Chapter 34: Back at home.
I was back at home a week later a little bit outraged. Normally, a pregnant woman who just had a baby would be able to go home after three days or a little more, correct? Nope! Not for me. They kept me in there for a whole week just cause I slept for two days and they thought something was wrong with me. I was so angry that I was about to jump off the bed and beat the crap out of the doctor. I almost did to but Goku held me back. So we got home a week later. Goken was asleep when we got there. I took him upstairs and went in the nursery. We made Gohan's old room a nursery for Goken. I took him in and laid him in the crib and covered him with a blanket. I watched him sleep for a little bit then Goten came in to look at him. He hadn't got to see him yet. Chichi wouldn't let him come. He came in quietly and looked in the crib at him.
"Wow. . ." he whispered.
"What?" I asked."He's got a lot of hair. . ." he whispered while laughing a little bit.
I giggled a bit. "I know. . .he takes after Goku a lot." I said.
Goten smiled. "He's cute. . .what's his name?"
"His name is Goken." I said.
"Goken?" Goten asked."Yep. . ." I said.
Later on, It was about ten at night when I put Goken to bed again. He went to sleep and I went to bed. Taking care of a baby was hard work but it didn't kill me. But then again I had to clean up the house at the same time. I went downstairs to finish the laundry. Goten went up to bed as I was finishing the laundry. There was a lot. I hadn't done laundry in awhile. So I kept folding and folding. Then finally I was able to go put them away. Goku was laying in bed half asleep when I came in. I started putting the clothes on hangers and hanging them in the closet. Goku looked at me."Alice. . .it's midnight. Don't you think you should get some sleep?" Goku asked while yawning. I shook my head.
"I got to get this laundry done." I said then yawned.
"It can wait." Goku said.
"No it can't. If I put it off, I'll have more laundry to do then I did in the first place. . .and besides I only have one more load to do, it'll only take an hour." I said.
"Can't you. . .finish tomorrow?" he asked, yawning again.
"If I go ahead and get it done, Goku then I won't have to worry about it tomorrow. You go to sleep. . .you seem tired." I said as I finished putting up the laundry. I went over to him and kissed him then covered him with the quilt. He yawned a huge yawn.
"Don't. . .be up too late." He said."I won't, dear." I said as I turned out the light.
A week later, Goku and I went over to Sapphie and Miku's house. Emiko was there with Yuri and the twins. Miku and Sapphie had to take Chibi to the hospital. Chibi was having her tonsils taken out. No one told me anything about it. Goken was wide awake. Yuri looked at him.
"Aw. . .can I hold him?" Yuri asked.
"Sure." I said while smiling.
I laid Goken in Yuri's arms and Goken looked up at him. "Hey little guy! I'm Yuri." Yuri said. Goken's lower lip trembled and he started crying. He was making a big fuss. Yuri looked kinda scared.
"What did I do!?" he exclaimed. I took Goken back in my arms and he immediately calmed down. I laughed a little bit. "You didn't do anything. . .he just isn't used to you yet."
I laid him in Emiko's old bassinet and tickled him. Adult Emiko began playing with him for a little while and Rini came in the house.
"Hey Emiko! Come here I wanna show you something!" Rini exclaimed.
"In a minute Rini, I'm playing with Goken." Emiko said."Can't it wait?!" Rini said."Can't whatever your wanting to show me wait?" Emiko asked."Fine!" Rini said then stormed off.
"Gosh. . .drama queen. . ." Emiko said.
Emiko kept playing with Goken. He cooed and giggled a lot. He liked Emiko. I smiled and watched her play with him. Emiko got up and went to the bathroom then Rini came back into the room. "Aunt Alice?" She said.
"Yeah?" I asked.
"Can I play with the baby?" Rini asked.
"Sure you can." I said with a smile.
She walked over and sat in front of the bassinet and pretended like she was tickling Goken but then pinched him. Three times. Goken started crying. I swatted her hands.
"Rini you do not pinch babies!" I exclaimed.
