Disclaimer: Hahaha! I don't own Dragon Ball Z! Hahaha!
***
Sorry. I'm just weird today. I had a snowball fight with my Great Saiyaman action figure like two weeks ago! It was pretty one-sided.
BEST FRIENDS FOREVER
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Dusk was falling as Gohan frowned. "We have no food!" Gohan exclaimed, opening the refrigerator door.
Videl, arms crossed, sighed. "Tell me."
Gohan threw a glance over his shoulder and sighed.
Videl asked again. "What were you and your dad talking about?"
Gohan turned back to the fridge. "It's just been a long day, okay? I mean, I love the way the whole world saw me on TV, they should've just gave me a neon sign to wear on my ass that said 'I am alien.'" He looked at her and smiled. "We have no food!" He repeated.
Videl smiled weakly and brushed a few ebony locks out of her eyes. "That's 'cause your fat ass eats it all."
Gohan feigned a hurt expression. "I resent that!"
"Likewise."
Gohan grabbed a carton of blueberries and began to eat them one at a time. Videl gave him a questioning glance.
"What? I'm bored."
Videl snorted as Gohan held up a blueberry. "Searching for target… searching for target…" he said, moving the blueberry around.
Videl raised an eyebrow.
Gohan smiled. "Target located!" He half yelled and threw the blueberry at her. Videl didn't move and definitely wasn't amused.
Gohan cleared his throat. "Sorry, I'm just in one of my moods."
"Ah!" Videl said, rolling her eyes. She grabbed a blueberry and ate it. "Not bad," she commented.
"How pathetic are we?" Gohan asked.
Videl shook her head and laughed. Gohan ate another blueberry. "I have to use the men's room, be right back!"
"Thanks for announcing," Videl responded sarcastically.
Gohan left and Videl sighed again. A minute later Gohan came back. "One of the simple joys of life is pissing when you really have to."
Just then the phone rang and Videl jumped over the counter to answer it as Gohan dashed toward the living room, both laughing in a desperate scramble to get it. Videl answered the phone and stuck out her tongue after saying, "Son residence. Hi!"
Gohan stuck his tongue back out at her. "Real mature," he commented.
Gohan watched as her expression changed.
"Yeah, this is Videl," Videl rubbed her neck. "I understand." She nodded to herself, her smile dropping off her face. "I guess that would be for the best, don't you?" Without saying goodbye she hung up the phone.
"That was Laura, Gohan."
At his blank look she explained. "Laura, the house maid." (Remember her from LL?)
"And?" Gohan prompted.
"My dad's going to be out of town for six months."
"So?"
"So… I'm going to move back and manage the place."
Gohan sat up. "Wait- what?!" He raised his voice.
Videl stood up. "Yeah, Gohan. I mean, the reason I moved here is because he was there and that's why you told me to come here. We both knew it was temporary."
Gohan looked down. "You've got to be kidding, right?"
Videl frowned. "What are you saying?"
Gohan shook his head. "Nothing, Videl, nothing. I just don't think it's a good idea. Why would your dad just up and leave for six months?"
Videl shrugged.
"Exactly."
Videl glared at him. "I am not having this conversation!"
Goten entered. "Oh, hi guys," he said. Then he looked up at his brother. "Is Videl moving out?"
Gohan began to speak but was cut off. "But you can't move out Videl!" Goten exclaimed. "Gohan likes you and he told Vegeta and everyone else that he-"
Gohan clamped his hand over his baby brother's mouth.
"Said that what, Goten?" Videl asked. "Let him go, Gohan," she ordered.
Gohan blushed, but tried to play innocent. "Kids! They don't know what they're talking about, sometimes they just get an idea in their heads and-"
"Let him talk, Gohan!"
Gohan released Goten. He stood behind Videl and shook his head violently.
Goten didn't get the hint. "He said that he wanted to m… m-something. Trunks knows."
Gohan jumped out. "Goten, this-" he shook his head. "Means shut the hell up!"
Videl wore a look of surprise. "You can't talk to your brother like that, Gohan!"
Gohan grabbed her arm "You don't understand…" he said under his breath.
"If I don't understand then explain!"
Gohan stood there speechless.
