A Rough Journey, Chapter 2

Bulma slowly raised her eyes to the looming towers ahead of her. A quick check of the crumpled piece of paper in her hand confirmed that this was the place.
Leave it to Karea to find the tallest and most intimidating apartment in town, to make her home in. Why can't she live in a nice pink two story house, Kame knows she could probably afford an entire city of them!
She smiled at the thought of her friend actually living in a normal place, or as Karea would say, "Hell on earth!". Karea always had a way of making you feel like your life was weird or different, and her way was right.
Just like Vegeta...
Bulma stopped dead in her tracks, why was she thinking of that obnoxious Sayin? He was part of the reason she had left. She just couldn't face him, not after what happened that night.....Bulma's thought continued to dwell on this problem for quite some time. Until suddenly she felt some one staring at her from an unlit corner not far from where she had stopped....

Back at Capsule Corp.

"C'mon Vegeta we're gonna be late!"
"I don't see why I have to come with you Kakarot, and more importantly why I have to wear a tux!"
"C'mon Vegeta, you gotta get outa this place! All you do is train and mope around all day, now that Bulma's gone. And it'd be good for you to go on a date for once. Who knows? Maybe you'll actually end up having a good time for once" this said, Goku as he continued to pull the reluctant Sayin prince out the door.
"Get your fucking hands off me Kakarott!"
"Geeze, some one's grumpy now that Bulma's gone..."
Vegeta considered that for a moment.
Heh that's it! All I need to do to get the Baka woman off my mind is to find some stupid slut to spend the night with. By morning I'll have completely forgotten her.
Vegeta didn't even give a single thought to how the "stupid slut" would feel about this, instead he simply scowled and followed Goku to the car.

At the restaurant:

Vegeta had managed to restrain from making any unnecessary insults about his date's clothing, behavior, or manners, however, that made for a very quiet evening. At least on his side it was quiet. Opposite him sat Goku and ChiChi, both chattering away with the baka human beside him.
What was her name again? Nara? O well, it was something like that. I can't believe I have to sit here and listen to this mindless babble.
Vegeta shifted his uncaring glance towards the window beside him. It was raining, Vegeta loved the rain. It seemed to put every one around him in a gloomy, and untalkitive mood. The latter effect being his favorite. Those who sat around him didn't seem to notice that it was raining, and likewise he didn't notice their stare, either that or he really didn't care.
She's the only other one who liked the rain. She'd dash outside and run around for a few minutes, as if she were still a child. Then, she'd come in cold and soaking wet, but with a smile that could warm any heart, except his own that is....
Again the lonely Sayin found himself thinking of Her. Why couldn't he get that damn woman out of his head? She cared nothing for him, and never would Vegeta tried to convince himself. However, a small part of him still clung desperately to the small glimmer of hope that one day she might.
Angrily banishing those thoughts from his head Vegeta sighed and looked over at 3 pairs of eyes all staring out the window in an attempt to figure out what had caught their companion's attention.
Vegeta simply settled back into his chair, half heartedly waiting for the conversation to start up again.

Back at Capsule Corp.

Vegeta slowly walked up the stairs to his room. He had decided against going through with his original plan, feeling entirely too depressed to deal with that waling pile of gossip. He half expected to hear the sounds of Bulma arguing with Yamcha, as he passed the door to her room. Instead, his broken heart had to remind him that she was gone, he had pushed her away. The one woman he had ever cared for, hated him. It was this very though that continued to torment him all night long, as it had every night that his beloved had been gone.....


Authors note: Thank you for all the wonderful reviews, I know this chapter is short, a lil bit cliff hangerish at the beginning, and not as good as the first one but o well ^-^. And yes I do realize that Vegeta is a bit out of character, but let's face it, almost all B/V fics have Vegeta out of character. ^_^ please read and review!