Thank you again for the patience and the reviews. I have gone to the doctors and was diagnosed with Pleurisy (inflammation of the lining of the lungs) so along with my asthma it's been kinda bad lately. I want to extend my gratitude to KayuraK, aystar85, chibitrunk, pannybaby123, aangfan, Gar-chan, and RosyY. I have been working on this chapter and after getting half way through, I deleted almost all of it but the first 300 words or so and rewrote it. I'm hoping the revision was the right direction to go. Its a little cutesy but I will tell you that there is going to be a time jump for the next chapter and it will be much closer to the big day ^_^!
I've also been delayed in my writing because I started to work on my cosplay for my husband and I. My dress for Bulma is almost done and I'll give you a link when its done if anyone would like to see it ^-^. Please take care and thank you again to all my loyal readers! You make me feel so loved!
The sun cracked through the window, and the rays crossed over her eyes. She slowly turned her head to make the sun go away. She was tired and she just wanted to sleep and she didn't care if she had to stay sleeping in… wait she wasn't in her chair she had fallen asleep in. She turned over and put her arm in Vegeta's spot which was still warm.
"Hmph, he must have just woke up." Bulma stated as she propped herself up against the pillows. "If he thinks he's getting out of us talking, he's got another thing coming." She smirked at herself because she knew exactly how she was going to make Vegeta listen to her.
Getting out of bed, she walked over to her balcony and walked out to soak in the morning sun. She leaned on the railing and closed her eyes. Feeling the cool night breeze move through her hair and the sun on her skin made her feel comfortable, that was until she felt someone watching her. She spun around and found herself in Vegeta's chest.
He chuckled lightly as she stepped back in surprise. He absolutely loved when he scared the "living crap" out of her and she was bound to say it again once she got her breath back. Bulma pushed off the rail and stepped towards Vegeta. She pounded her fist down on his rock hard, shirtless chest. "How many times do I have to tell you not to sneak up on me? You scared the living crap out of me! One of these days you are going to give me a damn heart attack."
"I could only hope." Vegeta crossed his arms. "What are you doing out here? It's still extremely early, don't you need your beauty sleep?"
"For your information, I woke up because I could tell you were no longer in bed. So I guess I should blame you for waking me up." Bulma said as she glared at him.
"Pitiful excuses." Vegeta said and handed Bulma her robe.
"Thanks." Bulma said quietly as she accepted the robe and put it on over her nighty. "Vegeta, I'm really sorry about last night. I never expected something like that to happen."
"Neither did I." Vegeta said with some disgust.
"Is there something I could do to make it up to you? I know a lot of this was taken out on you." She said as she stood sideways to Vegeta and wrapped her arms around his while leaning against his chest.
Vegeta stood still completely confused by the sudden change of heart Bulma was having. He really didn't know how to respond to her question so he just stood there holding her to his body. As much as he was still pissed about everything that had been happening, he missed feeling her close to him. Just the way their energies tangled together made him smile, even if he wouldn't show that smile to anyone. He could feel the fatigue of her body and the life of his little daughter just from standing with her this close.
He felt a spurt of energy and Bulma jumped slightly while looking down at her stomach. "What?" He asked roughly.
Bulma laughed and took hold of his hand placing it on her stomach. "She's kicking. Keep your hand there, I bet you'll get she'll do it again for her daddy."
This was all so new to him. He wasn't around for the pregnancy with Trunks. He wanted nothing to do with her or their child back then. Now that he was excepting of his life on Earth he was more curious about the birth of their newest child. He was amazed to know that his offspring was able to be kicking inside of his wife's womb and he's able to possibly feel it. He left his hand resting in the spot that Bulma had placed it and waited. Almost impatiently he tapped his fingers against Bulma's stomach and then he felt two taps on the palm of his hand. He pulled his hand back quickly and looked at Bulma who was watching him intently.
"I'm guessing you felt it that time?" she said almost laughing. He just squinted his eyes and looked back down at her stomach.
Not moving his eyes, he bent his knees. "Maybe I have some hope in this child. She's already in fighting mood."
Bulma hung her head and sighed. "You do know that all babies move around inside of a mother's womb? Trunks did it as well, and he used to cause me a lot of pain when he would kick. I tried to tell you but you wouldn't listen. You were too busy training."
Vegeta stood back up and glared at Bulma. "Oh I'm sorry. I thought training to defeat the androids was something important to do then."
"Ha..ha..ha Vegeta. You are so funny. I'm just saying you missed when this happened with Trunks too. Actually it's extremely funny feeling when it happens."
While they were talking, clouds had slowly moved in and rain drops began to fall. Both looked up at the sky just in time to see the sheet of rain come down on the both of them. In the two seconds it took for them to get back inside they were both completely soaked. Vegeta's hair was pulled down from how much rain had fallen and Bulma's robe and silk gown were completely wet and sticking to her body. Vegeta moved quickly and grabbed several towels for them to dry off.
