A/N:Christmas break! Thank god! Now I can look forward to exams in about 3
weeks, ugh.
-that sucks!
But, you guys made my day with your wonderful :Tears: Reviews!
-Guys um....Sorry about last chapter, but the italics don't work on my
computer :Scratches head: I thought we discused this. :Looks through
previous chapter notes and throws hands up in disgust: Who cares?! Now you
know.
Look who I brought for you guys :Drags out Videl:
Me: So....How has your week been? Good?
Videl:Glares:
Me: Umm...I take that as a no.
Videl:Glares:
Me:Sweatdrops: Do you hate me?
Videl:Glares:
Me:Yah..Ok, well guys look who else I brought! :Drags Gohan on stage: So,
how are you?
Gohan:Glares:
Me:Laughs nervously: Yeah, well...Enjoy the story and remember-:Points to
Gohan and Videl:
G&V:Glares:
Me:They were supposed to say review!
Dislaimer:Snorts: Yeah, I'm getting my ownership contract reviewed as we speak. :Covers trashcans full of regected documents: Erm.....
Enjoy! ~~~~ Linger. ~~
The table was setup beautifully with 87 servings of rice, three chickens, and a million and then some pounds of veggies. It was, as they would say: "A feast fit for a king"
...Then why the hell was no one eating.
The whole evening had been akward, like a script being read cold for the first time. All words exhanged between the two adults were short and unsure. They hadn't acted quite like this since they first started dating.
...And now as the Son family sat around the table, Gohan tried to gather his thoughts. Videl was acting like nothing had happend. How could she be acting so oblivious?! Gohan's hand clenched, accidentally bending, and breaking his chopsticks. Instead of iniciating her usual tarade,(Of yelling about Saiyan strength and how they had enough fire-wood for a life time because of all the chopsticks broken between him and Pan. This was usually met with a laught from Pan, and a appology from Gohan followed by a swift kiss.[Swift due to Pans 'Ewwwwwwwww' sounds.]) She just handed him a pair from across the table (She kepts spares with her so she wouldn't have to get up.) As he reached out his hand to receive them, his fingers brushed hers and their eyes met for the first time since he had arrived home.
....And there was something in her eyes, something that he had never, in all of his years with her, seen. It took a moment for Gohan to reconize it, and it probably would have taken longer had his own eyes not carried that same look while listening to his mother cry as a youth. ....Guilt.
As quickly as it had happend, Videl yanked her hand back and looked away towards Pan, who had not noticed the exchange do to the fact that she was busy inhaling her food. The rest of the dinner was spent in silence. ~
Videl had spent the entire day trying to summon up her courage to talk to Gohan. 'It shouldn't be this hard!' she scolded herself, 'Gohan will be upset for sure, he'll probably kill the guy. But...He won't hate me, will he? He won't hate the baby...Will he?' It was these doubts, these nagging thoughts that had kept her silent throughout dinner. As the last dish was dried and placed back into the cupboard Videl finally swallowed her fear and spoke. "Gohan...We need to talk." Gohan looked up from the rag he was folding. 'So she's finally going to admit to the affair.'
"I agree." Videl followed him to the study, where they sat on opposite ends of the cream leather couch. They were silent for awhile, simply musing in their own thoughts waiting for one of them to break the silence. "I know." It was Gohan who had cracked the ice. he wasn't looking at her, simply staring through his glasses at the opposite wall that was covered in shelves containing various kinds of books. Videl almost choked on the little spit she had in her mouth. he knew?! Then...Why, was he acting so cold? She thought he would be a little well, a little more compasionate. ....Shit, she though he'd care. ".....Then...You understand." Videl stated, so relieved to the point that she didn't even care how weird he had been acting. This time Gohan did look at her, and she was shocked to see they had an almost dead look to them, and as she spoke they hardend even more.
"Understand?!" His voice was so cold that Videl actually flinched. "I don't understand Videl, I thought we had a good relationship. I though we loved eachother!" His voice rose with each word he wpoke and Videl began to worry Pan would come down from her room to investigate the commotion.
"I do love you! I thought you would understand!" Tears were beginning to form in Videl's eyes, but she held them back. If she began to cry now she wouldn't be able to stop. Gohan just looked at her, then shook his head sadly. "What happend to us Videl? We used to get along great. What made you decide to do this?!"
"Do what?!" Videl laughed sharply, "You think I wanted this?!"
"What for me to find out?!" Gohan shouted, his eyes were suspiciously moist. He was sitll having trouble believing this was actually happening.
"I thought once you knew, you'd understand."
