(does a little dance) I'm rocking out with all these updates and new
stories!! yeah!
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Seruleyan-Wings- Pandi-bear here! Well, he didn't buy him a car in this chapter, but expect tempers to flare!!! mu hahahaha. Everyone's going to love this chapter I just know it!!! ;) Yeah, Vegeta's jealous of Yamcha, after all Bulma's the mother of his son and his childhood sweetheart! Wouldn't you be?! There's a cute little flashback scene in this chapter too, back to when Vegeta and Bulma were 16! Enjoy, and thanks for reviewing as usual! Luv ya!!! (hugs) ;)
Daisy31- I had a lot of fun writing this chapter. I gotta know what everyone is thinking after they read it! Bulma and Vegeta Sr. will have their little talk in a couple chapters, don't worry! I'm not sure what kind of car Trunks will get. I have several in mind! Thank a bunch for reviewing. Much luv! ;)
Reader: I hope 'CRUNK' is a good thing! Thanks for reviewing, and I hope this was updated quick enough for you! ;)
Shades of Crimson- Hiya!!! :) I know this is your fav story of mine, so this update is for you! You've been so supportive to me! thanks so much (Hugs) I love it! Anyhow, there's nothing between Trunks and Keelin right now, but there might be. I don't want Bulma and Yamcha to get any closer either, but I have to. I think it's going to make this story that much better. As always, thank yo uso much for reviewing!
DBZ-fan-JESS- I really really really hope you like this chapter! Thanks for all the reviews for all my fics. You rock! ;)
Videlchan313- Hey! Vaction sounds really good to me right now!! haha. I feel bad for what my characters have gone through for this fic, but you guys don't know the half of it yet! This chapter will bring you a big step closer though! Let's just say Vegeta losses his cool! ;) Thanks for reviewing!!!
Dopey- Hi! I'm really glad you like this story too!!! Thank you so much for all the kind words. and of course, for reviewing. With out all these reviews I wouldn't be inspired to post any fics!! ;) Thanks!!!
BlueAngel- They'll eventually be together, but it's gonna take time. The have a lot to work through, and a few more obstacles to overcome before they get there! Thanks so much for reviewing!! ;)
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Some of ya'll sound like you'd be great fun to chat with. I know I have tons of fun with Seruleyan on AOL, so if you guys want, message me! I'm always up for agood chat!
CHALICE001
;)
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Chapter 6: Let's Take This Outside!
"This place is great, Bulma," Arthos said. "There's only one problem." He searched through the many papers held onto her fridge by magnets.
Bulma tried not to laugh. "And what's that?"
"Where's that freakin' number of that diner so I can ask that woman out!?!"
She laughed and shook her head. "You Ouji's are so funny when you have crushes," she teased.
He shot her a deadly glare. "Give me her number, B. I'll pay you for it."
"Akira wouldn't like that," she told him. "You should have asked her out when you had the chance."
"You're evil," he shot back disappointedly.
"Hello?" Someone called out from the front doorway.
Arthos suddenly perked up. "You were torturing me on purpose," he accused.
Bulma smiled. "Yep." She turned toward the livingroom. "In here Akira!"
"Hey!" She walked in and spotted them. "Oh, I thought all your company letf, B. I can come back."
"No!" Arthos spoke up, then coughed, trying to regain what little dignity he had left. "I mean. You don't have to leave because of me or my brother. It's perfectly alright."
She smiled at him. "Okay, then. Where's everyone else?" She asked Bulma.
"Arro had to go back to the city. He's got a big date tonight, and Trunks is upstairs getting ready for dinner."
"You just ate at my place three hours ago," she said.
"Well, I get my eating habits from hanging out with Vegeta and Arthos all those years, and it's genetic with Trunks," she defended.
"Why don't you come with us?" Arthos cut in, smoothly.
"Oh, um. I don't know. I mean it seems like a family thing you've got going on. I don't want to impose on your time together."
"Come along," Vegeta said from behind her. "Put my brother out of his misery."
