So here is chapter 2. I wanna thank all the readers/reviewers for having the time to look at my story.

Last chapter short? Yea, I think so too. Hopefully this one is long enough!

Any advice/criticism will be appreciated. I wanna make this story awesome, so tell me what you think!

PS: don't own dbz or it's characters. Just Skylar, Max, and Dawson. Oh, and it may be a little while till I come out with the next chapter. I'm gonna be busy, but I will be trying my best to write.

Enjoy! "talking" and 'thinking'

Chapter 2

Videl was walking down the hallway towards her locker. It was early in the morning, so there wasn't a lot of people in the halls yet. As she got out what she needed for her first class, and closed the locker door, someone jumped out from behind her.

"I'm back!"screamed Skylar. Skylar is Videl's boyfriend, after asking her out a lot and never letting up, she finally snapped and said yes, deciding to give him a chance. And also, her father kinda made her go out with him. His and her fathers are "golfing buddies". Videl jumped back, and went into a fighting stance. And she was about to attack, till she saw who it was.

"Don't do that, you scared me!" yelled Videl, as she went up to him and gave him a hug.

"I'm sorry, I just got excited. I really missed you when I was on that cruse."Skylar said, while hugging her back. "It's ok. I missed you too." Videl said as she gave him a quick kiss on the cheeck. Skylar and Videl walked down the hall, arm-in-arm. As they were walking, they ran into a group of guys, known as the "jocks". "Hay, Skylar! You're back, and just in time for football season too!" Said the guy upfront, who is leading the group, named Dawson. "Yea, we couldn't start the season without our number one QB!"

Said the guy next to the leader, Max. "Hey..what can I say? I'm just to cool, ya know/" Said Skylar, as he made his way towards the group, and away from Videl. With a smirk on his face, he turned around to Videl as he was about to leave with his "friends."

"See you in homeroom Vi!" Skylar said, and then he walked off with his buddies talking and laughing. "Yea, by." Videl mumbled. 'Idiot', she thought as she made her way to homeroom. Just as she was about to open the door, someone bumped into her. "Hay, watch it!" Videl said, but when she turned to see who rammed into her, it was him. "Eh, sorry Videl, I didn't see you there." Gohan said as his hand made its way to the back of the neck, and he had that famous Son grin on his face. "Yea, whatever." Videl said as she opened the door. Even though she usually attacked him with questions, not to mention a little stalking, she was not in the mood today.

'That's weird. No yelling, cursing, or hitting. Wow, somethings up.' Thought Gohan as he made his way to his seat. When Videl sat down, she put her forehead on the desk and sighed. "You ok Videl? You're not acting normal." Gohan asked worried. Videl looked up to him, and thought 'Wow, he really does care...unlike some people.' "Yea, just fine." Videl hissed. Gohan slid over to Erasa's seat and leaned over towards Videl. "You sure? You wanna talk about it?" Asked Gohan, with puppy dog eyes Goten used on him many times before. "Well...can you keep quiet about this? And not tell it to anyone else?" Said Videl, instantly caving into his puppy dog look. Gohan nodded his head quickly. This is his chance for Videl and him to be friends, and she not stalk him all the time and gain his trust.

"You see, you know my boyfriend, Skylar, right?" Asked Videl. Gohan's face turned sour just from hearing that guys name. Skylar wasn't right for Videl, and even Sharpner and Erasa can see that. And they're the two dumbest people he probably ever met. "Yea, what about him?" Gohan said. "He came back from a cruise today. And, well, damn it, once he saw his "friends" he ditched me. He didn't care to stay with me for a little while or anything! It's like he doesn't even care about me. It's like nobody cares." Said Videl, as she looked down on the desk."Don't say that Videl, people do care. I care!" Gohan said taking her chin and looking her in the eye. Videl smiled "Thanks Gohan." Videl said as he slowly removed his hand. A couple seconds later, she asked: "Tell me, should I dump him or not?" Gohan froze, this could come to advantage, or...be his down fall.'Say yes Gohan! Tell her to dump that jackass!' Gohan thought it, but he couldn't say it. "Well, just...listen to your heart. Do what it tells you to do, that's what I do." Gohan said, staring into her eyes. "Wow Gohan, maybe you're not so bad after all." She said with a smile, getting lost into his eyes. 'Wow, maybe I shouldn't judge him so quick. He's not all that bad. Not to mention, he is kinda cute.' A small blush appeared on her face. But Videl snapped out of that thought, cause just then someone approached them.