"Well he's a stupid baby anyway!" Rini yelled.
I picked Goken up, cradled him a little bit and put a binky in his mouth. He finally settled down.
"Rini, go sit in the corner." I said.
"Make Me!" Rini shouted.
"Rini. . .you have until the count of ten to go in the corner for five minutes or I'll call Sapphie and she'll give me permission to use the paddle. So what's it gonna be?" I asked.
"Fine. . ." Rini frowned and went and sat in the corner.
"Don't get up for five minutes, you understand?" I said.
"I understand. . ." Rini said.
I sat back down next to Goku. He was half asleep. He was up the night before helping me take care of Goken. Goken woke up nearly every night and it was hard getting him to go back to sleep. He was either hungry or needed a diaper change. Goku would usually feed him some formula if he was hungry but if he needed changed I had to do it. Goku didn't like to change diapers. He would sometimes but I got up and did it more than him. But I didn't care cause Goku helped me. Goten stayed asleep like a rock. He woke up maybe once or twice from Goken crying but not every night. . .which was amazing. But never the less. . .it was alright. I was a bit tired myself on this day. I held Goken in my arms and he slowly fell asleep and I laid him in the bassinet and covered him up then laid my head on Goku's shoulder. Goku was asleep. I could hear him snoring a bit. I tried to stay awake to keep an eye on Rini but that failed and I fell asleep.
I woke up about an hour later with a fleece blanket over me. Goku was sitting there playing with Goken and Sapphie and Miku were home. Chibi was on the other couch eating ice cream and Rini was pouting.
"How come I don't get no ice cream?" Rini said.
"Because you didn't get surgery today." Aiko said.
"Well Chibi was faking it!" Rini exclaimed.
"You can't fake your way to a tonsillectomy. . .trust me. I've read it in books." Aiko said.
"Well I don't care! I WANT ICE CREAM!" Rini shouted.
"Keep up with that attitude and you won't get any for a whole week." Sapphie said.
"Oh yeah?" Rini said. She ripped the bowl of ice cream out of Chibi's hands and ran into the bathroom and locked the door.
"Rini come out of there this instant!" Miku shouted.
"SIT!" Rini shouted back. Miku fell instantly. She knew our command words. Miku got up and broke down the bathroom door with ear plugs in. He grabbed Rini, ripped the ice cream bowl out of her hand and drug her into the living room and made her sit in the corner and put a barrier around her. Then he gave Chibi her ice cream back.
"Thank you Daddy. . ." Chibi said hoarsely.
Rini sat in the corner growling and pouting. Miku looked over at her. "No sweets for a week." He said.
"WHAT?!" Rini said.
"Want to make it a month?" Sapphie asked.
Rini just went silent after that. Good lord that girl could run you up a wall. I swear.
I sat up. Goku looked over at me.
"Hey sleepyhead." He said with a smile.I smiled a little. "Hey. . ." I said softly.
Goken cooed and reached his arms out to me. I took him into my arms and he tried to suck on my chest. He was hungry. I pulled a bottle of formula out of the diaper bag and went in the kitchen and warmed it up all with one hand. Sapphie was cooking dinner.
"Alice are you hungry?" She asked me.
I looked down at my waist as Goken was eating and shook my head. I'd put on weight since I had Goken. I wanted to lose it.
"I don't need any, but thanks Sapphie." I said."What do you mean you don't need any?" she asked."I'm trying to lose weight." I said.
"But you don't need to lose any weight, Alice. You look fine. . ." Sapphie coughed and talked through the cough. "Thunder thighs!" he said.I looked down at my thighs in self consciousness. Sapphie hit Miku in the head.
"Alice you look fine. . .don't listen to Miku. Ask Goku. Goku does Alice look alright?" Sapphie asked Goku.
Goku was sitting at the table eating an apple.
"Huh? Come again?" Goku said with his mouth full.
"You stupid. . .pig. . ." Sapphie muttered. "I asked if you thought Alice's size looked okay." She asked him again. "Yeah she looks great!" Goku exclaimed.
