Chapter 2

And Then

Disclaimer- I do not own Dragonballz or Three Days Grace Animal I have Become.

Bulla sat at her desk, writing the latest chapter for one of her stories. It was a new passion for her, ever since she found out about a fan fiction website, that's all she ever do, But for her it was more then, just a way to create different storylines for characters on her favorite TV show, it was a way to release her anger. Her stereo was blasting music to help drown out her parents yelling at her brother, Trunks, for his grades at school. She rolled back in her chair and raised the volume up one notch; finally you could only hear them when her disc changer was picking another song. Trying to get her mind off the topic of her father she quickly went back to writing.

A knock on her window made her jump and fall of her chair. Her friends, Goten, Marion, Goten, and her best friend Pan were outside the window laughing. She stood up, gave them the evil eye then opened her window and put the screen up so they could come in.

"We were going to go to the front door but we could hear your dad yelling as we walked up, so we figured that wasn't the best way"

"Yeah, sorry but dad's been like that since dinner"

"What is it this time?"

"Trunks grades, what else."

"I hate to change the subject but what were you writing?"

"Oh that Pan, is the latest chapter for one of my stories"
"Really which one?"

"Your favorite, "Hearts Forbidden", I just finished it so can read it if you like"

"Sweet" Pan jumped into the chair and flipped the notebook to the beginning of the new chapter.

Bulla leaned against a wall and just listened to the songs that were playing, other then the fact that her cd player was blasting it was quiet in her room, and she liked that. Just having her friends next to her made her, helped ease her mind.

"I love this song" Marion sprang to her feet and pulled Bulla to an empty space in the room. Their favorite song from Three Days Grace had started playing. Pan looked up from the notebook and joined Bulla and Marion who were jumping up and down. They knew what they were doing looked really stupid but they didn't care, as long as they were having fun. Goten watched as they started to head bang with smiles on their faces. "Come and join us Goten" Marion said while giggling.

"No thanks I think I pass for now" a smile was across his face as he answered he could juts imagine what it would look like he had joined.

"Aw, you're no fun" she swatted her hand at him and went back to her friends.

At around ten o' clock the gang had decided to get ready to go, Bulla opened up the window again and they exited. Before Goten left he pulled Bulla close and kissed her forehead, "You okay, you don't lie yourself?"

"Goten, I…it's nothing don't worry about it"

"Bulla, talk to me, what is it"

"I already told you it nothing so go; I don't want you to get in trouble"

Goten poked his head out the window, "you guys can go, and Pan can you tell my mom I'm going to be late?"

"Goten, what am I suppose to tell Grandma?"

"I don't know… fine tell my dad, he can tell her, okay"

"Alright, fine" Pan and Marion took off leaving Goten and Bulla alone.

"Now, Bulla what's up, and I won't take "it's nothing" as an answer" They moved to the wall that enclosed her chimney and they leaned against it. Bulla slid down it and had her legs against her chest. She held Goten's hand who was still standing. He didn't sit next to her until after she started talking.
"I… you…probably won't believe me but," she took a deep breath and closed her eyes in hopes of focusing the words she wanted to say. "I can't take this anymore, I realize that there is no future for me, my dreams don't come true, I have nothing but pain in my life…Goten I just want to die and end this all!" Goten looked at her with a shocked looked on his face but he quickly gained back his thoughts and spoke. "Bulla what makes you think that you have no future, and that your dreams don't come true, you told me that you always dreamt that we would get together doesn't that count?"

"Yes and no, my parents don't know about us, we sneak around and you and me can never really be alone when my family is near by, plus the only reason besides the obvious with my father, is my mothers big mouth, she can't keep a secret and if she finds out, then all of Capsule Corp. knows and we both don't want their oh so loving gazes at us every time we walk in. I can hear it know, oh there is the cute couple, Bulma, your daughter and her boyfriend look so good together, blah, blah bla."

"Bulla, Bulla calm down okay? Relax, okay so you don't want your family to learn of us but,…he stopped she was still hiding something still, and whatever it was, was causing tears to come into her eyes.

"Bulla…" he whispered to her.

"Please, don't leave me I don't want to be alone anymore, I'm scared of the darkness, it's not me" she buried her head into his chest and cried, something so rare to her, she was so used to hiding her tears, because every time she cried her father would make a stupid comment and she would only cry more. Goten pulled her close to him "Go ahead, cry, get it all out, it's not good to bottle it up inside.

She cried herself to sleep, so Goten lifted her up and carried her to her bed, he put the covers on her then whispered in her ear the three best words in the world to her. "I love you" a smile crept across her face, and then he left her room and went home.

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Okay this chapter is longer than the first like I promised. If you haven't guessed already Bulla is me, Vegeta is my dad, Trunks is my twin bro. Pan, Marion, and Goten are my friends Cayla, Samantha, and Brian. More people are most likely going to enter in later but when they come in I'll let you know who they are. Please Read and Review. I am just letting every one know that, songs will be a very important part in this story, and I am telling you a part of my life my friends don't even know, but that's only because they wouldn't believe me if I told them. Oh and I promise to update my other stories soon, it's just taken my longer due to writers block.