"Wait, isn't this Master Roshi's house?" Rose asked Goku. He nodded. "You
see, Some….things, have changed. Krillin lives here with Master Roshi,
because, well, he got married." "Really? To who?" "Wait and see," Goku
yelled as he landed. "Krillin!" "Goku?" he yelled back. "'Zat you?" "Yes,
come here." Krillin walked out of the house. He looked at the huge balloon.
He spotted Rose. "Rose? Is that you?" "Hello, Krillin!" she waved. She
jumped out of the balloon and ran over. "Goku, tells me you've gotten
married?" she said. "Yes, I have." "Well, to who?" she asked. "Well, I
don't know. I don't think you two like each other very much," he replied.
"The only person I don't like here is Number 18. And I KNOW it's not her!"
Rose laughed. Krillin turned and walked into the house. He walked out with
a little girl. His daughter, Maron. He looked back inside. "Come on."
Number 18 stepped out of the doorway. "No way, Krillin," Rose said.
"Android 18? You married Android 18?!" "Now, stop it! She's not so bad. I
don't want you two fighting or arguing. I know you two fought when you were
trying to take over Earth," he said to 18. "OK, that sounded really weird."
He turned to Rose. "And I know she beat you up pretty bad when you were a
member of the Z Fighters, but be nice!" Rose turned her head. "I came to
say hello, Krillin. I'm not staying. I'm going to see Yamcha. Goodbye,
Krillin. Android 18." "Call, her Number 18. She's not an Android anymore."
"Goodbye, Android 18." Rose walked back to the balloon. When they were in
the air and out of Krillin's earshot she said, "I can't believe he married
Android 18!" "You can't stop true love, Rose," Goku replied. Jet turned to
Goku. "Who are the, Z Fighters?" "The Z Fighters? A group of us: Me, Gohan,
Yamcha, Vegeta, Krillin, Tien, and Rose was the only female member. We
fought creatures, Androids, Saiyans, who tried to take over Earth. Sounds
weird if you're not used to it. It took Kayla and Bulma a long time to get
used to me, Gohan, and Vegeta being gone all the time." "Are we going to
see Yamcha?" Rose asked. "Sure, let's go!"
"Where ARE we going?" Rose asked. "To Yamcha's house, duh!" Goku yelled at her. Rose turned to Jet and Samantha. "So, how are you liking my friends?" "Well, they're very………um…interesting!" Samantha said. "I didn't like that Vegeta guy. He's was scary!" Jet told her. Rose laughed. "The only ones who I liked were, um, this guy here and him," Jet pointed to Gohan and Goku. "And his wife, their younger son. He seemed nice enough, of course he was like seven. And Vegeta's wife…Bulma?" "Ya, that's right. What you didn't like Krillin? I know you guys were kinda shocked with all this flying and learning I was in the Z Fighters, but, you'll get used to it," she said. "Hey, Rose," Samantha said. "I think you should go out with that cute boy, Gohan. I know you like him!" She blushed. "Do not!" she exclaimed. "Liar!" both Jet and Samantha yelled. Rose could hear someone laughing. She looked down to see Goku and Gohan giggling. "I forgot. Saiyans have excellent hearing," she muttered. They looked at her. They stopped laughing and Gohan turned around and winked at her, which only caused her to blush more. He turned back around and Goku started laughing again. Goku stopped and turned to Rose. "Hey I have an idea! Why don't we have a party instead of going everywhere?" "Are you crazy?" Rose said. "Why not? I could string festival lights to the trees and we could have it outside. Oh, and I think it should be a party where you need a, date!" he started laughing. "Oh! You're SO immature! Something's never change! You know what, you act like you're younger son, although I bet, he's more mature then you!" That only made him laugh more. "No, but really. I'm serious! I think we should have a sort of….more of a black tie affair, minus the tie. Like you guys we're dresses!" pointed to the two women. "You know what? If I didn't know better, I'd say you are trying to fix me and Gohan up! You're terrible!" "See, if you got any dresses. You'll look terribly out of place if you show up in jeans! I'm gonna go invite everyone that we've been to already. Bye!" he took off as fast as he could. "Wow! He's faster then the speed of light!" Jet said. "Let's go back to my house!" Gohan said. They followed them back to the house. He went into the house. "Mom?" he asked. "Yes, Gohan?" she said. "Mom, Dad planned a party in the valley and he's gone off to invite everyone!" "A party's a great idea! A perfect way to invite Rose back!" "Mom, Dad's trying to fix me and Rose up! He said it was a dress party like, Dress!" "So?" she asked. "There is nothing wrong with that! I better go see if I have anything nice…" Gohan sighed. He stepped back outside. He saw that Rose was going through her bag, seeing if she had anything. She pulled out a black dress. "Ah! Here it is!" She saw Gohan. "Oh, um, will this work?" she asked him. He smiled. "I think so."
Goku returned about a half-hour later. "Well?" Chi Chi asked. "Well, Krillin and Eighteen will go, though Rose won't like that, I think Maron should be Goten's date, that would be cute. Yamcha will go, Bulma's gonna go, Vegeta won't go-" " I could've told you that," she said. "Yeah, well. I think that Rose's friends, Jet and Samantha, are going. I think Gohan is gonna ask Rose." "What makes you think that? When he told me about the party he sounded like he didn't want to go at all." "Well, he'll go. I'll make sure he does," Goku looked up. "I wonder who I should go with…" "Fine. While you think about that, I'll call Vegeta. Maybe he'll go with me…" "What?!" She began laughing. "Well, you obviously don't want to go with me, do you?" "Well, I'm gonna have to think about it…" She tried to hit him. He put up his hand and blocked it. "I saw it coming," he laughed. She kicked him in the shin. "OK, I didn't see that…"
Goku was attempting to hang lights on the trees in the valley. He tried to stand on a ladder, but kept falling off. "Oh, forget it!" he said as he jumped into the air. "This is so much easier!" "Having fun?" Rose asked. "Very!" he replied. "You're the first one here. I'm had a little trouble putting the lights up with the ladder, but I'm doing better with this!" "Really? Well, where should I go? Just wait here?" "Yeah, if you want, you can bring out the tables and chairs and junk." "That's fine. Where are they?" "Go into the kitchen, ask Chi Chi. Then bring them out and put them there," he pointed. "Are your friends coming?" "Yeah. I'm gonna get the stuff." Goku finished putting up the lights and flew down. He went to find Goten. He thought he heard him laughing in the mountains again. Goku flew up to find him. He saw him and landed. "Hey, Goten. We're gonna have a little party. And you're gonna, have a date." "A date? What's that? Is that like a friend? Can I bring Trunks?" Goku laughed. "Well, they're sorta like a friend. Only a date is with a girl. Or you know, if you're a girl it's a boy. Like you, are gonna go with Maron." "Maron? Isn't that Mr. Krillin's daughter?" "Yes, she's your date." "OK." "What about me?" Trunks asked. Goku hadn't seen Trunks. "Oh, you can come, too. I don't know if they're any other girls your age that are coming…" "That's OK. Girls are stupid, anyway." "Now, that's not very nice. You know, you're making fun of your mom," Goku pointed out. "She's not a girl. She's my mom." "OK," Goku turned back to Goten. "So, do you have this whole dating concept?" "Yeah, what's a concept?" "Never mind. So it's like, you're going with Maron, I'm going with Mommy, and I think Gohan's going with that nice girl that you met yesterday." "Oh, Gohan's going with her? I like her. She's nice. But, what about Videl?" "What about her? Oh! She likes Gohan doesn't she? Uh oh." "Well, just don't tell, Dad," Goten said. "Oh, didn't think of that. Well, I have to go. Wait, you're coming too. Come on, let's get ready," Goku looked at Trunks. "Why don't you go home and see if your Mom's almost ready?" "OK! Bye Goten." "Bye Trunks," Goten yelled at him as he left. "Dad, I'll come home in a little bit OK?" "Yeah, just hurry Goten."
