Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Inhibited Passion ❯ Chapter Thirteen ( Chapter 13 )

Chapter Thirteen:     Vegeta glanced at the clock. If she took any longer class would be over.  He was about to say something, but quickly decided against it. It wouldn’t look right.   The class seemed to get smaller as the seconds passed by. Bulma felt all eyes on her. This was ridiculous. She took the card from the bouquet and placed the flowers on his desk.    Bulma opened it carefully as if to keep the others from peering over. She read it and after a second had a look of utter confusion on her face.   The class was silent.   Cass rolled her eyes and took the initiative to ask, “B, who’s it from?”   Bulma looked up as if to remember where she was. She shook her head, “I dunno.”   The class had looks of confusion also. “What do you mean?” asked Stefani.   “I don’t know who it’s from.”   “You’re lying!” someone yelled from the back of the room.   Bulma calmly shook her head, “It just has the initials C.S.”   “C.S? Who could that be?” asked Stef snottily.   “No clue.” she replied.   Before any more questions could be asked; the bell rung. She heard some groans from the class as they grabbed their stuff and headed out the door. Lunch was next.   She went to her desk to gather her stuff.  Cass was heading towards her, “I have a meeting to go to. I’ll meet you after school, alright?”   Bulma nodded in reply. She was hardly paying attention to what she was saying. She was still thinking of the note. She didn’t enlighten the class of the entire card.   You’ve captured my heart and I intend to capture yours.  - C.S.   She couldn’t begin to comprehend what it meant or who it was from.  She instinctively walked to the front door as she tried to decipher it. She was half way there when she heard her name being called.   “I think this is yours,” said a familiar voice.   She froze mid-step. That one sentence brought back an all too painful memory: the first time they had met. Vegeta was handing her the frosting that she dropped in a klutz attack. She recalled the intensity of his eyes as she gazed up. It was the first thing that attracted her to him.  And it was the first thing that she met as she turned around.   Her heart began to pound rapidly. Her breath caught quickly as she was met with the same eyes she was all too familiar with. It took a moment for her to recover. She looked away quickly, hoping that he didn’t see her reaction. She knew he did.   “Are you alright?” he asked in a concerned voice. Bulma looked awfully pale. She nodded in response. Her posture was rigid and looked as if she was going to faint. Vegeta quickly reached for her as she tilted forward. He wrapped his arms around her to steady her. She rested her head on his chest as she gathered her breath. Who would have known that in that brief moment, it brought back all the painful memories of their time together?   When Vegeta heard her breath return to normal, he lightened his hold of her until she could stand on her own.  He took a couple of steps back to put distance between them. He was completely aware of the environment around them.   “Are you alright?” he asked once more.   It took sometime for her to respond. “Y-yes,” she looked at him as to be convincing.   He didn’t buy it. “Bulma-,” he started, but was quickly met with a frown. “Ms. Briefs, you need to sit down.” She shook her head defiantly. “I’m perfectly fine.”   He led her to a near by desk and sat her down unceremoniously, “No, you aren’t.”   She looked at him venomously, “I would kindly ask you not to tell me what to do. I think that I’m perfectly capable of knowing how I feel. “   He sighed. She definitely was back to normal.   “Anyhow,” she continued, “I don’t see how this is of your concern anymore. You lost that right a month ago.” She stood up abruptly have every intention to release everything that she had to say to him. How dare he order her around? She wasn’t going to stand for it. She had this burning urge to floor him, but that would be the rational thing, would it?   It was attack below the belt. She looked smug as she saw the look upon his face. It was one of utter disbelief.  He didn’t dare to respond. He didn’t know who was before him. He saw the look upon her face and he decided to play her game. She was about to met her match.   “Although, you are right. I am still your teacher and you still have to show me some respect as your superior. So I would like to ask you to please use the right tone with me, Ms. Briefs.”   She narrowed her eyes as she spoke the next words carefully, “Alright, Professor, I thank you for you concern. I would also like to remind you that you called me to stay after. Could you please tell me what it was about?” She smiled falsely as she bore her eyes into his.   He returned the same demeanor as he turned back to the desk, “You forgot your flowers. Wouldn’t have liked to see you leave them. I was just returning them to you.” He walked back to her, handing her the flowers. At that precise moment, Headmistress Strauss decided to make her untimely appearance…     Author’s Note:   *laughs wickedly* I didn’t mean for that to happen, I swear. *laughs again* I know that this is short, but hey I hoped it was good for you. Finally, Headmistress Strauss makes her appearance. Wonder what she has to say at this? I guess we will find out next chapter won’t we? I would like to thank you for your reviews. I love them so much. Also I would like to thank my new beta, The Pooldog. You should go check out some of his stuff. He writes for Sailor Moon. Well, I think that is all. Please tell me what you think. Till Next Time: (Midnight Passion)