Chapter Eleven: Snow Bunnies and Co-Ed Mishaps Part One
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone that I didn't make up.
A/N: Heaven's Angel, you've embarrassed me now! I don't think I chose to word that properly. I meant that, the way I wrote this story, GT wouldn't be able to happen cos I've messed up the timeline. Thanks for all the b-day wishes guys, and Happy b-day to Darth Anthony big up my fellow Piscean! ^_^() Sorry, bad cockney habit. Anyhoo, this was creeping around in my head for ages. So, enjoy!
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"Does anyone else feel that sense of impending doom?" Trunks asked. The gang were by their usual in between class hang out, the lockers.
"Your paranoia picking up bogeys on radar again?" Lil Tak asked.
"No, something different." Trunks said, wearily. The others rolled their eyes. "They still haven't let up for air?" Trunks was referring to Goten and Paresu, who had been kissing since the bell rang.
"Nope." Lil Tak replied.
"Leave them alone, I think it's sweet." Marron said.
"It won't be so sweet when Goten's mouth falls off and he won't be able to eat anymore." Remy said. Goten suddenly stopped kissing Paresu and looked at Remy with fear. "We've discussed this before Goten, it's called sarcasm." Goten continued his previous activity.
"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!" A voice shrieked.
"Homer Simpson?" Remy asked, as they all looked over to the direction of the scream. It was Juliana and she ran over to them.
"What the heck's the matter with you?" Trunks asked.
"Skiing trip!" Juliana yelled. Trunks blinked and rubbed his ears.
"Your voice can be quite irritating at times." Trunks said. Juliana ignored him.
"Co-ed skiing trip! We're going to the mountains." Juliana said. "Why aren't you guys excited?"
"Because I have a boyfriend." Remy said.
"Teenage girls frighten me." Trunks said. "Goten and Paresu are pretty much covered."
"I have…a cr-um-condition." Lil Tak said, grinning sheepishly.
"And I'm a freshman." Marron said. "So, I won't be getting any action." Juliana groaned.
"Come on! Ski trip!" Juliana said.
"I'd hate to break your heart but this thing is chaperoned." Alex said, appearing out of nowhere and scaring the hell out of everyone.
"How do you do that?!" Marron asked.
"A magician never reveals his tricks." Alex grinned. "And the people who are chaperoning it make this whole thing even more delicious." Everyone raised an eyebrow.
"Is it any of our parents?" Trunks asked.
"No." Alex said, in a singsong voice.
"Then it can't be that bad!" Juliana said, breathing a sigh of relief.
"You'd think so, wouldn't you?" Alex smirked.
"Okay Al, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. Who is chaperoning this ski trip?" Lil Tak asked.
"Hey, leave him be. This is Al's first evil moment." Remy said. Alex grinned evilly.
"It's your brother and his wife." Alex said.
"My brother is not married you fish." Remy said.
"Not you, Goten." Alex said. "And don't call me a fish."
"NANI?!?!" Trunks yelled.
"Now I'm definitely not getting any action." Marron sighed.
"How is this possible?!" Trunks asked.
"Well, all our parents either refused or were too busy and Gohan was a model student when he was here so they asked him." Alex replied.
"Curse that man and his unblemished record." Trunks cursed.
"Okay Double D, I think you need to calm down!" Remy said. "It can't be that bad, Gohan's cool."
"Yeah, but it's gonna be weird with him there!" Trunks exclaimed.
"Well you have the pleasure of telling Goten, that should count for something." Juliana pointed out. Trunks smirked evilly.
"Are you taking notes Alex?" Remy asked.
"Yes'm." Alex replied, hurriedly scribbling notes on a pad.
"Oh Goten?" Trunks said. Goten was still busy. "Guess what? This skiing trip we're going on? Gohan and Videl are the chaperones." Goten stopped kissing his girlfriend and looked at Trunks bewildered.
"Please tell me you're joking." Goten pleaded.
"Sorry Goten." Trunks replied. Goten's bottom lip wobbled and he dropped down to his knees.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" Goten cried.
"Wow…" The others all uttered.
"What's wrong with him?" Paresu asked.
"His brother is chaperoning the skiing trip." Trunks replied.
"Aww, my poor baby. Do you want me to make it better?" Paresu asked.
"As tempting as that is right now, this issue must be resolved!" Goten yelled.
"Quickly, to the horny teen mobile!" Remy yelled, striking a dramatic pose.
"Very funny Remy." Goten said. Remy giggled as they all ran to Trunks' car. They all tried to squeeze in.
"I don't think we're gonna fit." Lil Tak called out.
"Remy, get out of the car! You're too fat!" Juliana said.
