The following Monday morning, the night watchman came into the breakfast
room in search of Gohan.
"Principal Redson wants to see you straight away, kid. No time for breakfast." He growled.
"No time for breakfast?" To a male Son family member, that is the worst sentence in the history of mankind.
"That's right. Now come on, we don't have all day."
"Good luck man." Drew whispered as the night watchman led him off.
"Normally," The night watchman said as they made their way to the principal's office. "Principal Redson would expel trouble makers like you on the night they did it and send them packing for home straight away. Count yourself lucky he was out last night."
Gohan gulped. This Principal Redson fellow didn't like the forgiving type. Chi-Chi would kill him if he was expelled. And he hadn't even completed one term yet!
They arrived outside the principal's office. The night watchman grunted to the receptionist and ordered Gohan to sit in the waiting room before going in to see the principal.
"What are you in for kid?" The twenty year old receptionist asked him.
"I was playing truth or dare." Gohan stuttered.
"Oh I see." She giggled. "Don't worry about it. You're not the first. What grade are you in?"
"Seven."
"I have a baby sister in year seven too! Her name is Cecilia. Know her?"
Gohan beamed, killing this lady already. "Cecilia is the nicest person I have ever met. She stood up for me in truth or dare."
The girl laughed at his innocence. "My name's Lucinda but you can call me Lucy. Everyone else does."
"Ok Lucy."
"Don't worry about Principal Redson. He's as harmless as a fly. Trust me; I work for him."
The night watchman burst through the door, an evil grin on his face. "You can go in now."
Gohan got to his feet shakily and nervously stepped into the principal's office.
The slightly overweight and jolly looking man greeted him with a kind smile. "Gohan Son?"
"Yeah? Err...I mean yes.....sir?"
Principal Redson chuckled. "No need to be so formal with me, boy. Now, tell me in your own words exactly what happened last night."
Gohan began to explain and Principal Redson listened intensively.
"I see." He said when Gohan had finished. "Well, you're not the first to be in here for some ridiculous dare. A pointless game if I may say so, Gohan. I don't see why the children just don't pick truth all the time to save embarrassment."
"Oh, but I couldn't." Gohan burst out before he could stop himself.
"Why is that?"
Gohan couldn't bring himself to lie to Principal Redson. Yet, he didn't mind only telling the half truth.
"Some girls have been trying to find out about my personal life using truth and I didn't want them to know so I had to pick dare."
Principal Redson burst out laughing. "Alright then, Gohan. I suppose since it was to do with personal matters, I can let you off the hook. However, a lunch time detention never really hurt anyone now did it?"
"I'm not getting expelled?" Gohan could hardly believe it!
"Expelled? I would never expel a student for such a harmless thing. It must be the night watchman talking again. Remember to join him at the beginning of tomorrow's lunch hour for detention ok?"
"Yes sir."
Principal Redson leaned in and whispered to Gohan. "And if those girls hassle you again, feel free to bring it up with me."
*****
Vicky stumbled into math class late and scanned the classroom for Faye. She was shocked to see her friend sitting with Videl. Faye and Vicky always sat together in every lesson. Well....they always used to.
"Why are you late? Do you hate me?" The math teacher, Miss Daniels asked in her usual paranoid way.
"Sorry." Vicky mumbled, taking her seat next to Kylie, behind Faye and Videl.
Miss Daniels turned back to her class. "Stop talking about me! Why are you all taking about me! Leave me alone! LEAVE ME ALONE!"
"Maybe you should take your medication, Miss Daniels?" Greg sniggered and the class laughed.
"I don't take medication. I'm a normal teacher. A normal math teacher. Yes, normal. Now lets learn something. Yes, fractions. Let's learn fractions."
They got their books and Vicky leaned over to tap Faye on the back.
"You didn't save me a seat." She whispered.
"So?" Faye said curtly. "We don't have to sit next to each other in every class do we? Anyway, Videl and I are making plans for lunchtime."
"You're still going through with that plan you made up on Drew's birthday?" Vicky sighed. "I'll tell Gohan if I have to. Or one of the teachers."
"If you do, then I'll officially break my friendship with you."
