If I Could Turn Back Time
VII.
"So, what did you want to do today?" Goku asked, sitting on the bed as he watched Bulma pace back and forth, trying to get her anger out.
"I can't believe that jerk! Always butting into my business!" Bulma yelled, throwing her arms wildly through the air, completely ignoring Goku.
Goku sighed and, knowing he would never get through to her in one of these moments, he laid down on his stomach, his feet where his head was supposed to go.
"Seriously, Yamcha should know by now that if I don't want to talk to him, I don't want to talk to him!" she smacked her hand lightly on the bathroom door before spinning back around, "He is such an idiot! What did I ever see in him?!"
Bulma screeched from frustration and kicked the leg of the bed as hard as she could with the top of her foot.
"Ow!" she screamed, now hopping around on one foot while holding the other in her hands.
From seeing this, Goku began laughing and pointing at her, often flipping over to his back to hold his stomach.
She glared at him, "Goku! It's not fu-AHHHH!" Bulma screamed once more as she fell to the ground after loosing her balance on one foot.
This only made Goku laugh more, pulling himself up to look over the bed to see Bulma sprawled across the carpet.
He chuckled, "Bulma, I would suggest you calm down before you make me laugh any more."
Bulma let out an exasperated sigh, "You're right…he's not worth getting angry over. I just have to think about something else that's…pleasant."
Goku smiled down at her, "I can think of something that's pleasant," he pulled himself up more, having the upper half of him hanging off the bed as he leaned down further to kiss her.
They stayed like that for a moment, before Goku released, or at least tried to before Bulma lifted her head up with his as to not let the kiss go. But he held her back with his one hand. She looked into his eyes to see him coming closer again with a little bit of fear in his eyes.
"Bulma, I'm falling…" he stated.
She bit her lip while reaching her hand up to touch his face, "I think I am, too…" she whispered.
Goku shook his head, "No, really…I'm falling," he said once again, before Bulma realized he was slipping off the bed and heading to be right on top of her.
She covered her eyes with her hands, knowing it would hurt if Goku were to fall on top of her. But to her great advantage, Goku put his one hand on her side opposite the bed, flipping himself over her.
He landed on his back and looked over at her still covering her eyes. He laughed again, "That was fun!"
Bulma, hearing him on the other side of her, uncovered her eyes and let out a deep breath, "Man, Goku! If you would of fell on me, you would have killed me!"
"Hey now, I'm not that heavy!" Goku protested.
She only smiled while shaking her head. He smiled back while nodding his head.
"Anyway…like I asked you earlier, but you ignored…what do you want to do today?" he asked, picking himself up with his elbow.
Bulma thought about it, "Well, the first thing I need to do is go back to where we were yesterday and get my key. I doubt the people that work here will be happy when I don't turn in my key."
As soon as she said that, a loud boom of thunder was heard, which made Bulma jump, followed by heavy rain hitting the window.
"Oh great! A thunder storm will most defiantly calm my mood!" Bulma said sarcastically, picking herself up into a sitting position.
Goku laid back down on his back, looking up at the ceiling, "I always thought thunder storms were soothing. You don't have to feel guilty about not going outside 'cause it would be really nice out. All you have to do is just lay here and listen to the sounds."
He looked over at her to see her staring at him. He raised an eyebrow, "What? Why are you looking at me like that?"
Bulma laughed and looked away, "It's just that…I never really heard you say something so…poetic!"
He gave her a confused look…before his eyes brightened, "Hey! I remember studying about poetry during my training with Master Roshi! He had us read a lot of poems, but…I think you got something wrong, Bulma. Words have to rhyme for it to be poetic."
"Not necessarily. Poetry can also be just words put together. Like you just did…it was a nice use of words." She complimented.
Goku smiled, "Really? Thanks! Hey, ya know…we should get married, that way you can teach me all the stuff I still don't know!"
Bulma put her hands between her knees and blushed, "Heh, well…never really thought of a wife being a teacher, but…" suddenly, something just came to mind, "hey, what about your wedding with Chi-Chi?"
"What about it?" he asked, but before she could continue, he jumped to his feet, "I'm hungry! I'm going down to the lobby to get some food, do you want anything?"
She shook her head, "No, but—."
"Okay then, I'll be right back," he said, leaving the room quickly.
