Chapter 10: Christmas Time

9 months have passed since Bulma and Vegeta have officially started dating...

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..."

"Krillin shut up!"

"Well jeez, I thought everybody like the classics."

"Not when it's below zero and we walking down the fucking street!"

"It's not my fault that my car wouldn't start 18!"

"Krillin! 18! Knock it off!" They turned around to see Bulma catching up to them. "We are almost home so just..."Grinning, "Chill."

18 rolled her eyes and kept walking, "B, why couldn't you have just called Vegeta to come get us."

Bulma walked in between Krillin and 18 and lifted the collar of her coat higher up. "He's asleep."

"So! Make him get his lazy ass out of bed and come get you!" Krillin looks at 18 with a lifted eyebrow, "And us!"

"What's the point, we're home." Bulma walked up the steps and unlocked the door. The three frozen bodies filed into the apartment to get warm. "I wonder how Chi-Chi is feeling?" Bulma said as she took off her coat and sat down at the counter.

"I talked to Goku this morning, I guess she is in a lot of pain, I feel bad for him." Krillin said sitting down next to Bulma.

18 was on the other side getting ready to make some hot chocolate, "I would too, but I feel sorry for B and me, we have to be in the delivery room with them."

"I can't believe Chi-Chi, Ms. Make-sure-you-use-protection, got pregnant, it's kinda funny though, I always thought it would be one of us."

Krillin looked up, "I'm not ready to be a dad!"

"Shut up, idiot, we aren't going to have kids for a while, first we need to get married and then I want to make sure I like you enough to have kids."

Bulma couldn't hold in her laugh, "18, you are so heartless."

18 smiles and looks at Bulma, "Takes a heartless bitch to know one."

Bulma was about to say something, when her phone went off. 'Ready for tonight?'

'I guess. It would be nice to know how I need to dress though.'

'Nice, that should be easy for you, you look great in anything.'

'Thanks. What time again?'

'You ok? You never forget.'

'Call it brain freeze, we had to walk from the mall to the apartment, Krillin's car wasn't working.'

'Oh shit, 6:30.' (A.N. Daylight saving time, it's darker earlier.)

'Ok, see you then. Kiss'

Bulma smiled as she closed her phone. "Ah, to be in love like that again." 18 said as she dished out three hot chocolates.

"What are you talking about? You have Krillin." Bulma said pointing to the couch.

"Yeah, I love him, but this is young puppy love that you and Vegeta have."

"Puppy love?" Bulma arched one of her eyebrows. "Whatever. I'm going to start getting ready." Looking at the clock 4:30pm.

Bulma got up, grabbed her hot chocolate and went to her room. After hopping in the shower she was in her closet trying to find something to wear. 'you look great in anything.' "Yeah right." Bulma grabbed the dress she wore when her and Vegeta met. "Way too cold out for this." She put it back and grabbed a black corset top and went to her dresser to get a pair of jeans. After getting dressed she went and did her hair, she straightened it and then put some up in a messy bun. Finally was her makeup, just light blush, eyeshadow, and her mascara and eyeliner with a light pink lipstick. Looking in the mirror, "Damn I do look good." She winked at herself, grabbed her purse and went to the living to wait for Vegeta.

Right on the dot 6:30 Vegeta's car came pulling up, he got out and rang the door bell. Soon Bulma came down all bundled up and ready to go. They got in the car and drove off. In the car, "So handsome, where are we going?"

Vegeta looked over at Bulma and grinned. "My house."

"Oh, this is a nice surprise."

"I thought you would like that."

Soon they got to Vegeta's massive house. "Wow. It's just as big as my parents'."

"It's home." Vegeta led her inside to candles lining the hallway to the living room with soft music playing.

Coming into the living room to see a nice candle lit dinner set up in front of the fire place was far from what Bulma was expecting. Turning to Vegeta, "You are just too sweet!" She gave him a kiss on the cheek and went and sat down. "What made you come up with an idea like this?"

"Well, besides it being 4 days before Christmas, its our 9 month anniversary."

Bulma looked up and smiled at him, "Wow, not very many guys remember something like that."

"Well I'm not all guys. Wine?"

"Yes." Bulma watched Vegeta pour both her and Vegeta a drink, she had found out that Vegeta will only drink at home. While eating, Bulma was day dreaming about a happy life with Vegeta, getting married, have children, growing out together.

"Don't you hear your phone going off."

"hmmm."

"What is your deal?"

"Nothing." Bulma grabbed her phone to see it was Goku. "Excuse me Vegeta, I really need to take this."

"No problem."

Bulma got up and walked into the other room. "Goku?"

"Bulma...hospital now!"

"Ok. Ok, I'll be there."

Bulma was upset, 'Why did the kid have to choose tonight to come?' She walked back into the living room.

"Chi-Chi is having the baby?"

"Yeah. I'm sorry."

Vegeta got up and walked over to her. "That's ok, let's get you to the hospital. I do have one question though."

"What?" Bulma was getting her coat on.

"Do you have any plans for Christmas Eve?"

"No."

Vegeta grinned at he finished zipping up his coat and grabbed his keys. "Now you do."

Bulma and Vegeta met 18 and Krillin at the hospital, just as they were all about to walk in, Vegeta got a call and had to leave. 3 hours later, Chi-Chi gave birth to her and Goku's first son, Gohan at 10pm. Bulma, 18 and Krillin dragged themselves home in a snow storm, in 18's car around 11 and went straight to bed.

Meanwhile, Vegeta was sitting up in his study looking at his most precious possession, "Soon. Very soon."

3 days went by, Bulma and 18 were rushing around finishing up Christmas shopping and figuring things out with their parents and Krillin's grandpa. "18, why don't you see if Krillin and his grandpa want to join my family and yours this year?"

"Fine, but don't wear anything too reveling. Ok?"

"Ok."
"What about Vegeta?"

"We are celebrating tonight together."

"Doesn't he want to meet your parents?" 18 said as she looked up from her present wrapping.

Bulma also looked up, "No, it's the other way around. My parent's are still hoping Yamacha and I get back together."

"Parents. My dad keeps wondering when Krillin and I are going to get married and give him grandchildren. I swear the man is obsessed with kids!"

"Well he did have 8 kids."

"True."

Later that night, Bulma drove herself to Vegeta's house. That way she could leave in the morning. (^_^) She went up and knocked on the door. A few seconds later, Vegeta answered it. "Hey, your early."

"Am I interrupting anything?"

"No, just wrapping up something."

"Ok. Well I was going to get dinner together, so you finish what you were doing and I'll go to the kitchen." Bulma pushed pass Vegeta, gave him a quick kiss and headed to the kitchen. After a nice simple ham dinner, they sat down to open presents.

"You go first." Vegeta handed Bulma a little box with shiny blue paper.

She slowly unwrapped it and opened the box, there was a beautiful white gold necklace with a sapphire jewel in the pendent. "Vegeta, it's beautiful."

"Just like you."

"Put it on me please." Bulma turned around after handing the box to Vegeta.

After Vegeta put it on her, he kissed her neck and whispered into her ear, "It's over 500 years old."

"Wow." She turned with a big smile on her face. "Well your present is newer than that." She stood up and grabbed Vegeta's hand. "Come on, I'll show you."