Sorry about the long wait, but see, my computer had crashed and then all my work had been deleted, and I was very sad tear so I'll make this chapter extra juicy!
Chapter 3—Changing Faces
18 found it somewhat arousing to stay with Krillin. He was always staring at her and when he got caught he would quickly look away a blush creeping in his cheeks. 18 was now laying in her bed with a skirt and her bra on. She knew that Marron and Krillin were leaving and that was when 18 was going to party with one of her closest friends and at the hippest club she could find.
"18?" Came a soft knock to her door. 18 rolled her eyes and got up not even bothering to put on a shirt. If it was Krillin this is what he gets for disturbing her.
"What?" 18 said opening the door. It was Krillin and as expected his cheeks went a beet red.
"Well, I was wondering if . . . you were busy later on."
"Actually, no I wasn't going to be doing anything." 18 said as she saw her chance at freedom flying away. She would have to call her friend later but now she had to deal with Krillin.
"I wanted you to come with me and Marron to Bulma's house. We are having a get together and I wanted you to come because we are having a get together and I wanted you to come wait--- I just said that. So yeah, what do you say?" Krillin finished sheepishly.
"Sure, I'd love to go." 18 said smiling greatly although inside she was tearing her hair out. She wanted to go partying! Not to some lame party where they would all expect 18 to be innocent and –god forbid—caring!
"Great, we are leaving in the next 20 minutes, so will you be ready by then?"
"Marron is coming, right?" 18 said confirming this. She didn't see why Marron went any where with Krillin and his friends when they hated her. 18 had never bothered to get to involved in Krillin's social life but since she was living with him it would seem kind of suspicious is she never went any where with Krillin.
"Yes she is." Krillin said getting nervous at the malicious look in 18's eyes.
"Alright, well give me some time to get dressed and I'll be down." 18 said shutting the door. Krillin walked away shakily his knees barely supporting his body. 18 didn't know what she did to him; even Marron couldn't make Krillin feel like he was a schoolboy in love.
"I'm not in love with her!" Krillin said out loud as he hit himself in the head.
"Krillin, what are you talking about?" Krillin spun around to see Chi Chi with Gohan by her side.
"What the hell are you doing here?"
"Krillin, tsk, tsk, watch the language lover boy." Chi Chi said. "Marron let me in. I'm here because I thought you would of wanted me to come by to pick you up since I wasn't expecting Marron to come. Now who were you trying to convince yourself you're not in love with?"
"Where's Goku?" Krillin said trying to change the subject.
"I know you aren't talking about Marron." Chi Chi said smiling slyly. Krillin should of known that Chi Chi wouldn't have let the subject go so quickly.
"Gohan, what's up man? How have you been in school?" Krillin decided it would be safer to turn to his godson.
"Great Krillin! I've got all A's so far and Mom said since I've been good I can probably fight in the next martial arts tournament." Gohan said proudly.
"Chi Chi?" Said a voice tentatively behind Chi Chi. Krillin looked passed Chi Chi to see 18 standing there with a hand on her hip. She had on a long blue jean skirt that came to her ankles and a T-shirt that she had tucked in, her blonde hair tied back into a tight bun.
"18! Hello darling!" Chi Chi said turning around and kissing 18 on both her cheeks.
"Is this your son?" 18 asked smiling sweetly.
"Yes ma'am, I'm Gohan."
"My, my, you're handsome just like your father. I can't wait to see you when you get older!" 18 laughed. Gohan blushed deeply.
"Well 18, since Marron and Krillin are riding together you can ride with us!" Chi Chi said smiling sweetly. Krillin started to object but then that would only make Chi Chi smile bigger so he closed his mouth and left to go find Marron.
"Mom, why did he seem mad?" Gohan said not sure he understood just what happened.
"Don't worry about it sweetie. So 18 are you ready to go?" Chi Chi said her smile turning evil. 18's eyebrows went up but she nodded her head.
