A/N: So, this is our second story, "Runway love" . We opened a poll on Sunday, asking you to vote your favorite title, and a few readers did, so this one is the winner. Enjoy!
Love, KaliforniaKoastal & SaiyanPrincessBB
Summary: Bulma Briefs is the genius heiress of Capsule Corp. and an aspiring model, but one night, she meets a man that is going to change her life… and she is going to change his.
Note: Everyone in this story is human. There are no saiyans, no time travels, no dragon balls, nothing.
Chapter 1: That night…
The sleek black Maserati Quattroporte was driving at high- some would consider it crazy- speed down the Colorado boulevard. The driver was a young woman, possibly in her early twenties; she had been nicknamed deadly beauty since her teens because of her exotic looks, fierce personality and genius level intelligence. Yes, being a woman, beautiful and intelligent was a dangerous equation, and Bulma Briefs was the living proof of it.
But one thing Bulma Briefs hated was being stopped by the cops. And that's exactly what was happening right now. Deciding to ignore them, she continued driving at her insane speed, while noticing the cops realized who she was and immediately stopped following her. She smirked.
"A sexy woman driving a sexy car!" she said out loud, even though she was all alone, and thought of her destination. It was 3 am, her childhood friend had just given birth to a baby boy in Pasadena just an hour ago and she wouldn't miss the his first moments and her friend's happiest ones for the world. Her cheerful and happy mood though was instantly ruined from her iPhone, at which she glared hatefully. How dare he call her?! She had already ignored 8 phone calls from that jerk but keeping up with that attitude would mean he would call while at the hospital, and time with her newborn godson was extra quality time.
"What do you want?!" she barked at the person on the other side of the phone call.
"Bulma babe I can explain… that's not what it looked like."
"I know what I saw Yamcha. Don't you ever call me again or I will personally castrate you." she replied and with that, she hung up, throwing her phone to the passenger's seat.
"Who does he think he is?! First, he cheats me with that idiotic bitch and then he has the nerve to call me?! 'That's not what it looked like.' HA! As if I'm blind!" she angrily said but had an abrupt stop at something that caught her eye. "Oh my God!" she gasped and immediately stopped her car, climbing out of the driver's seat and running at the person standing on Colorado bridge's edge.
"What are you doing?!" she said grabbing his arm and pulling him towards her and away from the edge.
The man raised his eyes and locked them with hers. "What does it look like?!" he snapped. "There's just one thing people do at the Colorado bridge!"
"That was a rhetorical question, are you out of your fucking mind?! Come on, let's get away from here." she said and noticed her car was the only one around. "Did you… did you actually walk all the way here?!"
The man didn't reply and she took this as a yes.
"Gosh, this is worse than I thought. Come on, we'll go grab something, 'kay?".
"Let go, what do you think you're doing?!" he snapped at her while the girl raised her eyebrows.
"Um, saving your life you ass! What the hell is your problem?!"
"My problem is that it's my life and I can do as I please with it!"
"Well I'm sorry your Majesty but whatever problems you're having, you can't throw your life away."
"Just shut up, your voice is seriously damaging my hearing!"
"Look at my face." She said pointing at her face. "Now tell me, do I look like I give a fuck?!"
"Do I look like I care about your opinion?! You invited yourself over here, I didn't beg you to come save me."
The girl started laughing and then stopped and just smirked.
"What?" the man asked, clearly confused.
"If what you say is true, then tell me, why did you step away from the edge?"
Just then, he noticed he had walked away from where he once stood. He tried to say something but no words could come out of his mouth. He decided not to say anything, deeply embarrassed.
"Look, I think we started on the wrong foot. How about we stick to my original plan and go grab something to eat? I was actually going to Pasadena, my best friend gave birth to her baby tonight and she already asked me to be his godmother, but it's not like the little one would notice my absence, and I'm pretty sure his mom is extremely tired from all the birthing process. Come on." She said, making a move to grab his hand. He crossed his arms and scowled.
"I don't need you babying me."
"Whatever, you think you could be nice for a change?" she replied rolling her eyes.
"I don't think that's part of my agenda." was the stranger's comeback. As soon as they got in, she started her car and were on their way.
"How does Cheesecake Factory sound?" Bulma asked breaking the silence, while the passenger grunted. She took that as a yes and parked in front of the place.
"Hi nice to see you my name is Penny, would you like to start off with a beverage from our bar`", the blonde waitress asked with a smile as she handed them the menus.
"Thanks we are good for now and have to drive, but some water would be nice", Bulma answered studying the menu.
And with another smile the waitress left to get their drinks, leaving them make their choice.
"So you wanna talk about it now?", Bulma asked looking over the menu.
The mysterious man just sat there pretending busy to be reading.
"Come on dude, this is serious are you gonna talk to me at all?", she broached the subject again.
The man finally looked at her and just as he was about to open his mouth the waitress returned with their drinks.
"Anything to eat for you guys?"
"I will have the burrito grande", the man said using this as an opportunity to something else instead of telling Bulma his problems.
"Just a salad", she added her order.
"Salad huh", the man snorted.
"Yes I live healthy, my body is a temple, I make money of it", she rejoined making him look at her like she had grown a second head. "I'm a model you fool", she added rolling her eyes.
"What do you do for a living?"
"I kinda was in the same industry but that's none of your business", he grunted.
"Well you're kinda short"
"That's why I said 'kinda' you foolish woman!", he barked making the other people at the restaurant stare at them.
"Ok, ok can you pipe down please I was just saying".
During the whole dinner they didn't exchange any further words, but when they got into the car, Bulma finally broke the silence again.
"So.. like where do you live? I can't just drive around randomly hoping you'll make a noise when we pass your house."
"Tarzana.", he grunted.
"The valley huh? That's on my way I was gonna sleep at my parents' anyways so lets go.", she said starting the engine. The Maserati roared as she stepped on the pedal and headed west. The whole drive was kind of awkward, Bulma wanted to say something but she didn't know what, and the man didn't seem like the most communicating person anyway. She tried to come up with a plan in her mind. Could she just drive him home and leave? Who said he wasn't going to kill himself the minute she left? But then again she was actually just a stranger and how pushy could she be?
'Crap.', she thought to herself as he told her to stop in front of his mansion. They were there, he already opened the door and got out of the car, she still didn't have a plan. 'Whatever let's just say something.', she thought to herself and grabbed his wrist.
"Don't.. do anything.. please", she stammered looking at him with bright blue eyes. The man smirked grabbed her wrist as well and pulled her closer.
"Don't worry my life just got interesting", he said and pressed his lips against hers. Bulma was speechless as he let go of her. He just smirked
"Well then bye", she uttered and closed the car's door.
The man stood there with his hands in the back of his neck watching the Maserati disappear in the night, still that smirk on his face...
A/N: So, we know it was short, but since it's the first chapter we wanted to introduce you to the story a little bit. Tell us what you think about it because it's completely different from "Empire of the son" . Thanks for reading :)