"I think you're sitting in my seat Gohan." Erasa said. "OH, sorry Erasa!" Said Gohan, as he slid over to his seat, laughing nervously. As she sat down, before she turned to talk to Videl, she gave a smile and a wink to Gohan. "It's fine,Gohan." Erasa giggled. As she turned to talk to Videl, Gohan shuddered. 'Man, girls are weird.' Thought Gohan. Then he glanced over to Videl 'Well...maybe not all of them.' He thought to himself, as a smile appeared on his features. "Ah-ha! See, I knew you weren't as innocent as they made you out to be!" Said a blonde haired boy as he sat in front of Gohan. "I...uh..I don't know what you're..talking about Sharpener." Said a red faced Gohan."Come on Gohan! I saw you checking her out!" "I was not!" Gohan replied. He was just looking at her, right...right? As Sharpener was about to speak, someone beat him to it. "Please, nerd boy checking someone out? Yea right, he probably gets antsy in the girls underwear isle at the store." Said a snooty Skylar, with his arms crossed standing right next to Gohan.

Gohan clenched his fists till his knuckles turned white. He really didn't like this guy, he always spoke down to Gohan since the first day he got here. What did he ever do to him? "Go away, Skylar." Said Gohan through clenched teeth. "Aw, is whittle-nerd-boy angwy?" He said, leaning down towards him, not breaking eye contact. "Just go away, dumbass. Or are you to stupid to realize that nobody wants you around?" Said a pissed off Sharpener.

Skylar adverted his glare towards Sharpener. Just as he was about to respond, someone called for him. "Oh, hay Skylar! You're back!" Said Erasa. Even though she didn't like him, he still was her best friend boyfriend. Skylar smirked, "Yes, yes I'm back Erasa!" Skylar said as he moved past Gohan. But as he was in the process of moving, he slapped Gohan in the back of the head. Sharpener heard Gohan growl, he better calm down before things got out of hand. "Dude, calm down. That idiot is gone. He's not worth it." Sharpner whispered. He watched as Gohan's fists unclenched. "Thanks bro, I don't know what I would do without you." "Don't worry about it, we don't want what happen to that locker a couple of days ago in gym, to happen to him. Now do we?" Gohan chuckled at the memory of what had happen.

...Flashback...

Gohan was in locker room, getting ready for gym class. He was one of the last people out, cause he didn't want people to see his muscles and start asking questions. He was facing his locker, thinking nobody else was there. Boy, was he wrong. As he took off his shirt, someone went up behind him and pushed him. "Ahhh!" Gohan screamed as he fell. Out of instinct, he put his arms out to catch himself against the locker. But all it end up doing was making a dent in the locker. As he turned around to see who had pushed him, he saw a wide-eyed Sharpener staring at him. "Wow...how the hell did ya do that?" Sharpener asked, pointing to the now dented locker. There was no way Gohan could get out of this one, so he end up telling Sharpener the truth...the whole truth. And from that and on, they've been best friends ever since.

...Flashback ends...

"Even though that would be nice, you're right. We wouldn't want that to happen." Gohan said shaking his head. Sharpener smiled at Gohan, 'He sure is a good friend. Crazy...but good.' Thought Sharpener as the teacher walked in to begin today's lesson.

Lunchtime... (Skipped some classes)

As the bell rang, students packed up their belongings and made there way to the next class: lunch.

"OH boy! I'm starved!" Exclaimed a happy Gohan, as he made his way outside under his usual lunch spot(a.k.a. The tree). "When are you never hungry?" Asked Erasa as she sat down. "Hhmmm...I'm not sure..." Gohan said as he put his hand under his chin. "Lets just eat, I love your moms cooking!" Said Sharpener, mouth drooling. Gohan just smirked in pride. He was proud of his mom, she lived a long and hard life. He was so grateful that he had a wonderful mom like her. If something ever happen to her...he wouldn't know what to do. Gohan quickly discarded that thought, took out his capsule which contained his lunch, and pressed the button to open it. The food spread out as far as a couple feet away from the tree, making it kinda like a huge feast. And then so, Gohan,Erasa, and Sharpener dived in and enjoyed the delicious and well prepared food.

