A/n: R&E!
Warning(s): AL, MV
Disclaimer: I don't own anything!
Fame
Monday - School
"Hey" Krillin stopped by 18's locker as she arranged some of her books inside it. 18 turned and faced him
"Well hello there stranger" she smiled. Krillin chuckled
"I know. I've been studying for the PSAT's. Did you hear about my aunt?" he asked. 18 nodded
"Yep, I did" she said
"Good. Are you going?"
"What do you think Krillin?" she asked as if her answer was obvious. Krillin furrowed his brows
"You could've not gone-"
"Hello!" she closed the door to her locker "it's aunt Mayes. Do you know how long it has been since I last saw her?" she asked the couple turning at the same time to walk to their respective classrooms. Krillin shrugged his shoulders
"Oh well. I really want us to have a good time you know" he said
"Oh we will! I mean Chichi's gonna be there and Goku, Vegeta-"
"No, um" Krillin cut her off "18... I really want us to have a good time" he clarified. 18 held her breath
"I'm sure we will" she answered with uncertainty but it was enough to convince Krillin. He smiled at her
"Great. I'll come over to your house Thursday morning so I can help you load everything in your car" he suggested. 18 faked a smile
"Sure" she shrugged her shoulders. Krillin nodded
"Ok I gotta get to class. See you later?"
"Yeah" she nodded sliding a strand of her hair behind her ear as he proceeded to walk to his classroom. 18 stopped and breathed in. He was claiming his territory again. She was sure about not getting back together with him this time but not a hundred percent positive. She hadn't taken the time to think about how she felt for him now. Everything was confusing. Somehow he didn't bring the happiness he used to bring to her anymore or perhaps it was the fact that someone had proven to make her happier…
-O-
"Hey" Bulma called Vegeta's attention as they stood by his car Bulma seating on the back part of it with Vegeta standing in between her legs with his back to her his hands on her thighs. They were waiting for the bell to ring before entering school. Vegeta turned between her legs so he could face her
"We need to talk before we enter the penitentiary" Bulma said referring to their high school building. He grunted
"About what?" he asked in his usual gruff tone. Bulma rolled her eyes
"Ok…for starters… how are we getting to aunt Mayes's? Do we take my car or your car? When are we loading the stuff on either car? What should we take there? What kind of place are we talking about here-?"
"Ask the witch. She knows" Vegeta replied carelessly. Bulma sighed staring at him with a tired gaze
"You know? I can't help to think that you're in complete refutation of going to this place-"
"True"
"Why? I told you we're gonna hang out with your friends and have a great time" she said. Vegeta scoffed
"Right" he sounded pessimistic
"Fine!" Bulma had had it "if you don't wanna go then don't go. I don't want to waste my only long weekend with a person that feels like he's stuck with me. I'm going regardless of your decision" she said firmly. He stared at her
"You wouldn't dare" he taunted. Bulma arched a brow
"Oh really?" she leaned close to him "watch me" she jumped off the car standing right in front of him now. Their lips were inches away from touching when she decided to turn away and look for her bag inside the car. Vegeta watched her every move as if she was a prey and he was the hungry hunter. Once Bulma pulled her bag out of the car she proceeded to walk towards the school. Vegeta stood still behind her
"You can't live without me" he remarked confidently as she walked further from him. Bulma smiled at his words then turned for a second
"Wrong" she said in a singsong voice then turned back around. Vegeta pulled his bag out of the car and locked it up following behind her…
-O-
"…and we'll leave at three so we can make it there at around six thirty maybe seven if we stop to get something to eat on the way. Are you straight with the plans?" Chichi asked to her spaced out boyfriend as they walked together down the school's main hallway their hands joint in a sweet embrace. Goku kept walking as if he hadn't heard a thing. Chichi frowned breathing in profoundly
"Goku, honey" she started in a soft and calm tone. Goku stared at her clueless. She narrowed her eyes at him
"Can you please repeat what I just said?" she requested patiently. Goku scratched the back of his head
"Uh… about… aunt Mayes's?" he asked insecure. Chichi tried to control her anger
