Sorry it took a couple of days for me to update! I've had the worst
allergies ever in my life! Damn Texas and the oak cedar crap stuff. Or
whatever. Anyway, here's the next chapter. THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE IF
ANYONE WANTS A LEMON!!!!! If not, it will stay its sweet little PG self.
Disclaimer: Amazingly, Akira Toriyama and Funimation did not give me DBZ. Go figure.
Chapter 11- Birthday parties and whatnot
Cat and I stayed up very late that night talking. The most popular phrase was, Dude, this is crazy. We also talked about our joint birthday party we wanted to throw. However, we did eventually pass out from exhaustion.
The next day we asked Bulma about the party. She said it was not a problem, as long as she got to help decorate. That was fine. It would give her something to do. I mentioned that she might want to get Chichi to help. Bra then piped up that she wanted to help as well. I could tell this was going to be a good project for them. I left them discussing details and transmissioned to where Vegeta was. He was busy punching the hell out of a punching bag. He stopped when he saw me.
"What do you want, brat?" he asked.
"I want to spar with you. I know you can teach me a lot, but I've not fought you since that first time." I said.
"I don't want to fight you. Go away." He said, turning his back
"You know, Vegeta, it wouldn't kill you to be just a little accepting sometimes. Get over yourself." I said, then left. I should've stayed to see his reaction.
I went and found Goku. He was, amazingly enough, not doing anything. "Hey Goku, what're you doing?" I asked him.
"Nothing."
"Why not?"
"Everyone is busy today and I don't feel like fighting against myself."
"Well, I'm not doing anything. You wanna spar?"
"Great!" He jumped up. "Let's got!" He grabbed my shoulder and off we went.
"Now, don't hold anything against just because I'm Goten's father." Goku said.
That threw me for a loop. "Why would it matter that you are Goten's father?" I asked.
"Well, it's pretty obvious to us all that you two had a fight." While he said this, he started the fight. He punched me twice in the stomach and once in the face. I retaliated by kicking him in the chest and head.
"Yeah, we had a fight, almost a month ago. I want to talk to him, but I don't know what to say." I replied as I ducked another punch and then dodged an energy blast.
"A month? Wow. Well, without knowing what you two fought about, I can't give you any advice. But I hope you two figure it out. I am just about ready for more grandchildren." I actually missed this last sentence because he sent me a Kamehameha right afterwards. At this point, we were too intent of fighting than talking.
It was a good fight. Goku and I were evenly matched throughout, even after I went Super Human and he went Super Saiyan. We were both thoroughly sore and bloody by the time we went to dinner. I decided to go shower before dinner, though, and while I was in the shower, I heard Trunks and Cat talking in our room.
"Goten really is miserable. He says he wants to talk to Liz, but he just doesn't know what to say. He really misses her." Trunks said.
"Yeah, Liz isn't too happy herself. She's probably in the same boat as Goten, not knowing what to say. Huh. And they are such a cute couple. I just hope that something happens by this weekend. It's going to be Liz's nineteenth birthday, and I know how depressing it is not to have a special someone on your birthday. Maybe I'll talk to Goten for her." Cat said. Then they walked out of the room.
I got out of the shower, thinking. I really did miss Goten. And I really had no idea what to say to him. I put on a really cute outfit for dinner and made my hair especially curly. I wasn't sure why. I was walking in a daze.
At dinner, Bulma brought up our dance party. "It's going to be this Saturday, from 7:00 until whenever. Invite anyone you want." She said. I looked at Shin. "Can we invite our friends from home?" I asked.
"No." he replied.
"Why not?" I exclaimed.
"I can't let a whole group of humans just come to this time like that." He said.
"Please! We really want them here!" Cat said.
"Come on, Shin, just let them come." Goku said.
"No, I can't."
Everyone put in his or her two cents, all in support of us. But Shin was adamant. I felt tears rising in my eyes. I am not the crying type, but everything lately had really stressed me out. All I wanted was my friends, the old, not confusing group I knew. And I was being denied.
I didn't know it, but Vegeta had seen my tears. "Let them come. It is their birthday after. Let them have what they want." he said. Everyone stared at Vegeta, myself included. It was such an un-Vegeta-like thing to say, to think of someone else before himself
Shin looked surprised. "Well, then, ok. But just this once. I will let you go visit one so they can tell the others. You will only have half an hour to visit."
