"Daddy! Daddy! Here yet?" Lily asked running to the living room; she was super excited because Paisley and Sammy were coming over to play.
It was now the middle of September and Kari, Paisley and Sammy have been best friends since that day at the beach; they spend every weekend together.
Last weekend they spent it at Paisley's house; they never spent it at Sammy's house. Everyone was sure that Sammy's mom hated kids…especially since on the first day of September she went to live with her grandparents. Next weekend however, they would be going to Sammy's new home.
"No, not yet; they've still got half an hour." Trunks said smiling at Lily.
"When is dat?" Lily asked confused.
"I can show you that. I have something for you." Bulma said pulling out one of those learning clock things.
"Clock?" Lily asked softly.
"Yep. Ok. So it is currently 12:30 and your friends will be here by 1:00; that is in half an hour. You see how the shorter line is on the twelve and the longer line is on the six? That means its 12:30. Now when the shorter line is on the one and the longer line is on the twelve, it means its 1:00. And that means…?" Bulma asked looking at Lily.
"Paisley and Sammy come over!" Lily cried excitedly.
"That's correct." Bulma said with a smile.
"Where did you find that thing? I didn't think they made those anymore. What are you even doing anyways?" Bulla asked walking out to where Trunks and Bulma were.
"I'm teaching her time; and I've had this since I was a kid. If the doctors are right and Lily is slightly slower than other kids her age, we might as well get ahead on teaching her. That way she can start school with her friends." Bulma said seriously.
"And not be held back?" Bulla asked looking at her mom.
"Exactly." Bulma said simply.
"What does Trunks think about all this? Don't you think he should have a say? And what of Lily; do you think she wants to start learning all this?" Bulla asked looking at her mother.
"Mom and I talked about this last week; I agreed with her in the fact that Lily isn't stupid and is capable of learning. We'll just start her out sooner than later. And then I talked to Lily the other night about it; she wants to learn as well. We'll just have to figure out how to make it fun for her. Tandy has the same issues with Paisley and she gave me some ideas to help Lily. No, I'm not sure with Sammy." Trunks said looking at Bulla.
"As long as you have it figured out…" Bulla said looking at Lily, who was just spinning the hands of the clock around and around.
"Lily." Trunks said kneeling down to Lily.
"Yes daddy?" Lily asked looking at Trunks.
"Can you tell Aunt Bulla the alphabet?" Trunks asked looking at Lily.
"A. B. C. D… E … F… G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N… O… P… R… S. T. U… V…W. X. Y. Z." Lily said proud of herself.
It's clear she knows all but "Q." She gets some of them quickly and others are slower.
"Very good. But, you forgot Q again. But that's ok; you got all the other letters." Trunks said congratulating Lily with a warm smile.
"Can you tell her how to spell your name?" Trunks asked seriously.
"L.I.L.Y." Lily said quickly.
"Very good." Trunks said with a smile.
"How high can you count?" Vegeta asked coming in.
"One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Umm…six?" Lily asked.
"Very good." Trunks said with a smile.
"That's better than most three year olds can do…" Bulla said somewhat shocked.
"That's funny you should say that. Lily, how old are you?" Trunks asked looking at Lily.
"Thirty-three." Lily said with a smile causing everyone to chuckle a little.
"No…you're silly; you're three." Trunks said, picking Lily up, making her giggle.
"No I thirty-three. Hahahaha! Daddy!" Lily said determined that she was indeed thirty-three and then she started laughing when Trunks started tickling her.
"So you're older than me huh? I'm only twenty-one." Trunks said as he stopped tickling her for a minute or two.
"Yes." Lily said only to start laughing again and scrunching up her face when Trunks started tickling her again.
Knock. Knock. Knock.
"Huh! Lily, guess who's here…" Bulma said as she went to the door.
"Paisley and Sammy! Daddy down pease!" Lily cried trying to get down and out of Trunks's grasp.
"Ok." Trunks said with a smile as he set her down.
As soon as he put her down, Lily was by the door, jumping up and down; she certainly was a happy little girl.
"Lily!" Paisley and Sammy cried running into the house as soon as the door opened.
"Paisley, Sammy!" Lily cried as they ran to her room.
"Hello…bye; behave you two!" Tandy called from the door; but they were gone.
"Hi Tandy." Bulma said with a smile.
"I'll be back around five or six… Trunks said you'd feed them dinner; but I don't know what time that is." Tandy said looking at Bulma.
"We eat between six and seven. But yes, because Paisley and Sammy are over we'll eat around 4:30." Bulma said simply.
"Ok. Well I'll be here between five and six." Tandy said with a smile.
"Ok; see you then." Bulma and Trunks said with smiles…
