Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Irony Of Love ❯ I was only (Seventeen) ( Chapter 2 )

Irony Of Love

Chapter Two: I was only (Seventeen)

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~*I was only trying to keep the walls from closing in*~

For the first time in her life, Bulma Briefs felt totally alone.

Krillin and Goku were so far away, Yamcha only spoke to her on occasion, and even then rather briefly.. Even Vegeta was too preoccupied to pay her much attention.

~*I was only waiting 'round for something to begin*~

And now was most definitely a time when she needed all the support she could get.

Goku's in particular.

~*I was only seventeen*~

She'd tried reaching him so many different times, all to no avail. He was always either not home, in class, or no one answered at all. Unless you counted the last time she'd called. The phone had rung, someone had answered, she'd asked for Goku, and they'd promptly hung up in her ear.

~*I told you that it didn't mean a thing*~

She vowed then that she wouldn't attempt to call him again. And she hadn't.

That was two months ago today.

~*Feels like a million years ago*~

And no matter how badly she needed to tell him about the baby, she couldn't lower herself to the humiliation that she'd thought he was giving her.

~*Small town where everybody knows*~

And yes, I did just say the baby. After fourteen pregnancy tests, and visits to three different doctors, Bulma was now absolutely positive that she was indeed three months pregnant.. And no one even knew. Not her parents, not her friends, and especially not Goku, who evidently had already moved on with his life and forgotten completely about her.

~*Everything about everybody else*~

"Kami.. What am I supposed to do? If I don't tell him, and something happens, he'll never forgive me.. But if I do..." She rambled softly into her hands, unaware of the other person standing only feet away from her.

~*Way back when there wasn't you and me*~

"Well, that's simple. You should tell him." A deep voice answered. Bulma's head shot up like a rocket, blood shot blue eyes coming almost instantly into contact with the coal black depths of Vegeta's.

"Simple doesn't even begin to cover it." She muttered, before gesturing to her bed for Vegeta to come in and sit. "What brings you to my little corner of the world?" She asked quietly.

~*I guess I was still naive*~

"Actually, I need to get in touch with Kakarot.. Figured you were the one to talk to about finding him."

"Well, I'd love to tell you that I knew how, but I haven't talked to Goku in almost three months. If I had, I wouldn't have the problem I have now."

~*And the moment was as far as I could see*~

"I've yet to see a problem that didn't have a solution." He replied before walking past the bed and sliding down the wall to rest beside her on the floor.

"Trust me, you've probably never seen this one before."

~*I was only trying to keep the walls from closing in*~

"What? Are you pregnant or something?" He asked jokingly, but Bulma failed to hear the laughter in his voice, and merely sent him a shocked look instead. "Holy Fuck!" He exclaimed, before jumping to his feet again, jaw dropped open, face pale, and eyes wide. "You're PREGNANT?!" He exclaimed again, but this time, Bulma was quick to silence him.

"Kami, Vegeta! Would you shut up!? If I'd wanted the whole school to know, I would've just sent out a bulletin!"

~*I was only waiting 'round for something to begin*~

"Is it Kakarot's?" He asked, still shocked.

"Of course! I'm not THAT big a slut, you know!"

~*I was only seventeen*~

"Well hell, how was I supposed to know?! Your little bitch boy goes to school here too, remember?"

"I'll pretend like you never said that."

~*I told you that it didn't mean a thing*~

"Joking aside.. You have to tell him, you realize that, right? Tell him as in.. Five minutes ago."

"Why's that?"

~*Why can't you just love me*~

"He's signed up to fight in the tournament in October."

"I still don't see why he has to know right this second."

~*Please don't push too hard*~

"I don't think you understand, Bulma... The people that fight in this tournament aren't like him. They're more like... Well, like me, I guess."

"Meaning?"

~*The truth you think you're after*~

"They've got nothing left to lose."

"Wh--What are you talking about `nothing left to lose'? He's got me! Doesn't that count for something?!" Bulma shrieked, her hand instinctively flying up to clutch at her still shapely, though slightly protruding abdomen.

~*Might just break your heart*~

"Don't get me wrong, but has it ever occurred to you that he doesn't have you?" Vegeta asked, his face devoid of all humor.

"Huh?"

~*Someone who I thought was my friend*~

"I had you. Bitch boy had you. Kakarot wanted you, but never got you."

"Don't let your head get too big there short man. In what way do you think you `had me'?"

~*But sometimes people just pretend*~

"When we were together, we were together. When you were with what's his name, you were inseparable. With Kakarot, you were with him when it was convenient for you."

Bulma didn't answer.

~*And I would never be the same again*~

"All I'm saying is that maybe you should consider telling him sooner than his child's third birthday."

"And just how, exactly, am I supposed to do that when I can't even TALK to him?"

~*I was only trying to keep the walls from closing in*~

"Ah, good... I thought you'd NEVER ask."

~*I was only waiting 'round for something to begin.*~

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Two days later, Son Goku could be found sitting in a popular nightclub, in a corner booth, seated directly across from Chloe Jenkins, his date for the evening, as she had been almost every night since he'd gone out with her on the date Krillin had set up for him.

~*I was only seventeen*~

To be fair to her, Chloe was intelligent, funny, and eye candy galore, but she wasn't Bulma. Of course, that didn't stop Goku from TRYING to be interested. Ok, so he didn't have to try very hard.

The girl was perfect.

~*I told you that it didn't mean a thing*~

But something was missing. Something he hadn't felt since..

Well, since Bulma.

