Ok, here goes, the next chappie of The Vow...I NEVER thought I'd get soooo many reviews, this is absolutely awesome! Ok, since you guys have been reading and reviewing like good boys and girls, I've got a suprise coming up for you, it's not in this chapter, and it's gonna take me a few days to get it up, but you're gonna like it! *gulp* I hope...If anyone wants me to put you on my list of people to notify when I update, either put it in your revieew, or email me at shorty16_69@hotmail.com and I will...If you're a GW fan, go read Crystalline Maxwell's fic "The Darkness in Love with the Light" It's a great story, by a great person! And if you like Goku/Bulma fics, go read "Heroes" by me! Ok ok, I know selfless promotion on my part, but hey, gotta advertise somewhere, right ;) This chap isn't really a songfic, but there is a song in it, well part of one, have I confused you yet? Good! hehehe....Ok, I won't make you wait any longer, On with the fic!!!
Disclaimer: Blah! And the song "Blue eyes blue" isn't mine either!
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Last time, on The Vow:
When she had finished showering, she half walked, half hobbled down the stairs to the kitchen, to see her mother preparing pancakes. "Morning mom." She greeted, rather cheerfully.
"Morning sweetheart! How was your night?" She asked with a slight smile.
"Um..it was fine mom, really, um, fine" She stuttered, before looking through the kitchen window to find the gravity room gone. "MOM! Wh..where's Vegeta?" She asked slowly, afraid of the answer.....
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"Oh, you mean he didn't tell you? I was kind of hoping you knew.. He came down this morning and said something about outer space to your father, and about, oh say, and hour ago, He took off. He didn't say if he was coming back, but I do hope he does, he's such a nice young man, don't you think?" Bulma's mother said happily.
"Yeah mom, he's a real gem alright." She answered, a look of shock on her face. *VEGETA! You just wait till I get my hands on you!* She thought to herself, the shock turning to pure, bitter rage.
"Why don't you go ask your father where he went? Maybe he knows." Bulma's mother babbled on, and for the first time in her life, Bulma felt the strange urge to strangle the blond woman where she stood.
"Yeah, I think I'll do that." Bulma muttered before stomping out of the kitchen to her father's lab. She stalked across her large backyard, forcing herself to look away when she saw the distinct ring of dead grass where the gravity room had once stood.
"Dad!" She called to the purple haired man, startling him. "Where the hell did Vegeta go?" She asked him, her voice icy and cold.
"He said that he needed to leave for awhile, but that he might be back to fight the androids, if we were lucky, or something to that effect. Good riddance if you ask me, he was a bit too crazy for my tastes." He answered and turned back to welding a piece of metal.
"And you just LET HIM LEAVE? Do I not have a say in anything that happens here?" Bulma knew that she sounded irrational, but she was really past the point of caring.
"And what was I supposed to do sweetheart? 'No Vegeta, you have to go ask Bulma if you can leave first' Yeah, I can just see how well that would've gone over." He replied back calmly.
"I know I know, I just wish he would've come and said goodbye, ya know." She replied, tying hard to hold back the tears that burned her eyes.
"Ahh, I thought you hated him honey." He said knowingly. He kissed her forehead lightly. "He'll be back Bulma, all you have to do is wait." And with that he shooed her away and went back to welding his metal.
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She decided that she needed to call Goku and let him know. She walked to the phone like a zombie. the phone rang several times, but no one answered. She gave a quick sigh and turned to walk upstairs to her room, when she ran into a wall. Rather it felt like a wall. She looked up and there stood Goku, his normally bright eyes troubled.
"He left, didn't he?" It was more of a statement than a question.
"Yeah, he took off sometime this morning. Oh well, no big deal right, after all, it was just a passion kinda thing, right?" She tried her best to hide her tears.
At the sound of the last statment, Goku had to supress a smile, it was amazing how much she and Trunks were alike, they even chose the exact same wording for a situation, even when one of them didn't mean it. "Why do I get the feeling that it wasn't just passion Bulma?" He asked her, somewhat relieved when she started crying. He gave her a quick hug before tilting her chin to look at him. "I'm gonna go get ChiChi, She's MUCH better at this stuff than I am." With that he was gone, only to return a moment later with ChiChi by his side.
"Bulma, honey, let's go get a cup of tea and talk about this, ok?" She asked her friend sweetly.
Bulma nodded in response, and followed the dark haired woman into the kitchen, leaving a bewildered Goku behind.
"Now, sit down and tell me everything." ChiChi said calmly.
