17 rolled over and shoved the sleeping form, that was his sister, away from him. She opened her eyes with a growl and sat up to glare at him.
"Well good morning to you too!"
"Oh shut up."
"God 17 you can be such a jerk sometimes!"
"Yeah, well I guess I owe all of my training in that area to you 18."
(A/N: Yes, I do know that that's a line that Yamcha says to Bulma near the beginning of DBZ)
"What the hell is wrong with you 17? You were rally nice when we started this trip, but for the past few days you've been really awful!"
"Well I guess I don't like the idea of being an uncle at 18!"
"Hey! I'm the one, possibly, going to be a mum at 17!"
"What do you mean possibly?"
"I can still have an abortion!"
"You're too far away from a hospital, not to mention none of us know where there are hospitals around here, and we wont get home in enough time for you to have an abortion! After a certain amount of time you can't have an abortion 18!"
"Just shut it 17! I would expect you of all people to be supportive!"
"Why me?"
"Cuz you're my brother!"
"So? That doesn't mean I have to be supportive! I doubt dad's gonna be jumping for joy!"
18 stared at her brother, wetness pricking at her eyes.
"I don't why I even bothered telling you!"
She stood up swiftly and bolted out of the ten. 17 growled and rolled back over in his sleeping bag.
With tears in her eyes, 18 fell onto a log by the fire. The sounds of the forest were all around her, (mixed with a few 'noises' from Chichi and Goku's tent.) Her eyes drifted sideways and landed on Krillin's tent. With a sigh, she heaved herself up and walked over to his tent. She saw his silhouette sitting up, looking in her direction.
"Come in if you want."
She jumped at hearing his voice and slowly unzipped the tent. She went inside and sat just in front of the entrance as Krillin stared at her.
"Hey."
"Hey."
"How have you been?"
"Pregnant. You?"
"As good as I can be…"
There was an awkward silence as their eyes tried to find something to look at, other than each other. 18 swallowed the growing lump in her throat and braced herself.
"I'm sorry."
"What for?"
"For being a bitch."
"I'm sorry too."
"What have you got to be sorry for?"
"For getting you pregnant."
"Don't be sorry for that. It's not like you did it intentionally."
"I still feel bad about it. And for telling Goku. I just freaked and needed someone to talk to."
"You freaked?"
"Yeah. A bit."
"You never told me."
"I didn't want you to think I was upset about it."
"Are you?"
"I was a little at first. I was scared about being a father and being tied down at such a young age. But then I realised that I don't mind having a kid now or being tied down with a family, as long as it's with you."
Tears fell down 18's face as she crawled into Krillin's waiting arms. He stroked her hair and kissed her forehead lovingly.
"I'm, so scared, Krillin." She said between sobs.
"I know, but I'm gonna be by your side the whole time. And if you decide, any time soon, that you want an abortion, I will hop in a car and drive you home to get it."
18 smiled at him sympathetically.
"You're so wonderful. I don't deserve someone as great as you."
"I know."
He smirked as she hit him playfully on the shoulder.
"So, how many months pregnant are you?"
"Well, when I did the test it said between one month and six weeks, which makes sense if you think about it."
"Yeah it does. I still can't believe I'm gonna be a dad. I wonder if it will be a boy or girl."
"I hope it's a girl."
"Been thinking about any names? I have."
"Really? I haven't really…been too depressed. I missed you so much. 17's such a jerk. So anyway, what names did you come up with."
"Well, there's a girls name I'm stuck on."
"Yeah?"
"Marron."
"That's so cute! I love it. Marron…"
She smiled as she started to day dream. Krillin smiled down at her as she started to fall asleep again. He lay down with her in his arms and watched her as she slept. He reached out slowly and placed his hand on her stomach. Subconsciously, 18 hand moved across and curled round his. With a sigh of contempt, he fell asleep again.