Mia smiled and kissed him, pulling him on top of her as he managed to undo the rest of her clothes.

She couldnt believe she was doing this...but she was.

"After that, we went steady for about 3 or four months," Mia continued, "I really liked him, but my parents could never find out about us. He was too old and I was too young, and they just weren't going to see through that...and they would have been right if they'd known." A tear rolled down her face as she paused.

17 put his arms around her, "don't worry about it, if you don't want to keep talking, you dont have to, Mia."

Mia looked up, "No, no, I have to. Well, everything was going good until..."

Flashback

"Oh my god, please don't let it be, please, please, please!!" Mia pleaded through tears as she prepared to read the tester.

It had been almost three and a half months since she'd gone basically steady with Mr. Baxt- Randy, his first name, actually- she'd also missed her last periods and had been roughly awakened almost every morning by abrupt vomiting. It didnt take her long to put two and two together and realize that she was, in fact, pregnant. She'd just been too scared to test herself. What would Randy say? How would he take the news? And her parents?! Their reaction to realizing that their perfect little smart girl who'd applied to Princeton came out pregnant (from an older-than-25-year-old) was something she didn't even want to imagine. She sighed. Yes, she would probably get kicked out- if no removed- from the family. Another black sheep, along with her cousin Loretta, the prostitute.

At least I won't be in the streets. Randy will most definitely have to take me and the child in.

She looked down at the tester, knowing the result would be positive.

In fact, it was. With newly-acquired resolution, she set out to go to the doctor, make sure she was pregnant and give Randy the news.

The visit to the doctor only confirmed what she already knew. As she made her way to Randy's house, she wondered what she would do for the rest of her life. She was a seventeen-year-old; too young to be a mother. She had so many opportunities. Her parents had just enough money to send her wherever she pleased. And here she was, about to have a child she was not ready for and to throw away the rest of her life.

"Mia? Hey, I wasnt expecting you!" Randy said as he opened the door and saw Mia.

"I know...I'm sorry if I'm interrupting, but I really need to talk to you," Mia said with difficulty.

Randy looked at her with concern, "You've been crying," he looked around, "come on inside."

They went inside and sat in the couch.

Randy sighed, "tell me, did your parents find out?"

Mia looked up. Was he talking about the pregnancy? How the hell did he know?

It suddenly occured to her, that he was porbably just talking about them two being together, "about us?" he nodded, "oh no. It's not that...but they will be kicking me out of the house once they find out that I'm pregnant."

There. She'd boldly put it on the table. Randy seemed to have frozen. He didn't say anything, and the suspense of it all was driving her crazy. But then his expression went from shock, to worry, to anger, to fury.

"How the fuck could you do this, Mia?!" he yelled as he got up from his seat. Mia cringed; was he goign to hit her? This was not the way she'd imagine things would go.

"It's not my fault, Randy!" she cried.

"Yeah, well, I thought you'd be on the pill!"

"I told you to get it for me. I'm a minor, how was I supposed to get it myself. You just never got around to it," Mia defended herself, "on the very contrary, you were always out of condoms."

"Fuck!" he yelled as he punched the wall and cracked it, "god, Mia. Do you know I can go to jail?!"

Mia realized that his anger was justified. He was at a high risk. He was 26 (almost 27) she was only seventeen- almost 10 years his junior. A minor, at that. Yes, he could definitely be charged with child abuse or something like that.

"I'm not ready for this, Mia. It's too much...I got shit going on and I-'' his voice cracked as he sunk back into the couch, hands covering his face.

"Randy," she said as her voice softened and she sat next to him, arms wrapped around his,"it's okay. Nobody has to know. I just need you to be there for me and the baby, Randy. My parents will definitely disown me and I need you to be here for me."

Randy remained silent for a moment as he and Mia held on to eahc other.

He suddenly let go of her and sighed, "I can't do this, Mia. I'm sorry."

Mia could nto believe what she was hearing. He was gong to desert her right now? In this very moment? "What? What the hell do you mean?! What about me and the baby, which is also yours!"

"Look, I'll give you enough money so that you can survive. I'll even get you an apartment, but I can't do this. I can't stick around with you and help you raise a kid. My god, I'm only 26 fucking years old!"