"Hey, that dress looks good on you, Rose," Chi Chi said when Rose came in the door. "Thanks, what are you making?" "Well, I think we were all supposed to bring something, not you, but I making two things 'cause if I let Goku cook, he'd burn down the house. I making steak skewers and Goku wants fried chicken, so I'm gonna make it. Because if I don't, he'd probably attempt to make it himself, and we don't need that because I like my house." "Oh, where is-" "Gohan? He's getting ready, I suppose." "No, where are the chairs and tables?" "Oh, in the basement," Chi Chi said. "Who's your date, anyway, Rose?" "Um, I don't have one," she said. "Oh…"
"That's the last of 'em," Rose said, setting down two chairs. "Great," Goku said. "Thanks, you know they should be here by now." Just as the words were out of his mouth a jetcopter landed in the valley. Yamcha jumped out, waved and leaned back into the vehicle. "Hey, Yamcha! Don't act like you have a date in there!" Goku yelled. "Ha ha!" he yelled back. But, to Goku's surprise, Trunks jumped out. Bulma followed. "What? Bulma? You know, I don't think Vegeta's gonna be too happy about this," Goku said. "Well, it's not my fault he won't come. Yamcha had a feeling that Vegeta wouldn't take me, and he was right. So he asked me if I wanted to go with him." "It's his loss," they both said at the same time. "Well, we should just wait for everyone else to come. What did you bring?" Goku asked, looking at the big bag Bulma was holding. "A bunch of different potato chips. Is that OK?" "It's fine with me!" Goku said. "Any kind of food is OK with you," Chi Chi said behind him. "I just came out to bring the food I cooked, so I could change," she stepped inside. "I'll see you in a minute." "Hi guys!" "Hi, Brock," Goku said. Brock and Amanda walked over from their tents. Misty and Ash were behind them. "Hi everyone!" Goku said once they were all by the tables. "We're just waiting for everyone else to come. "Hey, there's Krillin!" Bulma said. "Hi, Bulma." "Hey, Krillin, where's Maron?" Goku asked. "In here. Oh! I see, your wife wouldn't go with you, and I don't blame her, so you need a date!" "No, Goten's, Maron's date. I'll go get him, just a second." "Hey, Goku. You're not wearing that are you?" Goku looked at his orange training uniform. "Yeah, why not?" "Kayla's never gonna let you wear that. Stupid!" "Yeah, I guess so. I'm gonna get Goten then, change, I guess." Goku flew to find Goten. He ran into him halfway. "Oh no! Dad, I'm not too late am I? Is the party over?" "No Goten, it's not. It's not even started. But, we have to go back and change, OK?" "OK!"
"Back!" Goku said as he and Goten landed. "And we're going to change. We'll be back in a minute." They walked inside. A minute later, Gohan was pushed out the door. "Uh, hi?" "Hello Gohan!" Krillin said. "Where's your date?" "Uh, I don't have one." "Yes he does!" Goku said as he opened the door. "His date's Rose!" "No, she's not, Dad!!!" Krillin was laughing. "What's so funny?" Goku asked. "You in a suit." "What? You've seen me in a suit. At me and Chi Chi's wedding, stupid." "I know. I still can't get used to it." "Shut up, Krillin." "OK." "Hey, there's Jet and Samantha," Rose said. "Hi," Jet said. "Hello!" Goku said. "I like your dress Chi Chi!" Bulma said. The others turned around. "Yeah, it's pretty!" Rose said. "Very nice," Krillin said. Goku and Number Eighteen both hit Krillin in the back of the head. "Ow! Do you have any idea what it's like to be hit by a Saiyan and an angry wife at the same time?! It hurts!" "That's what you get!" Goku said. "Anyway," Chi Chi said. "I think everyone is here, so let's sit down." They all sat down, but Goku and Chi Chi were left standing. "Not enough seats," Goku said. "Hey, Gohan," Chi Chi said. "You and Rose go see if there is any chairs in my room. I think there's some in the closet." "Um, OK." Gohan and Rose stood up to get the chairs. Gohan held open the door for Rose then entered himself. Goku turned to Krillin. "They make a cute couple, don't they?" "They do. And they've been gone for about five minutes now, haven't they?" "Yeah, they must be trouble finding the chairs. I'll see if I can help." Goku stood up and opened the door. He turned the corner into his room. On his way to the door he said, "I thought you might need some help…" Then he spotted Gohan and Rose kissing in the doorframe. "OK, you obviously don't need any help…" Rose gasped, pulled away from Gohan, and ran down the hall. She stopped running at the door and opened it. "Where are the chairs, Rose?" Krillin asked. "Gohan and Goku are bringing them out now." "Oh, OK."
"Gohan? Did you have any trouble finding the chairs?" "Dad, do you think I got a chance to look for the chairs?" "I was hoping you did. It's been like five minutes, Gohan. OK, let's get the chairs, and go out there, like nothing happened." "Right."
Goku and Gohan walked out with the chairs. They all sat down. After eating, they were about to start on dessert when Goku said, "Hey Chi Chi, I think we left the cookies in the kitchen." "Oh, yeah we did. Just a second you guys," Chi Chi said as she stood up. When they were in the kitchen with the door shut, Chi Chi said, "What's up?" "I don't think it was a good idea to send them to get the chairs," Goku said. "Why not?" "Because, I went to see what took so long, and walked in on them kissing!" "What? Gohan?" "No, Yamcha! Of course it was Gohan!" "Well, I guess they like each other." "Is that all you have to say, Chi Chi?" "What do you want me to do? March out there in front of everybody and say 'Gohan, I can't believe Daddy saw you kissing a girl in the room, when you were supposed to be looking for chairs'?" "I guess not, but I'm gonna talk to him about it." "What are you gonna say? 'Gohan I don't want to catch you kissing anymore girls in my bedroom or else'?" "It doesn't matter what I'm gonna say to him. Now lets get the cookies and go." "Fine, but next time remember, it doesn't take two people to get cookies." "Fine."
When they stepped out Krillin said, "Took you long enough. What were you doing? Kissing?" "No!" Goku exclaimed. "Why would you think that?" "Well, man, she is your wife, isn't she?" "Well, yeah. She is…" "You are one weird guy, Goku, you are one weird guy."
