High School Royalty

Chapter 8

Shades of Crimson

Launch honked for what she calculated to be about the fifth time as she waited impatiently outside of ChiChi's house.

When she was about to sound the horn for a sixth time ChiChi emerged from her house with a curious frown on her face. She opened the door to Launch's silver Vet and flipped down the visor to check her perfect reflection, "Elle, what's the rush?"

Launch sighed as she pulled out of the driveway and smiled, "Well... I kind of can't wait to see Tien."

Marron laughed from the backseat and smiled, "Yea, she even wore her favorite outfit."

ChiChi turned to find Launch in a green tube top with a short yellow mini skirt and her favorite pair of nearly-knee high boots. Her blue hair was curled and her makeup was flawless.

ChiChi smiled, "Well don't you look nice."

Launch sighed and she shrugged, "I always look nice. But-- he asked me out last night and then he took me out to eat at this little Italian place. He is" she smile, "SO great you guys."

ChiChi laughed as they pulled into the school parking lot and as she shut the door the student bodies eyes turned to them, rumors beginning about Bulma and her fight, Launch and Tien, Marron and Yamcha and how she had cheated on Martin, and, as always, ChiChi and Goku.

ChiChi swept a lock of her straight dark hair behind her ear with a roll of her eyes, "I hate this place."

Marron shrugged as she shot a wink at a tennis player, not helping her reputation of being faithful at all, "Well I love it."

Launch's eyes widened as she found Tien waiting with Goku and Yamcha by the schools entrance and she waved happily to him. ChiChi sighed as she rolled her eyes at her boyfriend and Marron shot an award winning smile at Yamcha, who she hoped to be her future boyfriend.

"See?" A pink haired girl whispered to the brown haired girl next to her, "I told you something was going on with Launch and the new guy."

The girl rolled her eyes as she gripped her light purple backpack, "No... no way. I mean, Tien asked me out, you know she's not his type."

The other girl rolled her eyes, "No, you were way dumb turning him down, I mean look." she stopped as Tien and Launch hugged slightly, "See?"

The girl sighed as she frowned, "Maybe I should take him up on his offer."

The second girl laughed as she shook her head, "Sorry hun, but from the looks of things he's not going to want you back."

The other girls eyes stared angrily at Launch as she began to smile and she shook her head, "No. There's no way."

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Bulma flipped over in her bed, turning her head away from the sun as her alarm clock began to go off. She muttered angrily, pulling her pillow over her head as one of her arms extended and began to swat aimlessly at the snooze button on top of the clock, hitting it a little too hard and causing it fall off of her nightstand and crash into the floor with a loud thud.

She sighed in relief as the annoying buzzing was cut to a halt and she released the pillow from her face, "That's one way to shut it up."

She pulled the blankets up over her head to block the sunlight that was streaming from her blinds in narrow slits of golden light and cursed the brightness of the morning under her breath.

Though the alarm clock had stopped no there was a loud banging on her door and she grunted tiredly, "Go away."

A masculine voice from the other side of the door chuckled and, although surprised by the sound, she didn't change her tone, "I said go away -- this is my day off dammit!"

Her door was quickly cast open and Vegeta stepped into her room with a frown on his face. He walked over to her bed and threw the covers off of her. A little surprised to find her in a white cotton spaghetti strap shirt and a pair of underwear, but his face didn't falter, "Wake up."

She pulled the covers back over her head, not even bothering to open her eyes, and humped when she was back into the calm and dark shelter that her blankets provided.

Vegeta jerked the cover off of her again, though this time discarding them into a heap on the carpeted floor, "Now get up woman."

She sat up tiredly in the bed, "Why?"

He smirked down at her, not being able to tear his eyes from her nearly naked form, though her hair was unruly and her face held no makeup she was just naturally beautiful, "Because I got in trouble to spend the day with you --" he watched her stare back into his eyes with a small crescent smile on her lips and he continued, "And I am not going to just sit here all day and watch you sleep."

Bulma sighed angrily and glared at him, "Get out and give me five minutes."