"And I'm only 17, damn it! You think abandoning my future and my family is easy? Well, it's not. And you were abviously a big mistake that I wish I could take back. I thought you were a responsible and kind man, Randy. Turns out I was wrong," she paused, waiting for his reaction. When she knew he wouldnt change his mind, she made for the door; she looked back and shook her head, "good-bye...Mr. Baxt" she said sarcastically as she slammed the door and left, trying her hardest to hold back the tears.

As she was going back home, she had a lot of thinking to do. She had to decide whether to leave her home and her family and survive on her own or...she couldnt believe she was thinking of this but...she could get rid of the baby.

It hurt her to think that way. She had definitely been raised otherwise, but...drastic times called for drastic measures. And her future was on the line. She hated herself for thinking so selfishly, but she couldnt bear the thought of living in a slum, raising a child without a father, and having nothing to offer to her child. She was too afraid to think about a future on her own. She'd seen teenage mothers, and, by god, she did not want to be a part of that.

She had no choice.

As she made her way to the hospital the next day, she prayed kami to forgive her, for this was definitely a sin. A sin for which she knew she was already repented for.

A few weeks later after the "incident", she learned that the Baxt business had been sold and Randy was nowhere to be found. He'd just left without a trace. No phone calls, no farewells, no nothing.

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Krillin and 18 burst into the room where Launch, Chichi and Bulma were sulking at the whole situation.

"We've got news!" Krillin said.

"What? You guys finally go out?" Launch said sarcastically.

Krillin and 18 looked at each other and said nothing. Those weren't exactly the news they'd wanted to announce.

Launch's eyes widened while Chichi and Bulma gasped.

"Oh my gosh! You do!!" Chichi squealed.

"This is so exciting!" Launch squealed as well.

"I'm really happy for you two!" Bulma smiled as Krillin and 18 blushed profusely.

"Well, ok, thanks. But let's keep this between us. I dont' want 17 to find out yet," Krillin said, lowering his voice.

"Oh-ok," they all said in a whisper.

"Yeah, yeah, well, those weren't the news," 18 said interrupting, "look, me and Krillin were out on the porch when we heard voices. And lo and behold...they came from Yamcha and Marron."

"What? What the hell is he doing here?" Chichi questioned.

"Actually, I knew he was here..." Bulma said slowly, "he told me that he knew Vegeta was cheating on me. He actualy led me to the scene, that's how I found him making out with that whore. Oh my god, I was so angry at him I didnt even realize it was her!"

"Well, that explains. It was all a setup," Krillin, "Yamcha was supposed to sweet-talk you, Marron took advantage of Vegeta's drunken state..."

"Plus, her hair resembles Bulma's...which made it easier for Vegeta to get confused," Launch put in.

"Then Yamcha led you to the scene, where you found Vegeta, who thought he was kissing you, but was actually Marron!" Chichi added on.

"And now, Yamcha hopes to be on your good terms. You and Vegeta broke up, you go back to Yamcha, and Marron hopes to get back with Vegeta," 18 completed.

"Wow, some plan," Bulma sighed shaking her head, "god, I feel so bad for yelling at Vegeta like that. He's probably so confused right now."

"Yeah, look. We're gonna go tell him it was all a setup, then Bulma, you can go and apologize, and then, hopefully, Vegeta will kick Yamcha's ass and send Marron to hell," Krillin suggested with a smirk.

"Yeah, that's a good idea," Bulma said. She didnt know why she felt so relieved. In reality, she liked Vegeta too much to believe he had really cheated on her. and she was glad to know it had all been a misunderstanding. The thing was, would Vegeta really believe it? And if he did, would he be willing to forgive her for the things she'd said and get back together with her? She hoped he did.

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"That's what happened," Mia said through tears, "I haven't told anyone but you, because I thought you had the right to know. And I'm sorry if you think different of me, but that's the truth."

17 remained silent. It was really hard to believe an innocent-looking girl like Mia had done all that. He didnt know what to make of it all...it wasnt up to him to judge her.

But he knew one thing: she'd been brave. To go through all that and keep it quietly to yourself and live with it...that took courage, and he admired her all the more for it. How could she think that he would like her less for it?

Unfortunately, Mia took his silence for repulsion.

"I see you've changed your mind about me," she said through disappointed eyes.

17 snapped out of his thoughts, "Jesus, no! Of course not! Mia, I am nobody to say whether you did the right thing or not, but you were brave and kept it all to yourself. I know you've suffered..." he put his arms around her and held her, "and I promise you, if you give me the chance, I'll show you that not all men abandon a jewel as precious as you, Mia."