"Yes" she nodded "what did I say about aunt Mayes?" she asked stopping abruptly and dragging him with her. Goku breathed in
"Um… we'll be there a-at uh… three-"
"Down"
"Five-"
"Down"
"S-Six-"
"Six thirty. Damn it, Goku. Can you please listen to me? It'll only take a second out of your inattentive mind" she complained. Goku shrugged his shoulders innocently
"I guess" he said. Chichi breathed out rolling her eyes at him
"You know what my problem is? I love you too much. That's why I can't be mad at your clumsiness" she said angrily. Goku smiled
"That's great. I love you too-"
"Goku it's not the point. Anyway I'm gonna head to class. I want to make it there early. I'll see you later" she said irritated. Goku watched her walk away, no good bye hugs or sweet kisses or-
"I need to kiss you but you better not get used to it" Chichi warned as she walked back to him leaning in to capture his lips in a soft kiss. Goku complied. At least one thing came out right from their whole conversation/argument…
-O-
"You look pensive" Raditz broke through 18's distant state. 18 shook her head
"Nah just stupid thoughts" she stared at him. He shrugged his shoulders
"Alright…what time do you want me to come over Thursday? I can pack up my stuff the day before that way when I go to your house-"
"Uh Krillin just offered to come over Thursday. I kinda told him it was ok" 18 cut off with the news sounding more repented than excited. Raditz's face became gloomy. Still he kept his casual smirk on his face
"Good, I mean, Krillin lives closer to ya'. It's probably easier that way" he said
"Yeah" 18 slid a strand of her hair behind her ear "probably" she spoke with hesitation. Raditz stared at her
"I gotta get to class" he looked at his watch "I'll see you later I guess"
"Sure" she smiled at him
"Alright" the tall male took off destined to make it to his classroom on time. 18 sighed. Was it just her or was this all suddenly becoming more difficult as it became clear?
-O-
"Took you long enough" Bulma said as Vegeta caught up with her before they made it to the main hallway inside the school parameters. Vegeta frowned at her
"This has nothing to do with you" he lied walking alongside her now. Bulma smiled
"Right, I didn't say it did" she said wisely. He stared
"You're pissing me off" the male informed with a threatening stare as they walked together down the hall. People seemed to be opening way for them desperately speaking amongst themselves but the couple, too ignorant as to what people knew of the status of their relationship AND too involved in the current argument, didn't notice at all
"You know what I was wondering?" she started as Vegeta eyed her cautiously
"What?"
"I was wondering" they stopped in front of her locker. Bulma rest her back against it while Vegeta stood in front of her "what our relationship would be like without kissing-"
"Boring" Vegeta quickly replied with a scoff. Bulma nodded
"True. We'd basically have nothing" she shrugged her shoulders. Vegeta embraced her by the waist as she continued to speak
"We should break up" she suggested with a smirk throwing her arms around his neck. Vegeta stared at her with his evil gaze
"Pity, we had a good shot" he smirked now. The couple kissed waiting for the second ring of the bell to be the only intruder to their momentary but pleasing kissing session…
1st Period - Math
"… and I am really, really sorry 18. I never meant to-"
"Chichi it's ok" 18 cut her black haired friend's apologies short. Truth was her mind was way too busy focused on this new discovery that could potentially become a great problem. She, being the kind of person that liked to live without complications, wouldn't let it go until she could figure it out. What was wrong? Why was it so hard to talk to Raditz all of the sudden? He was still the same careless loser that she had met nine years ago. Oddly enough he didn't seem like such a loser anymore…
When the whole thing with Krillin broke down Raditz had been there trying to convince her that getting over him was a piece of cake. And it had been. Except for the times she found herself alone in her room wondering what went wrong with her relationship with Krillin she was out having fun with the guy. The feelings were no surprise. Her implausible will to stop them was unexpected. She had to admit if it hadn't been for Krillin the story might have been different…maybe…
"Hello? Earth to 18!" Chichi called. 18 shook her head turning back to Chichi with an uncomfortable expression
"Sorry" she sighed "what were you saying?"
