A/N: Ok, not much to say here. Enjoy and please review!

Disclaimer: Don't own DB/Z/GT, but I own Stephanie and Raven.

Chapter 6

Stephanie sat dully on the couch in one of the living rooms of Capsule Corporation the next day. Breakfast had not sounded appetizing and Bulma began to worry. She had almost taken her daughter to the hospital when the half-Saiyan reluctantly downed her food, which was enough to satisfy her for the time being. The half-Saiyan had not spoken to Vegeta all morning for still being angry about the night before and she wanted it to stay that way for now. She had also not talked to Raven either, but with the current condition it was impossible.

She heard footsteps in the hall and out of the corner of her eye she saw a figure standing there with crossed arms. Vegeta. The girl sullenly looked up at him then back to the television, refusing to speak.

"Get up," he ordered.

She looked back up at him. "Why?"

"You're going to come into the Gravity Room with me," he stated. "You haven't trained in a long time."

Stephanie looked back at the television and sighed sluggishly. The one thing she knew Vegeta could not stand was a lazy person. "I don't feel like it."

He stepped into the room and shot a small energy blast at the television. It exploded, but she did not look away from the spot it used to be. "I didn't ask if you felt like it. Get up."

She met his gaze again, both glared at the other for a few seconds before Bulma came rushing into the room. Immediately, she saw the broken television and the two stubborn Saiyans staring down each other and had a general idea what had happened. Stephanie's eyes darted to her mother and the girl got up of the couch and hurried to her.

"Dad blew up the TV," she stated as if it were no big surprise.

Bulma nodded. "I see. What are you two fighting over now?"

"He came in here and told me to get up and go train," Stephanie explained, casting an aggravated glare at her father the whole time. "I said I didn't feel like it and he blew up the TV."

Bulma raised her eyebrow, but only said, "Steph, if he wants you to go train, I'm sure he has a good reason for it, so go on."

Stephanie looked momentarily hurt that Bulma took Vegeta's side, but reluctantly left the room to change her clothes.

"So why are you so intent on her training today?" Bulma asked curiously after her daughter had left.

"It's between me and her," he replied and brushed past her.

Bulma stepped out into the hall and called after him, "Whatever you do just remember she's hurting right now."

--

Stephanie paused at the door to the Gravity Room. She could sense her father already in there and she knew he was still aggravated with her. For a moment, she considered turning around and leaving, but she knew he could sense her life force. It was no use delaying the inevitable. She opened the door and stepped in.

Vegeta looked up from his training, stopped, and took a few steps closer. Stephanie closed the door behind her and stepped closer to him, her arms crossed. Three feet remained between them.

"You called?" She asked, raising an eyebrow. Even though she had not trained in a few months due to the wedding, the force of the added weight upon her shoulders was still familiar.

"Cut the smart-aleck comments," he ordered and led her to the center of the room.

"I will when you apologize for last night," she said. He paused and glared at her over his shoulder. Her gaze did not waver.

"He came here after I told him to stay away," he replied and turned to face her. "I won't apologize."

"Figured you'd say something like that," she mumbled and pulled the bottom of her white tank top down. She looked back up and the two sank into their fighter's stances.

Vegeta threw the first punch, but Stephanie ducked to the side. She kicked at his head. He caught her leg and twisted it around so that she spun in spirals. She put out her hands and caught herself and back flipped to her feet.

"Why don't you like him?" She asked after she had spun around to face her father. She quickly bore down on him and threw a punch. He easily caught it.

"I think you know," he replied, squeezing down on her fist. She did not flinch.

"He says he didn't do it," she said and jerked her fist back. He kicked at her head. She put up both arms and blocked it.

"What does he claim happened?" Vegeta asked, blocking yet another punch.

Stephanie's eyes flashed emerald green from his claiming Raven was guilty. Vegeta saw and smirked.

"He said I jumped to conclusions," she replied angrily, clenching both of her hands together and swinging down at Vegeta's head. He disappeared and she swung into the spot he was at only milliseconds before.

"And you believed him," came the almost mocking tone behind her. Vegeta threw a punch at her, but she disappeared and reappeared beside him. He kicked at her. It hit. She caught herself a few feet from the wall and glared at him.

"Yes, I believed him," she stated. "He could lie to me a million times and I would believe him every time."

Vegeta smirked as she closed in on him. He avoided a kick, but her quick fist met with his face. He straightened himself up before saying, "I didn't think my own daughter is that gullible."

"I'm not gullible," she snapped and kicked at his head. He caught her leg and swept her other leg out from under her. She hit the floor. Her head bounced on the tiles and her breath rushed from her lungs.

"What do you call it then?" He asked, stepping around her so that he stood towering over her head.

"Love," she answered, leaping up and whirling around to face him. He remained where he was, his ever-present glare trained on her. "I love him so much and I know he loves me too. It was stupid of me to jump to conclusions when I know him so well."

He smirked to himself. "You never told me what he claimed it was all about."