Bulma laughed at Arthos who was really fighting the urge to punch his older brother in the face. "Vegeta's right, besides I don't want to be the only female there."
"Well, I guess since I have nothing else planned for tonight. What time are you leaving?"
"Fifteen minutes, but we'll wait for you."
Akira nodded and looked at all the well-dressed people standing around her. "I'll save us some time," she said. "Do you still have that cream colored dress or did I take it back already?"
Bulma grabbed her by the arm. "I still have it in my room. Let's go!"
Vegeta watched both women disappear up the stairs. "You can thank me later," he told his brother while smirking.
"You mean kill you later! She probably thinks I'm a complete idiot," he said. "I never act like that in front of women. What the hell's wrong with me?"
"She's beautiful and very different from the type you usually go out with," Vegeta replied.
"Yeah, but I just meant her today."
"What's going on?" Trunks asked as he walked in.
"Nothing!"
"Your uncle has a little crush on your friend," Vegeta answered.
Trunks smirked knowingly. "Akira, huh?"
"I'm going outside," Arthos muttered angrily.
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After a fabulous dinner at Sienna House, the small group walked through the parkinglot. Trunks had left several minutes earlier because he said he needed to get home right away and call Keelin before she freaked out. Akira and Arthos were walking ahead, talking in hushed voices, and every now and then Akira would laugh. Bulma smiled to herself as she walked several feet behind. Vegeta looked at her.
"What is it?"
"It's been a long time since she's been that happy around a guy." She paused thoughtfully. "Now that I think about it, I should have introduced those two years ago."
Vegeta glanced up at his brother and Akira. "She must be something if she's put up with him this long," he teased.
Bulma laughed and nudged him with her elbow. "Be nice. He's your brother, Vegeta."
He smirked, slipping his arm around her. His smirk fell away instantly. "You're shivering. Why didn't you bring a coat, woman?"
"Yes, mommy," she joked, leaning closer to him. He was nice and warm. "Why didn't you tell me you were moving back?"
"Why didn't you ask me for the money?" He countered.
She sighed. "Why won't you answer my question?"
"When are you going to let me support our son?"
She stopped walking, causing him to stop as well since he was still holding her. "Stop it, Vegeta," she said in a tired voice.
"I'm taking Trunks car shopping this weekend."
Bulma pushed away from him. "God! Will you knock it off already?! You're just itching to fight with me aren't you?"
"I wanted it to be a surprise, alright," he shot back. "And I knew you'd throw a fit when I told you about it."
She shook her head in disbelief. "Why would I?"
Vegeta looked toward the car where his brother and Akira were waiting. "It's time to go."
Bulma grabbed him the the arm before he could walk off. "Oh, no, Vegeta. We're finishing this. Now, answer me."
He looked her straight in the eye. "Because I was going to ask him if he wanted to come live with me?" He watched her facial expression change from shock to angry within seconds, and he sighed. "I knew you'd get pissed so I didn't say anything."
"How dare you?! You think you can just waltz in and take my son away like that," she hissed.
Vegeta pulled her hand from his arm. "Our son! How many times do I have to say it?! Not yours, ours. It's up to him, but I don't see where you should be getting upset, woman. You've had him for 16 years," he growled, pointing a finger in her face. "You took him and ran off without telling me where you were even going. I missed out on too much, and I'm done with it!"
Bulma was standing there with tears in her eyes as he shouted at her. Akira and Arthos were now coming back over to them and not liking what they were hearing as they got closer. Vegeta ignored them and continued on.
"I went months without so much as a phone call or a fucking letter! Well, not anymore, sweetheart! It's my time now. I've sat back long enough."
"Vegeta, please," she whispered sadly. "You don't understand."
"Wrong, love. You don't understand," he said, his tone suddenly calm. He turned to his brother. "We're leaving." With that said, he walked off toward his car.
Arthos nodded. "We'll be right there."
