A Sweet Touch


A/N - This is my first fic, so pweeese be nice! * gets down on knees and begs * no flames, either. I would like some reviews, but I'm going to continue this story anyway. At least I'm reading it. Well, enough talking, on with the story!
Oh, the ages are:
Gohan - 17
Videl - 17
and ~blah blah blah~ means thinking, ~*^*~ means beginning and end of dream sequence and ( ) is an author note. Enjoy!


Chapter 1 - The Picture

"Mmm..." Gohan rolled over in his bed to the sound of his alarm clock. It read 6:45. "Ever since I was late that one time, mom has to make me get up so early..." Gohan mumbled to himself. He slowly pulled his hand up to the clock and shut it off. He got up and started to think, as he did every morning. He skimmed his hand through his spiky black hair and placed them on the sides of his face, elbows on his knees, sitting on the edge of the bed.
He was wearing a white tank top, and plaid cotton pajama pants. In his mind was a clear picture of a girl named Videl. ~ Why do I spend all of my time thinking about her? ~ Then he turned his head to his light brown wooden nightstand beside his bed. On it was a lamp, a few books, and the most precious item on the stand. A picture of him and Videl.

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"Hey, look Gohan!" Videl pointed to a picture booth at the end of the hallway. Gohan narrowed his eyes past the crowed people of the mall to see a small, black booth with an orange curtain across one side. He felt around in his pocket to feel the amount of money he had left. Out of his forty dollars he came with, he had spent most of it on lunch and a quick movie. ~ Let's see.. ~ Gohan was mentally adding up the change in his pocket. "Come on, slowpoke!" Videl called put after him, waiting patiently at the booth.
Gohan finally got up to the booth. "How much?" he asked, eyes searching across the booth for a price. As he was searching, he saw the example photos shown on the booth. There was a couple on it, extremely close I might add. Gohan winced. ~ Man, how I wish that could be me and Videl ~ "Yoo hoo, Gohan?" Videl asked, waving her hand in front of Gohan's face. "Huh?" Gohan snapped back into reality at the sound of her voice. "I said... it's $4.00 for a sheet of four." ~ $4.00? Hmmm.... Shoot! Only $2.50! Dang, what a bummer! ~ Gohan looked at his feet and blushed, slightly embarrassed. "Umm, I don't have enough..." Videl started to giggle. Gohan looked up at her to see what was so funny. "You don't have to buy everything, you know. I've got some." Videl placed two $2 coins into the machine. "Let's go!" She dragged Gohan into the machine by his arm. The first two pictures were stupid, with them both trying to fix the curtains in the back of the machine, making their favorite color more dominant. The third picture that was taken was them both laughing at a funny face that Videl made. But that last picture was the one that Gohan kept. Videl had given him a peck on the cheek, and Gohan's face was bright red. Gohan ended up going to the photo developers with the original and made an enlarged copy for himself and gave the original back to Videl.

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~ That was yesterday ~ Gohan hadn't seen Videl since then, and he gave the copy to Videl that day. Now, he had to face her in school. ~ Oh well, it can't be that bad. After all, we're best friends! Nothing could come between our friendship, could it? ~ Gohan was wondering if maybe, just maybe, if love was creeping up into their friendship. It was on his part, anyways.