"What? That you were cheating on me? You thought I'd think that was a grand idea?!"
"WHAT?!" Videl's heard had stopped at that statement. How...Could he even think she could do that? Did he really trust her that little? After all they'd been through?! "...What?" Her voice had dropped down to a whisper, and Gohan eyed her, still supressing his tears.
"You heard me." He forced his voice to appear casual, formal. yet he was beginning to wonder.... By now Videl was shaking, shivering constantly from head to toe. She was still holding her tears. Still desperately trying to keep that Satan toughness that she'd been known for throught her life.
....But, she wasn'ta t eenager anymore, she wasn't even a Satan anymore. The days where she put up a tough facade were over, now she had Gohan....At least she hoped she did, now she wasn't so sure and the thought of losing him, losing the one man who understood her inside and out broke what was left of her strength and the dams opened.
Gohan's head snapped up from where it had been bent, looking down at his hands. She was crying. No, not reallyh crying, he corrected himself, more like sobbing silently, little tears trailing lazily down her face. Again he started to think. If she really did what he thought she did, would she really be this upset? Swallowing his hurt, he reached over and winced as Videl flinched away from him. Her shoulders were still shaking and Gohan rubbed her back, no matter what he was feeling, hearing and seeing her cry made the pain he was feeling much worse. "..Hey..." He had to clear his throat, his voice had become a little hoarse do to the screaming. Strange how it never became stressed during his power up yells. "Hey, you ok?" Dimly he realized how stupid that sounded.
"I can't believe.." Videl was having trouble producing coherent sentences. "I can't believe you could think-" She broke off, pulling away from him. The tears had dried up and a strange rage began to blossom in her breast. "How could you even imagine I would do something like that?!" She turned to him glaring and Gohan's eyes opened wide in surprise.
"Wha-"
"Don't you trust me?" She whispered breaking her glare and gazing sadly at her hands, muttering things under her breath. Gohan took a deep breath. Obviously something was going on and he had NO idea what.
"Videl, whats going on?" She looked up at him and her eyes looked so lost and scared Gohan almost crushed her in a hug. ....Almost.
"Why would I cheat on you?" She asked instead. Answering his question with another question. ....And what a question to ask Gohan mused, darkly wonder what the hell his wife was trying to accomplish. But, he was sick of beating aroundt he bush.
"Just tell me who the bastard was." Videls eyes teared, maybe he did understand!
"...I...Don't know." Gohan's eyes narrowed
"You don't know?!" She hadn't even bothered to know the man she-
"I was drunk." Was Videl's half-hearted reply. Why did she have the feeling-
"You were drunk!" Gohan had not expected that and it hit him full force in the face. "You don't even know who you screwed?!"
Alright, this was getting way out of hand and Videl was so dizzy she felt like throwing up. And what the FUCK did Gohan mean?!?!
"What?!"
"Would you stop saying 'what' and just admit ath you cheated on me!" Gohan rarely got very angry but when he did you didn't want to be next to him, or within atleast 20 miles....And he was getting angry.
"I didn't cheat on you! I was.." And now that she was about to say it her throat closed up, so much so, that she could hardly breath.
"You were what? Screwing around?! Hypnotized into having sex with someone other than your husband?!"
"I was raped Gohan!" Her breath caught and she whispered it again almost as if she were saying it to herself. "I was raped."
.....And Gohan's world shutdown.
Neither adults noticed the shadowed figure sitting on the top stair leading to the second floor.
~ "Tomorrow."
Have you read the message, the writing on the wall Could it be the answer, the answer to it all What's going down in heaven, I'm playing with your head Don't believe them when they tell you, you'd be better off dead Living in the thunder driving me insane Walking on the water going nowhere fast Feeling like I'm walking with no shoes on broken glass You know it You don't have to leave me lights on I'm so used to being blind No more goodbyes or yesterdays So it's I'll see you tomorrow, I'll see you tomorrow Welcome to the sideshow, I'll cut to the chase Yeah I can hear you thinking it's going all to waste I don't mean to offend you when I look you in the eyes Whats all this commotion? It leaves me mystified Chasing all the rainbows falling from the sky I know your intentions are all a bunch of lies I'm running out of patience, falling off track You better start to worry, 'cause I might not make it back All right now You don't have to leave me the lights on I'm so used to being blind One good reason to blow me away So it's, I'll see you tomorrow, I'll see you tomorrow Can it wait 'till tomorrow? 'Cos tomorrow never comes... Living in the big house, dying by the rail If I wanted your opinion I'd call you in hell Could that be the mailman knockin' on the door Or just another lightweight finally evening the score You know it You don't have to leave me the lights on Now I'm so used to being blind No more goodbyes or yesterdays So it's I'll see you tomorrow No more good reasons to blow you away So it's I'll see you tomorrow. ~ A/N: This was 8 1/2 pages. Longest chappie yet! 10 reviews please! Merry christmas and happy new year!