"That was nice, it was a pretty good party," Rose said. "Yeah, pretty nice," Gohan said. Goku hit him in the back of the head. "Ow!" he said putting a hand to his head. "Well, it was nice seeing you, Rose," Gohan told her. "Where are you going now?" "What are you talking about?" Goku asked. "She's staying for a while." Gohan looked at his dad. "But, I don't think we'll be leaving you two alone for a while.…we'll see." "Dad!" Goku laughed. "Well, I'm going inside. I think I'll leave you two alone, come to think of it, I guess your old enough. See ya," Goku stepped into his house and winked at Gohan. "Dad!!!" Goku laughed as he shut the door. "Well, the food was good!" Rose laughed. "Yeah, it was," Gohan agreed. "Well, I better go. I'll see you tomorrow?" Rose said. "Yeah, guess so," he said. She kissed him on the cheek. "Bye, Gohan." She began walking away. "Yeah, bye."
Gohan walked in the door, to Goku's laughing. "Goodbye, Gohan!" Goku imitated Rose. "Oh! You are impossible!!!" Gohan exclaimed. Goku stopped laughing. "Gohan, is this gonna get serious? I mean you and her?" "I don't know, Dad. Maybe." "Well, I hope it works out. She a good girl. Don't hurt her, though." "Got it, Dad," Gohan laughed. "No, I'm serious." "So am I."
Chi Chi lay looking at the ceiling. Goku was beside her. He was awake, too. "Goku?" she looked at him. "Hmm?" "Do you think Gohan and Rose are gonna, you know, keep seeing each other?" "Yes, I do. Why?" "I was just wondering. What if they decide to keep dating? Is Rose just gonna move here? What about her friends? 'Cause you know, if she leaves, they're not gonna stay together." "I don't know," he said. "I think she would stay here with him." "OK, I was just wondering." "Yeah," Goku said. "OK, well, goodnight." "Goodnight."
Gohan stepped quietly out of his room and slowly closed the door. He walked through the kitchen and went out the door. He breathed in deeply and exhaled. He walked aimlessly through the forest and climbed into a huge tree. He sat on the highest branch he could get to. He heard something on the forest floor. He looked down. Rose was walking as well, through the forest. "Hey! What are you doing?" he yelled down to her. She looked up and smiled. "I could say the same to you!" "I asked you first." She laughed and flew up to the spot where Gohan was sitting. "I was just taking a walk," she said as she sat down. "What about you?" "Same," he replied. "So, how long have Misty, Brock, and Amanda been here?" "Not long. A week or so. Why?" "Just wondering. How are they fitting in?" "Fine. Well, Amanda hates my Mom. And Dad taught them to fly." "Really? Who did he teach to fly? Brock and Misty?" "No, well, yeah. He taught Misty, Brock, Mom, and Amanda." Rose looked at him. "Amanda?" "Yeah, why?" She looked down. "Well, she might not use the powers to the benefit of us. Maybe against us." "What? What do you mean?" "Well, she never used to be like that. She used to be real nice. But, since then she's changed, we've all changed." "So, what are you saying? Like she'll attack us or something?" "I don't know. Just be prepared." "Oh, come on. I'm sure Dad and I can take care of her," he put his arm around her. "Don't worry." She smiled. "I won't. As long as you're here, I won't."
"Where were you?" Goku questioned him when he got home. "Outside for a walk, why?" "No reason. Just wondering. Where you walking with anyone?" Gohan blushed. "No, why would you think that?" "You're a terrible liar, Gohan," Goku laughed. "I already know you were with Rose." "What! How did you know?! Were you watching?!" "No, I didn't really know you were with her. Now, I do!" Gohan sighed. "No privacy, no privacy at all," he muttered. "I heard that!" Goku said.
"Hey Gohan?" Goku asked as he knocked on his door. "What?" Goku opened the door. "How's that? For privacy I mean." "Fine," Gohan said. "What's up?" "Nothing, I was just wondering, I mean, I'd like to know, is Rose gonna stay here longer then expected?" "What'd you mean 'longer then expected'?" Gohan asked. "I don't know. Is she gonna stay here to be with you?" "I don't know. You want me to ask?" "Please. I'm gonna go now." "Bye, Dad." "Bye."
Goku walked back into the kitchen "Is breakfast ready yet?" "Almost. Starving? Oh, wait. You're always starving," Chi Chi said. Goku laughed. "Yeah." "Why don't you get Gohan?" "I just came out of there," he said as he got up. "What?" Chi Chi asked. "You weren't bothering him about Rose, were you?" "Yes. And I'm gonna run now!" He jumped down the hall to Gohan's room and barged in the room. Gohan looked up, startled, from his book. "Oops!" He stepped back out of the room and knocked. "Come in," Gohan laughed. "Your Mom said to get you for breakfast." "Oh, OK." Gohan put his book down and stood up. He walked to door and down the hall with Goku, to breakfast.
"That was good Mom!" Gohan said. "Thanks, dear." "Um, it was great! Really good!" Goku said. "What are you looking for praise? Oh, I love you, Goku!" she gave him a big kiss. "Thank you for complimenting my cooking! Please." Goku scowled at her and when she turned her back he made a face. "I saw that, Goku." "Oh!" he looked pretty surprised. Gohan was sitting there laughing, and Goku jumped up. "I'll do the dishes!" he volunteered. "OK, do the dishes. That's fine with me." He did the dishes and sat down next to Chi Chi, who was now drinking a cup of coffee. "I finished the dishes!" he said triumphantly. She raised an eyebrow and looked at him. "What do you want? A medal?" He looked down. "No, well." "Fine. Now, you and Gohan can go for a walk. OK?" "Fine," they both said at the same time. They both pushed their chairs back and stood up. Gohan opened the door for Goku. But he refused. "No, ladies first. I insist." Gohan stuck his tongue out at him. Goku laughed as he shut the door behind him.
"So, what do you wanna talk about?" Goku asked. "I don't know," Gohan said. "What about you?" "I don't know I mean, we could talk about weather, we could talk about fighting, we could talk about Rose." Gohan looked at him. "Rose?" "Yeah, Rose. What do you like about her?" "I don't know," he replied. "There's just something, about her. She makes me feel, different," he looked up. "I don't know. It sounds pretty dumb, I guess." "No. No, it doesn't sound dumb at all. That's how you're supposed to feel. I felt that way about your Mom." Gohan sighed. "This is stupid. Let's talk about something else, OK?" "Fine," Goku said. "We'll talk about something else." "Hey, Gohan!" Rose yelled at him from the tree they were in that morning. "Hi, Rose!" he shouted back. "What are you doing now?" "Thinking," she replied. "Oh." "Yeah. Why don't you come up?" "OK, sure." Gohan looked at Goku. "Go," he said. "Thanks, Dad." He flew up and sat next to Rose. Goku smiled and walked back home.
