(A/N: Thanks again for all the reviews. I had a couple of reviews wanting Gohan not to end up with Videl but sorry I can't do that since this is kind of an alternative way on how they could have gotten together before the World Tournament and Buu sagas.)

After a silent and slightly awkward twenty minute drive, Gohan and Videl finally stopped at their designated destination. Both of them got out of the cherry red air car that Gohan borrowed from Bulma and observed the beautiful scene in front of them. Gohan had brought Videl to a secluded meadow east of The Western Capital. The meadow was perfectly round and surrounded with big trees. There were violet, yellow and white wild flowers scattered all throughout the long, wavy grass that swayed amongst the light breeze. A lake could be seen a few metres away from where the two youths were standing. They could hear birds chirping above their heads.

Videl looked amazed at her surroundings. "This place is really beautiful."

"It really is. My dad brought me here once." Gohan replied with a sad tone in his voice.

Videl glanced at Gohan compassionately.

"Gohan, I don't mean to be nosy or anything but you always seem to be sad and heart-broken when you talk about your father. Why is that?" Videl asked uneasily. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to." Videl quickly added.

"My dad is…he's… I haven't seen him in seven years." Gohan revealed.

"Wow that's a long time. Where is he?" Videl asked.

There was a brief silence while Gohan thought of a logical way to respond to Videl. He could not tell her that his father was dead because she will see him at the tournament. He thought of telling her that that his dad worked oversees but knowing Videl, she would see right through that lie. Needless to say, Gohan was stuck.

"It's complicated." Gohan finally replied. He then quickly changed the subject. "Come on it's time for me to teach you how to use your energy."

"Energy? What energy? You're supposed to teach me how to fly." A confused Videl replied.

"You kinda need your energy to be able to fly. Didn't I tell you that before?" Gohan sheepishly replied.

"No! You've never mentioned anything about energy before!" Videl stated.

"Oops, sorry." Gohan apologised.

"Fine whatever. So this energy what is it?" Videl asked.

"I don't know how to explain it to you so I'm just going to show you okay?" Gohan said.

Videl responded by nodding her head. She was very interested in learning about this energy Gohan was speaking of.

"Okay pay close attention now." Gohan instructed.

Videl rolled her eyes at Gohan with annoyance. "Oh would you just do it!"

Gohan started to form a small ball of blue energy in his right hand. He raised his hand to be at eye level for Videl and watched her stare at his hand in amazement. He then slowly made it disappear.

"That's energy." Gohan explained.

Videl was still staring at Gohan's hand like it was about to fall off or something.

"Th…That did not just happen. H…How did you do that?" Videl stammered.

"That's what I'm here to teach you." Gohan replied with a chuckle.

Gohan quickly stopped chuckling when he saw Videl's facial expression changing from astonished to anger.

"Videl are you okay?" Gohan asked alarmed.

"Gohan, you jerk!" Videl said pushing him backwards. Gohan who was caught off-guard fell to the ground.

"What did you do that for?" Gohan asked.

"I know all about those light tricks. Dad said that the people who use them are cheaters and since you use them, you must be a cheater. I should have known that you being able to fly was a trick."

"No it isn't. I can really fly. We're not trying to trick anybody. Look at my hand." Gohan said grabbing Videl's hand. "This is real." Gohan said forming another energy ball. "Feel it, its positive energy it won't hurt you. You can trust me."

Videl took a deep breathe then reluctantly moved her hand forward and touched the energy ball with the tip of her finger then quickly removed it again. After nothing happened she felt more confident and touched the energy ball again this time with her whole hand and started inspecting it. Gohan watched Videl quietly and smiled at the dark-haired beauty in front of him.

"So how do I get my energy?" Videl finally asked.

Gohan let the energy ball fade out again. "Every living person has the energy inside them; you just have to find it."

Videl smiled. "Believe me I will."

Gohan returned the smile. He liked seeing Videl so enthusiastic.

"Okay so let's begin. Just sit down and relax." Gohan said sitting down on the grass. Videl followed suit.

"Okay now I'm going to demonstrate it to you slowly so you can see better okay?"

Videl nodded her head. "Go ahead."

"Alright. The first thing you need to do is relax and make yourself completely calm. Next listen to the centre of your body until you feel a pull, then you just bring it out." Gohan explained. "There, you see." Gohan said after bringing out his own energy.

"This is amazing!" Videl exclaimed.

"Yeah, so do you wanna try it out on your own?" Gohan asked.

"Uh huh." Videl nodded then started doing exactly what Gohan told her to do.

"Remember from the centre just bring it out."

Gohan watched as Videl tried to bring out her energy. He could see how tense she was.

"Relax Videl you're too tense."

After a few more minutes of struggling Videl decided to stop.

"I can't do it." Videl said with tears in her eyes.

"Yes you can. You just have to believe in yourself." Gohan said putting his hand on her shoulder. "I believe in you."

Videl looked up and met Gohan's dark yet soft and caring eyes. She did not want to disappoint him therefore she wiped the tears from her eyes.

"Okay I'm ready." Videl said. She made herself completely calm and concentrated really hard.

"You're close, I can feel it." Gohan said.

Slowly clear energy started to form in Videl's hands.

"Alright you did it." Gohan said excitingly. "I guess since you've been doing martial arts for most of your life it was easy for you to tap into your power."

"Wow that was exhausting." Videl replied breathlessly. "Do you think I can fly now?"

"Wait. Didn't I mention that you have to learn to control that energy first?" Gohan asked.

Videl grimaced. "Then what are you waiting for? Teach me!"

(A/N: Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year.)