed you to mom, but I can't breathe," Bra said pulling out of her mother's grasp, and as she stood there talking with Bulma the door opened behind her, they both looked to see Goten walking in with four suitcases.
"Oh honey, drop those I'll call the bots to get them," Bulma said shaking her head and laughing at the youngest Son boy.
"Thanks Bulma," he obliged her wish and dropped the suitcases on the floor, walking over and giving her a big hug, "You look great!"
"Oh Goten," she blushed, "Are you guys hungry, I can get some food together," she said smiling, and of course Goten didn't let her down.
"I am starving," he said looking over to Bra who had a look of disgust on her face.
"Kame, Goten, we just ate at the airport," she shook her head in disbelief.
"I can't help it Bra, sheesh," he followed Bulma's lead into the kitchen. They were all sitting and talking, catching up on all the news and gossip of the town since they had been gone for three months, but for as long as they were gone nothing had changed really. Bulma told them that Krillan's daughter Marron had gotten engaged and was going to be moving into West City, but other than that there was nothing new and exciting.
"So mom, when is Trunks supposed to be getting in," Bra asked as she picked some cheese off the top of Goten's nachos.
"Umm, I think he arrives late tomorrow dear, or maybe it was Wednesday, he said he would make all his own arrangements," she shrugged glancing at the calendar. "And then we just have to decorate for the party that is on Saturday afternoon, so you have the whole week pretty much to do whatever you want," Bulma smiled, "Maybe some shopping for the party would be good!"
Bra's lips formed a huge grin; Bulma said the magic word, "Of course mom, that's a great idea! Me and Goten can go tomorrow, unless you have something going on babe," she asked looking to Goten who was now shoving food down his throat. He shrugged in agreement and she smiled, "Good!"
As they were sitting in the kitchen watching Goten shove his face they heard the side door fly open, Bra new exactly who it was, the one person she really wanted to avoid, her father. She hadn't spoken to him since they had their falling out about Goten, and he never made it a priority to try and come visit her or talk to her, so she did the same thing back to him. But now there was no escaping it, she was in his house, and they were staying there for the week until they flew back to New York, so she knew she was in for hell. Her mother told her that he wasn't angry at her just upset with her choice in men, but Bra didn't care; he still was rude and his actions were uncalled for, so she refused to say sorry to him first.
Vegeta made his way into the kitchen and stopped at the entrance, his stare gazed upon the third class baka sitting next to his wife and daughter. Anger began to flow through his veins as his thoughts fell upon the last time he saw him and the ass kicking he gave him, but then he felt a hand on his back; Bulma. The damned woman had gotten up from her seat without him even seeing it, and now she was rubbing his back, speaking some sort of gibberish into his ear about keeping cool and not losing his temper, Blasted woman, he thought as his eyes went to his daughter, and he felt a little pang of sadness in his heart. He had always been so close to Bra, she was the only one who truly seemed to understand him, even better then Bulma at times and now, now she wouldn't even look at him, let alone talk to him, he took a long deep breath before exiting the kitchen and heading up to his room to shower and get out of his smelly training clothes.
As he entered his room he stripped his torn clothes and threw them in the hamper, the woman would go through and salvage anything that was left of them, and then headed over to the mirror, looking at the man that stared back at him, and it made him sick. Why was he so upset that his daughter hates him, he shouldn't care about these petty things, but for some reason ever since they had defeated Buu something inside of him had changed, something in his heart had changed; he actually cared for his family, even though you would never hear him admit it. He heard a faint knock on the door behind him, "Who is it," he yelled walking over and grabbing a towel to cover himself up.
"It's me, unlock the door," she spoke softly pressing her head against the wood. Vegeta slowly made his way to the door, unlocking it and letting the blue haired woman enter. "Are you alright," she questioned, looking into his onyx eyes.
"I'm fine woman, why wouldn't I be," he retorted, being the hard ass he truly was.
"Why don't you just try and talk to her Veggie, she is your only daughter, you don't want to lose her for good," she said following him over to the spot he had chosen to sit on the bed.
"What do I care if I lose her, stupid brat, she chose that moron to be her mate, she doesn't need me," he said eyes fixated on the ground. Bulma was now standing directly in front of him, she put her hands on his shoulders and waited for him to look up and meet her blue eyes with his.
