Chapter Four:
It had been three weeks after Bethany's little accident. Since then a lot has changed. For one, Bethany's no longer head-cheerleader. I have filled her spot with a little encouragement from a certain someone, namely Vegeta. My social standing has done a complete one-eighty. I was the most popular girl in school. And everything seemed to look up. However life is unpredictable, always keeping you on your toes, for the better or for the worse….
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The cafeteria. One of the most divided places, you can find. Where you sit partially defines who you are in the high school kingdom. It is not a place of nourishment. Because nothing that comes out of that rat infested kitchen is remotely good for you, in anyway shape or form. Rather, the cafeteria is a place of social standing; a place of dread for some …and for others, their time to shine .For most of my high school years, it was the place where, I wouldn't be caught dead in alone.
"Bulma…what the hell are you eating?" Chichi said, pointing at my plate. It was piled high with todays special; meaning that all of the leftovers from the day before had been combined to create something quite special.
"I don't really know for sure…." I said, poking at it with my fork. It started to bubble and gurgle, a little.
"Is it alive…?" Launched asked, with a disgusted look on her face.
"I couldn't tell you…" I said unsure.
"Why did you even get this?" Eighteen said, picking up my tray and throwing the contents into the trash.
"Hey….I was going to eat that." I said.
"Like hell you were."
Eighteen was right. I wasn't going to eat it, but I did pay $ 4.95 for that shit. Why? I don't know. May be it's because I have a problem with impulse buying or I'm afraid of the lunch lady. It could be either one.
"Soo….I have some news for you guys" Launched announced.
"Spill…" Chichi said, sounding excited.
"Well, supposedly Bethany and Vegeta are….."
"What?" I said.
"Broken-up"
"What?!?" all three of us said in union.
"Yeah…it happened last weekend evidently at Vegeta's lake house in the Hills."
"Where did you hear this?" Eighteen asked suspiciously.
"Hey, I have my sources and there never wrong." Launched said, defensively.
"Yeah, right…" Eighteen said.
"Well, you know what this means…Bulma" Chichi said looking over at me.
"What?" I said, slightly flushed.
"Don't play dumb?" Chichi said with a smirk. "I can see you blushing."
"I don't know what you're talking about?" I said, playing innocent. But I did know. My opportunity had finally come. With Bethany out of the picture, Vegeta was mine for sure. Nothing could stop me now.
"Whatever…" Chichi said, rolling her eyes at me.
When Tien came walking passed our table, "Hey, Launch…"
"Hey…Tien" Launch said, biting her lower lip.
Tien look around toward Eighteen, Chichi and I. I could tell he was feeling somewhat awkward by the way he darted his eyes from ours. "I guess…I'll see you around…." He said
"Yeah…"Launch said and like that he was gone.
"Okay, what the hell just happened….Did I just like miss something, here? Or did you two just like have a moment?" Chichi blurted out.
"What are you talking about?" Launch said, as she began fidgeting with her napkin on the table.
"That moment that just happened like a second ago." Eighteen said.
"It wasn't a moment…" Launch said looking down shyly.
"Ahh…Yeah, it was" Chichi, Eighteen, and I said in union.
"So, when did this happen, exactly?" Chichi asked.
"When did what happen?" Launch said.
"Don't play dumb like Bulma does….I mean this, when did you guys start having moments?"
"Moments?" She said, slightly confused.
"Yeah!"
"I don't know… it just happened…I guess." She said, turning redder and redder by the second.
"Nobody knows anything these days…." Chichi said in defeat, when I saw Bethany walk into the caf.
"Look, who just walked in…" Eighteen said, nudging Launch.
" Ah…Shit!" Launch said.
Bethany was talking to Lizzy Mikes, who happened to be the school's biggest gossiper. If wanted a rumor spread in like spilt second, she could do it. She could ruin a person's rep and life. That's why most people knew, to watch what they say around her or have learned not to say anything at all to her.
"Bethany is up to something. I can just feel it." I said, she was pulling something out of her bags of tricks, but I didn't know what.
"Yeah….well, she always up to some kind of no good" Eighteen said, when the bell rung.
We all parted ways for our next classes, impatiently waiting for the day to end. To be let out of this prison that was masquerading around as our school. By sixth hour, I was especially ready to go. I had an icky feeling as though something bad was going to happen.
As I walked down the halls to my last class, I noticed that I was getting a lot of unwelcoming stares from people. I got the strange feeling that everyone was talking about me. The feeling worsen as walked farther down the hall. Something was up and I was out of the loop.
"Bulma…!!!" Chichi said, running up towards me.
"What's going on?" I said. The look in her eyes, said something was wrong.
"Look, may be we should talk about this in private…" She said, in a low voice, which made me even more nervous.
"No…tell me. What is it?" My eyes darted for more answers from hers. She knew something and I didn't want to wait to hear it.
"You know Yamcha, right?" She said.
I nodded. He was second-string quarterback of our football team and shared a few classes with me. He was also the well-known man-whore of our school, as well.
"Well, people are saying that you hooked-up with him in order to become head-cheerleader, among a few other things…" Chichi said in such a low voice, I almost tcouldn't hear what she was saying.
"What ?!?!" I yelled.
"Yeah…I know. It's ridiculously. I don't who would spread something like this?" She said, shaking her head.
I did, though. I knew exactly who would do something like this. And I should have known that something like this was coming. I took her spot and I was about to take her man. Bethany was playing hardball. She wanted it, all back. But I wasn't just ready to give back, yet.
"Bethany…" I said, and just like that she came into sight with a menacing smirk on face.
"Bethany?" Chichi said giving me a confused looked.
"Hello…Bulma." Bethany said, my name running off her tongue like vile.
"Bethany..."I said, my blood boiling under my skin. I was pissed and she could tell.
"Well, Bulma you look like you just walked off the set of the exorcist. Having a bad day or something?" She said, in mocking tone of voice.
"You could say something like that…" I wasn't going to crack. I wouldn't give her that satisfaction.
"Well…whatever the problem…I bet, Yamcha can fix it for you." She sneered.
"Fuck you.."
"Look. Bitch, if you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen." She said, before walking away from me.
I couldn't tell you why I did what I did next. I know I said I wouldn't crack, but it was like my body was calling all the shots not my mind, and as you that can't be good. So then, I lunged at Bethany.
I could hear Chichi yelling out my name and trying to pull me back. I could hear someone yell, "GIRL FIGHT." But was I thinking? No. Did I care? No. Would I have done it again, if I had the chance? Hell Yeah!
Sorry, Sorry, Sorry I did not update faster this time. I was having some technical difficulties, but everything now. I will be updating much sooner, now. And DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW EVERYONE. I LUV HEARING FROM YA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!