Two Sides of the Story: Chapter 18-Six Months Later
Log: June 13, 794
Marron smiled as she was hanging out with her friends. Her mother agreed to babysit her granddaughter so both her and Trunks could have a night out.
"So, how's parenthood doing for the both of you guys?" Bra asked. She felt as if she hasn't seen the both of them hanging out in the same spot for a long time.
The mother and father looked at each other. They did not want to sugarcoat it because taking care of a baby is not easy, but they did not want to scare their friends, so they would not want to have children of their own.
"It's a lot of work." The blonde confessed. "You are at their constant need for everything, but at the end of the day it's the best feeling ever."
Trunks nodded his head as he took a sip of his beer, "Yeah, it really takes out of you, but looking your baby in the eye is probably the greatest feeling in the world."
Bra smiled. She was extremely happy for both Marron and her older brother as they took a new adventure called parenthood. "Has Lana seen Venus yet?"
Trunks swallowed his beer hard when he heard that. He noticed that Goten started stress eating his cheese fries that he was eating. He gave him the look "remain calm, I got this." But Trunks knew deep down he did not have it.
"Yeah, I'm surprised your girlfriend hasn't come to see Vee. She would love her." Marron added to the conversation as she took a sip of her water. "Invite her over, it's been half a year and she still hasn't made an appearance."
Trunks knew in this moment that he know longer can hide the one secret he was hiding from all of his friends except Goten. "Guys, I need to be honest with you guys."
Everyone, but Goten was alerted by that.
"What's going on? Where's the poop Trunks?" Uub asked as he raised his eyebrow and took a sip of his wine.
Trunks sighed heavily, "The day that Vee was born, was the day that Lana and I broke up."
*Marron's Point of View*
Well, these last six months were eventful I would say. Taking care of a newborn is not easy, but having Trunks assisting me with our daughter has been helpful. After giving birth, he really did not want me to do anything too stressful.
Even though I told him that he didn't have to do it, he proceeded to do it constantly. I guess he has some strange fear that I will overdo it and end up in the hospital. His mother told him a detailed story how she was doing too much after labor and she was in the hospital.
Bulma did come back every once in awhile just to check up on me. Deep down, she wished to be here with us, I was able to get the hang of motherhood. Trunks was a big help too. Sometimes if he knew I didn't sleep too well, he worked from home. He would let me sleep in longer and he took care of the baby.
It was quite beneficial that he did that. He really did not want to see me stressed out. I took maternity leave for about three months. And in those three months, I got attached to my daughter, I knew that it was going to be too hard for me to leave her once I went back to work.
The most awkward conversation that we had was when he asked me if I was going back to work. I kind of laughed in his face. He really thought I was going to be a stay at home mom. I got my college degree, I want to use it, not put it to waste.
He looked slightly hurt when I started laughing at him. I told him that we could always get a nanny and he wasn't too thrilled leaving his baby daughter in the hands of a stranger.
Goten actually came to the rescue when he took vacation time, so he was able to watch Vee for a few weeks once I went back to work. We still did not decide whether or not we were going to get a nanny or not. I did not want to put her in daycare.
I sat Trunks down and I told him if we couldn't find someone to watch Vee, that I would quit my job and stay at home with her until we find someone. I could tell by his facial expression that he was pleased with the decision that I made, but deep down he didn't want me to sacrifice my job. We needed to come up with a verdict sooner rather later because Goten was going to back to work in a few days.
That Saturday, I made plans to get breakfast with my parents. As much as I wanted to bring Vee along, so my parents could see how much she has grown in the last three months, Trunks wanted to watch her by himself.
I won't lie, I did not trust Trunks alone with Vee after I watched him babysit Pan back in the day when we were teenagers. Yes, he was an immature teenager, I just had the slight fear in the back of my mind.
At the breakfast, my parents asked me when I was going back to work and I told them that I was actually back at work and Goten was watching Vee for the few weeks. As much as I did not want to mention I was contemplating whether or not I was going to quit my job to watch Vee, my dad came to the rescue.
He told me that he retired from the squad and that he could watch Vee while Trunks and I were at work. I wanted to cry because kami saved us. I didn't want to quit my job, but I also wanted to keep my agreement with Trunks that we wouldn't get a nanny.
Once I made it back home, I told Trunks the good news and he was ecstatic that my dad came through to help us. My dad said that he didn't want to see us struggle and he was no longer working and it would give him some time to bond with Vee.
Trunks also mentioned that if my dad couldn't make it, Bulma would always come to help us out. So, it all worked out for us.
Our friends were pretty understanding that we had a newborn and that we needed to have most of our attention focused on her.
Bra came over at least a couple days a week to talk to me. She loved hanging out with her boyfriend and Uub, but she said that if she heard Uub say "I'M THE LEADER OF THE GANG NOW!" one more time she was going to sucker punch him in the face.
I chuckled when she told me that the first time because she wasn't surprised that would be something Uub would say. I figured that Bra and Goten were getting close to telling their parents about their secret relationship and she wanted advice on what to say and do.
I told her she was an adult and that her parents should trust her decisions now. Yes, her father and Goten's father have beef, if their children are happy then they should be happy for them. We all know that Vegeta is not going to react well to this, but he will get over it eventually.
