Serena was sneaking around Capsule Corps. She had heard that Bulma had a meeting with a guy names Shields. Serena just had to see if he was the same guy. Ever since she had met him that day something had left an 'off' feeling. For somereason she felt as if she oculdn't trust him, yet she sas no threat in the guy. She walked past the not moving gravity room, which either meant that Vegeta wasn't in it or he was doing something simple like push-ups.
He has announced that in a year exactly he would leave for space, the only reason he said a year is because he demanaded that Bulma's father add something else to the Machine.. although she doesn't think that's it because he's been more touchy when it came to Serena lately. Which didn't make any sense because ehse had been avoiding him since she found him and Bulma in the same bed one morning. Even Yamcha had stopped his visits for a while, but he came back and has been spending more and more time with Serena. Now she had managed to ditch him while he went to the bathroom.
"Finally!!" She floated up to the second floor and saw it. The meeting, but she couldn't see the guy, all she saw was black hair and that could be anyone. She sighed after twenty minutes and sulked all the way back to the living room and sat down and flipped through the T.V. Channels.
"Who exactly were you looking for??" Vegeta said making her jump.
"Someone." She said playing with the jewel around her neck.
"I hope you weren't looking for that baka who spilled his drink all over you last week??"
"You saw that??"
"Yeah.. and that baka just left." He said smirking as her face fell.
"I wanted to give him back his Handkerchief." She raised her hand in the air and pulled the cloth out of nowhere.
"How did you do that??"
"Subspace pocket??" She cocked her head to the side when Vegeta looked at her. "I don't know I had it when I woke up this morning." She said shrugging her shoulders and Yamcha sat back down.
"Sorry I'd have been back sooner but Mrs. Brief stopped me." He set down a tray of junk food and pushed the play button on the VCR. Serena grabbed some popcorn and leaned back with the bowl in her lap. Yamcha grabbed s glass of soda and they sat there watching the movie together. Vegeta rolled his eyes and walked away. Hours later one could find Serena and Yamcha asleep. Her with her head in his lap and his face was up towards the ceiling.
"I Can't believe that Saiyan, how did he manage to break the machine again after I fixed it this morning!!" Bulma grumbled grabbing her tools. She strolled past the two still mumbling something. Mrs. Brief folowed her daughter and looked at Serena and Yamcha.
"Gosh, here I thought she was too young for him." She said. "In my day a guy was appreciated for his good looks, but then so was hit determination. A girls couldn't let a guy like that get away." She said noticing Vegeta in the far corner.
"Aren't you married??" He asked frowning at her.
"Oh my gosh you're right!!" She said looking stunned herself, but woke-up Serena and Yamcha in the process.
"Sorry.." Serena inhaled sleepily.
"It's fine." He said beginning to clean up the mess they made.
"No, let me get it.. you two go for a walk.. it's nice out and the sun will be setting soon so it'll be beautiful." Mrs. Brief said. "Besides dinner is almost ready."
"Sure.." The two stood up and walked out the house now fully awake. They flew away from the city to a hill in the middle of nowhere.
"You're probably tired of seeing my face aren't you??" Yamcha broke the awkward silence between the two.
"Not really." She said. "Bulma hurt you and it was wrong for her to do that. I just want to help you feel better." She said pulling his head to her chest to lay down. They laid there in silence for a while relaxing as he took in the comfort she was trying to provide her friend.
"I should've seen it coming, first she was telling me about dreams she had of him, and when we first got back from the other world that comment on things he had going for him…"
"I didn't even see it coming and I'm so quiet I usually have suspicions." Serena said. "Remember when we were with my father and we had some time alone and I asked you about someone special and how I knew there was someone."
"That's true but Serena.." He lifted his head from her chest and fished something out of his pocket. He opened the black box and Serena gasped. "I was going to ask her the day they were found together." He said.
"It's a beautiful ring." Serena took the box carefully. It was a diamond cut in the shape of a heart and two smaller ones cut in a square on each side. "Why didn't you ask her sooner??"
"It hadn't occurred to me till that day to ask. I had woke up and the first thing I thought was spending the rest of my life with her and starting our own family. So I rushed out with the money I had left from playing baseball and bouht the ring wihtout a second thought."
"A whimsical feeling." She took her eyes off the ring. "Why do you carry it??"
"I thought that maybe if she had decidced to come back I could easily overlook the whole thing thinking it was too a whimsical feeling but.."
"She never came back." Serena concluded. "She has fallen for… Vegeta." She added quietly as her eyes welled up feeling the pain he did.
"Don't cry.. I'm sure she's happy." He told her quickly hoping she wouldn't begin wailing like she had when piccolo first threw her into a tree.