He shrugged slightly as he left her room, her eyes watching, and glaring at his every movement.

She stood up and began to curse his name as she pulled out a pair of tight blue jeans and striped navy and green polo shirt.

About ten minutes later she was out of her room and down the stairs to find Vegeta laying on her couch watching TV with a bored expression on his face.

He was wearing a pair of baggy faded jeans and a vintage looking red shirt from Hollister.

She smiled as she cleared her throat, causing him to turn around and focus the same bored look on her, "Took you long enough."

She rolled her eyes as she made her way to the front door, "Where do you plan on taking me?"

When he shrugged her eyes lit up, "Oh! Let's go to the mall! I could get some coffee there and then we could shop!"

He rolled his eyes but didn't say anything as he led her out to his black Viper that was parked in her empty driveway.

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"Okay." Launch began as she sat down her spoon and her nonfat yogurt, "Daddy gave me the lake house for the weekend and want all of you to come!"

Marron smiled brightly and ChiChi's mouth widened, "Oh my gosh!"

Goku blinked and Tien nodded, "Yea, I already asked and I can go."

ChiChi nodded, "Well... if I just leave out the part that the guys are going then I'm sure my rents won't mind."

Marron nodded, "I've got no plans!"

The boy beside her sighed, "I've got to go to a funeral on Sunday... my uncles cousin that lives in South Dakota got in a car wreck the other day and I don't even know the guy, so I'm sure no one will notice if I don't turn up."

ChiChi nodded, "Will you're mom care that you're not there?"

Yamcha shrugged, "Probably not, I mean I didn't know him at all..."

Marron gasped, "Oh my God, is he okay?"

Everyone turned to Marron and blinked. Even Goku shook his head at her.

Launch rolled her eyes, "Marron, he's going to his funeral!"

Marron knitted her eyebrows together and frowned at her best friend, "Geez Launch, I was just asking -- you know, being polite!"

ChiChi sighed and shook her head, "No use trying to explain it to her -- so Goku, do you think you can come?"

Goku shrugged, not lifting his head up from his lunch and ChiChi frowned at her boyfriend, "Guess that just leaves Bulma and Vegeta."

Launch nodded as she pulled out her cell phone, "I can call Bee right now."

Launch held the phone up to her ear as the phone began to ring, after a couple of rings she heard Bulma's angry voice in the phone, "I don't really care? Okay? I'm on the phone. Sh." then Bulma's voice suddenly became bright and friendly, "Hello, Bulma Briefs here!"

Launch smiled on the other line, "Hey Bee!"

"Hey Launch!"

"Haha, how are you girl? Enjoying your day off?"

Bulma rolled her eyes, "Hardley. Well … I mean … I'm at the mall so that's a good thing, but I'm with Vegeta so... That's another."

Launch laughed, "What did he do this time?"

She shook her head in reply as she sighed exasperatedly, "Well he decided that he wanted something from the Cookie Cutter and now we're in line and he's yelling at the guy in front of us and we're almost next and he's asking me what I want and I keep telling him nothing because I mean these cookies are just like full of fat."

Launch nodded, "Aw well, maybe your day will get better."

Bulma glared Vegeta and frowned, "Let's hope so." she muttered, "So anyway, what did you call about?"

"Oh! Well we're spending the weekend at the lake house, think you can come?"

Bulma smiled, "Well my parents didn't seem to angry about me getting suspended so I'm sure they're okay with it -- and I'll ask Vegeta when we get out of this freaking line."

Launch laughed as she nodded, "Alright Bee, talk to you later. Love yah."

"Love yah too." She hung up her cell phone and crammed it down into her purse and looked up at Vegeta who was glaring at her, "What do you want woman?"

She rolled her eyes, "I told you a million times, nothing!"

The girl behind the counter of the cookie place was about twenty and has short, brown hair. She was pretty and tall and was looking at Vegeta in way that Bulma did not like, actually she had the urge to beat the crap out of-- she lowered her eyes to her name tag and rolled them-- Becky.