"Gohan?" Rose asked. "Hmm?" "Are we gonna start dating, because you know, if we are, I need to know. I have to tell Jet and Samantha, and then figure out where I'm gonna stay." "Yeah, I think we should start dating. If you want to, that is." "Of course I want to! I wouldn't ask about it if I didn't want to! So, I better go, so I can plan out and stuff." "OK, bye." "Bye," she said as she flew away. Gohan looked down and smiled. He heard something coming up again. "Bye!" Rose said and she put her arms around his neck and kissed him. "Bye!" she said again. "Bye!" Gohan said. He jumped from the tree and walked home, laughing the whole time.
"Well?" Goku asked when he came in. "We're gonna start dating. She's gonna stay. Can she stay here?" "No!" Goku and Chi Chi exclaimed at the same time. "Under any other circumstances, she might be able to, but not if you're dating. No way," Chi Chi said. "So, are you gonna start dating, like going out into Orange Star City?" "Yeah, I guess. Why not?" "What about Videl? She likes you doesn't she? What if she sees you?" "So what? I don't like her. I like Rose. So, let her see us." "OK, that's fine I was just telling you."
Later on that night Gohan opened the door and was about to go out it when Chi Chi said, "What are you doing? It's almost 7:00. Dinner?" "I'm gonna ask Rose if she wants to go out tonight." "Oh, I see. Well, have fun." "OK, bye." He walked out the door and flew up. Scanning the area for the huge cat balloon. He saw it and landed. Jet was setting a tent in front of it. "Jet? Where's Rose?" "She went to the forest, to walk or something, Why?" "Because, I wanted to ask her something." "Oh," Jet looked up. "Tell me," he said. "Are you and Rose really dating?" "Yes, why?" Gohan said. "Oh, just wondering." "OK, I'm gonna look for her now, bye Jet." "Goodbye, Gohan." Gohan walked through the forest, positive where to find Rose. He looked up into the tree they had been in and there she was. "Rose!" he yelled up. "Gohan? What is it?" "Nothing, come here." She flew down. "What?" "Do, you wanna go to the city with me for dinner?" he asked shyly. "Are you asking me on a date?" she asked. "No…yes." "In that case. Fine, I'll go on date with you Gohan." "Great. Um, do you want to go now?" "Now? Sure, why not." "Well, we can't exactly fly in…I think Dad has a Dyno-Cap. Well, why don't we just go back to Bulma's and get one?" "Sure, we could do that." "Let's go." They walked to the Capsule Incorporated and knocked on the door. Bulma opened it. "What's up you guys?" "Can we borrow a car capsule, Bulma, please?" "Sure, what for?" We're going on a date," Gohan mumbled. "Oh, I see! Just a second." She walked inside and came back out with a tiny capsule. She handed it to Rose. "Here you go. You two have fun, OK?" "Thanks Bulma," Gohan said. Rose threw the capsule and a shiny, blue cruiser came out. "Nice, Bulma," Rose said. "Thanks again!" "No problem, bye you two," she said as she shut the door. Gohan opened the door for Rose and when she was seated he sat down himself and put his foot on the gas pedal and pushed. They drove down the road toward Orange Star City.
"Where should we go?" Gohan asked once they were inside the city. "I don't know, I've never been here before. Why don't you slow down so I can actually see what's in the city." "OK," he said and he took some pressure off the gas pedal. "Thanks. Let's see now…" Rose said as she scanned the shops and restaurants. Videl was walking down the street and saw Gohan in his car. "Hey, Gohan!" she called to him. He took his foot off the gas pedal and looked around. "Over here!" she said as she waved her arms and walked toward him. "Hey, what are you doing? You want to go get a coffee or something?" Videl asked. She obviously didn't see Rose. "Well-" "Are you talking to me, Gohan?" Rose asked as she looked over. "Oh!" Videl said. "Who's this?" "This is my friend, Rose," he told her. Rose looked confused. "Friend? But, Gohan-" "Oh, well," Videl said. "Maybe after your done with your friend, me and you could go out?" "Well-" Gohan started. "No, he won't be able to," Rose said. "Oh and why not?" Videl asked. "Because he's gonna be with me." "All night?" "Yes. We're going on a date. I'm his girlfriend." "Are you now?" Videl looked at Gohan. "She's your girlfriend?" "Um. Well-" "Gohan!" Rose exclaimed. "Fine go out with her!" she said as she opened the car door. "I'll go home." She began walking back the way they came on the sidewalk. "Well, there you go, Gohan," Videl said. "Now, we can go out." "No, we can't." Gohan stepped out of the car and pushed the button to turn the car back into a capsule. He walked after Rose, Videl following. He turned around sharply. "Why are you following me?" "I'm waiting, so we can go out." Gohan turned around again and began following Rose. He ran to catch up with her. "Rose! Rose, wait!" She stopped and turned around. "What do you want? Aren't you going on a date with her?" Rose pointed. "No. I'm not. I'm going on a date with you." "Oh, but, Gohan. She doesn't want to go on a date with you." "Rose, please…" "Why Gohan? Why do you want to follow me, when you can just go with her? She's practically throwing herself at you!" "Because…I like you." "Don't you like her?" "Yeah, don't you like me?" Videl asked. "Because-" "Why Gohan?" "Because, I like you." "Come on Gohan, let's go," Videl said. "Fine," Rose turned around once again and began walking. He ran in front of her. "Because…I…love you," he said quietly. "What?!" Rose and Videl said. "I love you, Rose." "You're crazy," Rose said and she sidestepped around him and kept walking. "Yeah, you're right," he said. ""What?" she stopped walking. "I'm crazy. Crazy about you." "Oh my gosh," Rose sighed and rolled her eyes and turned around and continued walking. She heard him following her, so she started running. "Go away! If you follow me, I'll leave for good!" she yelled and she ran out of site, toward his house. "Great!" Videl said. "Let's go!" He turned around. "No! I'm not going with you! You must be crazy!" he began walking toward his house.
He didn't look for her. He knew that she would leave if he followed her. Instead, he went to his house. He walked through the kitchen and in their living room. Goku was sitting in a chair, arms folded across his chest, facing the door where Gohan stood. "If it isn't Loverboy himself," he said. Gohan looked surprised. "What do you mean?" "I think you know exactly what I mean. Aren't you supposed to be on your date with Rose. Oh, wait I mean Videl." Goku narrowed his eyes. "Oh, come on Dad. I tried to apologize. I even told her how I felt. But, she said if I followed her, she'd leave." "What did you tell her? About how you felt?" "I told her how I felt. I told her that I loved her. It just seemed to make her mad." It was Goku's turn to look surprised. "You said, you loved her?" "Yes, that what I said," Gohan said. "And that's how you feel?" "Of course it's how I feel! I don't need this right now." "Need what?" Goku asked. "Your, your interrogation! I'm going to find her." "Good luck."
