High School Royalty

Chapter 6

Shades of Crimson

She felt his arms gently caress her bare shoulders and as she turned to face him, her dress slightly puffing out around her slender figure as she was met face to face with him.

Vegeta.

Her breath was caught in her throat and her eyes gently slid shut as his deep voice rung through her ears, what he had said was a blur, but when his hands slid from her shoulders down to her own slightly sweaty palms she raised her bright blue eyes up to meet his coal black ones.

She smiled slightly as he smirked down at her, his lips lowering to meet hers and when she felt the warmth of his familiar lips on her own a loud buzzing pulse was heard. Her blue eyes snapped open and she rolled over, falling onto the hard carpeted floor.

"Ow." She mumbled, rubbing the top of her head, her manicured fingers raking through her tangled mess of blue hair.

She blinked and stood up, turning to the mirror she sighed, "And now he's in my dreams..." She mumbled as she headed towards her bathroom.

"I'm tired." Bulma complained as she slid into the backseat of Launch's silver Corvette, taking her seat beside her black haired best friend, "Launch, swing by Starbucks, there's no way that I'm going to make it through this day with out another cup of coffee."

Launch smiled as she glanced at her friend in the rearview mirror, "Alright B."

ChiChi blinked, looking up from her compact mirror with a slight frown, "Did someone get laid last night?"

Marron frowned from the passengers seat and rolled her eyes, "No." She spat, "I had to--"

ChiChi rolled her eyes, "I wasn't talking about you Mar."

Marron frowned and sighed, "Were you talking about Launch?"

Bulma smiled as she turned away from the window and tried to catch a glimpse of the furiously blushing Launch, "Wow. Well somebody certainly is in a good mood today, that's for sure."

Launch sighed as she shook her head, pulling into the Starbucks drive through, "No ChiChi, I did not... I just..." She smiled dreamily and Marron quirked one of her perfectly plucked eyebrows, "You what?"

"Well I volunteered at the Nursing Home." She said with another bright smile.

Bulma blinked, her face twisted with confusion, "And that's got you all perky? Wow. We should send Vegeta there then..."

Launch shook her head, "Well no, I just met the sweetest woman and it turns out that she's Tien's 'Grammy'." She smiled as she handed Bulma the coffee that was given to her from the drive up window, and she pulled out of the parking lot and back onto the highway, "And I talked to Tien and... he's just so sweet."

ChiChi shut her compact and began to reapply her lipstick, "Launch, I thought you were over him."

Launch shrugged, "I guess not."

"Oh!" ChiChi said suddenly, her eyes becoming bright as they snapped open, "Goku told me he loved me last night!"

Bulma gasped and shrieked happily, "So did you two finally screw?!?"

ChiChi glanced unenthusiastically at her blue haired best friend, a small frown planted on her now red lips, "No Bulma, there is more to a relationship than just sex."

Bulma rolled her eyes, "This coming from a virgin. Typical." She muttered.

ChiChi put her lipstick back into her purse and sighed, "He was so sweet you guys, he said that he wants to wait until we're married," she turned to Bulma, "So out first time will be special."

Bulma smiled and gave her friend at hug, "Aw ChiChi! Congratulations!"

Marron smiled and nodded, making ChiChi give her friends a questioning look and Bulma laughed, "Your, like, engaged now ChiChi!"

ChiChi rolled her eyes, "B, we are not engaged!"

Launch shook her head, "No, B's right, you said 'when we're married.' yourself Chi."

Bulma smiled brightly, "Face it babe, your hitched."

ChiChi frowned, "Real supportive friends you are..." she mumbled.

Bulma laughed, "Chi, chill, it's like totally cute."

Marron smiled, "Yea, so now you've like got a prom date for sure."

"PROM!?!" The other three girls shrieked in both surprise and excitement as if they were just remembering what today was.

Marron blinked dumbly, "Yea, remember? They're announcing the theme today."

Bulma gasped, "Prom. Shit! How did I forget? This is only, like, the single most important social event in high school and here we are not even thinking about the occasion!"

ChiChi frowned and shook her head, "I hope the theme is something classy... I don't think I could deal with the beach theme.."

Launch nodded, remembering their freshman year the theme was 'a night at the beach' and the Seniors and Juniors came dressed in bikinis and swim trunks.

Marron shrugged, "I think it would be cool if we had a theme like that again. Think how hot we would look in out bathing suites next to everyone else."

Bulma nodded, "She has a point."

ChiChi frowned and shook her head, "Let's just hope that the prom committee thought of something first-class..."

Bulma shifted nervously in her desk as the morning announcements began.

She heard a growl from behind her, "What is your problem woman?"

She turned around and shot him a death glare, if only looks could kill she thought as she rolled her eyes and began to whisper, "Do you not know what today is?"

Vegeta frowned, "Monday."

