Author's Note: Welcome to another installment (for the low, easy payment of 9.95 per month!) of 'Just Tell Me You Love Me'. Now that high school is over for our heroine and all her friends, things will be moving faster. Don't hold me to that however, I've been known to draw things out.

Enjoy the chapter.

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Ahh, this is the life. Rini, Bulma, Maron, and I were laying on reclinable lawn chairs in the backyard at my house by the above ground pool and soaking up the summer rays in our bikinis. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon. I fumbled over to my side to change the song on the CD player. I knocked over my virgin strawberry daiquiri as well and swore loudly.

"What happened?" Rini asked. Her voice sounded tired, as if she really didn't care what happened to my drink.

"Spilled my daiquiri." I stood up. "I'm going in to get more. Anybody want anything?"

"Crackers. Salted." Bulma said, not opening her eyes or changing positions. "And the time, if you'd be so kind."

I went into the dark and air conditioned house. It was nice inside, but I quickly got cold. As I walked to the kitchen to get Bulma's salted crackers and my daiquiri, I passed the closet which was open and strewn with objects all over the place. I shook my head and chuckled softly. At around 6 this morning, I was awoken by my frantic fiancée looking for his battery powered lamp and his sleeping bag. He came into my room quietly at first, but then became louder and louder until he woke me up.

"What are you doing?" I asked sleepily while watching his shadow move throughout my room.

"Looking for my camping stuff. Have you seen my sleeping bag?" He asked.

I switched on the light next to my bed and threw the covers off of me. He was momentarily shocked by the lack of clothes I had on. It had been a hot night, so I slept in my bra and underwear. I opened the sliding closet door next to my main closet which was used for storage and rummaged around a bit. I threw him his navy blue sleeping bag. "Anything else?"

His eyes stopped looking at my body and looked at me in the eyes. "Er, my uh… Dammit, what's it called? Flash light. That's it."

"It's in the cabinet above the washer and drier." I said. "Now if that's it, I have a REM cycle to get back to."

"Yeah, that's it." He said and set down his sleeping bag. He enveloped me in a hug. "I'll see you in a week." I soaked in his smell. He was wearing a worn dark plaid button up t-shirt and a pair of zip off khakis.

"You better not find any summer girls at that stupid campground." I said sarcastically, but I was so tired, I doubt the sarcasm was noticeable.

"Nah." He said. He tucked me into bed then kissed me on the head. As soon as he clicked off my light, he went over to grab his sleeping bag and whispered 'I love you' as he shut the door behind him slowly.

"I love you too." I said back.

So the girls and I were boyfriend-less until Saturday when they would all come home. Well, with the exception of Maron. Krillin was still in town for a couple more days so he could start packing for college and work. He was going to join the guys on Tuesday. They went to a campground that was a good hour and a half to the north so they could be situated on a big lake to go inner-tubing.

The girls and I had decided to take the entire week off as well so we could play around town for the week.

I walked outside with my refill and a package of crackers. I threw the crackers at Bulma and they bounced off her stomach and hit the grass below her.

"Son of a…" She said, in a state of shock.

"It's 1:30." I said, still standing and stretching.

"You've got to be kidding me!" Rini said, propping herself up on her elbows to look at me. "You mean to say that we've been out here for over two hours?"

"Mmm, yah." I said.

"Dude, that's bad. Let's go do something." Bulma said, stilling up and munching on a cracker.

Maron didn't respond. "I think she's asleep." Rini said, leaning over to inspect her.

Bulma was climbing into the pool. She shivered as soon as her whole body entered. "It's refreshing, but the initial shock sucks."

I smirked evilly at Bulma and nodded in the sleeping Maron's direction. Bulma smirked in a manner not unlike Vegeta's and projected the water onto her.

Maron woke up squeaking like a mouse. "Oh you guys!" She whined. "It's so cold! Why couldn't you just wake me up like nice people do?" Rini was doubling over in laughter.

"You needed to wake up, sleeping beauty. We're going to go do something. It's 1:30."

"1:30!" She squeaked again. "But we started sunbathing at-"

"Yeah. We know. That's why we're going to go do something." Bulma said. She dipped her whole body underneath the surface and walked to the latter to get out.

"Okay then. Let's get washed off, dressed and go into town." I said, now getting into the pool as well.

After we got ready, we all piled into Bulma's summer car; a white BMW convertible. We cruised the downtown streets until we found a parking space in the dead center of the downtown district. The group of us walked down the street.

"Oh God…" Rini said, holding her stomach. "Can we please find a place to eat? I'm super hungry."

We all decided on the Mexican place in the next block over. We decided to share a 4 burrito sampler and a large plate of chicken and cheese nachos. We each got individual margaritas, non-alcoholic of course. We all had lots of fun putting the umbrellas in each others hair.

"So, what's up with the wedding? That's the next really exciting thing other than starting college." Bulma asked.

"We finally decided on a date, so we'll be sending out invites soon. It'll be September 15th." I said, shoving a corn chip into my mouth.

"Oh wow, that seems so far away! You can move it up, can't you?" Maron asked.

"Yeah, but it's the second week in June. We have the rest of this month, July, August, then it's September. We have 3 months to plan an entire wedding."