Becky smiled at Bulma, "Aw, are you on a diet or something?"

Bulma glared at her, "No, but I do watch what I eat."

Becky laughed, "Yea, well it's going into your mouth most likely."

"What was that?" Bulma demanded.

The girl looked up at Bulma and smiled innocently, "Oh, nothing."

Bulma frowned, "No, I think you said something, and trust me, I'm not the one who needs to go on a diet."

Vegeta rolled his eyes at Bulma, "Just give me the cookies."

Becky smiled over at Vegeta and nodded, "Yes sir."

"See woman?" Vegeta said, glaring at Bulma, "She talks to me properly."

The girl smiled at him again and Bulma rolled her eyes, not sure why she felt such pings of what she could only recognize as jealousy in the pit of her stomach, "Well she doesn't know you."

Becky handed Vegeta a small bag and smiled, "Well I could get to."

Vegeta shot her look and Bulma rolled her eyes, "I'm going shopping now."

Becky watched her go and smiled flirtatiously at Vegeta, "Better go catch your girlfriend, if she's too much trouble you know where to find me."

Vegeta snatched the bag of cookies from her hand without a word and walked over to Bulma who was just strolling at a casual pace as she passed by some shops.

"Woman." He growled, grabbing her by the wrist and turning her around to face him, "What is your problem?"

She narrowed her eyes at him, "You." she glared at him, "You're constantly trying to get in the pants of every girl --" a group of older woman passed by and she frowned, "every attractive girl that you see."

He rolled his eyes, "And how is that your problem?"

"Maybe you could get someone to really like you if you weren't such an ass Vegeta." She spat.

He rolled his eyes at her, "And why would I only want one girl if I can have as many as I want?"

Shaking her head she turned away from him, "You are unbelievable."

He smirked cockily, "You think so too?"

She let out a frustrated groan and clenched her fists together so tight that her knuckles began to turn white, "You are such a jerk!"

He shrugged as he bit into a chocolate chip cookie and Bulma shifted her jaw, "Launch has the lake house for the weekend and wants all of us to go out there with her."

Vegeta nodded as he took another bite form the cookie, "Alright."

Bulma rolled her eyes, "Alright then... Where do you want to go next?"

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After school Bulma and Vegeta drove up to the school to meet their friends who all decided to drive in two separate cars -- the girls in one and the guys in the other.

It was about a three hour drive to the lake house and they still all had to pack.

After about thirty minutes the boys were all packed and piled into Yamcha's black Ford truck. Yamcha was driving with Vegeta in the passengers seat while Goku and Tien were in the back. They were pulling Vegeta's dad's boat and had only four light suitcases in the back of the truck.

The girls were meeting at Bulma's house to take her Escalade, naturally it was chosen because i was the roomiest of all of their cars, and they were taking their time.

ChiChi sighed as she leaned back on Bulma's bed, "The guys have probably already left."

Bulma rolled her eyes, "They rush everything."

Marron nodded, "Well I'm all packed."

Launch nodded as she crammed one of Bulma's shirts into a light blue bad and tossed it over to Bulma, "And we finished packing for you."

Bulma smiled as she zipped the bag up and hosted it over her shoulder, "Thanks."

ChiChi grabbed a red backpack and a yellow and green duffle bag and smiled, "Okay, let's go!"

When the four girls were in the car, Bulma behind the wheel with ChiChi in the passengers seat as Launch and Marron were seated comfortably in the back, Bulma sped quickly down the road and they began to converse.

Marron sighed with a dumb smile on her glossy lips, "I think I'm in love with Yamcha."

ChiChi rolled her eyes, resting her bare feet on the dashboard as she looked over her painted toe nails, "No you don't Mar."

Marron shook her head, "No Chi. I really do!"

Launch sighed, "Marron, you two aren't even going out, hun I don't think it's love."

Marron smiled and shrugged, "I don't know, he's different... you know we haven't even had sex before! No sex and we're dating! Maybe it's not love, but I really do like him."