Bulma sat at the table with her head resting in her hands. "Well, I'm sure you know about last night...I woke up this morning, and he was gone, that's about all there is to tell." Bulma glanced up for a second when ChiChi sat at the chair opposite her.
"Well, I don't know Vegeta too well, but I know this, he's got alot of pride Bulma, maybe he thinks you saw a bit too much of HIM last night, and not the asshole that he usually is." She said soothingly.
"Yeah, maybe. Tell me though Chi, I gotta know something...Are all Saiyans that good in bed?" She said with a giggle.
"Yes, and it only gets better with time." Was her only answer. Suddenly a shocked Goku fell through the door where he had been eacesdropping. His cheeks were stained a bright red.
"Aww..honey, what'd ya have to go and say that for?" He asked, rather embarassed.
"Goku! You know better than to eavesdrop on peoples conversations! Don't you have SOMEWHERE to be right now?" She asked menacingly.
"N.." He started to answer, but seeing the look on her face, he quickly changed his mind. "OH YEAH, that's right, I have that THING to do today, gee, thanks for reminding me honey!" He said quickly before leaving.
"I swear, Bulma, you're lucky to not have to be in a relationship with a Saiyan, they require more care than a child!" Was all she said before she stood up and walked to the stove to get the tea.
*Yeah, lucky...But, what if that's what I want?* Bulma thought to herself before she started to drink her tea.
"Bulma, I know this is kinda personal, but tell me he used a condom or something." ChiChi asked, a slight blush creeping to her cheeks.
She mumbled a reply, and ChiChi's eyes widened. "BULMA BRIEFS! Tell me he used a condom!" she cried frantically...
"Well, HE TRIED! IT kinda broke though...." Bulma replied sheepishly.
"Oh Kami... You already know what I'm going to tell you, right?" She asked her.
"As long as you're not going to tell me I'm pregnant, then there won't be a problem." Bulma glared at ChiChi, as if daring her to state the obvious.
"Well, then I won't tell you, I'll let you figure it out on your own." ChiChi stated before looking down and becoming completely enthralled in stirring her tea.
"Chi, I don't mean to be rude, but I think I need some time to myself...ALOT OF IT!" She nearly screamed the last part, but ChiChi gave her a knowing smile.
"I understand hon, gimme a call if you need to talk, or if you need anything for that matter." She replied before walking to the door. She put her finger up to her lips, motioning for Bulma to be quiet. Quickly she gave the door a swift kick. There was a loud moan, and Goku came stumbling into the kitchen, holding his bleeding nose. ChiChi just glared at him, he smiled sheepishly at the two women, and Bulma burst into a fit of uncontrollable laughter. "See what I mean, they're waaaaaaaaay too high maintenance!" ChiChi threw her hands up in defeat, and took Goku by the arm. "Remember what I said Bulma, if you need anything...." She let her voice trail off, and within just a second, the two were gone, leaving Bulma sitting alone once more.
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She walked slowly up the stairs to her room. When she got there, she popped a cd into her stereo, and plopped down on her king sized bed, which seemed at the moment, WAY too big. The soft music began, and she sang the words loudly, taking all of her pent up emotions out on a pillow, HIS pillow to be exact. She inhaled deeply, the scent of their lovemaking was still strong on the sheets, and with and exasperated cry, she ripped them of of the bed and shoved them into a garbage bag. Satisfied that she had gotten ridden of part of the problem, she laid back down on the sheetless bed.
~*I thought that you'd be loving me.
I thought you were the one who'd stay forever.
But now forever's come and gone
And I'm still here alone.*~
She got up and walked out onto the balcony, stopping for only a minute to turn the music up louder. She closed her eyes, and was flooded with memories of the previous night, forcing her to reopen them quickly. *Vegeta.....* She finally allowed the tears that had been plaguing her to fall, and for a moment, she actually contemplated jumping off of the balcony, until common sense kicked in and she almost laughed at her stupidity. "I, Bulma Briefs, sitting here, thinking of jumping because one man decided to leave me? Don't think so." She said to herself, and set back to singing the words of the song.
~*'Cause you were only playing,
You were only playing with my heart.
I was never waiting,
I was never waiting for the tears to start.*~
Satisfied that the urge to jump was gone, she set back to her room, and changed clothes. She pulled her hair up into a loose bun, letting her bangs fall down to frame her face. She decided to wear a pair of tight fitting blue jeans, and a tight, baby blue tshirt. She slipped on her blue adidas and turned to look at herself in the mirror. "Looking good, as usual." She winked at herself before walking to grab her purse from where it lay on the floor.
~* It was you who put the clouds around me.