"I know you care Vegeta, you don't have to put on this I'm the toughest guy in the universe act around me, I know you care about her and I know you love her so you need to fix things while she is here this week. I really think this is your last chance to make things right dear," Bulma sat down on his lap and kissed him deeply. She pulled away and rested her head on his shoulder, nuzzling in the crick of his neck. She felt him bring his hand to her back and caress her gently; this was the Vegeta she loved.
He sighed deeply as he leaned atop Bulma's blue locks, kissing her head, breathing in her scent, thinking of all the words she had just spoken to him; why was she always right, he couldn't stand it, but it made him chuckle. "Alright woman, I will make things right," he said wrapping his arms around her and holding her tight, "But how about now you make things right for me," his voice was deep, yet playful as he let one hand slip up her shirt.
"Not now Veggie, you need a shower, you stink," she said jumping up and holding her nose.
"Then you better get out of here, otherwise I'll be needing you to bathe me woman," he smirked that trade mark Vegeta smirk, and stood up, walking into the bathroom that was connected to their room.
A Few Days Later- South Carolina w/Pan
Pan was sitting in the kitchen feeding Chase when she heard her phone beep in the other room, she sighed putting down the bottle and checking to make sure he was locked in his little seat, she ran into the living room to get it. New text message, she smiled, her and Austin had begun texting a lot lately, they were trying to mend their problems and move forward, at least to try and be friends again. They had scheduled to meet up and talk, but things had changed, he kept getting put on extra shifts, which he wanted for awhile, but had requested to have them stopped. She slid her phone open so she could see who it was from and read it; she was right, it was him!
What are you doing? – Austin
She quickly typed a response, Feeding Chase. Aren't you supposed to be working? – Pan
She went back into the kitchen and saw Chase trying to hold his bottle up by himself but it wasn't working, she chuckled and grabbed it from him, letting him finish it off, waiting for a response from Austin. A few seconds later her phone beeped again, I am working but I'm about to be out of here, you want to meet up and talk? I miss you…. I don't know if that's what you want to hear right now. – Austin
She took a deep breath, she was supposed to call Trunks today, he wanted to come see Chase for a while, but she really wanted to talk to Austin, she hadn't had the chance to tell him her side of the story, and she didn't want to blow him off and not ever get the chance too. Come over when you get off, I'm going to take Chase out to the beach to play in the sand, so meet me back there. And I miss you too : ) –Pan.
She couldn't stop smiling, she wanted this to go well, she wanted him to forgive her, and she really wanted her best friend back. She picked Chase out of his chair and took him back to his room to change him into his little Finding Nemo swim shorts, and then she remembered she needed to call Trunks and cancel. She quickly grabbed her phone and slid it open again, she dialed Trunks' number, and waited for it to ring, but instead it went right to voicemail… shit, she thought to herself. She pulled up Austin's name and sent him one last text, she wanted him to know Trunks was stopping by so he didn't get upset or feel played. Hey, just wanted to let you know Chase's dad is suppose to come by today. But when he does I'll see if he wants to take him out for awhile alone so we can have our talk. I really want to see you though and I don't want you to feel weird when he shows up, he's just coming for Chase, that's it. – Pan
She finished changing him and then went into her room to throw on her bathing suit, she hadn't had much time to get out and hit the beach with the baby, it had been way to hot out for him. But today seemed perfect, it had cooled down and the sun was going in and out with the clouds, so she figured it was now or never to start working on that tan. Her phone went off again, and she grabbed it, hoping he would be ok with everything and would still show up.
Thanks for the warning, I'll be over, I really want to get this whole thing ironed out. I'll see you soon. – Austin.
Pan did a little happy dance and picked Chase up, grabbing the beach blanket and some toys for him to play with she made her way out to the sand and set up their little camp. She was laying on her side with Chase who had fallen asleep next to her under the big umbrella she had stuck in the sand, it was moments like this that made her truly happy. She sensed Austin pulling in up front and her smile got even bigger, she rolled over on to her other side, looking to his patio waiting to see him come out.
"Boo," he whispered as he came from the other way.
