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Author's Note: Okay... Well you all know the drill -- homework, school, parties, dates, a sucky computer, and my list of bad excuses for the lateness of this chapter. But it is finally here. So sorry for the wait.... I really am!

I promise that I will thank everyone personally in the next chapter -- but for right now I'm really super sorry because I'm so tired so I am just going to answer a few questions and reply to a few comments.

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High School Royalty

Chapter 10

Shades of Crimson

Bulma twirled a lock of her aqua hair around her finger as she stood beside Vegeta, both staring up at the corny miscellaneous costume coupled pictures hanging on one of the walls in Party City.

Vegeta frowned, "This is crap."

Bulma sighed, "Well... what about superman and supergirl?" Bulma smiled, "Supergirl does has really cute boots."

Vegeta's frowned deepened, "I'm not wearing that ridiculous outfit."

Bulma rolled her eyes, "It's spandex Vegeta, come on."

"He's got underwear over his pants." Vegeta mumbled.

Bulma laughed, "Alright.. fine...Oh! Vegeta look!" She said, her bright blue eyes starting to sparkle.

Vegeta looked over in the direction the starry eyes girl was looking and frowned, "Ares and Aphrodite?"

Bulma nodded, "It's perfect for us! The Greek god of war and the goddess of love and beauty."

Vegeta eyed her with a bored frown, "You certainly think highly of yourself."

Bulma rolled her eyes, "Oh come on, think about it -- I'm loving, beautiful, temperamental, and desirable, while you're arrogant and proud and... well warlike."

His frown deepened and Bulma smiled, "It's one of my favorite stories, the beautiful goddess is married to the hideous Hephaestus, it was not by her choice but by arrangement of Hera. Her true love was Ares, the God of War. They --"

Vegeta rolled his eyes, "Woman, spare me the lecture."

Bulma frowned and crossed her arms, "Vegeta, look -- you get to wear a sexy outfit like Brad Pitt wore in Troy."

Vegeta shot her a blank look and she frowned, rolled her eye, and crossed her arms as she looked away from him.

Vegeta frowned at her reaction. He looked over at the picture of the ancient Greek god and goddess costume -- "Ares". He smirked -- well the woman was right, he would look pretty sexy in that.

Bulma watched his reaction with a smile, "So it's a yes then?"

He shrugged and she nodded, knowing that he meant yes.

She smiled and noted the number of the couples costume and they went to go purchase their prom theme attire.

Bulma handed the man behind the register a wad of cash and he smiled back her, giving her correct change and a bag with their costumes inside.

As Bulma and Vegeta exited the Party City Bulma entangled their fingers, lightly swinging her date's hand, causing him to growl and hold her hand still.

She frowned at him as he unlocked his black sports car and threw the bag into the backseat.

Bulma slid into the passengers side, filling the heat of the leather seats against her bare thighs and switched his air conditioner on full blast. Vegeta cast her a bored side glance, noticing the way the gusts of air picked up the locks of her hair and blew them around, framing her face.

He blinked. She was so beautiful. So angelic.

He smirked as he shook his head. Angelic? Where did that come from. He shrugged lightly as he turned the air down, causing her to glare at him with a small frown on her face.

"What?" he asked as he pulled out of the parking lot.

"Oh!" She smiled, sitting up in her seat with bright eyes, "Let's go to Starbucks!"

Vegeta rolled his eyes and Bulma winked at him, "Aw, come on Vegeta."

"Whatever." He muttered as he switched lanes and pulled into the Starbucks drive through.

Monday

Yamcha yawned as he took a seat beside Goku in the locker room.

"Hey Goku, what's wrong?" Yamcha asked, rubbing his tired eyes.

Goku shrugged, "Nothing."

Yamcha looked him over and shrugged, "You look like something's on your mind."

Goku merely shrugged again, "And you look like you didn't get a wink of sleep last night."

Yamcha laughed, "Yea... Marron called me last night and I was up talking to her until 4. I think she's mad though... I kind of fell asleep while she was talking..."

Goku smiled, "Yea, all the girls were kind of mad at us at lunch."

Yamcha rolled his eyes as he leaned farther back on the bench, "Yea, so Bulma was mad at Vegeta because he insulted her in first block or something, Launch said that Tien was ignoring him the morning -- what's the deal with you and ChiChi?"

Goku sighed as he shook his head, "You know Rochelle right?"

Yamcha nodded, "Yea, real cute? Kinda tall --"

Goku frowned, "Yea... her."

Yamcha blinked, "You got a thing for her?"

Goku shook his head quickly, "No, not at all. I mean I like her as a friend -- at least I thought I did. And she invited me to go get a drink, so I did. You know? As friends."