She let out a frustrated sigh, "Yes Vegeta, very cute. But think, they're about to announce the theme for our prom, and that give us only two weeks." She lifted her index and middle finger up as if to get the point across, "Only two to get ready."

He rolled his head, "You need two week to get ready for a dance?"

Bulma frowned, "Dances are what they do in junior high Vegeta, this is prom here."

Their school hadn't done the formal dress/tux thing that was commonly done, well one year an 'evening on the town' was done, but the prom committee picked a theme two weeks prior to the prom and the students had to dress to fit the theme.

Vegeta rolled his eyes and a red haired girl next to them frowned, "Bulma."

The blue haired girl turned and gave the girl a questioning look. She didn't have a clue what the girls name was, but she decided that she maybe could give this girl the time of day, Launch had been bugging her to be 'a little nicer to people' and so she could do her friend a favor.

The girl smiled, a little nervous because Vegeta was sending her a death glare and Bulma was giving her a questioning look that read 'I'm above you'. "Bulma, why are you worried about prom? Don't you have a line of guys waiting to ask you?"

Bulma let out a small laugh and shook her head, "Ha. I wish."

The girl blinked, "But--"

Bulma frowned, "No... there's no line." She muttered, turning around to face the front.

Vegeta shot the girl one last look and turned back around.

"..and the lunch ladies apologize for their mistake, the dishwashing soap will not wind up in the lasagna again, and if anyone is sick than please go to the nurse."

Bulma listened intently to the announcements as a boy with brown hair jumped from his seat, "I ate that lasagna..." he said shakily, "Ca-can I go to the nurse?"

Bulma rolled her eyes until she heard what she was waiting for --

"And now for what all of you have been waiting for! The prom theme has been decided, here's Linda Brady to tell you more."

Bulma smiled, "Shhh. Shhh." she said loudly, closing her eyes as the voice on the intercom was replaced by a high pitched one, "Hello fellow students!"

She rolled her eyes and she could almost feel Vegeta's annoyed frown behind her.

"The theme this year has been decided -- famous couples!"

A murmur of white noise erupted from around the room and Bulma's eyes shot up, "Famous couples?" she repeated, "What the crap?"

She turned around to Vegeta and frowned, "What kind of theme is that?"

Vegeta shrugged and leaned back in his seat as Bulma shifted her jaw, "Well... I guess that actually is a good idea!" She smiled, "This is going to be so much fun!"

Vegeta raised one of his eyebrows, "Woman, do you realize that your talking to yourself?"

Bulma glanced at him and frowned, "Oh shut up Vegeta."

And with that she turned around, not believing that this was the boy of her dreams. Her frown remained, 'literally."

Bulma sat down at the lunch table and smiled brightly, ChiChi was filing her nails while Marron looked down at her lunch tray in disgust, "You know that the lunch ladies accentually used dishwashing soap last week and like 30 kids got sick."

Bulma frowned at her purple haired friend, "Mar, that's why we don't buy the lunch's here."

Marron nodded slightly as she mixed something that looked like mashed potatoes on her tray with a plastic fork.

"Where's Launch?" Bulma asked.

ChiChi was doing her nails next to Goku, who was quickly devouring his tray of food. Yamcha was seated next to Marron and they both had the same, distant, look on their faces.

Bulma sighed, "And where's Vegeta?"

Goku looked up, swallowing a mouth load of food and shrugged, "He was with a blonde girl in the parking lot last I saw him..."

Bulma frowned, "Yea. He said he was planning on skipping second block."

ChiChi looked up from her nails and watched as Launch sat down with a smile on her face, "So you excited about the prom?"

ChiChi nodded, "I cannot believe that the committee picked something decent. And we actually get to use our imaginations about our costumes!"

Bulma smiled and nodded, "And our dates."

Marron sighed, "Does anyone already have a date?"

Launch and Bulma simultaneously shook their heads with sad sighs and ChiChi glanced over at her boyfriend who was still stuffing his face.

Marron nodded slightly, "Yea... well I guess we still have two weeks..."

Bulma watched as Vegeta entered the cafeteria with a satisfied smirk on his face. She momentarily frowned as he sat down at the table, the smirk still present, and gave Bulma a wink.

She frowned and gave him a stare, full of hate and disappointment.

ChiChi watched their exchange and sighed, "So Bulma, who are you planning on going to prom with?"

Bulma tore her gaze away from Vegeta and shrugged, "I don't know Chi."

ChiChi sighed, "Well you should be thinking about these things! What about Ryan? Weren't you going on a date with him last Friday?"

Bulma sighed as she shook her head, "I was... but I kinda broke it off. He's so annoying."

Vegeta shrugged, "Annoying? Hm, woman, you two would be perfect for one another."

Bulma shot him another glare, she hurt, momentarily, but covered her pain up with anger, "Fine then, if Ryan asks than I guess he'll be my date."