"Oh fuck," she jumped and turned to her original position, "I thought you would come out of your house like a normal person," she laughed, looking him over. He had come right from work alright, still in uniform; kame did that turn Pan on. Every time she saw him like that she wanted to jump his bones, but she held her hornyness to herself.
"I decided to take the walk around," he smiled reaching down and offering her a hand to get to her feet. She took his offer and stood up, meeting his eyes and his smiling face, which made her smile even more.
"I'm glad you came," she said softly, watching him unbutton his dark blue top, revealing his white wife beater underneath.
"I needed to see you; I couldn't stop thinking of you Pan. The way we left things really wasn't right, a lot of shit happened and we need to figure it out, together," he sighed looking to her, letting his smile fade away.
"Come on sit down then," she plopped back down to her original spot next to the sleeping boy on the blanket, he followed her move and sat in front of her, taking her hands in his.
"So," he said a little awkwardly, "Where should we start?"
Pan squeezed his hands a little tighter, "I'll start, I have the most explaining to do," she said, her smile now fading away also.
"So, here it goes," she said taking a deep breath.
"Wait," Austin spoke up before she started on her rant, "Just tell me this, what are you Pan, what was with the glowing, that is my main question; I want to know you, so tell me that." She nodded her head in agreement. She started telling him about everything, about her family and her friends. She told him about Vegeta and her Grandpa and all the fighting they had to do in order to save the world from all these crazy aliens and she tried to explain about the Saiyans and how their planet was destroyed a long time ago. He seemed to listen to every word she spoke, asking questions when he was confused and trying to understand everything.
"So that is me, Austin, I am part alien and I can fly and sense people and blast things and transform into a stronger person," she said bringing her eyes to the ground. He didn't say anything that first, an awkward silence seemed to take over and he tried to take everything in, he was almost in shock to what he had just heard, but he tried not to act freaked out for Pan's sake; he knew that had been hard for her.
"Well that wasn't so bad," he chuckled, taking his hand to her face and making her look at him, "You should have just told me that from the beginning Pan, I would have listened," he smiled; reassuring her it was all ok.
"I just couldn't Austin, I didn't want you to get freaked out and run away, I had no one else," she spoke softly as tears began to fall from her face.
"Hey come on," he said pulling her into his chest and rubbing her head gently, "Don't cry, I'm here now, and I'm not going anywhere," he said leaning his nose into her dark hair. She pulled away from him and looked down at Chase, whose dark eyes were now visible; he had woken up in the midst of their talk. Austin reached down and picked him up sitting him in front of him, "Hey buddy, I missed you," he cooed to the baby in some sort of baby voice. Chase giggled and tried to grab Austin's sun glasses that were on top of his head; Pan smiled, this was what she loved about him.
"So, Pan," he said looking over to her again, still holding the baby in his lap, keeping him occupied were the sunglasses that were no longer on his head, "I think it's my turn." Pan nodded in agreement as she continued watching him hold her son, waiting to hear what he had to say, even though she really didn't need him to say anything.
"I'm sorry that I flipped out the way I did. I'm sorry for the things I called you that night because I didn't mean them, I was just raging, and I'm sorry that, the other day when I was out here with Jill you saw us making out, I had no intention on rubbing it in your face like that," he finished and reached out and grabbed her hand with his free one, "Forgive me?"
"Of course I forgive you," she smiled as he pulled her hand up to his lips and kissed it softly. "Can we just start over, start fresh, and go slow, I don't want to ruin our friendship again," she asked hoping he would agree.
"If that's what you want then that is totally fine with me, friends," he smiled letting go of her hand and turning Chase around, holding him in the air above his face. The little boy giggled, and laughed as Austin made faces at him and moved him around the air like he was flying. He handed him back to Pan and pulled his shirt completely off, leaving only his wife beater covering his upper body, he smiled as he watched the little boy reach his arms out towards him, trying get back to his arms, "Da..Da." Austin's face completely dropped, and then he looked to Pan who had the same look on her face.