I jumped up and hugged him. "Thank you soooo much! You won't regret it."
Cat and I went to visit Matt that night. He promised that he would talk to everyone and make sure that they were all there Saturday so we could come get them. He was so excited, he didn't even care that he wasn't going to get to stay. He just wanted to go there. I understood. That was how I used to feel.
Cat and I spent that entire week getting ready. We went shopping and both found these absolutely killer dresses. Hers was red, with spaghetti straps and slits up to her butt, not that the dress was long in the first place. Mine was a black halter, but the back was open all the way to my butt with a front cut that left little to the imagination. And they both fit like second skin. Bulma approved of both but Chichi didn't seem to like them much. We all agreed not to show any of the guys. I mean, we went all out. We got complementary makeup, shoes, everything. Bulma offered to do our hair. I was so excited. The only downer was Goten. He still hadn't said anything to me.
On Saturday, Cat and I spent all afternoon getting ready. We ran around in our room like chickens with our heads cut off. It was great. Cat would panic because she couldn't find her pantyhose, then I would panic because I couldn't find my lipstick. Then we would both realize our hair was frizzing. Fortunately, Bulma really is a hair genius. We both had curls everywhere. Because we were both dancers, Cat and I could put on makeup like nothing else. By the time 7:00 rolled around, we looked sensational. I slipped on my black pumps, looped some pearls around my neck, and fastened my diamond studs into my ears. Cat and I looked at each other. "You ready to go?" I asked her. She just nodded.
We descended the stairs and walked into the ballroom, where the party was already started. But when Cat and I entered, everyone stopped and stared. I'm serious, we were hot. I looked around and saw all my friends from home, who themselves looked happier than I've ever seen them. I saw some of the people I'd met at Orange High School (Did I mention Cat and I had started classes there?). I saw all the gang, Goku with Chichi, Vegeta with Bulma, Gohan with Videl, Krillin and 18, Marron and her boyfriend, everyone. Even Pan and Bra had brought friends. Trunks and Goten were standing with everyone else. They looked up when we entered. Trunks leaned over and said something to Goten, and then headed our direction. Goten stayed where he was.
"Hi ladies. You two are looking exceptional tonight." He said when he arrived as he took Cat's hand.
"Thank you." I said. "Now, you two have fun." I was trying not to show how much it hurt that Goten was still avoiding me. "I'm going to go talk to the old guys."
I was having a blast, dancing and talking to everyone. We even had a dancing contest, which I won only because it was really my birthday. Once I saw Goten across the room, dancing with a (groan!) cheerleader from school. I briefly caught his eye, but he looked away. I felt like crying. But I didn't show it. I also saw Trunks say something to him, then Cat, and, strangely, Vegeta. But I didn't know what they were saying.
The party went on for hours. I was getting a little tired of N'Sync, of which the DBZ gang had a really weird fondness for. There was a suspicious lack of slow songs. However, at about three in the morning, Bulma took the microphone and said, "OK folks, this is the last dance for the night. I hope everyone had a good time! And happy birthday to Cat and Liz!" Then the song came on.
It was "Amazed" by Lonestar, my all time favorite love song. Everyone grabbed a partner, and soon I was left standing alone at my own birthday party. I saw everyone else dancing with his or her significant other. I felt a tear roll down my cheek. I started to walk off the dance floor, when someone tapped me on my shoulder. I turned around. It was Goten. Not saying anything, he pulled me into the middle of the floor and held me close to him. Oh, I had forgotten how good it felt to be in his arms. I let myself relax and laid my head on his shoulder. He put his head on mine. "I'm sorry." He whispered softly. "So am I." I whispered back, picking my head up and looking into his eyes. "I don't know if I ever told you, but I love you." He said. "I love you too." I responded. Then he kissed me. I heard a loud cheer go up. I looked around. Everyone was staring at us, cheering and yelling his or her heads off. My face flushed. Goten just smiled his little smile.
He didn't let me out of his arms until everyone had left or found somewhere to sleep. He walked me to my room. He kissed me softly and said "I'll see you tomorrow" and started to walk away. I grabbed his arm. "No, stay tonight. Stay with me tonight." He just looked at me. Then he smiled and picked my up in his arms and swept me into the room.