Bulma and ChiChi exchanged surprised looks and Bulma smiled with a small shrug, "Wow Mar, maybe you're finally in a real relationship."

Marron gasped, "Y--you think? Like a relationship like ChiChi and Goku or Launch and Tien?"

Launch smiled, "I think this is the happiest that I've ever been."

ChiChi smiled and nodded in agreement, "I really love Goku, I mean he's the best thing that has ever happened to me--" she smiled wider, "except for you three." she quickly added with a giggle.

Launch turned to look out the window as their surroundings disappeared in a blur as Bulma sped the car by them, "I wonder if he feels the same way."

ChiChi pulled her hair back into a messy bun and smiled, "I'm sure he does. I mean he did ask you out... Goku can be incredibly sweet and sexy at times."

Marron laughed, "Goku? Sexy?"

This causing Bulma and Launch to laugh and ChiChi to roll her eyes, "Oh, you three shut up!"

Bulma sighed, "I feel so left out of this conversation..."

Marron blinked, "Why?"

Bulma switched lanes and checked her mirrors with a shrug, "All three of you are falling in love and meeting Mr. Right and I spent the day with a flirty stuck-on-himself, arrogant, ego inflated asshole."

Launch turned to Marron and clarified, "Vegeta."

"Oh." Marron nodded slowly.

Bulma sighed, "I want to be happy too!"

"You will be, you'll find someone and he'll be so great and so hot and so... perfect!" The dark-haired girl cheered from beside her best friend.

Bulma smiled back at her, "And one day Chi you'll finally get some -- but that's one day and I want to be happy now."

Launch shook her head with a small smile and Marron frowned, "I have to use the bathroom!"

ChiChi nodded, "Yeah, and I'm thirsty!"

Launch frowned, "Mega hungry." She admitted as Bulma sighed, "I'll call the guys and tell them we're going to be behind schedule."

ChiChi glanced down at her watch and shrugged, "We're already way behind anyway..."

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"--well all that I know is that it's Marron, and we've been on more than a couple dates, I'm ready to get some."

Goku shot Yamcha a look of disbelief, "Are you crazy? Yamcha, a couple dates? Meaning two?"

Yamcha rolled his eyes and Goku shook his head, "I thought you said that you really wanted to wait and get to know her and really like her."

Yamcha shrugged and Vegeta laughed, "If he wants to fuck her, let him."

Tien smiled, "So that's how you guys work? You meet, fuck, and somehow stay a couple?"

Yamcha shook his head, "No. Goku here hasn't banged ChiChi and Vegeta doesn't really do the 'stay a couple' thing."

Vegeta smirked almost proudly and Tien shook his head, "Well I don't know, I mean I've thought about Launch--"

Yamcha cut him off, "We all have."

Tien blinked and sighed, "She's my girlfriend."

Yamcha nodded with a smile, "Congrats."

Vegeta rolled his eyes, "Girlfriend is stupid title you idiots."

Goku scratched his head and Yamcha rolled his eyes, "Oh come on Vegeta, don't tell me that you've never wanted to fuck someone more than once -- and not just more than once on the same night."

He shrugged just as Yamcha's phone began to ring. Yamcha turned the radio down and pressed his small phone against his ear, "'Ello."

Yamcha smirked, "Hey babe."

Bulma rolled her eyes on the other line, "Don't call me that."

Yamcha laughed, "Kay, sorry."

Bulma sighed, "We're running behind schedule."

Yamcha lifted one of his eyebrows slightly, "We have a schedule?"

Bulma ignored him, "We're going to stop and eat in Duffle."

Yamcha's eyes widened, "Duffle? We passed through like half an hour ago."

Vegeta growled, "They're in Duffle?"

Yamcha nodded and Bulma rolled her eyes as she heard Vegeta speak, "Alright, well I guess I'll see you later."

"Bye Bulma."

"Later."

He sat his phone down in one of the cup holders and sighed, "The girls are going to stop in Duffle."

Vegeta rolled his eyes angrily and Goku sighed, "They probably just left the house."

