And Then There Was Nicholas pt4
Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ.
A/N:
So, the real story starts here. Enjoy! If you haven't read The Young Ones this
might not make sense.
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"There's
a glitch." Natalie said to Nicholas. There were discussing their plan in the
student lounge.
"Glitch?!
What do you mean glitch?!" Nicholas asked, shaking her frantically.
"Stanley
says he won't do it."
"Why?"
"He
said that if he changed the awards so that Gohan and Videl won best couple…it
would damage his integrity. It all depends on the people's vote. Integrity, who
does he think he is? Wufei?"
"Then…they're
screwed!! I thought this might get them back together…" Nicholas said sadly.
"Well
I believe if fate wanted them to be together then they would have been. Then
again this is me we're talking about. I wonder what idiot let me graduate."
Natalie sighed.
"Hey!
Give yourself some credit! You're a lot smarter than you think you are."
Nicholas said as Natalie laughed. "What?"
"That's
what your older self said too." She smiled. Suddenly, Andrea and David came
rushing into the room.
"Guys!
Have you seen Gohan?" David half-asked, half-yelled.
"No,
ye olde yeller man!" Nicholas cracked as David glared.
"Why?
What's up?!" Natalie asked.
"Well,
apparently, Gohan never went home after detention yesterday and his mom is really
worried. She's here in the principal's office asking where Gohan is." Andrea
explained.
"Oh
no…Goten told me what happened when she went to his school…" Natalie trailed
off going quite pale in the face.
"Here's
the plan, Dave you and Andie go and find Videl. Try and see where Gohan is.
Nat, go to the office and try to calm Mrs Son down. I'll go and see if I can
find Gohan." Nicholas said disappearing.
"I
hate it when he does that." David muttered. "Show off." They went their
separate ways.
Gohan
was sitting down near the lakeside. He sighed as he threw a pebble across the
lake and let it skid. He had been sitting there since yesterday and hadn't even
moved to eat. Nicholas appeared behind him.
"You
know, if you were a few years older you would have grown a stubble by now."
Nicholas said as Gohan fell in the lake from surprise. Gohan climbed back out
and spat out water.
"What
the freaking heck?" Gohan asked.
"Nice
play on words. I just came here to ask where the hell you've been!" Nicholas
reprimanded. Gohan just looked up at him with an angry expression.
"I
came here to think in peace…obviously I can't even have that now!" Gohan huffed
as he spun himself dry. Nicholas raised an eyebrow.
"Okay,
I'm sensing a little more than hostility for making you jump. What's wrong? Why
have you been crotching here?" (Excuse the word crotching, it's cockney slang
for hanging -_-)
"Why
do you think? I…I miss Videl. I still love her." There was silence.
"Well
Gohan, you're just gonna have to Carpe Diem!"
"Seize
the day? How'd you mean?"
"Tell
her how you feel! You did it once before and you can do it again. Think of
something romantic, think of something outrageous…for God's sake man think of
SOMETHING!!" Nicholas yelled.
"I
will…but not here. Not yet."
"Gohan,
you're becoming worse than Natalie."
"I
learned from the best." Gohan smiled.
"Oh
yeah…there's one thing I forgot to mention. Your mom's at school."
"NANI?!
WE GOT TO GET THERE NOW!!"
"Please
Mrs Son calm down!" Principal Arbuckle tried to reason but nothing doing.
"YOU
EXPECT ME TO CALM DOWN WHEN MY SON IS IN TROUBLE!!! HE COULD BE DEAD FOR ALL
YOU KNOW!" Chi-Chi yelled.
"Now
calm down hon, I'm sure he's fine!" Goku tried to reason but Chi-Chi just shot
him a glare. Goku sweat-dropped. Natalie came running into the office.
"Ms
Campbell, how many times have I told you not to burst into my office?" Arbuckle
asked.
"Sorry
sir but Nicholas found Gohan." Natalie said as Chi-Chi started to cry. Natalie
sweat-dropped.
"Don't
worry, she's just happy." Goku nervously smiled. Natalie sweat-dropped further.
"Vid!
Have you seen Gohan?!" David asked frantically. Videl raised an eyebrow.
"No…why?
Is something wrong?!" Videl asked
"He
disappeared! Run away!! Adios el teenager loco!" Andrea exclaimed. Videl gasped
as Gohan and Nicholas appeared behind them. David turned around.
"Show
off." said David as Nicholas just grinned. Videl hugged Gohan and then let go,
a big blush on her face.
"Nick,
Andie…we'd better go find Nat." David said. Nicholas smiled and walked on.
"I
don't understand why…OH! So that Gohan can-mmmph!" Andie exclaimed as David put
his hand over her mouth and dragged her away.
"Videl?
Will you go to the prom with me?" Gohan said flashing her a chibi-faced look.
"Gohan…"
"We
don't have to go there as a couple! Just as two friends…ok?" Gohan asked. Videl
sighed.
"Sure,
we can go. It might be fun!" Videl smiled as she gave Gohan a kiss on the
cheek. "Later." Gohan stared after her and when she was finally out of sight he
started to a little happy dance. (You ever see the Outkast "So Fresh, So Clean"
video? Just like that. ^__^) Chi-Chi and Goku came round the corner of the
hallway and saw Gohan.
"He
doesn't get that from my side." Chi-Chi sighed as Goku laughed.
"Yeah,
I can just see the Saiya-jin race dancing to Outkast!" Goku laughed. Gohan
turned around and blushed rubbing the back of his head.
"Heheheh,
how long have you been standing there?" Gohan asked embarrassed.
"Not
long, HAHAHAHA!" Goku laughed as he walked away. Gohan sighed and followed his
parents.
"Why
are we doing this again?" David asked. Gohan frowned and sighed.
"Nick,
explain."