Vicky was silent and sat back in her chair. Faye couldn't be serious, could she? Did she really think that just because some new girl comes to the school, she can neglect her best friend of nearly eight years?
The lunch bell rang and everyone filed into the dining room. All except Videl, Vicky and Faye, who took extra long at the lockers.
"Please don't do this you guys." Vicky begged. "You could get in serious trouble. You might even be thrown out of the school."
"That's a risk I am willing to take." Videl said. "As long as we get Gohan's school file, I don't care if we get expelled. Are you with me, Faye?"
"All the way." Faye grinned, then turned to scowl at Vicky. "You better not tell, Vicky. Or else."
*****
Gohan, Drew, Daniel, Greg, Mitchell and Hiro sat together at their usual table. Mitchell was doing a fantastic impression of Miss Daniel's when Vicky walked in crying.
"What up with her?" Gohan asked, watching her sit at a table alone. "Where are her friends?"
"Vicky?" Drew scoffed. "Ignore her. She's the most irritating person I have ever met. She had a crush on me all last year just because I picked up her pencil. Don't go over there or she'll get a major crush on you."
"She already has a major crush on Gohan." Hiro joked. "It's too late to save him, Drew."
The others jeered yet Gohan still felt worried about Vicky. Perhaps he should go over there and see what was wrong?
He approached her table, sat beside her and smiled kindly. "What's wrong, Vicky? Where are your friends?"
"What friends?" She sobbed. "Now that Faye has met Videl, she's totally ignoring me!"
"You have other friends." Gohan said comfortingly. "What about Kylie, Emily and Hannah? And you also have me."
Vicky looked up, bleary eyed and red faced. "Am I your friend, Gohan?"
"Of course." He laughed. "So do you feel better now?"
"Sort of." She mumbled. "But Faye has been my best friend since we were little kids. I don't see why she has rejected me."
"Just talk to her." Gohan suggested. "Where is she now anyway?"
Vicky blushed, her body quivering. Tears gathered in her eyes and eventually, she broke down and wailed.
"I can't lie to you Gohan! Videl and Faye have sunk into the principal's receptionist's office to read your school file!"
"What's that?" Gohan asked.
"It's a file where the school keeps all your personal information like your birthday, where you live, who your parents are and stuff." She sniffed, wiping her wet eyes.
Gohan jumped from the table and dashed down the hall. If Videl and Faye saw his school file and found out about his parents, it would all be over. His Sayian heritage would be all over the school and he would be labeled as some sort of freak. He had to stop them, whatever the cost.
*****
Videl and Faye made their way down the hall quickly. If they didn't hurry up, the bell would ring before class even begun.
"Come on Faye." Videl urged.
"Not fair, you're way more fit then I am, Videl." Faye called back.
Videl smirked, enjoying the praise. She liked it when people considered her to be fit and strong. Just like her father.
Hurrying down the corridor, Videl sharply turned a corner only to bash into Gohan and topple over. Gohan however, remained standing with a stern expression on his face, his dark eyes glowing with anger.
"I know what you two are up to." Gohan said. "Why are you so keen to find out who I am?"
"What do you mean?" Videl asked sourly. "Who have you been talking to?"
"It doesn't matter. Now answer my question."
It wasn't a request. It was an order.
"Look Gohan," Faye finally said. "We just think the way you act sometimes is a little strange and we are just a little curious as to why."
"My personal life is none of your business." He said sharply.
His cold black eyes were filled with rage and his hair fell freely about his face and back. Videl blinked, realizing that Gohan looked much different in his anger. Almost....dare she even think it.....sexy.
What? She was thinking like Vicky! Videl shook her head, blocking out all images of Gohan as a boyfriend. Gross! She had to get out of here before she started hallucinating again.
"Come on Faye." Videl said hurriedly, whisking her friend away.
Gohan stood alone in the corridor, watching them disappear. He then made his way to reception.
"Lucy?" He said, leaning on the receptionist's desk. "I need you to make sure that two year seven girls named Videl and Faye don't get their hands on my school file."
"You got it." Lucy said, giving him an odd look. "But why?"
