Three chapters in one day! This is a record for me. But it's only because I got such wonderful reviews in the first three hours my fic was posted!
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Disclaimer: I forgot this earlier, but here it is. I do not own DBZ. If I did, I would have a car now so I could go to Target and buy posterboard. I would also make all of my stories into movies or series or something. Also, my best companion would not be Pickles, my Hammer of Doom.
Chapter 3: Deep in the Eyes
Gohan went to school the next day with great trepidation. He didn't want Videl to yell at him anymore, but he also couldn't answer most of the questions she asked. Maybe I could just avoid her all day long…but I don't really want to do that…her hair smells good…Gohan blinked. Where did that last bit come from? Since when did he think girl's hair smelled good?
Videl saw Gohan standing in the middle of the hallway with a confused look on his face and a gentle smile graced her face. He looks so cute when he's confused…he looks so cute all the time…Videl shook her head. When did the word cute come into her vocabulary, especially in reference to Gohan? Fortunately, the bell saved our two love chickens. Unfortunately, they had the same class and ended up running into each other, literally.
"Ouch!" Videl exclaimed as she ran into something that felt like heated brick covered in rubber. She felt herself falling and landed on that very same heated brick rubber covered wall that she had just run into. She opened her eyes to see another pair of eyes, a pair of dark, deep eyes with pain and anger hidden deep in their depths (a/n: ooo, how poetic of me….)
Gohan was suddenly rammed from behind by what felt like, well, something you would get rammed from behind with. He also felt himself falling and landed on the floor with a little 'oof', which became a bigger oof when whatever it was that rammed him fell on his stomach. He looked up and saw a pair of blue eyes, clear as the ocean yet, with a certain sadness and loneliness radiating from them.
Gohan and Videl sat in a rather tangled mess on the floor in front of their whole English class, staring deep into each other's eyes. The teacher, Mr. Griper, cleared his throat. Gohan and Videl looked up at the smirking teacher and then turned to see the class laughing at them, a couple of the boys letting out cat calls at the fallen duo. Suddenly Videl and Gohan realized the position they were in and hurried too stand up and recover their dignity.
"Now, if you two are quite finished, I will begin class. I wouldn't want to fall any further behind in class." Mr. Griper chuckled at his own joke. Gohan and Videl just hurried to their seats. Erasa leaned over to talk to her friends.
"Hey guys, guess what? I called Bulma Briefs yesterday after school and actually got to talk to her and her husband! I'm going over there Saturday at 2:00!" the bubbly blonde whispered so as not to be caught. Gohan was surprised Erasa had spoken to Vegeta. He usually tried to avoid phones and had a tendency of blowing them up instead of answering them.
"You talked to Bulma Briefs husband?" Gohan asked, careful not to mention him by name. No one knew he knew the Briefs, and Gohan intended on keeping that way for as long as possible.
"Well, he answered the phone, but he sounded like he was in a bad mood. He said 'What?' and when I asked to speak to Bulma, he yelled 'Onna, for you!' and then dropped the phone on the table. But she was really nice. She sounded excited to meet me and told me all about the stuff we were going to do on Saturday. She said she'd show me her lab, all around Capsule Corp., take me to lunch, and maybe even go shopping with her someday! Can you imagine, shopping with Bulma Briefs?"
Yes, I can. It's not a pretty sight. Gohan thought to himself. Videl looked at Gohan. "Gohan, do you know if your father is busy this weekend? I would like to come talk to him." She asked.
He blinked. "No, he's not busy as far as I know. But you could call and check."
Videl glared at Gohan. She still thought he was hiding something, besides who his dad really was. (a/n: oh Videl, you have no idea….) I'll find you out, Son Gohan.)
"Yeah, well, I talked to Yamcha last night. We're going to a wrestling match Friday night and then the gym on Saturday. I bet there'll be chicks all over us. Yeah, and a flying cat. I wonder if Puar has to buy a ticket for wrestling matches…
"Gohan, did you call Hercule?" Erasa asked.
"No, I didn't have an opportunity. But I will tonight or tomorrow." Gohan replied.
"It'd be so great to talk to Hercule one on one. I've been friends with Videl for years, but I've never really gotten to meet her father. He's usually training when I go over. Gosh Gohan, you get to hear the Cell Games from someone who was actually there!" Erasa continued to bubble.
Gohan really didn't have a response to that. After all, he had been there too. And was the one who had actually defeated Cell. (A/N: For sake of argument, Gohan defeated Cell when Gohan had him down and weakened, instead of letting Cell regain his strength. This also explains how Goku is still alive. And this is before Buu and all of that.)
Gohan was saved from a response by the teacher. "If you four in the back would kindly be quiet, I can continue!" Immediately they were quiet. But Gohan was thinking to himself….
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Gohan was still pondering when lunch rolled around. Can I really sit and listen to that windbag spout about how he beat Cell? And I thought watching Barney with Goten took strength… Then Gohan noticed Videl playing soccer with some other guys. The sun was shining on her hair, bringing out reddish highlights in it. Her face was flushed from exertion, but not so much she looked bad. And the way the muscles in her legs flexed when she reared up to kick the ball… And how the wind pushed her shirt so that her shape was well defined and surprisingly noticeable…Gohan felt something in his nose and when he reached up felt a tiny trickle of blood running out of it. He just stared at it in disbelief, and then looked back at Videl. No, he couldn't be feeling like this towards Videl….It was Videl for crying out loud!
Videl noticed Gohan sitting there with blood on his hands and got worried. She hurried over to where he was sitting and leaned over him. "Hey Gohan, you ok?'' She asked.
Gohan looked up into those eyes again. The deep, clear blue eyes he had seen earlier in the day. Still with the sadness, still with the loneliness, but now, now there was something else, but what was it exactly? He was also very aware of how close she was to him; he could actually feel her body heat.
Videl looked into Gohan's eyes again, the dark limpid eyes that held so much pain and anger; but there was something else there that wasn't there earlier, which Videl couldn't recognize it. She'd never seen it before.
Suddenly Gohan began to feel very nervous and jumped up. "Oh, I'm fine. Nothing's wrong. I just gotta go to the bathroom." And with that, Gohan scurried off.
Huh, that was weird. Videl thought to herself and went back to the soccer game.