Disclaimer: Amazingly, Akira Toriyama and Funimation did not give me DBZ. Go figure.
Chapter 11- Birthday parties and whatnot
Cat and I stayed up very late that night talking. The most popular phrase was, Dude, this is crazy. We also talked about our joint birthday party we wanted to throw. However, we did eventually pass out from exhaustion.
The next day we asked Bulma about the party. She said it was not a problem, as long as she got to help decorate. That was fine. It would give her something to do. I mentioned that she might want to get Chichi to help. Bra then piped up that she wanted to help as well. I could tell this was going to be a good project for them. I left them discussing details and transmissioned to where Vegeta was. He was busy punching the hell out of a punching bag. He stopped when he saw me.
"What do you want, brat?" he asked.
"I want to spar with you. I know you can teach me a lot, but I've not fought you since that first time." I said.
"I don't want to fight you. Go away." He said, turning his back
"You know, Vegeta, it wouldn't kill you to be just a little accepting sometimes. Get over yourself." I said, then left. I should've stayed to see his reaction.
I went and found Goku. He was, amazingly enough, not doing anything. "Hey Goku, what're you doing?" I asked him.
"Nothing."
"Why not?"
"Everyone is busy today and I don't feel like fighting against myself."
"Well, I'm not doing anything. You wanna spar?"
"Great!" He jumped up. "Let's got!" He grabbed my shoulder and off we went.
"Now, don't hold anything against just because I'm Goten's father." Goku said.
That threw me for a loop. "Why would it matter that you are Goten's father?" I asked.
"Well, it's pretty obvious to us all that you two had a fight." While he said this, he started the fight. He punched me twice in the stomach and once in the face. I retaliated by kicking him in the chest and head.
"Yeah, we had a fight, almost a month ago. I want to talk to him, but I don't know what to say." I replied as I ducked another punch and then dodged an energy blast.
"A month? Wow. Well, without knowing what you two fought about, I can't give you any advice. But I hope you two figure it out. I am just about ready for more grandchildren." I actually missed this last sentence because he sent me a Kamehameha right afterwards. At this point, we were too intent of fighting than talking.
It was a good fight. Goku and I were evenly matched throughout, even after I went Super Human and he went Super Saiyan. We were both thoroughly sore and bloody by the time we went to dinner. I decided to go shower before dinner, though, and while I was in the shower, I heard Trunks and Cat talking in our room.
"Goten really is miserable. He says he wants to talk to Liz, but he just doesn't know what to say. He really misses her." Trunks said.
"Yeah, Liz isn't too happy herself. She's probably in the same boat as Goten, not knowing what to say. Huh. And they are such a cute couple. I just hope that something happens by this weekend. It's going to be Liz's nineteenth birthday, and I know how depressing it is not to have a special someone on your birthday. Maybe I'll talk to Goten for her." Cat said. Then they walked out of the room.
I got out of the shower, thinking. I really did miss Goten. And I really had no idea what to say to him. I put on a really cute outfit for dinner and made my hair especially curly. I wasn't sure why. I was walking in a daze.
At dinner, Bulma brought up our dance party. "It's going to be this Saturday, from 7:00 until whenever. Invite anyone you want." She said. I looked at Shin. "Can we invite our friends from home?" I asked.
"No." he replied.
"Why not?" I exclaimed.
"I can't let a whole group of humans just come to this time like that." He said.
"Please! We really want them here!" Cat said.
"Come on, Shin, just let them come." Goku said.
"No, I can't."
Everyone put in his or her two cents, all in support of us. But Shin was adamant. I felt tears rising in my eyes. I am not the crying type, but everything lately had really stressed me out. All I wanted was my friends, the old, not confusing group I knew. And I was being denied.
I didn't know it, but Vegeta had seen my tears. "Let them come. It is their birthday after. Let them have what they want." he said. Everyone stared at Vegeta, myself included. It was such an un-Vegeta-like thing to say, to think of someone else before himself
Shin looked surprised. "Well, then, ok. But just this once. I will let you go visit one so they can tell the others. You will only have half an hour to visit."