The bell rang and Gohan hurried back to class.
"Principal Redson wants to see you straight away, kid. No time for breakfast." He growled.
"No time for breakfast?" To a male Son family member, that is the worst sentence in the history of mankind.
"That's right. Now come on, we don't have all day."
"Good luck man." Drew whispered as the night watchman led him off.
"Normally," The night watchman said as they made their way to the principal's office. "Principal Redson would expel trouble makers like you on the night they did it and send them packing for home straight away. Count yourself lucky he was out last night."
Gohan gulped. This Principal Redson fellow didn't like the forgiving type. Chi-Chi would kill him if he was expelled. And he hadn't even completed one term yet!
They arrived outside the principal's office. The night watchman grunted to the receptionist and ordered Gohan to sit in the waiting room before going in to see the principal.
"What are you in for kid?" The twenty year old receptionist asked him.
"I was playing truth or dare." Gohan stuttered.
"Oh I see." She giggled. "Don't worry about it. You're not the first. What grade are you in?"
"Seven."
"I have a baby sister in year seven too! Her name is Cecilia. Know her?"
Gohan beamed, killing this lady already. "Cecilia is the nicest person I have ever met. She stood up for me in truth or dare."
The girl laughed at his innocence. "My name's Lucinda but you can call me Lucy. Everyone else does."
"Ok Lucy."
"Don't worry about Principal Redson. He's as harmless as a fly. Trust me; I work for him."
The night watchman burst through the door, an evil grin on his face. "You can go in now."
Gohan got to his feet shakily and nervously stepped into the principal's office.
The slightly overweight and jolly looking man greeted him with a kind smile. "Gohan Son?"
"Yeah? Err...I mean yes.....sir?"
Principal Redson chuckled. "No need to be so formal with me, boy. Now, tell me in your own words exactly what happened last night."
Gohan began to explain and Principal Redson listened intensively.
"I see." He said when Gohan had finished. "Well, you're not the first to be in here for some ridiculous dare. A pointless game if I may say so, Gohan. I don't see why the children just don't pick truth all the time to save embarrassment."
"Oh, but I couldn't." Gohan burst out before he could stop himself.
"Why is that?"
Gohan couldn't bring himself to lie to Principal Redson. Yet, he didn't mind only telling the half truth.
"Some girls have been trying to find out about my personal life using truth and I didn't want them to know so I had to pick dare."
Principal Redson burst out laughing. "Alright then, Gohan. I suppose since it was to do with personal matters, I can let you off the hook. However, a lunch time detention never really hurt anyone now did it?"
"I'm not getting expelled?" Gohan could hardly believe it!
"Expelled? I would never expel a student for such a harmless thing. It must be the night watchman talking again. Remember to join him at the beginning of tomorrow's lunch hour for detention ok?"
"Yes sir."
Principal Redson leaned in and whispered to Gohan. "And if those girls hassle you again, feel free to bring it up with me."
*****
Vicky stumbled into math class late and scanned the classroom for Faye. She was shocked to see her friend sitting with Videl. Faye and Vicky always sat together in every lesson. Well....they always used to.
"Why are you late? Do you hate me?" The math teacher, Miss Daniels asked in her usual paranoid way.
"Sorry." Vicky mumbled, taking her seat next to Kylie, behind Faye and Videl.
Miss Daniels turned back to her class. "Stop talking about me! Why are you all taking about me! Leave me alone! LEAVE ME ALONE!"
"Maybe you should take your medication, Miss Daniels?" Greg sniggered and the class laughed.
"I don't take medication. I'm a normal teacher. A normal math teacher. Yes, normal. Now lets learn something. Yes, fractions. Let's learn fractions."
They got their books and Vicky leaned over to tap Faye on the back.
"You didn't save me a seat." She whispered.
"So?" Faye said curtly. "We don't have to sit next to each other in every class do we? Anyway, Videl and I are making plans for lunchtime."
"You're still going through with that plan you made up on Drew's birthday?" Vicky sighed. "I'll tell Gohan if I have to. Or one of the teachers."
"If you do, then I'll officially break my friendship with you."