Videl sighed, staring at her friends eating and laughing. 'I wish I was over there.' She looked around to were she was sitting at, or manly who she was sitting with. She was currently outside, at one of the tables with her boyfriends friends. Whenever it's a good day outside, just about everybody in the school would come out to have lunch. His "pals" at the tables were making vulgar jokes, just about making her want to throw up. And the guys girlfriends weren't that much better either. They were talking about the latest gossip, who did what, or more specifically, who did who. She couldn't take it anymore, dating this guy just to make her dad happy. And being away from her friends, that was like taking a dogs chew-toy away. It would latter bite you in the butt. She stood up, and was on her way leaving that Godforsaken place, till Skylar just had to come and butt-in. "Hay, Vi were ya goin?" He asked as he made his way towards her. "Oh, um...just...going to go and ask Erasa something."Said Videl. If she said she was going to leave and be with her friends, he would go crying to her father. "Like what?" He asked suspiciously. "Um...girl things." She said. "Oh well, in that case, alright. Just come back quick, ok?" He said. After a quick hug he made his way back to the table. 'Ha! Works every time!' Videl thought. Skylar would get antsy talking about anything that had 'girl stuff' on it. She knew he was a complete hypocrite when it comes to stuff like that, saying he knew all about that stuff, but really he's the one who gets antsy in the girls underwear isle. But, she decided to show mercy and save his reputation...for now.

Videl quickly made her way over to her friends, smiling as she got closer. 'Remember Vi, don't judge Gohan. He could be a really cool guy, just as Erasa had said.' She thought as plopped down next to Erasa. "Hey Vi! You finally ditched him!" Exclaimed Erasa as she finished up the last of her food. "Yep, sure did. And I'm glad to be away from them too." She said truthfully. "Why don't you just leave him? I mean, lets be real, the guy's an idiot." Said Sharpener with a serious face on. Videl was his friend for kami knows how long, and he hates seeing her unhappy. "I told you already, my dad won't let me." Videl said sadly.

Gohan has been quite since Videl got here. Thinking of a way to help Videl, and possibly end this whole stalker thing once and for all. "How about you make him break up with you?" Said a now smiling Gohan. Everyone turned to look at him, at first, with 'are you crazy!' expressions on. But, as they thought more and more about it, smiles made its way to there faces... well, almost all of there faces. "That's a pretty good idea, Gohan! See, I told you it'll be good for him to be the smart one in the group instead of you, Vi." Sharpener said, as he received a glaring look from Videl. "I still don't get it." Erasa mumbled. "If I can get him to break up with me, then I won't be in trouble, I'll be free from him and his idiot friends, and I can finally be with you guys more." Videl explained to Erasa. "The only problem is, how do we get him to break up with you?" She said, as she glanced at her watch. "Don't worry, I'll think of something." Gohan smirked, of course he will, he always does. "You better." Mumbled Videl as she stood up. "Well, the bell is about to ring. I guess we should get going. Come on Sharpener, let's get going." Erasa said. They said there 'good byes' and walked off. "Well, lets head off to art class then Videl." Gohan said as the bell rang. "Yea, but I'm gonna have to walk with Skylar." Pouted Videl, as she walked with Gohan.

"Not if we sneak around him. Here, follow me. It's going to be a longer way, but it's worth it." And with that, Gohan went a different way then everybody usually went. He used the back door of the school, which nobody knew was there, instead of going through the main halls.

"Oh, I didn't know there was a backdoor to the school." Videl said as she opened the door and head down a empty hallway. "Yea, not many people know about it. But if you snuck around the school as much as I did, then you kinda know were everything is at. And as for the empty rooms, well they use to be class rooms. That is until they built a new addition to the school, and moved all the classes over to were we have them now." Gohan said as they continued walking. 'Wait, why would he be sneaking...oh wait, me.' Videl thought with sudden guilt. She didn't know that she scared him this much for him to use a back way of class just to avoid her. "Hey Gohan." "Yea, Videl." "I'm...sorry." She said, looking strait ahead, almost to the art room. This caused Gohan to raise his eyebrow. "For what, exactly?" Said Gohan with a smirk, knowing exactly why she apologized. He just wanted to hear it, instead of just assuming it.