"Okay, that does it Son Gohan!"
Gohan stood there speechless, with a worried expression.
"Explain! This wouldn't have anything to do with what you were talking to Goku about, would it?"
"I'm sorry, I can't-"
"Wrong answer!"
Gohan clenched his teeth. "Fine, if you don't understand that I can't tell you now, then you never will! What do you expect from me, Videl? You know things are a little more complicated in my life, only a little-"
"Complicated! What about my life, maybe I just want to find-"
"You can't just expect me to tell you all the answers at your convenience, to be your boyfriend at your convenience!"
Videl stood back in shock. "Excuse me?" Before allowing him to reply, she walked passed him and into her room where she began packing whatever she could quickly into a small duffel bag.
"Listen, you mean the world to me, really, and that's why I can't say anything right now!"
Videl froze. "Speaking of the rest of the world- I think that maybe if you have so many problems you should think about what you're doing here!"
Gohan stepped back. "What?"
Videl almost put her hand up to her mouth but caught herself.
"What?" Gohan asked again.
Videl cleared her throat. "Nothing."
Gohan's eyes widened. "No, I definitely heard something! Is this just a joke to you? Hang out with a half-alien for the attention or what? I mean-"
Goten snapped his fingers. "I got it: mate!"
Videl turned and slowly looked at Gohan. "The truth comes out…" She went back to her packing.
Gohan pushed his brother out the door. "Adult conversation time, bro," he whispered. After shutting the bedroom door he quickly went over to Videl, touching her on the back. "I can explain, it'll take a while but-"
"Get your hands off of me!" Videl pulled away. "You're asking me if this is a joke? Maybe I should be asking you the same thing. For all your supposed naiveté I should think that maybe you are just a perver-"
Gohan shook his head. "It's not like that, I swear-"
Videl nodded. "That's what everyone says. Everyone. The criminals I stop, my dad…you." Videl zipped the duffel bag shut while sniffling a bit and wiping her eyes. Deftly she slung the duffel over her shoulder, walking out to the living room. Gohan right behind her.
"Oh, shit," he said under his breath. "Oh, shit, oh, shit, oh, shit, oh, shit." He ran in front of her. "Please Videl, don't go, just let me talk-"
"Because that would be fair… to you. Listen, you didn't want to talk all the times I asked you myself and so… goodbye."
Videl opened the door. She turned to face the living room. "Well, I guess I'll see you around. Thanks for the last few months and all."
Videl looked past Gohan where she saw Goku emerge from his bedroom. He smiled and looked down as if he knew something she didn't, and then went back into his room.
Videl pursed her lips and left, shutting the door softly behind her.
Goten came out of his bedroom and watched silently as Gohan sat down on the couch and placed his head in his hands. Goten quietly sat down besides his brother, kicking his legs against the couch. "Why did you and Videl fight?" Goten asked, looking at his brother. "… you're suppose to marry her."
"I know," Gohan whispered, taking his head out of his hands and seeing his brother had tears in his big black eyes.
Gohan took a deep breath trying to keep from crying himself… he could always save that for after everyone else went to bed.
***
Videl knocked on her door and it was answered by Laura.
"Videl!" The lady exclaimed, hugging her. "I thought I'd never see you again, except for on the news!"
Videl nodded. "I'm just going to bed," she stated distractedly. She slipped past Laura, walking up large marble steps to her room. She shut her door and zipped open the duffel bag, pulling out a sweat shirt. The night flight to her house had been chilly. She quickly pulled the sweat shirt on and hugged herself. But something was wrong here.
Videl brought the fabric of the shirt up to her nose and smelled it. Gohan's. Had to be. Rather than take it off, she hgged herself tighter and laid down on her bed, a tear dripping down her face. Maybe she should have just let him explain, but she had been her stubborn self, and now the whole thing was probably her fault.
***
THE NEXT DAY
In a word: Shit. Gohan looked like shit. Sharpner popped a chip in his mouth. He was sitting on the arm of the couch as Gohan lay on the floor with his back against the piece of furniture. Erasa was making some tea and humming softly.
