The Price You Pay

By Hannio

Chapter Thee

Teasing and regret

DISCLAIMER: As you all know I do not own Trunks or Bulma they belong to the creator, however I do own Zane, Cole and Jenna who feature heavily in this chapter especially Zane who's a bit of a bastard

AUTHOR NOTE: Here's Chapter three quick like I promised it. Remember this is pretty much a fic on the Briefs family but the Briefs family as I see it, so you have Vegeta and Bulma ( DUH ) Trunks, but then you have Zane who is 2 years younger than his brother and than 3 month year old twins called Cole and Jenna that's how I normally see the family in my head, so just go alone with it, This is a fic based on TRUNKS though so don't worry, if you like my characters then I'll add them to more chapters and stories. Anyway Enjoy the story

          Trunks stirred slightly in his sleep and smiled slightly, the sun was shining into his room through a gap in his curtains, he sat up in bed, and he couldn't wait to get outside and train or visit Goten. There was a knock on the door and he heard his mothers voice through the door

          "Wake up Trunks" she yelled

          "I am awake," he yelled back through the door

          "Good get up and dressed Trunks we have a busy day ahead of us" Trunks frowned as memories from the previous day swamped him.

          "Great" he muttered "I forgot I'm grounded" he got up and slowly made his way round his bedroom before jumping into his en-suit bathroom, once he had showered and done what he needed to, he slowly got dressed and made his way down stairs.

          He dragged himself into the kitchen to see his mother feeding his sister, while Cole happily smashed his cup against the high chair, he glared at them both. Why did they have to be so noisy? He threw himself into the chair in ill grace and began eating

          "Morning Trunks" Bulma said, he muttered a reply, she turned back to Jenna and sighed as she saw the sulky look covering his face, this was going to be a hard day. The door opened again and her other son Zane rushed in, he was only 2 years younger than Trunks and yet he seemed just as old as him, especially since he was finally beginning to grow in height, his hair was as wild as ever and his blue eyes still held the same glint of knowledge in them that they always had. He now dropped his school bag by his seat, smiled at Cole who gave a babyish smile back and then at his Mum

          "Hiya Mum" he said happily, looking at his watch

          "Hi Zane sleep well?" he nodded,

          "Yep, didn't get to sleep till 3 but once I did I was out like a light" she smiled at him; at least one of her sons was in a good mood.

          "What were you doing?" she asked curiously

          "Work on my laptop and then I was on the phone for a while" he replied going slightly red

          "On the phone to Tia?" she questioned, he nodded his head

          "Yep that's the one" he replied, choking his food down in a hurry

          "What are you doing today?" he asked, sparing a look at Trunks who glared at him

          "Me and Trunks are going shopping first and then I'm going to start redecorating The house and your brother is going to help me" Zane grinned as he turned to his brother

          "Sounds like you're going to have a fun packed day Bro" he said with a snigger, Trunks smiled back while sticking his finger back up at the other boy.

          "Only one Trunks" he said repeating the action "Sure you don't want two?" he stuck up his two fingers at him "But then again mate you aren't even worth this" he gave him the wanker sign.

          "Zane isn't it time for you to go to school" Zane glanced at the clock

          "Not yet Mum" he replied "I still got plenty of time" she shook her head

          "Go and leave your brother alone" Zane pouted but stood up anyway

          "Thrown out of my own home, this isn't fair" he said grabbing his chest "Don't cha love me anymore Mama?" he said, Bulma grinned

          "Get out of here before I ground you" he kissed her cheek and tickled Jenna under the chin, he gently ruffled Cole's black hair then turned to Trunks who  was staring moodily at his food

          "Have fun Bro, I'll be thinking of you all day and I'll be sure to tell Goten and Mel that you're grounded" Trunks swore at him

          "You do and I'll kill you little Bro the next time you come in" Zane shrugged his shoulders

          "I'm terrified Trunks really really scared" then he left out of the backdoor on his way to knock on his girlfriends door

          "Ignore him Trunks, he's just in a teasing mood today" Bulma said calmly. Trunks shrugged

          "You think I care about what he does?" he replied, Bulma hid a smile, everyone could tell that Zane and Trunks would happily die for each other, people at their school had already learned that if you messed with either one of them you had the other one to deal with. They had the same personality as she and Vegeta had, Trunks was Vegeta and Zane was her, so the teasing and insults went on continuously between the two of them.

          "Are you ready?" she said, he stood up and nodded, she grinned "then you can take Jenna and change her into the clothes I've already laid out and I'll do Cole" Trunks looked outraged

          "Mum she's my sister I'm not going to dress her, she's my future subject it's demeaning for the heir to the Saiyan thorn to dress anyone bar himself" he stopped as he saw the glare on her face

          "Trunks change her now, and don't talk crap like that again" he growled and picked her up and took her to the pink bedroom that was hers. He couldn't believe what a bad day this was going to be. He placed the baby on the dresser and looked at her, his eyes softening slightly and a small smile coming to his face before he remembered that he was in a foul mood. He went through all the motions ignoring her till the very end when she was dressed in a small blue dress and grinning at him, then he quickly dropped a small kiss on her head

          "Lets hope you don't become friends with a Son, otherwise you'll end up in trouble Sis, more trouble then it's worth." Jenna watched him through large purple black eyes and grinned adorably at him instead, before reaching out for his hair to grab.

          He walked downstairs with her to see Bulma already waiting holding Cole. She smiled

          "Good lets go" she held out Cole to him "Hold both of them for a moment why I pick the car out" he nodded shifting Jenna so he could take Cole in his other arm, he gave his brother a quick glance before looking away, Cole was definitely going to look like their dad when he was older.

          "Can't I just stay here mum, I've done Jenna for you that should be enough shouldn't it?" he demanded, she smiled and shook her head

          "No Trunks it's only the beginning" Trunks sighed, somehow he had the feeling his mum had a lot more planned for him today then she told either of them

there you go chapter three, anyway please Review but no flames ok? I'll see how quickly I can get chapter four up for you.