"No, no hunny," Pan said correcting the baby, but the truth was he had no clue, he was just repeating what Trunks was always trying to get him to say when he saw him. Austin shook himself a little and realized he had overreacted, "its fine Pan, he doesn't know, he's just a baby," he said smiling, "Say Austin, Chase," but the baby just giggled,
"Dada, Dada!" Pan laughed, "Well at least he said his first word," she said a little uneasy. Just then she heard her door bell ring, "Shit, it's Trunks," she said looking over at Austin, "Watch him for a minute while I go talk to him about taking him out," she asked with pleading eyes. Austin nodded in agreement and took the baby from her hands, she ran into the house shutting the glass door behind her. She walked to the front door and unlocked it to find Trunks standing there, with a bouquet of flowers in his hand.
"Here Panny, these are for you," he said handing them to her after she opened the door to let him in. She took the flowers from him and turned around leading him into the living room, turning back to him she noticed him looking around the Condo.
"He's outside with Austin, I needed to talk to you quick," she said, watching Trunks' expression change to anger. "Trunks calm down," she said sternly, "We are just friends, we are starting fresh, there is nothing else going on," she gave him a pissed off look.
"Just friends huh," he said eyeing her up and down, "Just where the littlest bikini you have since you guys are just friends," he asked non chalantly.
"Trunks, seriously, you need to stop or you're not seeing him today," she stated coldly. She watched him shake his head in annoyance, and plop down on her couch.
"What did you want to talk to me about," he asked annoyed?
"I was wondering if you want to take him out for a bit on your own, spend some alone time with him," she said, watching him perk up a little at that statement.
"You're serious?"
"Ya," she smiled, "I think it will be good for him to spend some time with you." He couldn't believe she was actually asking him to take the baby alone, it was so unlike her.
"I would love to," he smiled, "But before I get him I want to ask you something."
"Ok, go for it," she stated taking a seat next to him.
"Are you going home for your moms thing, I assume that's why your father was here the other day," he asked staring into her dark eyes?
"Yes, I'm leaving Friday. Are you going back?"
"Ya, I'm leaving tomorrow afternoon, so I won't be around for a few days, but when you get in I want you to come to Capsule Corp., my mom wants to see him, and I think that you should stay there with us," his voice was low, almost as if he was trying to tell her what to do, but at the same time he didn't want her to realize that.
"That's fine, I will come and let your mom see him, but I already have reservations at a hotel in West City, so I won't need to stay," she said standing up and walking away from him. "Come on, come see your son," she spoke as she made her way into the kitchen. Trunks stood up and followed her, and as soon as he got to the sliding glass door he saw Austin, lying on the blanket playing with his son. That mother fucker, I want to whoop his fucking ass so bad, he thought to himself, but made sure to keep his cool in front of Pan.
"Austin," Pan said as she walked up, "Trunks is going to take Chase for a bit."
Austin smiled up at Pan and managed to get to his feet with the baby still in his arms, he went to hand him off to Trunks and Trunks snatched him out of Austin's hands quickly. "Bye buddy, have fun with your dad," he said ruffling the child's black hair. Chase immediately tried to grab a hold of Austin's arm and began to cry when he couldn't. Trunks bounced him up and down a little as Pan leaned in and said her goodbyes, "When should I be back," he asked talking over the now crying baby.
"A couple hours, just please call if you need me to come get him," she said with pleading eyes. Chase was still trying to reach out to Austin and Pan, hoping someone would take him away from this man who was holding him now. "Trunks give me him for a second, let me check his diaper," she said taking the baby from Trunks, who seemed to calm down being in his mom's arms, and Austin was rubbing his head as she checked his diaper, "Nope all clean," she smiled. Chase reached out for Austin once more, as Pan went to hand him to Trunks, "Dada, Dada," he screamed. Trunks' face turned white and then red with anger, his child just referred to this asshole as dada, "You have got to be kidding me Pan," he said enraged.
"Trunks, he just did that today out of the blue, I don't know where he got it from, I figured the last couple times he saw you maybe you were trying to teach it to him."
But Trunks wasn't even listening anymore, he was seeing red, no way could she expect him to be ok with this, he just gets his son back and he is calling another man dad, no fucking way. "You know what Pan, this, this right here is some shady fucking shit, I swear to kame, if I find out you did this to me," but he stopped himself from saying something he would regret, "Just know that this is going to be stopped," and with that he turned and walked back into the house, grabbing the diaper bag that Pan had set on the table for him to take.