A/N: well, hope you guys aren't too mad at the late update, well actually
its only been like what, two days? Hah, that's not bad, I am not to bad
with updates for someone working on 4 stories at one, though I need to
update 'atheist' but SINCE I AM NOT GETTING ANY REVIEWS ON THAT FABULOUS
STORY I haven't bothered. well enjoy.............
Chapter 8: Burn out like the Embers of a Cigarette
Gohon dived down from the open sky to his humble home that sat peacefully in the mountains, sweeping down at his door he opened it and frolicked in, he felt so good right now! Everything was going so smoothly, everything felt so good, all because of one person...Sadi.
Gohon walked in with his giant smile that couldn't be dampened, spotting his mom in the kitchen with a bottle of Clorox,
"Hey mom! How was your day!"
ChiChi couldn't help but instantly suspect something with her sons, 'overly' cheerful mood, but she didn't point it out at him, it was good to see him like this.
"Fine Gohon, how was yours?"
"Just great!"
"How was lunch with your friend?" She knew that was the root of his joy.
"It was great! Oh and here," Gohon reached into his bag and pulled out the slip of paper Sadi handed him, "she wanted me to give this too you."
"Oh?" ChiChi was rather taken off guard, setting down the bottle she took the paper and investigated it, she then lit up like a Christmas tree.
"Seventy five percent off any purchase! Gohon where did you get this?"
"Sadi gave it to me for you, she had been saving it."
ChiChi almost wanted to cry, she was easily touched, her tear tainted eyes looked up to Gohon,
"She did! Oh that is so sweet of her! And to think that I have never once met her, I haven't got any new jewelry in ages! Goku never bought be anything."
Gohon couldn't help but giggle. ChiChi then looked up at Gohon again, "Say, why don't you invite Sadi for dinner sometime soon. So I can thank he personally for this," she finished holding up the ticket (ok, I know there is a special name for what Sadi gave her, they have them in the newspaper and magazines, but its Thanksgiving eve night and late, so I forgot...ok?)
Gohon froze up, invite Sadi over for dinner? To meet his mom? That's like major! He mine as well stamp a label on their foreheads saying 'engaged, time to go meet the grooms family!'
Yet, then again, they were just friends, and Sadi would love to meet his family, or what's left of it, he was sure she wouldn't take it all in the wrong way.
"Sure," he shrugged.
ChiChi clasped her hands together and lifted them to her cheek, "oh good. I would love to meet her," but suddenly her strange glee turned to Rasputin, her finger jabbed under his nose, "now you listen here young man, she is only your friend right? So I want you to treat her as a friend, not your girl friend. And make sure not to run into anything sexual with her cause that's not till your married, got it!"
'Boy she is blunt'
Gohon gave a sigh, she could be so embarrassing, "yes mom," he moaned.
ChiChi lit up once again, "good, now go do your studies."
"Ok, wait, where is Goten?"
ChiChi had gone back to spraying Clorox, "oh who knows, he said he was going to go in the Valley and spar with that girl. I hope she isn't trouble."
Gohon took what his mother said with no reply and head back upstairs.
Sadi...come to his house....eat dinner with his family? Hah.
'I hope they don't act weird'
He knew they wouldn't. His family wasn't at all embarrassing, and he wasn't at all embarrassed of them, he was proud to be a Son.
'Boy.'
'I wish dad was here though'
The next day of the week, school week that is, Gohon really didn't like school, though, he got good grades, he always looked forward now to see Sadi ( I know that feeling!!) But all together it seemed he was wasting his time. He wanted to fight again, even if he was home schooled, he felt like he was drifting away from all that he had been raised. So that day, he took the liberty of making it a chore to go spar for a few hours every day. And while the young demi Saiyan was planning all this, it just so happened to be going on during Algebra.
Hearing the sound of knuckles tap down on his desk, Gohon jumped a bit and looked up to see his professor glaring down at him through his cataracts.
Gohon gave him a nervous smile, the class laughed.
"Hi...sir."
"Good morning Mr. Son, oops, well should I say good afternoon. It is afternoon isn't it Gohon?"
Gohon's nervous eyes skipped from his old Teacher to the clock, one forty five.
"Yes sit, it is."
"Well then dreaming should be done at morning and this is far past morning. I trust it wont happen again Son?"
"Yes sir, sorry sir."
