No one was more relieved than Uub to see the beginning of the weekend. He didn't seem to realize that we had two days a week off school and was positively delighted to learn he didn't have to come into school on Saturday or Sunday.

When I arrived in the locker room that afternoon, Eliza, Anna and Mez weren't there. I glanced at Uub, puzzled. Why didn't they turn up? In fact, they had been late for the past few days. What was their reason?

Although I was perplexed, I decided to take their absence as a sign that I would have a day off our after school activities. I stuffed all my books into my bag and was happy to be on time for the bus.

"Wow, someone's pretty early today, aren't they?" Trunks smirked as I made my way towards him.

"Just get on the bus." I grumbled fiercely as I climbed on myself. My mind was still on Eliza, Anna and Mez. It wasn't is if I wasn't pleased for their absence, but it still deeply unsettled me. When have they given up a chance to make my life awful in the past?

"Hey guys." Goten grinned foolishly as he sat in the seat near Trunks and I. "You guys coming tonight?"

"Sure." Trunks answered simply.

"Are you inviting Marron?" I asked casually, looking up from the book I had taken out of my bag to read. I didn't know for sure, but I had a feeling that Goten had been meaning to ask her to spend tonight at his house babysitting Pan while the rest of his family were out. He had invited Trunks and I only the day before.

"Yeah. I called her last night." Goten beamed cheerfully. "She said she would. Oh, I invited Uub as well."

This tore my attention away from my book completely. "He didn't say....you didn't say...." No one told me anything anymore.

"Bra's tongue-tied!" Trunks exclaimed. "Wow, that's an achievement, Goten!"

Both of them doubled over laughing and I glared at each of them evilly. I always thought Goten and Trunks' sense of humor was immature and ignorant and here was the proof of that. I was more than happy to get off the bus.

Trunks, Marron, Goten and I walked to C.C together, Marron carrying an overnight bag and nattering insanely to Goten now that she wasn't in the presence of her other peers. When we reached C.C, Trunks and I packed quickly and then we all flew to Goten's place.

Uub was already outside when we landed outside Goten's house. He was dressed (not to anyone's surprise) in his baggy black pants and oversized red jacket, a small bag swung over his shoulder.

"Hi." He murmured shyly, his eyes on the soft grass.

"Hi Uub." I replied brightly. "You never said you were coming."

Uub shrugged. "I forgot."

"Let's go inside then!" Goten exclaimed cheerfully after an awkward silence. He led the way into the house.

Chi-Chi was attempting to do up Goku's tie when we found them inside Goten's house. Only it wasn't an easy task because Goku kept struggling, moving around and asking questions.

"I don't see how a little piece of fabric can make me look better." Goku said as naively as ever while Chi-Chi grumbled to herself.

The couple looked up, hearing us enter and Goku leapt away from his wife to greet us. The tie fell to the ground and Chi-Chi groaned with frustration but somehow managed to smile.

"Hey kids, nice to see you all!" She said brightly as she picked up the neglected tie. "How are you guys?"

"Good." Trunks, Marron, Uub and I said in unison.

At that moment, Gohan and Videl came through the open door. They were both dressed formally and Gohan held is two year old daughter in his arms. She was dressed merely in her training outfit.

"Ready to go?" Gohan asked as he set Pan on the floor.

"Aw, I remember when I used to hold you like that, Gohan." Goku said suddenly as Chi-Chi attempted yet again to fix Goku's tie. Though all could now see she was fighting a losing battle.

Gohan blushed, rubbing the back of his head. "Err....thanks dad. We better hurry up or we'll be late."

"Fine! You'll just have to be the only man not wearing a tie." Chi-Chi shouted, dropping the thing to the floor and marching out the front door. The other adults followed her, saying a quick goodbye on their way out.

"It makes no difference to me, Chi-Chi. You know I'd probably go naked if there weren't any clothes left to wear." Goku said as they walked away from the house and the rest of us burst out laughing.

