Hey everyone, sorry that it's been a while since I last updated! I've just been thinking because I think my chapters get progressively worse, so I wanted to make this one good. Or something that I think is good. Anyways, thanks to Vampiress-06, Lady Dark Angel and rockin'-poet for reviewing on the last chapter! On with the story…

Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball Z or any of its characters.

UPDATED 2/26/05

A gut-wrenching scream tore through the halls of Sir Branson's Academy. Everyone in the hall immediately stopped and turned to see the blue-haired goddess storm down towards her locker. Quickly scurrying behind her were her two best friends. Chi-chi and 18 were getting used to having to chase after Bulma when she threw her little temper tantrums. This was in fact the third time that day that they had to run after her. Apparently this new neighbor had made quite an impression on her.

After AP English, Bulma had a mix of various emotions, but one in particular stood out. And that one was FURY. Utter and complete fury. How dare this boy come into her school and try to shake up her emotions. She had a boyfriend, whom she was going to pick up from the hospital later that night, and she loved him very much. Or did she?

See, this is what she wasn't quite sure of. That boy had only been here a few days, and he already had Bulma second-guessing her four-year relationship. I mean, things were already going downhill before that. But it was something about how willing this guy was to challenge her that was somehow… a turn on.

Chi-chi looked over to 18. She gave her this concerned look, she thought her friend was going insane. Bulma had really been emotionally unstable about this whole Yamcha thing, and this neighbor boy was the last thing she needed. Then she looked over to Bulma whose head was against her locker. The girl looked like she was about to cry, which was so unlike Bulma. Not to say Bulma wasn't emotional—because she definitely was—but she never cried in public. She didn't like smearing her make-up and she had too much pride for that. Chi-chi then tapped Bulma on the shoulder and asked,

"Hey B, are you feeling all right?"

Bulma quickly swatted her hand away and snapped,

"No Chi-chi! This guy just thinks he can come in here and HUMILIATE ME. He just is such an arrogant, self centered—"

"Bastard?" 18 interrupted Bulma. She already knew how she was going to finish that statement, so she saved Bulma the trouble and finished it for her.

"Yes 18, he is a bastard! He just comes here thinking that he can BREAK me. Well, I have news for him, NO ONE CAN BREAK BULMA BRIEFS!"

Chi-chi, trying to make this whole situation better, was getting really fed-up with Bulma snapping at her all the time and swatting her hand away and other stupid shit. She was trying to help, and Bulma didn't have to be such a bitch.

"Listen B, I know you're upset and I'm trying to help you, but you're making it kind of hard when everything I do is being shot down by you."

"Chi, I'm sorry. I just… I don't know what gotten into me lately. It's just this guy is really getting to me. I can't explain why either, he's just so—"

And just as the lunch bell started to ring, an annoyingly sweet voice rang,

"Hey girls!"

Oh shit, Bulma thought. This was really the last thing she needed. She had already had her overdose of Marron in the morning, why now? Out of all the days and all the times, why now? She really didn't need some 'trying-to-be-Bulma-but-not-as-hot' clone just to show up in the middle of a conversation she was having with actual friends.

The three girls just gave her blank stares. Why did she even bother coming over there? The only reason they even said hi to her was so they wouldn't get in trouble with her dad. He owned the school, and their parents were good friends. Other then that, they wanted no association with this girl, but she just kept coming back.

Bulma finally grew tired of the girl standing with them, and she snapped,

"What Marron!"

Marron ignored the apparent annoyance in her voice and started on a topic on something that would make Bulma's anger increasingly rise,

"So girlies! Did you hear about the new guy? I heard that he's tall, dark, handsome, mysterious and a bit of a bad boy! Omigod—"

"Yeah Marron, he's my neighbor." Bulma said with her teeth clenched,

She looked at Bulma, she knew that something was up. So in Marron's eyes, there were two possibilities, she could either get this new guy, or Yamcha. Either way, she'll drive Bulma through the roof.

"Oh, that's nice," Marron replied, and then she added, "do you think you could hook me up?"

Chi-chi and 18 snickered. There was no chance in hell that someone as attractive as he would ever go for Marron. But of course, as Bulma's good friends, they couldn't exactly admit out loud that he was attractive… at all. Chi-chi finally said,

"Uh sorry Marron, I don't think he would be interested in someone who thinks that the one-eyed snake is a real animal. But maybe you can try one of the bench warmers on the lacrosse team."

And 18 interjected, "And that's if you're lucky."

Marron should have been insulted, but since she was so undeniably stupid, she had no idea that they had just insulted her, so she replied,

"You guys are like SOOOO funny! But like, isn't the one-eyed snake a real animal? All right girls, I have to go eat my daily salad, but meet me later, k? Okie dokie!" And she sauntered off.

