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Last time
"This is a nice way to travel." She laughed as he did the walking for her. Two minutes later, he stopped and pretended to be panting for air.
"You know, you're not as light as you look." He teased as he received a whack on the arm. "I'm just kidding. We're here." He said holding her outwards and making her walk a few feet. Then, he lifted the blindfold off. She gasped.
"Oh my gosh, this is so beautiful." She said lightly covering her hand over her mouth in shock. "You didn't have to do this for me." She added turning to him and hugging him.
"I know, but I wanted to." He smiled kissing her lips before pulling out the velvet-cushioned chair, which awaited her. She gingerly sat down careful not to trip or anything. Then Deryck ran over to his said and sat down. A man in the uniform of a butler came in and lit the two cinnamon scented candles in the center of the table. Then, he signaled to another man to bring the food. A silver tray being strolled by their table, contained steak with vegetables and rice. It must have been quite expensive because the taste was exquisite.
'I wonder how he was able to afford all of this.' She though as she cut another piece of meat up to her lips before placing it in her mouth. "This is great." She commented pointing to the food.
"I'm glad it's to your liking." He grinned finishing up his food. After the main course, they brought in desert. Strawberries dipped in milk chocolate.
"How did you know? These are my favorite!" She giggled. This was quite exciting.
"Let's just say I know you better than you think I do."
They finished up the strawberries, and went up for a walk on the beach, and it ended up being a race to the nearby fire pits. "Ready, set, go!" He screamed as they made a run for it. Seeing as how Deryck is a football player, he outran her and she lost sight of him. There was one big hill of sand that you had to climb before making it to the fire pits. She slowed down knowing he was ahead of her, and walked up the hill. Then, she saw people at the closest fire pit and noticed it was her friends. She went to greet them except tripped over a rock and fell face first into the sand.
'Click.' "Now this is a candid camera moment." Vegeta snickered. Karine crawled up and shook the sand off of her.
"Hey! So what are you guys doing here? And what's that big cake?" Then it hit her. "Oh my gosh! How did you know! I totally forgot!"
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" They all screamed at her.
"Can we eat the cake now?" Goku asked staring at the cake.
"No!" Chi-chi scolded. "She has to blow out the candles first. Go ahead Karine, make a wish and blow!"
"Okay, here goes." She made her wish then blew out the candles. They all cheered for her, and Goku dug into the cake. When they all had their piece of cake, they sat down on the logs surrounding the fire that Deryck just built.
"Hey Karine, don't forget your presents!!!!" Bulma said bringing over a few things wrapped up in shiny wrappers.
"Guys!!!!! Why are you doing this for me!!! That's so sweet of you, but when I find out who told you...they're gonna get it." She laughed as the presents were placed in front of her.
"Open them, open them." They chanted as she picked up the first box there.
"To Karine, from the sexiest man on earth." The card read. "I know who that's from." Karine laughed looking at Vegeta. "You're the only one who'd write that." She unwrapped the little box and pulled out a tiny leather thing. "Uhhh...thanks Vegeta...My Barbie will be quite happy..."
"No silly, it's for you!" Goku answered. They all blinked and looked in his direction. "What????" He asked. They all shook it off.
"Well, it's more of a present for Deryck." Vegeta smirked. Bulma delivered a whack on his arm as the birthday girl and her boyfriend blushed a deep red color.
"Uhh...Thanks again," She said giving him a quick hug then sitting back down. She picked up the next package. "These help in time of stress. –B.B." The card read. She tore the package open, and there were all sorts of aromatherapy bubble bath scents and candles. "Thanks B!" She said giving her a hug.
"The next one. Is from Goku and Chi-chi." She said reading their names off of the card. When she opened this package, her eyes softened. "This is so sweet." She said. It was a beautiful picture frame with all of their names engraved on the sides, and a fun photo with all of them in it smiling. "Thanks guys!!!" She said giving them hugs and then going back.
The last thing was a card. Inside it said. 'I'll show you when they leave.' –Deryck. She looked at him and saw him smirk as she closed the card and put it down next to her. The other didn't want to know because it was something personal.
"Well, I have to go help my dad with this new invention. I'll see you tomorrow!" Bulma said giving Karine a hug and waving goodbye. Bulma took Vegeta by the hand and made him drive her home.
"Yeah, we have to go too. Happy Birthday again!!" Goku said as the two ran off leaving Karine and Deryck alone.
"I don't know how to express how much this means to me! This has been the greatest day ever!"
"Karine."
"Yes?"
"I know we haven't known each other that long, but I feel like I've known you forever."
"Me too." She smiled.
"And I know I'm in love with you. I want you to have this-" He pulled out a box from his pocket. Inside was a little diamond ring. "It's like a promise ring, for the future." Her eyes welled up with tears. "You might think I'm stupid for saying this, but I plan on making you my bride someday." He slipped the ring onto her 'ring' finger. "Now people will know you're taken." He smiled.