Stephanie sighed, knowing he did not believe Raven was innocent. "He didn't say. You interrupted." When Vegeta did not reply, she continued, "Dad, I know you don't like him much now because of what you think he's done to me and because you say he's a lower class Saiyan than us, but it would make me so happy if you at least tried to like him. And I know this may be going too far right now, but in a few years it would be great if you were proud of me for sticking by Raven during this."

Vegeta grunted. "If I were going to be proud of a decision, it wouldn't be that one."

"You're never proud of me or anything I do," she mumbled and turned to leave the Gravity Room.

"What was that?" Vegeta asked, already knowing what she had said.

She turned back to him. "I said you're never proud of me. I know for a fact you've told Trunks you're proud of him, but you've never said that to me. I try so hard to make you proud in everything I do, but you never notice. So how do you think that makes me feel?"

Her gaze dropped and she turned once again and left Vegeta alone in the Gravity Room, her words lingering behind her.

--

After several minutes of flying, Stephanie finally reached the Son house. She landed in the back yard where Chichi stood hanging the laundry on a clothes line. Chichi saw her land from the corner of her eye and looked up, but a frown quickly clouded her face.

"Hey, Chichi," Stephanie greeted and walked over to the woman only to have a t-shirt hung between them. Peering around the wet object, she asked, "Is Raven here?"

"No," she replied curtly, violently shaking another shirt before hanging it up.

After a few seconds of awkward silence, Stephanie continued, "Do you know where I could find him then?"

Chichi shook a sheet, probably harder than it needed, Stephanie figured. "He's out training with Goku and Goten a couple miles south of here."

"Thank you," the half-Saiyan said with a smile, then added, "I want to tell him the wedding's still on."

Chichi looked up, a smile now spread wide across her face. "Oh, you!" She dropped the sheet she was getting ready to hang and grabbed the girl in a bear hug.

Stephanie laughed and let the woman hug her as long as she pleased. When Chichi finally pulled away she said, "Oh, he'll be so happy. He wasn't in the best mood this morning and I finally got him to tell me why he had a black eye. Oh, speaking of Vegeta, how did you get out here without him coming after you?"

Stephanie chuckled. "He doesn't know and as long as I keep my energy suppressed, he won't find out until I get home." The girl turned in the direction Chichi had told her and began to levitate. Just before she took off, she turned back to the woman and said, "You know, getting this worked out with Raven is the easy part. My real battle is at home."

"Good luck with both men," Chichi said with a smile.

Stephanie smiled back and took to the sky once again. It was only a couple minutes before her high speed flight brought her to the training grounds. Goku and Goten were training while Raven sat under a tree and waited for his turn with the victor. The girl landed next to the tree where Raven sat and he looked over to her and smiled.

"Hey," he glanced behind her. "Where's Vegeta?"

"Home," she answered, flopping down on the ground next to him. "I'm very sorry he attacked you last night."

Raven shrugged. "It's alright. He was just trying to protect you."

She nodded, wondering if that was true or if he had been releasing his anger over this whole ordeal on her fiancé. "Look, I've been thinking over what you said last night about you not cheating on me and I believe you. It was incredibly stupid of me to jump to conclusions like that when I know you like I do and I'm so very sorry."

"Yeah, it was, but I forgive you," he replied, putting an arm around her shoulders and kissing her cheek.

She smiled. "So…you never got to tell me what the flowers and stuff were all about."

Raven chuckled. "It's kind of funny, actually. Aunt Chichi wanted me to go to the flower shop in West City to get some flower samples to show you and try to help you out, so I did. The lady there gave me a note saying if you didn't like those we could try another flower bed. She also called while I was out to see if she needed to send me any more. I was going to tell you that when you were here, but you got upset and left so I didn't have the chance."

Stephanie laughed and shook her head. "I'm an idiot… I shouldn't have let my mind get carried away like that."

"You were probably just under a lot of stress," he replied. They sat in silence for a few minutes, just enjoying the other's company when Raven asked, "So, does this mean the wedding's still on?"

"Yes, it's on," she answered. She turned and leaned close to him, about to kiss him.

"Hey, it's Stephanie!" Goku exclaimed, cutting his fight with Goten short and walking over to the two.

"Dad, maybe we should leave them alone," Goten suggested, trailing along behind his father.

"Hey, is Vegeta here?" Goku asked, blissfully ignoring his son's suggestion.

"No, if he was Raven and I wouldn't be near this close," Stephanie answered, smiling.

"Darn. I wanted to fight him," the man replied, crossing his arms.

Raven laughed and stood. "I'm sure that can be arranged. But in the mean time, why don't you let Goten take a break and spar with me for a while?"

Goku looked at Raven then glanced to Stephanie who now stood as well. "Don't you want to spend a little time with you fiancée?" There was a teasing grin on his face.

"I've got to get back home soon anyway," the half-Saiyan girl answered. "If I'm not back in time for lunch I'm sure Dad will notice and will be out here beating up on Raven again."

Goku nodded and glanced at the other Saiyan's black eye. "Yeah, and he did a pretty good job of it last time… Well, see you soon, Steph. Tell Vegeta I said hey and I wish he could've come out here to train."

The half-Saiyan laughed at the response she would probably get for telling her father that. "Alright. Bye everybody."