Sharpner smiled. "Hey! All /right/!" He said, mouth full. He flipped over the headline for that day. " 'The Satan Scandal'! Ha! 'Videl Satan Hides At Alien House for Drug Abuse' That's a new one. Ooooh! My favorite. 'Hercule's Daughter Carrying Alien Baby'!"
Gohan coughed and slid his head in between his knees.
"C'mon, Sharpner," Erasa said.
"Quit it," Gohan commanded weakly. "You can't believe everything that's in there."
Sharpner nodded and ate another ship. "You're right, the weather's always wrong." Erasa and Gohan both gave him a look.
Erasa came over with a cup of tea. "Here Gohan, now let us take you to your room, you need your sleep, and the tea's decaffeinated so-"
Gohan's eyes shut and he rested against the couch again. He had finally fallen asleep. Erasa was about to grab a blanket to put over him when he sat up abruptly. "I mean why? That's all I wanna know!"
Sharpner stood up. "Okay, it was a stupid fight. You guys will get over it. Videl was stupid. You were stupid."
"Well, I wasn't terrifically intelligent, no," Gohan let his head fall. "I just want to know what went wrong. Seeing Videl like that was just so-" he made a sound like a whimper. "-so hard."
Erasa's eyebrows knitted in worry. "Gohan, you're coming with me and you're going to get sleep. We all have school tomorrow."
Gohan allowed himself to be picked up with the combined efforts of Sharpner and Erasa. "I just wanted to tell her that- it was all said wrong."
Sharpner circled his finger around his temple to indicate he thought Gohan had gone mad. Erasa shrugged.
Sharpner laughed. "Go to sleep, man. You know, Erasa and I had bets going. Erasa said that you guys were secretly married. And I had bets that Videl was an alien, too."
Gohan smiled faintly. "She is."
"Huh?!"
"To me that is. And so are you!" He pointed to Erasa. "And you!" He pointed to Sharpner. He began to laugh. "Made bets! What truly great friends I have!"
Sharpner and Erasa looked at each other seriously then back at the chuckling Gohan. Erasa turned off the lights and followed Sharpner out the door.
***
Videl shrugged nonchalantly. "Listen, you don't know what he said, Erasa."
Erasa folded her arms across her chest. "Videl! The poor man didn't sleep at all last night! The guy is insane! If I didn't know better I would think that he was seriously ill!"
Sharpner nodded. "He's acting like he's piss ass drunk."
"Poor, nosy...bastard," Videl said under her breath.
"What?" Erasa asked.
Videl shook her head. "I don't care how he is! If you had been there you would have taken my side! He is just a sick, sick person! I thought he might be different but I guess not: he's a typical guy and an ass!"
Sharpner raised an eyebrow. "What did he say to you exactly?"
Videl shook her head. "Nothing, as a matter of fact, I heard it from his brother." She exited the living room abandoning her two friends.
Shutting her bedroom door, she sighed. So he wants me, she thought. Do I want him, too? C'mon Videl, you've already confessed that he was charming and a great friend, and kind, sweet... sexy... a great kisser...NO! See there ya go! That's exactly what he wants you to think! Now his thinking perverted thoughts is making me think perverted thoughts and-
Her train of thought was interrupted as she heard a door shut. Next, she heard high heels come up the stairs. Laura's voice spoke from the other side of the door. "I think you made a mistake."
***
Gohan shut his eyes as he opened his locker. Two boys came up behind him and hit him on the back. "Feeling a little /alien/nated?" They asked. Gohan looked up and found most of the kids avoiding him.
If anything, the majority of the people at school hadn't minded that he was an alien - until ZZTV had shown up at his house and gone on about how some of the Saiyans had come to Earth with malevolent ambitions.
Gohan filed into class to see Videl, Erasa and Sharpner already there. Erasa nudged him gently on the arm as he sat down. "You look better today," she said under her breath.
Gohan smiled. "I feel better. I never got to thank you and Sharpner for coming over."
Erasa winked. "No problem."
Videl reached over and punched him lightly like she always did. "Hey Gohan, what's up? Wanna do something this weekend?"
Gohan sighed inwardly. So this is the way they were going to play it? Act like nothing had happened and that they were a normal couple?
A group of kids a few rows down pointed at Gohan and smirked.
"I've been better."
