So, I'm taking it you liked the Veggie scene, eh? Well, I've decided to increase his role in the fic a bit... *shrugs* So shoot me. :) Don't worry though, there IS a reason for him to be there.... There's a method to my madness... methinks... Know what my goal is? To make it back to where I was before... That's over 100 reviews... anyone up for helping me out? I'd appreciate it! But.. even if I don't make it back.. that's ok! At least you guys are still here reading! Thanks Sooooooo much for that!!

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And a HUGE hello to Saiyan Prince Vegeta! You, my dear, are simply purrrrfect! ;) Go read his fics! And while you're at it, go read MistyDea's, Belle Sourire's and Crystalline Maxwell's ficcies too!! They're ALL awesome!! Trust me, I outta know! :)

Disclaimer: I AM Master Roshi!! BRING ME MY SNORKEL!!! (It's one of those "You had to be there type things")

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Everyone Says I love you

Chapter Nine: What makes you different

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~*You don't run with the crowd
You go your own way*~

"V-Vegeta?" Bulma questioned softly. She reached a hand up, and grazed it across the arm directly in front of her, as if checking to make sure it was real.

"Still causing problems, eh? Never fails.. I leave you alone for five minutes, and you get yourself into all kinds of trouble." Vegeta snickered, before sending a glare at the brown haired woman. He let go of her still-balled fist, and she let her arm fall to her side, dejectedly.

"Man.. what IS it with you? You've got guys EVERYWHERE!" Mandy exclaimed, before walking back to the car, and climbing in next to an equally astonished Krillin.

~*You don't play after dark
You light up my day*~

"Not to mention I hear you've slept with that baka Kakarot.. Honestly woman! KAKAROT! Have you lost your mind? You wouldn't even sleep with ME! But... Kakarot?! I think... if I cared... I might be hurt by that!"

Bulma rolled her eyes at the fact that Vegeta STILL called Goku by his middle name. Then a thought hit her. "Wait... how'd you hear about Goku? It's not exactly public knowledge, you know!" She screeched, and Vegeta covered his ears at the sound

"Nope, you haven't changed a bit.. still a bitch, I see. Let's just say, it's more public than you know... Seems the idiot couldn't keep his mouth shut about it. He bragged to nearly half the town that you'd been stupid enough to let him have your virginity."

~*Got your own kind of style
That sets you apart*~

"Goku would never..." Bulma began, but was abruptly cut off.

"Then, as you said, how ELSE would I know?" He gave a satisfied smirk, before turning around, and catching a glimpse of someone huddled next to a black car down the street. He could only make out the top of the person's head, and the spiky brown hair there. He knew immediately who it was.

"Well, if you'll excuse me, I have no important matters to attend to than weak ex girlfriends." He moved to enter the Pizza Parlor, but stopped when he heard Bulma call his name.

~*Baby that's why you captured my heart*~

"Vegeta! What're you.. I mean.. why don't you stop by later? I haven't seen you in forever!" She blushed at how childish she sounded just then, but recovered quickly.

"Heh.. so you've missed me, eh? I might do that. What about that little boyfriend of yours? I don't think he'd be too happy to see me at all..."

"I don't think Goku'd mind you being there!" She said cheerfully.

~*I know sometimes you feel
Like you don't fit in*~

"THAT'S not the boyfriend I was talking about... according to my sources, Goku dropped you flat after you.. well, you know." He said smugly.

"Goku and I never really... dated per say." She mumbled, "but you'll come over, right?"

"I'll think about it." Was the only reply she received. He turned away from her, and walked into the store, never once casting a backwards glance in her direction.

~*And this world doesn't know
What you have within*~

"Was that VEGETA?" Krillin asked quickly as Bulma climbed into the car.

"Yeah.. strange seeing him here, huh? And he said.... never mind... it was probably bullshit anyway..." She replied. *Or was it?* Her mind questioned. She chose to ignore it. Goku wouldn't say that, would he?

Had Bulma not been so absorbed in her own thoughts, she might have noticed a man with spiky hair come out of his hiding place behind the car. A man easily identified... a man she trusted. She might have noticed her boyfriend enter the pizza shop, and take a seat at a table. In fact, the SAME table her ex boyfriend was seated at... She might have seen... had she been looking...

