A/n Over 90 reviews! Faints from happiness

This chapter was inspired by the " I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" by My Chemical Romance. It was more about the concept of the song than the lyrics that inspired me.

Warning, there's a moderate to heavy (it depends on your perception) lime in this chapter. If you don't wanna read it, skip over it. You have been warned.

Disclaimer: Chelsea: LAWYERS! NO! runs down to the basement and jumps into a cardboard box

Thanks Chelsea.

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Oh, Zat Rings A Bell

Chapter 14

I'm Not Okay (I Promise)

Bulma was fine. She was feeling tired, was working herself too hard, and might not have slept for more than a couple of hours in the past three days.

Bulma was perfectly fine.

At least she thought she was. Now everyone was asking her if she was okay or hammering Vegeta for answers. What would he know? He was a jerk-head. Bulma shook her head; her lack of sleep was draining away her insulting skills.

She probably had run out of coffee. At least she thought so. Bulma hadn't made coffee for days and didn't remember to make more so she thought she had just run out.

Vegeta liked walking around like an idiot. He would always stall in the same room as her and then leave abruptly. It was starting to piss her off. Actually, everything was pissing Bulma off. She had even flipped out over a typo and threatened the computer with a paperweight.

She needed help but she'd never tell.

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Vegeta was pissed off at Bulma. It was her fault that he was worrying about her so damn much. She could try harder at getting herself out of Vegeta's head. Also, everyone was asking him what was wrong with her. How would he know? She didn't talk to him. He decided to just find out so she would be a step closer to leaving his thoughts. Vegeta would just fight it out of her.

That seemed to solve everything.

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All of a sudden, Vegeta and Bulma started fighting. She was yelling at the coffee maker and he called her an idiot. Then all hell broke loose.

Of course Goku, Piccolo, Trunks, Yamcha, and Krillin watched and strained to hear when Bulma and Vegeta retreated to the lab, yelling and pitching insults along the way. If Goku hadn't of told them to calm down they wouldn't have yelled; " This is none of your business!" and all the guys would be able to hear what they were saying.

They ended up shoving Piccolo against the door since he had super- Namekian hearing abilities.

" We shouldn't be doing this." Piccolo stated with his ear still pressed to the door.

" Bulma and Vegeta are our friends and we have the right to find out what's wrong." Goku smiled at the rest of the warriors.

" Goku has a pure soul. What a laugh." Piccolo muttered and relayed what Bulma and Vegeta were saying.

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" What the hell is wrong with you woman?" Vegeta demanded.

" I'm fine. What's wrong with you? You left me out of the blue for no damn reason!" Bulma had took a seat on her desk and gripped the edge so she wouldn't punch Vegeta.

" You told me to leave!"

" You could've said no!"

" Go to hell!"

" You first!"

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Piccolo shook his head, " So Vegeta wanted to leave and Bulma found out and told him to leave. So he did."

" Logical." Krillin said.

" They sound like brother and sister." Yamcha shook his head.

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Vegeta had closed the gap between them and they were now screaming at each other's faces.

" If you weren't such a nagging wench I would never have left!"

" Well if you weren't such a heartless bastard we wouldn't be fighting!" Bulma's thoughts were starting to wander and she tried to only focus on her anger.

" If you ever tried to shut your mouth we wouldn't fight as much."

" I hate you!" Bulma shouted.

" No you don't." Vegeta hissed then fastened his mouth to hers, pouring all his anger and confusion into the kiss.

Bulma gripped his shoulders and pulled him closer. She tore his clothes. " Damn it Vegeta." Bulma let out a low moan before she set her teeth to his neck.

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There was a loud crash. All the people outside the door braced themselves.

" What was that?" Krillin asked Piccolo.

The Namekian jumped up. " We shouldn't listen to them." He shuddered, " They need they're privacy."

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Bulma had been slammed against a wall or a shelf. She didn't know and didn't care. All she focused on was Vegeta and the wonderful feeling of his hands on her.

" Kami." Bulma's breath was ragged, " I think about you all the time, it drives me crazy."

Vegeta braced a hand against the wall. " Me too."

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" Piccolo, let us in." Yamcha asked politely. Piccolo had his back against the door and his arms flung out.

