Yorgi rolled over in bed and stared at the clock. 10 am was way too early
to get up. *Thursday* he thought to himself, running a hand over his face.
*Only one week until the big boost* He wasn't nervous, though.
Especially since he had some of the best car boosts working under him. And
he was thankful that Lindsey was back. He wished to himself that Jenny and
Sabriena would come back, but he doubted it. But there was always that
little glimmer of hope.
It had been nearly a month since Lindsey had returned. In that time, she had definitely gone back to her "old ways". She spent more time at the house than she did anywhere else and was practicing on the cars and doing an exceptional job. She and Xander were getting along perfectly. They worked side by side day and night, just like before she left.
He sighed deeply, knowing that Toby, Samantha, Mirror Man and Kacie were probably out scouting the cars, double-checking everything. He smiled to himself. He leaned his head far back into the soft, silk-covered pillows on his bed. His shoulder-length, wavy black hair fanned out around him. He stared at the large silver ring on the index finger of his left hand, thinking. He wondered if he would be able to pull off another boost without being caught. The last one had been close. He really didn't care if he got caught. He would just retreat to Prague again and stay in his castle in the mountains there for a while until it blew over. He had ways around everything. It would be too bad, though, if he was caught. He had really come to like America.
He rolled to his side and pulled the thick blankets up over himself, breathing deeply and closing his eyes. *No reason to get up* he thought. *Must save strength for the party tonight.*
*~*~*~*~
Mirror Man drove his car south on Highway 63, heading straight for Columbia. His mirrored shades helped him see in the bright, early morning light. He leaned back in his seat, enjoying his DMX CD. The others with him (Kit, Toby, Kacie and Samantha) were sound asleep, despite the thundering bass. Kit sat in the front seat, his head leaned against the window. Kacie sat in the back in the middle with Toby and Sam on either side.
*Stupid white people* Mirror Man thought to himself. He gripped the steering wheel and continued to stare ahead.
Kit stirred and blinked. "Are we there yet, man?"
"Man, we just left town ten minutes ago," Mirror Man answered.
Kit yawned. "Well damn that." He rubbed his eyes and adjusted himself in the seat. "I want some cars!"
"Not until next week," Mirror Man reminded him. "You know Yorgi. He'd skin you if he found out you were ahead of schedule without his permission."
Kit chuckled as he took out a pack of cigarettes and shook one out. He placed it in his lips and lit it. He opened his window and let the gray smoke curl from his lips and out through the small opening.
"You're almost as bad as Kirill," Mirror Man said.
Kit shook his head and flipped his cigarette. "No one's that bad."
Mirror Man laughed and agreed. "That's the truth."
"You know what?" Kit asked, reaching over and turning the music down so that it was barely audible.
"What?"
"I miss Sabriena and Jenny," Kit said. "I wish they would come home."
"If they were going to follow Lindsey, they would have been here by now."
"Are you sure? Maybe they're waiting for us to encourage them or something."
Mirror Man whipped out a cell phone. "Call them."
Kit grinned and dialed the number.
*~*~*~*~
"You promised me I could go home!" Sabriena screamed. "That was almost a month ago!"
Piccolo stared at Sabriena, his expression unreadable. He was tired of having this conversation with her. And especially now, now that all of the Z-Fighters were there.
"If she wants to go home so bad, let her," Vegeta said.
Ardon blinked. "Why?"
Sabriena merely glanced at him. "I'm sick of this place."
"You know, it would be good for all of us to be together again," Catie said dreamily, staring up at the sky.
Trunks gasped. "Catie, you're not going to leave, are you?"
"Maybe," she answered truthfully. "For a little while. I'll be back."
Trunks heaved a sigh of relief.
"Well, I'm not coming back," Sabriena announced. "I'm leaving and it's for good."
"I don't think it's wise for any of you to leave," Piccolo said.
"Why?" Sabriena asked.
"I just don't think so," he answered.
"Well, I'm going to wait for some kind of sign," Jenny said. "Then I'll make up my mind."
As if an answer to her statement, Sabriena's cell phone began to ring. "Hello?"
"Sabriena?" the male voice asked.
"Yeah."
"It's Kit. What are you up to?"
"Hey Kit!" she cried, glaring at Piccolo. "What's up?"
"Not much," he answered.
Sabriena could tell from the connection that he was on a cell phone. "Why'd you call?"