Trunks met up with Goten pretty often. They would go out and have tuxedo night. They wanted Uub to come with them, but he was too busy to be with his wicked girlfriend that none of us really liked. I thought after she came to poker night we all could try and get along with her, but that did not happen.
Evie and Uub broke up last month over something really petty. We went to console him because we still wanted to be good friends, but I will not lie. When Goten told Trunks the news about Uub and Evie, we popped open a bottle of champagne and celebrated. We no longer had to see her.
When Vee turned four months old in April, Trunks and I made a schedule for after work. Three days of the week, I would go to the diner and hang out with our friends and he would go the other four days. Our friends always came to us, I started to feel bad, so we agreed to this.
It was actually nice to go out of the house and not be at work or the store. It felt like it was old times even though, it wasn't all five of us yet. Trunks and I agreed on one thing, we were not going to bring Vee out of the house anytime soon. If the paparazzi saw Trunks with a baby they would flip. I told him, I wasn't sure if they still recognized me, but I didn't bring her out either.
One day, Trunks agreed to take me out to dinner to relax. He said I have been a good mother and friend, that I needed a break. I was hesitant at first, but I agreed when he said he would let me pick the restaurant.
The dinner was nice, I might had a little too much wine that night which caused me to spill some secrets out to Trunks. I don't think he paid much attention to what I was saying, but he hasn't asked me about them. I also don't remember which secrets I spilled, so that would have been awkward if he asked me about them.
I did think it was slightly weird that Trunks has not invited Lana over to see our daughter. I was thinking she probably came over on one of Trunks' duties to watch Vee. I haven't asked him about her lately, just because I felt that something happened and that he would come and talk to me about it when he was ready. I wasn't going to force him to say anything.
Once June hit, I started to freak out because my baby girl turned six months old. She was half a year old, I couldn't believe it. Trunks and I threw a mini party celebrating the milestone in her life. I know he probably thought it was stupid, but at the end of the night he was glad we did it. Just to see all of our friends together in one place made us happy.
Like I said before, they understood that we have a new responsibility, but it had been a decent amount of time since all five of us were together in the same room.
My mother wanted to spend time with Vee, so Trunks and I dropped her off at my parents house while we decided to go hang out with our friends.
And I think that's the main points that happened in our life in the last six months.
*Current Day, back in third person*
"I'm sorry, but what did you say?" Bra asked as she started to pick her jaw up from the floor.
Trunks sighed, "Yes, you heard me correctly, Lana and I broke up six months ago."
"And you didn't tell us?" Marron asked as she slapped Trunks in the arm. He rubbed his arm. "Why didn't you tell us?"
He couldn't face his friends. He knew that they were livid at him. They would have understood if it happened a few weeks ago, but they ended half a year ago? He had some explaining to do.
"I just didn't think the time was right. Marron just had our baby, she was all hormonal and I didn't know how you guys would react."
"That's still not an excuse." Bra added as she took a sip of her wine. "I can't believe you didn't tell a single one of us."
"He told me." Goten chirped which caused his girlfriend to slap him in the arm. "Okay, I deserve that, but Trunks did you at least tell Marron?"
Trunks' eyes popped out of his skull when heard Goten say those words. He knew exactly what he was talking about.
The last time Trunks and Goten hung out the younger demi-saiyan asked his best friend regarding his feelings towards a certain girl they hang out with. Trunks finally confessed to his best friend that he still has feelings for her and he was planning on telling her at the right time.
Marron raised her eyebrow when she heard that comment, "Tell me what, Trunks?"
"Thanks a lot Goten!" Trunks hissed. "I don't think this is the right time to talk about this." He confessed as he turned his attention to the blonde.
She rolled her eyes at him, "Well apparently we are telling all sorts of secrets now, so why can't you spill this one?"
Trunks sighed heavily, "Marron, I have feelings for you!" He shouted so almost everyone in the diner could hear. "Are you happy now?" He asked slightly annoyed.
He slid out of the booth and looked at the mother of his child in the eye, "Okay, I have feelings for you Marron, it's been awhile and I know you don't feel the same, that's why I didn't say anything." Everyone, but Goten was surprised to hear Trunks confess that big of a secret in public.
"Lana broke up with me because she didn't want to split up our family. Are there anymore secrets you want me to spill?" They all shook their head no. "Good." Before his friends could blink, he fled the diner.
Marron was surprised, she never thought that he would have recuperate the same feelings for her. "Bra."
"Yes?" She asked.
"Bathroom, now." The blonde said as she slid out of the booth to make her way to the bathroom. Bra shooed Goten out of the booth and followed her to the bathroom.
Uub took a sip of his wine, "We all need to hang out more often because what a night!"
Goten looked at him and rolled his eyes at him. He feels guilty because if he could have kept his mouth shut this wouldn't have happened.
But he was glad that the gang was together again.
A/N: I am done with my semester, so you know what that means? A new chapter! The chapters should be coming out pretty quickly because I have all the chapters written except for the final chapter. I will leave a preview of my new story in the last chapter. Leave a review and tell me what you think.