"You know what I mean! And stop smiling like that!" She said embarrassed.

"Ok, ok. I'll stop. And...I guess it's fine. You don't need to apologize." He said, with a sincere smile.

"Thanks, how about we start off clean? You know, brand new?" She said, as they made there way towards the art room door.

"Alright, brand new. Now, lets get to class before were late." He said, with a wink and opened the door.

As they opened the door, Videl could feel Skylar's eyes on her and Gohan. She new that him and Gohan didn't like each other at all, but she didn't care. Gohan was one of her friends, and just cause Skylar doesn't like him doesn't mean she will ignore Gohan.

"Hello Ms. Satan, Mr. Son. Please take your seats, class is about to begin." Said the art teacher, with a smile on her face. "Yes ma'am." They both mumbled and took there seats at a empty round table, next to each other.

'Why is she sitting over there with nerd boy?' Skylar thought, agitated that some nerd can get his girl to sit with him. 'No matter, after the teacher finishes explaining, I'm sure that she'll come over and sit with me.' And with that, he turned to pay attention to the teacher.

Art class for Gohan was probably the easiest and funniest class for him. Sure, Sharpener and Erasa wasn't there, but that doesn't mean he dislikes this class. Of course Erasa would want culinary class instead of Art. And Sharpener had this big plan to get together with Erasa, not that he's doubting him or anything. So naturally he would take whatever she is taking, and yes, Videl chose Art not just cause she like's it, but to try and keep a eye on Gohan. Not that he minded or anything, he kinda likes it when she is around him.

A small smile went its way to Gohan, maybe he should reconsider her more than just a stalker.

'Yea, I'd defiantly rethink about that later.' Gohan thought, but was shook out of his trance as a hand appeared in front of him.

"Yo, Gohan you there?" Asked Videl, shaking her hand in front of him.

"Oh, hey sorry Videl. Kinda zoned out there. So, what are we doing today?" He asked, turning his attention on her. "Well, we're kinda taking it easy today, and just draw something with our favorite color." She said, as she was digging through the color pencil basket that was set out on all of the tables.

"Ah, ok. I'll go get the paper." He said as he got up.

"Skylar, what is Videl doing over there with nerd boy?" Asked Dawson. "Yea, she usually sits with us. Why is she not sitting here today?" Max added.

"I have no idea, but I'm going to get to the bottom of it." He said as he stood up.

"Wait, don't go. I have a idea." Dawson said, with a smirk. "How about we just watch her with nerd boy. And see how she acts around him, maybe nerd boy has a crush on her or something?"

"Yea, that's a good idea Dawson. And we could see if something is up between them or not." Said Max.

Skylar growled, he didn't like the thought of a nerd being with Videl. But, in order to see whats up, he'll have to listen to his friends.

"Alright, just this one time though." Skylar said, as he sat down and grabbed a black color pencil.

"Lets just get this class over with." He mumbled. Dawson and Max looked at each other, shrugging there shoulders and went to work.

As Gohan came back with the papers, he caught Skylar and his gang staring at him. He ignored them, and sat down next to Videl.

"Here ya go." He said as he gave her a piece of paper.

"Thanks. So, what color are you gonna use?" She asked, as she reached for the color pencils.

"I'm gonna use green, how bout you?" He said, as he grabbed the color and began to draw.

"Green, I'm gonna use green." She said smiling. "Your favorite color is green too?" They said at the same time. Him and Videl laughed, not noticing the glare Skylar was giving Gohan. "So, Gohan. I need to ask you something." She said, as she was drawing. "Ok, go ahead." He said, hoping she won't turn into the stalker he was scared of. "In gym class last week, when we were playing baseball. How come when Sharpener through his fastball at your face by accident, you didn't look hurt or anything." She asked smoothly, looking up from her paper to look at him.

