Here is the next chapter, thank you all for the reviews and for the patience while I try to get my chapters out quickly. Several things have come up and I haven't been able to work on my writings as much as I'd like and I also have to admit that I've recently started working on my cosplay of Vegeta and Bulma for my husband and I for a Con that is coming up in July. I will try hard to get my next chapter out. Again thanks for reading and your reviews really do keep me writing. I hope you all enjoy.
"Wow, our dads didn't come up here." Goten said in surprised as they continued lying on the ground of the balcony looking down at their fathers.
"Yeah but there's something wrong with my father, otherwise we'd be dead right now." Trunks said as he stood up and looked over the edge to try to get a better look at what was going on down below.
They watched their fathers stand where they were for a moment and he heard them talking but were unable to make out was being said. Then Gohan sank down to them and placed his hand on Goku's shoulder. Vegeta turned around and sat back down on the ground and Trunks leaned over the balcony some more to get a better look at what was happening but couldn't figure out what could have been said. Obviously nothing had happened physically besides what he and Goten had done.
"That's weird, look my brother and dad when back inside. Maybe it's time to eat!" Goten said excitedly as he took a couple steps back into Trunks' room, waiting for Trunks to give the word for both of them to go down to eat.
"Yeah maybe it is." Trunks said but he didn't take his eyes off of his father. "You can go ahead, I'll be down in a moment."
"Okay, see-ya downstairs then." And in a flash Goten was gone, being led by his stomach towards the tasty food that awaited.
Trunks debated whether he wanted to try talking to his father or not. He wanted to see what that was all about but at the same time, he was still scared to confront his father about anything. Air was still pretty tense since they had their talk a few months earlier. Going against his better judgment, he floated up and over the rail on his balcony and slowly lowered himself to the ground in front of Vegeta.
"Hi dad. Um…I was coming out to get you because I think the foods done. Did you want to come in to eat? I mean, well… all of Goku's family came over for a party and it's for you and mom." Trunks stood there for several moments looking from his father to the ground.
Vegeta didn't move at all. His eyes were closed and he was deep in thought. He couldn't believe what had happened. 'Why does that idiot know? There's no way that clown could know what gender our child is. I can't believe that I've be denied my bed for the last month and that damn fool of a Saiyan comes over and blurts some bullshit out of his mouth. I don't believe that my child is a female. It cannot be true and I won't believe it until I find out for myself.' He then started to think about how he would even raise a daughter. His wife confused the crap out of him, how was he going to be with a mini Bulma. At least he and his son out-numbered the woman but if it was true and there was another one in the making, then he would have to deal with a two on two situation. He still was having trouble believing what was revealed to him. He learned forward into his hands and voiced out loud, "I hope that Kakarot is wrong, I don't think I can handle a daughter."
Trunks' eye flew open and his mouth opened slightly by what he heard his father say. Vegeta obviously wasn't talking to him so he didn't want to let him know he heard what was said so he took off running for the house. As he closed in on the door to the house, he couldn't help but smile. He was going to have a baby sister. He couldn't help that for the first time he had no worry about the new baby coming into the family.
He entered the house and went into the living room to try and find everyone. The lights were off so he figured he would use the intercom to find out where everyone was. He walked up to the intercom and pushed the 'talk all' button. "Mother, I was wondering what room you are in?"
He let go of the button and stood back waiting for his mother to talk, or anyone really to tell him where the party had moved to. After about thirty seconds he heard the click of the intercom come on. "Hi sweety, we are in the formal dining room. Why don't you get your father and meet us here?"
Sighing, Trunks walked back up to the intercom and pressed "1-1-4 then talk" for the formal dining room and spoke into it. "I really would love to get father in here mother, but tried talking to him just minutes ago and he would not respond to me. He seemed to be pretty deep in his meditation. I couldn't break it."
He let the button go and waited for his mother to respond. He really wasn't sure what kind of response he was going to get from his mother right now. Her moods changed to quickly any more. He laughed to himself when the thought about the concept that his mother was more moody because there was two girls in one body right now.
His mother came back on the intercom, "That's fine Trunks, why don't you come join everyone and I'll go get your father."
