A Bet Worth Losing (Chapter Four – Bah)
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It was late afternoon, and Videl was bored out of her mind. She laid on the couch, her arms dangling off to the side. She stared up at the ceiling, not knowing what else to do.
I've got to get a life. I had so much to do before I met Gohan... that dense moron. Now my whole world practically revolves around him. I wonder if he's having fun with Angela...
A knock from her doorbell brought her back to reality, and she got up, walking towards the door. When she swung the door open, she stared at the person as if he wasn't real.
"Uh... Videl?"
"What are you doing here?"
Gohan smiled. "We finally found a tux, and she let me off after lunch and some more shopping."
"Then why are you here? I thought you'd take today to finish your homework."
"Crap! I forgot all about the homework!"
Videl laughed. "That's funny."
He glared at her playfully. "Look what you made me do."
"No," she corrected stubbornly. "Look what you made yourself do. But you can go ahead and go home and work on it if you need to. I need to work on my homework too."
"Oh," he said almost disappointedly, looking down. "You want to come over to my house and do it? I'll have my homework done in no time, and it's sorta boring at home. After we're finished, we can go wherever you want. But we have to be home before eight because we have school tomorrow."
She smiled at him. "Okay."
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"HEY! GIVE ME BACK MY PENCIL!"
"Oi," Gohan grumbled, crawling under the table. "No need to scream at me. Besides," he growled. "You don't HAVE a PENCIL."
Videl glared at him. "Yes I... BLAH! YOU CORRUPTED DORK! Ugh."
Gohan crawled out of the table and sat in front of her, grinning. When she turned away, he grabbed her arm, placing her pencil back into her hand.
"I don't want it anymore," she said, throwing it back at him. "It's been contaminated."
"Hey," he frowned. "That's not very nice."
"Well, you aren't very nice either."
"I try."
"Don't try."
"Okay."
She looked at him. "Okay?"
"Okay."
"Shut up, you're confusing me."
"That isn't very nice."
She sighed. "Gohan, it's already five, and we're not even half way done with our homework."
"Speak for yourself."
"What?!"
"I'm finished."
"You SUCK."
"That isn't very-"
"Shut up."
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"Okay, I'm finally done!"
Gohan looked at his watch, smirking. "It took you long enough. Two hours. It's seven. And we didn't even have that much."
She rolled her eyes. "Yeah, sure. Rub it in. I'm only human, ya know."
"Dinner?" he suggested.
Videl shrugged. "I'm not that hungry."
"But I am..." he whined.
"I know you are. When are you not?"
"Bah."
She grinned, standing up. "I think I better go home. It's getting late."
He nodded. "Okay, I'll walk you home."
"You don't need to," she said, raising an eyebrow at him. "I can take care of myself. I can walk home by myself too."
"I know, but... I'm bored, so why not?"
"Okay, if you want."
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Entering chat room...
UltimateScholar1: Bah.
SaiyaGirl2: Bah what?
UltimateScholar1: Nothing.
SaiyaGirl2: ...Okay.
UltimateScholar1: What are you doing?
SaiyaGirl2: You wouldn't believe it, but Angela just called me... I'm talking to her right now.
UltimateScholar1: Oh, what's she saying?
SaiyaGirl2: She's telling me how much you were into her.
UltimateScholar1: WHAT?
SaiyaGirl2: ...She said you guys were holding hands while walking down the street after finding your tux...
UltimateScholar1: Oh, that... well, it's not like I wanted to hold her hand...
SaiyaGirl2: Why didn't you just pull away then?
UltimateScholar1: Um... because you weren't there.
SaiyaGirl2: ...What?!
UltimateScholar1: You weren't there, meaning that my hand-warmer wasn't there. ;p Besides, if I pulled away, she would've made a big deal out of it.
SaiyaGirl2: ...Oh. That's sweet.
UltimateScholar1: Heh...
SaiyaGirl2: Three days until the dance, says Angela. She can't wait.
UltimateScholar1: Yeah, um... tell her I can't either.
SaiyaGirl2: She... she says she loves you.
UltimateScholar1: ...Tell her I had to log off.
SaiyaGirl2: She says she's going to call you now.
UltimateScholar1: Tell her I'm in the shower.
SaiyaGirl2: It's giving her ideas.
UltimateScholar1: ...Okay, I'm just going to head off to bed right now.
SaiyaGirl2: Use your words wisely.
UltimateScholar1: Okay, get off the phone with her.
SaiyaGirl2: Okay...
UltimateScholar1: Done?
SaiyaGirl2: Yup. You know, she was bragging how much you were into her...
UltimateScholar1: I was not into her.
SaiyaGirl2: How so? Who are you into?
UltimateScholar1: ...
SaiyaGirl2: Come on. Tell me. I won't tell anyone.
UltimateScholar2: No one.
SaiyaGirl2: Come on. Tell meee...
UltimateScholar1: Maybe another time. I'm going to head off now. See you tomorrow.
SaiyaGirl2: Fine... bye!
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I was sleep deprived when I wrote this and the next chapter. This chapter is pretty much pointless and stupid... but you know... I was watching Will & Grace and drinking pop when I wrote this... so... ^^;;