Hey, Dark Gothic Lolita here!

Currently, it is 1:00 pm on the dot over here in England an I'm supposed to be what you call 'asleep' seeing as it's still school today...Yeah I'm bad! Nah, I just really felt like bringing out this chapter for you guys! See, I CARE about you guys!

So, in this chapter Chi Chi's brother's show up and I did another play on names. Oran=Orange Benny=Banana. I didn't know what to do for Benny, it just sounds so lame!

Again, I apologize for my crappy grammar and spelling, but please do feel free to enjoy!

The bet

Chapter four

"CHI CHI YOU BETTER GET YOUR BUTT DOWN HERE!" The said girl fell out of her chair that she was sitting in as she was using her laptop. She growled as she stood up from the floor and walked across her room. She opened her bedroom door and was met with five faces. She blinked at them and they smiled at her. "W-what is going on here? Fraise rolled her eyes. "Have you forgotten something so important?" Chi Chi thought about it before sighing.

"My prom dress..." They nodded and grabbed her arms and pulled her out of her room. "Whoa, girls be careful!" Fraise grabbed some shoes and her jacket. "Here, wear this! Prom is tomorrow and you're not ready at ALL!" Bulma shook her head. "Chi, this is the most important day of a girls life, well next to having a wedding! We're seniors and we'll be leaving Orange Star High for college! You need to try at the very least!" Chi Chi was then thrown into Fraise's car.

"Hey, I just wanted you guys to come with me and find the perfect place! I don't know anything about dresses!" Fraise started up the car before smirking. "And that is exactly why we're taking you shopping!" They all cheered and Chi Chi sat there holding her head in her hands. "I'm overwhelmed with joy," she said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. Fraise winked. "I am too Bella."

~x~

To say that Chi Chi was tired is an understatement of all understatements. She was shattered. She would probably drop dead from serious tiredness. "How they could all shop like that in stilettos without even needing to sit down?" She threw all the shopping bags down on her floor before making her way to her bed and collapsing. She sighed and then smiled a little bit.

No matter what had happened that day, she was still glad it happened. "Time to wow Vegeta!"

~x~

Chi Chi came down the next day and saw her dad in the kitchen. "Hey dad, where's mum?" She moved onto the stall in front of him as he shoved some breakfast in front of her. "She went to go and pick up your brothers from the airport. They'll be here for the whole of summer." Chi Chi nodded and smiled. She hadn't seen her brothers for a while now. "And what are you doing today dad? Any important plans?" He smiled and kissed her head. "Now why would I miss my daughter going to prom?"

Chi Chi frowned a little. "But three of your children have already done it, what's so good about this last one?" He laughed in his big hearty laugh. "It's a joy to every parent to see every one of their children to grow up!" Chi Chi snorted as she bit into her fried egg sandwich. "Don't you mean till we grow up and leave? Yeah that sounds about right."

They both laughed and Fraise came down to the kitchen yawning. "What's so funny? Good morning dad." She kissed her dad on the cheek as he set down her own breakfast. "Morning Angel. Your mum has gone to the airport to pick up your brothers." Fraise rolled her eyes. "Great, the dudes come to town. I might as well muck up my hair now from the amount of noogies I'm going to receive."

She played around with her food before deciding to stuff it into her mouth. She then looked at Chi Chi and swallowed her food. "You ready for the big day?" Chi Chi rolled her eyes. "It's not my wedding Fraise. All this is, is a prom that will last for the evening and it will be over in a heartbeat. It might have been magical for you and Raditz, but nothing will happen between me and Vegeta." Fraise pouted. "So what you're saying is that it would be a kind of friends with benefits then?"

Chi Chi choked on her food and their dad turned around with a red face. "Fraise!" She grinned sheepishly at them both. "Sorry dad. I won't say that again." He nodded. "Good because that would NOT be happening with Chi Chi. You hear me honey?" He was saying this last bit to Chi Chi. "Yes dad," they both said to him. He nodded his head. "Good, now help me set up for your brothers."

They all washed up their plates before getting everything ready.

~x~

The front door burst open and all three of them were standing there waiting to greet the boys. "Hey guys, it's been a while!" The boys both grinned and Ox grabbed them in for a manly hug. "Benny, Oran, it's good to see you!" They all laughed as they said their hellos and grabbed their bags inside. "It's just so good to see my boys again!" Mela was gushing out.