"I am not! Just because I'm not a stick like you!"
"A stick?"
"Yep! Real women have curves. Stick women are just men in drag!"
"I dare you to say that again."
"Stick women are just men in drag! Stick women are just men in drag!"
"Ladies, can we cut this out please?" Trunks said, rubbing his temples. "Since it's Goten's brother me and Goten will go."
"Awww…" The others said.
"I know Gohan too!" Marron said.
"Okay kiddo, you can come too." Trunks said.
"It's not fair, I wanted to see Goten's cutie brother." Juliana sighed.
"He's a married man!" Lil Tak said. "With a kid!" Juliana just shrugged her shoulders.
"Please don't leave us here with them!" Remy begged.
"I'll ride on the top of the car!" Alex said.
"Okay, but hop in when they're not looking." Trunks said. Alex and Remy did as they were told and hopped in the car. Trunks quickly sped away and arrived at Gohan's house in record time. The teens did not bother knocking and just burst in. They found Gohan in the study and all yelled various questions at him. He just looked at them and blinked.
"Who let you in? And how did you get in here?" Gohan asked.
"That doesn't matter now! Why in the blue hell are you chaperoning our ski trip?!" Goten yelled.
"Because kaasan suggested it to the principal. I guess she just knows you too well bro." Gohan said, smirking slightly. Goten fell to the floor and started to cry.
"Wow." the teens said.
"Goten, you're overreacting! Your brother's way cooler than my brother." Remy said.
"Yeah. Well I'm an only child so I have no comparison to make." Alex said. Marron nodded in agreement.
"No, I shall not be surpassed!" Goten said, bolting out of the door. Alex bowed.
"Sorry to bust into your home Goten's brother!" Alex said, bolting out the door. Remy grabbed Trunks by the arm and followed suit.
"Um Goten? Where exactly are we going?" Marron asked.
"Well if they need adults to do it then we need to get adults that are as mad as we are!" Goten said, "And I only know of four."
"Gohan's friends?" Trunks asked.
"You just love ruining the surprises, don't you Trunks?" Goten asked, dryly.
Later…"I'm sorry guys, I'd love to but the wife would have my head if I went on a ski trip." David said.
"How comes? She can come too." Goten pleaded.
"She can't." David said, pointing to Andrea. The kids looked over and saw that Andrea was pregnant.
"Ahh." Goten said.
"Very nicely done." Trunks smirked. David's ears went red. "Thanks anyway."
"Where to now?" Remy asked.
At Trunks' house…"Hello? Is Natalie there?" Goten asked, on the phone.
"This is she, who's speaking?" Natalie asked.
"It's Goten."
"Ohmigosh, is that really you? You sound so grown up!" Goten blushed slightly.
"Thank you. Listen, we need your help."
"Let me guess, Gohan and Videl are chaperoning your school ski trip and you want me and Nicholas to go instead?"
"How do you do that?"
"It's a gift."
"So, can you?"
"I'd love to sweetie but I can't travel. I'm pregnant. And Nick won't stop fussing over me."
"You too?"
"That's exactly what Andie said."
"Hehe, well thanks anyway." Goten hung up the phone. "We're out of luck."
"Well technically, I have nothing to worry about." Trunks grinned.
"Oh sure, rub it in!" Goten said.
On the day of the ski trip…"Goten!" Trunks yelped, hiding behind him.
"What's the matter?" Goten asked.
"All the girls won't stop commenting on my ass!"
"Well you're not helping matters much by wearing those jeans you know."
"You're supposed to be on my side cretin!"
"Ooh, cretin. Word a day calendar?"
"…Yes."
"Okay, everyone load up on your allocated buses." Gohan yelled.
"It's not fair, I'm on my own." Juliana said.
"You're in the coach with the swim team Jules." Marron said, frowning.
"Suddenly I feel so much better." Juliana said. Various mutters of 'I wonder why' and 'not friggin surprised' arose from the gang. The gang got on their buses. To Goten's surprised, Videl was on his bus. He sighed.
"This is going to be a long trip."
On Gohan's coach…"This sucks, I can't believe the radio's busted." Brad sighed.
"Alex, can't you do something?" Remy asked.
"Nope. I've lost my voice so I can't sing." Alex whispered.
"Like you could sing in the first place." Trina said. Alex stuck out his tongue.
"Doesn't it bother you when they say those things?" Brad asked.
"Nope, because when we're older I'll be better off." Alex hoarsely said. "With a beautiful babe on my arm."
"Inflatable Al?" Remy giggled. Alex stuck out his tongue. "Hey Goten's brother? You know any good tunes to pass the time?"