Sharpner looked at Gohan's binder he was carrying and laughed. "Gohan, you have an entire rainforest in that binder!" He joked.
Videl laughed. "Save the trees, wipe your ass with an owl."
All four laughed. Gohan looked over at Videl and Videl moved over and sat beside him. "So, Gohan…"
Gohan didn't respond.
"How's Goten?"
Gohan looked at her. "Let's not pretend like last time we spoke you were never pissed and I was never hurt, okay? It's not my day and I don't feel like small talk. Already at least twelve people have ridiculed me since the television report. Maybe we could have a pole! Do you like Son Gohan? Yes? No? Maybe? Do you think that he's a total freak? Yes? No-"
"Fine," Videl said sharply, leaving.
***
Last period, he only had to get through last period, and if he did, he'd be alright for one more day.
Just then, Videl's wristwatch went off. The teacher paused class as a male voice said, "Videl! We have a crisis down at he bank, several men have decided to rob it and they have hostages! We need your help!"
Videl didn't respond but glared at Gohan who glanced at her.
"Time to bash some skulls. Ready, Videl?"
Videl stood up. "I think I can handle this on my own."
Gohan began to protest, "But the Great Saiyaman always goes!"
Videl sat down. "Then I think the Great Saiyaman can handle this on his own."
"What?" Gohan asked.
"I am not fighting crime with you. I'll go alone, or you'll go alone," Videl said calmly.
Gohan didn't want her to get hurt so he stood up. "May I go?" He asked the teacher, he didn't have to worry about coming up with an excuse because now the whole world knew who he was. Hell, just the thought that he was an alien might scare off some crooks.
"Sure, um, but, um, Videl, are you going to go too?"
"Saiyaman will do fine," she said coldly. Gohan left and as soon as he did the last bell rang. Videl practically ran out of class and leapt into the sky as soon as she was out of doors. She took off and just as she arrived home, Gohan arrived at the bank.
***
Duh, duh, duh!!!!!!!!!!!!! What's going to happen at the bank? What's going to happen at Videl's home? Who's going to make an unexpected entrance and save the couple? (It ain't Hercule!) I'll keep ya guessin'. Til then, happy reading!
***
Sorry. I'm just weird today. I had a snowball fight with my Great Saiyaman action figure like two weeks ago! It was pretty one-sided.
BEST FRIENDS FOREVER
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Dusk was falling as Gohan frowned. "We have no food!" Gohan exclaimed, opening the refrigerator door.
Videl, arms crossed, sighed. "Tell me."
Gohan threw a glance over his shoulder and sighed.
Videl asked again. "What were you and your dad talking about?"
Gohan turned back to the fridge. "It's just been a long day, okay? I mean, I love the way the whole world saw me on TV, they should've just gave me a neon sign to wear on my ass that said 'I am alien.'" He looked at her and smiled. "We have no food!" He repeated.
Videl smiled weakly and brushed a few ebony locks out of her eyes. "That's 'cause your fat ass eats it all."
Gohan feigned a hurt expression. "I resent that!"
"Likewise."
Gohan grabbed a carton of blueberries and began to eat them one at a time. Videl gave him a questioning glance.
"What? I'm bored."
Videl snorted as Gohan held up a blueberry. "Searching for target… searching for target…" he said, moving the blueberry around.
Videl raised an eyebrow.
Gohan smiled. "Target located!" He half yelled and threw the blueberry at her. Videl didn't move and definitely wasn't amused.
Gohan cleared his throat. "Sorry, I'm just in one of my moods."
"Ah!" Videl said, rolling her eyes. She grabbed a blueberry and ate it. "Not bad," she commented.
"How pathetic are we?" Gohan asked.
Videl shook her head and laughed. Gohan ate another blueberry. "I have to use the men's room, be right back!"
"Thanks for announcing," Videl responded sarcastically.
Gohan left and Videl sighed again. A minute later Gohan came back. "One of the simple joys of life is pissing when you really have to."
Just then the phone rang and Videl jumped over the counter to answer it as Gohan dashed toward the living room, both laughing in a desperate scramble to get it. Videl answered the phone and stuck out her tongue after saying, "Son residence. Hi!"
Gohan stuck his tongue back out at her. "Real mature," he commented.