~*When I look at you
I see something rare*~

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"Bulma...." Goku said softly, before leaning his head back to rest against the brick wall he was crouched against. He'd been there for the past hour, and come to a conclusion. Love sucked. No.. that wasn't harsh enough. Love was... bad. Goku shook his head sadly. Love was bad? THAT was the best he could come up with?

"Ugh... You're killing me here!" He screamed to the sky, earning a strange look from the passersby. "What? Never had someone rip your heart out? Well, if you're ever looking for a reason to commit suicide.. It's a GREAT one!" He exclaimed to one woman who had stared a bit too long for his liking. She pulled her coat tighter around her, before scurrying off in the other direction, much to Goku's delight. He muttered something under his breath about annoying old hags, before laughing aloud, and pulling himself to his feet.

~*A rose that can grow anywhere
And there's no one I know that can compare*~

If all she'd wanted was a cheap lay, no strings attached, all she'd ever have to do was ask.. He'd have been more than happy to help her relieve her..frustration. Not that he minded.. not at all. He'd dreamed about her so many times before, that he would have been more than willing to help her quell whatever tensions she might have been having. "Get over it man... It's not like she's in love with you anyway" ... Convenient... That's what he was.. he was convenient. A man that could give her anything she wanted, with nothing expected in return... A man she could use, and then throw away.. A man that would die for her... Yep, that sounded like convenient to him...

*Mental note: Before having sex with beautiful best friend, ask if only a one night stand* His thoughts drifted back to the night.. and well.. day, he'd spent with her, and he groaned as he felt a familiar tightening in his baggy jeans. With a final upward glare at the sky, he cursed Bulma's name once more, and headed off in the other direction, away from the school.

~*What makes you different
Makes you beautiful*~

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"Hey Bulma! Have you seen Yamcha anywhere? No one's seen him since lunch." Krillin asked. He took sight of her huge pile of books, and took a few off of the top, making it so that she could at least see over the top.

~*What's there inside you shines through to me
In your eyes I see all the love I'll ever need*~

"Thanks Kril.. and no, I haven't seen him anywhere. He needs to hurry up though! I mean, LOOK at all this work I've got tonight! I sooooo can't fail my Senior year Krillin! That'd just SUCK!! And now, to top it off, Yamcha's missing? How'm I supposed to get in my house? I don't have a key!" Bulma screamed, nearly dropping her books.

"Someone say they needed a key?" A voice asked from behind them, and Bulma's face brightened substantially.

"Goku! YOU are a lifesaver!!" she squealed, before rushing over to meet him.

~*What makes you different
Makes you beautiful to me*~

"Yeah, yeah, I know." He replied quietly, before taking her books from her, and shoving the majority into his gym bag.

Bulma muttered a quick "thanks" to the man, before taking the remaining books from Krillin, and heading to the parking lot, Goku in tow. "So... still coming to my house? I mean.. if you want to and all.."

"Yeah, encapsulate your car, we can go in mine." He replied.

~*You got something so real
You touched me so deep*~

"Uh uh. Last time we did that, I spent two hours at the police station. I'LL drive." she laughed, and he tossed his keys to her.

"In the name of pancakes Bulma, just don't scratch the paint." Was his only reply, before he climbed into the passenger's seat. Bulma rushed over to her own car, pressed a small button on the side, and when the smoke cleared, picked up the capsule, and shoved it onto her pocket. With a little giggle, she danced over to the driver's side of Goku's sleek, black sports car.

"I mean it Bul... careful.. I don't have the cash to buy another one, ya know."

~*You see material things
Don't matter to me*~

"Fuck you" She replied, before starting the car, and casting Goku a mischievous grin.

"Best I can remember you already did..." He smirked at the now blushing Bulma, before continuing "...repeatedly.." With a look of complete satisfaction, he motioned for her to drive, which she did, her face still rivaling in color with that of a tomato.

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~*So come as you are
You've got nothing to prove*~

"Damn it Vegeta! I was supposed to be back by 2:30! It's nearly 4! Bulma's gonna murder me!" Yamcha cried frantically as he jumped out of his car, and ran towards the school, and towards the gym, where he was confident she'd be waiting.

