(AN: I changed Erasa's name from Erasa to Bra, I think it better that way.)
Chapter Two!
Gohan leaned on the table Mr. And Mrs. Krammer were making tarts on, telling them the story.
"So you found the girl you said you were going to marry?" Mrs. Krammer said in her Dutch accent.
"Mm-hmm. I helped deliver her, my father use to tell me that stupid story all the time. Now I found her, on accident," Gohan said.
"Ah, Swans, nice family, awful birds though," Mr. Krammer said.
"What can you tell me about them?" Gohan asked.
"Once they drowned a boy in Boston, or something," Mr. Krammer said. Gohan laughed a little.
"I mean the family," Gohan said, eating a little piece of tart.
"One girl is blind, Marron, she has a sweet tooth though, very nice family. The mother is sick, Videl, the youngest helps take care of her," Mrs. Krammer said cutting the dough.
"Do you know if Videl lives there?"
"I don't know, she just gets cakes and treats here."
"Oh."
"She ordered a cake?" Gohan asked, excitedly leaning on the counter where the cakes were displayed. "What's the occasion?"
"I don't know, she just called up and ordered a cake," Mrs. Krammer said writing down the address while her husband tied the pink box in twine.
"Nothing written on it?" Gohan asked.
"No, nothing. Do you want to take the delivery?"
"Yeah, yes of course! I mean it's not like she's an astronaut or something. She's just a woman I helped deliver. I mean, the world's full of women, right?"
"More than men," Mr. Krammer said.
"Exactly, she's just a woman," Gohan said, leaning more on the counter, not noticing Mr. Krammer holding the box for him to take. Mrs. Krammer tapped the box and Gohan snapped out of his thoughts. "Oh, yeah, right."
As Gohan rode the bike down the street that the Swans lived on he went through lines to say to her. "Hello, remember me? I'm Gohan Son, I delivered, now I'm delivering you a cake!" Gohan thought, no that wouldn't do. "Hello, remember me? I remember you! I really remember you." No, no not good. "Hello, I'm Gohan, Gohan Son, I helped deliver you!"
Gohan strayed off his thoughts as he saw Videl get out of the car with another man; he stared at her, and didn't notice the car door open B A N G!! Gohan hit the car door and was thrown over the car door.
"Oh my god," Videl said, as she rushed over to help, the man she was with following.
Gohan opened his eyes to see a small crowd around him, he felt and ice pack on his head. "Ugh, ow, my head."
"Oh, are you alright?" an old woman asked.
"He's probably going to sue," a man, kind of old for he had gray hair said.
"Do think so?" the owner of the car asked.
"I would," another man dressed in blue doctor's outfit said, sitting on the car.
"No, no I'm fine, I have your cake," Gohan, said getting up.
"Don't move you idiot!" the old man said.
"That's probably the cake I ordered," Videl said.
"What's the occasion?" the man on the car asked.
"No, I'm fine, thank you I'm fine," Gohan said, taking the ice off his head. He turned to the old woman. He held out his hand, "Hello, I'm Gohan Son."
The old woman had a shocked face on, Gohan's eyes rolled up and he fell back, another man catching him.
Gohan woke up on a couch, a nice blanket covering. He heard the door opened and he turned to look, he saw a little girl standing there. "Hello," Gohan said. The girl screamed and ran off down the hall into the kitchen where she was scolded for screaming. Gohan sat up and looked around. He was in a nice cozy room. He looked at a little tree like thing that held lockets. He looked at one then put it back. He got up, stretched a bit then walked down the hall into the kitchen where the old woman greeted him.
"Hello," Gohan said. The woman hugged him.
"Oh, Gohan, there you are! Everybody! Listen, listen!" She said, until they quieted down. "This is the man child who thrust these very hands into my reluctant womb, and wrestled, and wrestled until he had brought out life itself from me."
Gohan just waved a bit, "Hi."
"Hey, that's the retard! That's the retard!" a man said, the man was tall with a bowl cut and lavender colored hair.
"Here she is! Look at her, isn't she magnificent!" Bulma said, bringing Videl to Gohan.
"Mother, please," Videl said, blushing a little.
Gohan gazed at her dreamily, and then said, "Last time I saw you, you were covered in after birth."
"Oh, I'm sure that's a line you've never heard before," a man said walking up behind her. He was tall with black short hair.
"Yamcha, this is the man responsible for bringing me into this world, be grateful," Videl said. Yamcha put an arm around her.
"Thank you for bringing her into the world. It'd be a much less interesting place without her," then they walked off.
"Gohan, you must stay for dinner," Bulma said. Gohan nodded.
"Thanks," he said. Then walked off. He past a woman holding a baby who stopped him
"Hello, I'm Bra," she said.
"oh, hello, is that your baby?" He asked pointing to the child.