"Well Mom, I'm going to go ahead. Dad said that him and Vegeta were going to spar and I want to be there to make sure things don't get out of hand."
"Well alright, but you make sure you wrap yourself up good! I know it's cold up there and I don't want you to come back with a fever."
"Vegeta says that we don't catch human diseases."
"Vegeta is such a prick. Never mind what he says. Just—18, I forgot you were standing there." Chi Chi said blushing as she realized that 18 was listening to the conversation with interest. Something was weird about Krillin's group of friends and 18 was going to figure it out.
"I . . .never mind. I'll just go wait in the car." 18 said already turning around and going down the steps in a hurry.
"Oh no." Gohan said. "How are we going to explain that one?"
"I don't know." Chi Chi said. "We'll just make up something." Chi Chi kissed her son on the cheek before following after 18 to drive to Bulma's house.
Chi Chi got to the car and saw 18 staring unblinkingly into space. 18 was deep into thought but she quickly put on her fake façade and smiled at Chi Chi who had just gotten into the car.
"18, I can explain about what I was talking about." Chi Chi started but 18 cut her off with a flick of her hand.
"Don't worry about it. You are not going to tell me the truth anyway so please don't lie to me because I'm not a child. I just know that something different is about your family and group of friends and I will find out, whether you tell me or not." 18 turned up the music to silence any attempt for Chi Chi to deny anything. Chi Chi turned down the radio and said to 18. "There is something about you that is different too, and I will find out."
"There is nothing about me that I haven't told you already." 18 shrugged her shoulders.
"Whatever." Chi Chi smiled turning back up the music and driving off.
Back with our favorite idiot he was deciding whether or not he should run after the car and jump in and shouting at 18, "You must never be alone with Chi Chi!" but Krillin decided against it because Chi Chi might think that he . . .loved 18, which it he didn't.
"Krillin baby, do you like what I'm wearing?" Marron asked spinning around to show off her skimpy dress.
"Yes it's beautiful." Krillin said not even looking at Marron. "Are you ready to go?"
"Sure." Marron took Krillin's hand, going downstairs to find Gohan sitting on the couch and watching TV.
"Gohan, what are you still doing here?" Krillin said going to sit next to his godson.
"Mom said I could just fly over later, so I've got time. Plus I don't feel like hanging around a whole bunch of adults. I do not understand the way you guys think and it's to confusing." Gohan said. Krillin laughed as he ruffled Gohan's hair.
"Alright, but make sure that you lock up after you leave. I'll see you later." Gohan nodded absentmindedly already getting caught up in some action super hero movie.
"Is it alright to let him stay at home alone? Will he do anything bad to my valuables? Kids these days will do anything to have drugs." Marron said watching Gohan out the corner of her eyes.
"Gohan is a good boy and would never do anything bad." Krillin hissed at Marron. "Now come on." He snapped as he dragged her out to his car.
"Krillin you are hurting me!" Marron yelled. Krillin let her go and apologized sourly. He couldn't understand why he was so pissed that 18 was off with Chi Chi instead of him. He didn't love her, did he? Of course not, he had the most beautiful model in the world sitting right next to him! Krillin unwittingly pressed his foot down hard on the gas.
18 marveled at Bulma's big house. 18 just realized why Bulma was always so bored, if you had all the money in the world then there is no point in doing anything else is there?
"Bulma!" Chi Chi called loudly. There was silence for a while when a robot came from around the corner.
"Mistress Bulma is upstairs." It said before leaving. 18 found herself wanting to go after it and poke at it but Chi Chi grabbed her arm and pulled her upstairs. Going upstairs they both heard a shrill crying.
"Oh no, Trunks is awake and he is just like his father, always so fussy." Chi Chi said being the first to arrive to Bulma.
"I'm sorry you guys." Bulma said trying to rock the crying Trunks to sleep. "I'll be down in a second, that good for nothing husband of mines won't help me with anything! He'll only stuff his fucking gut!"