Vegeta's face didn't falter, but he did feel a ting of jealousy for this 'Ryan' guy he didn't even know.

Marron sighed, and ChiChi turned to her, "And Marron, since I'm guessing your not going with Martin, who are you planning on taking?"

Marron shrugged, stillin playing with the lump of potatoes on her full tray. Goku glanced over at her tray and his eyes lit up, "Are you going to eat that?"

Marron shook her head and pushed her tray over to Goku who emmidentaly began scooping forkfulls of foot into his mouth.

ChiChi shot an annoyed look at her boyfriend, who had acted so sweet last night and was now back to his starving four year old self, "Mar?"

She sighed, "I don't know Chi."

Yamcha shrugged, clearing his throat, "If you want I can take you."

Marron turned to him, wide eyed and smiling brightly, "Oh! Would you?!?"

Vegeta humped, "Whore, he just asked."

Marron ignored him and Bulma sighed, "Chi... I want to change my mind."

ChiChi gave her a questioning look as a blonde haired boy approached their table, "Hey B baby." He said smoothly, from behind he bent over and lightly kissed Bulma's cheek.

Bulma smiled slightly, "Hey."

"I was wondering if you could come over here so we can have a quick chat." He said again, his rich voice smooth, full of himself.

Bulma smiled as she got up from her seat and followed him out of the lunch room.

Vegeta glared angrily as he watched them go.

Launch watched his reaction with a curious frown, "You know Vegeta, if you're in to Bulma you should really say something now."

Vegeta turned to the dark blue haired girl and frowned, "I'm not into the wench."

ChiChi sighed and shook her head, "Launch, Vegeta wouldn't be good for Bulma anyway. You know with all the blondes out in the parking lot and stuff."

Vegeta frowned, "You don't even know what your talking about so why don't you just shut your ugly little mouth."

"Vegeta." Goku spat, throwing down his fork, "Don't talk to ChiChi like that, it's not her fault that Bulma's out there about to hook up with Ryan because your to pirdeful to ask her yourself."

Launch nodded, "And it doesn't help that you just screwed some bimbo" she raised her hand, "No offence Marron." The purple haired girl just smiled with a small shrug, "In the parkinglot."

ChiChi frowned, "Bulma didn't take that too well."

Vegeta got up and stormed away form the lunch table, causing Yamcha to let out a sigh in releif, "I don't like him when he's angry."

ChiChi rolled her eyes, "He's always angry."

Launch nodded, but her face became still as a blush crossed her cheeks, ChiChi turned in the direction Launch was looking at to see Tien coming out of the lunch line looking around for a place to sit.

He walked over to their table and gave Launch a small smile, "Does the offer still stand?"

Launch smiled back, "Only if you take back what you said."

He nodded, "I'm really sorry. I guess that I shouldn't have said anything... I don't really know you at all."

Launch smiled, "Well then you sit and learn."

Tien let out a genuine laugh as he took his seat next to her.

Marron blinked as she watched them and then she smiled, "You two would look mad cute together."

Launch stopped, midsentance, and blushed bright red.

ChiChi smiled and nodded, "You know, she's right."

Tien smiled, slightly embarrassed and sighed, "Well... prom is a big deal here and... do you have a date Launch?"

Launch gave him a surprised look, he barely knows me... but wow, this is too good to be true! "Umm.."

ChiChi reached across the table and pinched her navy-haired friend.

Launch shook out of her daydream and smiled, "Of coarse!"

Tien laughed and nodded, "Now we just have to pick a 'famous couple'."

"So." Ryan said, a smile grazing his lips, "Do you already have a date to the prom?"

Bulma blinked, she didn't know why but the thought of being linked to the arm of this guy for even just one night sickened her, and she had to fight the bile rising to her throat, "Ye-yes." she choked.

A lie, yes, but the famous Bulma Briefs was no saint. She frowned, that was for sure.

Ryan blinked, he had only said that as an opening, he hadn't actually expected her to have a date, but the question stung at him, "Who?"

Bulma's eyes winded, Who? Damn it Bulma... But when Bulma saw the flame haired boy walk up from behind them down the hall a ways she smiled, "Vegeta."

"What?" Ryan asked, clearly surprised, "Your going with Vegeta."

Bulma blinked as she played with the bottom of her skirt, "No--ummm... I mean yes. Yes. I am going to the prom with Vegeta."

Ryan shook his head, "Unbelievable." He mumbled, "I loose you to the short arrogant asshole."

Bulma watched him walk off, as he walked by Vegeta, their shoulders momentarily brushing, he shot him a warning look.

Vegeta humphed, knowing that he could kick this guys ass easily.

Bulma sighed as she watched him go and than frowned at her predicament, "Vegeta." she breathed, guess there's only one way to do this... "I need you to go to prom with me."

Vegeta gave her a bored look and his eyes studied her, he folded his strong arms against his chest and frowned, "What?"