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Gohan avoided speaking whenever he could. It had been a week since his mother had grounded him, and today would be his first day of school. He had gotten perfect scores on his entrance exam. "Alright Gohan, do you remember the time you're supposed to be home?"
"Yes mother." Gohan tried to sound as depressed as he could.
"Don't try to stay out late and see that girl you were with. Goten will be monitoring your location. Now go before you're late."
"Alright." Gohan rushed out of the house. He was anxious to leave the house he'd been cooped up in. He wanted out. Along with his lunch he took his cell phone and energy-concealing device. I hate it when mom manipulates Goten like that. He's an innocent kid and she's making him do all these things. She just doesn't understand me. I don't want to become a scholar.
Gohan's thoughts were interrupted by the noise of the city. He landed before entering. He took out the map to the high school and followed it. Here we are, Orange Star High School.
"You must be the new student, Gohan." The person at the front desk greeted him with a smile. "You've arrived ten minutes early. Plenty of time to get to know you classes. Here this is your schedule."
Gohan looked at the schedule. He had four classes. At his level there wasn't much left to learn. First period was Calculus. Second period was Physics. Third period was chemistry and fourth was gym. This is going to be easy.
The first two period breezed by. Gohan was right that they would be easy. Third period would prove to be a little more exciting then the first two. "Class, I would like to introduce you to your new classmate Gohan."
Gohan looked around for a place to sit. This room is pact.
"Are you serious Eresa?"
"Yes Sharpner. He doesn't have a place to sit. Besides, he's cute. Don't you think so Videl?"
"Whatever."
Eresa waved her hand at Gohan. "Hey Gohan, why don't you come and sit here?"
Gohan smiled, it was the first time someone had offered him a seat. In the other two classes he had to find a seat in a remote part of the classroom. However, most students weren't smart enough for calculus and few liked physics. "Thanks for offering me a seat."
"You're welcome. My name is Eresa and this is my best friend Videl and my brother Sharpner."
"Hi." Gohan was happy to meet new people. There were very few in the other classes who were like him. He hoped that he could make friends in this class.
"Hey," Videl had an expression that said I could care less.
"Hey Gohan, is it true that you got 100 on the entrance exam?" Sharpner seemed like he was up to something.
"Yep."
"Right." Nerd.
Chemistry class was as easy as the other two; although Gohan's three new acquaintances gave in an new twist. Eresa was nice, but Videl and Sharpner made Gohan feel uneasy.
Gym should be fun, thought Gohan. Unfortunately, it was much harder than he thought. He had to conceal his powers. His team lost a baseball game that he would have won. Man, it's hard pretending to be weak. I could've caught that.
After school Eresa approached Gohan with a proposition. "Hey Gohan, would you like to join us at our house after school?"
"Eresa." Sharpner was whining. He didn't want Gohan around.
"Quiet Sharpner. So Gohan do you want to come?"
Gohan took the hint from Sharpner, and he knew that his mother wanted him home right away. "Sorry, but I can't."
"Okay, well maybe another day. Bye."
"Bye." Gohan went outside the city before taking to the skies.
At seven o'clock Eighteen had finished working at the bank and was leaving. She looked fine, but she had a lot on her mind. Gohan. I wish you were waiting for me at home. It's all my fault. If I hadn't slept with you we'd still be able to meet on the weekends. Spending some time with you was much better than spending no time at all. As she pulled into the driveway she saw someone standing at the front door. He wore a trench coat and a red Bandana. Eighteen didn't recognize him until she walked up to the front porch. He heart skipped a beat. "Oh my god! Seventeen!" She ran up to him until she was right in his face, and enveloped him in a hug. "I missed you so much. We have a lot of catching up to do. Where've you been for the past seven years?"
Seventeen was startled at his sister's emotional outburst. He slowly and cautiously put his arms around his sister. "I'm here now and that's all that matters. Before we catch up we might want to go inside. I think we're attracting some unwanted attention." Eighteen nodded and put her car in its capsule.
Once inside Eighteen made both of them a cup of tea. They sat down at the table and told what caught up. Seventeen told his story first, and then Eighteen told her story. Seventeen paid particular attention to the part about Gohan. "So Gohan beta Cell and rescued you?"
"Yes, and that's how I fell in love with him."
"Does he love you?"
"Well at first he didn't, he considered me as nothing more than a friend. However, a week ago we…um…well…" Eighteen started to blush.
Seventeen became very interested at this point. He had a smirk on his face. "Well what," he said as he nudged his sister with his elbow, "what did you two do?"
"We spent the night together." Eighteen's face turned as red as a tomato. "And he declared his love for me."
"So are you two officially dating?"
Eighteen's face showed an expression of sadness while Seventeen's changed to one of concern. "Gohan's mother caught us in bed together. She told me to leave and probably punished Gohan for it." Tears began sliding down her face. "It's all my fault. I've probably ruined his life." Eighteen started to sob as she buried her face in her forearm.
Seventeen put a hand on her shoulder. "It's not your fault sis." He tried to calm her down. "You couldn't have known it would happen. You were caught up in the heat of the moment." Eighteen's crying came under control.
"Thanks Seventeen."
"Your welcome Eighteen."
"Seventeen?"
"Hmm?"
"Please don't do anything drastic."
"I won't. Although I wish I could meet Gohan and thank him for beating Cell."
Eighteen let Seventeen stay in a spare room that she didn't use. He was willing to sleep in a sleeping bag that he'd brought along. Eighteen was happy that she had her brother back, but Seventeen knew that she wouldn't be completely happy until she had her Gohan back.