Chapter 2
Bulma awoke to the sun shining through the window and gently falling on her face. She lazily got out of bed and made her way to the bathroom. Once done in the shower and slipping on her pale blue dress, she walked out to the kitchen to get some breakfast.
"Hi Sweety" her mother said turning around from the stove and smiling at her.
"Hi Mom" she replied with a smile gracing her features.
"I'm making pancakes and I've got some chocolate chip cookies. Why don't you sit down and I'll bring you some?" Bunny said cheerfully turning back around to face the counter.
"Sure Mom." Bulma replied whilst quietly making her way towards the door. Slowly she opened the door and slipped outside unnoticed by her cheerful mother. Once outside Bulma retraced her steps back to the prince's room that she had remembered the day before. Soon she found herself standing outside his door. Standing on the tips of her toes she knocked as fiercely as she could on the door.
"VEGETA WAKE UP!" she screamed
She was so immersed in her task that she did not notice a presence sneak up behind her.
"And who may you be?" a feminine voice asked her
Bulma immediately spun around facing the woman. She recognized her as the queen who she had seen yesterday in the throne room. Looking up at the queen with large, innocent, blue eyes she replied "I'm Bulma"
"And why exactly are you trying to wake my son up?" she asked gently
Thinking she was going to get into trouble, Bulma started to fidget around nervously. "I was … uh…you see…I wanted…" she said trembling slightly
"It's okay little one, you are not in trouble you can tell me why you are here" the queen said calmly
"Oh well, you see Vegeta is my friend so I was wondering if he wanted to have breakfast with me, my mother made pancakes and everything" Bulma said shyly looking into the queens eyes.
"In that case you can go in" the queen said whilst typing in the code to open the prince's bedroom door.
"Thanks your majesty, you're the best!" Bulma said quickly running into the room once the door had opened. Smiling to herself the queen watched the child run into her son's bedroom. Bulma ran straight for the prince's bed and once she had reached her destination she quickly climbed up and started jumping up and down on the large bed.
"WAKE UP VEGETA!" Bulma screamed happily
Vegeta who was fast asleep when Bulma had started jumping up and down on his bed, rolled onto his side with his back facing her.
"Go away girl" he said sleepily. "Some of us are trying to sleep"
"But Vegeta you have to wake up now" Bulma said dropping to her knees and sitting cross-legged next to him on the bed.
"No I don't" Vegeta replied grumpily pulling the blanket over his head
"I have a surprise for you" Bulma said trying to entice him to get out of bed
"I don't care"
"But it's real tasty…."
"Tasty?" Vegeta said turning around to face her
"Yeah, but I guess if you don't want to have the tastiest food you'll ever eat in your life then I guess you can go back to sleep" Bulma said climbing off his bed and slowly making her way to the door
"Wait….I'm coming"
"Great I'll wait for you outside" Bulma happily replied skipping towards the door
"Humph stupid earth girl" Vegeta grunted to himself getting out of bed. In the meantime, the Queen who was standing silently at the doorway watched the exchange with mild amusement. The blue-haired girl was definitely something; she already learnt how to get her son to do want she wanted.
This girl would prove interesting to watch indeed.
Bulma sat on the floor outside the prince's room with her back resting against the wall when the door opened and Vegeta walked out.
"Let's go girl" Vegeta said walking away from her in the direction of her quarters.
"Wait up Vegeta!" she said running towards him.
Before they had reached the end of the corridor a boy with spiky hair that stuck out in all directions came running up to them.
"Hey Vegeta!" the boy said with a large grin on his face. "Where you going?"
"Wipe that grin off your face Kakarot you look like a fool"
"Hey who is that?" Kakarot said ignoring Vegeta and peering around him to look at Bulma.
"That does not concern you, now get out of my way I have places to be." Vegeta said crossing his arms over his small muscular chest.
"Hi I'm Bulma" Bulma said moving around Vegeta so that she could wave at Kakarot.
"I'm Kakarot but you can call me Goku" he said enthusiastically putting his hand behind his head.
"Cool! Are you a friend of Vegeta's?" she asked
"Yeah we're best friends" Goku said smiling at Vegeta
"No we are not" Vegeta said through clenched teeth. "Come on girl let's stop wasting time with this fool"
"Where you guys going?" Goku asked curiously
"We're going to have breakfast that my mom made" Bulma replied before Vegeta could say anything
"Oooh can I come?" Goku pleaded
"Sure" Bulma replied with a smile
"WHAT! Girl we cannot bring him along he'll eat all of my food!" Vegeta angrily shouted at Bulma his hands tightening into fists at his sides.
"Chill out Vegeta, there will be enough for everyone" Bulma said walking away from the two of them making her way to her quarters. "Well are you coming?" she said turning around seeing that they were just standing there.
Vegeta grunted and followed her while Goku jumped excitedly and ran to catch up to her.
Once they reached her door she opened it and walked in.
"Hi Mom!, look I brought some friends for breakfast" she said walking into the kitchen
"Oh that's wonderful dear why don't you and your friends take a seat at the table while I bring the food out" Bunny said completely forgetting the argument that had occurred the previous night.
"I hope you are not trying to poison us girl" Vegeta said taking a seat at the table
"Don't be dumb Vegeta, why would I do that. Plus I bet the food my mom makes is the best you have ever tasted" Bulma said happily
"Don't get your hopes up girl. I am a prince and therefore I am only fed the best of food made by the most qualified of chefs on the planet." Vegeta responded with a smirk crossing his arms over his chest and sticking his nose up in the air.