"Oh, I DO hope so.. if she doesn't. I might." Vegeta muttered, before shaking his head, and turning the volume up on the radio.

"She's not here! Where could she have gone! I hope she's ok!" Yamcha called as he ran back toward the car.

~*You won me with all that you do
And I wanna take this chance to say to you*~

"I don't suppose it ever occurred to you that she's with that idiot of hers, huh? Or that MAYBE she decided to DRIVE home.. or that MAYBE she's a big girl, and she's fine!"

"But.. Vegeta! You don't know what she's like.. I mean, she's bubbly, and smart..."

"And gorgeous, and loud, and bitchy. I'd say I know her VERY well." Vegeta muttered, before shrugging, and leaning back in the seat of the car.. it was gonna be a LONG day...

~*What makes you different
Makes you beautiful*~

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"Oh come on Mandy! She's not THAT bad! Plus, I thought you were SUPPOSED to get em together?" Mandy's sister Misty, asked her.

"Well, I WAS! But he's.... yummy! Not to mention she's a total BITCH to him!" Mandy cried as she shoved her her lipstick back into her purse.

"But.. if he's in love with HER, why ruin that for him?"

"Because... I want him. And if I want it.. I GET it." She replied, before turning on her hell, and walking to the bathroom door, her sister following close behind, shaking her head sadly.

~*What's there inside you shines through to me
In your eyes I see all the love I'll ever need*~

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"So, who're you going to prom with?" Krillin asked the tall dark haired man next to him.

"Well, I sorta asked Mandy's sister, Misty.. you know.. Red hair, green eyes.. long legs.. Ok, I'll stop with the description.. I'll start drooling if I don't.. you get the point though." Juunanagou replied, sheepishly.

"Yeah, I follow you. If she's anything like Mandy, you're in for it though.. That girl's just plain frisky!" Krillin exclaimed.

~*What makes you different
Makes you beautiful to me*~

"This I know man.. this I know... Misty's even worse though. Not that I mind, might I add." Juunana stated. "So, how're things going with Bulma and Goku? I haven't seen em since they left the club the other night..."

"Not so great.. Matter of fact... don't even MENTION her to him right now... He's worrying me, actually. I've never seen him as torn up as he is right now. I'm worried he's gonna... hurt himself."

~*You don't know
how you touch my life*~

"I can't see Goku doing anything like that Kril... What'd B do that hurt him so bad, anyway?"

"It's not really my place to say man... but, I never thought Goku'd act like he has lately. She hurt him bad, man.. Really bad. Just help me keep an eye on him, ok?"

"No prob, man.. I just wish someone would clue me in as to what in the hell she did."

"Someday..."

~*Oh in so many ways I just can't describe*~
You taught me what love is supposed to be*~

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"Goku! for Kami's sake! I didn't do THAT bad!" Bulma cried.

"Yeah... not bad at all... if you don't count the fact that you nearly ran off the bridge getting us here!"

~*It's all the little things that make you beautiful to me*~

"Well... I didn't wanna hit the little dog!"

"Better the dog than US!" Goku screamed back, though the grin on his face showed he didn't really mean it.

~*What makes you, what makes you different
Makes you beautiful*~

"You WOULD say that!" She yelled, before popping him in the back of the head with her hand, and storming into her bedroom. Goku let out an exasperated sigh, before following her to the bedroom.

"Bulma.." Goku started, but his face faltered as he noticed he'd once again walked in on her, completely topless. This time however, there was no screeching from her, and he didn't look away, at least not at first. Summoning up the last of his courage, he crossed the distance between them quickly, and tilted her head up so she was looking at him.

~*What's there inside you shines through to me
In your eyes I see all the love I'll ever need*~

"Goku.. I.."

"Shh... please..." With those words, he leaned his head down, and captured her lips with his own.

~*What makes you different
Makes you beautiful to me*~

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I'm horrible! I know! I'd love to apologize for the shortness of this chap.. but come on! You have to admit.. it was the PERFECT place to stop! Thanks to Misty for the comic relief on this one.. Kami knows I need it. ;) and Sapphy, there's only one in this chap! There WAS more... but I had to cut the chap a bit short. ;) No kill me for it!! R/R guys, and I'll see you in a few days!! Love ya!!

~*Chante*~