"Gabrielle! What are you doing home?" Joanna asked, as I opened the door.
"I don't feel well." I said, running up the stairs.
"Gabby!" Diana said in a surprised tone. She was holding her favorite doll, Rachel, named after our mother.
"I don't feel well." I said, running and shutting my door. I slid down my door and cried. How could he do this to me? To me? I know I wasn't always the nicest person to him but I did love him, and I thought he loved me. What a bunch of bull!
"Gohan! What are you doing home?" My mother asked. "What on Earth happened?"
"I don't want to talk about it." I said, closing the door of my room.
"Okay...well, Bulma called. Trunks wanted to see you." My mother said.
"Well if she calls back better tell her I am not available right now." I said. My window was open and it looked like the perfect opportunity.
********************************Gabby? Hello, Gabby??***************************************
******************************I don't want to talk to you!***************************************
**********************************Gabby, please listen!****************************************
*********************************I hate you! Don't talk to me!**********************************
I felt terrible...Gabrielle wasn't talking to me. I looked at the picture of my father and my mother. They were so perfect together...sure they fought, actually my mom yelled at my father but they were always there for each other...and for me. I turned the picture down.
"I am sorry, father. I have failed everyone. Gabby, mom, Krillin, Piccolo, you. Even Vegeta...I feel so empty. I am not worthy to be called your son." I whispered to the picture.
"Oh you guys could never let me down..."
"How wrong you were father!" I yelled. I opened the window and breathed deeply. Time to embrace my destiny.
I sat in my room all day and cried. I was hurting everywhere. My head, my heart, everything ached. I couldn't live like this.
I had heard that the androids were moving closer. I had to stop them. I flew off until I heard screams. They looked like people but were cold.
"Oh...this town is...boring. I want some fun!" Android Eighteen said, sitting on a decrepit building.
"You are getting more and more picky!" Android Seventeen said, blowing up an abandoned car.
"PREPARE TO PAY FOR EVERYONE YOU HURT!!" I yelled running out of the shadows. The pressure inside of me exploded causing me to become a Super Saiyan like never before.
"Oh...that guy looks familiar..." Android Eighteen said. "Hey, aren't you Goku's loser son?"
"I AM NOT A LOSER!" I yelled.
"Ooh...feisty! Finally something interesting!" Android Eighteen said, jumping down from the building. "I get him first, Seventeen."
"Do whatever. He doesn't look worth my time." Android Seventeen said, waving it off.
"Hmm...good." Android Eighteen said. "Time for fun." I was totally unprepared for her attacks and ended up failing. I was falling and I fell unconscious.
I was still furious. At myself mostly for letting myself fall so much in love. But then, maybe I was overreacting. Something was wrong and I knew it. I wasn't going to admit it, though.
"Gabby, Joann told me that you were home early. Are you okay?" My father asked.
"No...I am not fine, Daddy. Please, I don't want to talk about it." I said.
"Okay, if you insist. But remember, my dearest Gabrielle, I am always here for you." My father said.
"I'll remember." I said. He kissed my forehead and walked out. I flopped down on my bed. For some unknown reason, I was beginning to feel like I was very wrong about Gohan. This was what he had to do and I was being very selfish trying to alter his destiny. Fate had already had plans for Gohan. But as stubborn as I am, I knew I had to do something...I turned on my radio to hear any news. And then it came.
"TO ALL LISTENERS: THE ANDROID ATTACKS ARE BECOMING VERY CLOSE. PLEASE STAY INDOORS." The radio announced.
"GOHAN!" I yelled, grabbing my car keys and running as fast as I could towards the ruined city. I looked frantically around. "GOHAN!!" I yelled. There was some movement under some rubble. "Gohan!"
I pulled as many rocks as I could. "Gohan?" I whispered. He was really beat up bad. "Oh my...Gohan you look terrible." I said as I pulled him out of the rubble. "Gohan? Can you hear me?" No response. I took him to my car, dragging him, trying as best as I could to miss the debris. Good thing I had a car and not an SUV like Angela always wanted. I rushed him to the hospital.