The old professor just mumbled and made his way back down the steps to the floor below where his desk lay, continuing his lesson.
Gohon let out a heavy sigh, relieved he didn't get a detention slip.
"Gohon!"
Gohon turned from his locker to see Sadi trotting down the hall waving her hand, her cheerful face on hand. Just recently she has been a bit more bold, ever since he stopped at her house, to see her get his attention from so far away wasn't usually like her.
"Hey!" he smiled as she got up to him.
"Hey," she smiled, her books crossed over her bosom, "how are you?"
"Not bad, and you?"
"Oh," she took a large exhale of air like she was out of breathe, "I am alright, I really don't like my electives, I am starting to notice."
"Haha, how?"
"I don't know, they just aren't as neat as I thought they would be."
Gohon chuckled when he remembered his mom's invitation, turning back to Sadi he began to the question.
"Hey Sadi. My mom was wondering if you would like to come one night for dinner same day this week," quickly he tried to reassure the true point, "not anything fancy, she just wanted to have a guest, we would really like to have you ..over."
Boy he hoped he didn't sound lame.
But to Sadi, you could never sound like a fool, she was beyond open minded and beyond kind, her pearly smile crept between her teeth, her eyes squinting slightly.
"I would love too."
Gohon felt his insides quit their shiver, he smiled in return.
"Great, how about Friday? You work?"
"No, I have the day off, next week will be my last week working a Dwendys, so they took me off Friday, I am not really sure why."
"Great, you can come over at seven ok?"
Suddenly, right when those words popped from his mouth it hit him like a ton of bricks.
How was she going to get to his house?
It was out in the middle of no where, he couldn't just fly her there, he didn't have a car, his mom didn't have a car!
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!
"Ah, Sadi, do you have a car?"
Sadi paused at his question, "no. my brother dose though. Why?"
A window of hope. But her brother, that drunken jerk would never let her touch it.
"Well you see," Gohon pulled at his fingers, he would have to tell her he 'has' a car, but its in the shop, cause if she found out he didn't have a means of transportation then how would he get to school and all, he couldn't just walk. It was so confusing, he was so confused. When suddenly a thought popped in his head, Bulma! She has tons of cars! He could barrow one! YEY!
*victory dance*
"Never mind that, how about I pick you up, we live pretty out of the way."
Sadi gave Gohon a coo-kee smiled and cocked her head, "alright?"
Gohon couldn't help but let out another laugh, he must have sounded like an idiot.
"Well see you in the next class," Sadi added walking past him.
"Yeah, see ya," he replied watching her drift into the ladies restroom.
Walking into the girls bathroom Sadi walked to the sink to wash her hands, when she spotted Videl standing at the sink looking at herself in the mirror. Her face looked dryly at its reflection, her eyes hung limply and her lips settle, her short black hair dropping into her beautiful, yet depressed eyes.
This made Sadi watch her from the corner of her eye, Videl never looked like this. She was always so full of life and happy.
Rinsing her hands her eyes slowly moved back to them, she felt heavy hearted for Videl, when suddenly it came to her she hadn't been hanging around Gohon like they would always. But why? Was it because of her? Was Sadi causing this?
Sadi was about to look back to Videl when she was done rinsing when a voice caught her off guard.
"Hey Sadi."
The voice was soft and tired.
Sadi looked upward to her side to see Videl looking at her, Sadi wanted to jump from being so startled, to add on to it, it was Videl who spoke!
"Hi Videl," Sadi replied sweetly.
Videl flashed a weak smile, her eyes then shifted back to the floor, this made Sadi grow more toward Videl. She wanted to reach out to her when Videl's voice cracked once more.
"Do you think," her crystal blue eyes flashed up to Sadi's, her head still to the side and down, "I could talk to you?"
Her slow voice, filled with almost shame made Sadi grow nervous, but would be more then happy to talk.
"Of course.."Sadi smiled again, sweetly. Videl threw on another weak grin, about to step forward a crowd of girls bombarded the bathroom, causing Videl to slip by Sadi and exit the bathroom.
Sadi watched her leave, she felt so horrible.
(Ok, I don't like to do things like this, but I am just gonna skip to get this part over with. What I don't like to do is...you see the chapter you just read? In the bathroom, how Videl wanted to speak to Sadi but couldn't, well I wouldn't normally do this but I am gonna go ahead and skip the day to when they can talk. You see? I was hoping to keep something separating the two but I feel I need to get it over with, its nothing big, just a necessity!)
