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I can't wait until I get into 10th grade. Then I can drive my own goddamn car and I won't have to put up with this annoying wench sitting next to me. She seems unusually quiet today…
"What is up with you?" I ask, suspenseful that she is plotting something. I hope to god… no. No, she wouldn't.
"Oh, just thinking," she says.
Shit. She's gonna ask me out. I can't go out with her, though, otherwise I'd jeopardize my friendship with Bulma.
"About Bulma," she says, realizing that I'm not going to ask what about. Well, that's surprising.
"Why the f*** would you be thinking about Bulma?" I ask.
"She thinks that I was only her friend for the money, but that's not true. She was my best friend…" she admits wistfully.
I quirk an eyebrow. It's not true? Bulma got false info?
"Well then, why did she hear that from Meg and Laura?" I ask, suspecting something.
She looks at me, laughing. "Meg and Laura have been jealous of us ever since we could remember. Of course they'd want to ruin our friendship so one of them could buddy up with one of us!" she explains.
Seems reasonable to me, but something's nagging at me. Probably just because I forgot something. I guess if she really didn't do anything to Bulma, I could ask her out. All I have to do is explain what happened to Bulma. But she might not believe me. No one will, probably. I guess I'll have to keep it a secret.
"Oh, uh. Well, in that case, would you like to go to a movie Saturday?" I ask casually, as if I ask her every day. She looks at me like she'd been waiting for me to say that.
"I'd love to…"
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Vegeta looks unusually happy today. That must mean something bad happened to someone.
"Yo! Vegeta! Why the good mood?" I ask.
"Nothing Kakarot. Nothing," he says, grinning even wider. Now I know something bad happened.
"C'mon, you can tell me? Did something happen yesterday when I was absent?" I ask. "No one made fun of me, right?" I ask, even more anxious.
"No, no, nothing about you," he says, snapping out of his own little world.
"Are you sure?" I ask, looking at him closely.
"Sure about what?" 18 pipes in, just coming up beside us.
"Vegeta's hiding something, and he's in a really good mood. I think he did something bad to someone," I inform her.
"Oh?" 18 asks, smirking at Vegeta. If I didn't know any better, I'd say she knew what happened.
We arrive at the lunch table after getting our lunches.
"Are you forever going to be suspicious of cafeteria food?" 18 asks hotly.
"Why shouldn't I be?" asks Vegeta. "The stuff smells like-"
"Shit, yes, we've all heard it before, Vegeta," Bulma says, sitting down across from him.
"Hey Bulma. Do you know why Vegeta's been in such a good mood?" I ask.
"What are you talking about? Oh, wait. You're right," she says, noticing his face isn't in his usual scowl.
"What happened, Vegeta?" Bulma asks.
"I can answer that," Jesse steps in. She flips her long brown hair to the side and peers at Bulma through her cold brown eyes.
"Vegeta is taking me to the movies this Saturday," she says. Vegeta slaps his own forehead.
"Uh, oh…" I hear 18 say, frowning.
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"WHAT!?" I yell, standing up suddenly and drawing the whole cafeteria's attention to us.
"Jesse, I told you not to tell anyone!" Vegeta barks, standing up.
"But why?" she asks, looking innocent. Vegeta might not see it, but I see the sneer hidden in her face. "Why should we hide our relationship?" she asks. He seems to calm down a bit.
"Vegeta you know what happened the first day of school!" I yell at him. How could he? I thought he was my friend. He was my best friend, well, at least guy friend.
"Well you shouldn't jump to conclusions before you hear the story out!" he yells back. He's grasping at straws…
"JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS!?" I roar. "If you were sitting there when it happened, then you might CONCLUDE that you shouldn't go out with a bitch that uses her 'best friend'!" I can see Jesse smirking from behind Vegeta, but no one seems to notice. All eyes are focused on the both of us.
"Well why are you going out with Yamcha, then?" he yells.
"Since when have you decided who I can and can't go out with?" I retort. The nerve of him…
"Well since when have you set boundaries on who I can't go out with!?" he screams.
"I guess I can't anymore, considering you are no longer my friend," I whisper, sitting back down and refusing to look at him anymore. I can feel the tears welling up in my eyes.
"It's simple Vegeta. Her or me," I say, still looking down dejectedly at my lunch tray.
He seems to glare at us both for a while before turning and stomping out of the lunchroom. I can hear the silence grow louder until it's broken by the "Humph," of Jesse turning to walk back to her lunch table.
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