I blushed a little bit and smiled but then looked at my waist again. Goken finished the bottle and I burped him."See? So will you have something to eat?" Sapphie asked. I still shook my head.
"I'm not hungry. . ." I said as I rinsed the bottle out and went and sat on the couch.
Aiko came up to me. "You know Aunt Alice. . .if you don't eat, you don't lose any weight." She said."Yeah. . .but eventually you do. . ." I said."Oh Alice. . .Just eat something. . .one thing. A piece of chicken, some potatoes. Eat something." Emiko said."Fine. . ." I said. I laid Goken in his bounce seat I brought over and went and made myself a small salad and ate it rather quickly then cleaned the bowl.
"There, are you happy?" I asked.
"Yep." Sapphie said while smiling. Miku, Goku, and Yuri were at the wolfing down their food. I began to stare into open space just in thought. I didn't realize how long I stared but then finally I snapped out of it when I heard Goken crying.
"Eew! Alice! Goken needs a diaper change!" Reiko yelled from the living room. I laughed a little and went into the living room and changed his diaper. Reiko and Aiko were standing back like Goken was a nuclear bomb or something. I changed his diaper quickly and easily and just laughed a little bit.
I woke up from a horrifying dream when I had gotten home and went to bed. I woke up screaming. I had a terrible dream. I dreamt Sage had killed nearly everyone. . .then Goken was the only one she hadn't killed because he was a baby. He was standing next to my body and Goku's body, crying, Then his eyes turned red and he tried to attack Sage. Sadly, she pierced his heart after his first attack. I woke up screaming and I woke Goku up as well. He was standing on the bed in a fighting stance. "Who's there?!" he shouted.
I sensed no one and heard no one. "Goku. . .no one's there. . ." I whispered.
"Then why did you scream?" He asked.
"I had a horrible dream. . ." I said.
Goku laid back down in bed and hugged me. I was crying. I wiped my eyes and realized I needed to train. I hadn't trained in awhile. Tomorrow, when Goken was taking his nap, I'd train with Goku.
The next day, it was time for Goken's nap. I laid him down after he'd fallen asleep and clipped the baby monitor to my belt. Just in case. Goku was putting his boots on to go training and I put some boots on too.
"What are you doing?" Goku asked.
"Well. . .I'm coming training with you while Goken takes his nap. And just in case he wakes up or anything I'm bringing the baby monitor. I need to train just in case Sage comes back." I told him."Your sure?" Goku asked.
"One hundred percent." I said while smiling.
"Okay then. . ." He said.
We went outside in the front yard and stretched out. Then we faced each other.
"Give me your best shot. Let's spar." Goku said with a grin.
"Deal. . .but don't hold back." I said.
"Don't you hold back either." he said, still grinning.
"3. . .2. . .1. GO!" I exclaimed and we dashed at each other going at each other with punches and kicks. I kept up with him and he kept up with me. We kept going at each other for a half hour. He knocked me down a few times and I knocked him down a few times. But then. . .I accidentally hit him in the crotch. He froze where he was and fell over wincing.
"Oh my! Goku I'm SO sorry! Are you alright?!" I asked.
"Y-Yeah. . .I'm fine." He said while wincing and holding his crotch.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do that. . .it was a total accident I swear!" I just laid there wincing. I didn't kick him with full force thank god or he'd be screaming. He'd sort of know what it feels like to give birth if I kicked him with full force. I kneeled next to him and stroked his hair.
"Do you need ice, baby?" I asked.
He nodded still wincing hard. I went in the house, got him an ice pack and brought it back out to him. He put it on his crotch and finally stopped wincing for a little bit. He kept icing himself for about fifteen minutes then finally stood up, all better.
"You gonna be okay?" I said as I stood on my tiptoes and kissed him.
"Yeah. . .I'm fine. . .just remember. . .no hitting below the belt." He said with a cheesy smile. I just laughed and hugged him. .