Ending time: 12:42 am
Thankies, Jaina
Dislaimer:Snorts: Yeah, I'm getting my ownership contract reviewed as we speak. :Covers trashcans full of regected documents: Erm.....
Enjoy! ~~~~ Linger. ~~
The table was setup beautifully with 87 servings of rice, three chickens, and a million and then some pounds of veggies. It was, as they would say: "A feast fit for a king"
...Then why the hell was no one eating.
The whole evening had been akward, like a script being read cold for the first time. All words exhanged between the two adults were short and unsure. They hadn't acted quite like this since they first started dating.
...And now as the Son family sat around the table, Gohan tried to gather his thoughts. Videl was acting like nothing had happend. How could she be acting so oblivious?! Gohan's hand clenched, accidentally bending, and breaking his chopsticks. Instead of iniciating her usual tarade,(Of yelling about Saiyan strength and how they had enough fire-wood for a life time because of all the chopsticks broken between him and Pan. This was usually met with a laught from Pan, and a appology from Gohan followed by a swift kiss.[Swift due to Pans 'Ewwwwwwwww' sounds.]) She just handed him a pair from across the table (She kepts spares with her so she wouldn't have to get up.) As he reached out his hand to receive them, his fingers brushed hers and their eyes met for the first time since he had arrived home.
....And there was something in her eyes, something that he had never, in all of his years with her, seen. It took a moment for Gohan to reconize it, and it probably would have taken longer had his own eyes not carried that same look while listening to his mother cry as a youth. ....Guilt.
As quickly as it had happend, Videl yanked her hand back and looked away towards Pan, who had not noticed the exchange do to the fact that she was busy inhaling her food. The rest of the dinner was spent in silence. ~
Videl had spent the entire day trying to summon up her courage to talk to Gohan. 'It shouldn't be this hard!' she scolded herself, 'Gohan will be upset for sure, he'll probably kill the guy. But...He won't hate me, will he? He won't hate the baby...Will he?' It was these doubts, these nagging thoughts that had kept her silent throughout dinner. As the last dish was dried and placed back into the cupboard Videl finally swallowed her fear and spoke. "Gohan...We need to talk." Gohan looked up from the rag he was folding. 'So she's finally going to admit to the affair.'
"I agree." Videl followed him to the study, where they sat on opposite ends of the cream leather couch. They were silent for awhile, simply musing in their own thoughts waiting for one of them to break the silence. "I know." It was Gohan who had cracked the ice. he wasn't looking at her, simply staring through his glasses at the opposite wall that was covered in shelves containing various kinds of books. Videl almost choked on the little spit she had in her mouth. he knew?! Then...Why, was he acting so cold? She thought he would be a little well, a little more compasionate. ....Shit, she though he'd care. ".....Then...You understand." Videl stated, so relieved to the point that she didn't even care how weird he had been acting. This time Gohan did look at her, and she was shocked to see they had an almost dead look to them, and as she spoke they hardend even more.
"Understand?!" His voice was so cold that Videl actually flinched. "I don't understand Videl, I thought we had a good relationship. I though we loved eachother!" His voice rose with each word he wpoke and Videl began to worry Pan would come down from her room to investigate the commotion.
"I do love you! I thought you would understand!" Tears were beginning to form in Videl's eyes, but she held them back. If she began to cry now she wouldn't be able to stop. Gohan just looked at her, then shook his head sadly. "What happend to us Videl? We used to get along great. What made you decide to do this?!"
"Do what?!" Videl laughed sharply, "You think I wanted this?!"
"What for me to find out?!" Gohan shouted, his eyes were suspiciously moist. He was sitll having trouble believing this was actually happening.
"I thought once you knew, you'd understand."
"What? That you were cheating on me? You thought I'd think that was a grand idea?!"
"WHAT?!" Videl's heard had stopped at that statement. How...Could he even think she could do that? Did he really trust her that little? After all they'd been through?! "...What?" Her voice had dropped down to a whisper, and Gohan eyed her, still supressing his tears.
"You heard me." He forced his voice to appear casual, formal. yet he was beginning to wonder.... By now Videl was shaking, shivering constantly from head to toe. She was still holding her tears. Still desperately trying to keep that Satan toughness that she'd been known for throught her life.
