"Well this changes everything." Faye scowled. "I can't believe you've done
a Vicky on me and fallen for Gohan."
"For the last time I am not in love with Gohan!" Videl cried. "It wasn't my fault that we were paired together for dance practice."
"But it was your fault that you enjoyed it. You can't deny you enjoyed dancing with him." Faye suddenly lit up. "But this is great! You can get close to Gohan and get him to reveal all about himself. Then we will know the truth about him. So if he asks you to the formal...."
"I'll say no." Videl said stubbornly. "I am not going to the formal with Gohan. He probably won't even want to be my dance partner next week so what is the chance of him asking me to the real thing?"
But Videl soon discovered she was very wrong about that. Gohan asked her to dance every dance practice and every time, Videl accepted. She would never admit it to Faye, but she did have a great time dancing with him. And he seemed to like her. Maybe he would ask her to the dance?
Gohan, however had made other plans. With the term holidays fast approaching, he was trying to think of the perfect opportunity to ask his hopeful date.
It was the night of the term holidays and the year sevens were organizing to take the bus to the nearest beach to celebrate their first semester of high school. Gohan thought this would be the perfect time.
Apparently, so did most people, so Gohan didn't feel like he would be the only one. He scrambled through the crowd and finally found his way to her. But as soon as he approached his hopeful date, his mind went blank. What was he going to say to her?
"Err...hi." He said after a while.
"Hey Gohan." The girl laughed.
"Um, I was wondering....do you have a dance partner yet?"
"No." She smiled. "Some guys asked me, but I didn't really want to go with them, so I said no."
"Well then," Gohan didn't really want to be rejected. "Do you want to go with.....possibly...err....me?"
*****
Videl bustled through the large crowd. Where on earth was Gohan? And why was she looking for him? It wasn't as if she really was low enough to follow him around until he asked her to the formal. She didn't even want to go with him....did she?
"Sure Gohan. I'd be happy to go with you." At the sound of his name, Videl whirled around to see Gohan standing not too far away. He was looking particularly nice tonight in his swimming board shorts and no top. But it was a girl who replied to him. Who was it?
As she came closer, she saw a tall pasty faced girl in a two piece swimming costume beaming at him. She had orange, red, shoulder length curly hair pulled into two pigtails and large green eyes. Yet Videl had no idea who she was.
The girl smiled innocently. "I'm glad you asked me. I wanted to go with you more than any other boy in the whole school."
Videl watched with horror as the girl leaned forward and pecked Gohan on the cheek, causing his face to burn red. Videl turned her back to them, her eyes swelling with tears and rushed away through the crowd.
*****
"I wanted to go with you because I knew that we are just friends and I wouldn't have to go expecting it to be a date." Cecilia smiled at her new dance partner. "It's a shame we aren't in the same class. Otherwise we could have had practice together too."
"Yeah." Gohan grinned, happy at not being rejected and at not having to expect Cecilia to be his girlfriend.
"Hey Cecilia!" A girl called. "Come on!"
"Better go." Cecilia smiled. "I'll see you around Gohan. Oh, and tell me who is going with who, will you? I find all that stuff interesting."
Gohan laughed and watched her disappear with her friends.
"Hey Gohan!" Drew smiled, coming towards his friend. "Hannah and I are going together. Who are you with?"
"Cecilia."
"Wow! She's hot, Gohan. You're lucky. Most people were rejected when they asked her."
"We're just going as friends." Gohan grinned foolishly. "I mean, I don't want to date her or anything. And she wouldn't want to date me because I pelted her with a baseball, remember?"
Drew laughed. "Oh yeah. Now come on, let's go swimming."
*****
"Hey Videl." Faye sat beside her friend on the sand. "Greg just asked me to the formal. Did Gohan ask you?"
Videl shook her head, holding back tears. "He's going with some red head. I saw him ask her."
"Ouch, that's rough. What did the girl look like?"
Videl described her and Faye's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "Cecilia? But he pelted her with a ball during PE once!"
"Well now they're together."
Faye didn't know what to say. "Sorry."
Videl sniffed, then put on a false smile. "Like I wanted to go with him anyway. I don't care. Now let's have a swim."
Later in the night, Daniel cautiously approached Videl.
"Hey." He said in a smooth and slick voice. "Going with anyone to the formal?"
"No."
"Want to go with me?"
Videl looked over her shoulder to see Gohan, wet haired and beaming, talking to Cecilia. She sighed and then looked directly into Daniel's eyes.
"Sure Daniel. I will go with you."