Benny and Oran then smirked at Fraise as they pulled her into a headlock and noogied her. "Hey, hey watch the hair!" She scowled at them when they released her, but then ended up smiling when she hugged them. "It's good to see you guys! How's Tokyo?" Benny sighed. "Tiring, but it's cool. You should come out some time." Fraise nodded. "Will do."

Then they both tackled Chi Chi. "So we heard little squirt, that you have the hots for some guy!" Oran smirked. "Do we get to the perfect older brothers and beat the living snot out of him?" Chi Chi pushed them off of her with a lot of effort. "No, I don't like him and you don't get to beat him up. It's just for prom." Benny rolled his eyes. "Prom was never my thing. So many girls wanting so many things." Oran slugged him in his arm. "But they were gorgeous girls. I heard that you even kept in touch with Cyerna!" Oran wiggled his eyebrows and Benny shrugged with a smile.

"What's this I hear, church bell ringing?" Benny blushed at his mum. "M-mum how could you think of that now?" She kissed his cheek. "Because you're 27 and you haven't got a wife yet." He raised his hand for her to see and her eyes bulged out. "You're engaged? When did this happen, oh my baby boy has grown up! I still remember when the two of you were in nappies and you needed help tying your shoelaces and-" Benny stopped her. "I get it mum, I'm not the little boy that you used to have cuddle all the time."

That was when she blubbed. "Oh my boys, come to mama!" They rolled their eyes playfully as they walked into her arms. When she had finished she grabbed Fraise and Chi Chi into a hug. "Soon you girls will be leaving me too!" Chi Chi smiled. "I still have a while mum, we can make it worth our time!" Mela kissed their foreheads. "I love you babies! Now Chi Chi, don't you have to go and get ready?"

Chi Chi looked at the time and nodded quickly. Oran looked at her with shock. "You're taking it seriously? Wow, a lot must have happened since we were away Chi." She ran around them trying to get to her shoes. "Yeah, time does that to someone. Bye!" She ran out of the door and got into her car. They were all getting ready and Bulma's house and Chi Chi didn't want to face Bulma's wrath of being late.

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"So do you think anything is going to happen between you two?" The five girls were currently sitting in the salon getting their hair and nails done. They were all looking at Chi Chi as she moved uncomfortably under their gaze. "What do you mean?" She tried to play the oblivious girl, but they caught her out. Launch rolled her eyes. "What's going to happen between you and Vegeta? I mean, you can't just say that after all you two have done together that this is still only because of a bet. I might be blond, but I'm not dumb."

They nodded with her and Chi Chi just looked down at her nails and sighed. "I won't try and lie anymore, I think I like him." She stopped when she heard them gasp and turn in her direction even more. Even the women who worked in the beauty salon seemed more interested to hear what was going on. If it was gossip on Vegeta Tavolo Senior's son, then they were definitely going to listen in! 18 motioned for her to keep going. "And?"

Chi Chi leaned back in the chair. "And I'm not sure if he feels the same way. I mean, you know when I was crying at the waterpark?" They all nodded. "It was because of him. It was as though he was toying with me. I'm not one to get easily hurt like that, but I guess Vegeta is the first person to be able to do that to me. You know what? I'm not even sure anymore..." Bulma shook her head. "No, you DO know and you are GOING to know. All we have to do is fix you up and show Vegeta what he's missing, right?" Chi Chi smiled.

"Have I ever told you that I love you guys?" They smiled at her. "Nope, but it's a start!" They all laughed at Raven as they started talking about their dresses.

~x~

"I can't believe you still haven't got your tux yet!" Vegeta shrugged his shoulders. "Hey, it's not my fault I'm not prepared!" Krillin shook his head. "Don't you want to impress Chi Chi?" Vegeta snorted. "Now why would I want to impress her? I have no need for that." Yamcha rolled his eyes. "Yeah suuuuure you don't. And what if someone comes up to her asking her to dance? She's single and there are a lot of single guys out there who would kill to have Chi Chi in their arms."

Vegeta growled. "I can NOT believe that we are having this conversation! What are we, girls? Man up!" Goku patted his shoulder which he then shrugged off. "Only if you tell Chi Chi that you like her. After all, isn't it the man that always asks out the girl? Please don't tell me that you would leave it up to Chi Chi to do that!"

He glared at him before pulling out a random tux. "Look, I don't see how you all got it into your stupid heads that Chi Chi is in love with me. If anything, she's probably in love with punching the shit out of guys." Tien finally spoke up after being so silent. "If anyone needs to get anything into their stupid head, it's you. We all know you like her, but if you don't tell her, you'll just have to be stuck with Candy when Chi Chi finally moves on."