"Sorry but I promised Goten I wouldn't embarrass him." Gohan said.
"Don't worry, he's not on the bus." Remy said. "Sing! Sing!" Soon the whole bus was chanting for Gohan to sing. Gohan chuckled.
"Okay, but I don't know any of the new stuff." Gohan said. He started up a drumbeat with his hands on the chair. Gohan cleared his throat, and adjusted his glasses to hide the blush on his cheeks. "Ladies and Gentlemen…"
On Videl's bus…Everyone on the bus was sitting in silence. They were all deathly afraid of Videl, since they heard about that incident when she knocked out the heavyweight champion of the world (Sharpener). Trunks and Marron were sitting on opposite rows and decided to play catch to pass the time with a beanbag toy. Unfortunately, Trunks caught a glance of a girl ogling at him and instead of catching the bag, he batted it away and it hit Videl. Everyone gasped and awaited the onslaught.
"Hey, if you guys are gonna play we should at least make this interesting." Videl smirked. Everyone looked at her in surprise. "We're gonna throw this around, and it can't touch the ground. Whoever misses catching it has to ride with their head out of the window for ten minutes."
"Pssh, peace of cake." A random student said.
"It's minus 30 outside."
"Oooooh…" The students said.
On the swim team bus…"Could you do that again?" Juliana sighed.
"Sure." A random swim team jock said, as he flexed his biceps.
"You could carry a family of four on those things." Juliana sighed again.
Back on Videl's bus…"See Goten, things aren't going so bad." Marron said.
"Well Videl's doing okay. This game is pretty fun." Goten said.
"Trunks, don't you think it's kind of evil throwing the bag at those girls just so they can freeze?" Paresu asked.
"They shouldn't be making me feel uncomfortable. It's the only way I can defend myself!" Trunks said, as he beamed another one of his fans. "Aah, I feel good."
"I wonder what Gohan's doing." Goten pondered. As if to answer his question, the bus with his brother on drove pass them. Goten looked into their bus and gasped. "Holy yabooza, they're actually having fun! Could it be that my brother actually is cool? Could it be that he just hides the coolness behind those awful glasses? Could it be that he has a life beyond his vast library?!" Goten said dramatically.
"Or could it be that they're making fun of Gohan and he hasn't realised it yet? He is your brother after all." Trunks said. Goten looked at him aghast.
"Why do you do that Trunks?"
"I don't know. It's like a curse." Trunks shrugged, and then looked accusingly at the remainder of his fan club. "Or voodoo of some sort."
"Trunks is going to be one of those guys that hit forty before they hit twenty, isn't he?" Marron said. Goten nodded sadly.
Meanwhile…"Now listen. I wanna try some right now. See they don't do this anymore. I'ma sing something, and I want the guys to sing with me. They go "It feels like something's heatin' up, can I leave with you?" and then the ladies go
"I don't know but I'm thinkin' 'bout, really leavin' with you"!" Gohan said, directing the teens much in the fashion of Mr Timberlake. "Guys sing…"
"It feels like something's heatin' up, can I leave wit you?" All the boys sang.
"And ladies?"
"I don't know but I'm thinkin' 'bout, really leavin' wit you."
"Feels good don't it, come on"
"It feels like something's heatin' up, can I leave with you?"
"Yea, ladies."
"I don't know but I'm thinkin' 'bout, really leavin' with you."
"Sure feels good to me. Sing it one more time."
"It feels like something's heatin' up, can I leave wit you?"
"Ladies!"
"I don't know but I'm thinkin' 'bout, really leavin' wit you."
"Yea, yea."
"Woo! Well done!" Gohan said grinning. The teens on board the bus started cheering for Gohan and he graciously bowed. **I never thought something that Nicholas taught me would ever come in handy!**
On Videl's bus…"Okay, we're almost at the lodge. It's a pretty big place so…girls bunk in the East Wing, boys in the West Wing." Videl said.
"Does that mean we get to be President?" A random student asked.
"No stupid, we're in Japan!" Goten said. Everyone looked at him bewildered. "I must enrage somehow…" The four school buses pulled up in front of the boarding house and unloaded their stuff.
"Oy, here we go. Goten and Paresu are saying their dramatic goodbyes." Trunks said, rolling his eyes. The couple were hugging and talking to each other. "She's only down the hall jackass."
"C'mon Trunks. Haven't you ever had feelings for a girl?" Marron asked.
"Not like that."
"Liar." Marron smirked, and walked off with her duffel bag. Trunks looked at her suspiciously.
"I wonder if she's a mole for those groupies of mine." Trunks pondered.
