Chapter 6: A Beetle and a Birthday
It had been a month since Cleo had met Gohan. They had been training after school on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. They would go out on Fridays to dinner and the movies, occasionally to coffee houses, Gohan hated the stuff but Cleo had drunken it since she was 10. On Saturdays they would go to the same beach as the day they met. It was now June, school was almost over and, it was warm. Gohan being a Senior in High School was busy looking for a College on Sundays, even though he knew he could never attend. Cleo wanted to do something for him, save him, she was smart enough. Heck, she could've gone to College when she was fourteen, but chose to stay back with her fellow classmates, who often told her to go to College and leave them alone when they were angry with her. Her birthday was fast approaching, it was June 10th, her birthday was a short 5 days away and no one knew it but her, she chose to have it remain that way. June 15th, the big day, Cleo was now 16, she could get her license in the States and she wondered if they would have had a party in NYC. Bulma wanted to know more about Cleo, so she went online to people.net (A/N: not a real site, I don't think!) and typed in Cleo Adkins, her adopted name. The site read:
Name: Cleo Adkins
Age: 16
B-Day: June 15th
Status: Adopted
Blood Type: UNKNOWN
Current Where-a-bouts: Not known
Extra: This girl has been missing from her adoptive family for 35 days, suspect is her biological father Vegeta. If you see this girl please notify the United States Bureau of Missing Persons.
* Wow she didn't tell any one that her birthday is today, I wonder why,* Bulma thought.
"Hey Trunks," Bulma yelled for the twelve year-old, " Come here!"
"What Mom?"
"Just a sec," Bulma said writing down something, " Ahh there. Now Trunks, take this down to the copier and make a copy for Krillin, Piccolo, Grandpa, Gohan, Master Roshi, Yamcha, Tien, and Dende, then deliver them and then pick up a cake mix, some ice cream, party decorations and favors, and here's ten dollars to buy something for Cleo, it's her birthday."
"OK, Mom be back soon," he yelled as he ran down the stairs. Bulma looked out the window into the large backyard to see Cleo, reading a book at the foot of the largest tree. * Good, she's busy, alone, it will be a big surprise, WAIT, I gotta get her a present,* Bulma thought, * hmm, what did I want when I turned 16, a CAR, DUH!!!!! But what kind?* Bulma ran down stairs and grabbed her purse then ran outside.
" Hey, Cleo, Wanna go shopping with me," Bulma asked.
" Sure Bulma, I'd love to go, give me a second to put my book away." Cleo ran inside, put the book on her bed and grabbed a jacket and then ran out to the car with Bulma. They drove around and then Bulma stopped at a car dealer ship.
"Bulma, What exactly are we shopping for," Cleo asked.
"Your, car, go ahead and choose one, Happy Birthday." Cleo was stunned, she hadn't told any one not even Gohan, how did Bulma find out. Maybe her father told her but he, her father, was DEAD!!!!! So, how in the world did she know. * Have i been talking in my sleep?* Cleo thought.
"Um excuse me Bulma, but how did you find out is was my birthday," Cleo asked.
"Internet, that's where everything is," Bulma said with a huge smile, " Now pick out a car!!"* Can't object, my own car, I've always wanted a Beetle,* Cleo thought and with that she followed Bulma through the lot and picked out a black Beetle.
"Now," Bulma said, capsulsizing the hover car and jumping in the passanger side of the beetle, to the DMV!!!"
"Um, shouldn't you be driving," Cleo asked, " I don't have my license yet."
"Nah, You'll be fine," Bulma reassured her.
It had been a month since Cleo had met Gohan. They had been training after school on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. They would go out on Fridays to dinner and the movies, occasionally to coffee houses, Gohan hated the stuff but Cleo had drunken it since she was 10. On Saturdays they would go to the same beach as the day they met. It was now June, school was almost over and, it was warm. Gohan being a Senior in High School was busy looking for a College on Sundays, even though he knew he could never attend. Cleo wanted to do something for him, save him, she was smart enough. Heck, she could've gone to College when she was fourteen, but chose to stay back with her fellow classmates, who often told her to go to College and leave them alone when they were angry with her. Her birthday was fast approaching, it was June 10th, her birthday was a short 5 days away and no one knew it but her, she chose to have it remain that way. June 15th, the big day, Cleo was now 16, she could get her license in the States and she wondered if they would have had a party in NYC. Bulma wanted to know more about Cleo, so she went online to people.net (A/N: not a real site, I don't think!) and typed in Cleo Adkins, her adopted name. The site read:
Name: Cleo Adkins
Age: 16
B-Day: June 15th
Status: Adopted
Blood Type: UNKNOWN
Current Where-a-bouts: Not known
Extra: This girl has been missing from her adoptive family for 35 days, suspect is her biological father Vegeta. If you see this girl please notify the United States Bureau of Missing Persons.
* Wow she didn't tell any one that her birthday is today, I wonder why,* Bulma thought.
"Hey Trunks," Bulma yelled for the twelve year-old, " Come here!"
"What Mom?"
"Just a sec," Bulma said writing down something, " Ahh there. Now Trunks, take this down to the copier and make a copy for Krillin, Piccolo, Grandpa, Gohan, Master Roshi, Yamcha, Tien, and Dende, then deliver them and then pick up a cake mix, some ice cream, party decorations and favors, and here's ten dollars to buy something for Cleo, it's her birthday."
"OK, Mom be back soon," he yelled as he ran down the stairs. Bulma looked out the window into the large backyard to see Cleo, reading a book at the foot of the largest tree. * Good, she's busy, alone, it will be a big surprise, WAIT, I gotta get her a present,* Bulma thought, * hmm, what did I want when I turned 16, a CAR, DUH!!!!! But what kind?* Bulma ran down stairs and grabbed her purse then ran outside.
" Hey, Cleo, Wanna go shopping with me," Bulma asked.
" Sure Bulma, I'd love to go, give me a second to put my book away." Cleo ran inside, put the book on her bed and grabbed a jacket and then ran out to the car with Bulma. They drove around and then Bulma stopped at a car dealer ship.
"Bulma, What exactly are we shopping for," Cleo asked.
"Your, car, go ahead and choose one, Happy Birthday." Cleo was stunned, she hadn't told any one not even Gohan, how did Bulma find out. Maybe her father told her but he, her father, was DEAD!!!!! So, how in the world did she know. * Have i been talking in my sleep?* Cleo thought.
"Um excuse me Bulma, but how did you find out is was my birthday," Cleo asked.
"Internet, that's where everything is," Bulma said with a huge smile, " Now pick out a car!!"* Can't object, my own car, I've always wanted a Beetle,* Cleo thought and with that she followed Bulma through the lot and picked out a black Beetle.
"Now," Bulma said, capsulsizing the hover car and jumping in the passanger side of the beetle, to the DMV!!!"
"Um, shouldn't you be driving," Cleo asked, " I don't have my license yet."
"Nah, You'll be fine," Bulma reassured her.