The other three walked away from Bulma's locker, also heading towards the lunchroom. They all looked at each other and started to break out in hysterics. How could someone be that stupid? That was like when Jessica Simpson thought that Chicken of the Sea was actually chicken.

In the Lunchroom…
The girls took their normal spot in the lunchroom. Right near the big window that looked over the state of the art stadium that their school was able to afford because they were that privileged. And their table always seemed to look the best because everyone knew who was going to sit there, the best that Sir Branson's had to offer.

Goku, Krillen and Radditz were already sitting at the table. Goku and Krillen were greeted with kisses from each respective girlfriend. Soon the kisses turned into a whole make-out session, leaving Bulma and Radditz alone. Radditz was Goku's brother, and he had longer hair than Goku, but other then that, they looked very similar. Both very tan and both very attractive. But unlike Goku, Radditz never really wanted to settle down with any girls, he liked just fucking them. He thought of them more as pleasurable objects rather then human beings. He had a crush on Bulma for the longest time, but when he finally got the guts to tell her how he felt, Yamcha had just asked her to be his girlfriend, and he was too late. He knows that he would have treated her a lot better then Yamcha ever could, but what's done is done. So he put up an emotional wall, and hasn't gotten attached to anyone else since. Quite sad really, considering what he knows about Yamcha and the things he's done behind her back. But like everyone else, he didn't have the heart to let her know.

Bulma brushed her bangs out of her face, and he observed the rest of her long, beautiful hair and the way it flowed down her body. It was curly today, and it went halfway down her back. She looked so exquisite all the time and all he could do was just look at her. But he was suddenly snapped out of his trance as she said something to him,

"Hey Radditz, what's up?"

"Hey Bulma. You look a bit down today."

"Oh Radz… it's nothing, I'll be fine."

She could usually tell him everything, but she couldn't bring herself to tell him this. She felt guilty about it because she knew how long he liked her for. He was so sweet, and sometimes she thought about how things would have maybe turned out differently if she chose him over Yamcha. But what's done is done,

"All right, I'm just worried about you. This whole Yamcha thing—"

"I know, it's a horrible mess, right?"

"Yeah, but I wasn't trying to rub it in if that's what you're thinking."

"No, I know that you're one of the only people who genuinely cares about how I feel. I mean I know Chi-chi and 18 understand, but they have their own lives to deal with, " and she realized that what she said could have possibly offended him so she quickly added, "but I didn't mean that like you don't have a life, I just meant—"

"I know. We understand each other." He looked solemnly down at the table. Bulma could feel an awkward moment coming, so instead of sticking around to feel stupid in this silence she got up and said,

"Anyways, I'm gonna go get some food now," she knew it would be rude if she didn't make him an offer so she asked him if he wanted to come, hoping he would say no.

"No, it's okay. I'm going to stay here for now."

Bulma laughed with relief,

"All right," she looked over to the couples, "Have fun watching them suck face."

After that, Bulma headed towards the lunch line to find that there was something that everyone was looking at. Why the hell weren't they looking at her? Or commenting on her outfit? Or god damn it, just talking about her? What could be more interesting then her? She couldn't really process this, but she was going to figure it out soon enough.

Oh god, sure enough, Marron was crying out for attention again by hanging all over some sleeze ball. What was this? She did this everyday, why was it different now? At this point she didn't see how this was entertaining to watch at all, so she decided to get a closer look. She pushed her way through a crowd of people and suddenly it hit her. Everyone was whispering about some "mystery hottie" and Marron being an item, and she finally saw it. There was only one person she's ever met with dark, flame-shaped hair. To her extreme horror, Bulma saw Marron all over Vegeta. Bulma couldn't contain it anymore, she forced her way towards Marron and tapped her shoulder and asked,

"What the hell do you think you're doing Marron!"

Vegeta turned to Bulma and gave one of his evil yet sexy smirks and said,

"Well, well, we meet again woman—"

"Shut up Vegeta. I wasn't talking to you. Now answer me Marron, what the hell are you doing?"

Marron innocently twisted a strand of her hair on her finger and replied,

"Oh B! I'm going to show Veggie around Sir Branson's Academy, and then after school I'm taking him to my place…" She smiled seductively at Vegeta, as he grew more irritated with this idiotic girl. Then Marron slipped her arm around his waist, she could tell that he was very muscular. The only reason he permitted this was because he wanted to see how jealous Bulma would get. Of course, Bulma fumed. And the more she did so, the more people came to crowd around the scene.

