Author Note: I apologize for my grammar. My sister is always telling me that it's because I grew up in the 'Hood. Otherwise, she says I write the way I speak. I tried to make it better for this chapter. I hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: As always, I own nothing.

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Videl dressed in a decent dress. She hated wearing dresses in general, but since it was a nice restaurant she had no choice.

The woman was the same woman from the other night whom Videl did not deem worthy of her father. He said no one was worth dating his daughter, well she felt no one was worth dating her father who only saw his riches and where he could take them.

She saw this woman as being only that. She wore lots of jewelry that sparkled with gemstones. Her make-up was very heavy and also shimmery. She would blind someone if she closed her eyes too long.

She pretended to listen to him talk, but Videl saw behind her eyes that she was not listening at all.

And her son was a problem too. Although he dressed nice, and had a very nice physic, he was not very bright, and saw money as a way to look good and pick up girls. She saw right through all the looks he tried to give her all night. She was not interested at all.

And the food, it was expensive and small. At the end of the meal she found herself still hungry and bored.

Videl knew that she was just letting her hurt feelings get to her. There were so many factors, but the one that hurt the most was that he was able to see someone he was interested in, and he disapproved of her being friends with a boy. He was the one she wanted to be hanging with, not Mr. Sharp Eyes and his gold digging mother. It was not fair.

"Uhh mom?" The boy said to get his mother's attention. She looked at him and smiled smotheringly.

"The basketball game," he said obviously.

"Yes. Sorry you've had to endure this." Her snobbish attitude didn't hide anything this time. She made him come here by force.

It was a coincidence. It gave Videl an idea. "Dad?" she questioned, "can I go to Erasa's house?"

She saw the look he tried to hide; like he wanted to say no. But because she said yes, he did too.

She smiled. "Thank you. Dad, I'll be back later."

"You want me to walk you?" the boy offered.

She heard her father growl low in his throat.

She was happy for the inception. She didn't have to smart mouth the boy.

"No, I travel fast. Sometimes it's like I'm flying." She chuckled on the inside at her own joke. She hurried away before he could even get out of his seat.

When she was away and the coast was clear she took off into the sky. She was happy she wore shorts under her dress.

She flew as quickly as she could to Gohan's house which was very far.

The sun was starting to set, but there was enough light to give her a few minutes before dusk.

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It wasn't hard to find the boys. From an aerial view she could see both of them hiding behind large rock formations. She flew in a little more at the same time the wind picked up. She was blown into the formation Gohan was hiding behind, and hit her cheek. She gained control and landed.

"Hey Gohan." She rubbed her face because of the dirt and grime. It made her itch.

Hey Videl, are you okay? You said your father wouldn't let you out of the house?"

Goten ran to ambush Gohan, but they both turned to him at the same time.

"Goten!" Gohan shouted.

The large dirt clot dropped from his hand and he smiled wide. "Videl! Hey, do you want to play? Did you bring your training clothes? You're wearing a dress. Gohan," he pulled on his pant leg, "she's wearing a dress."

Gohan blushed. He looked away.

"So do you want to play? The winner doesn't have to make the beds for a week. I won last week. Gohan was much more dirtier than I was." The little boy smiled wide.

"Who made the water turn completely brown?" Gohan questioned and simultaneously they both pointed at each other.

"Uh, Gohan, I was wondering if you wanted to go eat burgers?"

"Can I come?" Goten's eyes lit up. Videl looked to Gohan and hoped that he understood that she wanted to talk to him.

"Goten, Videl needs help with her homework. It will be boring talk. Tell you what; I'll bring you a burger back, okay?"

"Two," he answered slyly.

"Okay. Why don't you let mom give you a bath. I'll be home soon to take my own, and then we can go to sleep."

"Okay, but moms going to wonder where you are, and not believe anything I say."

Gohan smirked. "That's our mom."

Goten started to leave but stopped. "Oh yeah, hey Gohan?"

"Yes? What is it?"