So many thoughts were passing through Karine's head and she couldn't really think. She fell into his arms and he held her for a few minutes. 'What am I going to say?' she thought to herself finally gaining control of herself.
"Let's go home." He said picking her up (bridal style) and carrying her to the car, which was nearby. He put her in the car and got in himself. Then they left the beach and headed towards Karine's house.
Meanwhile...
"Jake!" A girl screamed. She was dressed in black with black hair and dark brown eyes and a slender figure.
"What?!" He screamed back. They were currently in his car, waiting outside of a large house.
"What are we doing here, and why do you care so much. I thought it was over between you and her!"
"It is. I'm just making it permanent. Babe, just think, she won't be in the way anymore, and we can finally be happy together."
"If you say so, but I still don't feel right about this."
"Amber, just shut your trap. It's too late to back out. If you do anything stupid, it's over!" Jake yelled as he fixed his black beanie above his head.
"Why are you always like this! I swear you're obsessed with her. Why don't you go fuck her!"
"Maybe I will, good for nothing bitch!" After Jake was finished, she stepped out of the car and slammed the door.
"Fuck you!" She screamed as she walked down the street, since there was no other way home. She was a good 10 minutes away from Jake when a car drove by her with a girl and a boy in the car. "That must be Karine. She doesn't know what's coming her way." 'Maybe I should help her. Jake might kill her. Wait, but if I do help her, and Jake finds out, he might kill me.' She said as she continued her walk to the nearest phone booth where she could call a friend and get a ride home.
Deryck pulled into her driveway, neither of them aware of the eyes that watched them. He went to Karine's door and opened it for her, helping her out of the car. "Why thank you." She giggled landing a kiss on his lips. Jake didn't really see, but when they were at the door, he saw them speaking, and he saw the deep kiss they were in shortly after. He boiled with anger seeing her with another guy. "Good night." She whispered to Deryck.
"Are you sure you're okay all alone?"
"Yeah, I do it all the time. Don't worry about it." She said gracefully. "I love you."
"I love you too. Bye." He kissed her cheek and left. Ten minutes later, he received a phone call. "Hello?"
"Are you Deryck?"
"Yes, who is this?"
"That's not important, I called to tell you to turn around. She's in a lot of trouble." That was the last thing he heard before the line went dead, and he turned around. He was speeding back to her house praying that she was okay.
Karine was sitting in front of her mirror cleaning the make-up off, and when she was done, she changed into a black nightgown, which was showing a large amount of cleavage. She picked up her brush and started to comb she smooth soft hair. 'Everything is so perfect, yet I feel like something's wrong.' She ignored the thought, but then, she heard her front door open. She didn't expect Lulu home until tomorrow, and her father was away on a business meeting. In fear of it being an intruder, she grabbed her pepper spray and got behind her door because she knew the intruder was approaching her room.
"Karine..." His sly voice said. He entered her room and walked to her bed, then her bathroom because he saw the lights on. As soon as he was out of sight, she made a dash for the stairs.
'He's going to kill me! I know it. Maybe I can run to the neighbors house and call the cops!' she though until she felt a pain in her head. She turned around and saw Jake holding her by the hair.
"Karine, so there you are, trying to run away from me?" Jake said moving his hand over to her face and stroking her cheek.
"What do you want from me?" She said in a hushed tone as a few tears ran down her face.
"That's the thing, you see, I can't understand why you moved, and left me. Especially for someone, or shall I say something like.... Deryck?"
"You beat me you bastard! Do you seriously believe I liked coming home with bruises and cuts? I hate you! I hope you die!" She screamed as she struggled to get free by pounding her fists on his chest.
"You used to be nothing, and I made you my girlfriend, and this is that thanks I get? Well let me tell you something, if I can't have you, no one can!" He said as he let go of her hair and pushed her.
She tumbled down the stairs and landed on the bottom of the staircase as blood started to leak out of her from everywhere, luckily, she was already past half way down the stairs, so her head wasn't damaged. Blood started dripping from the side of her mouth as she whipped it and tried to crawl to the door.
Meanwhile, Deryck just pulled into the driveway and ran to the door. Since Jake had entered through the front door, he had left it unlocked, so Deryck twisted the knob and entered. Karine was on the floor trying to crawl, while Jake approached her with a knife in his hand. When Jake saw Deryck, he got angrier and ran towards him trying to kill him. Deryck struggled to get the knife out of his hand, but was having trouble, but managed to knock it aside. Then, the fistfight began. Deryck landed a few to his eyes, and one to his nose. Jake tried tackling him and succeeded, causing them to fall hard on the floor. Deryck had hit his head hard against the wall, so he was in deep pain, but Jake appeared to be fine, and had grabbed his knife.