Akira walked over and hugged Bulma. "Come on, B. Let's just get you home, okay?"
Bulma sobbed and nodded her head as it rested against Akira's shoulder.
----(flashback)
Bulma laughed as Vegeta tumbled over the edge of her balcony and landed right in front of her. "You idiot! Be quiet, or you'll wake my parents," she whipsered loudly, then giggled.
Vegeta sat up and groaned. "Stop yelling," he shot back.
"I'm not yelling," she told him, taking a step toward him and falling onto the ground next to him. They both laughed, leaning against each other for support. "I think we drank too much of your dad's liquor," she said.
"He won't miss it."
She grinned. "Is Arthos still passed out?"
Vegeta smirked and crawled over to the railing to peer over. His younger brother was lying on the hood of his car, face down. "Yeah. Lightweight."
"He is only fourteen. He shouldn't have even been drinking with us," she stated seriously.
"And we should have been drinking? Last time I checked, we were still under age."
Bulma happened to look up at her parent's window as the light came on. "Oh shit, Vegeta! They're up!"
He looked up. "Shit!"
"You better get to the guest room quick. If they find out that we snook out, we're dead!"
"What about Arthos?"
The fear of getting caught by her parents had quickly sobered Bulma up for the moment. She stood up, wobbling slightly, and helped pull Vegeta to his feet. "I don't know!"
"We can't leave him down there all night, and what if they check outside?"
She heard someone coming down the hall toward her room. Quickly, she shuffled through her pocket and pulled out her key. "Here. You know the security code. Climb back down and try to sneak him in queitly. I'll stall my parents."
He nodded and pulled her close. "Good luck," he said, smirking once again, before kissing her.
Bulma stood in a daze for a few seconds as she wached him climb over the edge and disappear from view.
"Bulma Briefs!"
She gulped and turned to see her mother. "Yes?"
"What are you doing? It's three in the morning, and you're fully dressed, standing in the middle of your balcony," Lillian Briefs admonished. "What is the meaning of this?"
"I couldn't sleep, and I needed some air," she lied, glad that the cold was keeping her mother just inside the doorway and far away from her. Lillian would smell the liquor on he breath in an instant if she got any closer.
"Why are you still dressed?"
"I feel asleep in my clothes."
Her mother gave her a look that clearly said 'I know you're hiding something.' "Whatever. Get in here right now and get to bed!"
"Yes, mother." She hesitated for a moment, hoping that Vegeta had gotten Arthos into the house.
"Now, Bulma!"
"Okay!"
"Don't you dare raise your voice to me, young lady! I won't stand for it."
"Yes, mother."
----(end flashback)
"It's going to take a long time to catch up in all my classes," he spoke into the phone.
"I can imagine," Keelin replied. "So, how was dinner?"
He smiled. "Great! Uncle Arthos and Akira got along really well."
"Akira got to go to dinner with you gus?! Aw, I wish could've went!"
"Yeah, me too. I'm still finding it hard to believe that my dad just showed up out of the blue. It's so awesome!"
"Oh, hey. I gotta go. Phone curfew," she told him.
He laughed. "Sorry, Kee. Meet me at Son's tomorrow afternoon. 4 o'clock?"
"You bet!"
"Night."
"Bye!"
He hung up the phone just in time to hear his father's car pull up in the driveway. It was going for 11, and he knew heshould be in bed, but he wanted to see his dad once more. He was never sure when he'd get to see him next, even though he was living a little over an hour away now! He rushed out the front door.
"Hey! It's about time," Trunks shouted out to them.
Vegeta stepped out of the car first and politely opened the back door for Bulma. She got out slowly, but Vegeta paid her no mind. He walked away before she was completely out of the car. He wanted to speak with his son before he left.
"Did you call your friend?" He asked, slightly demanding.
Sensing that something was up, he frowned. "Um, yeah."
"Good, we need to talk," Vegeta said.
"About what?"