"Yea." Yamcha stated simply, "And?"

"She kissed me."

Yamcha blinked, at first in confusion, but then a smirk crossed his features, "Goku, you pimp. Haha, so what did you do?"

Goku shrugged, "I told ChiChi."

Yamcha sighed, and closed his eyes, signaling that was something really dumb to do.

Goku sighed, "But I didn't kiss her back or anything, I really love ChiChi. Rochelle was just a friend, I had no idea that she ever..."

Yamcha smiled, "Well I believe yah Goku, I mean you're an honest guy -- probably the only guy that would really just want to be friends with a girl like Rochelle. You're a good guy Goku, innocent and slightly naive, but you talk to ChiChi, and I think she'll believe you."

Goku smiled, "Yea... she believes me, but I still think she's a little angry."

Yamcha shrugged, "You should make it up to her."

Goku nodded happily as he stood up, "That's a great idea Yamcha!"

Yamcha shrugged as he stood up, "Well what can I say? When it comes to ideas about the ladies I'm full of good ideas." hey laughed as Goku shook his head in disbelief at his friend.

"God." Marron complained as she pulled her shoulder-length hair back into a pony tail, "I cannot believe Yamcha!"

Bulma shrugged, "I can't believe Vegeta either -- I mean he insulted me in front of our entire class. People are supposed to think he worships the ground I walk on, not that I'm so desperate that --"

Launch laughed, "B, chill. Everyone knows how Vegeta is... his sarcasm and... well, insults are just a way to let you know that he analogizes your presence. Plus, we already established that he really likes you."

Bulma ran her shiny lip gloss across her lips and smiled, "Yea. I guess."

ChiChi stood next to Bulma and looked herself over in the mirror, "We'll guy's are just jerks."

Launch frowned, "ChiChi... I thought you said you understood that Goku was telling the truth."

ChiChi frowned, "I know, but I still have the right to be pissed."

Marron nodded, "Agreed."

Bulma laughed, "Guess what?"

Her friends shot her questioning glances and Bulma smiled, "Roxanne is back."

Marron gave her friend a hug and smiled, "B, thanks so much for kicking her ass for me."

Bulma shrugged, "No problem."

Launch smiled, "Are you going to talk to her?"

Bulma shrugged, "Nah. I'll let her come up to me first -- if she has something to say she won't wait long."

ChiChi giggled, "You and Vegeta are so perfect for each other."

Bulma raised an eyebrow in her direction, "What?"

ChiChi nodded, "Oh come on, you know it's true."

Marron sighed, "We're gana be late for cheerleading practice."

ChiChi wrinkled her noise, "I don't feel like cheering anyway."

Bulma smiled, "Well I want to see Vegeta, so hurry."

Vegeta was walking towards the field, dressed in his football pads and jersey, when he saw an all too familiar face come up to him.

He practically winced, there was a deep purple bruise over her left eye, and her make-up was thick over her cheeks, as if to cover a series of contusions. Half of her lip was swollen, and her left eye was hanging only halfway open.

"Vegeta." She slurred, giving him the sexiest smile she could manage.

Vegeta watched her with a small frown, "Roxanne, damn, Bulma beat the shit out of you."

She rolled her eye, causing her to wince slightly from the pain of moving her face so much, she sighed, "Yea, she did, but by next week I'll be good as new." She leaned closer to him, "I miss you."

Vegeta shrugged, "Most of my one night fucks do."

She glared at him, "One night?" she laughed, "Oh Vegeta, it was more than that, and don't you deny it."

His face remained emotionless, "Really? Well trust me, you weren't anything special, and nothing has changed."

She frowned, "You're a jerk. You know that? I told Bulma that she was just another fuck to you. She beat the crap out of me. Hm. Someone's in denial."

"Don't you have a boyfriend."

She nodded, "Yea. And he's more than you'll ever be."

Vegeta smirked, "Really? Than why are you here?"

She sighed, "Bulma's too good for you. I want you to know that. I was too good for you too."

Vegeta frowned and watched her walk away. He couldn't believe that girl. She was so confusing. Then he rolled his eyes, all women were. Luckily he hadn't gotten close enough to a girl to even try to figure one out -- and he didn't have any desire to. Not now, not ever.

But as soon as he began his walk to the field Bulma rushed up to him.

He looked her over with a smirk. She had on her cheerleading uniform, consisting of a tight, low cut navy top and a short navy blue skirt with a thick black lining. He imagined her long, creamy bare legs wrapped around his waist as she rode him. He smirked, turning himself on with mere thoughts of her.