He walked to the balloon, but no one was there. He walked through the woods to get to Capsule Corp. He thought he heard crying and he looked around. Up, in a tree, Rose sat. He just looked at her for a minute, but was knocked out of his trance when one of her tears rolled off her cheek and hit his. He flew up next to the tree. He quietly cleared his throat. And she spun around so quick, that she fell out of the tree. He caught her and set her back up. "Thanks," she said coldly. He sat down. "Rose, about what happened…I should've told her. I mean I should've said that you were my girlfriend." "But, I'm not. I'm your friend." "And what I said…" "Gohan, when you said, you loved me, I knew you meant it." "I did mean it." "I know and I…I…" she looked down. He took her chin in his hands, so she was looking at him, and smiled. He kissed her and she kissed back, "Gohan," she said. "What?" "I, love you, too." "I know. But, I have to go. I don't want to but, I have to." He kissed her again and told her they would go out again tomorrow. "Oh, I don't know. Is Videl gonna be there too?" "Absolutely not. I'll see you tomorrow." "'K." He smiled and flew back to his house. He walked in the door and went straight to the living room. Goku had fallen asleep in his chair, waiting for Gohan to come back. He laughed and went to his room. He laid down, but couldn't sleep. He looked out the window at the moon.
Rose looked at the moon from her sleeping bag on the ground. Thinking, about life, about Gohan, about other things. She sighed and rolled over. Although she couldn't get to sleep, either.
"Where ARE we going?" Rose asked. "To Yamcha's house, duh!" Goku yelled at her. Rose turned to Jet and Samantha. "So, how are you liking my friends?" "Well, they're very………um…interesting!" Samantha said. "I didn't like that Vegeta guy. He's was scary!" Jet told her. Rose laughed. "The only ones who I liked were, um, this guy here and him," Jet pointed to Gohan and Goku. "And his wife, their younger son. He seemed nice enough, of course he was like seven. And Vegeta's wife…Bulma?" "Ya, that's right. What you didn't like Krillin? I know you guys were kinda shocked with all this flying and learning I was in the Z Fighters, but, you'll get used to it," she said. "Hey, Rose," Samantha said. "I think you should go out with that cute boy, Gohan. I know you like him!" She blushed. "Do not!" she exclaimed. "Liar!" both Jet and Samantha yelled. Rose could hear someone laughing. She looked down to see Goku and Gohan giggling. "I forgot. Saiyans have excellent hearing," she muttered. They looked at her. They stopped laughing and Gohan turned around and winked at her, which only caused her to blush more. He turned back around and Goku started laughing again. Goku stopped and turned to Rose. "Hey I have an idea! Why don't we have a party instead of going everywhere?" "Are you crazy?" Rose said. "Why not? I could string festival lights to the trees and we could have it outside. Oh, and I think it should be a party where you need a, date!" he started laughing. "Oh! You're SO immature! Something's never change! You know what, you act like you're younger son, although I bet, he's more mature then you!" That only made him laugh more. "No, but really. I'm serious! I think we should have a sort of….more of a black tie affair, minus the tie. Like you guys we're dresses!" pointed to the two women. "You know what? If I didn't know better, I'd say you are trying to fix me and Gohan up! You're terrible!" "See, if you got any dresses. You'll look terribly out of place if you show up in jeans! I'm gonna go invite everyone that we've been to already. Bye!" he took off as fast as he could. "Wow! He's faster then the speed of light!" Jet said. "Let's go back to my house!" Gohan said. They followed them back to the house. He went into the house. "Mom?" he asked. "Yes, Gohan?" she said. "Mom, Dad planned a party in the valley and he's gone off to invite everyone!" "A party's a great idea! A perfect way to invite Rose back!" "Mom, Dad's trying to fix me and Rose up! He said it was a dress party like, Dress!" "So?" she asked. "There is nothing wrong with that! I better go see if I have anything nice…" Gohan sighed. He stepped back outside. He saw that Rose was going through her bag, seeing if she had anything. She pulled out a black dress. "Ah! Here it is!" She saw Gohan. "Oh, um, will this work?" she asked him. He smiled. "I think so."
Goku returned about a half-hour later. "Well?" Chi Chi asked. "Well, Krillin and Eighteen will go, though Rose won't like that, I think Maron should be Goten's date, that would be cute. Yamcha will go, Bulma's gonna go, Vegeta won't go-" " I could've told you that," she said. "Yeah, well. I think that Rose's friends, Jet and Samantha, are going. I think Gohan is gonna ask Rose." "What makes you think that? When he told me about the party he sounded like he didn't want to go at all." "Well, he'll go. I'll make sure he does," Goku looked up. "I wonder who I should go with…" "Fine. While you think about that, I'll call Vegeta. Maybe he'll go with me…" "What?!" She began laughing. "Well, you obviously don't want to go with me, do you?" "Well, I'm gonna have to think about it…" She tried to hit him. He put up his hand and blocked it. "I saw it coming," he laughed. She kicked him in the shin. "OK, I didn't see that…"
Goku was attempting to hang lights on the trees in the valley. He tried to stand on a ladder, but kept falling off. "Oh, forget it!" he said as he jumped into the air. "This is so much easier!" "Having fun?" Rose asked. "Very!" he replied. "You're the first one here. I'm had a little trouble putting the lights up with the ladder, but I'm doing better with this!" "Really? Well, where should I go? Just wait here?" "Yeah, if you want, you can bring out the tables and chairs and junk." "That's fine. Where are they?" "Go into the kitchen, ask Chi Chi. Then bring them out and put them there," he pointed. "Are your friends coming?" "Yeah. I'm gonna get the stuff." Goku finished putting up the lights and flew down. He went to find Goten. He thought he heard him laughing in the mountains again. Goku flew up to find him. He saw him and landed. "Hey, Goten. We're gonna have a little party. And you're gonna, have a date." "A date? What's that? Is that like a friend? Can I bring Trunks?" Goku laughed. "Well, they're sorta like a friend. Only a date is with a girl. Or you know, if you're a girl it's a boy. Like you, are gonna go with Maron." "Maron? Isn't that Mr. Krillin's daughter?" "Yes, she's your date." "OK." "What about me?" Trunks asked. Goku hadn't seen Trunks. "Oh, you can come, too. I don't know if they're any other girls your age that are coming…" "That's OK. Girls are stupid, anyway." "Now, that's not very nice. You know, you're making fun of your mom," Goku pointed out. "She's not a girl. She's my mom." "OK," Goku turned back to Goten. "So, do you have this whole dating concept?" "Yeah, what's a concept?" "Never mind. So it's like, you're going with Maron, I'm going with Mommy, and I think Gohan's going with that nice girl that you met yesterday." "Oh, Gohan's going with her? I like her. She's nice. But, what about Videl?" "What about her? Oh! She likes Gohan doesn't she? Uh oh." "Well, just don't tell, Dad," Goten said. "Oh, didn't think of that. Well, I have to go. Wait, you're coming too. Come on, let's get ready," Goku looked at Trunks. "Why don't you go home and see if your Mom's almost ready?" "OK! Bye Goten." "Bye Trunks," Goten yelled at him as he left. "Dad, I'll come home in a little bit OK?" "Yeah, just hurry Goten."
