Chapter 2

18 woke up to find herself alone in her bed. 'That's strange, he didn't come home last night. I hope his puking his guts out in some gutter right now.' She got up and went to prepare breakfast for her daughter. 'What happened to the man I used to love. He's changed so much...'

Krillin awoke with a start. 'Oh no. Please say it was a dream. Just a dream, just a dream.' He looked to is side to see a mop of blue hair. 'Oh holy crap no! I can't believe I did that! Oh god! Oh god! Oh god!' "Krillin?" Mumbled Maron as she treated to wake up. 'OH GOD!' "Uh...hey Maron...I uh...I'm late for work so uh...I gotta go ok? Bye." He stuttered as he ran out the door. 'Oh no what am I going to do?!' He thought as he flew towards his house. 'I can't believe I just...betrayed 18 like that! I need to get this argument thing sorted and my marriage back on track.' "Where were you?" Asked 18 as he landed. "I uh...was thinking...yeah thinking and I decided that you're right! We should definitely take that trip. In fact, why don't we leave tomorrow? I'll go and pack now!" He said as he quickly darted inside the house. "Wait! What about that job interview?" Asked 18 suspiciously.

"Oh that...uh...they called and said I won't be needed for a while so we have plenty of time to do this trip before I need to work. Heh heh." He chuckled nervously.

18 looked unconvinced before relenting. "Fine, I'll go and see Gohan to get the money." 18 flew off and Krillin breathed a sigh of relief before going to say hi to his daughter.

Gohan was humming peacefully to himself as he picked up his school bag to leave. "Bye mum! Bye Goten!" He transformed into his saiyaman outfit and flew through the air. He turned his head as something caught his eye and saw 18 flying towards him. "Oh hey 18. How'd it go with Krillin?"

"I'm not sure. He said no at first and left but when he came back this morning he was a little too eager to go. He wants to leave tomorrow in fact."

"He probably just realised his mistake and wants to make it up for you."

"Hmmm. Maybe."

"We'll anyway I'll swing by with the money tomorrow before you leave and I'll pick Marron up."

"Ok." Gohan turned to leave. "Oh and Gohan...thanks." She quickly left and flew back towards her home.

'Well, I certainly hope this trip works out for them. OH NO I FORGOT TO TELL MOM I WAS GOING TO BE LOOKING AFTER MARRON FOR THEM! Oh man and she's gonna tell me off about the money as well.' Gohan sighed as he flew off to school. 'Im gonna get the frying pan tonight.'

When Gohan landed at school he was still deep in thought about the trouble he was going to be in. 'Oh man moms gonna tell me off SO bad, and then I'll have the frying pan to deal with. Still, it will be worth it if it helps 18 get her marriage back on track. I can't see how Krillin could miss how lucky he is. I mean she's so good with Marron and she's so pretty...wait I don't...do I? Could I have a crush on 18? NO! Bad Gohan! She's married and you're going to be a good friend and help her with that. That's all...maybe she'll give you a kiss as a thank you-NO! NO! NO! NO!'

"Gohan are you ok?" Asked Erasa, shaking him out of his daydream.

"W-what? Uh...yeah I'm ok Erasa. I was just thinking." Stuttered Gohan as he blushed with embarresment.

"What you thinking about nerd-boy? A math problem?" Smirked Sharpner, casually flexing his muscles.

"Uh...sure. Lets go with that." Erasa looked unconvinced and was about to interrogate him some more before he excused himself and left. 'Something's up with you Gohan and I want to know what. Good god I'm sounding like Videl.' She shrugged her shoulders and left for class after him.

All day Gohan had been thinking about his feelings for 18 and was still thinking about them as he arrived at Bulmas. "Gohan!" Squeeled Trunks as he ran and hugged Gohan. "Hey squirt. Is your mom home? I need to as her something real quick."

"Yep! She's in her lab." Gohan ruffled his hair before heading off to find Bulma.

"Hey Bulma."

"Oh hey Gohan. What brings you here?" She said, looking up from an engine.

"Hey, I was hoping to withdraw about ten thousand zeni from my bank account."

"Really? What do you need all that for?"

"Well you see, it's not really for me. Krillin and 18 have been having problems lately and I offered to pay for them to take a trip so they can get that spark back in their marriage."

"Oh wow Gohan, that's really sweet. But what did your mom say about this? She's pretty strict with money since Gokus gone."

"Uh well...I sorta didn't...tell her."

Bulmas eyes widened. "Oh...what are you going to do if she says no."

"Well. I guess I'll just do it anyway. I mean it is my money after all."

Bulmas eyes flew open. The kid had never stood up to his mother before. "Oh...um...good luck." She said before going to pull some money out of her safe.

"Thanks, I think I'll need it." He chuckled before taking the money and flying off home.

Gohan mentally prepared himself before stepping into his house. -CLANG- "GOHAN SON WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU?! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HOME HALF AN HOUR AGO!" Screamed chi chi with the frying pan at the ready for another smack. "Ow! Sorry mom, I went to Bulmas real quick to get something."

"Oh that's alright then dear. What did you need?" Said Chi Chi sweetly.

"I uh...needed to pull some money out..."

"And why did you need to do that?" Asked Chi Chi picking up her frying pan again.

"Because...because I offered to pay for Krillin and 18 to take a trip together."

"Gohan how could you?! You know we need the money and you can't just go handing out money to a thug like Krillin and his hussy wife."

"But mom! 18's been having problems with her marriage and I wanted to help out. I'm going to babysit Marron while they have some time to themselves."

"You mean were going to. Tomorrow I want you to go straight back to Bulmas and put that money back!"

"No mom! This is my money to do with what I want and I want to help out 18...and Krillin. Besides I still have money left over for a rainy day and I said they can pay me back over time."

Chi chi stared venomously before relenting with a sigh. "You're just too kind to reason with Gohan. Look at you, you're all grown up and making such important decisions. Oh my baby's going to find some girl and leave me soon I just know it!" She rambled on about her baby as she left to start cooking dinner.

'Oh.' Thought Gohan as he stood awkwardly by the front door. 'That went better than I thought...'

HalfSaiyanHalfHuman: Thats a fair point but at the time of writing, this is what seemed to work best in MY mind. Don't worry, Krillin won't be an asshole all the time and I will try to make it so that 18 is a bit more in character.

GohanXHarem: seems like a really good story and i would like to write that at some point. However, I won't be starting any new stories until one of the two latest ones are finished though so it might be a while before that story does happen.

Deflow: If you're asking for M because of lemons, I don't do them. Not that I have anything against those who do, I just don't know how to so a T rating for implied lemon is more appropriate.

Guest: I don't really it's more unfortunate circumstances that he's being bullied twice in a row.

pir84lyf: this is based on canon Gohan not to really.

enemiesuandi: since its basses on canon Gohan, not at the moment. Most likely as a bonding thing.