"Well, we were kind'a wondering when you were going to come home."
Sabriena smirked. "Right now. I was just getting ready to leave."
Jenny's jaw dropped.
"Sweet. We'll see you later then, right?"
"You bet," she answered and hung up.
"Who was that?" Jenny asked.
"Kit. He was wondering when we were coming home."
"You rigged this!" Piccolo accused.
"Piccolo, how could she have?" Jenny asked. "I'll pack my things and be back in an hour." With that, she started to walk away.
"Jenny, wait!" Piccolo cried, hurrying after her. He finally caught up to her in the hallway.
"I can't ignore something like that, Piccolo," Jenny said. "Something's telling me to go home."
"I won't let you," Piccolo said desperately. He now knew how Gohan had felt the night Lindsey had walked out on him.
"I have to go home to them," Jenny said. "Kit isn't just the kind to call out of the blue."
"And Kolya?" Piccolo asked, hoping he had got the name right.
"What about Kolya?"
"Sabriena said that you would want to 'go back to him'."
Jenny laughed. "Kolya and I were never anything more than friends. You don't have to worry about ol' Kolya." Her eyes softened. "It's you I love."
Piccolo smiled. "Then why do you want to leave?"
"I feel like I need to go home. Just for a visit. Then I'll be even more excited about being here."
Piccolo sighed. "Fine. Just take care of yourself. I love you."
"I love you, too," Jenny said and kissed him softly on his lips. Then she went to her car, where the other girls had run ahead of her and waited.
*~*~*~*~
"They're coming," Kit said.
Samantha yawned in the back seat. "Who's coming?"
"Sabriena and Jenny," Kit answered with a grin. "They said they were getting ready to leave."
Sam squealed. "Do you think they'll be here by tonight?"
Mirror Man and Kit glanced at each other. "Probably not," Mirror Man said. "That's like a fifteen hour flight or something."
"Then they'll be here by tomorrow," Sam said.
Mirror Man nodded as he exited the highway. "I'd say so."
Sam squealed again, waking Toby and Kacie. "Shopping spree!"
*~*~*~*~
"Now you see how it feels," Gohan growled at Trunks, Piccolo, Ardon and Seventeen.
"You know what?" Seventeen started. "Ever since she left, you've been nothing but a complete jerk. You need to get over it."
Gohan's dark eyes flashed. "Yeah? Let's see how you are in a month after Leelee's gone. Do you know I've spoken to her once since she left? ONCE!"
"Gohan, calm yourself," Piccolo said. "I understand, too, but that's no reason to throw your life away. Perhaps you and Lindsey weren't meant to be."
Gohan scoffed at the idea. "Whatever! We're engaged and nothing's going to change that."
Tears welled up in Chichi's eyes. "Oh, Gohan, why can't you just forget about her? Why can't you date a nice girl, like Videl or Aresa?"
"Because I love HER, Mom. I love HER!"
Chichi's bottom lip trembled. She had done nothing but fuss over Gohan for the passed month, encouraging him to meet new people and forget about the girl.
"Stop it, Mom. I'm marrying Lindsey and that's final. Nothing can ever change that and nothing can stop us. You might as well just accept it."
Chichi turned and left, wiping her eyes as she went. *Can't he see? He can do so much better than that. Why would he settle for less?*
Goku sighed and went after her.
"Man, living around here lately has been like living in a Soap Opera!" Krillin exclaimed.
Yamcha nodded his agreement.
"Chichi, you have to accept the fact that they're going to get married," Goku said when he finally caught up to her.
"I don't have to accept anything," Chichi shot back. "He could do so much better than some foreigner!'
Goku's eyes flashed, but his voice remained calm. "Chichi, Gohan loves her. And I don't see how he could do any 'better'. That girl is perfect for him. She loves him and is good to him and her family is nice."
"You don't even know her family."
"I met Shayne; that's good enough for me."
"Oh, Goku, he should be dating other girls and not be so tied down to just one. They're too young."
"Chichi, how old is Gohan?" Goku reminded her.
"Eighteen," Chichi answered.
"And how old were we when we got married?"
Chichi sniffled, then her eyes went wide with realization. "Sixteen."
Goku nodded. "Exactly."
Chichi closed her eyes for a moment. "I've been so wrong."
"No, you just care and were concerned."
"Why did he have to grow up so fast?"
