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I do not own Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT nor any of it's characters. I only own my imagination and maybe the laptop from which I'm writing this story.

Chapter 2: Deck the halls with boughs of holly…

"…fala la la laaa la la la laaaa…." Was Heard from the living room home theater at Bulma's house. The whole family (yes, even Dr. Briefs AND Vegeta when necessary) was helping to get the house decorated with Christmas ornaments. Vegeta was the only one with an angry look on his face (as usual) while the rest of the family enjoyed themselves with the festive activity that brought them together, and it was in that time when Bulma got close to Vegeta and tried to cheer him up.

- "Oh...c'mon, Vegeta…It's not like you're getting weaker or something for enjoying holidays with your family"

- "I need not to be told what to do, Woman" said firmly but quietly.

- "Well then…I think your Christmas present won't be there this year" said Bulma with a playful yet evil face. She knew she would give it to him anyway and she knew as well that his husband, despite saying he wasn't interested, the curiosity to know would kill him inside.

- "I couldn't care less about that" said Vegeta in a timid but angry tone. He was actually VERY interested in what would his mate give him this Christmas.- "All right…have it your way then. Even your brother is helping decorate the rest of the house!!" Saying that, Bulma turned around and left to where her son was. She knew he was plotting something but not right now. Trunks knew from the last year that he would get a really hard time grounded for ruining the Christmas decorations.

In the meanwhile, Vegeta knew his only duty as a father and husband for every Christmas (because no one could do it at the Brief's anyway) was to get the Christmas tree. He left the house without anyone noticing and flew for a few minutes. He landed at a beautiful forest with pines, mistletoes and such. He got some fresh mistletoes and bashed a medium-size tree. He was actually on his way home with both things when something crossed his mind: what if he could decorate his GR as well? He hated the Christmas decorations, but loved the pine smell and besides, the GR wasn't a place that smelled very well. He returned then to the forest and bashed a small pine. Just big enough to fit into his GR without anyone noticing.

When he finally landed at capsule corp, he quickly got to his GR and left his pine tree there, locked the door and entered the house.

- "Wow, Honey!! That was fast!! And I even didn't have to tell you to do it! I'm so proud" cheered the blue-haired scientist.

- "Great tree, Dad!! It'll look awesome decorated!!" said Trunks while hugging his father. Vegeta couldn't help but blush for a fraction of a second and then say "I know. As a saiyan prince, I've got always the best"

- "By the way, where's uncle Table?" asked the purple haired boy.

- "I think I saw him going to the GR…" replied Bulma

- "Damn that weakling of a brother I have!!!!!!" yelled Vegeta and left in a blink of an eye. He couldn't let his little secret be disclosed to the rest of the family…not even his own brother.

When he arrived at the GR door, he saw something he didn't like: his brother was just entering there WITHOUT HIS PERMISSION.

- "Stop right there, Table!!!" Warned Vegeta. "I'll shoot you away if you give one more step…and I mean it".

- "Easy Brother…It's the second time I'm getting into this room to fit some decorations. Your wife thought it would be nice".

Vegeta was in awe. "The second time? How did he missed the first one? Have he seen his tree?" These questions arose in the prince's mind while walking to the GR.

- "Table…if I see ANY Christmas decoration, I will kill you in this instant!"

- "Sorry Bro. The only Christmas decoration in your GR is a pine tree. I was going to hand some balls on it but since you said I couldn't…"

- "And you won't. Understood?! Now, don't tell anyone about this. I just brought this pine with me because of the smell. The GR was getting stinky and I needed something to freshen it a bit." Replied Vegeta in a very determined way. He knew his brother would understand and that he needed to be alone at that time.

- "All right, brother. My lips are sealed. I'm going back to your house now…" and saying that, the prince's brother disappeared out of Vegeta's sight.

- "Hmph…"

Since that incident, Vegeta was all of his afternoon training in his GR. He only got out for dinner and to go to bed. Little did the people outside know that he wasn't training the whole time. He was actually arranging his small tree in order to look nice and permeate the GR air with pine scent.

When he finally got to bed, Bulma was fast asleep and didn't even feel the prince lay beside her. With a quick good-night kiss, Vegeta turned off his lamp and fell to sleep as well. He already had enough troubles for the day.