She smiled as she watched the look on his face, she saw the group of football players eyes her from behind him and she smirked.

"Hey Vegeta."

He brought his face down to her ear and smirked down at her, "Hey."

She felt his warm breath tickle her ear lobe, she yearned to feel his tongue inside of her mouth, she hungered for his lips on her own, so she pressed her body close to his.

He smirked. Very close.

She felt his hands began to trail her back, she urged him on, grinding her hips into his pelvis, feeling his hardness against her she only pursed on. He brought his hands down to her butt, lightly squeezing the firmness that lay there -- both forgetting that they were in the open, that they were being watched by their nosey classmates. Bulma pried her hands under his football pads, running her fingertips across his well formed abs. She smiled as she felt his tongue on her ear, warming her insides. She turned her head so that her lips were now against his, immediately pushing her tongue into his mouth, pushing his lips apart she began suck on his lower lip.

From behind them ChiChi blinked as she leaned into Goku's chest, "Think we should tell them to get a room?"

Goku blinked as he wrapped his arms around his longtime girlfriends slim waist, "I don't really think that's a good idea. Vegeta would be pissed at me."

ChiChi laughed and Goku smiled down at her. He loved her laugh.

"Oh, ChiChi, I've got a surprise for you."

ChiChi gasped, "For me?"

He nodded, "Yep, I've ordered us something for Friday."

"Friday?" ChiChi's eyes flew open, "For prom?"

Goku laughed as he nodded.

She shrieked happily, "What is it?"

He shook his head, "I can't tell you that, it's a surprise ChiChi."

She frowned and stuck her tongue out at him, causing his smile to widen, "Well I should probably get to practice."

As if on cue the loud annoying shrieking of the high pitched metal whistle the head football coach wore around his neck sounded, signaling the beginning of practice.

"Hey Ojie, you can make babies after practice." the coach hollered, causing Vegeta to quickly rip away form his make out session. As he turned away he felt her grab his muscular bicep, he frowned over at her, "I gotta go."

"I know." she whispered, pressing her soft lips against his. He pulled away again and smirked down at her, "Later."

She winked as he began walking away, "Later."

ChiChi ran up to her friend and slapped her arm playfully, "Whore."

Bulma rolled her eyes, "Jealous?"

Wholeheartedm rich laughter escaped ChiChi's throat , "Not at all, but you seemed like you were enjoying yourself."

Bulma laughed as she shook her head, "You know, you're late to practice Chi, and since you're captain that's not setting a very good rep."

ChiChi rolled her eyes at her sarcastic friend and shrugged, "You know, you're a Briefs Bulma, I don't think sticking your tongue down a guy throat that's not even your boyfriend in public is setting a very good rep."

Bulma frowned up at her best friend, rolling her eyes, "So what did Goku want?"

ChiChi smiled, "He's got a surprise for me after school."

Bulma gasped and grinned, showing both rows of her perfect, white teeth, "Wow, you're so lucky."

ChiChi shrugged nonchalantly, "I know."

Bulma rolled her eyes at her friend, but she knew she was just being honest -- she was a lucky girl. They both were.

As Vegeta took his spot on the field the brown haired boy beside him smiled, "Man, you were all into the Briefs girl, and she looked like she was ready to spread."

Vegeta smirked, "I'm taking her to prom."

Decker laughed as he slapped Vegeta on the back, "Somebody's getting lucky."

Yamcha laughed from the other side of Vegeta, "Decker's taking his girlfriend, the prude who won't put out."

Goku frowned, "You guys, there's more to a girl than just getting some, maybe Decker is actually--"

But he was cut off by Decker who was frowning, "Nah, she's nothing special, besides, I'm thinking about taking Julia Payne."

Yamcha nodded, "Good choice man."

Tien looked over at the blonde haired cheerleader they were talking about with a frown. She was pretty, but had slut written all over her. He smiled, glad that he had Launch.

Goku rolled his eyes and watched ChiChi and Bulma laughing from the sideline, he shook his head at Vegeta, "You're not only going with Bulma to prom because of... you know."

Vegeta looked at Bulma over on the sideline, the cheerleaders were just starting to stretch. He had known her for so long. Truthfully she was the only girl he really knew. She was the only girl that he flirted with, the only girl he just made out with. He didn't want to just cast her aside like the others -- she wasn't like them. She could hold her own, she could test him, she could make him laugh, she could impress him, plus, he thought with a smirk, she was hot.

But the look on the guys around him faces made him smirk, and he laughed lightly, "Now Goku, you know me."

Goku sighed as he shook his head, "Vegeta... she's you're friend."

Vegeta shrugged, "Well then afterwards I'll tell her that we can still be friends."

