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Chapter 9

"Vegeta?" I asked quickly.

"…Who is this?" he asked after a short pause.

I took a deep breath.

"It's…Bulma." I replied.

Another pause.

"……Hi..."

I relaxed, feeling a bit more comfortable that he didn't say hi like he was disgusted, just more surprised then anything.

"Hey…"

"…So…Why did you call me?" he finally asked.

"Oh..well, I was just—" I started.

"Listen Vegeta," said Torrance's voice, "Seeing as how you're moving out at all, do you mind letting the people that still live here have a chance on the their phone?"

"Fuck off Tore! I've been on for 2 seconds!" Vegeta snapped.

"Fine! You're such a dick!" she snapped back and hung up the phone.

"Bulma? You there?" he asked.

"Yes I'm here." I said and slightly laughed.

"So…How are you?" he asked and then I paused.

Well, work's a bitch, I haven't been laid in a week, and my husband left me after 2 years of cheating on me.

"Um…Thing's have been…decent." I replied, after thinking about what to say in reply.

He grunted, "Same."

"Listen, the reason I called was…Well, I was just wondering if you wanted to grab some coffee with me on Saturday?" I asked, finally getting it out in the open.

"Saturday?" he asked like I as stupid, "Woman, that's New Year's Eve."

For some reason it felt good to hear him call me woman again.

Oh shit! It's Vegeta! Of course he has plans on New Year's Eve!

"I know that Vegeta, I meant like during the day, before our plans for the night start." I corrected/lied.

"…Lemmy guess, Starbucks?" he asked and I smiled.

"Noon?"

"…I'll see you there."

Oji Residence…

After he hung up the phone he sat down on the chair in his office, and stroked his chin, thinking.

"Hey Vegeta?" Tore asked as she walked into the room.

Her hair style had changed a bit. It was paper thin straight and was cut off at the shoulders. It was still black but her bangs were died orange instead of blue.

"Mom said you didn't have any plans for New Year's, so do you wanna go to this party with me and my friends?"

He looked up at her and just stared at her, "I've already acquired plans."

"Jeez, you sound like dad more and more every day." She said and walked out.

He sneered, because that was considered an insult to him.

Saturday…

Vegeta's POV

There she was. More beautiful then ever. She was so much more mature, a woman, and that made her even more attractive, not to mention her new curls which looked surprisingly good on her.

What am I doing?

Well it was too late to turn back now, since she turned around from purchasing her coffee and spotted me. A big smile arose on her beautiful face once she saw me and she briskly walked over to me.

"Hi." She said. I could tell she looked slightly uncomfortable speaking with me again, but truthfully, so did I.

I smirked at her in reply.

"Well, look at you! Mr. working man huh?" she said and stroked the tie I was wearing.

"Ever since my father decided to be the lazy ass that he is." I replied as I looked down at the suit I was wearing.

"I'm the new CEO but I still run some things by my dad." She said as we walked to a table.

Bulma's POV

Hours later…

You'd expect things to be awkward, wouldn't you? But it wasn't, not at all. It was more the complete opposite. I realized how much I truly missed Vegeta, and inside I hoped that he missed me too.

"So what's with the ring?" he asked as we walked down the street under the stars. Light fluffy snowflakes slowly cascading down from the sky.

I looked at him confused and then down at my hands to find the gold band wrapped around my ring ringer. I paused and stared at it, not knowing what to say or what to do.

"It doesn't seem like the type of ring that would be on your finger, wouldn't you say?" he said and broke my pause of thought.

"Yeah…You're right." I said and slipped the ring off my finger, and threw it into the trash.

"…So it wasn't a wedding ring?" he asked. He knew exactly what it was.

"Not anymore." I replied, and that was all I needed to say, because by just saying that he'd understand everything, he always did.

"Remind me to never buy you jewelry that you're just going to end up throwing in a trash can ." He said and I smiled and shoved his shoulder playfully.

"Oh god!" I cried and looked at my watch, "I totally forgot about the time!"

I looked at him, not wanting to say good bye so soon, since it seemed that way, but he probably had plans he was already late for.

"You're probably late for your plans…" I said in a sweet voice, standing there innocently. Why was I using old high school tricks on him?

"I was late for them 3 hours ago woman. I've pretty much decided not to go." He replied and smirked as he put his hands in his pants pockets.

I couldn't help but smile.

"Baka! Why didn't you tell me?"

He smirked, "Would you have rather me told you 3 hours ago instead?"

I fell silent. What was I supposed to say to that? Of course I didn't, but I couldn't let him know that, not know.

"How about you just tell me what party it is that you want to take me to tonight?"

I looked at him confused, "What? What are you talking about?"

"Oh please woman, you obviously had a party to go to but you didn't have a date anymore so obviously you couldn't go, so that's why you called me up." He said and grinned and crossed his arms.

How in the sweet fuck does he know me so well? And after this long?

"You're so clueless." I said as we walked to my car.

"Oh yeah?" he asked as we reached the car.

He stood in front of his door and I stood in front of mine and we looked at each other over the car.