" I know…" She let her tears fall down her face. "But it hurts only trying to imagine how bad you must feel." She said and he looked at the ring.
"you keep it." H e said slipping the ring on her hand.
"But.."
"I can't keep it." He said hushing her with a finger to her lips.
"Fine." She said.
"Let's get back." He said catching a glimpse of the setting sun. They flew back to Capsule Corps. They landed outside of the house and neither made a move for the door. "You know what, I'm going to go home instead of staying for dinner."
"Uhmm.. If you say so." She said and he hugged her.
"Thanks for helping me."
"I wouldn't be much of a friend or a training partner if I didn't try and help you out." She said brushing hair out of his eyes. "Don't do anything silly ok??"
"Right.." he walked away.
"You two looked pretty 'comfortable' together??" A voice said. Serena looked and saw Bulma stading there covered in oil with her arms folded over her chest.
"Why wouldn't we be comfortable with each other?? We've been friends for a little while now as well as his training partner." Serena raised the hand with the ring on it to brush her bangs out of her eyes.
"Pretty ring?? Where'd you get it??" Bulma asked suddenly.
"It was a gift.." She said not liking the tone she was pulling with Serena.
"A Gift huh??"
"Yeah a gift an early 18th birthday gift.." She said.
"Looks morelike an engagement ring. Where'd you get it?? That stupid ex-boyfriend of mine gave it to you didn't he?!?!" Bulma was all but screaming.
"Yes, he gave it to me."Serena now realized she was upset.
"I knew that he had a thing for you.. and you playing little miss innocent just waited for the perfect moment to move in on him." She began yelling at Serena. " After the whole 'I don't want to come in between you two. I don't want to break you two up.' I knew you couldn't be trusted with your ways to gain his attention. I should've suspected something when you had that whole 'Peeping Tom' incident in your underwear! How in Kami's name you got him to propose to you I don't know.. I've been trying to get him to do that for a few years now!!" Bulma said slowing her words when Serena began crying, but she only started up again. "Are you going to cry and plead innocence? Please you may be young but anything but innocent!!"
"If you didn't want me here you could've just said so!!" She ran into the house and slammed the door breaking it off its hinge. With in a few moment she had begun packing her clothes in some capsules not worrying about the tears that went down her face.
"Where are you going??" A deep voice said from the far side of the room.
"Somewhere." She wiped her tears away. "Maybe you should check your girlfriend as to why if you want to know."
"She isn't my girlfriend."
"Well, you slept with her." Serena said packing the last of her stuff in one final dynocap. She walked over to the door and Vegeta wouldn't move. "Move!" She said glad she wore her weightless clothes today.
"No." He said and she kissed him.
"I'm leaving and don't you try to stop me." She said and then she was gone. He heard her footsteps going down the stairs and the door would've slammed if it were still attached.
A Week later everyone was gathered at Capsule Corps. Everyone who fought at least. They had met up to exchange information again. They had been looking for a particular blonde who had disappeared three weeks before her 18th birthday. Why?? Because a certain blue haired genuis couldn't decide what man she wanted and when one went for the blonde she lost her temper…although no one knew about the fit she threw.
"I didn't find anything." Krillin said.
"Same here.." Vegeta said walking out of the room.
"Where could she be??" Yamcha was stressing.
"So She decided to leave!!" Bulma said angrily. "Stop stressing over her!!"
"I can't!!" Yamcha said.
"We had our own reasons but we were all to watch her until her birthday." Piccolo said leaning against the wall."
"All??" ChiChi looked up from correcting Gohan's homework he had done for her.
"Yes, Tien, Jatsu, Piccolo and myself. Her ather's coming next Saturday and if we don't find her who knows what'll happen." Yamcha said.
"I thought you guys brought her from King Kai's Place.. that high and mighty strong guy…" Bulma asked looking up from some of the work she had started.
"We did.." Piccolo said noting the slight nervousness in Bulma's eyes.
"Which was peculiar because she was alive and living in the other dimension." Tien said.
"I just wish I knew what made her leave." Yamcha said.
"For once I didn't burn the food, Darien!!" A plate of food was set in front of the guy.
"Let's see if it has flavor this time, Sere." He said taking a little bit of the pasta the blonde made. After realizing it wouldn't kill him he put it in his mouth. "Not bad."
"Are you serious?!?!" She asked as her blue eye lit up. "I tried REALLY hard on this because I still think it's really nice of you to allow me.. almost a complete stranger come and live with you." She said and he pulled her into a hug.
"Well, you said it yourself it's temporary.. until you either make up with that friend or find a place of your own. I guess you couldn't do much harm." He said stroking her blonde hair. "Besides it's nice to have someone else around the house." He said. 'Especially if one like you could provide much pleasure.' He thought silently and smirked to himself.