Goku looked his best friend over with a saddened look as he began to laugh at something Decker had said about putting in a good word for him. He looked over at ChiChi and vowed never to be such a jerk to her.

After school Launch had driven all of her friends home, well... after a short trip to the mall, and was now sitting in her living room going through a pile of DVD's with the phone propped between her shoulder and her ear as she rummaged through the pile, occasionally saying the movie's and the couples in the movies to her boyfriend on the other line.

She smiled, "Well what about Grease?"

Tein paused for a moment, "Grease?"

"Yea." Launch stated simply, "You know, Danny and Sandy -- summer nights?"

He frowned, "Yea, I know, it's my sisters favorite movie in the world, and I kind of find it a little shallow."

Launch blinked, "Shallow?"

"Yea, shallow. I mean Sandy doesn't like Danny because he's a jerk so he tries to change for her, and then at the end she changes into something that she's not and he falls in love with that. At the end, she can't even look at her face when she's dancing -- it's just shallow."

Launch frowned, "Well you sure know how to ruin a happy romantic movie."

Tien lightly laughed on the other end of the phone, he was laying back in his bed throwing a football repeatedly into the air and catching it.

Launch cast the DVD aside and then smiled, "I didn't know that you had a sister."

Tien shrugged on the other end of the phone, momentarily stopping himself from throwing the ball into the air, "Yea, well she's in seventh grade and she's a pain in the butt."

Launch laughed, "Aw, I bet she's great. I can't wait to meet her."

Tien frowned on the other end of the phone, "You want to meet my family?" he laughed, "They're... well a little strange."

Launch smiled, "Aw, come on, I'm sure they're wonderful -- your grandmother was."

Tien was silent for a moment and Launch sighed, "Do you want to come over and help me with this?"

Tien smiled, "Help you go through a pile of DVD's and think up one couple that's good enough?"

Launch dropped the cover to Sleepless in Seattle with a defeated sigh, "Please."

Tien laughed as he sat up in his bed, "I'll be right there."

Goku pulled into the parking lot to the costume specialty store. He got out and, like a gentleman, opened the passengers side of the car to let his girlfriend out. ChiChi walked down the sidewalk with her boyfriend, clutching his arm in her own she smiled, "Well somebody's certainly in a romantic mood."

Goku shrugged as he held the door open for her and she entered the costume shop, "Well tomorrow is prom." He pointed out.

She smiled and nodded lightly, "Alright, well, so what's out costume going to be?"

Goku walked up the counter and smiled at the older woman behind it, "Name?" She questioned him with an emotionless gaze.

"Goku Kakerot."

"Just a minute." she stated plainly as she went into the back part of the store.

ChiChi smiled happily as she leaned against the counter, "This is so wonderful!"

The woman came back, with two bags that resembled suite holders, and smiled, "Since you paid in advanced we just need to confirm your license and signature."

Goku flipped her his license and signed a signed a sheet of paper.

ChiChi shot her occupied boyfriend a side glanced and smiled deviously. She began to unzip one of the bags, only to peek into it, and when she saw a beautiful royal purple medieval style dress she gasped, "Goku. This is beautiful."

Goku looked over at her and sighed, "ChiChi, it was a surprise."

ChiChi ignored him and smiled at him, she ran over to him and threw her arms around his neck, kissing his cheek.

Goku laughed as they parted, "ChiChi, you know -- Romeo and Juliet are sort of like us, well with out the rivaling families and the dieing and stuff. But they were really in love, and they are probably the most famous couple ever, you know?"

ChiChi laughed as she rested her head into her boyfriends well built chest, "Thanks Goku."

Goku smiled as he took in the scent of her hair, "Do you want to get something to eat?"

ChiChi blinked as she pulled away, "What?"

Goku frowned, "Well... I'm kinda hungry."

ChiChi rolled her eyes, "We can pick up something on the way home..."

Goku smiled, "Alright, thanks ChiChi -- you're the best."

ChiChi grabbed the bad with their prom theme outfits in it and smiled, "You too Goku."

Tien had made it to Launch's house and they were crowded around her large selection of DVD's. Launch was sitting cross legged on the floor and Tien was on one of the leather couches in the living room rummaging through some of the movies.

Launch looked down at one of the parts to the Matrix trilogy, "What about a Neo Trinity theme?"

Tien looked over at her, "Leather suits and sunglasses?"

Launch shrugged, "Hm. Well that might be kind of sexy."

Tien laughed, "Yea, it might."

Launch nodded, "Well add it to the maybe pile."

"We have a maybe pile?"

Launch rolled her eyes, getting up she sat the DVD on the coffee table, but Tien caught her arm and she fell ontop of him on the coach.

