By the end of the week Bulla was burnt out from school and Trunks could tell as he drove them to see their grandma and new husband. He noticed something else on her mind that he couldn't quiet figure out.

"What's on your mind Bulla?"

"This just feels weird don't you think Trunks?"

"Yeah, we have a step grandpa." Trunks joked.

"Trunks! Be serious. How do you feel about grandma finding a new husband after grandpa died?"

"Grandpa would want her to be happy Bulla. You know that as well as I do."

"I just, I don't know Trunks. I don't think I could ever like this guy."

"You don't even know him Bulla."

"You don't either."

"Well let's get to know him and then you can think whatever you want."

"I guess this sounds fair." She turned to the backseat to see her sleeping boyfriend. "Poor Uub exams took a toll on him to."

"Yeah, but why did you bring him. He looks so wiped out Bulla."

"He insisted on coming. He wanted to be here to support me. He says that Vegeta say that's what mates do."

"So father is teaching him some things about out heritage."

"Dad figured since he was my mate now that he shouldn't be kept in the dark since he's part of the family now."

"Really? So they are bonding now?"

"I guess you can call it that." She smiled. "Anyway what's going on with you and Goten? When are you two going to mate?"

"First of all nothing is going on between Goten and I so mind your business."

"But you've all ready kissed him twice. Dad told me."

"Bulla!"

"I know it's hard believe me I know, but you have to tell him how you feel."

"I'll lose him if I do that."

"Now we're getting somewhere."

"We're here." Trunks pulled up at the upscale nursing home.

"Damn," said Bulla as she pouted, sitting back. "Things were just getting good."

"Wake up your boyfriend Bulla."

They made their way into the lobby and into the living room where the old ladies turned and swooned at Trunks, making him uneasy as his sister and her boyfriend laughed at the reaction he was getting.

"Looks like the ladies really love Trunks," said Uub.

"Looks like I might kick your ass if you don't shut up," said Trunks.

"He's just playing with you Trunks relax."

"You might want to ask for a cup of coffee Uub," said Trunks.

"Sure that sounds like a good idea." He went up to the front desk.

"Are you ready Bulla?"

"I guess I just thought—

"What?"

"I never thought grandma would remarry."

"Yeah, me neither."

"Trunks! Bulla! Uub! So good to see you," said Mrs. Briefs now Mrs. Dublin as she got up and hugged all of them before sitting back down.

They all looked to her new husband whose hair were pure white, his eyes green, and his smile of white teeth. "It's so nice to meet you three, your grandmother talks about you all the time. Hi I'm Henry Dublin."

Uub was the first to shake Henry's hand. "It's nice to meet you to. I'm Bulla's boyfriend."

"You sure picked a strong guy Bulla. I can tell I've served time in the army."

"My father didn't serve in the army, but he protected my village from people trying to take advantage of our land."

"Well he's still a hero in my book."

"Thanks Henry," said Uub as he sat down.

Bulla shook Henry's hand next with suspicion. "I hope to get to know you better Bulla."

"I—I don't know. I—just—you're not my grandpa."

"And I'm not trying to be. I just want to be your friend."

"Fair enough," said Bulla as she sat down next to her boyfriend.

"You must be the infamous Trunks Briefs," said Henry.

Trunks could sense traces of nervousness coming from him. "I don't do my job for the fame. I love what I do."

"That's very respectable."

"Why weren't we invited to the wedding?" asked Trunks.

"Your grandma thought you might try to stop her."

"If you love each other, I would have stepped aside no matter how much it hurt me to see her marry someone else."

"You surprise me Trunks."

Trunks sat down. "How do you mean Henry?"

"I thought you'd get all defensive and mad at me." Bulla smiled, and Henry saw this. "What's going on?"

"Well—

"Bulla don't," said Trunks.

"Oh my kami is my grandson in love?" asked Mrs. Dublin.

"Wow! That's great news Trunks. So, who is she?" asked Henry.

Trunks got the strangest feeling in the pit of his stomach. The same feeling Goten got when his mother assumed he would settle down with a girl. 'Now I know how he feels. This doesn't feel so good.' He decided to be bold. "Why do you assume it's a girl?"

Bulla and Uub's jaw dropped at his bravery.

The look on Mrs. Dublin and Henry's faces were surprised by his confession. "You—you're in love with a man?" asked Mrs. Dublin.

"Yes." No doubt, uncertainty, and fear on his face.

"That's just disgusting," said Henry.

"Well I didn't ask for your opinion now did I?" Trunks said with coldness in his voice.

"You will not talk to my husband that way Trunks," said his grandma.

"I'll do what I like." He looked to his sister and her boyfriend. "We're leaving now. Lets go."

The car ride home was tense to say the least. Bulla sat in the back with her boyfriend, afraid to talk to him. She didn't want to be yelled at, and she could sense her big brother's outrage at their grandma and Henry's reaction. She felt Uub hold her close, trying to soothe her.

Trunks was gripping the steering wheel so tight his knuckles were white. With his blues eyes intently on the road, he couldn't think of anything else then what Henry said, disgusting. 'There's nothing wrong with a man loving another man. He's just closed-minded. When he thought of Goten, he started to clam down, the anger on his face was gone, and his muscles relaxed. Trunks smiled. 'He's like my own personal stress reliever.'

Bulla noticed his sudden change in behavior. "Ar—are you ok now Trunks?" she asked.

"I'm sorry Bulla I didn't mean to scare you."

"I'd swear it was Vegeta in the car," said Uub as Bulla laughed at his comment.

"No one had outright compared his characteristics to his father's."

"Well you're lucky I'm not my father or else I'd be giving you a death glare all the way home," said Trunks.

"So back to the conversation we were having before we pulled up to the nursing home," said Bulla.

"No."

"Oh come on Trunks you won't lose him even if he rejects you."

"Gee thanks Bulla I feel much better about telling him now."

"You'll still be best friends like you always were."

"I can't just be friends with him anymore Bulla. I'm in f**king heat, and I need him." Her and her boyfriend's eyes widened at how blunt he was, and they blushed.

"Trunks," Bulla's face turned serious, "you would never force yourself on him?"

"No, I would never hurt him like that. You think you'd know that."

"Well I do now but before you ever went into heat, you were sleeping with different girls every night, drinking, and smoking. You turned into a different person because of all those things, a person I didn't know anymore, and it scared me."

Trunks's face dropped. "I know, and I can't take back that time in my life. All I can do now is be the person I am today."

"I think we've had a break through," said Bulla as Trunks smiled. Then they both burst into laughter.

"You two are crazy but I love you guys."

"Gee thanks sweetie," said Bulla as she kissed him briefly on the lips.

"Well hurry up and get home Trunks."

"Ew Bulla I don't want to know that."

"Anyway just think about what I said Trunks. I mean doesn't Goten deserve to know how you feel about him?"

"I promise to think about it like I think about everything complicated in my life."

"Such a drama queen."

"Hey! I'll come back there."

"Ooh I'm so scared Trunks." She smiled.

"I think it's best if we just concentrate on getting home in one piece," said Uub.

"Good idea sweetie." He smiled and kissed her this time.