Vicky was silent and sat back in her chair. Faye couldn't be serious, could she? Did she really think that just because some new girl comes to the school, she can neglect her best friend of nearly eight years?
The lunch bell rang and everyone filed into the dining room. All except Videl, Vicky and Faye, who took extra long at the lockers.
"Please don't do this you guys." Vicky begged. "You could get in serious trouble. You might even be thrown out of the school."
"That's a risk I am willing to take." Videl said. "As long as we get Gohan's school file, I don't care if we get expelled. Are you with me, Faye?"
"All the way." Faye grinned, then turned to scowl at Vicky. "You better not tell, Vicky. Or else."
*****
Gohan, Drew, Daniel, Greg, Mitchell and Hiro sat together at their usual table. Mitchell was doing a fantastic impression of Miss Daniel's when Vicky walked in crying.
"What up with her?" Gohan asked, watching her sit at a table alone. "Where are her friends?"
"Vicky?" Drew scoffed. "Ignore her. She's the most irritating person I have ever met. She had a crush on me all last year just because I picked up her pencil. Don't go over there or she'll get a major crush on you."
"She already has a major crush on Gohan." Hiro joked. "It's too late to save him, Drew."
The others jeered yet Gohan still felt worried about Vicky. Perhaps he should go over there and see what was wrong?
He approached her table, sat beside her and smiled kindly. "What's wrong, Vicky? Where are your friends?"
"What friends?" She sobbed. "Now that Faye has met Videl, she's totally ignoring me!"
"You have other friends." Gohan said comfortingly. "What about Kylie, Emily and Hannah? And you also have me."
Vicky looked up, bleary eyed and red faced. "Am I your friend, Gohan?"
"Of course." He laughed. "So do you feel better now?"
"Sort of." She mumbled. "But Faye has been my best friend since we were little kids. I don't see why she has rejected me."
"Just talk to her." Gohan suggested. "Where is she now anyway?"
Vicky blushed, her body quivering. Tears gathered in her eyes and eventually, she broke down and wailed.
"I can't lie to you Gohan! Videl and Faye have sunk into the principal's receptionist's office to read your school file!"
"What's that?" Gohan asked.
"It's a file where the school keeps all your personal information like your birthday, where you live, who your parents are and stuff." She sniffed, wiping her wet eyes.
Gohan jumped from the table and dashed down the hall. If Videl and Faye saw his school file and found out about his parents, it would all be over. His Sayian heritage would be all over the school and he would be labeled as some sort of freak. He had to stop them, whatever the cost.
*****
Videl and Faye made their way down the hall quickly. If they didn't hurry up, the bell would ring before class even begun.
"Come on Faye." Videl urged.
"Not fair, you're way more fit then I am, Videl." Faye called back.
Videl smirked, enjoying the praise. She liked it when people considered her to be fit and strong. Just like her father.
Hurrying down the corridor, Videl sharply turned a corner only to bash into Gohan and topple over. Gohan however, remained standing with a stern expression on his face, his dark eyes glowing with anger.
"I know what you two are up to." Gohan said. "Why are you so keen to find out who I am?"
"What do you mean?" Videl asked sourly. "Who have you been talking to?"
"It doesn't matter. Now answer my question."
It wasn't a request. It was an order.
"Look Gohan," Faye finally said. "We just think the way you act sometimes is a little strange and we are just a little curious as to why."
"My personal life is none of your business." He said sharply.
His cold black eyes were filled with rage and his hair fell freely about his face and back. Videl blinked, realizing that Gohan looked much different in his anger. Almost....dare she even think it.....sexy.
What? She was thinking like Vicky! Videl shook her head, blocking out all images of Gohan as a boyfriend. Gross! She had to get out of here before she started hallucinating again.
"Come on Faye." Videl said hurriedly, whisking her friend away.
Gohan stood alone in the corridor, watching them disappear. He then made his way to reception.
"Lucy?" He said, leaning on the receptionist's desk. "I need you to make sure that two year seven girls named Videl and Faye don't get their hands on my school file."
"You got it." Lucy said, giving him an odd look. "But why?"
The bell rang and Gohan hurried back to class.