*****
The evening of the formal finally arrived. Gohan dressed in his best suit and actually bothered to brush his hair. He could feel sweat gathering on his forehead. He had had heaps of lessons in waltzing, but he hadn't actually been very good at it. Or tried to be very good at it. And this was a whole school event!
"Hey Gohan!" Drew shouted, coming into Gohan's room in his best clothes. "We better hurry up or we'll be late. Nearly everyone has gone downstairs already."
"Coming."
Gohan hurried out of the room and followed his friend to the hall. It was decorated formally with flowers everywhere and a large banner hanging over the stage saying 'Ellawin Annual Student Formal' and the date on it. The tables of twelve were positioned all over the hall and decorated with white table clothes and flowers.
"Hey Gohan." Cecilia smiled as she neared him.
She was dressed in a formal gown as the rest of the girls were. It was hot pink with tiny straps and she had a matching handbag and shoes. For once, her hair was out and bounced freely about her shoulders. The colors she had chosen really brought out her eyes.
"Hey." Gohan replied.
They stood in silence, neither knowing what to do next.
"So want to sit down?" Cecilia asked after a while.
"Oh...yeah." Gohan sheepishly put his hand behind his head.
They sat at a table with Drew, Mitchell, Greg, Daniel and Hiro with their dates. Drew with Hannah, Greg with Faye, Hiro with Emily and Daniel with Videl. The dance partners sat opposite each other and talked loudly amongst themselves.
Gohan couldn't help noticing Videl stare at him. She wore a short bright red dress with her hair styled on the top of her head. When Gohan tried to smile at her, Videl turned away.
After dinner, all eyes turned to the front stage where Principal Redson was ready to make a speech.
"All I have to say is have fun." He beamed to his students. "Now let the dancing begin."
The tables were cleared and stacked on the side of the room by the teachers and the classical music began to play. Gohan held out a hand to Cecilia and led her onto the dance floor. He could feel his whole body sweating as he struggled to get into position.
"Just relax." Cecilia smiled kindly. "Pretend that you're back in dancing lessons and no one is here except us."
Gohan followed her league, relaxing in her arms and led her backwards and forwards with ease. Much better! He could do this, no sweat. Why had he even been worrying before?
*****
"So want to dance?" Daniel murmured slickly in Videl's ear.
She shook her head, her eyes following Gohan and Cecilia about the dance floor.
"Come on Videl, I don't want to sit around all night."
How could she ever let herself even think about going to the formal with Gohan? Like Faye said, he was a weirdo and she should concentrate on finding out about his true identity. He was he enemy....just her enemy.
Gohan was smiling as he led Cecilia across the dance floor. If Gohan was her enemy, then why couldn't she take her eyes away from him?
"Come on Videl." Daniel pleaded. "I'm bored. Let's dance."
Videl ignored him completely. Why had she expected Gohan to ask her to the formal? Just because they had all those dance practices together didn't mean.....
"Hey Videl....are you....crying?"
Daniel reached over and laid a hand on her shoulder. His fingers were cold and rough. Gohan's had been warm and comforting. She slipped from under his fingers and hurried out of the room.
*****
Gohan watched curiously as Videl dashed out of the hall. Where was she going? The bathroom?
He saw Faye cruise past him with Greg. If Faye was still here, they weren't planning to do anything together. So maybe Videl was going solo?
Of course not. Videl was his friend now. They had had all those dance practices together so.....oh no! She was angry because he didn't ask her to the formal!
"Excuse me, Cecilia." Gohan said, letting go of her hands. "I have to use the bathroom. I'll be back in a minute."
"Sure." Cecilia smiled. "I'll wait for you."
Gohan hurried out of the hall after the raven haired girl. Videl could feel him follow her and quickened her pace.
"Videl!" Gohan cried. "Please stop. We have to talk."
She turned around, her face firm and calm, her eyes dry. She gave him a crude smile.
"We have nothing to talk about Son Gohan."
"Are you angry with me? Did I do something wrong?"
Videl glanced into his eyes. They were filled with mystery, sadness and fear for what she would say next. His hair flew wildly about his face and down his back. He wore a tight black suit and the most charming smile she had ever seen.
"Do you like Cecilia?" She asked him.
"She is my close friend so that's why we're going to the formal together; that's all."
They were only going as friends. Of course, they weren't really a couple. But why did that matter to her? Here she was, the daughter of the great Hercule Satan worrying why some boy didn't take her to the formal.
The very idea made her burst out laughing. She didn't really see what was that funny about it, but she couldn't help but to cry with uncontrollable laughter.