"I won. And you are going somewhere looking very dirty." He laughed as he took off jumping high onto the formation and taking to the sky to return home.

"Where do you want to go?" he offered.

Videl took the clip out of her hair and ruffled the flat mess. "Anywhere. I just want something bigger than my fist. You would've starved if you had the dinner I just had."

"Where did you go?"

"Rrrgh. My dad made dinner plans with the same bimbo from the other day. She, her son, my dad and I had dinner. It was horrible. I just want it to be us two, but he thinks this woman, and her devil spawn could make us a family again, but the two of us is fine."

"And she is nothing more than a gold digger. She wears a lot of jewelry and make-up that makes her look like a clown. Who wants to be related to that?"

"Sounds like he's seeing only through tunnel vision."

"Tell me about it. We had the discussion through my bedroom door. I had no choice, unless I wanted it broken down and for his reputation to be questioned on why he's having a family dinner without his daughter. Can we go eat and I'll tell you the rest."

The two flew off to the closest town with a burger fast food restaurant. Then they flew back to the area around his house to sit on the highest one to eat and talk.

While they ate she told him about the son leaving and her finding her escape.

"I found an escape this time. Next time it won't be that easy. I want to train Gohan. I want to improve on my abilities, but he won't let that be. He thinks I'm just with a boy making terrible choices. I know he thinks I'm making those because my mother did. But I know better. I won't do anything. He just uses that rule, and my mother dying with terrible secrets to enforce all this drama. I've never given him any reason to not trust me."

"He's remembering what happened and wants to prevent it from happening again." Gohan said quickly and she gave him a stern look. She finished her burger and put the wrapper in the bag. "I'm leaving now. I'll see you at school."

She was mad that he was taking her father's side, and not hers. He knew her very well. He knew that she wasn't doing anything she was not supposed to be doing.

He put his wrapper in two and folded the bag with the two burgers for Goten. He stood up. "Let me fly with you."

"Fine," she answered bitterly, even though she wasn't bitter at all.

They flew in silence until they got to the drop off point. With the cool air on her she was finally able to calm down, and that's when she talked.

"I'm not mad at you. I'm just mad or frustrated."

"I know. I understand. I'm here for you and whatever you need. Just know that. Okay Videl."

She nodded and wrapped her arms around him. He did the same and she felt that lose she was starting to feel a lot lately whenever she had to part with him, and it hurt.

She let go before she wouldn't be able to convince herself to not let him go and set off to the house the regular human way. She entered and her father was right there.

"How did it go?" he questioned.

"It was okay," she said dully.

"Funny, you did not walk in the restaurant when she walked in with her parents."

She forgot that Erasa usually had dinner with her parents every Monday.

Videl didn't say anything else. Nothing could make the moment right. He caught her red handed.

"You were with that boy when I told you it was forbidden, weren't you?" he demanded.

She didn't say anything, and he got in her face. He looked more closely at her face. "What happened to your face?" the anger in his voice turned to rage. "He did this to you, didn't he? Didn't he!"

"No," she said. "He didn't do anything. I mean nothing. I was with no one."

"You are right. You are with no one. You were supposed to be grounded and I let you go thinking you wouldn't disobey me, or embarrass me, and you do both. The punishment will be longer than initially started."

"I'm not a kid!" she snapped.

"You act like one!" he roared back.

She closed her mouth before she could say something hurtful, or worse and just walked away and into her room- or her prison as she called it.

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Around midnight she awoke to her alarm on her watch going off. Heart racing a mile a minute she sat up. Very disoriented she pushed her hair out of her face and listened to the Chief's story and pulled on clothes fast.

She raced out her door and down the stairs.

"Where do you think you're going?" Her father shouted from the stairs.

"There's an emergency! I have to go."

"No, back to bed."

"Dad! I have to help!"

"You don't have to help. That's why we have the local force. That's what our tax dollars pay for."

She could not believe it. She stood there shocked that he would not let her do her job.