It was now gym, the last period of the day, Sadi was changing like all the other girls, when she turned to see Videl, she was sitting horseback- like over the bench slipping on her gym shirt, she still looked awful. When suddenly the bell rang, and all the girl herded out of the locker room, only Sadi and Videl remained.
Videl still on the bench tying on her shoes, Sadi, looking down at her, she then walked over to Videl and sat in front of her. Videl's eyes moved up to her.
"Did....you want to talk?"
Videl smiled lightly, "if you don't mind being late for class."
Sadi just smiled, telling her she didn't mind at all.
Videl lowered her eyes, "Sadi...I ... I want to apologize...to you and Gohon."
Sadi perked up, why?
Videl's eyes lifted again, "you see, I have been acting like such a jerk to him, because of you. When I shouldn't be. I have been acting like a child, you see, I am just his friend, but I thought you were taking him away, and he was leaving me behind. I wouldn't mind you two being in love, but I didn't want to be left behind..." Videl's voice seemed to trail off into tears, but she didn't cry.
Sadi took in what she said....it 'was' her fault....
"Videl ...we're not in love...." Sadi's eyes were now cast downward, her voice seemed distant.
Why?
Videl's eyes drifted back upward, "your, your not?"
"...no...."
Videl seemed to snap back into place, "but really, I wouldn't care if you were..I just don't want Gohon to forget me."
"Videl, he doesn't."
"But....I have been acting like such a snot to him, and for no good reason!"
"Then treat him as you always, and he will as well."
There was a pause, and before Sadi knew it, she had a pair of arms wrapped around her neck and a head weeping over her shoulder.
"Oh God!" Videl cried, "look at me sobbing!"
Sadi laughed and hugged her back, "its ok, we all are meant to let go."
The two hugged, Videl in joy and as for Sadi, her mind placed at one conclusion.
'She loves him.'
Sadi lightly bit her lips then released, she almost wanted to weep.
Nothing lasts.....
A/N: so, has this thing, this love? Between Sadi and Gohon closing up like the dam to a river, is Videl the catcher of the rye? Will this turn into an angst story because of that? Or will this story rein on and endure far more troubles, leaving this as only a bump in the road? Find out and review!!! Thank you!
Happy thanksgiving! Hope you all have a wonderful time and God bless!
Chapter 8: Burn out like the Embers of a Cigarette
Gohon dived down from the open sky to his humble home that sat peacefully in the mountains, sweeping down at his door he opened it and frolicked in, he felt so good right now! Everything was going so smoothly, everything felt so good, all because of one person...Sadi.
Gohon walked in with his giant smile that couldn't be dampened, spotting his mom in the kitchen with a bottle of Clorox,
"Hey mom! How was your day!"
ChiChi couldn't help but instantly suspect something with her sons, 'overly' cheerful mood, but she didn't point it out at him, it was good to see him like this.
"Fine Gohon, how was yours?"
"Just great!"
"How was lunch with your friend?" She knew that was the root of his joy.
"It was great! Oh and here," Gohon reached into his bag and pulled out the slip of paper Sadi handed him, "she wanted me to give this too you."
"Oh?" ChiChi was rather taken off guard, setting down the bottle she took the paper and investigated it, she then lit up like a Christmas tree.
"Seventy five percent off any purchase! Gohon where did you get this?"
"Sadi gave it to me for you, she had been saving it."
ChiChi almost wanted to cry, she was easily touched, her tear tainted eyes looked up to Gohon,
"She did! Oh that is so sweet of her! And to think that I have never once met her, I haven't got any new jewelry in ages! Goku never bought be anything."
Gohon couldn't help but giggle. ChiChi then looked up at Gohon again, "Say, why don't you invite Sadi for dinner sometime soon. So I can thank he personally for this," she finished holding up the ticket (ok, I know there is a special name for what Sadi gave her, they have them in the newspaper and magazines, but its Thanksgiving eve night and late, so I forgot...ok?)
Gohon froze up, invite Sadi over for dinner? To meet his mom? That's like major! He mine as well stamp a label on their foreheads saying 'engaged, time to go meet the grooms family!'
Yet, then again, they were just friends, and Sadi would love to meet his family, or what's left of it, he was sure she wouldn't take it all in the wrong way.
"Sure," he shrugged.