Yamcha shrugged, "What about Bulma?"

Frowning, Tien's face was a mask of confusion "What about her?"

Yamcha turned to Vegeta and smirked, "Would you date Bulma?"

He smirked, "Would I fuck her you mean?"

Yamcha laughed, "No. We all know the answer to that."

Goku sighed, "Guys, stop it. Bulma is one of our best friends and --"

Vegeta shrugged, "Sure."

Tien looked up from a bottle of Dr. Pepper he was sipping and smiled, "Wow."

Yamcha laughed lightly, "You two would be a great couple."

Goku smiled, "You know, they would."

The flame-haired boy in turn rolled his eyes, "Whatever."

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Launch swung the door to the lake house open and the girls found the four guys sprawled out on various couches and chairs watching a movie on the big screen TV in the living room of the lake house.

Bulma gave them a bright smile as they entered and ChiChi walked over to her boyfriend, who was sitting lazily on the couch with his chin resting on his hand as his elbow dug into the arm rest of the couch.

Marron sat her large glass of tea down on the coffee table as she glanced at the TV, "This is a boring boy movie" she stated with a frown.

Yamcha smiled with a shrug and Bulma shook her head, "Let's go out on the lake!"

ChiChi frowned, her head resting on Goku's shoulder, "Right now?"

Bulma shrugged, "Why not? It's only seven."

Vegeta stood up, "I'll go put the boat in."

Launch suggested that they should all go change and thirty minutes later the eight teens were out on the lake in Vegeta's dad's red speed boat.

Bulma and Launch were tubing behind the boat, Vegeta purposely going rough as Launch and Bulma screamed and held on tightly to their tubes.

ChiChi watched her friends scream as the tubes were thrust into the air as Vegeta went over a stretch of big waves with a laugh. The wind was blowing her hair around and her sun glasses shielded the bright light from her eyes.

Marron tapped her shoulder and ChiChi turned to give her a questioning look.

Marron smiled, "Look at those guys!"

ChiChi followed Marron's finger to a small boat across the lake with three attractive guys seated in. ChiChi couldn't help but smile, "Wow."

Yamcha watched Marron wave to the guys in her small, baby blue swim suit. He sighed sadly as the guys waved back and Marron giggled happily.

'She's just a flirt Yamcha...' He assured himself.

Marron took a seat next to Yamcha and across from ChiChi and giggled again, "Wow, weren't they cute Chi?"

ChiChi shrugged, "They were okay." ChiChi turned to notice a sad expression on Yamcha's face with a frown, 'So he does care.'

Then she jerked her head around when she herd a loud scream from behind the boat and found Bulma floating in the water and her tube unoccupied.

Vegeta laughed and turned the boat around to pick her up with a smirk.

When she climbed the ladder she stepped onto the boat angrily and glared at Vegeta who was in a pair of navy swim trunks and a pair of dark sunglasses, "Vegeta Ojie I do not find this funny!"

Vegeta only continued to smirk, as if his only response was "too bad I did," with a small shrug and Bulma sighed, "You flipped me on purpose!"

He only let out a small, deep chuckle and Launch climbed onto the boat after her, she ripped her life jacket off and shook her head, causing locks of her wet hair to flip around her head.

Bulma turns around, her back facing Vegeta, as she unlatched her life jacket and threw it to the floor, leaving her standing in her blue bikini.

ChiChi rolled her eyes as she found Goku hunched over the side of the boat, his face slightly pale. ChiChi rubbed his back gently as Goku sighed, "I think I'm going to throw up ChiChi..."

ChiChi frowned, "You're motion sick."

Vegeta rolled his eyes from beneath his shades and Tien frowned, "If he throws up, we'll all throw up."

Launch laughed as she shook her head, "Take him back to the dock Vegeta."

Vegeta turned the boat around and moments later parked it into the dock in front of the lake house.

ChiChi helped her boyfriend up with a smile, "Come on Goku honey, I'll fix you something to eat."

His face lightened up a little as he let his girlfriend lead him up the dock.

