Trouble In Paradise

Bulma's weekend went quickly, almost too quickly. She had been working overtime in her lab most of the weekend so the weekend was a flash. Partying was very low on her to do list that weekend, especially since she knew her ex was lurking around somewhere. So she had spent her weekend working and getting ready for the coming week. Bulma sighed as she opened a bottle of raspberry red nail polish. All of a sudden the phone rang. " Hmmm, wonder who that could be." Bulma thought picking up the phone. " Hello?" Bulma said into the phone.

" Hey Bulma." Chad's voice replied.

" Oh hi Chad." Bulma said in a low voice.

" Aw what's wrong is my little ice princess upset?" Chad cooed. Bulma rolled her eyes, she knew he was drunk.

" I'm not your little anything Chad. Now I have to go." Bulma said, praying her excuse would work.

" DON'T YOU DARE HANG UP ON ME YOU LITTLE BITCH!" He screamed. " I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING! I MADE YOU AND YOU CAN'T JUST LEAVE BULMA." His screaming ceased for a few moments before he began to laugh. " Your mine, forever." Bulma swallowed hard and forced herself to breathe, hot tears welled in her eyes. " Forever." Bulma gasped and slammed the phone down. Her eyes closed slowly as she forced a breath into her lungs. " No, no, no, no, no Chad." She whispered slowly. " You'll never own m-" The shrill ring of the phone made Bulma jump, she stared at it for a few seconds, debating wheter to answer it, she did.

" WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT NOW?" Bulma screamed.

" Well that's a great way to answer the phone." A male voice said on the other end.

" Yeah it is, Who is this?" Bulma asked suspiciously.

" Yamcha." He replied.

" How did you get this number?" Bulma asked, rolling her eyes.

" I have my sources." Yamcha began. " and I thought I'd call you to ask you if you wanted to go out with me after Thanksgiving."

" Um. yeah don't you have a girl friend?" Bulma questioned, she knew the answer to this one.

" Well...yeah...but we have an understanding." Yamcha struggled.

" I'm sure you do, but I have something on the stove and people over so I have to go." Bulma lied. " So Bye." Bulma said quickly hanging up the phone.

Monday morning came far too early for Bulma, her alarm clock bringing her out of sweet dreams.

" Damn, Damn, Damn, Damn." Bulma muttered, getting out of her bed. " Ouch!" Bulma cried as she stumbled out of bed and fell to the floor. " I guess it isn't good to get out of bed when your half asleep." Bulma thought she picked herself up off the floor and walked over to her closet. She had decided on a tight black t-shirt that said spoiled and her sparkly dark blue jeans and heeled combat boots. For some odd reason she had opted to wear her hair down, letting her long blue hair sprawl over her shoulders.

" I guess that'll do." Bulma thought aloud gazing at herself in the mirror, before walking out of her room.

It had taken Bulma fifteen minutes to get out of the house because she seemed to have lost her car keys. When she finally did find her keys she remembered she still had to pick up Jenny on the way to school. Although it had only taken Bulma fifteen minutes to get to Jenny's house she still figured they would be late. Her sleek black corvette pulled up to the curb beside Jenny's house. Bulma honked the horn twice before a blur of bright pink came running out of the large house.

" I'm so sorry Bulma." Jenny panted trying to catch her breath. " I got up late." Jenny explained slamming her door.

" Whatever, Don't slam the door." Bulma muttered throwing the car into reverse. " I guess that happens."

" Um yes. I have something to tell you, but I don't want you to be mad." Jenny said quickly.

" What?" Bulma asked unenthusiastically.

" I slept with Chad." Jenny revealed. Bulma hit the breaks on her car hard, sending Jenny's small body surging forward.

" You did what?!" Bulma asked in shock.

" I slept with him." Jenny repeated. " Does that bother you?"

" No." Bulma asked drowsily. " It just shocks me."

" Oh." Jenny said quietly, watching as Bulma shifted her car back into gear. No one said anything for the rest of the ride.

When the pair arrived at school they went there separate ways, meeting again in homeroom.

" Bulma are you sure your not mad?" Jenny questioned, staring strangely at her best friend.

" Yeah I'm not mad." Bulma said surely. " I wish he'd leave me alone!" Jenny burst out laughing at this.

" Bulma your so funny sometimes." Jenny laughed. " I can't believe the work load my teachers have given me for today."

" What could be so bad?" Bulma asked seriously.

" I have four tests today!" Jenny said franticly. " None of which I studied for."