He was about to stab him in the heart, until, the sound of a gunshot was heard, and Jake fell flat on the ground, behind him, was a bleeding Karine, one hand holding onto the railings of the stairs, and the other holding up a newly fired gun. Immediately after firing, she dropped the gun and crawled over to Deryck. "Are you okay?" She asked trembling. This was the first time she had killed someone, so she was very worried of what was going to happen.
"Yeah, how about you?" He managed to sit up and held her in his arms. "I'm sorry I didn't come sooner." Karine just wept in his arms, as the police cars entered the driveway and approached the house. One of the neighbors had heard a shotgun, and some screams, so they called the cops.
"This is the police. Open up." They knocked on the door. They heard a faint sound and entered. The found Karine cradled in Deryck's arms and a dead man on the ground. "Oh my god." Then he clicked his radio. "I'm going to need some back up, it appears to be two injured victims and a dead man." Soon the paramedics arrived and cleaned up Karine and Deryck was given some ice for his head. The people also came and took away Jake's body.
"What happened here?" a gruff voice came from outside.
"I'm sorry who are you?" a friendly police officer asked.
"I'm the owner of this house," He said.
"I'm sorry sir, but it appears as though your daughter had been attacked and...." Before the cop could continue, Mr. Dawson burst through the doors and ran to his daughter.
"Daddy!" Karine exclaimer and ran to her father.
"It's okay sweetie, everything's going to be okay." He said patting her back. "Who's he?" He finally asked discovering Deryck.
"That's Deryck, he's my boyfriend, and he saved my life." She said limping over to him.
"Owwwww!" He exclaimed as a paramedic put peroxide into his cuts.
"Deryck?" Karine smiled. "This is my father." Deryck looked up and shook hands with the man.
"It's nice to meet you Mr. Dawson." He grinned.
"I understand you saved my daughters life."
"Well, I-"
"Thank you." He said going over to the police and having a word with them.
"I can't believe this happened. I'm so sorry." Karine said wrapping her arms around his built chest and putting her head on his shoulder. "By the way, how did you know I was in trouble?"
"I got a phone call." He said. They just shrugged.
"Let me in!" Came a howling noise from outside.
"I'm sorry miss, but I can't let you in." A timid officer said.
"I am Bulma Briefs, and I'm a very close friend of Ms. Dawson's! Let me in now!" Bulma screamed. Behind was the rest of the gang.
"Let them through." Karine yelled from the door. The officer moved and let them pass.
"THANKS for nothing!" Bulma hissed as she walked past the officer.
They all made their way to the hurt couple and asked if they were okay. They found out the whole story, and felt terrible for what had happened.
"Well, at least this is going to be a memorable birthday!" Karine laughed soon joined by the others. By 2:30, the police had cleared, but ten of them stayed to guard the house for the night. The boys left, but the girls decided to stay just in case something happened. "Thanks for staying you guys." Karine said changing into a pair of cotton PJ's and snuggling into bed. The girls decided to sleep on the floor.
"Sure, no problem." Chi-chi said fluffing her pillow then finally laying down.
"Karine, are you sure you're okay?" Bulma asked.
"Yeah, I guess I will be." Karine said. "Good night." She said flipping the nights off.
Five minutes later,. Bulma's phone rang. "Hello?"
"Woman, we're staying here tonight."
"Vegeta! We're fine go home!"
"What if someone decides to attack you guys? Then you'll be sorry!" He warned.
"Lemme ask." Bulma sighed. "Karine, the guys want to stay."
"Umm, sure they can stay. Tell them to come on inside. I've got spare rooms."
"Fine!" Bulma said then, 5 seconds later, the door opened. "Seems as though they were a bit too confident we would let them stay. They walked to her room and ounded on the door. They entered and flipped the lights on.
"HEY!" Chi-chi screamed. She covered her eyes from the blinding light.
"We thought it over, and decided that we should each watch over one of you." Goku said. "I'll stay with Chi-chi."
"I'll stay with Bulma." Vegeta said.
"And I'll stay with Karine." Deryck announced. They all went to the rooms, and shared beds. Karine and Deryck slept peacefully, Bulma kept kicking Vegeta off of the bed, and Chi-chi made Goku sleep on the floor because she didn't want to be too close, and because Goku kept snuggling with her.
Little did they know, that this was far from over.
Authors note: MWAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yes!! I wrote soooooooo much! I'm so proud of myself!!! Oh yes, it's far from over, as if Jake just dies and everyone gets all happy. Oh yeah, I picked Dawson to be Karine's last name. I donno why, just thought of it. Ummm, Amber, is one of my reviewers, and she wanted to be in this fic, so I put her in it. (Hope you don't mind your role) I hope you all liked this chapter, because it's very long!!! Longggggggggggggggggg...Right now, it's about 9? I donno, because I made the margins smaller so I can fit more to a page, and it says 7!!! YAYA! 2 thousand something words!!!! Okay, make sure to review; I want lots of em (pleaseeee???)Thanks!!!!