"Uh..." He said. 'What am I gonna do...I know! I can't believe I didn't think of this before!' "Well, you first have to promise you won't tell anyone." He said, leaning in closer to her. "I promise!" She whispered. Finally, she was going to get answers. "Well, every since I was a little boy, I did martial arts with my dad and his friend. So, it didn't really hurt much cause I've took a punch to the face harder than that." He said. "Oh...that explains a lot. But, how come you didn't tell me this before?" She said, smiling.'Yea! New sparing partner!' She thought. "Well, you see I was..." He couldn't finish the sentence, it would be to embarrassing. "I was what?" She said, as she leaned closer to him with a raised eyebrow. There faces were really close now, there noses almost touching. "Well, I was...kinda...scared." He said, a little red faced. Videl just looked at him. 'He, was scared of me? Damn, I feel like a bitch now.' She thought, wait...if he was scared of her before, then he's not scared of her now?

"I feel like a jerk now." Videl said lowering her gaze onto the table. "Sorry, Gohan." She said

"It's fine Videl, really! No hard feelings!" He said with a famous Son grin. She looked up to him,

"Thanks Gohan...so, you're not scared of me now?" She asked, looking into his eyes.

"Um...honestly, no. Not anymore." He said as a blush appeared on his face.

Videl mentally smiled. She's fine with people being scared of her, she just doesn't want Gohan to be scared of her. And now that he's not, well, shes a very happy person now.

That sat there in silence for a little while, working on there project. Till Videl popped another question.

"So, you do martial arts too, that's cool. So then, who's your dad? I would like to meet him." Videl said as she was finishing up her drawing. Gohan's face went from smiling, to frowning. He doesn't really like talking about his dad that much. " My dad is Son Goku, and well you kinda can't meet him." Said Gohan sadly.

Videl's eyes opened up wide. "Son Goku! THE Son Goku! I would kill to meet him! Why can't I see him? Is he off doing some secretive train-" Videl couldn't finish her sentence, not when she looked at Gohan. When she looked at him, she could see a lot of things, mainly pain. "He's...dead." Gohan said, looking down towards his drawing. "Oh, sorry. I didn't now about it. If it makes you feel better, my mom is..gone too." She said with a sad expression on her face.

With this said, Gohan looked up at her. Seeing sadness, pain, and anger on her face. Gohan put his hand on her shoulder. "I'm sorry Videl." He said, with a lite smile. She looked up at him, and got lost into his eyes, again. She never new anyone who lost a parent but herself, so she always felt that no matter what, she'll always be alone. She thought nobody new her pain, everything that she went through was terrible. But, somehow, this guy new what it felt like to lose someone so close. She could see it in his eyes, he went through a terrible experience. "But, if you would like you can meet my mom, she's Son Chichi." He said as he removed his hand from her shoulder. Videl perked up from hearing her name.

"You mean, Son Chichi, the first women to make the semi-finals in the WMAT. That Son Chichi." She said in shock. 'How can he have two celebrity parents, and NOBODY know about it!' Videl thought.

"Yep, that's her. You can come over to our house, tomorrow maybe. And then you can meet her. And...maybe we could spar or something?" He said. 'I want to know how strong she is. Maybe I could train her...nah, she'll probably laugh at that idea.' "Yea, I'd like that!" She said as the bell rang for them to go to there next class. "Come on, you have A LOT to tell me, Gohan." She said as she grabbed his arm. On there way out, they gave their drawings to the teacher and hurried on to English class.

"V..Videl, why are we walking so fast to!" Asked Gohan as he was dragged through the hallways, trying his best not ram into people. "Cause, if you remember genius. We have a person that I want to avoid!" She said, turning her head to give him a glare. "Oh, yea I forgot about that..." He mumbled.

When they were at there locker, Videl quickly punched in the combination and grabbed her stuff and slammed it shut. She turned to Gohan, hoping he already got his book. To her surprise, he was leaning against the locker, like he'd been there all day. "Bout time, lets go Vi." And with that, they walked/ran there way towards English class. 'How the hell he opened up the locker so fast?' She thought as they continued there way to English. 'Yea! Were here!' She thought as she opened the door. Not to her surprise, they were one of the first people there. They practically ran down the hallway. She made her way up the stairs and sat down in Erasa's seat with Gohan right behind her. "Um...why are you sitting in Erasa's seat Videl?" Gohan said as he sat down in his seat, right next to her. "Cause number one, I don't want to sit in my seat. And number two, we're not finished talking." She said, relaxing in the seat.