....But, she wasn'ta t eenager anymore, she wasn't even a Satan anymore. The days where she put up a tough facade were over, now she had Gohan....At least she hoped she did, now she wasn't so sure and the thought of losing him, losing the one man who understood her inside and out broke what was left of her strength and the dams opened.
Gohan's head snapped up from where it had been bent, looking down at his hands. She was crying. No, not reallyh crying, he corrected himself, more like sobbing silently, little tears trailing lazily down her face. Again he started to think. If she really did what he thought she did, would she really be this upset? Swallowing his hurt, he reached over and winced as Videl flinched away from him. Her shoulders were still shaking and Gohan rubbed her back, no matter what he was feeling, hearing and seeing her cry made the pain he was feeling much worse. "..Hey..." He had to clear his throat, his voice had become a little hoarse do to the screaming. Strange how it never became stressed during his power up yells. "Hey, you ok?" Dimly he realized how stupid that sounded.
"I can't believe.." Videl was having trouble producing coherent sentences. "I can't believe you could think-" She broke off, pulling away from him. The tears had dried up and a strange rage began to blossom in her breast. "How could you even imagine I would do something like that?!" She turned to him glaring and Gohan's eyes opened wide in surprise.
"Wha-"
"Don't you trust me?" She whispered breaking her glare and gazing sadly at her hands, muttering things under her breath. Gohan took a deep breath. Obviously something was going on and he had NO idea what.
"Videl, whats going on?" She looked up at him and her eyes looked so lost and scared Gohan almost crushed her in a hug. ....Almost.
"Why would I cheat on you?" She asked instead. Answering his question with another question. ....And what a question to ask Gohan mused, darkly wonder what the hell his wife was trying to accomplish. But, he was sick of beating aroundt he bush.
"Just tell me who the bastard was." Videls eyes teared, maybe he did understand!
"...I...Don't know." Gohan's eyes narrowed
"You don't know?!" She hadn't even bothered to know the man she-
"I was drunk." Was Videl's half-hearted reply. Why did she have the feeling-
"You were drunk!" Gohan had not expected that and it hit him full force in the face. "You don't even know who you screwed?!"
Alright, this was getting way out of hand and Videl was so dizzy she felt like throwing up. And what the FUCK did Gohan mean?!?!
"What?!"
"Would you stop saying 'what' and just admit ath you cheated on me!" Gohan rarely got very angry but when he did you didn't want to be next to him, or within atleast 20 miles....And he was getting angry.
"I didn't cheat on you! I was.." And now that she was about to say it her throat closed up, so much so, that she could hardly breath.
"You were what? Screwing around?! Hypnotized into having sex with someone other than your husband?!"
"I was raped Gohan!" Her breath caught and she whispered it again almost as if she were saying it to herself. "I was raped."
.....And Gohan's world shutdown.
Neither adults noticed the shadowed figure sitting on the top stair leading to the second floor.
~ "Tomorrow."
Have you read the message, the writing on the wall Could it be the answer, the answer to it all What's going down in heaven, I'm playing with your head Don't believe them when they tell you, you'd be better off dead Living in the thunder driving me insane Walking on the water going nowhere fast Feeling like I'm walking with no shoes on broken glass You know it You don't have to leave me lights on I'm so used to being blind No more goodbyes or yesterdays So it's I'll see you tomorrow, I'll see you tomorrow Welcome to the sideshow, I'll cut to the chase Yeah I can hear you thinking it's going all to waste I don't mean to offend you when I look you in the eyes Whats all this commotion? It leaves me mystified Chasing all the rainbows falling from the sky I know your intentions are all a bunch of lies I'm running out of patience, falling off track You better start to worry, 'cause I might not make it back All right now You don't have to leave me the lights on I'm so used to being blind One good reason to blow me away So it's, I'll see you tomorrow, I'll see you tomorrow Can it wait 'till tomorrow? 'Cos tomorrow never comes... Living in the big house, dying by the rail If I wanted your opinion I'd call you in hell Could that be the mailman knockin' on the door Or just another lightweight finally evening the score You know it You don't have to leave me the lights on Now I'm so used to being blind No more goodbyes or yesterdays So it's I'll see you tomorrow No more good reasons to blow you away So it's I'll see you tomorrow. ~ A/N: This was 8 1/2 pages. Longest chappie yet! 10 reviews please! Merry christmas and happy new year!
Ending time: 12:42 am
Thankies, Jaina