" No. You don't want to go in there now." Piccolo's voice was calmed but he was freaked out on the inside. " Let's wait."

Goku was beginning to figure out why they shouldn't go in. " Sure let's wait. I bet there is cookies in the kitchen."

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Everyone was gone by the time Bulma and Vegeta walked out the lab. Vegeta just turned his head to her and muttered, " Take a shower, get some sleep."

Bulma nodded and all but ran up the stairs to her room. Vegeta walked to the kitchen and joined everyone else at the table. Goku turned and smiled.

" Mrs. Briefs makes the best cookies." Goku's smiled turned into a big grin. " So Vegeta, why was there a crash?"

Piccolo choked on his water; " We don't need to know."

" You're a bunch of idiots." Vegeta said in disgust and went off to go find a place to take a shower.

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Goku and Bulma sat in a field while Piccolo taught Gohan some defense strategies.

" Is everything ok?" Goku asked without a smile on his face.

" Yes! For the millionth time!" Bulma laid back on the grass and stared at the hot summer sun.

Goku joined her, " You've got stuff on your mind."

" Yes, yes I do."

" Tell me some."

" Fine. I'll give you the condensed version. I like Vegeta, I think he likes me, and he left me when I was starting to get serious about him. Then I have baby who looks a hell of a lot like his father and boom, feelings come alive again. Now I'm confused and lonely."

" Why don't you talk to him?" Goku asked innocently.

Bulma sat up, " It's not that easy. Vegeta has all these codes and walls you gotta break down. It doesn't help that when he was here I was basically working for him, devoting all my time for him to become super saiyan and……..and" Bulma just stared ahead and willed the hurt and disappointment away.

" And he became a super saiyan without your help."

" While using a ship that he had my dad make in secret. I feel, I don't know, betrayed maybe?" Bulma turned when Goku sat up. He put his arm around her. " I divulged my biggest embarrassments and secrets to him and then he turns around and blocks me from his life."

Goku stuttered, " You didn't tell him about that one time with the."

Bulma frowned and interrupted, " No! We vowed to never speak of that again! I did tell him about the piñata on Yamcha's lawn."

Goku smiled, " Good times."

" I know. Anyways, it's hard to think about that because I was really starting to like him. He's actually funny and smart. I could always make him trip over himself and he wasn't the same arrogant jerk he is normally. It was all really cute and not to mention that's he's very handsome. We even shared the same passion to kill that dumb cat on my dad's shoulder." Bulma smiled as she reminisced.

" Oh man." Goku just shook his head. " Bulma how long have you been in love with Vegeta?"

" A while. I don't want to tell him. Whoever said 'absence makes the heart grow fonder' was pretty damn accurate." Bulma shook her head, " I think it started on Valentine's Day. I was hanging with him in the gravity room and we had those lam conversation hearts."

" Those things are really tasty." Goku exclaimed suddenly.

" Umm, okay. Anyways, we spilt them up and gave each other the really stupid ones that said like ' hot mama' and ' sexy thing'. Just laughing and goofing off. Then I took the ones I gave to him and taped them on the center console and a week later they were still there. It was cool, even though I kept telling myself he kept forgetting to throw them away."

" Wow that story was kinda lame." Goku grinned.

" Yeah and cheesy."

She stood up and dusted herself off. It was odd to confess all that, she mused. She was in love with a guy who would barely talk to her unless they were fighting. Bulma didn't know her next step and didn't want to think about it. It was a nice summer day, perfect for picnics or hanging out with family. It wasn't a day that should be spent training for a battle against evil. An evil that she wasn't sure her friends could handle. Bulma took a step forward, watching the sun.

" Do you feel better Bulma?"

Bulma frowned and moved so her best friend couldn't see it. " I'm okay, I promise."

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A/n The longest chapter I've written was cut off at this point. Why? Cuz I like having my chapters being five pages long. Bulma's in love and worried. This will all be explored in the next chapter a lot deeper so you understand everything. BTW, that scene with eavesdropping and Piccolo makes me want to rethink super hearing as a wanted super power. How bout you?

If you love my story and want to coax Chelsea out of the box, review.

Alex