"Yes, How may I help you?" A pleasant looking woman at the Emergency desk asked.
"Yes...this is my boyfriend...he was attacked by the androids...He is really hurt!" I yelled.
"Oh my...yes! Doctor! Another Android victim!" She yelled. "I need a stretcher, stat! I shall need yours and his name."
"Gabrielle Yamato. And this is Gohan Son." I said. "May I come in his room?"
"Yes...but not now. Yamato, is it?" The nurse asked. "Okay."
I walked into Gohan's room about an hour later. "He is still unconscious, Miss Yamato. He's lucky to still be alive. I am a tad worried about him, however. His body temperature is seemingly stationary at 100 degrees. He has no signs of fever. I am amazed." The doctor said.
"Yeah...lucky." I said faintly.
"He should recover fully. He sure is lucky." The doctor remarked, walking out.
"Gohan, I am so sorry. I am so stupid for not talking to you. If I were to ever lose you, I would die!" I said. "Too bad you can't hear me."
I awoke in a few hours after being brought to the hospital. It must have been two or so in the morning and Gabrielle was lying on the chair near my bed. She was asleep and looking like an angel. I didn't want to wake her.
"Gohan! You're awake!" Gabrielle said, sitting up.
"Yeah...and in a hospital...how did I get here?" I asked.
"I...umm...dragged you here." Gabrielle admitted.
"Wow...you...dragged...me?" I asked.
"Well, yeah. How else do you think you would have got here?" Gabrielle asked.
"Magic." I said.
"I thought you didn't believe in magic." Gabrielle said.
"Not usually." I said. "But, you are really magical."
"Me?" Gabrielle asked innocently.
"Yes, you Gabby. I am sorry to do that to you." I said.
"I forgive you." She answered. We were on better terms after that but I felt like there was still a strain so I decided to do something about it. It had to include Gabrielle's favorite thing.
"What is this, Gohan?" Gabrielle asked. She was dressed in a dark blue dress with her black hair in very elegant curls. "Sorry about the clothes but it was on short notice and my dad had me at one of his meetings."
"A surprise. Come here." I said. I turned on the radio. "Your clothes look great and I don't mind about you being a little too fancy. May I please have this dance?"
"This dance? You want to dance?" She asked.
"No but I know you like to. May I have this dance, Princess Gabrielle" I asked.
"Uh...no. What if someone sees me? And I am a princess now?" Gabrielle asked.
"Of course. Come on! I did this because of you." I said.
"But...Okay..." She said, reluctantly.
One day I looked up and there you were
Like a simple question looking for an answer
Now I am a whale listening to some inner call
Swimming blindly to throw myself upon your shore
What if I don't find you and I have landed
Would you leave me here to die on your shore, stranded
I think I know why the dog howls at the moon
I was having the time of my life. Just Gohan, me, the stars and dancing.
I've been waiting for you all my life
Hoping for a miracle
I've been waiting day and night, day and night
I've been waiting for you all my life
Waiting for redemption
I've been waiting Day and Night
I burn for you
"You look like an Angel. You are so graceful. I probably look like a monkey." I said.
"Nah, not a monkey, just Gohan." She said. "Oh! This is so great!! Almost as cool as flying."
"I am glad you liked it. I wanted you to be very happy." I said.
"Thank you for the lovely time, Gohan. I loved it." Gabrielle said, kissing me.
"You are very welcome. I am glad you enjoyed it." I said. Things were finally the way they should be.
I was very happy again. It was better. Diana was now four years old and almost ready for school. My dad was seemingly happy, as I was.
"Hi, Gabby! Joann took me to the zoo! My favorite animal is the white tigers! I even got a plushie! Daddy said I could have one." Diana said, showing me her new stuffed animal. Diana's room was full of toys.
"Good for you, Diana." I said.
"And I also got you something. I know how you like manatees and polar bears but I couldn't decide so I got you both!" Diana said, holding up two small keychains.
"Oh! Diana! They're adorable! Thank you, Pixie!" I said, hugging Diana.
"I would never forget you, Gabby. Just like you would never forget me!" Diana said.
