Chapter IV

I sat at the edge of the fountain thing, soaking wet with a towel around me. The other girls in my class were showering behind me. My eyes were fixed on the one thing that Gohan and I shared. He was taken away from me a couple nights ago and I still hadn't gotten over it. Tears fall from my eyes as I remember the story I am telling you. One of the girls approaches me from behind and I feel her hand on my shoulder.

"What's the matter Videl," the girl asks.

"Nothing," I push her hand off and tears come back up, "Just leave me alone."

"Sorry."

I got up and ran back to my room. It was another hour before someone came after me in the room. Madam came in with another girl my age and told me it was time for me to go with 18. I pulled myself up from the bed and followed her to 18's room. 18 caught on that something was wrong with me.

"What is the matter with you," 18 asked.

"Nothing," I responded dryly.

"Don't give me that shit just tell me I'm not stupid."

I paused for a minute, "Gohan. He's gone. ChiChi sent him away."

"I noticed ChiChi didn't come in here yesterday. Let me tell you something, she's pregnant again and I think she went to the hospital. I think Madam gave her money to stay away from Goku for a while."

"What happened with him?"

"Nothing. Madam just wanted her away I guess. She's just in the way when she's pregnant. I guess she took Gohan with her, but why?"

"ChiChi saw us together."

"Like….doing what?"

"Shut up 18, I just kissed him."

"Videl he's too young for you to use your training on," 18 teased.

"Be quiet. I don't know why I ever tell you anything."

"We're friends."

"I only have one friend and it's not you."

"Fine. I wouldn't get too bent out of shape, Chichi will be back and so will Gohan. Why don't you just come with me for a while someone is suppose to visit us."

"Great," I mumbled.

I didn't really want to spend time with the older women but I had nothing else to do and I had to do whatever she told me. The only problem was the girls might not want me there but 18 said it would be fine. As long as Madam wouldn't be there, there was not much to worry about. She might think I was slacking off on the job or something.

18 led me to a visiting room drenched in red. Red walls, floors, couch, and red everything else, it was beautiful but a little too much. We sat down on one of the smaller couches. There was a girl there with blue hair sitting across from us and everyone was talking to her.

I felt a tap on my shoulder, "That's Bulma. If you want to get out of here, she's your role model."

"Oh she's the one who got married right," I whispered back.

18 laughed, "She's not married."

"Then what is she?"

"She's Vegeta's mistress but supposedly he's in love with her. He took her in after only being here a few times. He's already married but he gives Bulma everything. She only comes to visit once in a while and she's the only girl to be taken out of here in a long time so everyone makes a big deal out of her. Not many of these girls were very nice to her before she left but from what I hear her life hasn't changed much. Girls there don't like her including his wife and apparently he some weird tastes, if you know what I mean."

"I guess."

"Anyway she's just lucky that she got out of here. Not that it's a bad life since we get everything we could ever need but she gets everything she could ever want. Of course the price is putting up with his sexual appetite, all that comes with that, and all the girls who are jealous of her. Small price to pay for getting everything you want."

"Does she love him?"

"Does it matter?"

"Yes of course it matters."

"Videl, you are going to have to learn to sacrifice. People who are with people that they love are usually poor."

"What are kidding that's not true. What about Goku and ChiChi?"

"They don't love each other they just want to fuck."

"I'm sure."

After the little get together I tried to get Bulma's attention. I wanted to ask her the question I asked 18 but she was taken away before I could even get her to look at me. A man led her away and by the way that he looked I figured it was probably Vegeta. He looked like he was older than her, not old just older than her. He also looked like he could turn on her at any second and break her in two. That's not someone I want to get stuck with. She must fear for her life everyday.