"Let's eat, I'm starving!" Goten exclaimed. I had to agree that I was feeling particularly hungry this evening and so I followed everyone else, except Pan and Marron, into Goten's kitchen.

"What are we having?" I asked Goten while he bustled to the fridge and swung it open.

"Fish." He grinned, doing a sort of dance on the spot. "Freshly caught this morning. I'm not much of a cook and from what I remember, neither is Trunks so we really need your help, Bra."

"Oh don't have a stereotypical view on me just because I am a female." I frowned. "Not all women are good cooks, you know. Marron is the living example of that."

But secretly I was proud of my cooking skills. And although it is against all my morals, I did enjoy cooking when I had the chance to so I didn't complain anymore and set to work on the fish.

To my surprise, Uub seemed to be a confident cook as well. At least he was until it came time to operate an electrical oven. But he successfully removed the uneatable fish parts because it wasn't something I was fond of doing and I had to give him credit on a job well done.

"Where's Marron and Pan?" I asked as Uub and I lifted the prepared fish into the oven after having to explain what it was.

Trunks and Goten, who had been neglecting the cooking altogether and having a private conversation, suddenly gazed up at me as if they had only just noticed my presence and shrugged simultaneously.

"Marron? Pan? Where are you?" I hollered. In moments, Marron joined us in the kitchen with the rosy cheeked toddler in her arms.

"About time." I mumbled under my breath, but said more clearly. "Dinner's nearly ready. Uub and I will watch it if you guys want to do something else."

I didn't know if I could stand having Marron in the room while I was trying to cook for more than a minute, so I decided it was best to send all of them away for a while except for Uub so I could have a little company.

While the rest waited in the living room, I helped myself to a glass of water and another for Uub, who accepted it willingly.

"Where did you learn to cook?" I asked, attempting conversation.

"I help with the cooking sometimes at home." Uub confided. "But I haven't used an oven before."

Obviously. "So how are you finding school?" I asked quizzically, changing the subject.

"Ok...kind of."

"Homework isn't hard?"

"No." He bent to check the fish in the oven. "As long as the teacher explains it to us in class, I'm fine."

I had slowly been discovering that Uub picked up on things very quickly and he had a good memory. I smiled kindly, pleased that he had exceeded my first expectations. My smile made him blush deeply and he turned away from me so fast he collided with the kitchen chair. My smile transformed into a smirk; I liked having that effect on him.

Uh oh! I was thinking like Marron again! I smacked myself in the forehead as if that would knock the thoughts out of my mind. No more soppy, teenage thoughts, I ordered myself, or I'll punish my oversized brain by depriving it of a non school related book for the next two weeks.

"Foods ready." Uub interrupted, pointing to the oven. "Should I get it out?"

"Well...yes. That's what you do when food is ready." I bent down to help him and together we set the fish onto a giant plate and then hurried to set the table.

After dinner, we gathered in the living room to watch the DVD I brought over. In my hast to pack, I failed to realize I had packed one of my mother's soppy romances instead of the document on invertebrates that I had wanted to take. To my disgust, we watched it anyway, except not even Marron showed any interest in it. Surprisingly, Trunks and Pan both actually enjoyed it.

"What were they doing at the end?" She asked Trunks. "Why were they kissing and stuff?"

"Because that's what people do when they get married." He replied with a kind smile. "They have a wedding. That's when everybody dresses up and brings the people presents and the girl gets to wear a pretty dress like that one."

"I want to get married and wear a pretty dress!" Pan shouted and everyone beamed. She was just too adorable. "Can I get married? Please?" She begged.

"Maybe when you get a bit bigger." Trunks chuckled and picked the little girl up in his arms.

"But I want to marry today and have a big cake and lots of flowers and a white dress! Please?"

Trunks' face was slightly flushed and I smirked cruelly, taking this opportunity to give my brother a hard time.

"Aw, give her a wedding Trunks!" I said with a laugh.