Gohan watched as her expression changed.
"Yeah, this is Videl," Videl rubbed her neck. "I understand." She nodded to herself, her smile dropping off her face. "I guess that would be for the best, don't you?" Without saying goodbye she hung up the phone.
"That was Laura, Gohan."
At his blank look she explained. "Laura, the house maid." (Remember her from LL?)
"And?" Gohan prompted.
"My dad's going to be out of town for six months."
"So?"
"So… I'm going to move back and manage the place."
Gohan sat up. "Wait- what?!" He raised his voice.
Videl stood up. "Yeah, Gohan. I mean, the reason I moved here is because he was there and that's why you told me to come here. We both knew it was temporary."
Gohan looked down. "You've got to be kidding, right?"
Videl frowned. "What are you saying?"
Gohan shook his head. "Nothing, Videl, nothing. I just don't think it's a good idea. Why would your dad just up and leave for six months?"
Videl shrugged.
"Exactly."
Videl glared at him. "I am not having this conversation!"
Goten entered. "Oh, hi guys," he said. Then he looked up at his brother. "Is Videl moving out?"
Gohan began to speak but was cut off. "But you can't move out Videl!" Goten exclaimed. "Gohan likes you and he told Vegeta and everyone else that he-"
Gohan clamped his hand over his baby brother's mouth.
"Said that what, Goten?" Videl asked. "Let him go, Gohan," she ordered.
Gohan blushed, but tried to play innocent. "Kids! They don't know what they're talking about, sometimes they just get an idea in their heads and-"
"Let him talk, Gohan!"
Gohan released Goten. He stood behind Videl and shook his head violently.
Goten didn't get the hint. "He said that he wanted to m… m-something. Trunks knows."
Gohan jumped out. "Goten, this-" he shook his head. "Means shut the hell up!"
Videl wore a look of surprise. "You can't talk to your brother like that, Gohan!"
Gohan grabbed her arm "You don't understand…" he said under his breath.
"If I don't understand then explain!"
Gohan stood there speechless.
"Okay, that does it Son Gohan!"
Gohan stood there speechless, with a worried expression.
"Explain! This wouldn't have anything to do with what you were talking to Goku about, would it?"
"I'm sorry, I can't-"
"Wrong answer!"
Gohan clenched his teeth. "Fine, if you don't understand that I can't tell you now, then you never will! What do you expect from me, Videl? You know things are a little more complicated in my life, only a little-"
"Complicated! What about my life, maybe I just want to find-"
"You can't just expect me to tell you all the answers at your convenience, to be your boyfriend at your convenience!"
Videl stood back in shock. "Excuse me?" Before allowing him to reply, she walked passed him and into her room where she began packing whatever she could quickly into a small duffel bag.
"Listen, you mean the world to me, really, and that's why I can't say anything right now!"
Videl froze. "Speaking of the rest of the world- I think that maybe if you have so many problems you should think about what you're doing here!"
Gohan stepped back. "What?"
Videl almost put her hand up to her mouth but caught herself.
"What?" Gohan asked again.
Videl cleared her throat. "Nothing."
Gohan's eyes widened. "No, I definitely heard something! Is this just a joke to you? Hang out with a half-alien for the attention or what? I mean-"
Goten snapped his fingers. "I got it: mate!"
Videl turned and slowly looked at Gohan. "The truth comes out…" She went back to her packing.
Gohan pushed his brother out the door. "Adult conversation time, bro," he whispered. After shutting the bedroom door he quickly went over to Videl, touching her on the back. "I can explain, it'll take a while but-"
"Get your hands off of me!" Videl pulled away. "You're asking me if this is a joke? Maybe I should be asking you the same thing. For all your supposed naiveté I should think that maybe you are just a perver-"
Gohan shook his head. "It's not like that, I swear-"
Videl nodded. "That's what everyone says. Everyone. The criminals I stop, my dad…you." Videl zipped the duffel bag shut while sniffling a bit and wiping her eyes. Deftly she slung the duffel over her shoulder, walking out to the living room. Gohan right behind her.
