I am very sorry that I have been M.I.A, unfortunately, I live in Texas where we were having floods and I did not surge protect my home...needless to say I lost a few many files and had to scramble to have them backed up. For this I am sorry and will try to post as I was a few weeks ago! Thank you for all the ones that read this as I post.
Trunks walked out of the restaurant with Pan hooked at his arm and suddenly a flash went off. They both froze and Pan felt Trunks stiffen as a camera man ran off into the night and before he could go after him, her hands tightened on his bicep pinning him. He looked at her. And she smiled for him. "Do you really care?" He paused, did he?
Her head tilted to the side and she eased away and moved towards his car. "Come on, your sister has invited us to your mother's." And she left it as that. He did not respond to her question because he knew that she didn't care about the paparazzi or the invasive people, after all, their families could beat any invasive person at that game. His father was a clear example of that.
He stepped down off the curb and opened Pan's door for her and she joked, "Treating me like a lady?" He responded, "Like the mother of my child." Her eyes widened and Pan felt a blush stain her cheeks while he walked around and got into the low car. He revved the hover engine into life and they took off towards his mother's home. His father had already beat them there by the time they had arrived. And they had driven in silence, but as Trunks parked the car in his mother's driveway he asked, "You really don't care about the cameras?" he asked Pan looked at him and her smile brightened her face. She shook her head and looked out the window next to her. "I am Satan's granddaughter and the daughter of a man who is smarter than your mother…I'm already used to them," she reasoned.
And before he could help her out of the car she exited and he followed her as she walked up to the house. She watched the glass doors open and close and before she eased fully into the home, Trunks' hand caught hers and brought it up to brush his lips across her knuckles. She smiled warmly for him and then his hand slipped from hers and they walked into the home.
They were greeted by his mother and she ushered them into the kitchen. "We're having drinks! Night caps!" she said gleefully, revealing she had already had a drink or two or three. And Trunks pushed the kitchen door open and revealed his sister and Goten and his father quietly chatting while holding drinks.
"Pan!" Bura exclaimed as she rushed the woman. "You're here! Why didn't you pick up your phone earlier?" Pan laughed at her as Bura pressed a drink at her and Pan nodded. "I was busy, I'm sorry." Trunks watched her closely although he shook hands with Goten, pulling him in for a hug. "How are you man?" Goten asked. "Good, good," he replied and Trunks still watched from the corner of his eye. Pan giggled with Bura and she leaned back onto the table behind them, crossing her legs at the ankles while she set her hands behind herself, bracing herself upright. He saw her slide the drink to the sink just behind Bura without his sister seeing. Pan smiled for her as they chatted and Trunks felt a sense of protection ride over him as he watched her.
Within her body, a small light was growing, and even then he could just barely feel a shift in her energy. Her ki felt different and her smile seemed brighter once she had come to find out that she was with child. He couldn't keep himself from walking over to her. Bura's eyes eyed him and then he hooked his arms over Pan's shoulders and stared at her. The conversations around him paused without him or Pan noticing while he took his hand and his fingers brushed the small tendril at the side of her face, behind her ear. "Are you sure you're okay with me?" he asked softly. Pan's hands moved from the counter that she was leaning on and came up underneath his, hooking up onto his shoulders. "Yes, of course."
"Um," Goten began, "what's going on?" Bura rolled her eyes and knocked her elbow into his side. "I already told you, my brother has been dating Pan." Goten's eyes widened and he shook his head. "Does Gohan know?" Bulma's laughter giggled at him and she nodded when he turned to look at her. "Yes. He was one of the first to know," she reasoned.
Pan blushed and Trunks pulled her closer, holding her against him. "Do you want to head home?" he asked and she nodded, hiding her embarrassment from their family and friends. Trunks pulled her hand into his as they faced his mother and she waved a hand. "Your father filled me in, why don't you too take the week off?" Her son merely smiled for her and without another word they left the home. Trunks rushed her to his car and Pan remained quiet, and bashful for the first time in a long time. She still had to explain to her mother what had happened. After all, no one knew she was pregnant except Trunks, his mother, and Vegeta. And she only worried that Bulma would blab to her mother and grandmother. Even if Bulma was trustworthy and reliable, she was still a woman who enjoyed gossip.
Trunks drove past the old high school and then Pan realized they were not headed to his home. "Trunks," she began. He looked at her and said, "Don't you want to go home?" Her eyes widened for a moment before they softened and she smiled for him. "I guess you like my house?" she asked. He nodded. "It's different than the city and I can sell my place easily. We can keep the apartment you have in case we need to stay in town," he reasoned. She nodded and felt tears burn her eyes. Everything was happening so quickly, but she couldn't have felt any happier than she did when they pulled up to her home and entered her house.
Trunks slipped the door behind them quietly shut and he came up behind her as she slipped her purse to the hook at the door. His arms rose to curl around her and she leaned back into him and smiled when he eased down and kissed the crook of her neck.