I jumped up and hugged him. "Thank you soooo much! You won't regret it."
Cat and I went to visit Matt that night. He promised that he would talk to everyone and make sure that they were all there Saturday so we could come get them. He was so excited, he didn't even care that he wasn't going to get to stay. He just wanted to go there. I understood. That was how I used to feel.
Cat and I spent that entire week getting ready. We went shopping and both found these absolutely killer dresses. Hers was red, with spaghetti straps and slits up to her butt, not that the dress was long in the first place. Mine was a black halter, but the back was open all the way to my butt with a front cut that left little to the imagination. And they both fit like second skin. Bulma approved of both but Chichi didn't seem to like them much. We all agreed not to show any of the guys. I mean, we went all out. We got complementary makeup, shoes, everything. Bulma offered to do our hair. I was so excited. The only downer was Goten. He still hadn't said anything to me.
On Saturday, Cat and I spent all afternoon getting ready. We ran around in our room like chickens with our heads cut off. It was great. Cat would panic because she couldn't find her pantyhose, then I would panic because I couldn't find my lipstick. Then we would both realize our hair was frizzing. Fortunately, Bulma really is a hair genius. We both had curls everywhere. Because we were both dancers, Cat and I could put on makeup like nothing else. By the time 7:00 rolled around, we looked sensational. I slipped on my black pumps, looped some pearls around my neck, and fastened my diamond studs into my ears. Cat and I looked at each other. "You ready to go?" I asked her. She just nodded.
We descended the stairs and walked into the ballroom, where the party was already started. But when Cat and I entered, everyone stopped and stared. I'm serious, we were hot. I looked around and saw all my friends from home, who themselves looked happier than I've ever seen them. I saw some of the people I'd met at Orange High School (Did I mention Cat and I had started classes there?). I saw all the gang, Goku with Chichi, Vegeta with Bulma, Gohan with Videl, Krillin and 18, Marron and her boyfriend, everyone. Even Pan and Bra had brought friends. Trunks and Goten were standing with everyone else. They looked up when we entered. Trunks leaned over and said something to Goten, and then headed our direction. Goten stayed where he was.
"Hi ladies. You two are looking exceptional tonight." He said when he arrived as he took Cat's hand.
"Thank you." I said. "Now, you two have fun." I was trying not to show how much it hurt that Goten was still avoiding me. "I'm going to go talk to the old guys."
I was having a blast, dancing and talking to everyone. We even had a dancing contest, which I won only because it was really my birthday. Once I saw Goten across the room, dancing with a (groan!) cheerleader from school. I briefly caught his eye, but he looked away. I felt like crying. But I didn't show it. I also saw Trunks say something to him, then Cat, and, strangely, Vegeta. But I didn't know what they were saying.
The party went on for hours. I was getting a little tired of N'Sync, of which the DBZ gang had a really weird fondness for. There was a suspicious lack of slow songs. However, at about three in the morning, Bulma took the microphone and said, "OK folks, this is the last dance for the night. I hope everyone had a good time! And happy birthday to Cat and Liz!" Then the song came on.
It was "Amazed" by Lonestar, my all time favorite love song. Everyone grabbed a partner, and soon I was left standing alone at my own birthday party. I saw everyone else dancing with his or her significant other. I felt a tear roll down my cheek. I started to walk off the dance floor, when someone tapped me on my shoulder. I turned around. It was Goten. Not saying anything, he pulled me into the middle of the floor and held me close to him. Oh, I had forgotten how good it felt to be in his arms. I let myself relax and laid my head on his shoulder. He put his head on mine. "I'm sorry." He whispered softly. "So am I." I whispered back, picking my head up and looking into his eyes. "I don't know if I ever told you, but I love you." He said. "I love you too." I responded. Then he kissed me. I heard a loud cheer go up. I looked around. Everyone was staring at us, cheering and yelling his or her heads off. My face flushed. Goten just smiled his little smile.
He didn't let me out of his arms until everyone had left or found somewhere to sleep. He walked me to my room. He kissed me softly and said "I'll see you tomorrow" and started to walk away. I grabbed his arm. "No, stay tonight. Stay with me tonight." He just looked at me. Then he smiled and picked my up in his arms and swept me into the room.