Mia looked up at him and smiled through tears, "17, thank you for seeing past my mistakes."

"Are you officially my girl, then?" 17 asked as he leaned in for a kiss.

Mia smiled and kissed him. "Yes," she said as she drew back from him and went back in for another.

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"Yamcha...hey," Bulma said as she apporached Yamcha, who stood outside.

Yamcha turned around, surprised. He had definitely not expected her to sneak up on him like that. But, just as well.

"Bulma," he moved closer to her, "are you ok?"

Bulma sighed, "Yeah, I'll be fine. I'm glad it all worked out the way it did."

"Yeah, Vegeta was always a jerk anyways. Well, he'll look back on today later on and probably regret his stupidity," Yamcha laughed, "I'm glad you're with me, Bulma. It couldnt have worked out better without you."

Bulma smiled, "You know you can always count on me to trust you."

Yamcha slowly closed the space between them and put his arms around her waist, "so, what now, babe? Where to?"

"I dont know...got any ideas?"

Yamcha smirked as he whispered, "well, we can go get some coffee, or go back to the city...or we can come back to my place."

"Or you can get your hands off of her and consider yourself lucky you're still alive."

Yamcha jumped up at the sound of the voice that popped almost out of nowhere. What the hell was Vegeta doing here anyway? Couldnt he just face the fact that Bulma wasnt his?

"What the hell do you want, Vegeta?" Yamcha asked, restraining himself (for his own good) from losing his temper.

"What do I want?" Vegeta asked mockingly, hands over his chest, "I wouldnt mind fulfilling my desire of murdering you...but, that's supposedly against the law. What I do want you to do is to lay off of her, get the fuck out of here, and stop coming up with new ways of disturbing the freaking peace. I am short on mercy and will not waste time in showing you some violence if you do otherwise."

"Is that some kind of fucking threat?" Yamcha asked through gritted teeth, "I'm not scared of you, Vegeta. This is not about settling this through a fist fight, it's about whoever wins the fight over her," he said as he pointed at Bulma, who had her amr slightly around him, "she has obviously decided on the man she wants."

Yamcha smiled triumphantly and by god, he could have sworn he almost saw hurt and...yes...defeat... in Vegeta's eyes.

"Face it, Vegeta. You lost. So why don't you leave us be and get the hell outta here?" Yamcha said sardonically with new confidence.

Vegeta's arms came off his chest and hung loosely on his sides, "ok then," he paused and looked at Bulma, who simply looked away, "I'll leave. If that's what she wants then maybe I dont have the right to keep her from making a huge mistake." He said this as he slowly gave his back to the them.

"That's right, keep walking, moron," Yamcha said victoriously.

However, his joy was quite short lived as he saw Vegeta's fist flying towards his face. His grimaced as he hit the ground. Agonizingly, he felt hit after hit conencting with his body as he slowly drifted into unconsciousness and wondered why things just couldnt work out the way he wanted them to.

Bulma held her breath as she witnessed Yamcha's well-deserved punishment for what seemed like an eternity. There was nothing she could do but keep on watching, not uttering a word. Finally, after the exhausting work of beating Yamcha up, Vegeta straightened up panting.

"Beautiful," Bulma said as a smile crept up to her lips.

"Yeah?" Vegeta asked trying to catch his breath, "could have done more, but I guess that'll do for now."

"Nice," Bulma said playfully as she moved closer to Vegeta. Without a time's waste, he encircled her in his arms and kissed her, passionately.

"I'm glad we came through with this. We're definitely starting over," Bulma said as she took a breath.

Vegeta smirked, "It gets better," he said hoarsely as they kissed once more.

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"Alright guys! I think we did a pretty nice job here!" Chichi cheered as she clapped, "this cabin has never looked this good before."

Everyone just grunted and moved about lazily. After finally getting rid of the whole mob of people, they'd been left with a large mess. It had taken them all night to get the whole place cleaned up.

"Baby, we're starving!" Goku whined. Everyone else agreed.

"Aww, ok you guys,"Chichi said with a smile, "just sit around in the living room and I'll make something good for all of us." Everybody just dragged themselves and flopped themselves down wherever they could.

"Hey Chi," Mia said, "need some help?"

"Oh my gosh, Mia! I'm so sorry I have barely talked to you since you came, but last night was just crazy," Chichi apologized as she hugged her cousin.

Mia smiled at the thought of the night before, "yeah, a crazy night alright."