She froze, her arms were keeping her just inches from his chest, her long hair was falling over him, and her lips were almost brushing his.

Tien blinked, a little taken back by there closeness, but he didn't want her to leave him. He brought his lips up to hers, capturing her into their first kiss.

She released the pressure from her arms and her body fell onto his. She felt his palms roaming across the small of her back, and she moved her lips against his, welcoming his tongue into her mouth.

She arched her back as they continued, he began to run his fingers through her hair, letting her lips free for a momentary gasp. He caught his breath and went in for another kiss, she once again deepened the kiss, but she opened her eyes and sat up, a bright red blush crossing her cheeks.

"Um." She muttered, looking away.

Tien swallowed and sighed, "Yea, well, so the Matrix is a maybe?"

Launch nodded, "Oh, yea."

She sat back on the floor, "Titanic?"

Tien frowned, "Nah."

Launch frowned, "You don't like that movie?"

Tien shrugged, "No, it's a good movie, just sad."

Launch nodded, "Yea."

Tien picked up a couple of movies and cast them to the side until he picked up one that caught his attention, "The Lord of the Rings?"

Launch smiled, "Oh, I love those movies."

Tien nodded, "Me too, they're my favorite."

Launch got up and took a seat on the coach beside him, "Do you want to watch it?"

Tien looked her over and nodded again, "Sure!"

Launch giggled as she got up and popped the DVD in, "Oh, you know, we could go with Arwen and Aragon."

Tien smiled as she turned to movie on, "You know, that's a really good idea."

Launch smiled as she took a seat beside him, "Yea, oh, our costumes are going to be so pretty."

Tien smiled, "Pretty?"

Launch laughed as she rested her head on his shoulder as the movie began, "Well you'll see."

He smiled over at her just as the movie began.

About three hours later the first part of the trilogy was over and Tien stretched on Launch's couch with a tired yawn as he glanced down at his watch, "Oh shit, I was supposed to be home hours ago."

Launch blinked as she stood up, "Aw, I'm sorry."

"No." He said, standing up next to her, "It's alright."

She smiled and walked him to the door. When they were standing on her front porch he gave her a quick kiss goodbye before he ran to his car and sped down his girlfriend's driveway.

Launch watched him go with a small smile before she turned around and went back into her house.

She went into the kitchen where she found her dad staring over a file folder packed with papers, "Hey daddy."

Her father looked up at her and smiled, "Hey honey."

Her father looked up from the stack of papers and sighed, "Is that boy gone already?"

Launch opened the refrigerator and pulled out a container of orange juice, "His name is Tien and he just left."

Her father nodded as he sat down the pen he was holding onto, "Well he seems like a nice boy."

Launch nodded as she poured the juice into a glass, "Yea, he is. He's taking me to prom actually."

"Prom?" Her father asked, a little surprised, "Already?"

"Yea." Launch nodded as she took a sip from her glass, "It's on Friday."

Her father looked her over and blinked, "Did you die your hair?"

Launch nodded, "Yea, a while ago."

"Really? I liked it blonde -- it was like your mothers."

Launch frowned, "Funny, I didn't think you liked anything that reminded you of her." She sat down her glass and made her way up the stairs, causing her father to sigh and shake his head. He would have to have a talk with her later.. but right now he just had a lot of paper work to do.

The next day the clique was seated at their table and the girls were chatting excitedly.

Bulma smiled across the table at Vegeta, "We're going to have so much fun!"

"I know." ChiChi agreed, "I can't wait!"

Marron frowned, "Well Yamcha and I haven't come up with a theme yet."

"What?" Bulma practically shouted, "Prom is on Friday."

Marron frowned, "I know."

Marron turned to Yamcha and stood up, "Can I talk to you in the hall?"

Yamcha stood up and shrugged slightly, "Um... okay babe."

When the couple was in the hall Marron frowned, "Come on Yamcha... we need a prom theme."

Yamcha just shrugged, "Do you have any ideas?"

Marron frowned, "Well I was thinking Barbie and Ken."

Yamcha blinked, "Barbie and Ken?"

Marron smiled, "Yea, like Malabu Barbie and Ken -- we could wear swim suits and stuff!"

Yamcha laughed as he shook his head, "Alright."

"Really?" Marron asked him with a smile, "You like it?"

Yamcha brushed a few strands of stray hair from her face and kissed her forehead, "It's a great idea."

Okay -- so that's the tenth chapter!

Next chapter -- Prom!

Finally, I know...

Haha, well it's really late and i'm really tired so I'm going to go now... Have a great day and please please review!!!!

--Crimson--