"Take this, dry off, change, and get back in bed." Vegeta commanded and then walked out of the room not leaving any time for Bulma to object or ask any questions, so she decided to do what he said.
It seemed Vegeta had been correct to direct Bulma to get into bed. The moment she sat down on her bed she instantly felt tired and laid back on her pillows with her hair still wrapped in a towel. When Vegeta returned to the room he found her deeply sleeping so he placed the bowl of hot soup down on the dresser and sat down on the bed. He wanted to still be mad but the kicks he felt from his new baby and seeing Bulma sleeping made the rage go away.
Lying down with his wife, he decided to let all his worries slip away. She moved over to his chest and this left Vegeta thinking. She had apologized to him, not only for the clown's slip of the tongue but also for the past few months. As much as he hated what she had done, he could tell she was truly sorry for what she did. He could feel the small amount of ki coming out of his wife's stomach and it seemed to soothe his unease.
Trunks left his room, awaiting to feel the tension that was cooking for breakfast. He slowly took each step towards the kitchen with his mind racing to find ways to maybe make things better. Maybe if he talked to his mother about the night before and possibly if he offered to train with his father they could work something out. He rounded the corner while holding his breath but he didn't say anyone sitting at the table. 'Strange, usually someone is up by now. Maybe things are worse that I thought.' He grabbed a bowl and made himself some cereal.
Instead of wondering where his parents might be, he decided to do a ki search. Sitting in silence for a moment while his cereal became soggier he found his father's ki instantly. He was in his bedroom? That just didn't seem right at all because shortly after he felt his mother's ki right next to his. Now he knew his brain was playing tricks on him. He finished his breakfast and went back upstairs.
Moving very quietly while holding his breath and suppressing his ki, Trunks approached his parent's door that was still cracked open a little. He couldn't believe how close he was to seeing them in the room together. He lived for seeing his parent's emotions like this. Peering in through the crack he could see his mother propped up on the headboard with a pillow and his father laying next to her with one hand holding his head up and the other on his stomach.
He couldn't believe what his eyes were seeing but he didn't want to move. He could tell they were talking quietly so he took a quick breath and then held it again. "You know Vegeta, I was worried when I first found out I was pregnant. I didn't know how you would react and I wasn't sure if I could make it through another pregnancy."
"That's what you get for thinking isn't it Bulma?" Trunks saw Bulma's hand raise in the air and land on Vegeta's shoulder and both of them laughed which caused Trunks to smile.
"I love you Vegeta."
"I lo…"
"Oh Trunks! I'm so glad to finally find someone in this place!" Trunks heard from down the hall, causing him to jump and spin around.
'Damnit, I missed my father telling mom he loved her.' Trunks thought as he moved away from his parents room. "Hi Ms. Chi-Chi. I didn't know you were still here."
"Yeah I guess your mother and I fell asleep last night while talking up in the guest room. I've been up for a little bit and I've been looking for one of you." Chi-Chi said as she tried to smooth some of the wrinkles out of her clothing. "I was going to see if your mother would be able to drive me home. I couldn't get a hold of Goku or Gohan when I called."
"Oh, um…" Trunks didn't want to tell Chi-Chi where his parents were because they were finally having some personal time for the first time a couple months. 'Who knows how long this phase will go on for? I don't want Chi-Chi to ruin this' He thought quickly, trying to come up with something. "That's what I was doing too. They aren't in their bedroom though. Maybe we should check the labs." He said quickly as he led Chi-Chi away from the room.
"Well hopefully one of my boys will get the message and call soon. I don't know why my boys have to do this to me? They put me through so much stress." Chi-Chi started to shriek.
Trunks rolled his eyes. He couldn't believe he was going to miss this rare occasion to pretend to look for his parents for, as his father always said, the harpy. Usually he didn't mind dealing with Goten's mom because he was with Goten, but now this wasn't the case and she was driving him nuts even though it had only been about five minutes.
Once they entered the kitchen the phone rang. Trunks stepped up on the ladder and grabbed the phone off the wall. "Hello Capsule residence…Hi Goten…yes she's here hold on." Trunks stuck his hand out with the phone. "Here you go, it's Goten."
Chi-Chi snatched the phone so quickly that Trunks almost fell off the step ladder. She walked around the corner into the living room to talk. Trunks really didn't care to listen to her conversation anyways and was hoping that she would be leaving soon. It seemed that his parents were undisturbed by Chi-Chi's loud voice and were still up in the bedroom.
A moment later Chi-Chi returned and handed Trunks the phone. "Thank you Trunks. Tell your parents I said thank you for letting me stay here over night. Goku should be here any moment to pick me up."