Marron turned to find the guys from earlier waving at them and she waves back, "Oh! They're so cute! Don't you think so Bulma?"

Bulma was now sitting in the front of the boat with a pissed expression, "Yea, whatever Mar."

Yamcha sighed and got up, following Goku and ChiChi down the wooden platform.

Marron blinked, "Why did he leave?"

Launch shrugged, "Probably because of them." she said, pointing to the three boys across the lake who were, still, waving.

Bulma turned to Marron, "You know, if you really like Yamcha then maybe you should tell him."

Marron smiled and nodded, "Okay... thanks guys."

Launch shrugged, "No problem Mar."

With that Marron hoped off the boat and ran after Yamcha, calling his name followed by wait as she ran.

Vegeta rolled his eyes, "I'm sick of all of this girl talk shit."

Tien nodded in agreement and Bulma smiled, "Oh! Let's ski!"

Launch nodded, "Tien, you go first!"

Tien turned to the other three people in the boat and shrugged, "I---I uh, I've never skied before." He admitted with a small blush.

Bulma rolled her eyes, "It's okay, it's really not that hard!"

Launch smiled, "Oh, come on, try it."

Tien stood up and sighed, "Alright... I'll try it.."

After he was in the water with a pair of skis on. Vegeta shot him a glance to see if he was ready.

Bulma and Launch were seated next to each other, facing the back of the boat, their. Launch smiled, "Go easy on him Vegeta."

Vegeta shrugged as he took off, Tien barely having time to stand up...

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Tien rubbed his eye as he stepped onto the boat, "Easy Bulma?"

Bulma shrugged, "Well it's not that hard."

Vegeta rolled his eyes, "You stood up once.."

Bulma nodded with a small giggle, "And you tried like ten times."

Launch gave him a small kiss on his cheek and smiled, "I think you did a great job."

Tien shook his head, "No I didn't, but that's okay." He returned the kiss to her own cheek, "I think it's Vegeta's turn."

Bulma's eyes lit up and she nodded animatedly, "Aw, come on Vegeta!"

Tien shrugged, "I can drive the boat."

Vegeta glared at him, "If you scratch it, sink it, mess it up in one single way I swear I will kill you."

Tien blinked and Bulma rolled her eyes, "Don't listen to him Tien.."

Vegeta rolled his eyes as he pulled on a life jacket and jumped into the lake. Bulma and Launch turned around to face Vegeta as Tien took his seat behind the steering wheel.

Launch watched Vegeta pull his feet into the skis, "Bee, is he any good?"

Bulma shrugged, "No clue."

As Tien started the boat Vegeta was up in his first try, and away from the wake he stayed up.

Bulma blinked as she watched him and Tien turned a sharp corner and, with ease, Vegeta stayed up. Tien went over a few waves and, finally, Vegeta tipped foreword, face first into the icy lake water, causing Bulma to wail with laughter and Tien and Launch to giggle along with her.

Vegeta glared at his 'friends' and thrust the skis off and climbed the ladder into the boat.

Bulma watched his reaction with a smile and then took a seat next to him with a fake frown, "Aw, Vegeta, are you okay?" She asked, placing a quick kiss on his nose and shaking her head as he continued to glare at her sweet caring act.

Tien shook could only smile as he let Vegeta drive again and he took a seat next to Launch, "Let's go back" she suggested, "It's getting dark and we should probably meet back up with everyone."

They all agreed and seconds later they were parked back into the wooden dock.

Launch and Tien walked, hand in hand, ahead of Bulma and Vegeta as the two trudged slowly behind them.

Bulma turned to him with a curious look on her face and smiled, "What's wrong? Don't tell me you're still pissed about falling."

He shook his head and frowned, "I'm not. I'm taking a walk."

She smiled expectantly. Without hearing an invitation she met his eyes, "I'll go with you."

He frowned, "No."

She blinked and her facial expression saddened, "Oh, alright."

She turned from him and walked quickly down the path back to the house and he watched her go.