"Yeah!" I retorted poorly and then sighed, crossed my arms, and looked away, "I do know of this one party that we could go to…If you want of course."

He laughed, "Knew it."

"Oh shut up!" I snapped and we both opened our doors, got in, and then slammed them shut at the same time.

"That was you and you know it so don't try to argue with me about it!" I said, referring to the slamming of our doors consecutively.

He looked at me and smirked, "Who said I was going to?"

Vegeta's POV

"So, anyone we know that's going to be at this party?" I asked as she changed into a dress behind a dumpster, that she for "some reason" kept in her car.

"Krillin and Juu." She replied, "They're married eh?"

"Yeah I got the card." I replied and then she walked out from behind the dumpster, and sparkled like I had never seen her sparkle before.

Her body was currently being hugged by a sleek, shiny silver dress that fell to the floor. A slit located on her right side climbed up to a few inches below her hip bone, and it had thin spaghetti straps with a low V neck. She just pulled her curly blue hair up into a messy bun with a few strands of coiled bangs hanging out in the front, complete with silver heeled sandals.

I saw her smirk as she walked past me to her car. That's when I realized that I was gawking so I immediately turned away, crossed my arms, and waited for her to be ready to go inside. I was already wearing black dress pants and a white dress shirt and tie.

Bulma's POV

"Well well! If it isn't the Prince himself." Juu said as we found them at the party.

It was in a large hall with a bar in the middle and 3 separate dance floors, separated by spaces of carpet with couches where people could mingle.

Vegeta merely sneered and crossed his arms as he nodded towards Krillin.

"Come with me to the bar to go and get a drink, k?" Juu said as she grabbed my arm and we left the guys.

"Hey Vegeta," Krillin said as he looked around, "See that guy over there? The one with the purple tie?"

Vegeta looked around and spotted him, sneering in disgust.

"Yeah, so?"

"Well, what ever you do, make sure Bulma stays away from him, and make sure he's out of site of Bulma." He said.

"Why?"

"Well that guy, that's Yamcha. Did Bulma tell you about him by any chance?" he asked.

Vegeta sneered again, So that's that bastard Yamcha that left her? he thought.

"That's him?" Vegeta asked, not believing a looser like him was ever married to me.

"The one with the scar on his face, yeah." Krillin replied.

"Psht, yeah, she told me."

"Oh, well yeah, just make sure she doesn't find out that he's here."

"You can count on it." He replied with a grunt.

"You don't think he would come..do you?" I asked as I sipped my drink, looking around frantically to make sure he didn't come.

"I don't know Bulma. He's a jerk, and that seems like a jerky thing to do." Juu replied.

"Well I'M the one with the invitation, not him! He was just the plus one! And now he's the minus 1!" I snapped.

"Don't worry about it B. Just relax and have fun." She said, "So, since Vegeta is here with you, after 3 years, I assume you've forgiven him?"

I nearly spit my drink out. I looked at her with shock. How could she even think that I had? And then I thought. I was the one that called him. If I hadn't forgiven him, why did I call him?

He then started coming this way, and I instantly smiled. I completely ignored Juu and just walked up to Vegeta.

Later that night…

Vegeta and I had gotten separated part way through the night, and I was desperately trying to find him because there was only a few minutes before the countdown.

Everyone was starting to fill up the dance floors for the countdown. I would never be able to find him in this crowd! I continued desperately.

I was currently walked against the crowd and then everyone stopped as the countdown began.

"10! 9!"

I then spotted him. I stopped dead in my tracks. My heart stopped, my breathing stopped. Everything stopped, except for Yamcha and the skinny blonde that was wrapped in his arms.

"8! 7! 6!"

I couldn't believe it. He came. He actually came, and with some blonde whore too.

"5! 4!"

I felt like crying. I felt like dying, but the only thing that I could do was stand there and watch as my ex husband held her lovingly while I was alone.

"3!"

He had moved on so fast, and here I was, witnessing this horrible horrible nightmare in a front row seat.

"2! 1! HAPPY NEW YEAR!"

A buzzer sounded and everyone yelled and kissed as sparkly confetti fell from the ceiling. Champaign bottles popped and I watched as he kissed her.

My heart rose up into my throat and as I was about to turn and run in the other direction when strong arms wrapped around my waist from the side and I was pulled against a hard body. Lips were instantly locked with mine as I wrapped my arms around his neck. Vegeta's lips never tasted so sweet.

Vegeta: Lips don't taste like anything! Let alone sweet!
Chop: Well you don't know that!
Vegeta: Yes I do!
Chop: Prove it!
Vegeta: How the hell am I gonna do that woman?
Chop: (grins while thinking mischeviously) Well...(Puckers lips and batts eyelashes)
Vegeta: ...
Chop: FINE! (grunts and crosses arms) Will one of my reviewers kiss me then? (puppy eyes)
Vegeta: ...Yeah, surer...
Chop: (smacks Vegeta upside the head)
Vegeta: BAKA! IM GONNA KILL YOU!
Chop: EEP! (runs away...again)