Tien knew that he had struck a nerve and smirked. Vegeta looked at him then at the others. He scowled deeply before pulling the tux and walking up to the counter to pay. "You guys fucking win." As he paid, he could hear them cheering in the background as though he couldn't hear them. He sighed in frustration before his mind moved onto Chi Chi and what she might say.

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Chi Chi sat down in front of her vanity desk that she had never used before, while she looked at herself over one last time. Fraise had given her the original look and her makeup was really light. Secretly, she thanked her for doing that, but she would never tell her that! She sported a red dress that had had a large diamond cut at the back and there was a slit running up her left leg with silver sequins on the front near her neck. Her black hair had been twisted round and in a ponytail at the right side of her head and there was a french braid running down her hair line.

There was a sudden beep outside and she took in a deep breath before standing up to leave the comfort of her room. As soon as she got down her grand stairs, there was a flash in her face. Luckily, she was already used to this sort of thing so she didn't make a terrible face. Oran scowled at the good picture. "Dammit, you're not camera shy! Mum must have trained you really well! I wanted to see you blink in the stupidest way possible!"

Mela grabbed the camera off of him. "We need to capture her in her moment of beauty! I didn't do that to you!" Benny sweat dropped. "Mum, you sorta did." Ox coughed. "Actually, that was me..."Oran stared at his dad in disbelief. Fraise held out a silver bracelet to Chi Chi. "Here, I guess you can wear it for the night and if you're a good girl, you can keep it." Chi Chi ogled the bracelet. It was one Fraise's most prized possessions that no one was to go near or to even be in the same room as.

"Thanks Frai, really, thanks." She waved her hand. "I would hug you, but I don't to mess your hair up and plus, Vegeta's waiting." She winked at her as they all stepped outside to go and meet Vegeta. They were met with a sleek black hummer that was waiting outside of their house. Fraise nudged Chi Chi. "Nice, he's a keeper." Chi Chi blushed before waving them off and her mum snapping a few more pictures.

She stood in front of the car door and suddenly, it swung open gently. Vegeta was there smirking at her. "You ready to go, harpy?" She lolled her head before sticking out her tongue. "Just if this night doesn't kill me I guess.

She was mildly surprised when Vegeta took her hand and helped her into the hummer. As soon as they sat down, the car started moving. "Don't tell me that was just a kiss up to my parents watching us out there?" She gave him a playful smile and he looked away quickly. "No, it was from the goodness of my heart." Chi Chi gasped. "Seriously? You can be nice? It must be the end of the world!"

She laughed and Vegeta scowled. "I can be nice you know!" Chi Chi nodded her head. "Suuure you can. You don't have to lie to me, I don't mind." Vegeta sighed. "She's not making this any easier. I don't see any love going on." It was as though Chi Chi had read part of his mind because she soon stopped. "Hey, I know you can do something nice, like once in a blue moon. After All, you're basically taking me to prom. No guy would have done that." She gave him a genuine smile and Vegeta almost blushed.

"Hn, whatever."

~x~

After Vegeta's dad had taken a whole load of pictures of the couple, they had both gone inside to the hall. The place was live with different colours and music was playing. Out of the corner of her eyes, Chi Chi could see Bulma in her baby blue halter dress with Goku wearing a matching blue corsage. She decided that she would let them have their own fun and she would stay with Vegeta.

"We should probably go and sit down, harpy." Chi Chi had gotten so used to him calling her harpy that she didn't even flinch at the name. Just as she was about to walk off to a spare table, she felt something grab at her hand. She looked up at the owner which just so happened to be Vegeta. She looked at his face to see if there anything she could decipher from it, but he wasn't looking at her and it was too dark to see his face.

She blushed lightly as he led them both to the table. They walked quite close together as though they were a real couple. Chi Chi resisted the urge to loop an arm through his, but she knew it was going to make him feel even more uncomfortable than he already was, so she didn't.

As soon as they sat down, their entangled hands found their way apart from each other. Bulma and Goku also came to sit down. "Wow, you guys actually came! We thought you were going to blow it off or something." Chi Chi grinned and Vegeta just looked off in the distance. "Vegeta man, you got to know how to treat a lady. You can't ignore her." Goku winked at Bulma and she giggled in response.

