And now....on to the fic!!!
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- - Running Away - -
- - Prologue - -
She hesitated a bit before opening the white envelope, out of fear of what the letter inside would say. She'd been waiting for the letter from this college for weeks, and here it was, right in front of her and she was scared to open it. "Come on Bra, you can do this..." she said in a low voice. She took a deep breath, opened the the envelope and began to read the letter. Moments passed, then, "YES!!!! I'M IN, I GOT IN!!!" Trunks burst into her room.
"What the hell are you yelling about!?" he looked at her questioningly. She wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him tight.
"Trunks I did it! I got accepted to Euphoria University!" She let him go and handed him the letter.
He read it then smiled at her. "Way to go. I knew if I wished hard enough I'd be rid of you one of these days."
She snatched the letter back from him and glared at him. "Thats it!" she pointed to the door. "Out, you!" He laughed lightly and walked out. Bra closed her door and looked at the letter again. Finally she'd be able to get far away from here, far away from all the weirdness that surrounded her family and friends. She never asked for stange powers, super strength or the ability to fly, yet she had all those powers and more. She remembered how she always envied normal girls with normal lives. Well now she'd be perfectly normal in another city where no one knew her or her family. Euphoria University was located in Zenith City, which was perfect because it was far, far away from Satan City and everyone who knew her. She'd hate leaving her mom, dad and all her friends but she was possitive she was doing the right thing.
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- - First Steps - -
- - Chapter One - -
She told her parents that night while they were eating dinner. Trunks and Vegeta were busy scarfing down their food but Bulma noticed that Bra had barely touched hers. "Bra honey, are you ok? Is something wrong?"
There was nothing wrong really, she'd just been busy wondering how she was going to tell her parents. Well now was as good a time as any. She looked to Vegeta, then to Bulma. "Mom, dad, I got a letter today. From Euphoria University." she smiled. "I got in, they accepted me."
Bulma smiled happily. "Oh honey thats wonderful. Congratulations, I've heard alot of good things about that school."
"Thanks mom." Bra then looked to Vegeta who had a serious look plastered on his face.
"I thought you were going to Silverstar University like Trunks, here in Satan, there's absolutely no need for you to go that far away from home!"
Bra sighed, she should have guessed something like this would happen, either way she quickly came up with an argument. "Euphoria has a way better fashion expertise program, all Silverstar is really known for is its computer department and thats beacause it's funded by Capsule Corp." she crossed her arms over her chest and waited.
Vegeta looked over to Trunks who at the current moment had his mouth full. "Trunks you've been going to Silverstar for a year now, tell her what good a school it is!"
Trunks nodded and said, through a full mouth, "Oh...yeah....great school....good basketball team..." and he then continued to stuff his face.
Vegeta sighed in annoyance as Bra could barely contain her giggles. "The point is that Zenith City is a little too far away just for college."
"No dad, thats not the point, Euphoria is the best college for what I want to do and its not like they accept just anyone. I'm going because its a good oppertunity for me and nothing you can say will make me change my mind."
Vegeta was about to say something but Bulma shot him a glare and he stopped before the words came out. He still looked mad, however he finally gave in. "Fine."
The family ate the rest of dinner in silence, Trunks still stuffing his face unaware that an argument had just taken place.
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Everything went as normal as usual the next day at Orange Star high. Bra sat at the usual bench to eat her lunch as she waited for Pan and Marron. They were both going to attend Silverstar University as well, Pan had made sure of that so she could be as close to Trunks as possible, even though Pan really could have gone anywhere she wanted. Her test scores had been amazingly high and she hadn't even been putting in as much effort as Bra and Marron had. Though she never told Trunks that, in fact she'd told him she'd scored just high enough to get into Silverstar, he probably figured she was lying but it really didn't matter, it was sweet that she'd go to a school that didn't deserve her just to be with Trunks.
Bra looked up and smiled as the two girls approached her, both giggling at something funny Marron had just said. They both greeted Bra, then sat.
"God I love being a senior." Marron said as she lifted her sunglasses and placed them on top of her head to stop her long blonde hair from falling to her face. "Its like all the guys flock to us, its too cool."
"For you maybe." Pan said through a smile. She opened her notebook to the inside of the front cover where she had taped a picture of Trunks. "I'm happily taken."
Bra giggled and yet again she took another deep breath as she prepared to tell her two best friends the news. "Umm, guys? Did you get your acceptance letters yet?"
Pan happily held up hers. No suprise there. Marron was scrounging around in her bookbag till she finally pulled out a slighly crumpeled letter. "Yup, Silverstar, got it like three days ago."
Pan looked at Bra a bit confusedly. "Didn't you get yours yet Bra? I thought we sent out our applications at the same time."
Bra laughed a little uneasily. "Well we did, but I never sent an application to Silverstar."
