(A/N: Here is yet another chapter. I swear I'm trying to keep them coming quickly. I don't own DBZ. I don't plan on changing the pairings. From here there will be a stretch of a few chapters where there aren't any time jumps. But this one does take place a year after the previous chapter. And I think that's all. On with the show!)

Chapter 29—Graduation

1 year later

At 13 years old, Pan was graduating High School, she was still not the youngest to accomplish the feat but Gohan, Vegeta and Piccolo were proud of her anyway. They had each given her a gift to wear at the Ceremony, a formal gi from Gohan, a woven twine necklace with a carved wooden pendant from Piccolo, and a small band of a bracelet from Vegeta. Bulla had been given the same bracelet and Vegeta explained that it was a traditional gift for a Saiyan who had graduated from the technical Academy. Pan had rather enjoyed being in Bulla's class for her last year of High School and it seemed Bulla had as well. They were sharing a graduation party and were better friends than they had ever been.

It had become easier to be friends once Bulla had accepted her Father back into her life; after all, she had just been trying to mimic her brother's arrogant behavior. She regretted deeply the fact that she had missed so much. Even though she had spent some time with them in the past, she knew that she hadn't been the best daughter. And she had never actually minded Gohan being part of the family, she was just trying to get Trunks to admit that it didn't bother him either, but something was stopping him.

Prince or not, Trunks could be far more arrogant than Vegeta had been, and quite truthfully, Vegeta was much easier to handle these days and Bulla was thrilled by such news. After a congratulatory hug from Vegeta she had hugged Gohan and called him 'Daddy #2' which had made Pan's smile beam like a lighthouse. Perhaps together they would be able to chip away at Trunks' negativity.

But they enjoyed the night, and the party, even with Trunks, Marron and their ¼ Saiyan son Kabocha there. The boy was 1 ½ but walked and talked like a 4 year old, just as everyone had come to expect from Saiyan children. Vegeta was guardedly proud of the boy, even if he was the blonde haired blue eyed non aggressive sort. He could sense some unease in his son's marriage. Marron had been adamant that her son not have a tail or any sort of training, her son had defied her on both counts and she looked horrified by the fact that she was already pregnant with a second child.

Bulla spent most of the night talking about which college she wanted to attend, listing off the pros and cons of each Technical school and University and accepting advice from Gohan and Trunks on the matter. Pan had announced that she was going to wait a few years before doing college full time and was electing to study independently until she was a little older. Truly though her idea was to study as hard as she could so that she could cram and do all four years of college in 1 and be done. Gohan and Vegeta were fiercely proud; Piccolo just saw more chances for him to get dragged into schooling as well. Not that he didn't want Pan to be educated of course.

(A/N: And for those of you that wondered, Kabocha is a type of squash, something like a pumpkin. I hope you liked it, leave me a review to let me know.)