"Ok is it just me or is everyone ignoring me today?" Chichi asked annoyed. 18 smiled
"Sure" she answered carelessly. Chichi stared at 18
"Are you positive you're ok?" she asked puzzled. It was definitely unlike 18 to zone out especially in this sort of situation. The blonde haired female nodded
"I'm fine I just…" she stared at the classroom door "I have to go to the bathroom" she said standing from her chair. Chichi looked to the front of the classroom where the teacher awaited for the students to settle down
"You can't go now 18. Class is about to being-"
"I'll be right back" 18 ignored her friend's words walking out on her and directed towards the bathroom. Chichi rest her back against the upper part of the chair
"Well that was weird…"
1st Period - Science
Vegeta's desk was positioned beside Bulma's. He had come to class with the old 'left-the-book-at-home' excuse. Bulma, being the smartest in the class and all, was the perfect scholar to assist him
"Don't leave your 'book' at 'home' next time Ouji" the teacher spoke with irony turning to the whiteboard with a smile that clearly read he knew his students all too well. So the great Vegeta was really falling for a girl. That was a first. Of all things teachers were they surely weren't born yesterday. Something students seemed to always forget. The malicious-looking youngster sat back on his chair comfortably one of his arms around Bulma's seat while the other he used to write down a few notes. The smart girl listened to the teacher carefully not giving too much thought to Vegeta though she knew it wasn't going to be long before he decided that he wanted attention. She'd deal with it when the time came
"And so we divide the periodic table into alkaline, metals, non-metals, yadda yadda, you all know the rest-"
"This stuff is boring" Vegeta broke her concentration. Bulma rolled her eyes
"It'd be useful if you paid attention" she said writing stuff on her notebook. Vegeta turned away with a tiresome expression
"Sure" he said annoyed. Bulma smiled turning to him the teacher taking a look at the couple at the same time
"You're not taking notes-"
"Ms. Briefs and Mr. Ouji" the teacher called "how clever to chat it out during class. I hope you're paying attention-"
"We are" Vegeta answered before the teacher could finish sentence. The teacher scoffed
"Really? Doesn't look like it" he looked at the class lesson plan on his desk then back up at him "apparently you and Ms. Briefs were having a conversation much more important than the class-"
"Maybe" Vegeta cut the teacher off before he could finish his judgment, again. Bulma turned to Vegeta alarmed
"Control yourself" she whispered embarrassed. Vegeta shrugged his shoulders as the teacher stared angrily
"Maybe? Young man could you stand up and fill us all in with what you think is more important than this class?" he requested bothered. Vegeta frowned hard
"I don't think that's anybody's business" he replied. The teacher banged his hand on the desk
"I don't think I need to remind you who you're talking to like that" he threatened. Vegeta smirked evilly
"Who?..."
