Chapter 14: Not expected

"Hey B!" Launch turned back to the tv. "Come on, since we're both up lets talk and watch some tv."

Bulma set down all her bags and went and fell into the couch next to Launch. "Aunt Lilly didn't say you would be here."

"Yeah, I'm in the process in moving back. I met a guy from here and well seeing as I don't really have a job anymore I thought I would come home and help mom out." Launch turned to Bulma, "Why are you here?"

Bulma glared and punched her in the shoulder, "Why don't you want me here?"

"NO! NO, that's not what I meant. I was just wondering." Turning back to the tv. "Having problems with Yamacha again?"

Bulma shook her head, "No, I dumped him over a year ago. I did meet someone new, but he turned out to be someone different than I thought."

Taking a bite of popcorn, (A.N. I know, I know it's 3 in the morning.) "What happened?"

Bulma sat up and took some popcorn, "Well we had our one year thing." Blushing, "Everything was good then..."

Launch turned back to Bulma, "Then what?"

Bulma sat up more and leaned back on the couch, "Be honest, who was the strangest guy you ever dated?"

Launch got a puzzled look on her face, "Ok?" She thought about it. "Well, his name was Tarble. He was older than me. After awhile he started acting really weird. The weirdest part was..."

Bulma opened her eyes and looked at her cousin, "Was what?"

"I don't want to sound stupid, but he slept all day and was up all night." This peaked Bulma's listening.

"Go on."

"What do you mean go on! No turning it on me Bulma!"

Putting her hands up to stop her cousin's temper, "No! NO, go on then I'll tell you mine."

"Fine!" Launch relaxed, "Well one day, well night I went to go see him and his brother was there. They never got along and they were fighting. Suddenly he changed..."

"Changed?"

"Yeah, it to..." Launch looked at Bulma and saw that she was being straight forward in wanting to know, "he was a vampire."

"Seriously?"
"Yeah. Now explain!"

"Ok, but one more thing, did you know his brother's name?"

"How could I forget, they yelled all the time...Vegeta...Vegeta Ouji."

"WHAT!" Bulma sprung from her seat on the couch and turned her back to her cousin.

"Bulma, do you know Vegeta or Tarble?" Launch got up and put her hand on Bulma's back. She was shaking and crying.

"I LOVED HIM LAUNCH! HE KEPT IT FROM ME!"

"Shhh.. mom is asleep. Who?"

Wiping her eyes, "Vegeta."

"You and Vegeta? Seriously? Wow."

"Launch. Why?" Bulma fell into her cousin's arms and started crying again.
"I know Bulma, it's hard but you'll be ok. Now lets get some sleep."

"Ok."

They walked upstairs to a room they would be sharing.

Meanwhile. Vegeta couldn't sleep anymore. 'You idiot! You should have never told her!'

"But if I kept lying someday she would have discovered the truth."

'So.'

"I don't think that way I love her!"

Vegeta kept pacing his study, occasionally looking up at the painting. "What the hell did I do?" He finally sat down, leaned back and closed his eyes. "I need to get her back."

The next morning Launch and Bulma got up hearing the clanking of pots and pans and the great smell of bacon. They walked downstairs to find Aunt Lilly making them a big breakfast.
"It's going to take some getting use to making a big breakfast again." She smiled as she served breakfast up to the girls.

"Thanks mom." Launch started to dig in.

"Thanks Aunt Lil." Bulma reached for the ketchup for her eggs.

"No problem girls." She sat down with them and started to eat. "Listen, I have to run some places and I'll be gone all day. Launch why don't you help Bulma get settled in and maybe go shopping or something."

"Ok mom."

After breakfast, Lilly left and Bulma and Launch unpacked Bulma's bags. Bulma went to lift up her last bag when something fell out. Bulma picked it up and remembered. "Hey Launch?"

"Yeah."

"Do you know where West Court Dr. is?"

"Yeah why?"

"On my way here last night I ran into an old lady and helped her, she ran off leaving her wallet and I want to return it to her."

"Oh." Launch came out of the closet, "Well, you'll have to wait till tonight."

"Why?"

Launch got a cocky grin, "That's Tarble's house."

"What!"

"Yeah, don't worry. I can take it back for you if you want."

Bulma sat down and shook her head yes, "Thank you."

"No problem now let's go get something to eat."

Bulma stood up and followed Launch out of the room. "Is that all you think of? Man you sound like Goku."

A month had come and gone and Bulma was feeling like her old self again, she missed her friends but wasn't ready to face life back home yet. She was introduced to Launch's new boyfriend Tien and the three of them got along great. Launch had found a job and was gone most of the day, leaving Bulma at the house by herself, something she didn't mind. One Saturday Bulma woke up feeling horrible. She couldn't keep down her breakfast. She just figured she caught something. But after a period of time and Launch nagging her, she went to the doctor...

"Nice to meet you Bulma, I'm Dr. Grove. Now how may I help you?"

Bulma fidgeted on the examine table. "Well...umm...my cousin seems to think that I might be....ummm..."

"Pregnant?"

"Yeah."

"Well lets find out."

Bulma left the doctors office not knowing anything. After she got home she settled down and was on the phone with 18, she was seeing how life was going and told 18 that she missed all of them. Her call waiting was going off. "Hey 18 hold on a sec. I got another call."
"Ok."

Bulma pushed the call waiting button, "Hello"

"Ms. Briefs?"

"Yes." "Ok." "Hmmm" "Thank you." Bulma shook her head and went back to 18, "Still there?"

"Yeah, is everything ok?"

"No, I'm pregnant."