~*Why can't you just love me*~

He'd pretty much kept his promise to Bulma not to date. Of course, Chloe knew nothing about Bulma.. but there was nothing wrong with going out as friends, right?

~*Please don't push too hard*~

Chloe's hand kneading it's way across Goku's shoulder quickly reminded him that he wasn't friends with this girl, that things were extremely close in their relationship to becoming quite sexual, and that he'd completely shattered every promise that he'd ever made the woman he loved.

Kind of like she'd shattered his heart.

~*The truth you think you're after*~

He leaned in to nibble on Chloe's ear.

Revenge was sweet.

~*Might just break your heart*~

Then again, that could've just been the alcohol talking.

Either way, he was completely oblivious to the two pairs of eyes that watched him stealthily from across the room, extremely well hidden by the shadows in the dark recesses of the dimly lit room.

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~*I'm sure there are things you would rather keep inside*~

"And you're SURE he promised not to date?" Vegeta asked his accomplice, who, right at that moment, looked as though her heart was breaking.

"Let's just go, Vegeta... We never should have come here.. At least he's happy." She replied through her tears, before standing up, and stumbling blindly through the nightclub exit, Vegeta following closely behind.

~*I won't ask you about all the things you've tried*~

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Goku caught sight of someone closely resembling Bulma exit the room, but unfortunately, his alcohol fogged mind didn't register the short man with the spiky hair following closely behind her, otherwise he would have made the connection, and life would have been simple again. But then again, we all know that's not the way it works.

~*Don't let yesterday get in the way*~

He just took it as yet another reminder of what he was missing, however, and so he nibbled a bit more, before pulling away, and speaking to his busty blond date.

"Um, Chloe, excuse me for a minute, I need to make a phone call."

~*Why can't we just start from where we are*~

"Sure babe! Just hurry up! You know how much I hate being alone." She replied. Goku never answered her, however, he was already on his way to the pay phone located near the restrooms, dead set on settling the situation with Bulma, one way or another.

He fumbled around in his wallet for a moment before finally finding her number. With a shaky hand, he punched in the numbers and after the first ring, promptly hung the phone up again.

~*I was only trying to keep the walls from closing in*~

After all, why should He call HER? All she'd do was break his heart. By calling her, he was just asking to be hurt again.

He shook his head and dialed the number again. He was just about to hang up again this time, when a feminine voice come on the line.

"Hello?"

"Bulma?" Goku somehow managed to choke out around the lump that had formed in his throat.

~*I was only waiting 'round for something to begin*~

"Nah, this is Kristy, her roommate. Bulma's gone this weekend. Something about seeing her boyfriend or something like that.. She's not supposed to be back until Tuesday."

Goku's heart leapt at the thought of getting to see his blue haired goddess again, and was about to thank the girl when she spoke up again.

~*I was only seventeen*~

"Yeah, she left with him yesterday afternoon. They make such a cute couple, her and Vegeta do."

That was the first mistake of the evening, but definitely not the last.

~*I told you that it didn't mean a thing*~

"VEGETA?!" Goku practically roared, catching the attention of several people seated nearby. "She's dating VEGETA?" He asked again, silently praying to Kami that he'd misunderstood.

"Yeah, you didn't know that? She came in yesterday smiling like she hadn't in months. Then she said she was going to spend some time with her boyfriend, and that she had something realllllly important to tell him. And then Vegeta came to pick her up yesterday after biology. They said they'd be back sometime Tuesday. I wonder what she had to tell him.. Hey! Maybe she's pregnant! Wow.. Vegeta and Bulma, parents!" The girl swooned, oblivious to the fact that the man on the other end of the line had sunken promptly to his knees and begun vomiting all over the club's floor.

~*Why can't you just love me*~

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Bulma's mood changed dramatically once they reached the car. She'd gone from betrayed lover to scorned woman in less than two seconds flat. And as Vegeta would later be quick to attest, Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

"That ignorant, worthless, no good, stupid piece of shit!" She screamed as she attempted, for the thirtieth time, to claw her way THROUGH the front door of Vegeta's Porsche.

~*Please don't push too hard*~

Vegeta on the other hand could merely laugh at the fact that calm, kind Kakarot was the cause of all the commotion. That is, until her remembered that Bulma was indeed an expectant mother, and needed to act accordingly. He took a sharp turn into a parking lot less than a block away from the club they'd followed Goku to, and came to a screeching halt between two of the rows of cars.

"Would you get a hold of yourself? Look at you! You're acting like he's the only guy left if the world!"

"He's the only one that would want me!" Bulma cried, having suddenly reverted back to betrayed lover mode.

~*The truth you think you're after*~

"Bullshit! That's not true and you know it. There are plenty of guys that would want you."

"Me, maybe, but not US." She replied, catching Vegeta completely off guard.

He had no reply for that one, so instead of making a bad situation worse, he simply put the car back into gear and exited the parking lot, never uttering another word until the reached their hotel.

~*Might just break my heart*~

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Yay! I FINALLY got the new chap out! Huge thankies to everyone that reviews.. Oh, and as I'm sure you all know, I had to delete Everyone Says I love you when the new lemon ban went into affect.. Well, I'm currently reposting it now.. minus the citrusy goodness, of course, so if you can, PLEASE drop by and leave me a review.. It's kinda sad to see it with a big fat total of zero. Same goes for Heroes.. Ah well.. Back to IOL business.

The new update day for this fic will be Thursdays, starting today.. And well, that's about it...

Okie, I'm off to ficcie land again...

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~*VP*~