Then, after giving Raven a quick goodbye kiss, she flew off in the direction of West City, her mind now wondering how she would tell her father the wedding was still on.

--

Bulma glanced anxiously at the clock on the wall. Lunch had already been delivered and Stephanie was not back. The half-Saiyan had not told anyone where she was going, but Bulma was able to figure it out when she saw which direction her daughter had flown in.

The woman filled five glasses with ice and water and set them on the table in front of the plates of food. If she could keep any of the rest of her family from knowing their take-out food had been here waiting the past ten minutes then maybe it would give her daughter a few more minutes to get home.

"Hey, Mom, what smells so good?" Bra asked as she walked into the kitchen. She looked down at the table with the steaming food and grinned. "Lunch! I'll go get Dad and-"

"No!" Bulma exclaimed, grabbing her daughter's arm and pulling her back into the kitchen.

The young girl gave her a confused look. "Why not? I'm starving!"

"Me too," Stephanie agreed as she hurried into the kitchen. She glanced back out into the hall to make sure she had not been spotted.

Bulma sighed in relief and let go of her youngest daughter's arm. "Alright, go get him."

Bra gave both of them a confused look before hurrying down the hall. Stephanie watched her until she rounded the corner and only then did she say in a low voice, "Alright, everything's fine. The wedding's still on."

"Oh, good!" Bulma exclaimed and gave her a hug. "I was hoping you two would work it out soon, but I didn't expect it to be this soon. Ah well. The sooner the better. How was he?"

"Had a black eye, but I didn't expect any less," the half-Saiyan chuckled and sat down at the table. "It was all a misunderstanding just like you said, but it could've cost us a happy life together."

Just then Trunks hurried into the kitchen and grabbed up a plate of food and a glass of water. "Hey, Mom, I'm on the phone so I'm going to take this up to my room and eat, alright?"

"Fine," Bulma nodded and the boy scurried off. As soon as he was gone the woman said, "I think he's trying to get a date for tomorrow night."

Stephanie mouthed the word "Oh" and nodded. Her mind was now focused on the food in front of her and how hungry she was.

Bulma glanced at her and smiled at the look of longing on the girl's face. "Go ahead. I hear Vegeta and Bra coming."

Without any argument, the half-Saiyan dug her chopsticks into the food and grabbed her fork up with her other hand and began to eat. Bulma blinked then looked up as the two entered the room.

"This isn't your cooking, is it?" Vegeta asked warily as he sat down.

Bra sat down next to her sister and said, "If it was, she wouldn't be eating like that."

"I resent the fact that none of you think I'm a good cook," Bulma said halfheartedly and joined them.

They ate in silence for several minutes and in that time Bulma finished her meal and tried to keep enough food on the table. On one of her trips to get food, Vegeta abruptly broke the silence. "Where did you go this morning?"

Stephanie glanced up from her plate of food and met his gaze, her overloaded chopsticks inches from her mouth. She looked back down and, before filling her mouth again, answered, "Nowhere."

"Don't lie to me," Vegeta returned with a scowl. "I know you went to Kakarot's house."

Bra looked up at her father. "Does it matter that she left? I went out for a while this morning too, you know."

Stephanie gulped down some water. "In short, Bra, he's not happy with Raven, to say the least."

Bulma agitatedly slammed the newly loaded plate of food down in the center of the table. "Do we always have to talk about this? Why can't we just have a normal meal and be supportive of each other?!"

The two half-Saiyans looked up at their mother with something close to alarm. In that moment, they instantly remembered why they respected her like they did. Vegeta merely cast her a glare out of the corner of his eye.

"I mean, seriously!" She continued, her voice now rising in volume. "Vegeta, you beat up your future son-in-law last night and now you're hurting your own daughter! You're going to push her away! I think it would be really nice if we all stood by her during this. And I mean everyone."

The other three were quiet for a while and Bulma stood with her arms crossed, ready to go at it again if she needed to. Finally Stephanie sighed and said, "The wedding's on. We've got everything worked out and it was all a misunderstanding on my part. Like Mom said, I wish everyone could be supportive of me. I really need a close family with all the hectic planning and stress of a wedding."

Without another word, she stood and left the room. More uneasy silence followed until Bra piped up, "Yeah, Dad, you know Raven's a good guy. You need to lighten up!"

Vegeta scowled. "I get enough of this from your mother and I don't need it from you."

Bra shrugged. "Just saying." She stood and walked towards the door. Just as she was walking out, she turned and added, "I think you need to listen to Mom, though."

Bulma sat down in her chair and raised an eyebrow at her husband. "You know what I think?"

"No, but you're probably going to tell me," he grumbled and continued eating.

"I don't think you really believe Raven cheated on Stephanie," she stated. He looked up at her like she was crazy. "I think you're just using it as an excuse to keep any of Goku's relatives from marrying into our family. And before you protest, I'm leaving!"

She quickly got up and left the Saiyan Prince sitting alone, glowering into the wall ahead of him.

--

A/N: And there. A longer chapter. I'd appreciate reviews! Thank you!