Bulma sighed, "Why must his stomach always get in the way?"
After riding the elevator down to the first floor, he walked past the reception desk in time to hear the receptionist saying his name.
"Goku? Do you know what room number? …No? Well, I'll try to find him for you, please wait a minute," the man said into the phone.
Goku stopped and went up to the desk, "Umm…I'm Goku, did you want me?"
The man looked up and smiled, "Oh, thank God you're here. I didn't want to look through all the files anyway," he handed him the phone.
Goku took it and put it up to his ear, "Uhh…hello?"
"Hi, Goku! Wow, I feel like I haven't talked to you in forever!" came the very excited reply from the girl on the other side.
He tried to smile, "Oh, hey Chi-Chi."
She giggled, "Hey yourself. What's up? Anyway, let me tell you the change of plans, okay? Well, I couldn't wait two more days for our wedding, so I decided to make it tomorrow! Isn't that wonderful?! We just have to wait about thirty hours before we can be together forever!"
Goku tried to speak, "Chi-Chi, there's some—."
"Oooo, I feel like I can't even wait 'til tomorrow! I'm so excited, aren't you?!" she screeched on and on.
"Actually—."
Chi-Chi interrupted again, "Oh, sorry, but I got to be going right now, Goku! I still have a lot to get set up! See you tomorrow! I love you!" and that was the last thing said before she hung up.
Goku stared at the phone for a minute before handing it back to the receptionist and heading over to the food line.
It only took him about ten minutes to get all the food he wanted before heading back up to his room. He knocked on the door with his foot, which was answered by Bulma. Since she wasn't at all surprised at the mountain of food appearing at the door, she just moved to the side, closing the door after the food and Goku entered.
"I got some food for you, even though you said you didn't want any. I figured you would be hungry sometime," Goku said, setting down all the food on the floor and sitting in front of it.
Bulma sweat dropped, already seeing him eat most of the food, "Gee, thanks Goku," she sat down on the other side of the food and ate little by little.
"Oh, by the way," Goku began, still having tons of food in his mouth, "I got a phone call from Chi-Chi."
She looked up at him, "Really? What did she have to say?"
"She said that…" he swallowed a lot of his food so he could speak clearly, "She said that she couldn't wait to get married, so she moved the wedding to tomorrow."
Bulma almost choked on her food, "Tomorrow?! B-but that's…a little soon, don't you think?"
Goku shrugged, "That's what I thought, but she never gave me a chance to say anything."
Bulma looked down, lowering her fork to her plate. What did that mean? That he wasn't going to show up whatsoever or just—.
"Bulma? Are you okay?" he asked, looking at her with concern as she looked up at him slowly.
She tried to smile a little, "Yeah…I'm fine. I think I just need another bath, that's all."
He nodded and watched her get up and head into the bathroom, closing the door behind her. Goku looked at the closed door before shrugging and going back to his eating.
Bulma started the bath water to the hottest it could go, slipping in as soon as it got half way filled up. Truth was, she really didn't need a bath, but she needed time to think. From all the fun she had with Goku the day before, she had completely forgotten what the reason was why they started this little love thing.
She took that back. It wasn't a little love thing…it was big. At first, Bulma just thought Goku was confused on the whole love/marriage deal and he got a little crush on her for the advice. But after the next day—after all the laughing and kissing and love making—she found that even though Goku was the most naïve person in the world, he could still love as strong as anyone else.
And it just so happened that he loved her.
But the question that got her was…was he going to marry Chi-Chi still? It didn't seem like it, but if he wasn't, shouldn't he tell her ahead of time instead of embarrassing her in front of all her family and friends when the wedding was supposed to be? She knew Goku always meant well, but sometimes he did have a tendency to just say something before thinking about it.
Bulma noticed the water was getting high to the top, so she leaned forward and turned off the faucet, settling back down in the tub.
And what about her herself? Somehow, she got in the mix of the whole relationship deal from the night of the tournament. Chi-Chi was her friend…sort of…which meant she should make her happy and give Goku to her, right? Then again, Goku was her best friend and she wanted to make him happy also and he seemed to be happy with her.
But shouldn't she be happy, too?
'Wait…did I just say that I wasn't happy?' she asked herself, 'No way, that was a mistake, I must be thinking too much.'