"Oh, shit," he said under his breath. "Oh, shit, oh, shit, oh, shit, oh, shit." He ran in front of her. "Please Videl, don't go, just let me talk-"
"Because that would be fair… to you. Listen, you didn't want to talk all the times I asked you myself and so… goodbye."
Videl opened the door. She turned to face the living room. "Well, I guess I'll see you around. Thanks for the last few months and all."
Videl looked past Gohan where she saw Goku emerge from his bedroom. He smiled and looked down as if he knew something she didn't, and then went back into his room.
Videl pursed her lips and left, shutting the door softly behind her.
Goten came out of his bedroom and watched silently as Gohan sat down on the couch and placed his head in his hands. Goten quietly sat down besides his brother, kicking his legs against the couch. "Why did you and Videl fight?" Goten asked, looking at his brother. "… you're suppose to marry her."
"I know," Gohan whispered, taking his head out of his hands and seeing his brother had tears in his big black eyes.
Gohan took a deep breath trying to keep from crying himself… he could always save that for after everyone else went to bed.
***
Videl knocked on her door and it was answered by Laura.
"Videl!" The lady exclaimed, hugging her. "I thought I'd never see you again, except for on the news!"
Videl nodded. "I'm just going to bed," she stated distractedly. She slipped past Laura, walking up large marble steps to her room. She shut her door and zipped open the duffel bag, pulling out a sweat shirt. The night flight to her house had been chilly. She quickly pulled the sweat shirt on and hugged herself. But something was wrong here.
Videl brought the fabric of the shirt up to her nose and smelled it. Gohan's. Had to be. Rather than take it off, she hgged herself tighter and laid down on her bed, a tear dripping down her face. Maybe she should have just let him explain, but she had been her stubborn self, and now the whole thing was probably her fault.
***
THE NEXT DAY
In a word: Shit. Gohan looked like shit. Sharpner popped a chip in his mouth. He was sitting on the arm of the couch as Gohan lay on the floor with his back against the piece of furniture. Erasa was making some tea and humming softly.
Sharpner smiled. "Hey! All /right/!" He said, mouth full. He flipped over the headline for that day. " 'The Satan Scandal'! Ha! 'Videl Satan Hides At Alien House for Drug Abuse' That's a new one. Ooooh! My favorite. 'Hercule's Daughter Carrying Alien Baby'!"
Gohan coughed and slid his head in between his knees.
"C'mon, Sharpner," Erasa said.
"Quit it," Gohan commanded weakly. "You can't believe everything that's in there."
Sharpner nodded and ate another ship. "You're right, the weather's always wrong." Erasa and Gohan both gave him a look.
Erasa came over with a cup of tea. "Here Gohan, now let us take you to your room, you need your sleep, and the tea's decaffeinated so-"
Gohan's eyes shut and he rested against the couch again. He had finally fallen asleep. Erasa was about to grab a blanket to put over him when he sat up abruptly. "I mean why? That's all I wanna know!"
Sharpner stood up. "Okay, it was a stupid fight. You guys will get over it. Videl was stupid. You were stupid."
"Well, I wasn't terrifically intelligent, no," Gohan let his head fall. "I just want to know what went wrong. Seeing Videl like that was just so-" he made a sound like a whimper. "-so hard."
Erasa's eyebrows knitted in worry. "Gohan, you're coming with me and you're going to get sleep. We all have school tomorrow."
Gohan allowed himself to be picked up with the combined efforts of Sharpner and Erasa. "I just wanted to tell her that- it was all said wrong."
Sharpner circled his finger around his temple to indicate he thought Gohan had gone mad. Erasa shrugged.
Sharpner laughed. "Go to sleep, man. You know, Erasa and I had bets going. Erasa said that you guys were secretly married. And I had bets that Videl was an alien, too."
Gohan smiled faintly. "She is."
"Huh?!"
"To me that is. And so are you!" He pointed to Erasa. "And you!" He pointed to Sharpner. He began to laugh. "Made bets! What truly great friends I have!"
Sharpner and Erasa looked at each other seriously then back at the chuckling Gohan. Erasa turned off the lights and followed Sharpner out the door.
***
Videl shrugged nonchalantly. "Listen, you don't know what he said, Erasa."