He wasn't quite sure why he didn't want her around, but he knew that her precence had been putting him in a state of uneasiness. Half the time he wanted to strange her and the other half he wanted nothing more than to back her into a corner, life up her skirt, and fuck her.

He was walking until he found a girl with long black hair and green eyes. She was leaning against her dock with a bored expression her face, but her eyes lit up as she saw Vegeta walk by.

"Vegeta!" She called to him.

Hearing his name he turned his head to see her. Adrian.

He sighed, they had once dated, she was nearly three years his senior, but that hadn't stopped him before.

He smirked, she was exactly the release he needed.

"Hey, long time no see." She said, smiling seductively at him, "I missed you."

Vegeta smirked, "No you didn't."

She shrugged, "Sue me."

He walked over to her, placing his hands on her shoulders he planted a firm kiss on her lips.

She returned his kiss, though his mind told him that Bulma was a better kisser, he pushed away the thought and pulled away from her.

She smiled, "Would you like to come inside?"

He turned to the house she was motioning to and he nodded, "I didn't know that you moved out here."

She smiled as she ran her fingers down his chest and shook her head, "It's my fiancé's. He has lots of houses, lots of boats." she laughed cruelly, "Lots of money."

Vegeta glanced down at her. He always knew that she was a slut, but he didn't know why this was just bothering him now. Well, actually he did know.

He thought back to Bulma and the girl at the cookie place and how Bulma and told him that he's willing to get into the pants of every attractive girl that he sees. He narrowed his eyes, she was getting to him.

Adrian shook her head, "Come on Vegeta, what's wrong?"

He shook her hand away and frowned, "I'm not going to do this."

She rolled her eyes, "Oh come on, my fiancé doesn't mind. I mean he sent me here alone in the first place."

Vegeta shrugged as he turned around and walked in the same direction that he came.

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Bulma sunk down on the coach as she watched Goku lean over ChiChi's shoulder in the kitchen. She could smell what was cooking and her stomach told her that she was hungry.

She could hear Goku's stomach and it told everyone that he was hungry too.

ChiChi swatted her boyfriends hand away with a frown, "No Goku, it's not done yet!"

He frowned, "Aw, ChiChi, but I'm hungry now!"

She narrowed her eyes at him, "Well that's too bad."

Launch was sitting in Tien's lap on one of the cushiony chairs in the living room and Marron was talking to Yamcha on the couch next to her.

Marron smiled, "Well then do you want to go to the dock with me and watch the sun set?"

Yamcha smiled back at her and nodded, "Of course."

Tien and Launch laughed as the couple stood up and Marron grabbed his hand, leading him out the front door.

Bulma smiled, as Launch frowned at Tien shrugged, "Well we can follow them if you want.."

Launch shook her head, "Nah, Marron really likes him and I think they should be alone."

With a nod, the blue haired girl thought aloud, "Maybe Marron really can change."

Launch turned to Bulma, "Are you sure you're over Yamcha?"

Bulma laughed, "Positive."

Goku turned to face Bulma and smiled, "Well then do you like Vegeta?"

She raised one of her eyebrows and frowned at the unexpected, "What?"

Goku rolled his eyes, "You know, Vegeta?"

"Yes." Bulma said, rolling her eyes, "I know Vegeta, but do I like him?"

ChiChi and Launch both turned their attention to Bulma, both knowing the answer, but both waiting to see if she would answer it honestly.

However, before Bulma had a chance to open her mouth the door swung open and Vegeta walked into the house and took a seat next to Bulma.

ChiChi smiled after a brief pause of silence, "Dinner's done!"

Smiling, the blue haired girl stood up, happy to get away from the couch and occupant beside her, "After dinner we should watch a movie!"

Tien nodded, "I brought some DVD's, they're in my bag."

And after dinner and the movie the clique were all spread out on the couches, chairs, and Marron and Yamcha had come back to cuddled up on the floor. Bulma yawned, "I'm too tired to move."

Goku smiled, wrapping his hands around ChiChi's waist, "Let's just sleep here for the night."