Vegeta stared at his son for a while, debating on whether or not he should ask him to come move into the Ouji estate with him. It made perfect sense for the boy to com live with him. He'd be close to his school, and he'd get to spend some time with his grandparents before they moved off to Califonia. His gaze drifted back to Bulma who was looking back at him fearfully. She was beyond terrified that he was going take Trunks away, and 'she should be,' he thought angrily. He turned back to Trunks.
"Saturday at noon, I'll pick you up," he said quickly before turning back to his car.
"Where are we going?"
"To get you a car," he said as he walked past Bulma, who was on her way to her front door.
Akira sighed. "I hate seeing her like this," she whispered to Arthos.
He shrugged. "She's had it coming for a while."
The woman next to him glared at him. "Well, there something that you and your brother aren't seeing. She's not the type of person to do all that without a reason!"
'Damnit,' Arthos mentally cursed. He didn't want his brother's problems messing up his chances with Akira. "Mabe you're right," he admitted, trying to get back into her good graces.
"I'm always right," she told him with ahint of a smirk on her face. "See ya around, Mr. Ouji."
He watched her walk toward Bulma's house with a stunned look. "Wait a sec? How am I supposed to get in touch with you?!"
She turned around and flashed him a grin. "Backseat!" She turned back toward the house just in time to catch Vegeta as he walked by. "Hey."
He stopped and glared at her. "What?"
"Don't get pissy with me," she told him, plaving her hands on her hips. "All I wanted to say was that it was nice to finally meet you." She held out her hand.
He nodded, shaking it firmly. "Same."
"You going to bearound a lot more?"
"Who knows," he said.
She smiled. "Stop by the diner, it's where we usually all hang out," she told him before running into the house.
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yeah, I updated this fic finally! Aren't you proud? Can you believe this chapter took me whole 3 hours to come up with?! I'm on a roll lately! Anyhow, thanks for reading. Don't forget to review!
Next time: Since everyone wants Vegeta to get Trunks a car, that's what I'm gonna do! The big shopping trip is next, along with another family dinner at the Briefs' estate, maybe! ;)
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PANDORA ;)
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Seruleyan-Wings- Pandi-bear here! Well, he didn't buy him a car in this chapter, but expect tempers to flare!!! mu hahahaha. Everyone's going to love this chapter I just know it!!! ;) Yeah, Vegeta's jealous of Yamcha, after all Bulma's the mother of his son and his childhood sweetheart! Wouldn't you be?! There's a cute little flashback scene in this chapter too, back to when Vegeta and Bulma were 16! Enjoy, and thanks for reviewing as usual! Luv ya!!! (hugs) ;)
Daisy31- I had a lot of fun writing this chapter. I gotta know what everyone is thinking after they read it! Bulma and Vegeta Sr. will have their little talk in a couple chapters, don't worry! I'm not sure what kind of car Trunks will get. I have several in mind! Thank a bunch for reviewing. Much luv! ;)
Reader: I hope 'CRUNK' is a good thing! Thanks for reviewing, and I hope this was updated quick enough for you! ;)
Shades of Crimson- Hiya!!! :) I know this is your fav story of mine, so this update is for you! You've been so supportive to me! thanks so much (Hugs) I love it! Anyhow, there's nothing between Trunks and Keelin right now, but there might be. I don't want Bulma and Yamcha to get any closer either, but I have to. I think it's going to make this story that much better. As always, thank yo uso much for reviewing!
DBZ-fan-JESS- I really really really hope you like this chapter! Thanks for all the reviews for all my fics. You rock! ;)
Videlchan313- Hey! Vaction sounds really good to me right now!! haha. I feel bad for what my characters have gone through for this fic, but you guys don't know the half of it yet! This chapter will bring you a big step closer though! Let's just say Vegeta losses his cool! ;) Thanks for reviewing!!!
Dopey- Hi! I'm really glad you like this story too!!! Thank you so much for all the kind words. and of course, for reviewing. With out all these reviews I wouldn't be inspired to post any fics!! ;) Thanks!!!