"Talking about what?" Asked Sharpener, followed my Erasa. "Vi, what are doing in my seat?" Asked Erasa as she sat in Videl's seat. "Well, I don't want to sit next to you-know-who." She said.

"Are you sure that's all?" Sharpener said as he turned his seat to face Gohan. "Yea, that's all." Gohan said, knowing exactly what his question meant. "Hmm, yea OK." Erasa said, winking to Videl.

"Erasa! Will you stop that!" Videl hissed to her, blushing madly. "Alright, alright. Chill Vi!" She said, smiling towards Sharpener. He nodded, understanding what that smile meant: touchier Videl and Gohan. They both smiled evilly, this was going to be fun.

"We lost them, damn it!" Skylar said as he walked through the hall to English.

"It's ok Sky, we'll get to the bottom of this!"Said Max as Dawson patted him on the back. "Yea, don't worry bro everything will be fine."

"But you saw the way they were acting towards each other-"

"Listed, just forget them right now, ok? This is Videl we're talking about, she won't leave you for some loser." Said Dawson, as he opened up his locker. "How bout we skip class, and go somewhere. We're already late as it is." Max suggested.

"And leave those two together, no way. I'm going to class, you guys can leave though." He said, as he walked down the hall with his English book. Max and Dawson watched as there friend walked down the hall to class. He defiantly was jealous, but neither of them would say it out loud. That's like a death warrant, from Skylar himself. They both looked at each other and sighed, "Alright, lets go to class Max." Said Dawson as he closed his locker following Skylar, with Max following close behind.

The class was doing silent reading, well almost the whole class. Gohan and Videl were currently passing notes, talking about his family, her family, and just stuff like how to get Erasa and Sharpener together. Videl was in the middle of a sentence, till she heard the door open. She looked up and thought

'Ah shit. I totally forgot about him. What am I supposed to do!' She thought with a worried look on her face. As he was talking to the teacher, his friends came in and looked at her. They stared at her, then out of nowhere, they just turned there gaze at the teacher, and went to talk to her.

"O my gosh, Erasa what the hell am I supposed to say to him. I totally forgot this part: the excuse." Videl whispered to Erasa. Erasa looked at Videl, truly feeling sorry for her. "Just tell him the truth!" Erasa said, nudging Videl closer to Gohan. Videl must have been as red as an apple, she really hates it when Erasa does stuff like this to her. "Erasa! I can't do this now, help me make up an excuse!" She said with a pleading look.

"Just tell him that he's a jackass, and you don't want to date him anymore." Sharpener said, leaning over to closer to her. "As much as I want to say that, I can't! Oh shit, here he comes.." She said as she spied Skylar looking at her, and walking his way up here. "Just ignore him for now till one of us comes up with something." Gohan whispered to Videl, and continued his reading. Videl nodded her head, and looked down at her book, trying her best to look like she's reading. As Skylar walked to his seat, he has his eye's trained on Gohan. Fortunately, he didn't notice this. As he sat down next to Erasa, he whispered to her "Why isn't Videl sitting in her seat?" He asked. Erasa just shrugged her shoulders, trying to zone him out. She absolutely did NOT want to be dragged into this.

Before any of them new it, the bell rang ending the day of school. Gohan grabbed his books, and headed out the door. As he was at his locker, he could see Videl having trouble trying to avoid Skylar. He chuckled, 'only if he knew...' Thought Gohan, as he put away his stuff, not needing anything since it's all done(and Friday) he made his way out the door. "Gohan! Wait!" He heard as he stepped onto the sidewalk. He turned to see Videl running, with a piece of paper in her hands. "Here's my number. I thought you may need it you know." She said trying to fight down the blush daring to come up. "Oh, yea right, the sparring match and stuff." He said, smiling. "Yea, just call me tomorrow or whatever." She said, walking away. "Bye!" She yelled as she took off in her jet-copter. And with that, Gohan went and found the nearest deserted ally, and took off for home.

