Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Inhibited Passion ❯ Chapter Twelve ( Chapter 12 )

Chapter Twelve:     It has been a month since Vegeta broke up with Bulma. He had to endure watching her come in and out of the classroom every day, acting unaffected about the breakup. The first week was the hardest for him. The day after the break up, she came in with her eyes red-rimmed and puffy.  It was obvious that she had been crying a lot.  The worst part was she didn’t even try to cover it up.   He didn’t know how she would act after the next day, but it wasn’t what he expected. She was cold-hearted and distant. She wouldn’t even speak to that girl that he saw the day before: Ms. Cassandra Roberts. He was tempted to keep her after class to see how Bulma was holding up, but that wouldn’t be the wisest thing to do.   During class, she was quiet and focused. Her grades were excellent, nothing short of what he expected from her. She never got anything below a 90. He was proud of her. Bulma was the first out of the class and the last in; she was avoiding him. She wouldn’t make eye contact with him when she was called upon.   This was definitely not the woman/girl that he was used to. He would give absolutely anything to have her eyes light up with excitement once again.   He looked at the clock. There was thirty minutes left of class and they were done with the work assigned for the day.   “You may do what you like for the rest of the period; just keep it down.” He said.   The students in the class started talking amongst their friends.       Bulma packed her stuff into her bag before walking over to Cass. She was slowly getting used to the idea of having Vegeta as her teacher. She was heartbroken for some time; It was hard for her to even come to school for the first week.  She didn’t let the break up keep her down for too long though. She soon realized the game he was playing.    She knew Vegeta was looking at her from the corner of his eye. This was a game that they played in class; kind of like hiding-go-seek. She would try to hide what she was feeling from him while he was trying to search for what she was feeling.  She knew him too well.  She knew that he was searching for any small sign of emotion on her face that would even hint at what was on her mind. She didn’t let it get to her. He was only another let down like everyone else.   Actually, he was like everyone else. Every other person she knew, excluding Cass, only wanted one thing from her and after getting it threw her away with the rest of the used trash. She wasn’t going to let him win this time. She was going to play fire with fire.       “Hey” she said as she sat in the seat next to Cass.   Cass looked up from what she was reading and smiled brightly at her.   “What’s up?” she asked.   “Nothing much. Whatcha reading?”   “Oh,” she replied looking down, “Slightly Wicked by Mary Balogh*”   Bulma laughed, “Didn’t you just get the other three the other day?”   Cass looked at her defiantly, “And your point is?”   “Bookworm.”   “So”   They glared at each other for a minute or two before breaking out into laughter.   “So how are you holding up, B?” she asked after calming down.   Bulma laughter subsided immediately. She had told her of her relationship with Vegeta excluding everything about him.   “I’m doing better than I was a couple of weeks ago.”   “That’s good to hear. It really is. I was worried about you.”   Bulma saw the concern in her eyes and smiled briefly, “I know. I’m good though. No more worries, ok?”   Cass nodded her head, “Alright.”   They both held out their pinkies, before breaking out into laughter once again.       Vegeta saw the whole exchange through the corner of his eye. He was too far to hear the actual conversation. He let his gaze linger a little bit longer. He found him doing this often. Bulma turned her face to catch his gaze. He could’ve sworn that he saw her smirk as he whipped his head down to his desk. What was that all about?   He didn’t get a chance to think it through as someone knocked on his door and came in. He turned to see a freshman walk in with a bouquet of roses.   “Can I help you?” he asked as the boy walked to his desk.   “Umm…I am supposed to deliver this here.” He said nervously.   “I’ll take them,” he said as he reached for them, “Thank you.”   He heard the boy murmur a welcome as he walked quickly to the door.  Vegeta waited until he closed the door to look at the recipient. All eyes were on him as he looked at the card. He read it aloud before he has a chance to register the name, “Bulma Briefs”   He heard gasps throughout the classroom as everyone looked at Bulma. She apparently didn’t know what was going on.   “Excuse me, sir?”   “These are for you.” His voice was of devoid of emotion as he spoke.   Her face clearly showed that she didn’t know who they were from. She shot an accusing glare at Vegeta as she walked up to his desk. The class was still looking at her every move.  He didn’t let anything appear on his face as she took them from his hands.   She was going to just take them to her desk and put the card away, but the class had other things in mind.   “Who is it from?” she heard someone ask from the back of the room.   “Yea, open it.” She heard from someone else.   This started a whole uproar of reactions from throughout the class. It got to the point where Vegeta had to yell.   “Silence!”   Everyone in class immediately closed their mouths. One girl raised her hand.   “Yes Ms. Saintonge?” he asked.   “Professor, I think the whole class would like to know who has captured Bulma’s interest.” She said snidely.   Bulma was red from embarrassment.   “I highly doubt that this is any concern of the whole class,” he started. He heard groans go thorough the classroom, “but if Ms. Briefs has no objection to it. I see no problem.” He was mentally thanking the girl’s snooping. She voiced out what he was thinking at that precise moment.   Everyone turned to Bulma expectantly.   “So?” Stefani asked again.   Bulma darted a look to Cassandra’s direction.  She was nodding her head and of no help to her. She then looked at Vegeta. He was smirking. How she wanted to slap him across the face. He raised one eyebrow as daring her to do so.   She began to seethe. She had a few choice words in mind for him. She took a deep breath as she looked at the roses. She knew she had lost…   Author’s Note:   It looks as if Bulma is in a tight bind. What is she going to do and who are the flowers from? It seems that she also is very misinformed of Vegeta’s intentions. I guess we will find out in the next chapter; but don’t count on it. *smiles* Thanks for all the review so far. I’ve reached my 100th review thanks to DBZ-fan-Jess. Whoohoo! Thank you so much. I mean all of you. You’ve made my year. Till Next Time: (Midnight Passion)   *Slightly Wicked belongs to Mary Balogh. It’s an actual book and I disclaim all rights to it. It’s a really good book. I think that if you are into Historical Romance you should check this one out. It gets you hooked. A Summer to Remember starts this series off: Slightly Married, Slightly Wicked, and Slightly Scandalous. It’s great. Well, I’m done. ** I’ll like to thank The Pooldog for betaing this chapter.