CHAPTER 24- Waking Up To Your Life

Disclaimer: once and for all I categorically do not own dragon ball z

Bulma awoke in the late evening and propped her head up on her arm, looking over the calm features of the sleeping saiya jin prince.

'MY sleeping saiya jin prince' she thought, contentedly.

She blushed as memories of earlier in the day returned to her and she wondered why she had chosen this man, of all men to give her self to.

'He's an alien for crying out loud! We argue as much as Yamcha and I ever did… if not more. We don't talk as much about our feelings, make that we don't talk at all about our feelings, for Kami's sake, for all the time I've spent with him I still hardly know the guy! But I intend to get to know him'

Bulma had already considered the thought that Vegeta had just wanted a one night stand, and had decided that he was getting more than that, whether he agreed to it or not!

Bulma heard Nightie scratching at the door to be let in. she considered for a second whether she should get up… after all she would have to cross the room naked to reach the door.

A faint 'meeow' from the other side of the door made up her mind for her

'Besides, there's no point being squeamish now, and vegetas asleep so what's the harm?'

She crossed the room and admitted the small cat to her room. She picked Nightie up, cradling her in her arms like a baby. Bulma began to wonder if she would ever have a child of her own and suddenly she made a decision. If she was now pregnant with Vegeta's child she would keep it. Maybe it was the purring bundle she held in her arms awakening her maternal instincts, or the euphoric feeling brought about by the afternoon of passion, but there it was, her decision was made and she rarely changed her mind about anything. She heard a soft chuckle and looked up to find that Vegeta had not been sleeping at all, he was watching her intently as she flushed with embarrassment. She tried to look relaxed as she rushed back to the modesty of her bed sheets and placed the now dozing kitten between them. Vegeta looked disgusted

"You're going to allow that flea ridden fur ball to sleep on my bed woman? On vegetasei such things would not be permitted."

Bulma felt a familiar anger rising inside her

"For one we're NOT on vegetasei, for two Nightie does NOT have fleas and finally, since when is this your bed?"

Vegeta smirked, he had not been mistaken when he said that this was now his bed, he too had made a decision. He needed a source of entertainment, something to relax him between intense training sessions; this woman was to be his relaxation,

"This is my bed since I deemed you worthy to share it with me woman! You should feel honored."

Bulma considered this for a second and replied

"So now I'm like your queen?" she grinned
Vegeta sighed

"Whatever woman" he replied begrudgingly

Bulma flung her arms around his neck in an embrace

"I love you Vegeta!!" she squealed excitedly

"Humph" was all he said, but not all he felt…

One month later

"Vegeta, the results are in, I'm pregnant" Bulma grinned radiantly

Vegeta almost choked on his jelly, pickle, cheese, spare rib and mustard sandwich. He had been 'cooking' for himself for weeks now since the woman couldn't stand the sight or smell of most foods. She had been throwing up every morning for a while and now it seemed they had found their explanation for her mysterious 'illness'.

"What do you want me to do about it woman??" he said, finally regaining his composure.

"Don't worry Vegeta, you've done quite enough already!" she grinned, nothing, not even this sulky psuedo-monarch was going to ruin this for her. "That is, until the little bundle arrives and then I'll expect you to be a father… do you think your puny mind can handle that?"

"Of course I can woman!" he replied without thinking

'Darn! She always manages to lure me into these things with that challenging tone of hers!!'

Bulma triumphantly turned to exit the room, considering taking the recipe for that concoction of Vegeta's down

'It smelled damn good!' she thought

"I'm warning you though…" Vegeta began, causing Bulma to whip around and glare at him with her best withering look "it had better be male… I can't stand little girls"

'… And I want to train it into something I might actually learn to be proud of' he added mentally

"You're just scared it might turn out like me, and then you'd have to cope with the double embarrassment of having two females running circles around you!" Bulma 'humphed' and left Vegeta alone to his thoughts

Vegeta imagined two bulmas forcing him into bed after training accidents, cutting him down with insults about his mental capacities in front of everyone and just generally finding a way to get whatever they want out of him and he shuddered. He wondered whether Kami had an influence over these things and decided to go harass him later this afternoon. He sighed and sat back in his chair, finishing his meal.

'Yet another distraction, will I ever reach my destiny and join the ranks of my ancestors as an invincible super saiya jin?' he pondered for a minute whether it is possible to fail to achieve your destiny, stopping when he came to the conclusion that time itself would cease to exist and his brain began to throb. 'I hear that pregnant women get more emotional and high strung. I can't imagine what it'll be like to live with Bulma in that condition' then he did imagine it, he turned pale and ran for the back door.

In her living room Bulma heard the door slam and then the sound of the gravity room's rocket boosters firing, running outside just in time to see the space ship disappear into the clear blue early afternoon sky. She screamed curses into the wind for an hour at least and then fell to her knees and began to cry. She heard Nightie meeoow somewhere in front of her and saw written in the earth in bold capital letters underlined,

'I will return triumphant!'

She sighed, relieved

'Typical Vegeta' she thought as she hauled herself of the ground and returned to the living room to watch the rest of 'Casablanca', and to discuss nursery decorations with her borderline hysterically happy mother.

And there you go, it is finished!! *Sob* *sob* I promised myself I wouldn't cry! This fic exceeded my original expectations and turned into a bit of an epic! I sincerely hope that you liked the way I ended things, I wouldn't want to take you all so far into the story and let you down in the last chapter!! Please review, every single review I receive means so much to me and I would really love to hear what you all thought of my story over all! I have no idea what my next fic will be, or when it will be posted but I'm pretty sure the writing bug will hit me again soon! For now, I love you all and now I'm going to sleep 'perchance to dream'

Angel out of time

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