"Watch the language around the baby Bulma." Chi Chi said soothingly.
"May I hold him?" 18 asked.
"God yes!" Bulma happily gave 18 her child. 18 rocked the baby some and he quieted down.
"My god, that was amazing." Bulma said.
"He's such a mean looking baby!" 18 laughed.
"I'm afraid he gets it from his father." Bulma said sadly before smiling again. "Well let's go get brunch prepared!" Bulma clapped her hands together.
"Actually, I just planned on watching. See I can't cook." 18 said looking at the two women in front of her, who both wore the same bug eyed look.
"Wow! What a luxury that must be! I couldn't cook either but I had to hurry up and learn if I wanted to keep Vegeta around."
"Goku eats like he hasn't eaten in days. Well that's okay 18, you can just learn how to cook; you might get good enough to cook something for Krillin. Marron sure as hell won't." Chi Chi said.
"Why would I want to cook for Krillin? He can cook himself."
"But I think the food would taste better to him if the love of his life cooked it instead of him." Bulma said winking.
"There you two go again with that funny talk. Krillin is getting married! Plus I'm not as beautiful as Marron so why would he give her up?" 18 made a gagging noise in the inside of her mind. Ha! Marron could never compare to 18's beauty, Krillin is just being to slow to realize that.
"You are so modest." Bulma said.
"Hiya you girls!" Said a loud-pitched voice. Everyone in the room winced at the sudden loudness.
"Marron! You are here, so where's Krillin?" Asked Chi Chi.
"Down stairs talking with Yamcha." Marron said happily. 18 gave Bulma back the now sleeping Trunks.
"I'm going to the bathroom." 18 said a little more harshly then she intended. She realized one fact, she HATED Marron and she couldn't stand to be in the same room as her.
"Well, we'll be in the kitchen, okay?" Bulma said noticing this sudden hostility. 18 caught Bulma looking at her in a curious way and she quickly calmed down to the nice and caring 18 that Bulma and her friends knew.
"Okay." 18 said before turning and walking away.
"Did you notice how mad she got when Marron arrived?" Bulma whispered to Chi Chi.
"Yep, so 18 does have some mean emotions, and here I thought she could never be mean to anybody but that look in her eyes."
18 was once again stunned by the size of Bulma's house. The bathroom was huge and everything sparkled in a freshly cleaned kind of way. 18 decided that now was as good as time as any to call her best friend and tell them she couldn't make it. 18 pulled out her cell phone and pressed number one on her speed dial.
"Hello?" 18 said whispering just in case someone might hear her.
"18? Where are you?" Asked the deep throbbing voice that still sounded gentle.
"Something came up and I'm stuck."
"That's to bad, because I was really hoping we could spend the day together." The voice sounded sad and it almost broke 18's heart, he was the only person who could get to her like that.
"What are you doing tonight? I can try to sneak out then?"
"Don't tell me you've got another guy to 'pimp'?"
"This is the last one, I promise, then you and I can go off and live somewhere happily. I promise."
"Whatever 18, you just better be here by 3:30, sharp."
"I promise!" 18 said in the phone.
"I'll be waiting." With that said he hung up the phone. 18 sighed unhappily as she came out of the bathroom and went sadly down the steps.
"So how goes it leaving with the hottest chick I've ever seen?" Yamcha asked Krillin as they were sitting downstairs watching some football game.
"I've been living with Marron for a while now, why would you ask that question?"
"I'm not talking about Marron! I'm talking about 18! She's fucking HOT! Have you had some of that. . .you know."
"No I haven't and stop talking about her like that!"
"Hey, I think 18 is way better then that bimbo Marron."
"Shut up Yamcha." Krillin growled.
"See, before I probably would have been slammed to the ground for making that comment, but now 18 is in your life things are a lot different." Yamcha smirked at his friend's pouting face. "Krillin, it's okay if you fall out of love with Marron. I think we all deserve our happiness. We've saved the whole world more then once and I know no one is working against our happiness. It's okay if you don't want Marron anyone and you decide that 18 is more suited for you."