"Doubt it man, they wouldn't be able to stop arguing over who got the coveted position." Brad joked. Trunks stuck his tongue out. Goten walked up to the guys like a wounded puppy as he watched Paresu leave with the other girls.
"Talk about wounded puppy." Lil Tak said, fighting off laughter. Goten looked at him with a death glare.
"Geez Goten, it's not that bad." Trunks said. "Brad's not overreacting."
"Shut up, none of you know how I feel!" Goten declared dramatically. Alex quickly scribbled something on a piece of paper and gave it to Goten. "Like an overpaid soap actor? Alex!" Alex grinned.
Later in the middle of the night…"Goten?" Trunks said, trying to wake his best friend. Goten was sleeping in a puddle of drool. Trunks sighed. "Damn these stalkers of mine, I can't even sleep because of them!" Trunks got up and walked downstairs to the kitchen and prepared himself a midnight snack (feast in our terms). He proceeded to stuff a rice ball into his mouth when he saw the silhouette of a girl. He started to choke in shock, when the girl came up behind him and did the Heimlich Manoeuvre.
"Are you okay?" She asked.
"Yeah, I'm…fine." Trunks said. The dim refrigerator light let him see her face. He was speechless by her beauty. She had magenta shade hair, and sparkling green eyes. She was tall, but not too tall as Trunks wasn't a skyscraper himself. She obviously found him to be incredibly handsome too, as she blushed when he stared at her. "I'm Trunks by the way."
"Valerie." Valerie smiled. Trunks smiled also and they stared at each other for a while. It was love at first sight.
"You wanna join me?" Trunks offered.
"Sure, but I think I'll leave the bulk of the eating to you." She said, pointing to the mounds of food. Trunks sweat-dropped and laughed nervously. They continued talking and did not notice Marron staring into the doorway, with a hurt expression on her face. She left the couple to talk as she retreated back upstairs to her room and collapsed on her sleeping bad. She did not notice that her collapsing caused Remy to wake up, yelling something in French.
"Sorry Remy, didn't mean to wake you." Marron sniffed.
"Why the long face Mar…at 2am? Gnnn…" Remy moaned. "I won't get back to sleep for another half an hour now so you may as well spill."
"Trunks has fallen in love with some pink haired chick." Marron said. Remy blinked.
"Jumping pyrotechnics, how long have I been asleep?!" Remy quipped. "Another sign of the apocalypse to be documented. I'd better wake Alex…"
"Remy!"
"Okay, I'm sorry. Pre-morning crankiness." Remy said. "So, how come you're bothered? This is a good thing right? He won't have the stalkers formerly known as groupies after him anymore."
"I'm bothered cos I think I kinda maybe like Trunks."
"That's so cute!"
"Remy!"
"Sorry again. When did all this happen? Was it when he kissed you before? Cos if so, you deserve an Oscar nomination for that performance. I mean, it made me put a hex on Trunks and everything!"
"It was just so he wouldn't think I liked him or something. This is so complicated. Why am I such a loser?" Marron said, throwing her hands up in the air.
"It's not just you…um, let me rephrase that. You're not a loser, this type of thing happens all the time."
"Yeah right."
"Goldie, I'm serious. Goten loved CJ but she didn't return his feelings. Tak's crushing on Jules, I used to have a crush on Tak, Trunks up until tonight didn't like girls and Juliana's Austin Powers as a girl. See what I mean?"
"That we're ALL freaks of nature?"
"Um…I wish I could say no. It looks as if this is going to be a usual order. Unrequited love. Fortunately for me, I have a strapping Colin Farrell look a like not to mention accent a like in the West Wing."
"Remy!"
"I'm sorry Mar, it's too friggin early in the-it's just too early." Remy sighed.
"What am I gonna do?"
"Don't throw yourself at him, and don't hook up with another guy to make him jealous. Never works."
There was a brief silence.
"Geez, pink and lilac hair. I'd hate to see their kids…"
"Remy!"
"A comic moment was needed! And I couldn't think of an appropriate Xanderism!"
To Be Continued…
A few notes so you don't get confused.
-Brad is Irish, but grew up in Japan since he was eight so when he speaks English he still has the Irish accent.
-The song Gohan was singing is "Señorita" by Justin Timberlake. The ending of the song (which is what Gohan is singing) always makes me chuckle.
-Natalie and Nicholas are married and already have one child apart from the one on the way.
-A "Xanderism" for those of you who aren't familiar with the Buffy universe is something said by Xander Harris that is usually comic or sarcastic in some way. From someone whose fave character is Xander, Xanderisms are applicable in almost every single situation as long as you can remember them.
