Ease My Pain

Chapter One.



Bulma slammed her hand down on the snooze button on the alarm clock. She was not looking forward to the day. She looked beside her. Empty. She wasn't surprised. Vegeta never slept long enough for Bulma to see him. She never even saw him at night; she was lucky if she could catch him during the day. Bulma threw the blankets on the floor and got up to take a shower. Somehow she could already tell it was going to be a bad day.



As she walked down the stairs, she could hear her mother humming an unknown tune while she was cooking and little Trunks banging on the table. {AN: Trunks is about 2 ½} She walked in and kissed her mother and Trunks both on the cheek. She didn't even want to bother with Vegeta.

"Good morning dear, did you sleep well?"

"Not really Mother. I couldn't stop thinking about the big meeting we're going to have today. I'm feeling really anxious. I really want to get Capsule Corp. back on its feet."

"I know Dear, but try not to get so stressed about it."

Bulma just sighed. She looked up at Vegeta who had an irritated look on his face.

"What's wrong Vegeta?"

"Tell that little Brat to shut-up."

"Vegeta, shame on you. He's just a precious little boy."

Vegeta just grunted something under his breath about weak little half- humans. Bulma rolled her eyes. He would never change. But that was the least of her worries. She was so nervous about the meeting. It was going to be a great leap for C.C. or a staggering fall.



Bulma was in her office preparing her files for the big meeting. She was going to be prepared for this one. Trunks' noises and baby talk that was coming from the room across from her office somehow helped ease her tension. Suddenly a sweaty Vegeta walked in the room with half of his clothes ripped up and scowl on his face.

"The gravity machine is broken. Fix it."

Bulma rolled her eyes.

"Not now Vegeta I'm busy and I have more important things to do."

"Woman, this is important than a bunch of measly papers."

Bulma slammed her hands down on her desk.

"Vegeta I'm sure you can put your ridiculous training to the side for one day. Maybe you could try to get a life instead of putting everyone through misery. You've got to learn that we are not your servants, SO DO ME A FAVOR AND GO AWAY!!!!"

She saw a dangerous flash in his eyes and she resisted the temptation to run away. Before she could blink again everything on her desk was scattered on the floor. Vegeta pulled her to him until their faces were only inches apart. He spoke through gritted teeth.

"I demanded something. So be a good little wench and do it."

He let go of Bulma who was trying to hold back tears. He was so heartless. She didn't understand how she had fallen in love with him. She threw down her glasses and grabbed a toolbox from the corner of the room and headed towards the gravity room.



The whole time she worked on the gravity machine she held back her sobs. Vegeta was watching from the door way and she wouldn't let him see her even though she knew he had a soft spot on he hated to see her cry. But she wanted no sympathy from the man/saiyjin who treated her like a dog. When she was down she slammed the tools down and walked towards the door. She knew the tears were about to come. She squeezed passed Vegeta and headed towards her room. She stopped abruptly when she realized that the sun had almost gone down. Her meeting! She had forgotten all about it. She ran inside and looked at the clock. She was already 15 minutes late. She ran upstairs to get ready. She was a mess and her papers were all over the floor. She wanted to cry again but she didn't have time. She quickly got dressed and threw on some sophisticated clothes (that happened to be wrinkled) and put her hair up in a messy bun. She grabbed her purse and the papers off the floor (unaware of the ones that had managed to hide themselves under her desk) and headed out the door.



She walked into the occupied room and took her seat. She looked all around at the curious and impatient faces.

"Well I'm glad you've decided to join us Bulma." Bulma nodded curtly.

"We were just discussing the profit of Capsule Corporation and how could possible improve it."

He carried on and his attention left Bulma. She glanced at her father who had a look of disappointment. Bulma looked at the floor shamefully. She was already a grown woman, yet she acted like some careless teenager. It was all Vegeta's fault. He shouldn't have done that to her. He knew she had an important meeting. She told him several times. But Vegeta never really listened to her. It was like he didn't care for her. He disrespected her so much and the only thing that kept Bulma from hating him was the memories of decent things he had done before. At times when she wasn't feeling good he'd hold her in his arms and he was so gentle with her when they made sweet love. And she could tell, even though he never admitted it, that he cared for her. Bulma's thoughts were interrupted when she realized that all eyes were on her.

"Ms. Briefs for the final time, do you have the papers."

"Huh? Oh yes, of course, excuse me."

Bulma shuffled through her briefcase frantically searching for the papers.

"I-I'm sure I had them. I must have misplaced them somewhere. I'm sorry."

The man stared at her for a moment then cleared his throat.

"Perhaps Capsule Corporation wasn't ready for this. Maybe we could try this some other time. Meeting adjourned."

Bulma watched the other men leave the room. Her father looked at her for a few moments then left the room. That was it. The whole meeting went terrible all because of her. How was Capsule Corp. supposed to succeed in recovering if Bulma couldn't get her life together? She covered her face in her hands and burst into tears.

**So how was it? Was it a waste of time? All reviews are welcome {especially the good, long ones} Later. **