"Because
you can't go to the prom in your Pokémon PJs." Nicholas said. "Well, you could
if you want to be horribly embarrassed in front of Andie."
"Shut
up." David replied.
"So,
how are things between you and Andie?" Gohan asked. David blushed a deep red.
"Well!!
Hugh Heffner has finally found his girl!" Nicholas joked as they entered the
lift in the mall.
"I
repeat, shut up." David said, as he blushed deeper. Gohan and Nicholas laughed.
The lift stopped.
"Level
Three: Menswear, Kentucky Pressed Tuxedoes and Starbucks." Nicholas said
cupping his hands over his mouth. Gohan just shook his head as they exited and
went to KPT. Videl, Andrea and Natalie were also shopping for their prom
outfits.
"Look!
There's David!" Andrea exclaimed.
"Ah!
Young love!" Natalie quipped as Videl giggled.
"Let's
follow 'em!" Videl said with an evil gleam in her eye, as the other two girls
looked at her in shock. "What?"
"You
want to follow 'em?! This coming from a girl who's too embarrassed to stand outside
the guys' locker room!" Natalie said in awe but Videl had already grabbed the
two girls and rushed them up the escalators.
The
three boys looked around the store in awe. It was a fancy, posh place but there
was something off about it. There was rock music playing in the store.
"Rock
music in KPT. What next?" Nicholas shook his head sadly.
"I
could've sworn that Videl was around here…ah well…" Gohan said to himself.
"How
long is this gonna take?!" David whined.
"We've
only been in the mall for ten minutes. Geez!" Gohan exclaimed. "Besides, we're
not the girls so it will take about ten minutes."
"Oh,
ok then!" David chirped as Gohan picked out a standard tux and went to go try
it on. He put it on and walked out to show the guys.
"Well,
what do you think?" Gohan asked, but David and Nicholas were rocking out to the
music with fake guitars.
"Coz
I'm just a teenage dirtbag baby! Yeah, I'm just a teenage dirtbag baby! Listen
to Iron Maiden baby with me! Oooooooooooohhh!!" They sang as Gohan face-faulted.
"Guys!!
What do you think?" Gohan yelled attracting the attention of everyone in the
store. He blushed and hid his face behind his hands. "Well?"
"Excellent!"
The other two replied in a Californian accent.
"Great!
Now that I have the approval of Bill and Ted…" Gohan sighed. This was not his
day. A beautiful woman who worked for the store came up to Gohan. His face
quickly turned red. Videl, who was watching outside, fumed in anger.
"You
have good taste sir…but may I recommend this suit? It compliments your already
handsome features." She smiled handing him a black suit. The jacket was a full
button up one and it only had a little opening for the shirt in the collar.
Gohan laughed nervously and took the suit back to the dressing room. Videl
stormed off and the others went after her.
"What
the hell is the matter with you?! You've been all over the place lately Videl!"
Natalie reprimanded. Videl turned around to face the two girls with tears in
her eyes.
"I'll
tell you what's the matter with me?! I'm only 18! I've been split from Gohan
for months now and it's hurting more than it should do!! Why am I feeling like
this?! I'm a teenager!! I'm supposed to fall in and out of love!! Why does it
hurt me whenever another girl goes next to him?!" Videl half-yelled,
half-sobbed. Natalie put her arms around her.
"Calm
down V!! I know you're stronger than this!" Natalie said. Andrea mouthed
'what's wrong with her?' to Natalie. Natalie mouthed back 'heartbreak.'
"I'm
sorry to burst out like that." Videl said somewhat ashamed.
"Hey,
it's alright." Andrea said. "Tell you what, we can go delve into some big
sundaes and talk this over!" She said brightly. Videl nodded and followed them.
Back in the store, Gohan had put on the tux and come out, waiting for the
verdict.
"What
do you think?" Gohan asked.
"You
look good man." Nicholas replied.
"Really?"
"Yeah,
although I think we'll have to order an ambulance for the prom. Your stalkers
will have a cardiac arrest." David smiled. Gohan paled.
"I…I
have stalkers?! Oh Dende…" He squeaked.
"Dude,
we told you not to tell him!" Nicholas hissed as David shrugged. Gohan
swallowed hard as David laughed.
"It's
not funny." Gohan said very quietly, which made David laugh even more.
"You
know, the way you and Gohan are acting, you'd think you were already married."
Natalie muttered.
"What
did you say?" Videl asked.
"Ah
nothing! Just delete that!! Videl, can I be honest with you?" Natalie asked. Andrea
frantically waved her hands and shook her head at Videl.
"Sure."
Videl replied as Andrea face-faulted. Natalie went and hit Videl upside the
head. "Hey!"
"You
are acting like a bonehead!! Gohan is crazy about you! Ok, granted I haven't
known him as long as I've known you but I can tell! He seems so much confident
when he's around you and…he loves you gundamit!!" Natalie exclaimed.
"I
dunno…"
"Grr!!
Videl, you're making me have a migraine! Look, I'm sorry that I'm being this
hard on you but…onna, you need to wake up and smell the romance!"
"Huh?"
Videl and Andrea said. Natalie sighed a mushroom cloud.
"Look,
he's normally a quiet guy but lately he's been embarrassing himself left, right
and centre. He loves you!"
"Are
you sure?"
"Yes!
I'm your psychic friend!"
"You
sound like a cheezy commercial."
"Andie!
Work with me here people!" Natalie threw her hands up in frustration.
"Well
now that Madam Fifi has made her prediction, let's go get our dresses. I wanna
pick out something that makes David go 'Hummina, hummina…' hehe." Andrea said
with an evil gleam in her eye.
"You
know what? I think hanging out with me is bad for you." Natalie groaned.
End of this part…
Well, what will happen? I've run out of smart things to say so review! Next: The Prom!