He answered back with a simple, "Yes mother." But he started to worry a little. Was his father going to give it away that he knew the gender of the child or was he going to keep it deep inside of him like he does all of his other emotions. From the state that Trunks saw, he was concerned that his mother was going to find out the same way that he did, because his father was talking out of meditation and had no idea anyone was listening to what he was saying.
After another moment of considering the circumstance he figured that his mother was going to find out one way or another. He let his legs move him towards his destination while he figured out in his head what would be a better way for her to find out. If his father didn't release his new information about the child, Goku definitely would spill the beans at some time before the end of the night. Everyone knew that Goku could not hold a secret, and even if he did keep the secret, he always gave obvious hints as to what he knew.
Trunks again laughed to himself when he thought about his best friend. He was even worse at lying and keeping secrets than his father was. He remembered the time when they had gone off to look for something to do and they had first found their hideout. They agreed they would not tell their parents they had even found the spot. They came up with a story that they went down to the creek and fished. Trunks made sure they had gone over the story about twenty times while they flew home. The moment they got back to Capsule Corp they ran into Vegeta. He asked what they were up to and Goten blurted the whole story out but it wasn't the story that was rehearsed.
Trunks finally reached the dining room. He had forgotten how formal this room looked. It had a big oak table in the center of the gigantic room with a huge floral center piece. All the place settings were set with brilliant china and silverware. He laughed as he went into the room father and walked towards the end of the table everyone was setting at.
"Hey Trunks!" Goku and Goten said at the same time.
"Hello guys." Trunks said as he scratched his head and took a seat next to Goten. "Um, Goku you have some stuff still on your face."
Goku laughed and took the napkin and wiped his face. "So Goten said you made this stuff all by yourself huh?"
Trunks looked down the table to see if his mother was listening, but saw that she had already left to go get his father. He looked back to Goku and nodded. "Yes sir. I've been working a lot in my new lab. I've already made a whole bunch of little machines and this was the first chemistry experiment I did. I'm surprised that it came out pretty much perfect. I just really hate the color of it, but I tried and tried to get the color to alter but it just wouldn't happen."
"I think that is pretty amazing though." Goku said as he reached over Goten's head and rubbed Trunks' head. "You definitely have the brains of your mother."
"I know, I know." Trunks started to say while his face flushed red. "Father says that all the time, even if it's not in the same way as you stated it." He looked at Videl. "May I please have the plate with the meatballs, Videl."
"Oh, sure. Here you go Trunks." Videl said with a smile and passed the plate across the table.
"Thank you so much, I'm starving." Trunks replied as he took the plate.
Everyone snacked on the hors d'oeuvres for a while in almost silence. Trunks figured this would be the best time to ask Goku a question since both his parents weren't in the room.
"Goku?"
"Yes Trunks." Goku said with a mouth full of food.
Trunks scrunched his face at Goku's lack of manors at the table. "Well I was wondering how positive you are about my mom and dad having a baby girl? I mean I know that's what you told my father outside and he said he hoped you were wrong. So how for sure are you about this?"
Goku swallowed the food that he had in his mouth. "Well I had a gut feeling that they were going to have a girl. I guess you can call it a good guess. But once we arrived here I could feel another presence of a female and knowing that no one else was here, I'm pretty sure it's the baby."
"So I am going to have a baby sister! That's so cool! I mean I kind of was hoping for a brother so I could play with him like Gohan does with Goten, but this means I get to be her protector." Trunks smiled and took another bite of his food. "Chi-Chi, your food really is delicious."
"Why thank you very much Trunks. I'm also glad to hear you are excited about having a baby sister. But I'm wondering," She said as she turned back to her husband and pinched his arm, "did Goku ruin the surprise for you?"
"No my father mentioned something after we watched Gohan and Goku walk inside."
"Father did surprise Vegeta with the news of the gender. From what I heard Vegeta say, it sounds like Bulma has been trying very hard to make Vegeta not find out what the gender is. He said that she wanted him to go to her ultrasound to find out." Gohan decided to explain since his father suddenly got interested in his food and not the conversation.
"Goku what did I tell you about opening your mouth before making sure you know the situation?" Chi-Chi snapped.
"I thought they had known by now. Bulma's stomach is getting pretty big so I thought they had found out." Goku said while he looked down at his plate and pushed some of the crumbs on the plate around to avoid the daggers that were being thrown at him from Chi-Chi's eyes.
