Before I Slip Away

AN: I know I said I would update more but yeah I'm trying lol anywho thanks for the reviews alerts and favorites.


When did it go so wrong? Part 1

It had been the day after Dad died. Mom was acting like he was out on a long fishing trip or something. She had been cooking all day like he was here and getting ready to tell her about how hungry he was or how good her food smelled. I peeked around the corner at her as she hummed cheerfully to herself.

"Hey Mom" She looked at me with the biggest smile on her face.

"Oh Gohan, good your here come try this soup. Its a new recipe." She held out the spoon to me. I carefully sipped the hot soup then frowned. "What do you think, Son?"

"Its great Mom" She clasped her hands together in delight then quickly turned back to the stove. Maybe she was trying to be strong for me or maybe the baby. I put my hand on her shoulder. I gave her a sad smile when she looked at me.

"It's okay Mom" Her eyes began to fill with tears and her bottom lip began to tremble.

"Why doesn't he want to come back?" She sobbed as she wrapped her arms tightly around me.

"I'm sorry, I wish I knew" I mumbled, after all it was my fault I shouldn't have toyed with Cell or maybe I should have given my life instead of Dad. It was my fault the baby growing in Mom's belly would never know our father. My head began to hurt, it was throbbing. I wanted to cry I wanted to scream I wanted to go to Otherworld and drag Dad back here myself. But I knew I couldn't do anything but try my best to deal with the deck Kami had dealt me. I could feel my shirt become wet from Mom sobbing on my shoulder. I rubbed her back softly and repeated it was going to be okay. I wasn't sure if I was telling her that or was it all for myself. My head was hurting bad now like something was fighting to get out. I looked out of the window I could see Mr. Piccolo leaning against a tree in the front yard. He was staring right at me but why? Mom lifted her head. She smiled. I eyed her confusingly.

"Why don't you go study for a little while before dinner?" I lowed my head and nodded. "Don't worry I'm fine OK?" I just nodded again as I walked away . She didn't have to lie I wasn't a little boy anymore or was I?. My head was killing me as I sit back at my desk. I was suppose to be studying advance algebra, but all of the numbers on the page had started to blend together like a big ink blob. I rubbed my temples carefully.

"You need to get control of your Ki kid" Mr. Piccolo said he was sitting in my window now. What was he talking about?I thought. I felt fine aside from the headache if my power level was rising I would have felt it right? He just sat there waiting for some type of response. I took in a deep breath.

"You alright?" he asked. No would you be alright if your Dad died because of you and your mom was acting like everything was just a bad dream? I wanted to say but instead I just nodded.

"Just a headache" He eyed me. I almost wanted to ask if he believed me or not but I didn't care too much at the moment, I was more worried about mom. How long did she was she going to pretend she was okay? What about the baby? I was torn from my thought when my mother opened my door. I hoped Piccolo's sake he wasn't still in the window.

"Gohan I'd thought we'd-" she froze mid-sentence. Yup he was still there. "You monster get away from my baby!" Piccolo looked at me, I just nodded. He shook his head before taking off into the evening sky. She began her rant about how bad of a person he was. But she was forgetting one thing he wasn't a person he was a Namekian. I only half-listened to her and nodded a few times.

"So Mom what you saying before?" I interrupted her. She paused and thought for a moment.

"Oh right yes you know that Piccolo he just annoys me I guess I got upset" You only guess?"Anyway you and I should a picnic its so nice out" she was right it was the beginning of fall the leaves were just starting to change a little bit, the ground was still damp from the rain the day before. I agreed with her. Maybe some fresh air would do me some good.


An: theres it is chapter threeee but im going to take the time now and response to some reviews.

Pallyndrome: Yeah I know and I'm sorry when I proofread I tend to fix the typo in my head instead on on the page and that last chapter was bit rushed as for Trunks he is the son of a genius right we'll just say he's just really really smart lol =)

Panox: For me its easier to write in first person I feel like I can connect to the characters more and for the length I'm working on it I haven't written anything in a long time I need to find my groove again and once that happens the chapters will get longer =)

Utimatedragonballzfan: Well Gohan is a tortured character when you think about it, like many people its easy for me to write from him a very angst-y story but will I? We'll see =)

Again thank you for the reviews and let me know what you think good bad indifferent keep it going or make it stop