"Hey, that dress looks good on you, Rose," Chi Chi said when Rose came in the door. "Thanks, what are you making?" "Well, I think we were all supposed to bring something, not you, but I making two things 'cause if I let Goku cook, he'd burn down the house. I making steak skewers and Goku wants fried chicken, so I'm gonna make it. Because if I don't, he'd probably attempt to make it himself, and we don't need that because I like my house." "Oh, where is-" "Gohan? He's getting ready, I suppose." "No, where are the chairs and tables?" "Oh, in the basement," Chi Chi said. "Who's your date, anyway, Rose?" "Um, I don't have one," she said. "Oh…"
"That's the last of 'em," Rose said, setting down two chairs. "Great," Goku said. "Thanks, you know they should be here by now." Just as the words were out of his mouth a jetcopter landed in the valley. Yamcha jumped out, waved and leaned back into the vehicle. "Hey, Yamcha! Don't act like you have a date in there!" Goku yelled. "Ha ha!" he yelled back. But, to Goku's surprise, Trunks jumped out. Bulma followed. "What? Bulma? You know, I don't think Vegeta's gonna be too happy about this," Goku said. "Well, it's not my fault he won't come. Yamcha had a feeling that Vegeta wouldn't take me, and he was right. So he asked me if I wanted to go with him." "It's his loss," they both said at the same time. "Well, we should just wait for everyone else to come. What did you bring?" Goku asked, looking at the big bag Bulma was holding. "A bunch of different potato chips. Is that OK?" "It's fine with me!" Goku said. "Any kind of food is OK with you," Chi Chi said behind him. "I just came out to bring the food I cooked, so I could change," she stepped inside. "I'll see you in a minute." "Hi guys!" "Hi, Brock," Goku said. Brock and Amanda walked over from their tents. Misty and Ash were behind them. "Hi everyone!" Goku said once they were all by the tables. "We're just waiting for everyone else to come. "Hey, there's Krillin!" Bulma said. "Hi, Bulma." "Hey, Krillin, where's Maron?" Goku asked. "In here. Oh! I see, your wife wouldn't go with you, and I don't blame her, so you need a date!" "No, Goten's, Maron's date. I'll go get him, just a second." "Hey, Goku. You're not wearing that are you?" Goku looked at his orange training uniform. "Yeah, why not?" "Kayla's never gonna let you wear that. Stupid!" "Yeah, I guess so. I'm gonna get Goten then, change, I guess." Goku flew to find Goten. He ran into him halfway. "Oh no! Dad, I'm not too late am I? Is the party over?" "No Goten, it's not. It's not even started. But, we have to go back and change, OK?" "OK!"
"Back!" Goku said as he and Goten landed. "And we're going to change. We'll be back in a minute." They walked inside. A minute later, Gohan was pushed out the door. "Uh, hi?" "Hello Gohan!" Krillin said. "Where's your date?" "Uh, I don't have one." "Yes he does!" Goku said as he opened the door. "His date's Rose!" "No, she's not, Dad!!!" Krillin was laughing. "What's so funny?" Goku asked. "You in a suit." "What? You've seen me in a suit. At me and Chi Chi's wedding, stupid." "I know. I still can't get used to it." "Shut up, Krillin." "OK." "Hey, there's Jet and Samantha," Rose said. "Hi," Jet said. "Hello!" Goku said. "I like your dress Chi Chi!" Bulma said. The others turned around. "Yeah, it's pretty!" Rose said. "Very nice," Krillin said. Goku and Number Eighteen both hit Krillin in the back of the head. "Ow! Do you have any idea what it's like to be hit by a Saiyan and an angry wife at the same time?! It hurts!" "That's what you get!" Goku said. "Anyway," Chi Chi said. "I think everyone is here, so let's sit down." They all sat down, but Goku and Chi Chi were left standing. "Not enough seats," Goku said. "Hey, Gohan," Chi Chi said. "You and Rose go see if there is any chairs in my room. I think there's some in the closet." "Um, OK." Gohan and Rose stood up to get the chairs. Gohan held open the door for Rose then entered himself. Goku turned to Krillin. "They make a cute couple, don't they?" "They do. And they've been gone for about five minutes now, haven't they?" "Yeah, they must be trouble finding the chairs. I'll see if I can help." Goku stood up and opened the door. He turned the corner into his room. On his way to the door he said, "I thought you might need some help…" Then he spotted Gohan and Rose kissing in the doorframe. "OK, you obviously don't need any help…" Rose gasped, pulled away from Gohan, and ran down the hall. She stopped running at the door and opened it. "Where are the chairs, Rose?" Krillin asked. "Gohan and Goku are bringing them out now." "Oh, OK."
"Gohan? Did you have any trouble finding the chairs?" "Dad, do you think I got a chance to look for the chairs?" "I was hoping you did. It's been like five minutes, Gohan. OK, let's get the chairs, and go out there, like nothing happened." "Right."
Goku and Gohan walked out with the chairs. They all sat down. After eating, they were about to start on dessert when Goku said, "Hey Chi Chi, I think we left the cookies in the kitchen." "Oh, yeah we did. Just a second you guys," Chi Chi said as she stood up. When they were in the kitchen with the door shut, Chi Chi said, "What's up?" "I don't think it was a good idea to send them to get the chairs," Goku said. "Why not?" "Because, I went to see what took so long, and walked in on them kissing!" "What? Gohan?" "No, Yamcha! Of course it was Gohan!" "Well, I guess they like each other." "Is that all you have to say, Chi Chi?" "What do you want me to do? March out there in front of everybody and say 'Gohan, I can't believe Daddy saw you kissing a girl in the room, when you were supposed to be looking for chairs'?" "I guess not, but I'm gonna talk to him about it." "What are you gonna say? 'Gohan I don't want to catch you kissing anymore girls in my bedroom or else'?" "It doesn't matter what I'm gonna say to him. Now lets get the cookies and go." "Fine, but next time remember, it doesn't take two people to get cookies." "Fine."
When they stepped out Krillin said, "Took you long enough. What were you doing? Kissing?" "No!" Goku exclaimed. "Why would you think that?" "Well, man, she is your wife, isn't she?" "Well, yeah. She is…" "You are one weird guy, Goku, you are one weird guy."
"That was nice, it was a pretty good party," Rose said. "Yeah, pretty nice," Gohan said. Goku hit him in the back of the head. "Ow!" he said putting a hand to his head. "Well, it was nice seeing you, Rose," Gohan told her. "Where are you going now?" "What are you talking about?" Goku asked. "She's staying for a while." Gohan looked at his dad. "But, I don't think we'll be leaving you two alone for a while.…we'll see." "Dad!" Goku laughed. "Well, I'm going inside. I think I'll leave you two alone, come to think of it, I guess your old enough. See ya," Goku stepped into his house and winked at Gohan. "Dad!!!" Goku laughed as he shut the door. "Well, the food was good!" Rose laughed. "Yeah, it was," Gohan agreed. "Well, I better go. I'll see you tomorrow?" Rose said. "Yeah, guess so," he said. She kissed him on the cheek. "Bye, Gohan." She began walking away. "Yeah, bye."