Great. He was doing it again. He was finding more ways to humiliate her. He was supposed to be falling head-over-heels in love with her. She looked good, or at least she thought so—until now.

Bulma felt like a complete idiot for making a big deal out of this. She had a boyfriend. But every time she looked at Vegeta, she kind of wanted to forget that small detail. Bulma was completely stunned that he would have anything to do with Marron. She was not even his type! Or maybe she was. Bulma had no idea why he wasn't peeling her off of him. This day was getting to be too much, and Vegeta finally said,

"Oh woman, maybe I could fit you into my schedule. Maybe somewhere in between 5 and 6 tonight? I don't know though…"

"Okay listen asshole, I have better things to do then spend time with you two morons. In fact, contrary to your belief, I do have a life, and I have plenty of people who would be begging to hang out with me. I don't need you."

"Don't talk to Veggie like that! He's my new 'friend.' I like this one… a lot."

And then Vegeta did the unthinkable, what he was about to do was horribly shocking and just plain horrible. While basically the whole lunchroom was watching, he took Marron and started making-out with her, right in front of Bulma's face. His hand slid down her ass, and he GRABBED it. It was absolutely disgusting! Bulma just stood for a few seconds in complete shock. For a minute, she actually believed that she was dreaming. How could this be happening to her? She was just so embarrassed and hurt. She was hurting and she didn't know why. She was about to cry, so instead of letting everyone see she growled,

"I hope you two have fun giving each other various STD's and then die a horrible death."

With that Bulma stormed out of the cafeteria and brushed right by her friend's table. Chi-chi and 18 only saw most of what had just transpired and they were about to get up and chase after Bulma (once again) but Radditz interjected before they could,

"No. Let her go, she probably needs some time to think,"

This made Chi-chi furious. "What if she needs us? For moral support? And also it's dangerous if she drives in this state of mind,"

And before she could say anything else, Goku put his two first fingers on her lips and said,

"Just let her go Chi. She has more sense then to drive right now. I know you care about her, but I think she really does need some alone time right now. It seems like she's been through hell for the last couple of days and I think she needs to cool down."

Chi-chi gave him a very solemn and understanding look while she sat on his lap, turned to him and cupped his face,

"You're right."

At the Beach side café…
The two very lovely looking women were laughing at this one comment that was just made by the blonde haired woman. She had just been talking about how quickly children grow up and how life doesn't wait up for anyone. They were also reminiscing about what life was like before their children came along.

Vegeta's mother (a.k.a. Shauna) was looking at her new 'friend.' She was just like the others, and she knew that she thought that she was better then her. But the fact was, she had dealt with these types so many times a day, it didn't matter. Bunny quickly interrupted her thoughts,

"So Shauna… why did your family decide to move here?"

"Well, Bunny, since you asked I'll tell you. My father owned a large real estate company here, and since I'm a real estate agent, and I'm going to eventually inherit his fortune and business, he demanded that I move back home."

"Wait… you mean that YOU lived here before?"

"Yes, I grew up in this area. I tried avoiding coming back for as long as I could. In fact, we moved all over the place, just to see what life was like in other areas. I didn't want Vegeta to be as sheltered as I was. I wanted to protect Vegeta from this type of environment, but I knew my father would eventually demand my return."

"Hold on, you wanted to 'protect' little Vegeta from this environment? But this is the best environment for your kids, I mean they have everything—"

"Exactly. Though we were always wealthy, I tried to teach him that not everything is about money, and that he can't always get what he wants. And I certainly do not encourage buying your way out of a situation."

"Oh, I see. Well, Bulma has grown up with everything within reach. There has never been anything she couldn't get access to… except her father. He loves her dearly, but he's never around. Right now he's doing business in Japan, again. It makes life pretty lonely actually…"

"Oh Bunny, I'm sorry." Shauna's expression became more serious. She, growing up with the most powerful father in area knew what it was like to be lonely. Well, she knew how that felt until she found Vegeta Sr. They met at Cornell University and instantly fell in love. Of course her father hated Vegeta Sr., because he encouraged her to move out of the area and get away from everything she had grown to despise. He's a lawyer, and is currently working at a practice in close relation with her father's group.

Bunny finally had realized something, how could she be so stupid? There was only one man in this area who was a very powerful real estate agent! Her father was the most powerful man in the area, William Jennings Prescott. Bunny had only sat down and had lunch with him a few times. He was a very powerful and good-looking man (considering his age), but she had no idea that he had a daughter.

"Shauna! You're father is William Jennings Prescott, right?"

"Yes…"

Bunny squealed, now there was more of a reason to befriend Shauna before all the other mothers had the chance. Therefore, reinstating her position as the Queen Bee. There was no way Shauna or anyone else was going to take that title from her.

