Versus 3: Eclipse
--All That You Touch--
Bra looked around her bedroom and sighed. She'd just been sent here by her mother. She'd been reprimanded by a person she never thought could even get mad at her. Now look what had happened. She'd been given her sentence--no dates, no visitation and no telephone. All because of an 'F' on ONE test. The phone thing wasn't a big loss. She never really used it anyway. And if she did want to use it, she had her own private line. Her mother would never know if she used it or not. But spending a whole weekend at home was something altogether different. She didn't want to stick around with her parents' constant bickering. She had better things to do with her time.
And what of this new tutor she would be forced to deal with? She didn't even want to listen to the hot tutor she had. Heaven forbid her new tutor be a dead-headed old geezer. SHE'D start sleeping in tutoring then.
And the worst sentence of all was not being able to see Goten. Sure, she'd see him in class, but that wasn't enough. She wanted to see him during every free minute of her day. Their date would obviously have to be postponed. Unless....
Bra looked out of her window. This was gonna be easy. All she had to do was sneak out. It's not like her mother or father ever paid much attention to her anyway. Especially when she locked herself in her room. Ha, ha, haaaaa! Her mother hadn't thought about that, surely. The woman probably didn't even think Bra would disobey direct orders. She obviously didn't know her daughter very well. All she had to do was wait for the opportune moment, and she could just leave whenever she pleased. It was all so perfect.
--later--
There was a knock on her bedroom door. "Honey, we need to talk." It was her mother.
Bra went over and opened the door. She folded her arms across her chest and gave her mother a tired look.
Bulma was holding that horrid test in her hand. "I've done a lot of research and I've found a new tutor for you. Now, he might not be one of your best friends, but according to his references, he's a very good candidate. He's actually a geologist, but history is definitely a love of his. So just because he has a good career doesn't make him boring."
Bra frowned. Great. Not only was this guy gonna try to teach her about a subject that she hated, he was going to bore her to death with talks of his profession too. And those old fuddy-duddies sure did like to chat. She remembered talking to the old turtle hermit who trained Goku and he NEVER used to shut up.
"You don't believe me. Well, you'll see tomorrow. If the interview goes well, he's moving in with us so that you can get the best education possible. You'll have a live-in tutor," Bulma said with a smile. "That way he'll be able to teach you things while you're not even thinking about it. It's like...reverse psychology for your brain." She sounded really excited about it.
Well, Bra wasn't. This was going to be the worst year of her entire high school career. Now how was she supposed to sneak out and see Goten without that old crank getting in her way? He'd probably bug her constantly. Bra rolled her eyes. "Couldn't you just move Goten in instead?"
Bulma laughed. "No way, dear. Goten's too much of a distraction. Goten's a really sweet guy, but he's also your friend. I'm afraid he may be too lenient when it comes to your studies."
Bra sighed. "Do you really think this live-in tutor thing is such a good idea?"
"Yes. I've got it all mapped out. While you're in school, he'll go to his day job. Then by the time you get out of school, he'll be finished at his job and he can come here and tutor you for the rest of the day," Bulma clucked on.
Yep, she was definitely excited. Bra sighed again. Her mother's heart seemed set on this new tutor. Oh, well. Bra would just have to make up for her entire weekend all in one day.
--End All That You Touch--
--Hello again. Welcome back to Versus. Sorry about the long wait. I had to get some stuff off my chest and out of my brain before I could go on with this. As you can tell, this is the third part in the Versus series. I know this chapter was EXTREMELY short, but all I really wanted to do was establish some things.
--Hey, thanks for reading the first chapter of Versus 3: Eclipse. Please review.
--I'm gonna tell you now. The name of this part and the chapters are probably not gonna make a whole lot of sense. But it's not my fault. Once I listen to something, it sometimes has a huge impact on my writing.