"Whatever Vegeta" Bulma said rolling her eyes at his arrogance
At that moment Bunny walked in with her arms full of plates of pancakes, chocolate-chip cookies, cakes and almost every other type of food Bulma could think of. Once the food was on the table Goku piled his plate with as much food as possible and started eating as if he hadn't eaten in days.
"This is fantastic Mrs Bulma's Mom" Goku said in between bites of food
Bulma looked at him in complete shock unable to comprehend how one boy could eat so much. Vegeta on the other hand noticing that Goku had not died from food poisoning piled his plate with as much food as Goku had, however he ate in a more dignified manner actually bothering to eat with the utensils provided. Bulma noticed that if she didn't act soon there would be no more food on the table, so she grabbed what she could and began to eat watching both Goku and Vegeta in awe.
"So I guess that means you like the food huh Vegeta?" Bulma said with a smirk on her face
"It is…satisfactory" Vegeta said choosing his words carefully
"Satisfactory? You mean you don't like it? Okay then, I'll just tell my mom to take it all away then" she said feigning seriousness
"NO!" both boys screamed at once
"I mean… it's….good" Vegeta said finally
"That's what I thought" Bulma said smirking in victory
"Oh you boys must still be so hungry! I'll go get some more food! Growing boys need to have proper nourishment!" Bunny said running back into the kitchen
At that moment the front door opened and Bulma's father came in. He stood shocked at the sight that met his eyes. Two saiyan boys, one of which seemed to be the prince, were sitting at his table stuffing enormous amounts of food into their mouths and there was his daughter sitting next to them eating her own breakfast calmly. Bunny came bustling in from the kitchen carrying more trays of food in her arms. As soon as she laid them on the table, the boys grabbed the food and stuffed it into their mouths. Bunny smiled happily as she watched them enjoying the food she had made. That was when she noticed her husband standing at the door.
"Hi honey do you want some breakfast?" she asked cheerfully
"I…uh…" he responded still in a state of shock
As he watched the boys stuff their faces he felt someone come up behind him. He turned around slowly to see the King and his wife standing behind him.
"Your majesty" he said bowing down on one knee
"What is the meaning of this Briefs? First my son does not show up to breakfast and then my wife informs me that your daughter invited him to have breakfast with her?" the king said angrily
"Well….actually…I…uh…" Dr Briefs stuttered
"Speak now or you will be severely punished" the King threatened
Vegeta who looked up at that instance to get another pancake noticed his father and his mother standing at the door. "Oh not you too father, and here I thought all this food would be mine alone" Vegeta said exasperatedly looking at his father and then glaring at Kakarot.
"What is the meaning of this Vegeta?" the king said glaring at his son
"The earth girl promised me the best food I would taste in my lifetime, so I took her offer and here I am" he said arrogantly his nose in the air. "But too bad for you, the food is mine, Kakarot just got lucky I decided to let him come, so you can't have any" he said turning back to his food.
"WHAT!" the king shouted his voice booming throughout the Briefs' small living quarters. He was not happy that he was being prevented from having something and by his own son nonetheless! He was the KING he could have anything on this planet. So being the arrogant man that he is, he walked up to the table took a seat, grabbed a plate and started piling it high with food ignoring the protests from his son. Bunny seeing that she had one more hungry guest ran into the kitchen bringing out more trays of food. The queen, who was still standing by the doorway, rolled her eyes at her husband's behaviour at walked inside seating herself on the couch watching the boy's with a look of disinterest.
Dr Briefs was in a state of shock. What just happened? he thought to himself. Shrugging he walked inside his home and also took a seat at the table. He was tired from working late in the lab and he was hungry. He didn't care if the king killed him for eating at the same table as he, but this was his table for Kami's sake and all he wanted was his darn breakfast.
Once everyone had finished their breakfast the king, Vegeta and Goku all leaned back in their chairs a satisfied look on their faces.
"That was amazing! Thanks Mrs Bulma's Mom!" Goku said turning towards the blonde woman. "Hey can I come back for lunch?" he pleaded his eyes as big as saucers.
"Sure dear" Mrs Briefs said warmly, a smile gracing her features. Vegeta shook his head at Kakarot's stupidity. The King however had a thoughtful expression on his face. Turning towards the blonde he asked "How would you like to become the head chef for the royal family?"
Dr Briefs was flabbergasted. He looked at his wife who wore a similar expression to his on her face. Her mouth formed a small 'o' as she stared at the king in shock.
"Will I get paid?" she asked uncertain of whether or not to take the offer. After all they did need the money to run and maintain their household and so far the little money that her husband was earning was barely enough.
"Of course" the king replied sticking his nose in the air a smirk tugging on his lips.
"Um…okay then" Bunny stuttered
"You start tomorrow morning. Be at the kitchens at 7 am sharp" he said slowly rising to his feet. He motioned to his wife to follow him as he made his way towards the door. Before he reached the exit the Queen turned around and addressed Dr Briefs. "That's some daughter you got there. You should be proud" she said smiling and following her husband outside.
Once the king and queen had left Vegeta sighed and got up from his seat. "I've got places to be, come Kakarot let's go"
"Okay Vegeta" Kakarot replied also getting up from his chair. He turned towards Bunny "Thanks again for the breakfast Mrs Bulma's Mom" he said smiling then he waved towards Bulma "Later Bulma." He then followed Vegeta out the door his tail swinging from side to side behind him.
"What nice boys" Bunny said smiling.
"I told you so" Bulma said happily looking at her father who still seemed to be in a state of shock.
"Well maybe those saiyans aren't as bad as I had originally thought" Dr Briefs said staring at the door where the saiyans had just exited.