Panic ran through Trunks' body. Goku was going to come back here after what had happened last night? This was only asking for disaster. His father would pick up his ki signature when he instant trans missioned to his kitchen. In a split second there was Goku standing in front of him.
"Hi Trunks." Goku said with a smile.
Trunks smiled but instantly felt his father's ki change to anger. "Hi Goku. Sorry I have to get going, I have some projects I want to work on."
"Okay have fun. Come on Chi-Chi we better go." Goku could also feel Vegeta's rage growing by his presence.
Trunks didn't even wait to see Goku and Chi-Chi disappear before he started to run up the stairs. If anything he wanted to confront his father before he possibly took off after his foe. He rounded the corner and approached the door. He could hear the voices in the room had gotten loud and not so sweet anymore.
He looked in the door and saw that Vegeta was now sitting on the edge of the bed with Bulma up against his back. His face showing all the rage that Trunks could sense. Bulma was rubbing his shoulders lightly and kissed his neck.
"Woman he was here and I don't care what you say, he still deserves a beating."
Resting her head on his shoulder now she sighed lightly. "You have every right to do that my prince but for now can we just stay here and relax?"
"Feeling him enter my house again after what he did infuriates me. I cannot just relax now."
Trunks just listened to them, hoping that his father wouldn't get up. He knew that his parents needed this more than anything. He started to get excited at the fact that his father was still sitting on the bed. It definelty gave him hope, but the excitement gave away his hiding spot.
"Son, come in here." Vegeta said roughly causing Bulma to jump and Trunks to freeze up. Slowly the door pushed open and Trunks looked down at his feet as he took about three steps in.
"Yes father." He croaked out.
"Oh Trunks you don't have to be scared to come in the room. Come over here and sit down on the bed." Bulma said softly before Vegeta could say anything.
"Why were you listening in son?" Vegeta ask as Trunks climbed onto the bed.
"Well I wanted to see if you both were in here." Trunks said shakly.
"You are a horribly liar Trunks." Vegeta said "I know you were listening in to our conversation."
Trunks' face went completely red and he looked at his mother for some kind of sign that he wasn't in trouble. She placed a hand on his knee and smiled and winked.
"Do you want to feel your sister kick?" Vegeta said quickly and quietly, still facing away from his family.
"Do what? I can feel her kick? Really? That is so cool!" Trunks said bouncing slightly on the bed and looking back and forth between parents.
Bulma laughed lightly and took her son's hand. "Here, keep your hand here for a moment. She's been very active this morning." She leaned closer to Trunks, hoping Vegeta wouldn't hear what she said. "Your father's felt it probably twenty times already. I think he's addicted to the feeling."
"I heard you woman." Vegeta said turning around to see his son's eyes locked on his wife's stomach with his hand outstretched. He took a mental picture of this moment. He didn't know why he wanted to remember this moment for the rest of his life.
"Well it's true though darling. You've loved feeling this little one kick. It's why we've been laying up here all morning. Don't deny it, we are your family."
Vegeta just grunted and watched his son to see what his reaction would be to the kicking feeling. Several minutes passed and everyone was quiet, waiting for the sensation of the kick. Then Bulma smiled followed by Trunks' eyes going wide. Vegeta let a little smirk show on his face.
"That, that was her? How could she do something like that?" Trunks excitedly asked.
"Well she has to move around from time to time Trunks." Bulma replied.
"Hm, I guess you are right. Haha that is so cool! I cannot wait to tell Goten!" Trunks said as he pulled his hand back. Then he looked over at his dad. "Do you have any ideas of names yet?"
"Since when do you think we've had time to figure out names Trunks?" Vegeta said as he got up from the bed and went to his dresser to pull out some clothes for the day.
"You know Vegeta, you don't have to say it so meanly." She turned back to Trunks. "I never thought about names for a little girl. I didn't want to get my hopes up."
"It's not my fault that your pathetic human genes ruined the pure saiyan bloodline that I carry, and gave us a female heir instead of another male." Vegeta said just before walking into their bathroom.
"Urgh, you can just keep thinking that all you want Vegeta, but that is gene is solely decided upon from your genes. The male chromosome is the one that will either be another X or a Y, I can only pass along the X or female…"
"Woman I don't need you giving me a damn lesson right now. I'm going to take a shower." Vegeta closed the door behind him and the water turned on instantly.
Bulma glared at the door that just closed as if she could knock it down by looking at it. After a second she turned to Trunks. "We'll have to work on names for her but for now I need to get up and go work on my project. The deadline is coming up and I need to get it done for your grandfather."
"Okay Mom." Trunks hopped up from the bed after Bulma rubbed his head and kissed him on the forehead. He went back to his bedroom, happy that his family seemed to be somewhat back to normal. He even thought he'd volunteer to train with his father later. As long as Goku didn't come around, Trunks new their family would be fine.