Five Minutes Later
"Nice Vegeta" Bulma said dully as she and Vegeta walked down the hallway together directed to the dean's office
"What?" Vegeta asked from behind since she was already a few steps ahead of him. Bulma turned to him with a stern expression
"What? We're doomed to detention for probably the rest of the month not to mention how bad this is gonna look on my academic records" she said storming off. Vegeta followed though he could care less
"It's not my fault-"
"Oh it's not? Let's see now. What bothered him more? The fact that you seem to think what we were talking about was more important than his class or that you actually told him that it was nobody's business when he asked you to enlighten the class with our conversation. Oh wait! It could've been the fact that you don't see him as an authority figure" she said with sarcasm. Vegeta grunted
"The idiot was getting on my nerves" he said pissed. Bulma sighed
"That doesn't give you a right"
"It does. He better stay off my ass-"
"Look" they stopped a few steps before the dean's office "all I'm asking is for you to you behave yourself at least the classes that I'm taking with you" she requested. Vegeta frowned hard but just when he opened his mouth to speak she spoke again
"You think you can do that?" she asked softly. His blood boiled as his anger level increased with each passing second. There she went again using that maddening power she had over him to her favor. He couldn't explain it let alone escape it. Every time she used it against him he had to make up a violent scene in his mind that would keep him from releasing the anger he felt. Vegeta breathed out looking at her with his pure evil gaze
"I'll try" he said keeping his voice down so she wouldn't sense just how angry he was. Bulma stared at him with her big bright eyes
"Good" she turned on her heel so they could enter the dean's office. Vegeta pulled her back by her hand making her turn back to him
"What?" she faced him not lasting a second before her lips were over his…
1st Period - Spanish
"Dude what's with the silence? You're killing me" Yamcha sat in the seat before Raditz's interrupting his deep thinking. Raditz shook his head
"Nothing man. What's up?" he asked avoiding having to talk about what was going on inside his head. Yamcha being such an ignorant man didn't notice
"I went out with Christine yesterday. Whoo! I'm telling you! That woman is driving me crazy. I gotta admit she's got me where she wants" he said. Raditz smirked
"Good for you"
"Is something wrong? You look tired, man" asked Yamucha. Raditz shook his head
"Nah nothing important"
"Let it out dude" he held on to Raditz's shoulder supportively. Raditz looked at Yamcha. Twice. Ok so he wasn't exactly a person inside their 'circle of trust' and his brain wasn't something you could call functional but he was right about one thing. Letting it out would make him feel better. Of course he wished he had a better person to do this with at least someone that had a potential of understanding concept. But heck who could he talk to? Goku was Krillin's best friend too, Chichi was just not an option, Bulma had enough to handle with Vegeta and they didn't have that trust bond yet, Vegeta was complicated when it came to feelings and Krillin or 18 was a capital NO. There was really no choice here
"Alright. I like a girl-"
"Like? Like, like like?" Yamcha interrupted enthusiastically. Raditz sighed
"Maybe this isn't such a good idea-"
"Come on, man!" Yamucha requested. Raditz breathed profoundly
"Ok. I like a girl but she likes a guy who's both my best friend and her best friend" he confessed uneasily. Yamcha hissed
"That's an ugly situation you're stuck with dude. My best advice is to put it all on a weighing scale-"
"A weighing scale!" Raditz asked not getting the point. Yamcha nodded
"Yep. An imaginary weighing scale" he specified "put her on one side of the scale and put your guy friend on the other then think of things they both have until one side goes higher than the other. Then go for the one that you have less to lose" he suggested. Raditz stared amazed. He was actually startled that the guy was making some sense. Yamcha continued
"In your situation you'll lose something anyway but there's something that you can't afford to lose, something that's worth losing the other one for. That's what you gotta figure out" he explained. Raditz sighed again. To be a guy so far from reality and that lacked of a great deal of intelligence he was right. Raditz didn't have to think it twice before knowing who was at stake here. But breaking all these years of friendship was surely the hardest thing he'd ever had to do.