Even so, she couldn't stop thinking about the whole soap opera situation. Why is it that love is supposed to bring joy, yet it can hurt at least one person along the way? It didn't seem fair and at times, she wished there was no such thing. She wished she would have got to make her wish to the dragon. But nooooo, she had to think that Yamcha was the perfect boyfriend.
How stupid. Oh well, she had Goku now.
What will happen when Chi-Chi finds out though? She knew that when that girl got mad, she could go ballistic. Bulma didn't think she would be capable of severely harming anyone, but then again…she never saw Chi-Chi with a broken heart. So, did that mean she thought the whole thing wasn't worth it?
Of course not! Goku was always worth anything! He was just that good of a person. But come on…no one enjoys heartbreak.
Bulma held her head and sunk deeper into the steaming water. Why did Goku do this to me? Couldn't he just have married Chi-Chi and not worry about anything? Of course not, he was Goku.
She sighed. Well then what—.
Before she could finish her latest thought, the light above her flickered twice before zapping out, followed by another boom of thunder.
She screamed from panic, jumping out of the water quickly, putting a towel around her body, and running out of the bathroom.
"Goku! The lights went out!" Bulma yelled, holding the towel tightly against her.
Goku looked up through the dark and saw the panic on her face and laughed, "Duh! I think I noticed that."
Bulma glared at him, "Hey! It isn't exactly the nicest thing in the world to be taking a bath when the electricity goes out!"
She went back into the bathroom, letting the water go down the drain and dressing in Goku's clothes again. She exited into the bedroom again, sitting on the bed and running her hands down her hair.
Bulma couldn't see one thing, but when lightening streaked across the sky, letting light through the window, she saw Goku right in front of her face, making a weird face with both of his hands on either side of this head.
Screaming was the first thing that came to mind, but instead, she just giggled and pushed him away playfully.
Goku chuckled lightly and jumped on the bed, making Bulma bounce up. She fell back along with him, Goku putting his arm around her waist right away. Bulma put her hands on his arm and gently rubbed up and down.
"Is something wrong, Bulma?" he asked again, not quite sure if their was or wasn't.
She shook her head but then remembered that he wouldn't be able to see, "No, nothing at all, why?"
"Just wondering, I guess…" was all he said before he got quiet.
For awhile, they just listened to the patter of the rain and the now soft sound of thunder, going off into the distance.
Bulma felt Goku yawn against her neck, "Since it's still early, do you want to get some more sleep? I wasn't expecting to get woken up this early."
She laughed a little, "Me neither. Besides…we can't really do anything outside right now anyway. Maybe after we wake up again, the storm will be over."
Goku nodded and yawned again, "Goodnight—er—good morning. No wait…"
Bulma giggled again, "Just go to sleep, Goku."
From that command, he fell asleep. Yet sleep didn't come so easily to Bulma, as she lay awake and thought once again.
'Wow…it's weird how Goku is supposed to get married tomorrow…I still remember when I first met him as a kid. I didn't think he would ever get married, but I guess time proved me wrong. He's gonna have to make some sort of choice though…I know he doesn't like to hurt people, but he's gonna have to hurt someone to…" she paused in her thoughts, 'wait, he doesn't have to hurt anyone. But that would be up to me…if I could do it. I could, but would I want to?'
Bulma shook her head violently, 'Why am I even thinking this?! Can't I just wait and then see how it all turns out in the end? …No, someone has to do something and since I came in on this last…I guess that someone is me.'
She sighed and turned her head to the side, "Oh, Goku…" she said almost silently, running her hand down the side of his face, hearing him stir a little in his sleep. Bulma felt tears brim in her eyes as she laid her head close to his and rubbed her forehead with his, "Goku…"
"Hmm?" he asked, even though he was still asleep.
She tried to smile at this, "I promise we'll do something fun when we get up again, okay?"
"Mm-hmm," he responded again, letting out a content sigh.
Bulma looked out the window to see one more lightening bolt shoot across the sky, distant now, leaving a sign that the storm would be over soon enough.
Hey everyone! Sorry if this chapter was boring, but…it adds up to what is gonna happen and everything. A little bit like dramatic irony. Or is that foreshadowing? Okay, my English teacher would be yelling at me right now…anyway, I hope you enjoyed it. =)