It was you who made the tears fall down.
It was you who broke my heart in pieces.
It was you, it was you who made my blue eyes blue.*~
She flicked off the stereo and walked out her bedroom door with a smile on her face, deadset that the almighty 'Prince off ALL the Saiyans' would never bring her down again.
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Uh Oh! What's Bulma up to? Will Goku ever learn not to eavesdrop, what will Yamcha say when he finds out? All this and more on the next semi-exciting chapter of "THE VOW"!
Disclaimer: Blah! And the song "Blue eyes blue" isn't mine either!
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Last time, on The Vow:
When she had finished showering, she half walked, half hobbled down the stairs to the kitchen, to see her mother preparing pancakes. "Morning mom." She greeted, rather cheerfully.
"Morning sweetheart! How was your night?" She asked with a slight smile.
"Um..it was fine mom, really, um, fine" She stuttered, before looking through the kitchen window to find the gravity room gone. "MOM! Wh..where's Vegeta?" She asked slowly, afraid of the answer.....
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"Oh, you mean he didn't tell you? I was kind of hoping you knew.. He came down this morning and said something about outer space to your father, and about, oh say, and hour ago, He took off. He didn't say if he was coming back, but I do hope he does, he's such a nice young man, don't you think?" Bulma's mother said happily.
"Yeah mom, he's a real gem alright." She answered, a look of shock on her face. *VEGETA! You just wait till I get my hands on you!* She thought to herself, the shock turning to pure, bitter rage.
"Why don't you go ask your father where he went? Maybe he knows." Bulma's mother babbled on, and for the first time in her life, Bulma felt the strange urge to strangle the blond woman where she stood.
"Yeah, I think I'll do that." Bulma muttered before stomping out of the kitchen to her father's lab. She stalked across her large backyard, forcing herself to look away when she saw the distinct ring of dead grass where the gravity room had once stood.
"Dad!" She called to the purple haired man, startling him. "Where the hell did Vegeta go?" She asked him, her voice icy and cold.
"He said that he needed to leave for awhile, but that he might be back to fight the androids, if we were lucky, or something to that effect. Good riddance if you ask me, he was a bit too crazy for my tastes." He answered and turned back to welding a piece of metal.
"And you just LET HIM LEAVE? Do I not have a say in anything that happens here?" Bulma knew that she sounded irrational, but she was really past the point of caring.
"And what was I supposed to do sweetheart? 'No Vegeta, you have to go ask Bulma if you can leave first' Yeah, I can just see how well that would've gone over." He replied back calmly.
"I know I know, I just wish he would've come and said goodbye, ya know." She replied, tying hard to hold back the tears that burned her eyes.
"Ahh, I thought you hated him honey." He said knowingly. He kissed her forehead lightly. "He'll be back Bulma, all you have to do is wait." And with that he shooed her away and went back to welding his metal.
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She decided that she needed to call Goku and let him know. She walked to the phone like a zombie. the phone rang several times, but no one answered. She gave a quick sigh and turned to walk upstairs to her room, when she ran into a wall. Rather it felt like a wall. She looked up and there stood Goku, his normally bright eyes troubled.
"He left, didn't he?" It was more of a statement than a question.
"Yeah, he took off sometime this morning. Oh well, no big deal right, after all, it was just a passion kinda thing, right?" She tried her best to hide her tears.
At the sound of the last statment, Goku had to supress a smile, it was amazing how much she and Trunks were alike, they even chose the exact same wording for a situation, even when one of them didn't mean it. "Why do I get the feeling that it wasn't just passion Bulma?" He asked her, somewhat relieved when she started crying. He gave her a quick hug before tilting her chin to look at him. "I'm gonna go get ChiChi, She's MUCH better at this stuff than I am." With that he was gone, only to return a moment later with ChiChi by his side.
"Bulma, honey, let's go get a cup of tea and talk about this, ok?" She asked her friend sweetly.
Bulma nodded in response, and followed the dark haired woman into the kitchen, leaving a bewildered Goku behind.
"Now, sit down and tell me everything." ChiChi said calmly.
Bulma sat at the table with her head resting in her hands. "Well, I'm sure you know about last night...I woke up this morning, and he was gone, that's about all there is to tell." Bulma glanced up for a second when ChiChi sat at the chair opposite her.
"Well, I don't know Vegeta too well, but I know this, he's got alot of pride Bulma, maybe he thinks you saw a bit too much of HIM last night, and not the asshole that he usually is." She said soothingly.
"Yeah, maybe. Tell me though Chi, I gotta know something...Are all Saiyans that good in bed?" She said with a giggle.
