"Uh... Mrs. Briefs, if you would just let me warn him... ms... ACK!" The nurses voice was cut off by Vegeta, who sent her a glance that would have silenced a bleating lamb.

"MY BABY!!!!" Bulma rushed in and hugged her son. It was ridiculous to call him a baby, especially when she looked so tiny compared to him, even in full health. "Oh, I was so frantic with worry... you have no right to do that to a mother..."

Trunks sent Pan a panicky (no pun intended) look. She merely shrugged and moved out of the doorway.

"So you surivived." Vegeta said, brushing off peices of the abused door from his shoulders.

Trunks stared at his dad. "Survived what? What's going on...?"

"Oh, they told us everything over the phone... we have to-" Vegeta covered up Bulma's mouth before she could say anything that might jeopardize their son's health.

"We just heard you bumped your head is all...." He covered for her gently. Suddenly he jerked his hand away from his wife. "WOMAN! Don't you know better then to bite a guy???"

Bulma glared back at him. "I was starting to suffocate!"

"Mom! Dad! Stop arguing and tell me whats going on!" The parents were both so suprised at their usually mild mannered son's outburst that they were speechless. They both looked around for another subject.

"Ah, Pan.." Bulma almost sighed in releif. "What are you doing here?"

"Why wouldn't my wife come and check on me?" Trunks eyebrows drew together in dark consentration.

"Uh... wife?" Bulma looked at Pan. She knew, of course, that the girl had a crush on Trunks, but she didn't seem the type to take advantage of any man's vunerability...

Pan wanted to claw Trunks' eyes out when she saw the thoughts racing through Bulma's mind. Of course everyone would think it was her fault.. no one would blame the precious Capsule Corp. vice-president... she thought bitterly. Then she looked at Trunks, who looked a little more normal in his favorite clothes, but still so cute. The consternation on his face made her forgive all.

But she still didn't know how to answer Bulma. She shrugged subtly from her leaning position. "Ready to go home?"

"Definetly," Trunks glared at the hospital room one last time before opening the door.

The entire gang was out in the hall, waiting. Many of them hugged him, except for the aloof Piccolo, and Gohan, who stood back and glared at the muscled arm around his daughters waist.



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Author's Note: Yes, I realize that Trunks is saiyan, and totally strong. He probably would have gone THROUGH the freaking car rather then be pushed over by it. And hitting his head on a rock probably would have even hurt him normally. But I decided that saiyan's must be concious to be able to use their strength, and if he was caught off his guard (say, he was thinking about marrying a certain person) then he'd be less likely to be able to protect himself. Make sense? Well, that's a basic explanation for those who didn't understand about the car thing