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The Surrogate Mother

Chapter 4

Gohan sat at the kitchen table, watching Videl talking on the phone to their daughter.

"Honey, I don't care if your car isn't working. You can just fly over." Videl said. Gohan could hear Pan protesting and then heard the sound of the phone being slammed down, even though he was on the opposite side of the room. Videl put the phone down and rubbed her forehead.

"She really doesn't want to go." Said Videl. Then she moved over to the kitchen table and sat down opposite of Gohan.

"Well she has to go. She was the bridesmaid, she has to be there." Gohan said. They were talking about Chi-Chi's wedding anniversary party. Pan didn't like that Chi-Chi had remarried, she saw it as betrayal to her Grandpa Goku. And even though Yamcha was a nice guy, and seemed to make Chi-Chi happy, Pan just didn't like him. She had only agreed to be a bridesmaid because she knew how important it was to her Grandma.

"Don't worry she'll be there." Videl said.

Gohan looked at his watch. "We have an hour before we have to be at my moms house. So I think we should discuss, you know…"

"Who of our friends we should ask to have our baby which would be biologically half hers?" Videl said, trying to find the funny side.

"Yeah. That. Man, can you imagine, 'Hi, Bulma. How are you? Oh, before I forget. Can you have our baby?', I don't think I'll be able to say it."

"We wouldn't ask Bulma! For goodness sake Gohan! She's 68!" Videl said appalled by what Gohan said.

"Oh. Why not?" Gohan asked innocently.

"Well for starters, she is 68!"

"Oh. So who did you have in mind?" Gohan asked.

"I was thinking, maybe Marron or Bra. They're both young, healthy, and I think there is little chance of them wanting to keep the baby once it is born."

"I guess we could ask one of them. I think Bra is more likely to agree then Marron is. Since we know Marron doesn't believe in sex before marriage, so I doubt she'll believe in giving birth before sex. But if we ask Bra, and she agrees, then our baby will be half saiyan, and could end up with blue hair."

After a while of discussing who they could ask to have their baby, they realised they were late for Chi-Chi's party. So they hurried over to Chi-Chi's and Yamcha's house, which was next door to their own, and tried to blend in with the other people so it looked like they had been there the whole time. They saw Pan talking to Trunks, she didn't look to happy, but at least she was there.

"Hey, Gohan, Videl. Why are you late? Or do I not want to know?" Krillin said then winked.

Gohan gave a nervous laugh and scratched the back of his head. "We were just talking." God,he and Videl had been together for over 20 years. Gohan was a man of 42, but whenever Krillin tactlessly brought up sex he was like an awkward teenager.

"Sure you were buddy." Krillin said, giving another wink.

Gohan gave a another nervous laugh. Videl rolled her eyes. "No, really we were. Hey, my mom doesn't know we were late does she?"

"No. Its her own party and I haven't actually seen her or Yamcha." Krillin said, then took a sip of his beer.

"Oh, there's Bulma. I'm just going to go say hi, OK." Videl said and walked off to greet Bulma.

"I still cant believe that your mother married him. What is she going to tell Goku when he comes back?" Krillin said to Gohan.

"Krillin, you know as well as I do that my dad isn't coming back." Gohan said seriously.

Krillin looked at Gohan for a moment. "So, how you been lately?"

"Fine. How about you?"

"Not so great. 18 is pregnant…with twins." Krillin said grimly.

"Oh. Aren't you happy about it?" Gohan asked.

"Don't get me wrong, I love kids. But I'm an old guy, I just don't think I have the energy in me to raise two more. It was difficult enough raising one."

Gohan felt a little jealous. He would give anything for Videl to be pregnant.

"I'm sure you'll be fine." Gohan said in a kind of reassuring voice.

"I hope so", Krillin took a gulp of his beer, "I could always run away if it gets to be to much." Krillin said.

"You are joking, right?" Gohan asked.

"Y-Yeah, of course I am." Krillin said nervously.

Gohan felt a little awkward around Krillin, so he decided to go get some food.

"I think we should ask her now." Videl whispered in Gohan's ear.

"Huh?", Gohan turned to his right , "I didn't even sense you. What did you say hun?" Gohan asked, and bit into a teacake.

"We should ask her now, Gohan."

"NOW?" Gohan said and spat out his food. "Charming!" Videl said sarcastically.

Gohan wiped his mouth. "Sorry. You want to ask her now?"

"No. I want you to ask her now." Videl said.

"Me? Cant we just call her tomorrow?"

"No. Go and ask her now, while she's on her own. Go." Videl ordered and gave him a little nudge/push in her direction.

Gohan walked over to her.

"So…Bra, how are you?" Gohan asked and sat down beside her on the bench.

"I'm great, thanks." Bra said happily.

"That's great. Err, listen, I was wondering,…if you would mind, coming over to my house tomorrow at about noon'ish for lunch? You know,to catch up and stuff."

"Sure. I'm not doing anything tomorrow."

"Great. So, we'll see you then."

I'll expalin more about the surrogacy thing in the next chapter. Which is when Videl and Gohan actually ask her.