ChiChi clasped her hands together and lifted them to her cheek, "oh good. I would love to meet her," but suddenly her strange glee turned to Rasputin, her finger jabbed under his nose, "now you listen here young man, she is only your friend right? So I want you to treat her as a friend, not your girl friend. And make sure not to run into anything sexual with her cause that's not till your married, got it!"
'Boy she is blunt'
Gohon gave a sigh, she could be so embarrassing, "yes mom," he moaned.
ChiChi lit up once again, "good, now go do your studies."
"Ok, wait, where is Goten?"
ChiChi had gone back to spraying Clorox, "oh who knows, he said he was going to go in the Valley and spar with that girl. I hope she isn't trouble."
Gohon took what his mother said with no reply and head back upstairs.
Sadi...come to his house....eat dinner with his family? Hah.
'I hope they don't act weird'
He knew they wouldn't. His family wasn't at all embarrassing, and he wasn't at all embarrassed of them, he was proud to be a Son.
'Boy.'
'I wish dad was here though'
The next day of the week, school week that is, Gohon really didn't like school, though, he got good grades, he always looked forward now to see Sadi ( I know that feeling!!) But all together it seemed he was wasting his time. He wanted to fight again, even if he was home schooled, he felt like he was drifting away from all that he had been raised. So that day, he took the liberty of making it a chore to go spar for a few hours every day. And while the young demi Saiyan was planning all this, it just so happened to be going on during Algebra.
Hearing the sound of knuckles tap down on his desk, Gohon jumped a bit and looked up to see his professor glaring down at him through his cataracts.
Gohon gave him a nervous smile, the class laughed.
"Hi...sir."
"Good morning Mr. Son, oops, well should I say good afternoon. It is afternoon isn't it Gohon?"
Gohon's nervous eyes skipped from his old Teacher to the clock, one forty five.
"Yes sit, it is."
"Well then dreaming should be done at morning and this is far past morning. I trust it wont happen again Son?"
"Yes sir, sorry sir."
The old professor just mumbled and made his way back down the steps to the floor below where his desk lay, continuing his lesson.
Gohon let out a heavy sigh, relieved he didn't get a detention slip.
"Gohon!"
Gohon turned from his locker to see Sadi trotting down the hall waving her hand, her cheerful face on hand. Just recently she has been a bit more bold, ever since he stopped at her house, to see her get his attention from so far away wasn't usually like her.
"Hey!" he smiled as she got up to him.
"Hey," she smiled, her books crossed over her bosom, "how are you?"
"Not bad, and you?"
"Oh," she took a large exhale of air like she was out of breathe, "I am alright, I really don't like my electives, I am starting to notice."
"Haha, how?"
"I don't know, they just aren't as neat as I thought they would be."
Gohon chuckled when he remembered his mom's invitation, turning back to Sadi he began to the question.
"Hey Sadi. My mom was wondering if you would like to come one night for dinner same day this week," quickly he tried to reassure the true point, "not anything fancy, she just wanted to have a guest, we would really like to have you ..over."
Boy he hoped he didn't sound lame.
But to Sadi, you could never sound like a fool, she was beyond open minded and beyond kind, her pearly smile crept between her teeth, her eyes squinting slightly.
"I would love too."
Gohon felt his insides quit their shiver, he smiled in return.
"Great, how about Friday? You work?"
"No, I have the day off, next week will be my last week working a Dwendys, so they took me off Friday, I am not really sure why."
"Great, you can come over at seven ok?"
Suddenly, right when those words popped from his mouth it hit him like a ton of bricks.
How was she going to get to his house?
It was out in the middle of no where, he couldn't just fly her there, he didn't have a car, his mom didn't have a car!
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!
"Ah, Sadi, do you have a car?"
Sadi paused at his question, "no. my brother dose though. Why?"
A window of hope. But her brother, that drunken jerk would never let her touch it.
"Well you see," Gohon pulled at his fingers, he would have to tell her he 'has' a car, but its in the shop, cause if she found out he didn't have a means of transportation then how would he get to school and all, he couldn't just walk. It was so confusing, he was so confused. When suddenly a thought popped in his head, Bulma! She has tons of cars! He could barrow one! YEY!
*victory dance*
"Never mind that, how about I pick you up, we live pretty out of the way."
Sadi gave Gohon a coo-kee smiled and cocked her head, "alright?"