"Oh my god Shauna! You're going to inherit the W Group from your father! Well, that's quite exciting. That means you all are one of the most powerful families in this area!"

Shauna looked down with an upset expression,

"Yep. I guess we are."

Bunny gave her a small grin and replied,

"Welcome back to the life of the ridiculously rich and fabulous."

Going to the Hospital…
Bulma hadn't gone back to school that day. She couldn't bring herself to go to her last three periods. She was way too stressed out from what had been going on lately. I mean Yamcha lied to her, about something important. She was somehow taking his problems to be her fault. Maybe if he had told her, she would have been able to help him. Though Bulma was a bit spoiled, self-centered and narcissistic, she had a heart of gold.

Bulma was driving at a furious pace. She was going 75 on a 50 limit. She was really pushing it, and she couldn't die. She was on her way to pick up Yamcha from the hospital. She had spent a while feeling sorry for herself, and before she knew it, she had to leave to go pick up her boyfriend. There were so many thoughts in her head right now.

Soon enough she pulled into the hospital's parking lot. Here we go, she thought. She was going to finally pick him up, so why wasn't she more excited about it? She didn't even feel nervous, she just felt kind of numb. Like there was nothing there, emotionally.

She slammed the door of her Range Rover quite hard. She was way too stressed out. Maybe this would help her. And remind her of her love for Yamcha. She couldn't have just stayed with him for 4-years for nothing, right? He was the one. He had to be, or else she wouldn't have wasted her time… right? Somehow, she couldn't seem to convince herself of this, which stressed her out even more. Vegeta was toying with her emotion, and Bulma hated it when people fucked with her.

Bulma headed towards the hospital, and when she entered she saw her hot boyfriend waiting for her. He ran up to her and planted a big kiss on her lips. He then took her face with his hand and said,

"Hey baby, thanks for picking me up."

"No problem, how are you feeling?"

As they walked out of the hospital, Yamcha slid his arm around her waist and tried to grab Bulma's ass. Immediately Bulma took his arm off of her and snapped,

"Yamcha! What the hell are you doing! You can't do that in a public place."

"Sorry babe!" and he leaned toward her ear and whispered in a lower tone, "I was just thinking would could have some fun tonight."

Normally Bulma would have immediately told Yamcha off for being a selfish pig, but the image of Vegeta kissing Marron was just too much to take, she needed a distraction. She turned to him and snaked her arms around his neck,

"When we get to my house, we'll have a lot of fun."

And then, she thought, tomorrow at school, we'll show them who's still the hottest couple of the school.

In Vegeta's Room…
He had left Marron's house a few hours ago, and now he was just looking out his window towards his beautiful neighbor's house. For some reason he didn't enjoy making Bulma angry as much as he thought he would. He thought maybe if he did it more, then he would stop liking her. And that clearly wasn't the case. Marron, not to his surprise, was a complete flake. All that girl wanted to do was have sex, which he didn't mind, but it was the fact that he was thinking about someone else the entire time that bothered him. And now, he was going to have to spend more time with the girl.

Suddenly, he saw the Range Rover pull into the neighbor's driveway and he knew that Bulma had just arrived home. What he was unaware of was that she had a boyfriend, and they were supposedly serious. Well, he didn't know until he saw another person get out of her car. And they obviously were more then friends when he saw the guy grab Bulma's waist from behind and started to kiss her neck.

Right now Vegeta felt enraged. How could he like this little spoiled slut? She was just like everyone else he had ever met in these types of communities—but if that were the case, then why couldn't he stop thinking about her?

His hands clenched onto his windowsill. He liked her and there was nothing he could do about it. For once, he didn't have total and complete control over a situation, and to make matters worse, he liked a girl who was dating someone. And the slut he had slept with hours ago was going to make a big thing out of him sleeping with her. Vegeta found the more things he did to get back at this girl, the more his life went to shit.

Shauna was standing in the doorway and said,

"Our neighbors are very interesting people, wouldn't you say?"

Vegeta didn't respond, he just growled. Shauna then went on to say,

"That Bulma girl seems sweet. A little misguided but sweet."

Vegeta then turned to his mother and mumbled,

"Yeah, whatever woman."

How was he going to stop thinking about Bulma? There had to be a way. For now he was going to keep to himself, and relax, whatever way he could. That would be hard considering he would have her on his mind for the rest of the night.

Hey! That's the end of the latest chapter What will happen when Bulma and Yamcha show up together at school tomorrow? And what big event is coming up next? When will Bulma figure out the truth about Yamcha? And what will we discover about Bulma's father? Until next time…

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