It had been quiet, actually too quiet for her liking. Bulma sat in her rocking chair with her feet propped up to help with the horrible swelling in her feet. She had a pillow behind her back so she should sit slumped on her back. There seemed to be a strange tension in the air lately. Vegeta was staying in the gravity room for longer hours than usual and she hadn't seen Trunks except for meal times.
She actually felt pretty lonely and the more she thought about it, the more tears welled up in her eyes. The tears then started to fall. Bulma cupped her face into her hands and started weeping. She couldn't stop but she couldn't really give herself a good reason to be crying. She knew that her whole little family was made up of very independent persons but it still hurt that neither of them were around while she sat like a lump on a log.
"What is wrong?" Bulma heard between her hiccups. She lifted her head and turned it towards the door.
"It's nothing Vegeta." She said as she wiped her eyes but they were still flowing.
"You are lying to me woman." Vegeta said in a soft tone. He knew better than to get his wife worked up right now. Hell she was already crying he didn't want it to be worse. He could feel her ki was disturbed and had been since the night before. He carried on like he was doing his normal training but was actually staying quite close to her.
"Do you think I'm fat and ugly?" She said between her hiccups. She had turned back to facing the blank lavender wall.
Vegeta was taken back by the question and then decided that he would move from his spot and walk around to the front of his wife. "Listen Bulma, you've tried pulling this on my before. You know I do not think that about you. You are pregnant with our child, you are going to gain weight. If you didn't there would be a problem."
Bulma looked up at his husband, blink a couple times, got up out of her chair with some difficulty and started yelling "THEN WHY ARE YOU AND TRUNKS AVOIDING ME! WHY DO I FEEL ALL ALONE? YOU HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN COMING TO BED AT YOUR NORMAL TIME AND I DON'T SEE TRUNKS EXCEPT FOR MEALS!"
Damnit, this is not what he wanted. He did not want Bulma to get this worked up, and now he could feel her ki and the baby's going out of sync with each other. "You need to calm down. We aren't avoiding you. Sit back down and relax…" He hesitated before saying the next thing but knew it might have to be done even if every muscle in his body hated the idea. "What if we went out?"
The red started to fade from her face as she heard him say those words. He never offered to go out on the town with her and usually she had to persuade him into going anywhere. "Why are you offering this Vegeta?" She asked hesitantly, looking at him quizzically.
"You just got done saying I was trying to avoid you and that you felt alone, isn't this something you'd want? Because if you would rather sit in this chair and cry, I would much rather go train." Vegeta stated and then crossed his arms. He was being honest but he also knew if he challenged her that she would take him up on his offer.
"Well then why don't you just go train then. I don't want to be a bother to you and since you don't really want to take me out, why should I go with you." She decided she was gonna go find something for her to do. She didn't want to be bothered by Vegeta anymore.
"Bulma…" Vegeta said. He couldn't stand this whole "horomone" thing while she was pregnant. It was bad when she was pregnant with Trunks but this new little one seemed to be causing much more problems than the previous time. "Bulma" He repeated, but she turned her back to him and walked out.
He didn't know how to react to the way she was acting. He could tell something was wrong and didn't want to push it but needing to get things under control. He figured he would follow her to see what she where she was heading.
Bulma made her way to the kitchen to make a sandwich which she planned to take with her to the lab. She knew she was not supposed to be down there but it was the only thing she knew to do when she had too much free time on her hands. She made her way down the hall with a plate full of sandwiches opposed to just one. When she got close to her lab she noticed that the door was cracked open and there was some noises going on inside, so she slowly approached it and peaked in. She saw Trunks rustling around on some of her blue prints.
She tried to squeeze thru the opening but her stomach bumped the door and it creaked causing Trunks to stop what he was doing and look at his mother who had a guilty look on her face.
"um…hi mom" Trunks said, a little unsure of how she would feel about him being in her personal lab "What are you doing down here?"
"I could ask you the same thing hun." She smiled and offered him a sandwich which he accepted.
"Thanks. Well I was curious about what you had going on so I figured I'd come down to look." He said taking a bite of his sandwich.
"Why didn't you say something, Trunks, I would have gladly come down to show you some of my projects?" She said as she made her way to her chair. She couldn't believe how winded she got just by walking down to the lab. She rubbed her belly and felt her little girl kick.
"But dad told me not to bother you and you weren't allowed to be down in the lab. Don't you think he'll be mad at both of us if he knew?" Trunks said looking around as if he knew his father had to be watching them.
"Nah, he doesn't have to know what is going on down here. Besides about seven of my projects are for him anyways. When he finds out what I'm doing he usually doesn't mind if I've been working."