BlueAngel- They'll eventually be together, but it's gonna take time. The have a lot to work through, and a few more obstacles to overcome before they get there! Thanks so much for reviewing!! ;)
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Some of ya'll sound like you'd be great fun to chat with. I know I have tons of fun with Seruleyan on AOL, so if you guys want, message me! I'm always up for agood chat!
CHALICE001
;)
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Chapter 6: Let's Take This Outside!
"This place is great, Bulma," Arthos said. "There's only one problem." He searched through the many papers held onto her fridge by magnets.
Bulma tried not to laugh. "And what's that?"
"Where's that freakin' number of that diner so I can ask that woman out!?!"
She laughed and shook her head. "You Ouji's are so funny when you have crushes," she teased.
He shot her a deadly glare. "Give me her number, B. I'll pay you for it."
"Akira wouldn't like that," she told him. "You should have asked her out when you had the chance."
"You're evil," he shot back disappointedly.
"Hello?" Someone called out from the front doorway.
Arthos suddenly perked up. "You were torturing me on purpose," he accused.
Bulma smiled. "Yep." She turned toward the livingroom. "In here Akira!"
"Hey!" She walked in and spotted them. "Oh, I thought all your company letf, B. I can come back."
"No!" Arthos spoke up, then coughed, trying to regain what little dignity he had left. "I mean. You don't have to leave because of me or my brother. It's perfectly alright."
She smiled at him. "Okay, then. Where's everyone else?" She asked Bulma.
"Arro had to go back to the city. He's got a big date tonight, and Trunks is upstairs getting ready for dinner."
"You just ate at my place three hours ago," she said.
"Well, I get my eating habits from hanging out with Vegeta and Arthos all those years, and it's genetic with Trunks," she defended.
"Why don't you come with us?" Arthos cut in, smoothly.
"Oh, um. I don't know. I mean it seems like a family thing you've got going on. I don't want to impose on your time together."
"Come along," Vegeta said from behind her. "Put my brother out of his misery."
Bulma laughed at Arthos who was really fighting the urge to punch his older brother in the face. "Vegeta's right, besides I don't want to be the only female there."
"Well, I guess since I have nothing else planned for tonight. What time are you leaving?"
"Fifteen minutes, but we'll wait for you."
Akira nodded and looked at all the well-dressed people standing around her. "I'll save us some time," she said. "Do you still have that cream colored dress or did I take it back already?"
Bulma grabbed her by the arm. "I still have it in my room. Let's go!"
Vegeta watched both women disappear up the stairs. "You can thank me later," he told his brother while smirking.
"You mean kill you later! She probably thinks I'm a complete idiot," he said. "I never act like that in front of women. What the hell's wrong with me?"
"She's beautiful and very different from the type you usually go out with," Vegeta replied.
"Yeah, but I just meant her today."
"What's going on?" Trunks asked as he walked in.
"Nothing!"
"Your uncle has a little crush on your friend," Vegeta answered.
Trunks smirked knowingly. "Akira, huh?"
"I'm going outside," Arthos muttered angrily.
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After a fabulous dinner at Sienna House, the small group walked through the parkinglot. Trunks had left several minutes earlier because he said he needed to get home right away and call Keelin before she freaked out. Akira and Arthos were walking ahead, talking in hushed voices, and every now and then Akira would laugh. Bulma smiled to herself as she walked several feet behind. Vegeta looked at her.
"What is it?"
"It's been a long time since she's been that happy around a guy." She paused thoughtfully. "Now that I think about it, I should have introduced those two years ago."
Vegeta glanced up at his brother and Akira. "She must be something if she's put up with him this long," he teased.
Bulma laughed and nudged him with her elbow. "Be nice. He's your brother, Vegeta."
He smirked, slipping his arm around her. His smirk fell away instantly. "You're shivering. Why didn't you bring a coat, woman?"
"Yes, mommy," she joked, leaning closer to him. He was nice and warm. "Why didn't you tell me you were moving back?"