As Gohan landed in his yard, he was tackled my a little blur.

"Gohan! You're home! I missed ya big bro!" Little Goten said as he gave his older brother a hug.

"Yep. I'm home kiddo...and can you get off of me?" He asked, smiling. He really loved his little brother, he gave him hope when Goku died at the Cell games. Knowing he'll have a little brother, he had to man up, and stop being depressed.

"Oh sorry." He said, laughing.

"It's ok, lets go in. I need to talk to mom." Gohan said as he stood up and started walking to the little house. "Well, about that..." Goten said as Gohan opened the door. "Mom's asleep. She was cleaning, and all of a sudden, she got really...tired. So she told me to tell you to order food, she's not going to be cooking." Goten said thinking that his mom was simply tired. But Gohan knew better, all the years he was alive, mom NEVER missed cooking a meal. Gohan shrugged his shoulders, maybe his mom was just getting old. He'll check up on her later, but now, he has to go change into his gi. Him and Goten was going to go out and spar, whether he liked it or not. He had a...weird day today, and he needed to relieve some stress.

Goten was breathing heavily. He just finished his spar with Gohan, and he was ready to pass out. As he made his way in the house, he saw Gohan pick up the phone. 'Good, after I get out of the shower, food should be here.' He thought, and with that he went off to the shower.

'Ahhh! I love showers.' Thought Goten as the warm water hit him. After scrubbing his body, and shampooing his hair, he loves to just stand there, letting the water hit him for a little bit. After a couple of minutes, he shut the water off and wrapped himself up. As he made his way out of the bathroom, and into his room, he could smell the aroma of the food.

'Good, it must of just got here. I better be quick.' And with that he hurried off to his room to change.

Gohan had just finished paying the man, and had the food out. He took quicker showers than Goten, so he was out just as the guy knocked on the door. He quickly changed into something more comfortable, and went out into the dinning table. He heard Goten walk out of the shower 'Good, he's out. He better hurry up if he wants any food!' And with that in thought he started putting the food onto plates, and as he was about to dive in, he thought about his mom. 'I better save her some food.' Gohan thought. So, he set aside some food and put it in the fridge. 'There, that should be good. Now, onto the food!' He quickly closed the door, and went to the dinning table to see Goten already eating. There just so happened to be enough food for him left, so he sat down and quickly devoured it.

"Ah, that was good." Said Gohan, standing up and clearing the table.

"Yea, but I think moms cooking is still better!" Goten said, getting up to help his brother.

'Mom!' Gohan thought, he'd better check up on her.

"Goten, do you think you can do the rest?" Gohan asked from the kitchen.

"Awe Gohan! I don't wanna-" "I'll let you stay up tonight. And not tell mom." Gohan said, as he walked out of the kitchen. He didn't need to know, he already knew the answer. Mom had him on a tight schedule, he knows that if there is ANY opportunity for Goten to stay up, he'll take it.

Gohan slowly opened up the door, not wanting to disturb her. The room was pitch black, and cold. Very cold. He slowly made his way to his mom, not making a sound. She was laying on her side, facing him. He softly put his hand on her four head, checking her temperature. 'Hmm, she's warm. Doesn't have a fever, but she defiantly should stay in bed.' He thought. Gohan pulled his moms cover up closer to her, she should stay warm, and sweat out whatever has her out cold. He quickly but quietly made his way out of the room and closed the door.

"Alright, Goten. I need you to be extra quite tonight, and let mom rest." Gohan said as he opened up his little brothers door. He found him playing a video game Trunks let him have. "Ok Gohan." Goten said, not looking up from the TV. "Don't stay up to late, now." He said, then closed the door and opened up his own bedroom door. He walked into his room, and shut off the light letting the moons rays light up the room. He slipped into his bed and yawned. 'Man, I had one hell of a day today. Thank kami that tomorrow is Saturday. Hopefully mom will be ok.' Thought Gohan. As he turned over on his side, he spied a piece of paper on his night stand. He smiled happily, knowing exactly what's on the piece of paper. And in no time, he fell into a dreamless sleep.