"You really don't think I know what you are up to woman? And the fact that your projects are for me does not excuse the fact that you are not to be working down here. You need to go back upstairs and relax." Vegeta said opening the door to the lab all the way.
"You are not my boss Vegeta and weren't you just asking me if I wanted to go out? How does that make any sense?" She snidely remarked and turned back to her desk moving some of her blue prints around looking for a more simple plan to work on with Trunks.
Trunks stood off to the side because he knew that this was not going to go well. He could feel that his father was highly irritated as it was and something was off with his mother. He was going to try to sneak out but there was something telling him to stay around.
Vegeta pinched the top of his nose and sighed. This is about to get completely out of hand and he was just trying to avoid this situation. "Listen Bulma, I would suggest that you listen to me. Please can you just take it easy today? Maybe the boy and I can go upstairs and watch a movie together since you are so worried about us not being around."
Bulma simply stated "No" and continued on with her search, now moving to her drawer.
The tension was so thick in the room Trunks swore that the second hand on the clock across the room seemed to stop. Here we go, one of mom and dad's famous screaming matches, he thought. His father was about to burst and his mother wanted nothing more to do with the conversation which almost seemed backwards.
Then the unexpected happened, Vegeta turned around and walked away. He didn't say another word, he just walked away. Trunks had no idea what the heck was going on in this house anymore. It seemed like his parents having another child was one of the worst things to happen to them and they had been thru a lot worse with Buu and other enemies in the past. He watched his father go out of sight and then turned back to his mother who seemed completely unaffected by Vegeta walking away from her.
"Well now that he is gone, let's get to work on this little project I've been meaning to do for him." Bulma said showing her son some blue prints.
Trunks was sure he was walking into a horrible situation because if he did what his mother wanted he was sure to get hell from his father, but he didn't want to re-enforce what his father said to save his mother from getting upset. Frustration seemed to build up inside of him but he decided to go to his mother's side.
About five hours later, Bulma had taught Trunks the basics behind the symbols on her blue prints and how she goes about organizing everything for a project. It wasn't until about 4 hours in that they actually started pulling supplies out and setting things up. She was very impressed with Trunks' ability to keep up with her and to even give input on how to enhance the ideas she had for the mechanism.
She was feeling so much better compared to the morning. She thought her son had reached the point that he did not want her around any long but it must have just been her mind over thinking everything. Bulma still had hope that her boy would never go thru that phase. She had seen how Trunks from the future was and hoped that her son could turn out the same even without living thru such a great lose and tragedy.
She looked over at her son who was intently working connection some wires together on a piece they had put together. She was so proud of him and then tears appeared in her eyes again. Damnit not again. Why am I crying so much lately? She wondered to herself seconds before the tears started streaming down her face.
Trunks could tell she started crying because of the way she was breathing but he tried his best to ignore it the best he could. He really enjoyed working on the machine and it made him feel useful. He could use his smarts to actually build something and now that his mother showed him out to make up blue prints, he might actually have a chance at making his own creations. He remembered all too well his attempt to build something a few months back and how it exploded in his room. Maybe if he was lucky his mother would just let him work down in the lab from now on.
Meanwhile in the GR, Vegeta had turned the gravity up but proceeded to stand at his control panel. He hadn't moved in a while and he didn't know why he had no want train. He always trained when he had frustration to get out but for some reason he just could not do it today. Something wasn't right, and it bugged him that he could not figure out what it was. He would figure it out, it just might take some time.
He turned the GR off and decided that he would go in to see if dinner was being prepared. When he walked into the house, he noticed that it was still quite meaning Trunks and Bulma were still down in the lab. He made his way down to the lab to find them and get them the hell out of there. When he approached the lab, the door had not moved from when he left hours ago. For some reason this infuriated him. His wife was pregnant and should be taking it easy and she is down in the lab working on who knows what.
Vegeta was not ready for what he saw when he walked into the lab. Trunks was busy working on his project, who the hell knew what it was, and Bulma was lying on the floor on some type of sleeping bag. She was fast asleep and looked pretty comfortable. Then before he could say anything Trunks decided to break the silence.
"Hi father. Mom fell asleep about 45 minutes ago. She was slumped over on her desk when I went to ask her a question so I laid her down on the floor and gave her some blankets. She's been a little wrestles but she's gotten better over the last ten minutes or so."
Vegeta didn't really know what to say at first. He stood there looking at his wife on the floor and for some reason he was very upset by this. "Trunks. Why didn't you send her upstairs?"