Gohon couldn't help but let out another laugh, he must have sounded like an idiot.
"Well see you in the next class," Sadi added walking past him.
"Yeah, see ya," he replied watching her drift into the ladies restroom.
Walking into the girls bathroom Sadi walked to the sink to wash her hands, when she spotted Videl standing at the sink looking at herself in the mirror. Her face looked dryly at its reflection, her eyes hung limply and her lips settle, her short black hair dropping into her beautiful, yet depressed eyes.
This made Sadi watch her from the corner of her eye, Videl never looked like this. She was always so full of life and happy.
Rinsing her hands her eyes slowly moved back to them, she felt heavy hearted for Videl, when suddenly it came to her she hadn't been hanging around Gohon like they would always. But why? Was it because of her? Was Sadi causing this?
Sadi was about to look back to Videl when she was done rinsing when a voice caught her off guard.
"Hey Sadi."
The voice was soft and tired.
Sadi looked upward to her side to see Videl looking at her, Sadi wanted to jump from being so startled, to add on to it, it was Videl who spoke!
"Hi Videl," Sadi replied sweetly.
Videl flashed a weak smile, her eyes then shifted back to the floor, this made Sadi grow more toward Videl. She wanted to reach out to her when Videl's voice cracked once more.
"Do you think," her crystal blue eyes flashed up to Sadi's, her head still to the side and down, "I could talk to you?"
Her slow voice, filled with almost shame made Sadi grow nervous, but would be more then happy to talk.
"Of course.."Sadi smiled again, sweetly. Videl threw on another weak grin, about to step forward a crowd of girls bombarded the bathroom, causing Videl to slip by Sadi and exit the bathroom.
Sadi watched her leave, she felt so horrible.
(Ok, I don't like to do things like this, but I am just gonna skip to get this part over with. What I don't like to do is...you see the chapter you just read? In the bathroom, how Videl wanted to speak to Sadi but couldn't, well I wouldn't normally do this but I am gonna go ahead and skip the day to when they can talk. You see? I was hoping to keep something separating the two but I feel I need to get it over with, its nothing big, just a necessity!)
It was now gym, the last period of the day, Sadi was changing like all the other girls, when she turned to see Videl, she was sitting horseback- like over the bench slipping on her gym shirt, she still looked awful. When suddenly the bell rang, and all the girl herded out of the locker room, only Sadi and Videl remained.
Videl still on the bench tying on her shoes, Sadi, looking down at her, she then walked over to Videl and sat in front of her. Videl's eyes moved up to her.
"Did....you want to talk?"
Videl smiled lightly, "if you don't mind being late for class."
Sadi just smiled, telling her she didn't mind at all.
Videl lowered her eyes, "Sadi...I ... I want to apologize...to you and Gohon."
Sadi perked up, why?
Videl's eyes lifted again, "you see, I have been acting like such a jerk to him, because of you. When I shouldn't be. I have been acting like a child, you see, I am just his friend, but I thought you were taking him away, and he was leaving me behind. I wouldn't mind you two being in love, but I didn't want to be left behind..." Videl's voice seemed to trail off into tears, but she didn't cry.
Sadi took in what she said....it 'was' her fault....
"Videl ...we're not in love...." Sadi's eyes were now cast downward, her voice seemed distant.
Why?
Videl's eyes drifted back upward, "your, your not?"
"...no...."
Videl seemed to snap back into place, "but really, I wouldn't care if you were..I just don't want Gohon to forget me."
"Videl, he doesn't."
"But....I have been acting like such a snot to him, and for no good reason!"
"Then treat him as you always, and he will as well."
There was a pause, and before Sadi knew it, she had a pair of arms wrapped around her neck and a head weeping over her shoulder.
"Oh God!" Videl cried, "look at me sobbing!"
Sadi laughed and hugged her back, "its ok, we all are meant to let go."
The two hugged, Videl in joy and as for Sadi, her mind placed at one conclusion.
'She loves him.'
Sadi lightly bit her lips then released, she almost wanted to weep.
Nothing lasts.....
A/N: so, has this thing, this love? Between Sadi and Gohon closing up like the dam to a river, is Videl the catcher of the rye? Will this turn into an angst story because of that? Or will this story rein on and endure far more troubles, leaving this as only a bump in the road? Find out and review!!! Thank you!
Happy thanksgiving! Hope you all have a wonderful time and God bless!