Connie walked up to the door of Steven's house. It had only been a few weeks since she first met the boy. He was definitely a strange kid, but his guardians were much stranger. Two of them were somewhat normal, but had tails like monkeys. The other was a tall, green man with antenna. She hadn't seen anyone like them before!

Still, they only made this boy all the more interesting. He was like a kid from a fantasy story! Everytime she had met with him, something new and strange...and even life threatening occurred. Despite the danger, she still enjoyed it. It was like an adventure! And she couldn't wait for the next one.

She knocked on the door and Goku answered. "Hey Connie!" he answered.

"Hi, Mr. Goku," she greeted, "Steven invited me over. Is he home?"

Goku held the door open for her. "Yeah he's here. He's taking a nap though," Goku explained, "Vegeta had him on a really early training session this morning. Give him about fifteen more minutes, alright?"

"Ok, Sure!" she said walking in. She saw a lump wrapped in a blanket on the couch. It slowly rose and fell. Connie gave him a pitying look. he must have been so tired that he just fell asleep on the couch!

"You kids have fun," Goku said as he grabbed a wallet from the kitchen counter, "I have to quick grab something for lunch. I'll be back in a little bit!" With that he stepped out the door.

Connie nodded and sat down in the arm chair the couch. Looking at him, she was surprised how little space Steven took up. She swore he would at least take up half the couch, but he only took up a little over a third. Next to the couch she saw a red hat on the ground. She picked it up and examined it. It had some sort of orange jewel on top: a sphere with four red stars inside. It seemed a bit small for steven but not too small. He must have had it for a while, as the red velvet was a little frayed at the ends. Part of it even looked slightly singed! How did that happen? She pondered this for a second before shrugging and setting the hat down. Then she pulled out her favorite book "Unfamiliar Familiar" and began reading. A few minutes later, the form on the couch began to stir. Connie glanced up from her book and smiled.

"Hey Steven!" she greeted, "Glad to see you're up!"

"Huh?" a high pitched voice came from the blanket. Connie raised an eyebrow in confusion. That was most definitely not Steven's voice. The blanket fell as the figure rose from its slumber. Connie's eyes widened as she saw a pale little boy with spiky black hair appear from under the sheet. He rubbed his onyx eyes sleepily and yawned. He blinked at her a few times before a look of equal surprise came to his face.

"You're not…" she started, standing up and backing away.

"Wh-what?" the little boy said in confusion.

"But if you're not Steven then where…?" she said trying to understand.

"Wh-who are you? What are you doing here?" he questioned.

"I could ask you the same thing," Connie said.

"Where's my daddy?" the child asked, starting to become upset.

"Huh?" Connie uttered with a raised eyebrow.

The boy jumped down from the couch and tried to look intimidating. "Where is he? What did you do with him?" he demanded.

"I didn't do anything!" Connie said holding her hands up defensively, "I'm just here to see-"

A loud yawn came from upstairs and both turned to see Steven walking down from the loft. "Hey is something wrong?" he said sleepily, "I heard shouting."

"Steven, thank goodness!" Connie greeted as she ran over to him, "I was worried for a bit you weren't here at all."

He blinked as he looked up at them. "Oh hey Connie! When did you get here?" he asked.

"Just a few minutes ago," she explained, "But I found this strange kid sleeping in your house! I think he snuck in somehow. The kid's crazy, he thinks I did something to his dad."

Steven raised an eyebrow and looked over to said child, who was looking at Connie nervously. "Oh that's just Gohan. Don't worry, he's supposed to be here," Steven explained.

"Really?" she said, "Then why haven't I seen him around before? Who is he?" She knew it was impossible for steven to have biological siblings. Was he adopted? A step sibling? He looked a little young to just be a close friend. Then again, Steven was friends with kids much younger than him.

"He's my cousin...well sort of. We're not related, but we're family," Steven explained, "He doesn't live here all the time, but his dad brings him over a lot to look after him while he looks after me. He's Goku's son."

"What?!" she exclaimed, "How?! I thought you said there weren't any female Saiyans."

"There aren't," Steven stated like it was obvious.

"Then how does he exist?" Connie asked, a little quieter as to be polite.

"Well he's half human like me," Steven explained, "Goku married a human woman named Chichi when I was young and they had him."

"Wait, Goku's married?!" Connie exclaimed. While that may have seemed obvious in hindsight, it somehow surprised her more than him having a son.

"Yeah," Steven said. He then turned to the half-Saiyan. Said child was still looking at Connie suspiciously. "Hey Gohan. It's ok. Connie's really nice," he said.

The little boy cautiously walked over to them, examining Connie as he did so. Once he finally made it over to the pair, Connie stuck out her hand. "Sorry about earlier," she said, "I didn't mean to startle you and get off onto the wrong foot like that. Let's start over: I'm Connie. It's nice to meet you."

Gohan looked at the hand for a second before smiling and taking it. "It's nice to meet you too," he replied.

Not the best chapter out of the bunch, but I'm still figuring out what to do for the next few stories I have planned. It might be a little bit before I post them. Still, i hope you enjoyed this!