Trunks set down his tools. He stood up and turned to his father. He clenched his hands as they hung by his sides. "Why? She fell asleep at her desk, so I made sure she had plenty of blankets to lay on and I moved her to the floor. I thought it was a better option than her laying with her stomach against the desk."
"You are strong enough to carry her up to the couch or even her bed. Why would you allow your pregnant mother to lay on the floor to sleep?" Vegeta's voice was starting to grow louder.
"Maybe because she told me if she fell asleep just to leave her be. I'm of course going to listen to what she tells me." Trunks retorted.
"And you are honestly going to listen to her? She has no idea what she is talking about lately."
"You know what dad, I don't care. I'm going to do what she told me. I know she isn't in danger and I was monitoring her and the baby's energy and they are fine. Please just leave." Trunks finished and turned back to his project.
"Boy don't you dare talk to me like that." He said as he walked closer to his son.
"Yeah well, I'm sick of you thinking mom doesn't know how to take care of herself. I'm pretty sure she knows what she is doing."
Vegeta could not believe how disrespectful his son was being and he obviously was missing one key thing with the baby. He didn't want to wake Bulma up but if it happened it happened. He was now standing right next to Trunks. He didn't give two thoughts to what he was working on and took the tools out of his hands. "You listen to me right know. You are not going to talk to me like that. And you will get your punishment for your disrespect. But right now I am not going to deal with your adolescent attitude. There is something going on with your baby sister and I cannot figure out what it is right now. You may not be able to tell, but I've noticed an odd ki signature the last two days. So when I tell you to take care of your mother, you will listen to me. Now go upstairs and get ready for dinner." He said firmly.
Trunks heartbeat had started to increase and he could feel his anger almost get the best of him. He was worried when he heard about his sister's ki signature but then why hadn't he felt something wrong? Maybe his father was just angry that he was in the lab instead of training. He felt about about what he was about to do because he had no reason to be upset with his mother but he needed to get out of the room before he did something he regretted.
"Then you take her upstairs, since you are the one so worried. I'm out of here." Trunks said as he turned to look at his father. His eyes flashed a different shade of blue from normal when they made eye contact and then he was gone.
Vegeta clenched his fist. He could not stand how that boy was acting and he was going to pay for it. He quickly followed Trunks, this was not going to be the end of the conversation, especially not with Trunks giving an order.
"Boy! Get back here now!" Vegeta bellowed thru the hallway. Silence followed. He searched for a ki signature but surprisingly with how angry Trunks was he was hiding it pretty well. He first went to Trunks' room but found he wasn't there so he made his way down stairs. He then heard the GR start up. "Perfect! If he wants to train to get his frustration out, then I'll be glad to assist him."
Bulma woke up with her back aching. It took her a moment to realize where she was. She looked around the lab and was slightly confused. Hadn't she been working with Trunks on one of the new droids she was making for Vegeta to train on? She realized she was lying on the floor with her stash of blankets and then started to vaguely remember what she was doing before she fell asleep.
"But why am I down here by myself? Where did Trunks go?" She wondered when she managed to get herself up off the floor. She rested her hands on her stomach and felt her little girl kick several times which caused her to smile. She loved when she could feel her daughter moving around. She seemed to be so much more active than Trunks was during her pregnancy.
She walked over to the table and saw the work that Trunks had accomplished and was pretty proud of what he had managed to successfully put together. She did notice that he had made some of his own scribbles on the blue prints. Picking up the papers Bulma noticed that the enhancements he wrote down were highly advanced and couldn't help but smile. But why did he leave?
Well whatever the reason, it didn't matter because she at least was able to spend some quality time with her son today. She made a mental note to make sure she did things like this more often with him. Maybe the reason why he wasn't around a lot was because she didn't invite Trunks to do thing with her. That was going to change, especially before the little girl was born, she was going to make sure to give Trunks as much attention as he would allow her.
She carefully put Trunks' work together in a safe box along with the schematics and locked it with the password being his name. She smiled as she put the box to the side and turned off the lights on her desk. It was time she went to have dinner anyways, it was getting late. Maybe she would even be able to get her husband and son to join her, she didn't see why not.
As she made her way up the stairs she heard a huge explosion and the house started to shake. It shook so much that she had to brace herself against the wall. One hand on the wall and one hand on her stomach she started wondering what in the world could have made an explosion that big. She had made the Gravity room nearly indestructible so that was out of the question. But then what else could it be. She looked down at her stomach and said "I hope your father isn't doing something stupid." Right as she said that there was another explosion and she knew had to figure out what the hell was going on, so she took off running down the hall.