Chichi looked at her cousin, "hmm, someone looks happy, what happened last night?"

Mia grinned goofily.

"Oh my gosh Mia, you guys go out?!" Chichi practically yelled.

"Shhshh!" Mia whispered, "do you always have to be so loud!"

"Who does Mia go out with?" Launch gasped back in the living room. Everyone had clearly heard Chichi form the kitchen.

All eyes set on 17, who blushed.

"Awww, that is so cute, 17!" Launch smiled.

"That's wassup, Jay!" Tien congratulated 17 with a slap on the back.

Vegeta raised his eyebrow and nodded, "Yeah, that's a good pick. I wonder how she ever agreed on you though."

"Shut up, Vegeta. I should ask the same about you and Bulma. What did she see in you besides the body?" 17 retorded as he broke out laughing.

"Please, she was the ugly duckling and I was the freaking Blue Prince. End of story," Vegeta said arrogantly as everyone laughed.

"So I'm the ugly duckling, eh?" Bulma whispered as she sat next to Vegeta.

"Never," he whispered back as he kissed her, "you're beautiful."

Bulma smiled and sighed, "Ok, I'll take that."

"Oh my gosh, I just noticed," Launch was saying, "this is like...get-together season. I mean, everyone's hooking up. Bulma and Vegeta, me and Tien, Jay and Mia...oh, and Krillin and 18." She realized what she'd said as she saw 17's expression.

"What?" he asked unbelievingly as he stood up.

"Umm, I..meant to tell you about that," Krillin said defensively as he too stood up.

"Oh yeah, like when? The night before the freaking wedding? I thought we were best buds, why didnt you just tell me?"

"She's your sister, I thought you were gonna get weirded out and all. People always make it seem like the guy who's trying to hit on his best friend's sister is a bad guy," Krillin said, "besides, I was gonna tell you but Miss Launch beat me to it. But really, I'm sorry man. I should have told you sooner."

17 grinned, "Look at you, all scared. You really think I care about what you guys do? I dont mind you guys being together. As a matter of fact, I know she's in safe hands. Just..dont make me an uncle too soon and dont let me be the last to find out."

"In that case, I guess you should know..." Krillin started.

"What?!" 17 almost yelled, alarmed.

"Just kiddin with ya," Krillin said as everyone laughed.

"Anyway, I heard Yamcha was found all beat up last night," Goku spoke up, "wonder who did it."

All eyes set on Vegeta, who smirked, "I gave him something that will make him look forward to painkillers all month."

"Whatever happened to his little tramp, Marron?" 18 asked.

"Well, after she took Yamcha in to some cabin they were staying in, he recovered somewhat, got his keys and left her stranded," Tien said, "so this morning when the doorbell rang, it was her. She asked me if anyone had a ride for her. The bitch had some nerve!"

"Eww, what'd you tell her?" Launch asked.

"I told her the only ones that had their cars were Bulma and Vegeta and that either of them would be more than glad to take her...just like they'd been willing to take Yamcha. She gave me the finger and left," Tien finished laughing, as did everyone else.

"Some plan they had," 17 said.

"Too bad it didnt work that well," Bulma said shaking her head.

"Yeah well, I dont think any of them will try to stick around and look for more trouble, and thats the best they can do," Goku said.

"Ok people! Breakfast is ready!" Mia called out from the kitchen as everyone practically ran to the table.

As each of them filled up their cups with orange juice, Bulma lifted hers up and announced, "here's a toast, people!"

"To what?" 18 asked.

"To the new couples!" Launch squealed.

"To me and Goku!"

"Ok, no Chichi, you and Goku have been together for like...forever," Mia said as Chichi pouted.

"To friendship!" Bulma yelled.

"Yeah!"

"And to the destruction of whores and bastards like Marron and Yamcha," Vegeta muttered audibly.

Everyone laughed.

"And of course, to the rest of the school year, prom and graduation!" Tien put in.

"Cheers!"

The End

(Finalmente he concluido!)

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There you go. Finally finished it and I got this feeling of accomplishment...lol. I hope you all liked it. I loved writing this fic. It was lots of fun coming up with new ideas; creating conflicts and finding solutions to them. Thank you all so much for your support; reviews were very encouraging. I especially want to thank all of you who did not give up on reading this fic even though the updates were sometimes (I use the word "sometimes" loosely) late.

Thanks again and I look forward to writing a sequel, so I'm open for suggetsions.

Luv you all,

Stonecrusher7!