"Yes, and it only gets better with time." Was her only answer. Suddenly a shocked Goku fell through the door where he had been eacesdropping. His cheeks were stained a bright red.
"Aww..honey, what'd ya have to go and say that for?" He asked, rather embarassed.
"Goku! You know better than to eavesdrop on peoples conversations! Don't you have SOMEWHERE to be right now?" She asked menacingly.
"N.." He started to answer, but seeing the look on her face, he quickly changed his mind. "OH YEAH, that's right, I have that THING to do today, gee, thanks for reminding me honey!" He said quickly before leaving.
"I swear, Bulma, you're lucky to not have to be in a relationship with a Saiyan, they require more care than a child!" Was all she said before she stood up and walked to the stove to get the tea.
*Yeah, lucky...But, what if that's what I want?* Bulma thought to herself before she started to drink her tea.
"Bulma, I know this is kinda personal, but tell me he used a condom or something." ChiChi asked, a slight blush creeping to her cheeks.
She mumbled a reply, and ChiChi's eyes widened. "BULMA BRIEFS! Tell me he used a condom!" she cried frantically...
"Well, HE TRIED! IT kinda broke though...." Bulma replied sheepishly.
"Oh Kami... You already know what I'm going to tell you, right?" She asked her.
"As long as you're not going to tell me I'm pregnant, then there won't be a problem." Bulma glared at ChiChi, as if daring her to state the obvious.
"Well, then I won't tell you, I'll let you figure it out on your own." ChiChi stated before looking down and becoming completely enthralled in stirring her tea.
"Chi, I don't mean to be rude, but I think I need some time to myself...ALOT OF IT!" She nearly screamed the last part, but ChiChi gave her a knowing smile.
"I understand hon, gimme a call if you need to talk, or if you need anything for that matter." She replied before walking to the door. She put her finger up to her lips, motioning for Bulma to be quiet. Quickly she gave the door a swift kick. There was a loud moan, and Goku came stumbling into the kitchen, holding his bleeding nose. ChiChi just glared at him, he smiled sheepishly at the two women, and Bulma burst into a fit of uncontrollable laughter. "See what I mean, they're waaaaaaaaay too high maintenance!" ChiChi threw her hands up in defeat, and took Goku by the arm. "Remember what I said Bulma, if you need anything...." She let her voice trail off, and within just a second, the two were gone, leaving Bulma sitting alone once more.
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She walked slowly up the stairs to her room. When she got there, she popped a cd into her stereo, and plopped down on her king sized bed, which seemed at the moment, WAY too big. The soft music began, and she sang the words loudly, taking all of her pent up emotions out on a pillow, HIS pillow to be exact. She inhaled deeply, the scent of their lovemaking was still strong on the sheets, and with and exasperated cry, she ripped them of of the bed and shoved them into a garbage bag. Satisfied that she had gotten ridden of part of the problem, she laid back down on the sheetless bed.
~*I thought that you'd be loving me.
I thought you were the one who'd stay forever.
But now forever's come and gone
And I'm still here alone.*~
She got up and walked out onto the balcony, stopping for only a minute to turn the music up louder. She closed her eyes, and was flooded with memories of the previous night, forcing her to reopen them quickly. *Vegeta.....* She finally allowed the tears that had been plaguing her to fall, and for a moment, she actually contemplated jumping off of the balcony, until common sense kicked in and she almost laughed at her stupidity. "I, Bulma Briefs, sitting here, thinking of jumping because one man decided to leave me? Don't think so." She said to herself, and set back to singing the words of the song.
~*'Cause you were only playing,
You were only playing with my heart.
I was never waiting,
I was never waiting for the tears to start.*~
Satisfied that the urge to jump was gone, she set back to her room, and changed clothes. She pulled her hair up into a loose bun, letting her bangs fall down to frame her face. She decided to wear a pair of tight fitting blue jeans, and a tight, baby blue tshirt. She slipped on her blue adidas and turned to look at herself in the mirror. "Looking good, as usual." She winked at herself before walking to grab her purse from where it lay on the floor.
~* It was you who put the clouds around me.
It was you who made the tears fall down.
It was you who broke my heart in pieces.
It was you, it was you who made my blue eyes blue.*~
She flicked off the stereo and walked out her bedroom door with a smile on her face, deadset that the almighty 'Prince off ALL the Saiyans' would never bring her down again.
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Uh Oh! What's Bulma up to? Will Goku ever learn not to eavesdrop, what will Yamcha say when he finds out? All this and more on the next semi-exciting chapter of "THE VOW"!