"How could I ever forget you, Diana?" I asked.
"Well, you would forget me when you move out and marry Gohan!" Diana said.
"Who said I was going to marry Gohan?" I asked my little sister.
"Well, you will!" Diana said.
"Okay...if you say so." I said.
"So how was the zoo, Diana?" My father asked.
"Wonderful! Oh, Daddy! Can I go again, tomorrow?" Diana asked.
"No, I don't think so. You would get tired of it." My father said.
"No, I wouldn't! I love animals!" Diana said.
"Okay. How about Gabby takes you this weekend. She might want to go with Gohan as well." My father said.
"YAY!! Gabby can come too!" Diana said.
"Sounds like great fun. I am sure Gohan would love to come." I said. "I shall talk to him later."
"YAY! Can't wait!" Diana said, running into her own room and precariously setting the tiger on the shelf with her other toys. "Gabby, I wish toys were alive. Especially Rachel. I think Rachel would be like mom...I wish I knew her."
"She is alive, Diana. She is alive in you. You grow to look like her every passing day." I said.
"In me? Mom's in me?" Diana asked.
"Of course. She's in me too, Diana. Sometimes it might not feel like she's here but she always is. Just like Angela." I said. My father and I never talked about Angela much. Or my mom for that matter.
"Who's Angela?" Diana asked.
"Angela? You don't know who she was? Diana, she was my twin sister. She died in the same car accident as Mom." I said.
"Angela? What a pretty name. And she was my sister?" Diana asked.
"Yes. There are pictures of her and me. Boy, Diana, I never knew you never knew about Angela." I said, bewildered.
"Can I see the pictures, please?" Diana asked.
"Yeah. Sure." I said, running into my room and bringing out the scrap album of our gymnastics.
"Ooh...you have a clone, Gabby! An exact look alike!" Diana exclaimed.
"She was my older sister. She was the older one of us." I said.
"Angela. My next doll will be named Angela." Diana declared.
"Okay. As you wish, Pixie" I said.
"GOODY!!" Diana ran out of her room. "Daddy! I need another doll!"
"Another doll? My goodness, Diana you have plenty." My father said.
"But I need to name one Angela." Diana said.
"Oh, you need to?" My father asked.
"Yes! NEED!" Diana said.
"Okay. Have Gabby take you to the toy store on the way home from the zoo." My father said.
"YAY!!" Diana yelled.
"Diana, it's time for bed!" Joann said, walking by with Diana's newly washed clothing.
"Joanna's right. Bed time, Diana." My father said, picking her up.
"Okay, Good night Gabby." Diana said, as she was carried off. As much as I loved my little sister I was glad she was going to bed. Now I could talk to Gohan in peace.
***********************************Firefly??***********************************************
**********************************Huh? Gabrielle?******************************************
*******************************Well, yeah. Who else would it be?********************************
****************************************A ghost?*******************************************
************************************Nah. I'm still alive***************************************
*********************************Good thing. So what's up?************************************
**************The sky. But I was wondering if you would like to go with me**************************
***************************************To where?*******************************************
***********************************The zoo. Diana wants to go.*********************************
******************************She wants to go with me?****************************************
*******************Well, not with you, per say, but she wants to go*********************************
*************************So you want me to take your sister?*************************************
*********************No, silly. I am going too. I want you to come*********************************
*******************You want me to come to the zoo with you and your sister?************************
*************************Well, sure, if you wouldn't mind...**************************************
*************************************I'd love to go.*******************************************
***********************GREAT!!!! I would like to go on Saturday*********************************
********************************Fine with me. See you tomorrow********************************
***********************************Bye, Firefly. Love you.*************************************
*********************************Love you too, Gabby.*****************************************
Author's note:
Well, that's Chapter Nine. Hope you liked it. Sorry if it seems too rushed. It's not my intention. If you have any questions or comments I would be glad to hear them. My email is ice_princess_cimorene@yahoo.com. Please review.
Is it just me or is the worst author's note ever??? Oh well. I am not in a very author noting mood. So anyways, please please please review!!!!!