Bulma frowned, "But my hair -- ug, I'll have lake hair in the morning if I don't wash it..."

Vegeta rolled his eyes as he watched the blue haired girl next to him run her fingers through her hair.

Launch laughed, "Aw Bee, it'll be okay."

Marron frowned at the noise her friends were making, "Good night everybody."

Everyone said their goodnights while they fell asleep as they were in the living room of the lake house.

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Bulma sighed as she opened her eyes. Once again sleep hadn't come to her, and once again there were so many idle thoughts on running through her mind that she couldn't stop thinking, she couldn't stop waiting.

Waiting for what? She wasn't even sure herself. Prom maybe? She smiled, picturing how Vegeta would act. She really did admire his high-and-mighty attitude … and she really did admire him.

She frowned as she swung her feet around, her bare toes touching the cool carpeted floor, her arms hugging her frame.

"It's so cold." She whispered to herself as she made her way into the kitchen to pour herself a drink of water.

The faucet pored out the cool liquid and as is splashed into the glass her thoughts began to wander again. She didn't notice that the water was over flowing in the glass until a hand reached over her and shut it off.

She blinked and turned around to see Vegeta standing there with an emotionless gaze on his face.

She smiled up at him and he turned around and walked outside.

She sat down the glass of water, after taking a sip, on the counter and followed him out onto the deck.

Standing next to him, leaning on the banister as the light wind swayed her locks of aqua hair. She brought her eyes up to the sky, there wasn't a star up there, they were blocked behind a blanket of coal gray clouds.

She merely blinked as a drop of water crashed into the banister she was leaning against.

"Vegeta." She whispered, but he just continued to stare foreword with an expressionless face, "It's raining."

When he didn't say anything she just hugged her figure tighter, a pair of cotton shorts and a small t-shirt was all that she had on, "Why are you still up?"

"Couldn't sleep." He stated, plainly.

De shrugged, taking a moment to pause he continued, "I was thinking about what you said."

She gave him a confused look, "About what I said?"

He turned to face her and she found herself staring into his dark eyes.

She smiled and lightly touched his arm, "What did I say?"

His facial expression didn't falter, "About how I want to fuck every girl that I see."

She frowned, turning her gaze foreword only to find that it was now pouring down rain as silver veins of radiance cracked the nimble skies. She could hardly see the raindrops, they were invisible, but she could hear them. She could feel the wind whipping past her hair and the taunting of the trees against the lake house's frame.

He sighed, but didn't say anything as he found himself looking ahead as well, the flashes of lightening reflecting in his dark eyes.

She shivered as a loud crack of thunder slightly shook the banister and he smiled at her fear, but he didn't say anything. He only grabbed her forearms and turned her to face him.

She felt him pull her closer to him, but she didn't need his strength to draw her in -- he already had her.

She smiled up at him, and she stepped off of the porch and into the rain.

Vegeta frowned as she became instantly wet and the skies flashed white around her, "You're going to get yourself killed woman."

She smiled over at him, "Then come and save me." Teasingly she lifted her arms up and breathed into the storm, "Man."

He shrugged, the rain was pouring harder now and he said something that she couldn't make out. She guessed by the smirk on his face that it was something she was glad she missed, but then he stepped off of the porch and joined her in the rain.

Beads of water fell from his skin as he shook his head, "You're crazy woman, you're going to catch a cold."

Bulma smiled as she leaned into his chest, "Well you'll stay and catch one with me, that seems to be the way you work."

He chuckled as he places his hands on her small waist and he roughly kissed her, pressing his tongue into her mouth, and when they pulled away Bulma laughed as she leaned her head into his chest, "We've been doing this way to often Vegeta."

He led her back onto the porch, "I'll see you in the morning woman."

She nodded slightly as she watched him enter the house, the sky blinking white again as she shut the door after her and entered the cold house once again, only to find it even colder now that she was wet.

She turned to Vegeta and frowned as she watched him head up the stairs. Turning to her glass of water, she sighed. Needless to say everything on her mind had just been replaced and now she was even more confused.