"Why didn't you ask me for the money?" He countered.
She sighed. "Why won't you answer my question?"
"When are you going to let me support our son?"
She stopped walking, causing him to stop as well since he was still holding her. "Stop it, Vegeta," she said in a tired voice.
"I'm taking Trunks car shopping this weekend."
Bulma pushed away from him. "God! Will you knock it off already?! You're just itching to fight with me aren't you?"
"I wanted it to be a surprise, alright," he shot back. "And I knew you'd throw a fit when I told you about it."
She shook her head in disbelief. "Why would I?"
Vegeta looked toward the car where his brother and Akira were waiting. "It's time to go."
Bulma grabbed him the the arm before he could walk off. "Oh, no, Vegeta. We're finishing this. Now, answer me."
He looked her straight in the eye. "Because I was going to ask him if he wanted to come live with me?" He watched her facial expression change from shock to angry within seconds, and he sighed. "I knew you'd get pissed so I didn't say anything."
"How dare you?! You think you can just waltz in and take my son away like that," she hissed.
Vegeta pulled her hand from his arm. "Our son! How many times do I have to say it?! Not yours, ours. It's up to him, but I don't see where you should be getting upset, woman. You've had him for 16 years," he growled, pointing a finger in her face. "You took him and ran off without telling me where you were even going. I missed out on too much, and I'm done with it!"
Bulma was standing there with tears in her eyes as he shouted at her. Akira and Arthos were now coming back over to them and not liking what they were hearing as they got closer. Vegeta ignored them and continued on.
"I went months without so much as a phone call or a fucking letter! Well, not anymore, sweetheart! It's my time now. I've sat back long enough."
"Vegeta, please," she whispered sadly. "You don't understand."
"Wrong, love. You don't understand," he said, his tone suddenly calm. He turned to his brother. "We're leaving." With that said, he walked off toward his car.
Arthos nodded. "We'll be right there."
Akira walked over and hugged Bulma. "Come on, B. Let's just get you home, okay?"
Bulma sobbed and nodded her head as it rested against Akira's shoulder.
----(flashback)
Bulma laughed as Vegeta tumbled over the edge of her balcony and landed right in front of her. "You idiot! Be quiet, or you'll wake my parents," she whipsered loudly, then giggled.
Vegeta sat up and groaned. "Stop yelling," he shot back.
"I'm not yelling," she told him, taking a step toward him and falling onto the ground next to him. They both laughed, leaning against each other for support. "I think we drank too much of your dad's liquor," she said.
"He won't miss it."
She grinned. "Is Arthos still passed out?"
Vegeta smirked and crawled over to the railing to peer over. His younger brother was lying on the hood of his car, face down. "Yeah. Lightweight."
"He is only fourteen. He shouldn't have even been drinking with us," she stated seriously.
"And we should have been drinking? Last time I checked, we were still under age."
Bulma happened to look up at her parent's window as the light came on. "Oh shit, Vegeta! They're up!"
He looked up. "Shit!"
"You better get to the guest room quick. If they find out that we snook out, we're dead!"
"What about Arthos?"
The fear of getting caught by her parents had quickly sobered Bulma up for the moment. She stood up, wobbling slightly, and helped pull Vegeta to his feet. "I don't know!"
"We can't leave him down there all night, and what if they check outside?"
She heard someone coming down the hall toward her room. Quickly, she shuffled through her pocket and pulled out her key. "Here. You know the security code. Climb back down and try to sneak him in queitly. I'll stall my parents."
He nodded and pulled her close. "Good luck," he said, smirking once again, before kissing her.
Bulma stood in a daze for a few seconds as she wached him climb over the edge and disappear from view.
"Bulma Briefs!"
She gulped and turned to see her mother. "Yes?"
"What are you doing? It's three in the morning, and you're fully dressed, standing in the middle of your balcony," Lillian Briefs admonished. "What is the meaning of this?"
