Disclaimer: Don't own, don't sue. You wouldn't get anything even if you did. *hides my DBZ tapes*
Warnings: implied violence, mentions of hostile actions
quotes -- talking
italics -- thoughts or flashbacks
Previously: The rest of the day goes smoothly for the remaining 6 girls and they get to retire early and sleep through the remainder of the night.
The Trials of Babysitting
The next morning, the 6 remaining girls come back downstairs again. There was a group of mothers standing there with their infant children. The children themselves were anywhere from 3 months to 6 months in age and all of them were very tempermental. It takes a very patient mother to handle a tempermental child. Each mother comes over with their child and passes the child to one of the girls. Each girl would have to prove how they could handle them by taking care of them for 2 whole days with no help from anyone. This might not be the toughest of tests, but it was most deffinately the most stressful of tests. Bulma looks at the little boy child she had been handed and grins. "So cute he is. Hopefully he won't be too much trouble."
The mother laughs hearing that. "Just wait, he's a real handful. He likes to grab and pull hair when getting a bath, is very picky about what he'll eat and if he doesn't like something, he'll throw it in your face. He also has a very sensitive stomach, so anything harsher than what he can handle, and you'll know it. The smell alone with alert you to a problem." The mother hands Bulma the diaper bag, cleaning clothes, powder, shampoo, soap, and other items the baby would need. "Have fun."
Bulma listens carefully to all this then looks at the boy a moment. She sniffs the air a moment then cringes since she noticed something rather rank. "You would..." She heads into the bathroom nearby and starts getting him changed, cleaned up, new diaper with powder, and his little pants back on. "There...all better. For now anyways." The girls with the other kids were having similar situations occur and 3 of the girls didn't know the first thing about changing a diaper or cleaning up this kind of mess. They looked at the diaper then at the kid and finally figured it out. It took a while for them to do so though. The mothers of the children were laughing about the situation the girls were going through and head out of the room since they now had two days to enjoy themselves without the screaming kids.
Vegeta happened to be watching the girls and noticed the mess involved with kids. He starts wondering how anyone could do that, then realizes he himself would have to do that if he ever had kids as well. Cringing at that thought, he turns away and goes to amuse himself with beating on the soldiers in the training barracks. The soldiers down there were in their usual sparring sessions but they all immediately tensed when they saw the Prince. They bow politely then let out squeaks of surprise when Vegeta attacks them and kicks them around a while.
The girls decide now was as good a time as any to feed the kids, so they get the formula set up for the babies and sit down. Two of the girls put a towel across the lap and wind up with milk running down the front of their shirts. Two others put the towel across their chests and go to burp the kids and wind up with milk and something else running down their backs. Bulma and the last girl drape the towels over the shoulder and partway down the back when burping the kids and only get milk on the towels. The other four look at Bulma and the one girl with envious looks since they now had to go change their clothes to avoid stinking. After the four change, they take all the kids out into the garden to look at the flowers that had been imported from offplanet. The kids look around a bit confused then squeal when they see the pretty flowers. The boy reaches over and touches one and grins at how soft it was. The girls had a good time doing that until almost lunch time. They head inside and get the bottles ready for the kids again and this time, all 6 of them get the towel part correct.
Two rooms over, some yelling could be heard again between the King and Queen. The Queen was verbally bashing her mate and saying how immature, irresponsible, arrogant, and self absorbed he was and how he needed to grow up and be a man instead of a sulking child that wasn't getting their way. The guards in the hallway who could hear that pale a bit then start laughing quietly at the situation. The Queen follows it up with slamming her mate through a wall and into the room on the other side of that wall. She stalks out and heads to the dining area. Some of the people there had heard the argument and start applauding her. The girls and Bulma applaud as well then go back to tending to the kids. The remainder of that day, and the following day was pretty much the same. After those two days of torture, the girls were happy for a reprieve from testing. They were allowed 3 days to relax while the people and the Prince talked things over. The next 2 days would be primarily for judging the girls on their performance and ability to handle stressful situations. In 2 days, the Prince would finally make his choice.
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Whewww....next chapter done. Happy reading.