Erasa folded her arms across her chest. "Videl! The poor man didn't sleep at all last night! The guy is insane! If I didn't know better I would think that he was seriously ill!"
Sharpner nodded. "He's acting like he's piss ass drunk."
"Poor, nosy...bastard," Videl said under her breath.
"What?" Erasa asked.
Videl shook her head. "I don't care how he is! If you had been there you would have taken my side! He is just a sick, sick person! I thought he might be different but I guess not: he's a typical guy and an ass!"
Sharpner raised an eyebrow. "What did he say to you exactly?"
Videl shook her head. "Nothing, as a matter of fact, I heard it from his brother." She exited the living room abandoning her two friends.
Shutting her bedroom door, she sighed. So he wants me, she thought. Do I want him, too? C'mon Videl, you've already confessed that he was charming and a great friend, and kind, sweet... sexy... a great kisser...NO! See there ya go! That's exactly what he wants you to think! Now his thinking perverted thoughts is making me think perverted thoughts and-
Her train of thought was interrupted as she heard a door shut. Next, she heard high heels come up the stairs. Laura's voice spoke from the other side of the door. "I think you made a mistake."
***
Gohan shut his eyes as he opened his locker. Two boys came up behind him and hit him on the back. "Feeling a little /alien/nated?" They asked. Gohan looked up and found most of the kids avoiding him.
If anything, the majority of the people at school hadn't minded that he was an alien - until ZZTV had shown up at his house and gone on about how some of the Saiyans had come to Earth with malevolent ambitions.
Gohan filed into class to see Videl, Erasa and Sharpner already there. Erasa nudged him gently on the arm as he sat down. "You look better today," she said under her breath.
Gohan smiled. "I feel better. I never got to thank you and Sharpner for coming over."
Erasa winked. "No problem."
Videl reached over and punched him lightly like she always did. "Hey Gohan, what's up? Wanna do something this weekend?"
Gohan sighed inwardly. So this is the way they were going to play it? Act like nothing had happened and that they were a normal couple?
A group of kids a few rows down pointed at Gohan and smirked.
"I've been better."
Sharpner looked at Gohan's binder he was carrying and laughed. "Gohan, you have an entire rainforest in that binder!" He joked.
Videl laughed. "Save the trees, wipe your ass with an owl."
All four laughed. Gohan looked over at Videl and Videl moved over and sat beside him. "So, Gohan…"
Gohan didn't respond.
"How's Goten?"
Gohan looked at her. "Let's not pretend like last time we spoke you were never pissed and I was never hurt, okay? It's not my day and I don't feel like small talk. Already at least twelve people have ridiculed me since the television report. Maybe we could have a pole! Do you like Son Gohan? Yes? No? Maybe? Do you think that he's a total freak? Yes? No-"
"Fine," Videl said sharply, leaving.
***
Last period, he only had to get through last period, and if he did, he'd be alright for one more day.
Just then, Videl's wristwatch went off. The teacher paused class as a male voice said, "Videl! We have a crisis down at he bank, several men have decided to rob it and they have hostages! We need your help!"
Videl didn't respond but glared at Gohan who glanced at her.
"Time to bash some skulls. Ready, Videl?"
Videl stood up. "I think I can handle this on my own."
Gohan began to protest, "But the Great Saiyaman always goes!"
Videl sat down. "Then I think the Great Saiyaman can handle this on his own."
"What?" Gohan asked.
"I am not fighting crime with you. I'll go alone, or you'll go alone," Videl said calmly.
Gohan didn't want her to get hurt so he stood up. "May I go?" He asked the teacher, he didn't have to worry about coming up with an excuse because now the whole world knew who he was. Hell, just the thought that he was an alien might scare off some crooks.
"Sure, um, but, um, Videl, are you going to go too?"
"Saiyaman will do fine," she said coldly. Gohan left and as soon as he did the last bell rang. Videl practically ran out of class and leapt into the sky as soon as she was out of doors. She took off and just as she arrived home, Gohan arrived at the bank.
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Duh, duh, duh!!!!!!!!!!!!! What's going to happen at the bank? What's going to happen at Videl's home? Who's going to make an unexpected entrance and save the couple? (It ain't Hercule!) I'll keep ya guessin'. Til then, happy reading!