I woke up yet again, like many other times, except my whole body ached. It felt like I had been hit by a train. I groaned and attempted to open my eyes. The room I was in was dim like home, but I still knew I was in Capsule Corp. I heard soft breathing near me and turned my head slowly. Gohan sat slumped in a chair next to my bed. His look was still one of great worry and I could tell he was barely on the edge of sleep for he wasn't snoring like he usually does, he was on guard. Ready to kill anything that might hurt me or be by my side if anything happened to me further. I was still glad that it was all a dream..he wouldn't do that to me. Someone was really trying to drive me nuts, I think I might go crazy..

My eyes flew open and I sat up quickly, sweat dripped from my face in little diamond like drops and I could feel my heart pound, my breath heavy. I had saw the shadow of the lady who tortured me, she was in my dreams a lot now and was constantly telling my that Gohan didn't love me, saying he would betray me whether anything was a dream or not, she said to get rid of him..kill him. Doubt filled my heart..NO! I can't let her win, this is what she wants. "Videl!" Gohan got up from his chair and hugged me. He shhed me and rocked me in his ever protective arms. I realized I had woken him up.cause I was talking to myself about other things, while thinking in my head. My hands reached up and clung to his shirt. "It's alright..I'm here." "Gohan, you love me right?" I had to be sure, every corner of my mind now resonated the words of the lady in my dreams. "Of course! Always!" My mind shrieked. Lies! All lies! He pulled me to his eye level. "I love you with all my heart." I smiled, the voices quieting in my head and a tear went down my cheek. "I love you too, with all my heart." We both took a long embrace and some loving kisses, then got up and headed downstairs to a warm breakfast. Gohan..he would keep me sane..I smirked..he would, for me..he loved me.



Breakfast was awkward especially without the gracing presence of Bulma. She was still working away in her lab, not coming out until she had a solution and me, Gohan, and Vegeta just sat there quietly, munching on scrambled eggs and pancakes. I looked up when Vegeta grunted, my heart quickening, then resuming it's normal beat. This silence was making me paranoid, so I decided to speak up. "Gohan?" "Hm?" He asked, looking up from the paper he was reading on new technologies. "Has Bulma came out of her lab since yesterday..at all?" "No." Vegeta said, answering the question for him. "That woman can't stand to be outsmarted by anything." He didn't look like he cared too much, but I knew he did. "Won't she need food?" Even if he wasn't concerned outwardly, I surely was.

"Well if it bothers you so much, get up and take her some food." He went to the sink and rinsed his plate. I frowned in irritation. Lazy ass. "Why don't you? You're her husband." He turned around, flashing a glare. "Because she doesn't like being bothered and I don't feel like being yelled at!" He walked to the hallway. "Besides, you're her patient, she won't yell at you." Then he left, most likely to train, I knew. So I sighed and looked to Gohan. He smiled an ok and threw an "I love you" in there for help. I got up, throwing him a kiss and heading to Bulma's lab after grabbing a tray of food and a bottle of orange juice. Bulma worried me, but she was worried about me, "Friends first" as she said..

I took a breath to calm my nerves, not because I was afraid of Bulma's reaction at being bothered, but because I was afraid of what news she might have. I knocked with a balled fist. The door opened and Bulma stood there, she looked ragged and deep lines hung under her eyes. "Videl, just it time, come in." She hurried me in and I swallowed the knot in my throat. She took the tray from my hands and set it on a nearby counter, then went walking around to other stuff in the cold room while beginning to talk. "I researched that liquid further..I suppose you had bad dreams last night?" I blinked and nodded quickly when she looked my way. "You'll have some short ones for a while, but when you had that first dose, your dream was a prolonged one as you told me it lasted three days as it seemed. This liquid is designed to trap you in your mind, if you hadn't woke up that first time, you would have never woken up again, Gohan's love saved you..you both have a strong bond and I know nothing would defeat you, but this is a different story, a couple more times of that heavy dosage and you could be trapped forever in your dreams. And they aren't suppose to be happy dreams at that. I'm still working on a solution though, it might take a few days, so hold out. Now if you would, I have much more work to do, so please wake the kids and feed them." I stood soundlessly, walking to the door. "Bulma, please eat your food." She nodded hesitantly. "I will." So with her word, I left her lab, closing the door behind me with a click and heading upstairs.

When I came back down with three bouncing kids, Gohan was in the kitchen..already making some food for the kids. I smiled happily. He was chalk full of surprises. Trunks ran up to him and jumped around. "Man, I'm hungry!!" "Alright, alright, hold you horses and sit, it's almost done." He laughed, pouring some eggs into a large bowl. "Come on, daddy!" Pan whined. I flashed a punishing look to Pan and she said she was sorry. I walked over to Gohan and helped him out. I looked at my reflection in the mirror of the water in the sink, I didn't look too well myself. Dreams that constantly tortured and awoke you every minute of the night didn't really keep you beautiful..what would I do.I could only wait..I would get through this..we would get through this..