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Chapter 6

Goten's POV

"Pan…Pan wait!" I yelled as my flight speed increased trying to catch up with her fading form.

She stopped in mid flight turning menacingly towards me. When I slowed in front of her I saw the bright sun bouncing off her tear stained face. Her skin was flushed and she was huffing in order to gain her breathe back.

"What?" Her voice was low and sinister as her dark eyes bore into mine. She couldn't look at me long before the tears would swell up again and she turned her head so she could blink them away.

"Can we please talk about this?" I couldn't form a better question.

"What else is there to talk about? I told you I wouldn't tell him." She whispered in the same dark tone but I don't think she said it so low on purpose. It seemed as if it was the loudest tone her voice could muster.

"I know but…I don't want you to be mad at me." My head hung low. Was all of this really worth it? Were a couple of nights with Videl worth losing my friends…my family?

She levitated over to me and lifted my chin with her fingers looking at me with water filled eyes. "In a matter of two days you have managed to destroy our family and my parent's marriage…" I was about to interject but her fingers kept my lips sealed, "even if he doesn't know yet." She sighed a heavy tired breathe and continued, "I love you but I hate you. I can never look at my mother the same again. I will keep my promise but in exchange can you promise me you'll stop. I don't care how it started just stop it now… please. Me finding out is the least of your worries. What do you think dad will do? He trusts you so much Goten. You are his blood." She dropped my chin then and she sounded 20 years her senior.

Every part of her body trembled slightly and I could feel the plead radiating off of her small frame.

"Pan I'm so sorry, you have no idea but I…I don't regret this. I love you with all my heart but something is pulling me towards Videl and I…I can't stop." I was trying so hard not to stutter the words under her angry glare.

The slap hurt more emotionally than physically. We were so high up it was hard to breathe and I took steady breathes as the Saiyan slap spread across my face. I could hear her scream "Go fuck yourself …or maybe just my mother." as she descended downwards through the wispy clouds and to the Earth at super speed.

I didn't move for what seemed like hours, holding my sore cheek and listening to the whispering breeze, deciding what steps to take next. Remembering Videl I flew back in the direction of the park.

I ran not sure if she had come out of her stupor and left but to my relief I found her staring at the little children who were still full with as much energy as they had been 30 minutes ago.

The wind blew more forcefully now as I sat in the driver's seat staring out the dusty windshield as solemnly as she was.

Videl's POV

When he made his presence in the car I didn't say anything just continued staring at the carefree children. For a few minutes he didn't move either, just stared the same as me.

My eyes, I was sure were puffy from the effects of sobbing. The tears now came as water droplets would come from a leaky faucet, one by one slowing down my cheeks. My body was numb and I felt like I was super glued in my position. I didn't blink, only stared forward.

Goten started the car without a single word and backed out of the playground driving away. The silence was awkward as he parked the car in front of the grocery store and he turned off the engine looking at me for the first time since he had returned.

"You can go get your groceries now. I'll fly home if you would like." He said. I couldn't bear to look at him no matter how much I willed myself too and I guess by my non- response he understood.

He leaned forward hand touching mine feather-soft and a series of shivers ignited through my body. He hesitated but touched his lips to mine. I didn't respond back just sat still. I could feel his heart drop in my own body as he pulled away. I wanted to scream at him that I didn't want it to end like this, that I didn't want it to end at all but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I had the perfect family and life. I didn't need him I repeated the non-effective words in my head.

"It was fun while it lasted." He spoke sadly before he opened the car door and set the keys in the driver's seat. 'Here's your chance Videl. Stop him now!' I rooted myself on but my throat clamped and my mouth went dry as I watched him walk away from the vehicle.

I pounded my head on the head rest and I closed my eyes so tight it felt as if they were nailed shut.

Finally the question had popped into my head. What had Goten and Pan talked about?

I got out, did my shopping and headed back home. When I arrived Gohan was napping on the couch and the dusk sun was slowly falling. Loud music blasted from Pan's room. I put the groceries away quietly as not to wake him and I slipped past him up the stairs into our master bedroom.

I drug my broken body into the bathroom and into the shower, not bothering to adjust the temperature. The cold water battered my bare back and I sank to the bottom of the tub, wrapping my arms around my knees. My black hair matted against my neck, back, and face as the strong droplets beat it out of its perfect braid.

"Videl?" I heard Gohan's tired voice call. I turned off my cold massager and wrapped my flushed self into a towel opening the door.

"You're freezing!" He yelled at me, immediately taking me into his open arms, covering himself on me. I felt my teeth chatter in my mouth and my head and body involuntarily shake from his warmth. I willed myself to not cry. Relief washed over me. If he was holding me so caring and passionately now I was sure Pan hadn't told.

"Come on lets wrap you up before you catch hypothermia." I let him lay my numb, clad form on the bed and as he was about to slip on my underwear he stopped and looked at me over the rims of his glasses. His look was vice as he stopped what he was doing and stood up straight glaring holes into my pale face.

"What are those?" His voice was deadly as he pointed to my hips that held dark bruises in the faint shape of fingers.

I didn't know what to say. My mouth was clamping again and going dry. I willed some words, some lie that would satisfy his angry curiosity. Dizziness flooded my being and within a matter of seconds darkness surrounded me.

A/N: Muwahaha I hope you liked it. I punched myself for you so you don't have to hunt me down now. I really am sorry for like not updating but there's a lot of things going on right now and I finally got a spare moment and here were the results… I hope you liked them.

So I decided that there are going to be two parts(maybe more) to this story. Obviously this is the first part. I'm not sure if I should make the second part a new story or just divide it up in this story. Any suggestions?

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