"It'll be interesting, all right." Rini said.

"You still have to get fitted for you bridesmaid dress." Maron said.

"Thank God we're all going to be close next year. That way, it won't be hard to do the wedding or even get together. I think Rini and I are the farthest away from each other, and then it's only one hour." Bulma said.

"So the 15th." Maron said thoughtfully. "Are you going to get a new dress, too? The original plan was that you were going to be pretty…well, swollen when you got married."

"Yeah, I really don't have a choice, but this time I'll look at a bunch of patterns or go to a store. The last one was made as soon as possible so I wouldn't have to worry about timing."

We all sat in silence and sipped our margaritas. "To wearing matching dresses and flattering Chi-Chi shamelessly on her wedding day." Rini said, raising her glass. All of our glasses clinked together.

"So," I said after taking a drink. "I know Brad is already in college and he's here, but what about Vegeta and Krillin? I mean, Vegeta is going to Duke in South Carolina and Krillin is going to University of Kentucky. What are you guys going to do?"

Maron and Bulma exchanged non-chalant looks. "I personally know that no matter how pissed Vegeta gets with me, he'd rather die than hurt me, so I'm not really stressing over it. The only thing I'm a little worried about it my self control. I know I'll try to fill the void." Bulma said.

All our looks shifted to Maron, who seemed absorbed in playing with her straw. "I tried to break up with him before prom." She dropped her straw. "We all know that him and I are so completely on again off again in our relationship, I don't really care about trying too hard."

We all sat in silence for a few moments. The waiter dropped the plate down in front of us, and we sat staring at the food.

"I didn't want to tell you or anything, but I saw at a café with another girl." Bulma said, taking the initiative and a chip.

"What did she look like?" Maron asked, in an almost bored way.

"Tall, thin, blonde hair, strangely deep voice, serious face. Weird girl, but pretty."

Maron nodded. "I've known about this one for a while now. I saw them in the mall right before Christmas holding hands and window shopping. You're right, she is pretty. Did you catch a name?"

Bulma looked thoughtful. "I had stopped by to get a latte, and I got out of there as soon as possible so that he wouldn't see me, but I think I heard him say '18' or something."

"18?" Maron asked, raising an eyebrow. "Fuh-reak."

We divided up our food and ate while engaging girl talk and brainstorming many different ways to break up with Krillin.

"When do you want to do it?" Rini asked.

"As soon as possible." Maron replied.

"Then I have a plan. You see that pay phone?" Rini said, pointing to a phone over on the wall near the bathrooms. "Call his cell phone and pretend you're 18, then ask him to meet you somewhere and bust him."

"Won't it be weird for you at the wedding though? You guys have been going out for close to three years now." I suggested.

Maron shrugged. "It's better than being cheated on." She said. "Anybody got a quarter?"

Maron arrived back to the table shortly after our check did. "So in an hour, we'll be meeting in front of the west entrance to the mall."

"Yeah. He's getting out of work now and he wants to change first, then meet me. Well, 18 more like." she said while smirking.

"So obviously you must have gotten her name right, because you pulled it off." I said.

"Aren't you nervous? Sad? Any emotion other than mischievous?" Rini asked.

"Not really. I've been trying to bust him since I found out, but I haven't had a good plan. I confronted him about it once and he denied it up and down." Maron took one of the mints off the bill plate.

"Let's make tracks then." Bulma said, tossing her keys up then catching them again.

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We made sure to get a parking space that had a clear view of the 'show', and arrived a bit late to ensure that he was already there. Maron jumped out the side from the backseat of the convertible. "Wish me luck!" She said, walking confidently towards the entrance.

"Dude! What is she saying!" I asked excitedly, moving up to the front seat to sit on Rini's lap so I'd have a better view.

"He just saw her…" Bulma said.

"Oh my god. Look at his face!" Rini said with her eyes wide open.

Krillin was looking very uncomfortable and began to look around for someone.

"Oh man, I totally wish we had a microphone or something. I really want to hear her!" Bulma whined.

"She'll tell us when she comes back." Rini said.

"But it's not the same." I said unhappily.

Maron began to us her arms more animatedly, which meant she was getting pissed. Krillin stood there red in the face, occasionally opening his mouth to speak.

"Oh, he just said he was sorry. I recognized that." Rini said.

Just then, he grabbed her shoulders and pulled her into a kiss. She immediately pulled away, slapped him, and began to walk towards us. Her face was red and as she got closer, we saw that her had tears in her eyes.

"Maron? Are you okay?" I asked her as soon as she was about to get back into the car.

"Completely." She said. "I just think I broke my wrist while slapping him though. It hurts so bad."

I moved back to the backseat again and sat with Maron. I put my arm around her and she cried softly while holding her wrist.

Now, Maron is a brilliant actress sometimes, but I also know how she really feels. I can tell you right now that she may have been crying from some of the pain in her wrist, but most of it was from breaking up with her boyfriend of three years for the last time.

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Author's Note: Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed this chapter. It really didn't have much of a purpose, but it's okay. It was pretty fun to write.

Wedding time! Oh gosh, I can't wait to write the wedding. I'll be back soon to provide you all with more brain candy. See ya next time.

Annie Bacchi