The raven haired duo looked at them in confusion as though they knew something they didn't. "You know what, just to get away from you two at the next slow song, I'm getting up to go and dance with Chi Chi." Chi Chi looked at him in surprise. She hadn't even thought that he would want to dance with her! Her face was set aflame again. Instead, she looked down at her hands and fiddled with the silver bracelet her sister had given to her.

Goku smirked. "I see you just can't wait to get your hands on her then!" Luckily for Vegeta, Chi Chi wasn't even concentrating on what Goku was saying, but instead was looking at the band playing the music. He still cursed. "If you don't keep your fucking voice down, I'll cut out your voice box." Goku leaned back and laughed before grabbing Bulma up. "Let's leave the two of them alone shall we?"

They both left to go and start dancing for the next song. Chi Chi could see Raven and Yamcha somewhere within the crowd. She didn't know how Krillin was going to manage though. "I'm not even sure Tien and Launch showed up...Oh wait, there they are now." The way Launch was going about things, she made it sound as though she was going to get it up with Tien before the prom had even gotten into full swing.

"Oi harpy, I think we should get going now." She almost jumped out of her skin when she saw Vegeta smirking at her. "Don't just sit there, come on." She scowled at him. "Jeez, I'm coming don't try and rush me!" She stood up making sure that she didn't stand on the end of her dress. All the fast upbeat songs stopped and they toned it down a bit.

The Dj then spoke up. "Why don't you all grab your dates and take a little slowly now." Vegeta's arms found its way around Chi Chi's waist as she placed her hands around his neck. They both stepped around the room as graceful as they could. Chi Chi used that time to take in every feature of his face. His thick eyebrows that seemed to bring eyes out into a permanent scowl type. His tanned skin seemed to clash on her lightly tinged olive skin. "Lucky git."

The song had ended a little quickly for Chi Chi's taste and she almost growled. That was when she heard Vegeta right next to her ears. "Follow me onto the balcony." He released her and didn't say another word. Chi Chi just raised an eyebrow at his back before following cautiously. They stood outside away from the noise and all the shouting. Vegeta stood looking down at the town beneath then and Chi Chi just waited for him to speak.

"Do you believe in that shit feeling called love?" That was all she heard him say. He still wasn't facing her so Chi Chi stood right next to him and looked out beneath them too. "It depends how people see love I guess. Some want it to be like all that move star bollocks when really, this is reality. Yeah, I believe in it, but I'm not like kiss-me-every-fucking-minute type of girl, or you-can't-have-any-friends-who-are-girls type of girl. Just carry on with your life I guess. But, I won't lie, I will get jealous, but in a way to do it subtly."

A ghost smile played over Vegeta's lips. "What about you then?" Chi Chi looked up at him again. He smirked. "Well this is what I think of it." He grabbed her round her waist and their bodies slammed up against each other's. Chi Chi was ready to kick him where it hurts if he did what he did at the waterpark to her again. Instead of pushing her away, he leaned his head down to her and his lips crashed into hers.

Chi Chi's eyes widened before they slowly closed. Her arms found their way to his neck as she pulled him in further into her to deepen their kiss. Vegeta could smell her perfume up close and it intoxicated him just smelling her like that. If he could, he would have pushed her up against the balcony wall and do things to her. But of course, his mum's voice in the back of his head was telling him not to do it. Eventually, the two of them stopped their heated battle of the tongues and pulled away for air. He could see that her lips were slightly swollen from his brash kiss.

Their faces were still close together. "Well then, I guess I love you." Chi Chi wasn't expecting the kiss, nor was she expecting such an easy confession. "Hmm, you do huh? You love the boyish Chi Chi King do you?" Vegeta smirked. "It's been probably 4 weeks since we started hanging out, you know what push my buttons and actually how to make me smile. Plus, you're the only girl with a brain that I like to associate myself with."

Their eyes lingered on one another. Vegeta shifted his arms so that one of them held her waist as she stood by his side. "Let's go inside now." Chi Chi leaned into him as he held her tightly. There were catcalls and whistles going on when everyone saw them walk in together. As they started to dance again, Chi Chi looked up at him. "So I guess that the bet is off then huh?"

Vegeta smirked. "It sure is...Harpy." Chi Chi smiled as though she was expecting that. "That's good to hear Vege-kun." His eyebrow twitched as Chi Chi laughed and rested her head in the crook of his neck. "I'll let it slide for now, only because she looks so damn hot right now."

So how was it to you guys then? Good enough? I hope so! Don't worry, I wasn't just planning on leaving it like this! It basically IS the last chapter, but I plan on putting a short epilogue in there too.

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