Birthday

Jima woke up to the sound of hurrying footsteps on the stairs. "Hurry hurry!" she hear her eldest son, Kaell hiss to his younger siblings "Stupid Kaell, we can't hurry, cause you're blocking the stairs" Reva yelled at him. There was some shuffling and then more foots on the stairs. Jima sighed and rolled over, but found that the other side of the bed was empty. She blinked and sat up. It hardly never happened that Vegeta was up before she was. And why were all her children up as well? And so early? She looked at the alarm clock next to the bed, which told her that it was a few minutes past 8 am. And then she remembered…

"Happy birthday mom!" her children shouted in unison as they swung the door open. Reva, being the smallest, ducked and ran past her siblings, jumping on the bed. She gave her mother a big hug. Jima grinned sheepishly and patted her daughter on her back. "Thank you". "We were all up early…" Kaell said. "Yeah.. and waiting until we could wake you up!" Korban added. "But daddy wouldn't let us wake you up too early" Sako said. "Oh really?" Jima said and smiled as her other children also got on the bed. "Where is your dad anyway?" "He said he didn't want part of that stupid human tradition called birthday." Reva said "Oh did he? Well I didn't hear him complain on his birthday" Jima muttered "Ah, never mind him" Sako said. "We got lotsa gifts for you!". And on cue, all her children held a package up in front of her. Jima laughed as all four of them dropped in her lap. "Thank you" she said and started opening them.

From Kaell she got a sweater which said LOVE on the front and MOM on the back. She promised to wear it as much as possible

From Korban she got a pair of sunglasses even though it was in the middle of the winter. She laughed as he explained that he wanted to buy her a vacation to something sunny and tropical but that he didn't have enough money. She hugged him and promised to wear them whenever she could.

From Sako she got a beautiful necklace, which said JIMA. Blushing, Sako explained that she had bought it together with her uncle Goku. Jima immediately put it around her neck.

From Reva she got a small dragon statue, which she made herself. Jima put it on the nightstand next to her bed and promised that it would be the last thing she would look at before she went to sleep

"Thank you" Jima said. "I love all my gifts". "Hurry up mom, we have breakfast for you downstairs" Kaell said and drove him siblings out the door. Jima smiled and got up, picking up all the wrappers and dumping them in the trash. She put on her robe and was just about to go downstairs when the bedroom window opened and Vegeta flew in. Jima put her hands on her hips and frowned. "I thought you wanted no part of that stupid human tradition called birthday." she said. "I lied" he grumbled. And he held out a single white rose. "I know it isn't much. I've been working on it with that Namek friend of yours. Assuming she did everything correctly, this rose will never wilt. And it does I'll go kick her butt".

Jima took the rose out of his hand, and immediately feel the magic that flowed through it. Tears sprang in her eyes. "Thank you Vegeta" she said. "You're welcome Jima" he said, his expression softening somewhat as he gave her a soft kiss. "Consider this a present for you're next birthday as well. It will take me a long time before I come up with something else"

The End