Both Pan and Marrons heads shot up and they looked at her with slight shock. "What? I thought we were all going to Silverstar." Marron said as she looked to her acceptance letter, then back to Bra.
"Yeah me too. What gives Bra? If you didn't apply to Silverstar then where did you apply to?"
Bra went into her bag and pulled out a folded letter. "I applied to Breener, Vernocy and Euphoria University. I just got a letter yesterday. Its from Euphoria, which was my first choice in the first place, so I'm going there." She handed Pan the letter and Marron went to read it over her shoulder. Moments later Pan handed the letter back and faked a smile.
"Wow Bra.....thats really great.....we're happy for you."
Marron sat back down but looked skeptickal. "We are?"
Pan lightly elbowed Marron.
"Oww." she rubbed her arm.
Bra weakly giggled. "Alright guys, what's wrong? You can tell me."
Pan looked to her open notebook, trying to make it look like she was going over her notes. "Nothing's wrong Bra, we're really happy for you, its a great school, you're really lucky."
"Yeah, lucky, that schools hard to get in to." Marron tried to keep up the appearance that she was happy, but she just wasn't as good as Pan was at that sort of thing. "But why in the hell do you have to go so far away for Bra? We're going to miss you like crazy."
"And I'll miss you guys too, all of you. And I know its really far away, but it has the best reputation for the kind of career I want in fashion design. You both know how much I want to have my own line of clothing, this school can help me achieve that."
Pan raised a brow. "Really? Are you sure this isn't just about this silly notion you've had since you were twelve that you could never really be normal as long as you lived here?"
That did it. She should have guessed that Pan would see through her when no one else could. However her reasons for going so far away were her business. All the happy emotion she'd been trying to keep up left her face. She stared blankly now at Marron and Pan. "What does it matter, this is a dream come true for me and I'm not going to let it go just because the both of you want me to stay. I didn't come here to ask for your acceptance, I told you I got accepted because I've already decided that it's what I'm going to do." With that she got up and left, leaving the two girls speechless.
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She felt bad that night as she lay on her bed and flipped through a magazine, looking for the perfect prom dress. Pan had her figured out, she wasn't ready to admit it, and she was rude to them. It wasn't like her at all. However she had valued her privacy, and Pan hadn't respected that by voicing Bra's real reason for leaving. She sighed as she continued to skim through the magazine. "I suppose I should appologize." she said to herself in a low, childish voice.
Bulma then walked in, the cordless phone in her hand. "Bra honey, it's Pan again." Bulma's voice sounded a bit exhausted, since this was now the third time Pan had called today, and she had a feeling it would be the third time that Bra would be avoiding Pan's call.
"Tell her I'm sleeping mom."
Bulma stared at Bra for a moment, giving her the disaproving look before she put the phone back to her ear. "Sorry Pan, shes knocked out, why don't you try her tomorrow," a pause, then "Yes, I'll tell her you called. Bye." she then pressed the botton and hung up. She seated herself on the bed and stroked Bra's long hair. "Are you going to tell me what this is all about?"
Bra sighed and closed the magazine. "We're just having a little disagreement mom, its nothing major."
"First of all, thats very cryptic, it doesn't really tell me anything. And secondly I mean about everything, why you're going so far away from home, why it's so important to you. I defended you when your dad was going to try to make you go to college here, you at least owe me an explanation as to why I did that." Bulma's eyes were completely calm, and yet so understanding. Bra knew she could tell her mother anything.
"You know why I want to get out of Satan City so bad mom. Everyone who knows me here has this pre-programed vision of me. 'Oh theres Bra, Vegeta's daughter, she'll wanna join the wrestling team for sure, just look at how strong her dad is.' They'll see Pan or Trunks start to fly then bug me telling me to do it too. And lets not forget all the times Capsule Corp's had to pay for a damaged wall at Orange Star because I was mad and either kicked or punched a wall. I want complete normalcy, mom."
Bulma giggled a bit and showed Bra a reasuring smile . "Oh honey, not everyone can be perfect, and its not like you're some kind of circus freak, you're a beautiful half saiyajin, you're special."
"Thats just it, I don't want to be special. I wanna be me, admiered because of my fashion skills and gorgeous designs, not becuase I can lift a car and throw it half way across town."
Bulma nodded. "I see where you're coming from hon, if it's that important to you, you know I'll support you in whatever you do, but you're going to be terribly missed." She got up and went to the door. "Oh and please, try to clear this thing with Pan up please, before you go at least."
Bra nodded slowly. "Alright mom, I will."
Bulma smiled. "G'night."
"Night mom." with that Bulma left the room and closed the door. Bra looked to the calender on her wall. It was May already, soon the school year would be over and she would begin to plan everything for her new life in Zenith City. What bothered her now was this tiny voice in the back of her head, it was saying don't go. She pushed it as far from her mind as possible as she picked up the magazine and began to flip through it once more.
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