"That's nothing." Bulma told her. " I have three tests today and two presentations."
"Well they are only trying to pick up the slack for the holidays, Bulma." Jenny explained.
"Well it sucks." Bulma huffed.
" Just get over it, today will be over before you know it, and then we don't have school till next week!" Jenny reminded her.
" I know, I know, I know." Bulma sighed. "Not that it's hard, but its so stressful!"
"Yeah well." Jenny sighed. " Oh that reminds me! What are you doing for Thanksgiving? My cousins coming home from College. He just broke up with his girlfriend. He says he wants to meet you."
" I can't go. I'm going skiing over the holidays maybe another time." Bulma told her.
" Oh with your parents?" Jenny asked.
" Nope with some people." Bulma explained.
" Like who?" Jenny asked with a growing smile on her face.
" Vegeta and his friends." Bulma muttered, hoping Jenny had missed that.
" You're doing what?!" Jenny laughed, bouncing up in down in her seat. "You're Kidding me! He asked you to go?"
"I know what you are thinking and we are just friends!" Bulma protested.
"Bulma honey, you broke him and Marron up, you danced with him, you kissed him twice, and now you're going away with him and his friends! Don't tell me your just friends!" Jenny laughed, not quite believing Bulma's naivety.
"Jenny you blow everything out of proportion." Bulma snapped at her friend.
" Yeah well I want details when you get back!" Jenny told her seriously.
"You know you will get them." Bulma replied angrily. " Well I gotta run if I'm gonna make it to homeroom on time!" Bulma yelled over her shoulder running in another direction.

When Bulma arrived at her locker there were two notes taped to it. One said this.
" Next time maybe you'll dance with me. Call me. ~ Yamcha." Bulma tore the note up and his phone number. The second note was from someone she obviously knew. " Heard you were going skiing with us, see me for directions and details. ~ Chi. " Bulma smiled and slipped the note into her pocket, this was going to be interesting.

The day dragged on uneventfully for Vegeta. His morning was spent listening to Marron arguments on why she was so much better than Bulma. Vegeta smirked at the thought, Marron couldn't hold a candle to Bulma.
" Vegeta. What is the answer to number three?" A cheerful Mrs. Anderson asked. Mrs. Anderson was the teacher Vegeta usually enjoyed terrorizing the most. She given him about thirty detentions that year alone for what she called disrespect.
" How the hell should I know? "He growled quite annoyed.
" That's it! You have a detention young man!" Mrs. Anderson yelled, throwing down her books on some random girls desk, the girl jumped in fright.
"Whatever you old witch." He growled under his breath.

It had been a hellish day for Bulma by the time lunch rolled around, and lunch wouldn't prove to be any better either. Chad had spent the first ten minutes of her lunch period begging her to take him back, the answer was no, as always.
" I don't see what he doesn't get about no!"; Bulma snapped in frustration. " No means no! Meaning not ever! "
" Well he really loves you." Jenny said sadly.
"Oh Jen, I'd give anything if he'd leave me alone!" Bulma explained. "Your too good for him anyways."
" But I have liked him since my freshman year!" Jenny whined. " I think I'm in love with him Bulma."
" Don't say that Jen, you don't know Chad like I do." Bulma warned, shaking her head.

"He's wild and sometimes that can get out of control."
" Why do I feel like your not telling me something?" Jenny asked.
"Don't worry about it! Besides I thought you had a thing for Yamcha." Bulma teased.
" Oh I do, but he will never look at me." Jenny said in defeat.
"You never know." Bulma laughed, sipping her soup.
" That's right I don't." Jenny agreed. "And I wouldn't want to know either."

" Maybe I'll buy that cute little snow hat!" Marron squealed.
" I thought that thing was ugly." 18 said coolly.
" Maybe to you." Marron shot back. "I like it!"
" Yeah uh huh Marron." Chichi and 18 said in unison.
" So are you bringing anyone skiing with us?" Chichi asked. "I mean since you and Vegeta aren't dating anymore."
" Nope, I think I can get him to forgive me." Marron stated confidently.
" Well I think you should bring someone anyway, after all he is bringing Bulma." Chichi blurted out.
" He's bringing who?!" Marron nearly screamed. " WHY?"
" I don't know I guess he likes her."18 guessed. " Why don't you ask him?" Marron stood up defiantly and marched over to the guys side of the table.
" 18! " Chichi hissed. " Do you have any idea what your doing?"
" Nope." 18 giggled. The next sound was the shouting of Vegeta and Marron and muffled laughter. Goku stood up promptly and separated the two.
" Marron come down!" Goku protested.

" Goku stay out of this." Marron huffed. " I can't believe you think she's better than me!"
" Damn straight." Vegeta said, sitting down. " Your as bad as I am if not worse."

" What the hell does that mean?" Marron screamed at him.

" It means your a conniving little bitch." Yamcha said suddenly.

" Oh thanks Yamcha that means so much from scum that I made out with every day since junior high." Marron blurted out, forgetting 18's presence.

" What?" 18 said standing up. " I can't believe you two!"

" Listen honey.." Yamcha said touching her arm.

" Don't you honey me and how dare you even touch me!" 18 screamed at him, slapping him across the face. " We are through!" She proclaimed dumping what was left of her Fruitopia all over him and walking away.

" Nice going you two!" Chichi hissed as she got up and chased after 18.

" Screw this!" Yamcha said angrily walking away from the table. leaving only Goku, Vegeta and Krillin.

" Oh well." Krillin said going back to his food.

( A/N: Well what a day! lol. I still have three chapters to go before the holidays. I'm listening to my new cd laundry service by shakira, for those of you who have it isn't it good? Anyway. I'm afraid after this both my fics will be on hold until after I'm done with a contest. I'm sorry but I have so much to do, the contest ends 1/2/02 so when that is done I can start up on my fics again. Ja till then ~ Kira ~ )