"I couldn't sleep, and I needed some air," she lied, glad that the cold was keeping her mother just inside the doorway and far away from her. Lillian would smell the liquor on he breath in an instant if she got any closer.
"Why are you still dressed?"
"I feel asleep in my clothes."
Her mother gave her a look that clearly said 'I know you're hiding something.' "Whatever. Get in here right now and get to bed!"
"Yes, mother." She hesitated for a moment, hoping that Vegeta had gotten Arthos into the house.
"Now, Bulma!"
"Okay!"
"Don't you dare raise your voice to me, young lady! I won't stand for it."
"Yes, mother."
----(end flashback)
"It's going to take a long time to catch up in all my classes," he spoke into the phone.
"I can imagine," Keelin replied. "So, how was dinner?"
He smiled. "Great! Uncle Arthos and Akira got along really well."
"Akira got to go to dinner with you gus?! Aw, I wish could've went!"
"Yeah, me too. I'm still finding it hard to believe that my dad just showed up out of the blue. It's so awesome!"
"Oh, hey. I gotta go. Phone curfew," she told him.
He laughed. "Sorry, Kee. Meet me at Son's tomorrow afternoon. 4 o'clock?"
"You bet!"
"Night."
"Bye!"
He hung up the phone just in time to hear his father's car pull up in the driveway. It was going for 11, and he knew heshould be in bed, but he wanted to see his dad once more. He was never sure when he'd get to see him next, even though he was living a little over an hour away now! He rushed out the front door.
"Hey! It's about time," Trunks shouted out to them.
Vegeta stepped out of the car first and politely opened the back door for Bulma. She got out slowly, but Vegeta paid her no mind. He walked away before she was completely out of the car. He wanted to speak with his son before he left.
"Did you call your friend?" He asked, slightly demanding.
Sensing that something was up, he frowned. "Um, yeah."
"Good, we need to talk," Vegeta said.
"About what?"
Vegeta stared at his son for a while, debating on whether or not he should ask him to come move into the Ouji estate with him. It made perfect sense for the boy to com live with him. He'd be close to his school, and he'd get to spend some time with his grandparents before they moved off to Califonia. His gaze drifted back to Bulma who was looking back at him fearfully. She was beyond terrified that he was going take Trunks away, and 'she should be,' he thought angrily. He turned back to Trunks.
"Saturday at noon, I'll pick you up," he said quickly before turning back to his car.
"Where are we going?"
"To get you a car," he said as he walked past Bulma, who was on her way to her front door.
Akira sighed. "I hate seeing her like this," she whispered to Arthos.
He shrugged. "She's had it coming for a while."
The woman next to him glared at him. "Well, there something that you and your brother aren't seeing. She's not the type of person to do all that without a reason!"
'Damnit,' Arthos mentally cursed. He didn't want his brother's problems messing up his chances with Akira. "Mabe you're right," he admitted, trying to get back into her good graces.
"I'm always right," she told him with ahint of a smirk on her face. "See ya around, Mr. Ouji."
He watched her walk toward Bulma's house with a stunned look. "Wait a sec? How am I supposed to get in touch with you?!"
She turned around and flashed him a grin. "Backseat!" She turned back toward the house just in time to catch Vegeta as he walked by. "Hey."
He stopped and glared at her. "What?"
"Don't get pissy with me," she told him, plaving her hands on her hips. "All I wanted to say was that it was nice to finally meet you." She held out her hand.
He nodded, shaking it firmly. "Same."
"You going to bearound a lot more?"
"Who knows," he said.
She smiled. "Stop by the diner, it's where we usually all hang out," she told him before running into the house.
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yeah, I updated this fic finally! Aren't you proud? Can you believe this chapter took me whole 3 hours to come up with?! I'm on a roll lately! Anyhow, thanks for reading. Don't forget to review!
Next time: Since everyone wants Vegeta to get Trunks a car, that's what I'm gonna do! The big shopping trip is next, along with another family dinner at the Briefs' estate, maybe! ;)
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PANDORA ;)