"That's not the point Yamcha, I don't even know 18 but the first moment I met her I realized I wanted her, that's why I have her that job so quick! Granted, she had a impressive resume but there were better ones out there, I'm sure of it." Krillin said burying his head in his hands.
"Krillin, Yamcha." 18 said monotonously. Both men turned quickly to face the woman.
"18!" Yamcha said nervously. "How much have you heard?"
"Bulma and Chi Chi want you two in the picnic area." 18 said before turning to walk away.
"Damn, her eyes gave away nothing! How much of that did she hear?" Yamcha asked.
"I couldn't imagine but she looked pretty pissed off. Come on, let's go follow her." Krillin said getting up and trying to find 18 who had already disappeared.
"She walks fast." Yamcha said following Krillin to go out the door that was a made to look like a park but it was really inside everything else was real. All the way to the dirt on the ground and leafs on the trees.
"I always loved this room." Yamcha said breathing in the scent of fresh air.
"So did I." Krillin said going over to his best friends and sitting down. Goku and Vegeta had finally come back from their training session and both were clean after they had had their showers to wash away the sweat. Trunks and Gohan were both sitting with their father's with Vegeta holding Trunks in an awkward kind of way.
"What's up Krillin?" Goku said.
"Nothing, where are the girls?" Krillin asked coming to sit down on the blanket that was laid out for them.
"Getting the food ready! I'm starving!" Goku laughed.
"So how was the training?" Yamcha asked.
"Vegeta is getting better." Goku laughed.
"Ha! I had you pinned against the wall! You've been around humans to much for you to ever beat me again!" Vegeta said superiorly.
"What ever you say Vegeta." Goku laughed, everyone else starting laughing too much to Vegeta's annoyance.
"That blasted child won't stay still." Vegeta said once again readjusting his son so that he had a good hold on him.
"That's because you are not holding him right." Bulma said from behind Vegeta.
"I can't hold him right if he keeps moving!" Vegeta said.
"Give me my son." Bulma said taking Trunks away from Vegeta and balancing a heavy plate of food in her hands.
"It smells nice Bulma." Goku said already wiping the drool from his mouth.
"Thank you Goku, glad to see someone has manners." Bulma said as she put down the plate of food. Goku started to reach for a drumstick but Bulma smacked his hand.
"No! You have to wait until the other food gets here and then we all have to eat together, like a family!" Bulma said.
"But I—okay fine." Goku said putting his hands back into his lap and waiting. Chi Chi, Marron and 18 both came out with even bigger plates of food. Everything smelled delicious!
After everyone was seated and the food was laid out everyone was about to start eating when Bulma said, "One more thing!"
"What is it woman?"
"Well Vegeta since you never come outside I wanted to introduce 18 first. 18 this is my husband Vegeta, Vegeta this is a close friend of mine, 18."
"Hello." 18 said as politely as she could. Vegeta just grunted and started to eat his food. 18 shrugged her shoulders and started to eat too, following their lead everyone else started to stuff their faces.
"By the way Bulma, I heard about the award you are getting for scientist of the year! Congratulations!" Said Goku through a mouth full of food.
"Thanks! The winner up is Dr. Gero; he's way more brilliant then but see he is kind of crazy so they gave me the award instead." Bulma beamed happily. 18 started to choke on her food.
"18, are you alright?" asked Krillin.
"I'm fine." 18 said gaining her composure back. "It just went down the wrong pipe I guess." 18 said smiling forcibly. "So Bulma you must be a great scientist because I heard that Gero was the best."
"He is but then he started talking about his android theory and people just started to back away from him."
"I'm interested. He actually made androids?"
"That's what he said, but he said that they were all defective and that he couldn't show the world yet."
"Defective, eh? I'll show him defective." 18 mumbled to herself. "So when was the last time you heard from him? Surely he must be pissed that he couldn't win anything for his findings."