Gohan walked in the door, to Goku's laughing. "Goodbye, Gohan!" Goku imitated Rose. "Oh! You are impossible!!!" Gohan exclaimed. Goku stopped laughing. "Gohan, is this gonna get serious? I mean you and her?" "I don't know, Dad. Maybe." "Well, I hope it works out. She a good girl. Don't hurt her, though." "Got it, Dad," Gohan laughed. "No, I'm serious." "So am I."
Chi Chi lay looking at the ceiling. Goku was beside her. He was awake, too. "Goku?" she looked at him. "Hmm?" "Do you think Gohan and Rose are gonna, you know, keep seeing each other?" "Yes, I do. Why?" "I was just wondering. What if they decide to keep dating? Is Rose just gonna move here? What about her friends? 'Cause you know, if she leaves, they're not gonna stay together." "I don't know," he said. "I think she would stay here with him." "OK, I was just wondering." "Yeah," Goku said. "OK, well, goodnight." "Goodnight."
Gohan stepped quietly out of his room and slowly closed the door. He walked through the kitchen and went out the door. He breathed in deeply and exhaled. He walked aimlessly through the forest and climbed into a huge tree. He sat on the highest branch he could get to. He heard something on the forest floor. He looked down. Rose was walking as well, through the forest. "Hey! What are you doing?" he yelled down to her. She looked up and smiled. "I could say the same to you!" "I asked you first." She laughed and flew up to the spot where Gohan was sitting. "I was just taking a walk," she said as she sat down. "What about you?" "Same," he replied. "So, how long have Misty, Brock, and Amanda been here?" "Not long. A week or so. Why?" "Just wondering. How are they fitting in?" "Fine. Well, Amanda hates my Mom. And Dad taught them to fly." "Really? Who did he teach to fly? Brock and Misty?" "No, well, yeah. He taught Misty, Brock, Mom, and Amanda." Rose looked at him. "Amanda?" "Yeah, why?" She looked down. "Well, she might not use the powers to the benefit of us. Maybe against us." "What? What do you mean?" "Well, she never used to be like that. She used to be real nice. But, since then she's changed, we've all changed." "So, what are you saying? Like she'll attack us or something?" "I don't know. Just be prepared." "Oh, come on. I'm sure Dad and I can take care of her," he put his arm around her. "Don't worry." She smiled. "I won't. As long as you're here, I won't."
"Where were you?" Goku questioned him when he got home. "Outside for a walk, why?" "No reason. Just wondering. Where you walking with anyone?" Gohan blushed. "No, why would you think that?" "You're a terrible liar, Gohan," Goku laughed. "I already know you were with Rose." "What! How did you know?! Were you watching?!" "No, I didn't really know you were with her. Now, I do!" Gohan sighed. "No privacy, no privacy at all," he muttered. "I heard that!" Goku said.
"Hey Gohan?" Goku asked as he knocked on his door. "What?" Goku opened the door. "How's that? For privacy I mean." "Fine," Gohan said. "What's up?" "Nothing, I was just wondering, I mean, I'd like to know, is Rose gonna stay here longer then expected?" "What'd you mean 'longer then expected'?" Gohan asked. "I don't know. Is she gonna stay here to be with you?" "I don't know. You want me to ask?" "Please. I'm gonna go now." "Bye, Dad." "Bye."
Goku walked back into the kitchen "Is breakfast ready yet?" "Almost. Starving? Oh, wait. You're always starving," Chi Chi said. Goku laughed. "Yeah." "Why don't you get Gohan?" "I just came out of there," he said as he got up. "What?" Chi Chi asked. "You weren't bothering him about Rose, were you?" "Yes. And I'm gonna run now!" He jumped down the hall to Gohan's room and barged in the room. Gohan looked up, startled, from his book. "Oops!" He stepped back out of the room and knocked. "Come in," Gohan laughed. "Your Mom said to get you for breakfast." "Oh, OK." Gohan put his book down and stood up. He walked to door and down the hall with Goku, to breakfast.
"That was good Mom!" Gohan said. "Thanks, dear." "Um, it was great! Really good!" Goku said. "What are you looking for praise? Oh, I love you, Goku!" she gave him a big kiss. "Thank you for complimenting my cooking! Please." Goku scowled at her and when she turned her back he made a face. "I saw that, Goku." "Oh!" he looked pretty surprised. Gohan was sitting there laughing, and Goku jumped up. "I'll do the dishes!" he volunteered. "OK, do the dishes. That's fine with me." He did the dishes and sat down next to Chi Chi, who was now drinking a cup of coffee. "I finished the dishes!" he said triumphantly. She raised an eyebrow and looked at him. "What do you want? A medal?" He looked down. "No, well." "Fine. Now, you and Gohan can go for a walk. OK?" "Fine," they both said at the same time. They both pushed their chairs back and stood up. Gohan opened the door for Goku. But he refused. "No, ladies first. I insist." Gohan stuck his tongue out at him. Goku laughed as he shut the door behind him.
"So, what do you wanna talk about?" Goku asked. "I don't know," Gohan said. "What about you?" "I don't know I mean, we could talk about weather, we could talk about fighting, we could talk about Rose." Gohan looked at him. "Rose?" "Yeah, Rose. What do you like about her?" "I don't know," he replied. "There's just something, about her. She makes me feel, different," he looked up. "I don't know. It sounds pretty dumb, I guess." "No. No, it doesn't sound dumb at all. That's how you're supposed to feel. I felt that way about your Mom." Gohan sighed. "This is stupid. Let's talk about something else, OK?" "Fine," Goku said. "We'll talk about something else." "Hey, Gohan!" Rose yelled at him from the tree they were in that morning. "Hi, Rose!" he shouted back. "What are you doing now?" "Thinking," she replied. "Oh." "Yeah. Why don't you come up?" "OK, sure." Gohan looked at Goku. "Go," he said. "Thanks, Dad." He flew up and sat next to Rose. Goku smiled and walked back home.
"Gohan?" Rose asked. "Hmm?" "Are we gonna start dating, because you know, if we are, I need to know. I have to tell Jet and Samantha, and then figure out where I'm gonna stay." "Yeah, I think we should start dating. If you want to, that is." "Of course I want to! I wouldn't ask about it if I didn't want to! So, I better go, so I can plan out and stuff." "OK, bye." "Bye," she said as she flew away. Gohan looked down and smiled. He heard something coming up again. "Bye!" Rose said and she put her arms around his neck and kissed him. "Bye!" she said again. "Bye!" Gohan said. He jumped from the tree and walked home, laughing the whole time.
"Well?" Goku asked when he came in. "We're gonna start dating. She's gonna stay. Can she stay here?" "No!" Goku and Chi Chi exclaimed at the same time. "Under any other circumstances, she might be able to, but not if you're dating. No way," Chi Chi said. "So, are you gonna start dating, like going out into Orange Star City?" "Yeah, I guess. Why not?" "What about Videl? She likes you doesn't she? What if she sees you?" "So what? I don't like her. I like Rose. So, let her see us." "OK, that's fine I was just telling you."