"Yeah." Marron joined in. "She can marry Uub!"

No she can not! Uub, who had been sitting to the side and keeping quiet, blushed and shuffled around stupidly. I gave Marron my dirtiest look; it was unfair of her to pick on Uub like that after his fist week of high school. If Pan was going to marry anyone, it would be Marron's crush and my big brother.

"DON'T FREAK OUT THE NEW GUY, THAT'S TOTALLY SLACK! PAN CAN MARRY TRUNKS INSTEAD." I screamed, startling everyone after the dull drol of the movie before.

"Oh can I? Please, please, please?" Pan begged, grasping hold of Trunks' pants seeing as she could only reach that high. Trunks grinned foolishly at her innocence.

"I guess. Whatever."

"Yay!" She leapt into the air with joy. "Let's get married now! Like they did in the movie!"

"Maybe some other time." Trunks patted her on the head. "It's bedtime now." He turned to face Goten. "I can put her to bed, if you want."

"Yeah sure." Goten shrugged.

After Trunks left with Pan, I crossed the room and sat beside Uub, who was still nervous and sitting stiffly in his chair. I couldn't blame him after being asked to propose marriage to a two year old.

"Thanks." He whispered as I sat beside him.

"Don't mention it. It was worth it to put my brother in that position."

I laughed but Uub was eyeing me with confusion. "I don't see why you dislike Trunks."

"It's actually healthy to have sibling disagreements as it provides interest and teaches the ability to express feelings in a friendly and accepting environment." I stated. "It's unnatural to be so loving and kind with your siblings all the time, don't you agree?"

I knew the reply before he even said it. "Kind of." To my surprise, he added his own original thought. "Trunks is good with kids."

"Always has been." I confessed, remembering days in my younger years when Trunks and I used to play carefree games together. "He doesn't take after our dad much."

"Oh?" Uub coaxed me to continue talking.

"Trust me, Vegeta is the exact opposite to his son." I said truthfully. "But for some reason, I find it easier to talk with Vegeta than to talk with Trunks, although Vegeta is a hard man to be close to. He must have really liked my mother to marry her. I guess they're the living proof that opposites attract."

I stopped myself, unable to believe I had just told Uub everything I had. Somehow, the words seemed to spill out from inside of me and now Uub knew all these facts about my family. Things I preferred to keep secret.

"Tell me about your family." I instructed, feeling a little odd and out of place now. It was only fair that Uub gave me the same amount of information into his personal life.

"Erm...my father passed away two years ago..." He began awkwardly. "So it's been very hard on the rest of us."

"I already know that!" I interrupted, not really wanting to go into the details of loss and disease. "I meant I wanted you to tell me about what your family is like."

"Oh. Well, my mother can be a little hysterical at times...."

"Tell me about it." I interrupted a second time.

"But she's really alright. She loves us all and she only wishes she knew a better way to make life easy for us. She places great responsibility in me as the eldest and that is why I am receiving education above my other brothers and sisters. Although I believe that Lorna would be better at it."

"Lorna?"

"My sister. She's extremely intelligent and could do great things with a good education. Lorna's the third born child, first born daughter and twelve years old. Then there's Kida, the youngest. She's only two but she can be really irritating at times. I don't like her much."

"So there is a chance of some sibling disagreements in your family!" I grinned. "I like Kida already."

"Next I have three brothers. Thai, Saul and Garron who are all pretty sinister and closed off. Thai is fourteen, Saul is eight and Garron is six."

"It sounds like your brothers will get on well with my father, then." I smiled. "Who do you get on best with?"

"Lorna." His face turned tomato red and sweat began to drip down his face. "Because....I guess she reminds me of you."

I had no idea weather to be pleased by this or not. From what I could tell, he was trying to offer me a compliment and because my face was also turning red, I supposed I was flattered. Yet I had never met his sister and until I did, I wouldn't know if it really was a compliment or not. If it was a compliment, it sure was a strange one....