The Bell Rings
"I'll let it go this time Ms. Briefs but only because you're my best student here at Madison Brooks. I can't afford to corrupt your perfect record because of such a situation. We might go down to second on the National School Ranking System and trust me..." the principal smiled at Bulma "we don't want that. So off you go. As for you, Mr. Ouji…" the principal lowered his big glasses down to his cheeks so he could take a wary look at Vegeta "I don't have more space on your record to add another flag" he took a look at Vegeta's record on his desk turning the pages and raising his brows in amazement every time he looked at a new page. Vegeta sat back on the chair across the principal's comfortably not really caring about the old man's words. The principal sighed
"No wonder the dean dropped this case on me. Looks like a tough three week suspension here, Ouji" he fixed his glasses and looked back up at him again. Vegeta was defying the male with just his stare. Bulma breathed profoundly. Here he was, about to be suspended for three weeks OR more, and he was being absolutely reckless about it. The principal looked back to the records
"I can't let this one slide" he looked at Vegeta again. Bulma broke the heated tension between the two
"What about Community Service?" she suggested. The principal thought for a second
"That sounds about good. Give me twenty hours of community service and I'll let you off easy. Agreed?…"
-O-
"Community Service? That's absurd!-"
"And it just saved your ass from three weeks of suspension" the couple walked out of the Principal's office. Vegeta grunted angrily
"I'm not doing it!-"
"You have to, honey, you have no choice" she said ignorant to his complaints "besides my mother can fill you a slip everyday though you still have to work" she added. Vegeta stopped walking crossing his arms on his chest. Bulma stopped along with him standing right in front of him
"Where?" he asked frowning. Bulma thought for a minute
"We can paint the house…"
-O-
"Surprise, surprise. When did they get back together?" 18 asked as she and Chichi stood on the hallway together watching the scenario between Bulma and Vegeta. Chichi shook her head
"I have no idea. She told me they were back together yesterday. It was probably at the end of last week or something" she said uninterested. 18 breathed out
"Oh well" they resumed walking "what time are you going to aunt Mayes?" she changed the topic
"I think Goku and I are gonna arrive at like seven, seven thirty maybe. I'm not sure" she replied. 18 nodded
"Good. We need to talk about arriving hours over lunch. Let's try to get there together so aunt Mayes can see us all and meet Bulma since I guess she's going now" she assumed. Chichi nodded
"She is. I invited her. Sounded pretty excited about the idea"
"Good Chichi. Don't you think we're using our popularity for a good cause?" 18 asked snobbishly. Chichi smiled
"We are. This is so good!" she said joyfully then suddenly fell into a thoughtful state. 18 furrowed her brows puzzled
"What?" she asked. Chichi sighed
"Well since Bulma's going now I think it's proper to leave them the sofa bed. Krillin's going to sleep on the twin bed upstairs and Goku and I were gonna to use the bed down on the basement"
"So…"
"So, I don't think you will mind but just in case do you mind sharing a bed with Raditz? I mean it's just for four days you know? Raditz doesn't really fit in that twin bed Krillin will sleep in and I doubt he'd like to sleep with Krillin on the same bed" she suppressed a giggle "and I don't think you really want to sleep with Krillin either. It'd be awkward, wouldn't it?" she asked doubtful. 18 half smiled at her
"Sure" she nodded "I'll share. It'll be fine" she said. Chichi smiled
"Thanks. I knew you wouldn't mind. Now, for the foods and stuff…" she went on. 18 could only think of what would happen. Anything could happen. What were the odds of someone finding out?
"There you are" Krillin interrupted the girls chatter. Chichi smiled at him
"Hey Krillin" she greeted. 18 smirked at him
"What's up?" she asked. Krillin cleared his throat
"I was wondering how much money we should take for gas" he asked
"Take thirty. I'll take like fifty that should be enough" she said. Krillin nodded
"Ok. I'll see you girls later" he said sweetly disappearing out the corner. Chichi looked at 18 with an enthusiastic expression
"You guys are so getting back together" she squealed. 18 faked a smile running a hand through her hair
"Yeah…" she hesitated…
End of Ch. 19. Ok, I gotta admit this was a fill in chapter. I liked it, though. It turned out better than I expected! So everything's arranged for aunt Mayes's weekend. What do you guys think that could happen! I was kinda confused 'cause I got a review that said something about my story being somewhat alike to Dawson's Creek so I went to the site and read out a couple of episodes and it turns out that it is what's basically going on in here. So now there might be some twists to the story. Hope this chapter was a little unlike DC. Sorry. I never meant for it to be THAT much alike. For the people that hate DC sorry and for the ones that love it, sorry too! Thanks for noticing that, reviewer!
I hope you guys are ok! On the poll I took from last chapter on lemon vs. no lemon, the lemon is winning so far but like I said. If I finally convince myself on a sequel for this story then the lemon is for the other one. Hey! I like this voting stuff! Ok, I'm starting a second voting thingy. Who's your favorite couple from this story? you can choose between Bulma and Vegeta, Chichi and Goku, and 18 and whoever. Its up to you! Well, you guys take care and stay tuned for the next chapter which will coming out soon!
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