And though Gohan didn't really know why he did it either, he threw his head back, laughing too.
"For the last time I am not in love with Gohan!" Videl cried. "It wasn't my fault that we were paired together for dance practice."
"But it was your fault that you enjoyed it. You can't deny you enjoyed dancing with him." Faye suddenly lit up. "But this is great! You can get close to Gohan and get him to reveal all about himself. Then we will know the truth about him. So if he asks you to the formal...."
"I'll say no." Videl said stubbornly. "I am not going to the formal with Gohan. He probably won't even want to be my dance partner next week so what is the chance of him asking me to the real thing?"
But Videl soon discovered she was very wrong about that. Gohan asked her to dance every dance practice and every time, Videl accepted. She would never admit it to Faye, but she did have a great time dancing with him. And he seemed to like her. Maybe he would ask her to the dance?
Gohan, however had made other plans. With the term holidays fast approaching, he was trying to think of the perfect opportunity to ask his hopeful date.
It was the night of the term holidays and the year sevens were organizing to take the bus to the nearest beach to celebrate their first semester of high school. Gohan thought this would be the perfect time.
Apparently, so did most people, so Gohan didn't feel like he would be the only one. He scrambled through the crowd and finally found his way to her. But as soon as he approached his hopeful date, his mind went blank. What was he going to say to her?
"Err...hi." He said after a while.
"Hey Gohan." The girl laughed.
"Um, I was wondering....do you have a dance partner yet?"
"No." She smiled. "Some guys asked me, but I didn't really want to go with them, so I said no."
"Well then," Gohan didn't really want to be rejected. "Do you want to go with.....possibly...err....me?"
*****
Videl bustled through the large crowd. Where on earth was Gohan? And why was she looking for him? It wasn't as if she really was low enough to follow him around until he asked her to the formal. She didn't even want to go with him....did she?
"Sure Gohan. I'd be happy to go with you." At the sound of his name, Videl whirled around to see Gohan standing not too far away. He was looking particularly nice tonight in his swimming board shorts and no top. But it was a girl who replied to him. Who was it?
As she came closer, she saw a tall pasty faced girl in a two piece swimming costume beaming at him. She had orange, red, shoulder length curly hair pulled into two pigtails and large green eyes. Yet Videl had no idea who she was.
The girl smiled innocently. "I'm glad you asked me. I wanted to go with you more than any other boy in the whole school."
Videl watched with horror as the girl leaned forward and pecked Gohan on the cheek, causing his face to burn red. Videl turned her back to them, her eyes swelling with tears and rushed away through the crowd.
*****
"I wanted to go with you because I knew that we are just friends and I wouldn't have to go expecting it to be a date." Cecilia smiled at her new dance partner. "It's a shame we aren't in the same class. Otherwise we could have had practice together too."
"Yeah." Gohan grinned, happy at not being rejected and at not having to expect Cecilia to be his girlfriend.
"Hey Cecilia!" A girl called. "Come on!"
"Better go." Cecilia smiled. "I'll see you around Gohan. Oh, and tell me who is going with who, will you? I find all that stuff interesting."
Gohan laughed and watched her disappear with her friends.
"Hey Gohan!" Drew smiled, coming towards his friend. "Hannah and I are going together. Who are you with?"
"Cecilia."
"Wow! She's hot, Gohan. You're lucky. Most people were rejected when they asked her."
"We're just going as friends." Gohan grinned foolishly. "I mean, I don't want to date her or anything. And she wouldn't want to date me because I pelted her with a baseball, remember?"
Drew laughed. "Oh yeah. Now come on, let's go swimming."
*****
"Hey Videl." Faye sat beside her friend on the sand. "Greg just asked me to the formal. Did Gohan ask you?"
Videl shook her head, holding back tears. "He's going with some red head. I saw him ask her."
"Ouch, that's rough. What did the girl look like?"
Videl described her and Faye's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "Cecilia? But he pelted her with a ball during PE once!"
"Well now they're together."
Faye didn't know what to say. "Sorry."
Videl sniffed, then put on a false smile. "Like I wanted to go with him anyway. I don't care. Now let's have a swim."
Later in the night, Daniel cautiously approached Videl.
"Hey." He said in a smooth and slick voice. "Going with anyone to the formal?"
"No."
"Want to go with me?"
Videl looked over her shoulder to see Gohan, wet haired and beaming, talking to Cecilia. She sighed and then looked directly into Daniel's eyes.
"Sure Daniel. I will go with you."