"Nobody has heard from him for a long time. Most people think that he is dead. Wouldn't matter to me any, crazy people like that deserve to be locked up or dead. Do you know what he said he made the androids out of?" Bulma said in a gossiping way.
"What?" Chi Chi asked.
"Human bodies! He wouldn't explain all the details but I think that he's been working the these androids for a long time, even before he figured out he could get paid for them."
"So you are saying he 'killed' people because he was seeing if he could do it? It didn't matter to him if he didn't succeed?" Asked Krillin.
"That's exactly what I'm saying." Bulma said.
"How sad for those people." Gohan said.
"Isn't it though?" 18 said absentmindedly. She glanced at her watch and swore to herself inwardly. It was 2:50, and it took at least an hour to get to her best friends apartment. 18 cursed herself for not taking one of Krillin's cars instead of riding with Chi Chi. Oh god, 18 thought to herself, he's going to kill me. 18 could imagine him looking at the clock and cracking his knuckles at the same time.
"18, snap out of it!" Krillin said snapping his fingers in front of 18's face.
"Oh sorry." 18 said looking around to notice that everyone was standing up. Brunch was over already? Damn, that was quick, 18 snorted to herself as she looked at the remaining bits of food.
"Well where's the Brady brunch?"
"They went inside, come on." Krillin held his hand out to 18 but inside of her taking it she pulled him down and he fell beside her.
"I want to leave." 18 said studying Krillin's red face.
"You can't." Krillin said.
"Why not?"
"Because I don't want you out of my sight for a long time." Krillin said his eyes dead serious. 18 thought that Krillin was just to cute for words. She pushed him down and sat on top of his waist.
"I want to leave Krillin but I need a car, give me yours."
"I said you couldn't go." Krillin said harshly turning his head so that he didn't have to look into 18's eyes. 18 leaned forward and cuddled Krillin's neck.
"Why are you being so mean, I want to leave, you have Marron, don't you? Stay with her then, but I don't belong among your friends."
"18, get off of me, so we can go back to my friends."
"I said no Krillin. If all you want is for me to fuck you, then we'll have to make it quick." 18 started to unbuckle Krillin's jeans but he stopped her.
"18, I have a very strict policy about employees dating each other and what kind of fool would I be to break my own policy."
"That's the only reason you haven't been hitting on me?" 18 asked amazed.
"Of course, and the fact that I have a fiancé."
"You got to be fucking kidding me." 18 said sitting back up and bringing Krillin with her so that they were inches from each other faces. 18 hugged him and rested her chin against his shoulder.
"I thought you wanted to be the one to redeem me?" 18 asked.
"I want to be but you are making it kind of hard." Krillin sighed fully content on letting 18 stay there for a second longer.
"Well to help me, you have to let me go."
"I will not. I won't ever let you go until I know the full truth about you and your past." 18 rolled her eyes and stood up. She grabbed Krillin's hand and pulled him to the door that lead to the main part of the house. She pushed him against the door and kissed him long and hard, forcing his mouth open. When she was finished Krillin just stared at her wide-eyed.
"Krillin, the next time I get a job I want it to be because of my skills and not my beauty."
"I guess you heard that."
"I guess I did." 18 pushed Krillin away from the door and opened it. "Thanks for the keys, I've really got to get going." 18 smiled as Krillin searched his pockets.
"You tricked me."
"Of course I did, oh and by the way. . . ." 18 walked away a couple of feet. "I quit working for you, so next time we meet we'll skip right to the dirty sex part. Bye now." 18 walked out of the front door with a smile on her lips and a bounce in her step. Krillin was amazed at how she could change so quickly!
"Where's 18 going?" Asked Chi Chi.
"Apparently something came up." Krillin said laughing to himself. Chi Chi just stared at her friend and shrugged her shoulders. "Whatever."
Finally, the end, well, I'm really, really, really, really, really hungry right now so I'm going to find some breakfast and write some more of my other stories, please review!