"OH, yeah right," She said and put the baby in his arms.
"Hey could you bring the baby in here please?" the lavender haired boy asked. Gohan did so. "Why did you fire her, Marron?"
"She read too fast, and she skipped parts," Marron said.
"Trunks hired one of his girlfriends to read for Marron," Trunks' wife said to Gohan.
"Oh, that's silly honey," Trunks said.
"Oh, that's right, your girlfriends can't read."
"Come on honey!" Trunks said following his wife into the kitchen leaving Gohan and Marron alone. Gohan watched Videl and Yamcha outside the window. He reached in his pocket and got out some tile and started to shake them in his hand.
"What's that sound?" Marron asked. Gohan just then noticed her.
"Oh, it's some tile I collected for good luck," Gohan replied.
"Oh, that's cool, can I feel them?"
"Yeah sure, that's granite," Gohan looked out the window again for a while then gave Marron another one, "That's marble, and this is malachite."
"huh, is something wrong?"
"What, no, nothing's wrong. How about you keep those?"
"Can I?"
"Yeah, sure."
"For good luck eh?"
"Yep."
The table was full with the family. On one end sat Mr. Vegeta Swan, the opposite end sat Mrs. Bulma Swan. On the opposite side of Gohan sat Yamcha, to Yamcha's right was Videl, and to Yamcha's left was Trunks' wife. On Gohan's side sat himself, to his left was Marron, and to his right was Bra and Trunks. Conversation was abuzz.
"More wine?" Gohan asked Bra.
"Ah, man, wine's poison," she said as Gohan filled her cup.
"Oh, please don't Bra!" Videl said. "She says practically everything is poison."
"I'm just telling the facts!" Bra then turned to Gohan. "They injected a rat five times a day with this stuff for twenty years, you know what it died of?"
"Old?"
"Mmf! I like this guy!" Trunks' said, no one really gave that answer to Bra.
"I'm thinking of reading A Russian Love Story," Marron said. (Of course I can't remember the real title, so sorry, if you want to know what it was then watch the movie!) Bulma sighed.
"OH, that is the greatest love story I have ever read!" Bulma said.
"Can we please not talk about love while I'm eating?" Vegeta said.
"Daddy doesn't believe in love," Marron said to Gohan.
"Gohan's been love before, haven't you Gohan? He's a romantic, I can tell," Bulma said.
"Actually I have been in love," Gohan said.
"Oh really?" Marron asked. "What's it like?"
"Oh, yes, do tell, I'm all pins and needles," Bra said sarcastically.
"Well, it's like listening to music from another room. You sing along with the tune because it's one you really like, and say a door closes or a train passes by you still sing and when you hear the song you're in exact same time with it. That's what it's like," Gohan said. Trunks' wife began to cry.
"Oh man, made the wife cry," Trunks said.
"Well, thank you Gohan, that is a fitting intro to what I have to say," Videl said getting up. But then Trunks' wife got up.
"I can't take this," She said and pulled out a gun. Gohan's eyes went wide. "I am going to kill myself." Gohan ducked under the table.
"Oh, please stop doing that, Melissa!" Bulma said.
"Must we go through this every night?" Vegeta asked exasperatedly.
"Don't worry, her therapist never gives her bullets," Marron said to Gohan.
"Unfortunately," Bra said.
"I'm going to kill myself, then I'm going to kill him," She said pointing the gun to Trunks.
Trunks sighed exasperatedly, "How many times have we been through this? Kill me, then yourself! Got it? Me then you. Me then you. Okay?"
Melissa nodded. Videl held out her hand, "Okay, give me the gun."
Melissa nodded and handed her the gun, "Okay, take it, I got it out of my system."
Gohan sat back up. Trunks then said, "Okay, what were you going to say?"
Videl just sat there so Yamcha got up, "She was going to say that we are officially engaged."
"Oh this is so wonderful!" Bulma said. Gohan just sat there, as the couple was congratulated; he had to break them up. He wouldn't let his spirit be broken but this just pushed it back a little.
"Hey, Marron, I'll read for you," Gohan said, an idea forming in his head.
"Really? Hey, Mum Gohan said he'd read for me! Is it okay if Gohan reads for me, Videl?" Marron asked excitedly. Videl nodded.
"What do you think, Vegeta?" Bulma asked.
Vegeta just shrugged, "I don't care."
Gohan walked up the steps to the Mosaic place dressed in some old clothes that he wouldn't use except for this. Mr. Yajirobe came to him and gave him an apron.
"Oh, thank you Mr., Yajirobe! You won't regret this! I'm a magician!" Gohan said, putting on the apron.
"If I wanted a magician I would have hired Houdini," Mr. Yajirobe said. He turned around, "Okay come look at these plans over here."
Gohan sat at a table, as someone came with a bucket and piled tiles on the table. Gohan just looked at the wall in thought, chewing on gum.