"There is more to a pregnancy than the size of the woman's stomach, Goku. It has to do with how long she has been pregnant and the how far along the baby's development is." Videl said gently.
Chi-Chi turned quickly to look over at Videl with wide eyes. "Oh so you've been studying the development of pregnancy, have you Videl? Does this mean you and Gohan are thinking about having a child for yourself? Oh wouldn't that be so cute?" Chi-Chi's voice grew louder and she stared off into the distance. "Oh then I would be a grandma and be able to spoil your children. I can see you two have several children and they could come over to visit. It'll be so wonderful.
"Mom, come on." Gohan interjected as his face turned red and Videl was hiding behind her hands. Neither one of them had gotten used to Chi-Chi's strong nudges towards their future together. "We aren't even considering that at the moment."
"WHAT? Are you saying you don't want to make me a grandmother?" Chi-Chi asked as her over dramatic tears formed in her eyes.
At this time, Goten and Trunks were sneaking their way back out of the room with a tray of meatballs and some rolls. Goku slowly watched the boys crawl across the ground but didn't say anything. He laughed when they had to scramble to pick up all the meatballs that rolled off the plate. Videl was so embarrassed that she was hiding behind Gohan's shoulder and Gohan's mouth was wide open.
"That's…that's not what I meant mother. I just meant that we hadn't started planning children yet but, uh, some day we will." Gohan said, hoping that he said it in the right way not to upset his mother anymore.
Chi-Chi didn't say anything and neither did anyone else. Goku loaded his plate for the umpteenth time, Chi-Chi quietly ate off her plate and Gohan and Videl kept looking at each other awkwardly. All were hoping that Vegeta and Bulma would come back soon.
Bulma had finally gotten outside and walked up to Vegeta. As she approached him, she could see the goo that Trunks had shot at the back of his head. She was slightly worried at this site because there must be something wrong if he hadn't wiped that substance off. She stopped right behind him and decided to take the junk out of his hair before it dried in it. She was pretty surprised with how easily it come off of Vegeta's head. Although Bulma was unaware of it, Vegeta had come out of his meditation and was enjoying the semi-massage he was receiving from his wife. He kept his eyes closed as to not give away how good it felt.
After she took most of it out she moved to the front of Vegeta and looked at him. She slowly lowered herself to the ground and crossed her legs, making her knees touch his. She tried to lean forward to kiss him but forgot that her stomach had gotten too big and she was unable to lean close enough to land that kiss. She grabbed his hand and lifted it up to kiss it. By this time Vegeta was staring at Bulma with a smirk on his face.
"What are you smiling at?" Bulma asked.
"Why should I tell you?" Vegeta retorted.
"Because I really want to know, come on Vegeta, tell me." She said as she started to trace her finger in the palm of his hand.
He watched her fingers move around his hand for a few moments. He started to debate with himself about whether he should tell Bulma the news of their child. If he told her, she most likely wouldn't believe that Kakarot told him and he'd have to deal with her fit about him finding out the gender. If he didn't tell her, he'd have to go to that damn doctor's appointment and not sleep in his bed for another five days. She stopped tracing his hand and he looked up at her, making eye contact. "Well Vegeta, would you like to enlighten me?"
"I'm guessing you came out here to get me because the food is ready? Is this correct?" Vegeta quested and deciding he wasn't going to say anything about the gender.
"Yes that's correct. Everyone is waiting and if we don't hurry Goku and the kids are going to eat everything." Bulma said as she started to shift her body to get off of the ground.
Vegeta was already standing and was watching his wife with her difficulties. He stuck out his hand, "Take my hand woman. I want some of that damn food before Kakarot devours it all and I will have to beat some sense into him if he did already." He said as he pulled her up.
Bulma rolled her eyes. "Whatever you say tough guy." And she started to walk back towards the house.
Vegeta watched his pregnant wife walk away from him and that's when it hit him extremely hard. He was going to have a daughter. A little Bulma was going to be running around this house and as much of a pain-in-the-ass she was going to be, he actually smiled at the thought. He walked briskly up to Bulma's side and put his arm around her waist. She smiled and they both walked towards the dining room.