*****
The evening of the formal finally arrived. Gohan dressed in his best suit and actually bothered to brush his hair. He could feel sweat gathering on his forehead. He had had heaps of lessons in waltzing, but he hadn't actually been very good at it. Or tried to be very good at it. And this was a whole school event!
"Hey Gohan!" Drew shouted, coming into Gohan's room in his best clothes. "We better hurry up or we'll be late. Nearly everyone has gone downstairs already."
"Coming."
Gohan hurried out of the room and followed his friend to the hall. It was decorated formally with flowers everywhere and a large banner hanging over the stage saying 'Ellawin Annual Student Formal' and the date on it. The tables of twelve were positioned all over the hall and decorated with white table clothes and flowers.
"Hey Gohan." Cecilia smiled as she neared him.
She was dressed in a formal gown as the rest of the girls were. It was hot pink with tiny straps and she had a matching handbag and shoes. For once, her hair was out and bounced freely about her shoulders. The colors she had chosen really brought out her eyes.
"Hey." Gohan replied.
They stood in silence, neither knowing what to do next.
"So want to sit down?" Cecilia asked after a while.
"Oh...yeah." Gohan sheepishly put his hand behind his head.
They sat at a table with Drew, Mitchell, Greg, Daniel and Hiro with their dates. Drew with Hannah, Greg with Faye, Hiro with Emily and Daniel with Videl. The dance partners sat opposite each other and talked loudly amongst themselves.
Gohan couldn't help noticing Videl stare at him. She wore a short bright red dress with her hair styled on the top of her head. When Gohan tried to smile at her, Videl turned away.
After dinner, all eyes turned to the front stage where Principal Redson was ready to make a speech.
"All I have to say is have fun." He beamed to his students. "Now let the dancing begin."
The tables were cleared and stacked on the side of the room by the teachers and the classical music began to play. Gohan held out a hand to Cecilia and led her onto the dance floor. He could feel his whole body sweating as he struggled to get into position.
"Just relax." Cecilia smiled kindly. "Pretend that you're back in dancing lessons and no one is here except us."
Gohan followed her league, relaxing in her arms and led her backwards and forwards with ease. Much better! He could do this, no sweat. Why had he even been worrying before?
*****
"So want to dance?" Daniel murmured slickly in Videl's ear.
She shook her head, her eyes following Gohan and Cecilia about the dance floor.
"Come on Videl, I don't want to sit around all night."
How could she ever let herself even think about going to the formal with Gohan? Like Faye said, he was a weirdo and she should concentrate on finding out about his true identity. He was he enemy....just her enemy.
Gohan was smiling as he led Cecilia across the dance floor. If Gohan was her enemy, then why couldn't she take her eyes away from him?
"Come on Videl." Daniel pleaded. "I'm bored. Let's dance."
Videl ignored him completely. Why had she expected Gohan to ask her to the formal? Just because they had all those dance practices together didn't mean.....
"Hey Videl....are you....crying?"
Daniel reached over and laid a hand on her shoulder. His fingers were cold and rough. Gohan's had been warm and comforting. She slipped from under his fingers and hurried out of the room.
*****
Gohan watched curiously as Videl dashed out of the hall. Where was she going? The bathroom?
He saw Faye cruise past him with Greg. If Faye was still here, they weren't planning to do anything together. So maybe Videl was going solo?
Of course not. Videl was his friend now. They had had all those dance practices together so.....oh no! She was angry because he didn't ask her to the formal!
"Excuse me, Cecilia." Gohan said, letting go of her hands. "I have to use the bathroom. I'll be back in a minute."
"Sure." Cecilia smiled. "I'll wait for you."
Gohan hurried out of the hall after the raven haired girl. Videl could feel him follow her and quickened her pace.
"Videl!" Gohan cried. "Please stop. We have to talk."
She turned around, her face firm and calm, her eyes dry. She gave him a crude smile.
"We have nothing to talk about Son Gohan."
"Are you angry with me? Did I do something wrong?"
Videl glanced into his eyes. They were filled with mystery, sadness and fear for what she would say next. His hair flew wildly about his face and down his back. He wore a tight black suit and the most charming smile she had ever seen.
"Do you like Cecilia?" She asked him.
"She is my close friend so that's why we're going to the formal together; that's all."
They were only going as friends. Of course, they weren't really a couple. But why did that matter to her? Here she was, the daughter of the great Hercule Satan worrying why some boy didn't take her to the formal.
The very idea made her burst out laughing. She didn't really see what was that funny about it, but she couldn't help but to cry with uncontrollable laughter.
And though Gohan didn't really know why he did it either, he threw his head back, laughing too.