"Have them cleaned by noon, Michelangelo," the Mexican said then walked off. Gohan nodded and got to work.
"He stepped out of the train knowing that no one should know that he wanted to marry Kitty. 'Just be calm, and quiet. What are you doing? I said be quiet stupid!' he said to his heart," Gohan read to Marron and Bulma. "This isn't working is it?"
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Bulma asked from her position on the couch, she lay on the couch her head resting on Marron's lap.
"I mean, this scene takes place in a garden, we should be in a garden!" Gohan said.
"Oh, no, I can't leave mother, Videl would kill me," Marron said shaking her head.
"Oh, don't be silly, Marron. You could go to the garden that Videl works at! I'll go get your coat," Bulma said, but Gohan stopped her.
"There's no need, it's a beautiful day outside! It's warm and sunny!" Gohan said.
"No, I don't want to," Marron said. Bulma put a hand on her shoulder.
"Go on with Gohan, honey," Bulma said comfortingly. "It's alright, he'll take care of you, and I'll be alright. Don't let me get in your way."
So out they went to the garden that Videl worked in. Marron sat on a bench in the shade of a towering young oak as Gohan read to her, constantly looking up to look for Videl.
"I can hear a bee. Is there a bee around?" Marron asked nervously.
"No, no there's no bee near you," Gohan said and continued reading.
"Yes there is I can hear it," Marron said again, she sat uncomfortable.
"No, there isn't a bee anywhere near you, I promise."
"Yes there is! I can it better than you!" Marron said.
"No-"
Marron shot up, "Yes there is! Get it away from me! The bees are all around me!"
Videl had been walking down the stairs of the Garden when she saw Marron shoot up, crying, she ran over and calmed her down. "Marron, Marron, calm down! There are no bees near you!"
"I hate bees!" Marron sobbed. Videl took her to the bathroom. Videl walked out to Gohan.
"Why did you bring her here?!" Videl practically screamed at him.
"You said she get out more," Gohan said.
"Yeah, with me."
"Why only with you?"
"Because she and I have a special relationship! You wouldn't understand, I have always been her eyes to the sighted world."
"Well, perhaps she should have someone else do that for her!"
"You know, I don't think you're the right kind of person to read for her."
"What?! What, are you firing me?!"
"Yes! This isn't a kind of job for people like you!"
"Oh yeah? Then what kind of person is this job for?"
"For a retired teacher or elder, not you!" Videl said then pointed to his chest and said, "There's a bee on you."
"Jesus," he said then stuck hand in his shirt to get the bee off. "You know, you don't always have to be the one to do everything, perhaps Marron should get out more, with other people!"
"Ssh! You're provoking it! Such fascinating creatures, bees are. Each is born to do their job; they do it, then they die," Videl said.
"Is that what you're going to do?"
"Excuse me?"
"Are you happy, Videl?"
"Yes, yes I'm happy!"
"I don't think you are."
"Then why did you ask the question if you knew the answer? Are you happy?"
"Mm-hmm," Gohan said.
"Great, how great! Everybody's happy!" Videl was about to say more when Marron came out of the bathroom.
"Okay, I'm better, I overreacted, and I'm sorry," she said standing there like a little girl.
"I'm sorry I brought you here if you had a bad time," Gohan said as he and Videl walked over to her. "
"Oh, no, I'm glad you did. It was kind of like an adventure."
"D-do you want to stay and read some more?"
"Oh no, no. I'm ready to go home now."
"Alright, let's go," Videl said and grabbed hold of Marron's arm and lead her to her car. Gohan just stood there a while and waved.
"Well, see you tomorrow then," and he walked off. Then he came stumbling back fighting the bee that was on his shirt. "Yaahh! Get away you blasted bee! Yowch! You little bugger! Sting me will you? Take that! Ha! I get the last laugh here!" (AN Okay that fighting the bee part wasn't in there I just added that because I thought it would have been funny to do. Read on plZ!)
~~~End Chapter~~~
Oops, can't read on with the story cuZ the chapter ends! Well I hope you enjoyed! I won't update for a while until I get the movie again and watch it. I've only watched it three times. I have to say it's my favorite Jude Law films because it kind of showed a different part of Jude's acting that I rarely saw; Comedy. He had such an innocence in the movie that I haven't really seen in the films of his I have seen. I'm a big Jude Law fan and Brendan Fraser fan. I have seen that Brendan possess a great acting ability. He can go from comedy to doing a drama in a snap. And can easily convert from doing a film to acting on stage easily too. He so diverse in his choosing and yet he only does the roles that are interesting to him. So he recently did a comedy, a Looney Tunes movie, next he'll probably do a drama or action, but an appealing role in Drama or Action. Well enough of my ranting on how talented Jude and Brendan are. R&R plZ I hope you enjoyed it!