Later on that night Gohan opened the door and was about to go out it when Chi Chi said, "What are you doing? It's almost 7:00. Dinner?" "I'm gonna ask Rose if she wants to go out tonight." "Oh, I see. Well, have fun." "OK, bye." He walked out the door and flew up. Scanning the area for the huge cat balloon. He saw it and landed. Jet was setting a tent in front of it. "Jet? Where's Rose?" "She went to the forest, to walk or something, Why?" "Because, I wanted to ask her something." "Oh," Jet looked up. "Tell me," he said. "Are you and Rose really dating?" "Yes, why?" Gohan said. "Oh, just wondering." "OK, I'm gonna look for her now, bye Jet." "Goodbye, Gohan." Gohan walked through the forest, positive where to find Rose. He looked up into the tree they had been in and there she was. "Rose!" he yelled up. "Gohan? What is it?" "Nothing, come here." She flew down. "What?" "Do, you wanna go to the city with me for dinner?" he asked shyly. "Are you asking me on a date?" she asked. "No…yes." "In that case. Fine, I'll go on date with you Gohan." "Great. Um, do you want to go now?" "Now? Sure, why not." "Well, we can't exactly fly in…I think Dad has a Dyno-Cap. Well, why don't we just go back to Bulma's and get one?" "Sure, we could do that." "Let's go." They walked to the Capsule Incorporated and knocked on the door. Bulma opened it. "What's up you guys?" "Can we borrow a car capsule, Bulma, please?" "Sure, what for?" We're going on a date," Gohan mumbled. "Oh, I see! Just a second." She walked inside and came back out with a tiny capsule. She handed it to Rose. "Here you go. You two have fun, OK?" "Thanks Bulma," Gohan said. Rose threw the capsule and a shiny, blue cruiser came out. "Nice, Bulma," Rose said. "Thanks again!" "No problem, bye you two," she said as she shut the door. Gohan opened the door for Rose and when she was seated he sat down himself and put his foot on the gas pedal and pushed. They drove down the road toward Orange Star City.
"Where should we go?" Gohan asked once they were inside the city. "I don't know, I've never been here before. Why don't you slow down so I can actually see what's in the city." "OK," he said and he took some pressure off the gas pedal. "Thanks. Let's see now…" Rose said as she scanned the shops and restaurants. Videl was walking down the street and saw Gohan in his car. "Hey, Gohan!" she called to him. He took his foot off the gas pedal and looked around. "Over here!" she said as she waved her arms and walked toward him. "Hey, what are you doing? You want to go get a coffee or something?" Videl asked. She obviously didn't see Rose. "Well-" "Are you talking to me, Gohan?" Rose asked as she looked over. "Oh!" Videl said. "Who's this?" "This is my friend, Rose," he told her. Rose looked confused. "Friend? But, Gohan-" "Oh, well," Videl said. "Maybe after your done with your friend, me and you could go out?" "Well-" Gohan started. "No, he won't be able to," Rose said. "Oh and why not?" Videl asked. "Because he's gonna be with me." "All night?" "Yes. We're going on a date. I'm his girlfriend." "Are you now?" Videl looked at Gohan. "She's your girlfriend?" "Um. Well-" "Gohan!" Rose exclaimed. "Fine go out with her!" she said as she opened the car door. "I'll go home." She began walking back the way they came on the sidewalk. "Well, there you go, Gohan," Videl said. "Now, we can go out." "No, we can't." Gohan stepped out of the car and pushed the button to turn the car back into a capsule. He walked after Rose, Videl following. He turned around sharply. "Why are you following me?" "I'm waiting, so we can go out." Gohan turned around again and began following Rose. He ran to catch up with her. "Rose! Rose, wait!" She stopped and turned around. "What do you want? Aren't you going on a date with her?" Rose pointed. "No. I'm not. I'm going on a date with you." "Oh, but, Gohan. She doesn't want to go on a date with you." "Rose, please…" "Why Gohan? Why do you want to follow me, when you can just go with her? She's practically throwing herself at you!" "Because…I like you." "Don't you like her?" "Yeah, don't you like me?" Videl asked. "Because-" "Why Gohan?" "Because, I like you." "Come on Gohan, let's go," Videl said. "Fine," Rose turned around once again and began walking. He ran in front of her. "Because…I…love you," he said quietly. "What?!" Rose and Videl said. "I love you, Rose." "You're crazy," Rose said and she sidestepped around him and kept walking. "Yeah, you're right," he said. ""What?" she stopped walking. "I'm crazy. Crazy about you." "Oh my gosh," Rose sighed and rolled her eyes and turned around and continued walking. She heard him following her, so she started running. "Go away! If you follow me, I'll leave for good!" she yelled and she ran out of site, toward his house. "Great!" Videl said. "Let's go!" He turned around. "No! I'm not going with you! You must be crazy!" he began walking toward his house.
He didn't look for her. He knew that she would leave if he followed her. Instead, he went to his house. He walked through the kitchen and in their living room. Goku was sitting in a chair, arms folded across his chest, facing the door where Gohan stood. "If it isn't Loverboy himself," he said. Gohan looked surprised. "What do you mean?" "I think you know exactly what I mean. Aren't you supposed to be on your date with Rose. Oh, wait I mean Videl." Goku narrowed his eyes. "Oh, come on Dad. I tried to apologize. I even told her how I felt. But, she said if I followed her, she'd leave." "What did you tell her? About how you felt?" "I told her how I felt. I told her that I loved her. It just seemed to make her mad." It was Goku's turn to look surprised. "You said, you loved her?" "Yes, that what I said," Gohan said. "And that's how you feel?" "Of course it's how I feel! I don't need this right now." "Need what?" Goku asked. "Your, your interrogation! I'm going to find her." "Good luck."
He walked to the balloon, but no one was there. He walked through the woods to get to Capsule Corp. He thought he heard crying and he looked around. Up, in a tree, Rose sat. He just looked at her for a minute, but was knocked out of his trance when one of her tears rolled off her cheek and hit his. He flew up next to the tree. He quietly cleared his throat. And she spun around so quick, that she fell out of the tree. He caught her and set her back up. "Thanks," she said coldly. He sat down. "Rose, about what happened…I should've told her. I mean I should've said that you were my girlfriend." "But, I'm not. I'm your friend." "And what I said…" "Gohan, when you said, you loved me, I knew you meant it." "I did mean it." "I know and I…I…" she looked down. He took her chin in his hands, so she was looking at him, and smiled. He kissed her and she kissed back, "Gohan," she said. "What?" "I, love you, too." "I know. But, I have to go. I don't want to but, I have to." He kissed her again and told her they would go out again tomorrow. "Oh, I don't know. Is Videl gonna be there too?" "Absolutely not. I'll see you tomorrow." "'K." He smiled and flew back to his house. He walked in the door and went straight to the living room. Goku had fallen asleep in his chair, waiting for Gohan to come back. He laughed and went to his room. He laid down, but couldn't sleep. He looked out the window at the moon.
Rose looked at the moon from her sleeping bag on the ground. Thinking, about life, about Gohan, about other things. She sighed and rolled over. Although she couldn't get to sleep, either.