"I don't know," Goku answered with a chuckle.
"We'll discuss it with him over dinner," Chichi said.
"Discuss what?" Goku asked.
"What type of wedding he wants."
Goku smiled down at his wife. She had finally come around.
It had been nearly a month since Lindsey had returned. In that time, she had definitely gone back to her "old ways". She spent more time at the house than she did anywhere else and was practicing on the cars and doing an exceptional job. She and Xander were getting along perfectly. They worked side by side day and night, just like before she left.
He sighed deeply, knowing that Toby, Samantha, Mirror Man and Kacie were probably out scouting the cars, double-checking everything. He smiled to himself. He leaned his head far back into the soft, silk-covered pillows on his bed. His shoulder-length, wavy black hair fanned out around him. He stared at the large silver ring on the index finger of his left hand, thinking. He wondered if he would be able to pull off another boost without being caught. The last one had been close. He really didn't care if he got caught. He would just retreat to Prague again and stay in his castle in the mountains there for a while until it blew over. He had ways around everything. It would be too bad, though, if he was caught. He had really come to like America.
He rolled to his side and pulled the thick blankets up over himself, breathing deeply and closing his eyes. *No reason to get up* he thought. *Must save strength for the party tonight.*
*~*~*~*~
Mirror Man drove his car south on Highway 63, heading straight for Columbia. His mirrored shades helped him see in the bright, early morning light. He leaned back in his seat, enjoying his DMX CD. The others with him (Kit, Toby, Kacie and Samantha) were sound asleep, despite the thundering bass. Kit sat in the front seat, his head leaned against the window. Kacie sat in the back in the middle with Toby and Sam on either side.
*Stupid white people* Mirror Man thought to himself. He gripped the steering wheel and continued to stare ahead.
Kit stirred and blinked. "Are we there yet, man?"
"Man, we just left town ten minutes ago," Mirror Man answered.
Kit yawned. "Well damn that." He rubbed his eyes and adjusted himself in the seat. "I want some cars!"
"Not until next week," Mirror Man reminded him. "You know Yorgi. He'd skin you if he found out you were ahead of schedule without his permission."
Kit chuckled as he took out a pack of cigarettes and shook one out. He placed it in his lips and lit it. He opened his window and let the gray smoke curl from his lips and out through the small opening.
"You're almost as bad as Kirill," Mirror Man said.
Kit shook his head and flipped his cigarette. "No one's that bad."
Mirror Man laughed and agreed. "That's the truth."
"You know what?" Kit asked, reaching over and turning the music down so that it was barely audible.
"What?"
"I miss Sabriena and Jenny," Kit said. "I wish they would come home."
"If they were going to follow Lindsey, they would have been here by now."
"Are you sure? Maybe they're waiting for us to encourage them or something."
Mirror Man whipped out a cell phone. "Call them."
Kit grinned and dialed the number.
*~*~*~*~
"You promised me I could go home!" Sabriena screamed. "That was almost a month ago!"
Piccolo stared at Sabriena, his expression unreadable. He was tired of having this conversation with her. And especially now, now that all of the Z-Fighters were there.
"If she wants to go home so bad, let her," Vegeta said.
Ardon blinked. "Why?"
Sabriena merely glanced at him. "I'm sick of this place."
"You know, it would be good for all of us to be together again," Catie said dreamily, staring up at the sky.
Trunks gasped. "Catie, you're not going to leave, are you?"
"Maybe," she answered truthfully. "For a little while. I'll be back."
Trunks heaved a sigh of relief.
"Well, I'm not coming back," Sabriena announced. "I'm leaving and it's for good."
"I don't think it's wise for any of you to leave," Piccolo said.
"Why?" Sabriena asked.
"I just don't think so," he answered.
"Well, I'm going to wait for some kind of sign," Jenny said. "Then I'll make up my mind."
As if an answer to her statement, Sabriena's cell phone began to ring. "Hello?"
"Sabriena?" the male voice asked.
"Yeah."
"It's Kit. What are you up to?"
"Hey Kit!" she cried, glaring at Piccolo. "What's up?"
"Not much," he answered.
Sabriena could tell from the connection that he was on a cell phone. "Why'd you call?"
"Well, we were kind'a wondering when you were going to come home."
Sabriena smirked. "Right now. I was just getting ready to leave."
Jenny's jaw dropped.
"Sweet. We'll see you later then, right?"
"You bet," she answered and hung up.
"Who was that?" Jenny asked.
"Kit. He was wondering when we were coming home."
"You rigged this!" Piccolo accused.
"Piccolo, how could she have?" Jenny asked. "I'll pack my things and be back in an hour." With that, she started to walk away.
"Jenny, wait!" Piccolo cried, hurrying after her. He finally caught up to her in the hallway.
"I can't ignore something like that, Piccolo," Jenny said. "Something's telling me to go home."
"I won't let you," Piccolo said desperately. He now knew how Gohan had felt the night Lindsey had walked out on him.
"I have to go home to them," Jenny said. "Kit isn't just the kind to call out of the blue."
"And Kolya?" Piccolo asked, hoping he had got the name right.
"What about Kolya?"
"Sabriena said that you would want to 'go back to him'."
Jenny laughed. "Kolya and I were never anything more than friends. You don't have to worry about ol' Kolya." Her eyes softened. "It's you I love."
Piccolo smiled. "Then why do you want to leave?"
"I feel like I need to go home. Just for a visit. Then I'll be even more excited about being here."
Piccolo sighed. "Fine. Just take care of yourself. I love you."
"I love you, too," Jenny said and kissed him softly on his lips. Then she went to her car, where the other girls had run ahead of her and waited.
*~*~*~*~
"They're coming," Kit said.
Samantha yawned in the back seat. "Who's coming?"
"Sabriena and Jenny," Kit answered with a grin. "They said they were getting ready to leave."
Sam squealed. "Do you think they'll be here by tonight?"
Mirror Man and Kit glanced at each other. "Probably not," Mirror Man said. "That's like a fifteen hour flight or something."
"Then they'll be here by tomorrow," Sam said.
Mirror Man nodded as he exited the highway. "I'd say so."
Sam squealed again, waking Toby and Kacie. "Shopping spree!"
*~*~*~*~
"Now you see how it feels," Gohan growled at Trunks, Piccolo, Ardon and Seventeen.
"You know what?" Seventeen started. "Ever since she left, you've been nothing but a complete jerk. You need to get over it."
Gohan's dark eyes flashed. "Yeah? Let's see how you are in a month after Leelee's gone. Do you know I've spoken to her once since she left? ONCE!"
"Gohan, calm yourself," Piccolo said. "I understand, too, but that's no reason to throw your life away. Perhaps you and Lindsey weren't meant to be."
Gohan scoffed at the idea. "Whatever! We're engaged and nothing's going to change that."
Tears welled up in Chichi's eyes. "Oh, Gohan, why can't you just forget about her? Why can't you date a nice girl, like Videl or Aresa?"
"Because I love HER, Mom. I love HER!"
Chichi's bottom lip trembled. She had done nothing but fuss over Gohan for the passed month, encouraging him to meet new people and forget about the girl.
"Stop it, Mom. I'm marrying Lindsey and that's final. Nothing can ever change that and nothing can stop us. You might as well just accept it."
Chichi turned and left, wiping her eyes as she went. *Can't he see? He can do so much better than that. Why would he settle for less?*
Goku sighed and went after her.
"Man, living around here lately has been like living in a Soap Opera!" Krillin exclaimed.
Yamcha nodded his agreement.
"Chichi, you have to accept the fact that they're going to get married," Goku said when he finally caught up to her.
"I don't have to accept anything," Chichi shot back. "He could do so much better than some foreigner!'
Goku's eyes flashed, but his voice remained calm. "Chichi, Gohan loves her. And I don't see how he could do any 'better'. That girl is perfect for him. She loves him and is good to him and her family is nice."
"You don't even know her family."
"I met Shayne; that's good enough for me."
"Oh, Goku, he should be dating other girls and not be so tied down to just one. They're too young."
"Chichi, how old is Gohan?" Goku reminded her.
"Eighteen," Chichi answered.
"And how old were we when we got married?"
Chichi sniffled, then her eyes went wide with realization. "Sixteen."
Goku nodded. "Exactly."
Chichi closed her eyes for a moment. "I've been so wrong."
"No, you just care and were concerned."
"Why did he have to grow up so fast?"
"I don't know," Goku answered with a chuckle.
"We'll discuss it with him over dinner," Chichi said.
"Discuss what?" Goku asked.
"What type of wedding he wants."
Goku smiled down at his wife. She had finally come around.