Author Note: In your reviews, someone mentioned that Gohan and Videl were
too young for love. That's true, but they aren't too young to develop a
crush on each other are they? I suppose that's how their feeling now. In
Videl's mind, she thinks she is in love with Gohan. Just thought I should
clear that up.
That Saturday, Gohan felt a shudder run through his body as he dressed in his new outfit. No one was wearing a suit to the dance and Gohan didn't want to look weird. He had convinced his mother to put extra money in his school bank account so that he could buy a new outfit to wear. He and Drew had gone shopping together that morning.
After three hours of wondering through the town, Gohan and Drew both bought dark denim jeans and silk black tank tops. Gohan wore his hair in it's usual pony tail, only a little bit better brushed for a special occasion. Drew had his stuck up with gel.
"Time to go boys." The boarding Master wrapped sharply on the dormitory door. "Can't keep the ladies waiting."
Gohan, Drew, Hiro, Mitchell, Greg and Daniel made their way down to the school hall, were the dance was to be held. The hall had been decorated with streamers and balloons hanging on the ceiling. The walls were covered in pictures and decorations and the usual eating tables from the dining room had been brought in and covered in rainbow tablecloths.
"It looks so different." Gohan whispered as he starred around the hall.
"Hey Gohan!"
Cecilia dashed to his side, wearing a red, knee high dress with thin straps and high heels. Her hair was out and fell free about her shoulders. She gave him a charming smile.
Slowly, the other girls made their way to their dates. Gohan saw Videl in a pale blue dress that touched her shins. The sleeves draped over her arm to reveal the top of her shoulders and her hair was in it's trademark style, pulled back with white ribbons. He tried to smile but she turned away. They hadn't had a chance to speak since yesterday afternoon.
"We should grab a table guys." Greg suggested. "Their filling up fast.
Gohan sat at a table with Cecilia, Drew, Faye, Mitchell, Videl, Hiro and Vicky. There wasn't enough room for anymore. Besides the festive rainbow tablecloth, a large ornament of multicolored balloons sat in the middle of the table, held down with a rock disguised under purple tissue paper. The boys sat together with their dates opposite them, like in the formal.
Dinner was served in the hall and Gohan kept his eyes on Videl, who starred down at her feet. He had been worried about her all day. It must have taken a lot of courage to tell him she liked him. And somehow, he had hurt her feelings. He hadn't meant too and he had been hoping she would be ok.
Videl, on the other hand, was feeling utterly embarrassed. She should have kept her feelings to herself. Now Gohan wouldn't stop starring at her! She wished he would just look the other way. He was making her feel uncomfortable.
Her mind was filled with questions. Had he told anyone what she had said? Did Cecilia know? Did anyone else know? How would she be able to handle it if everyone knew that Videl Satan had a crush?
The food was finally taken away and the hired DJ began to play the music. The first to stand up and dance were the older grades, the girls resting their heads into their boyfriends shoulders and totally grossing Videl out. Soon, the others stood up.
Mitchell held out his hand to Videl. "Want to dance with me?"
She shrugged and let him lead her onto the dance floor.
Gohan could feel himself sweating as he and Cecilia crossed the dance floor together.
"Don't worry, Gohan. This isn't like the formal at all. Just dance anyway you want to."
Gohan sheepishly placed a hand behind his head and grinned. "Actually, I'd rather not dance at all if it can be helped."
Cecilia groaned. "Oh come on. Just one dance. Please?"
Gohan sighed and held her hands. Cecilia was good at dancing, keeping to the beat of the music and moving in modern, sexy styles. Gohan just trembled, risking taking a step when possible.
"Just relax, listen to the music and do whatever you feel like." Cecilia instructed.
"Um....ok." Gohan didn't feel like dancing at all. But still, he held Cecilia's hands and moved with the beat.
"That's better. Don't you feel better now, Gohan?"
He felt worse. The hall stunk from the previous meal and he felt like throwing up. He watched as Videl came past with Faye, dancing with her as friends. Most couples had stopped dancing together now and had moved on to their friends. Gohan and Cecilia must have been the only couple left still together.
For a moment, Gohan's eyes met with Videl's and he felt even worse. He wished he hadn't made her feel so bad. She must hate him now.
"Gohan? Are you ok? You don't look so good."
Cecilia stopped dancing and her bright green eyes filled with concern. "Maybe you should sit down now."
Gohan opened his mouth to say something but couldn't. His throat was clogged up with the stale fish they had for dinner. It was too late. He was going to hurl.
Quickly, his eyes darted to the bathroom, but it was just too far away. He would never make it in time. He pushed through the crowd, Cecilia not far behind him and searched for a place where he could....take care of business.
Finding nothing, Gohan collapsed on the snack table that had carefully been laid out by the school staff three hours previous and leaned into what appeared to be a large bowl. He hurled, feeling his head clear and his vision as well. He saw what he had vomited into now. It was the large bowl of punch that Miss Daniels, his math teacher, had spent all day making.
"Hey look, that kid vomited in Daniels' punch!" Some older kid shouted.
The news quickly spread throughout the hall and soon everyone in the school knew. They were all bursting into fits on hysterical laughter, only Cecilia kept a straight face and tired to comfort him. Out of the corner of his eye, Gohan saw Videl, laughing too.
"My.....My special homemade punch." Miss Daniels cried. "YOU DESTROYED IT! YOU DIDN'T LIKE ME SO YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUNNY TO DESTROY IT!"
Gohan gasped as Miss Daniels made her way over to the punchbowl and burst into a fit of hysteria, crying and swooning over her spoilt punch.
"I slaved in the kitchen all day! ALL DAY! Why do you all hate me? Am I ugly? Do I have big ears? Oh, why me???"
"Calm down, woman!" The PE teacher cried. "It's a bowl of punch!"
"It's more than a bowl of punch. It is my special, homemade bowl of punch." She wiped her eyes.
"I'm so sorry." Gohan mumbled over the sounds of laughter coming from the other students. "I didn't mean to ruin it. Things just happen."
Only a while after Miss Daniels stopped wailing and most people had stopped laughing, Gohan took a step forward, tripped on his untied shoelace and fell back on the table, smacking down on it sharply to stop him from falling and sent the food flying overhead.
Drinks flew and hit the dancing children. Cakes smacked into the teachers. But the most revolting thing of all, the vomit filled homemade punch, flew across the room, spilling it's substance on the night watchman's head.
Everyone gasped as the sloppy substance drizzled down his clothes and his eyes filled with burning rage. All turned to stare as he made his way across the floor and grasped Gohan by the shirt.
"You." He spat. "Truth or dare boy. I bet you were the one who bashed the piano into the wall first day back. You've had it in for me since the day you arrived, you filthy little urchin."
"That's quite enough." Principal Redson said sternly, then added with a laugh. "It was not this boy's fault. It was an accident and I am sure that Mr Son couldn't control the direction the bowl flew in, now could he?"
"Oh you bet he could. This little bugger of a kid can do anything of he wants to."
"That's quite enough. I will not have you abusing my students, night watchman. Now go and get yourself cleaned up. However, it may help if Mr Son apologizes first."
"Sorry." Gohan muttered.
The night watchman just scowled and hurried out. Once he was gone, the hall rang with student's laughter.
"Alright now, quiet please." Mr Redson called. "We will continue with the dance as though nothing has happened. Enjoy yourselves, children."
Gohan breathed a sigh of relief. He had been lucky, and he was glad that tonight's events had happened towards the end of the year when he had less chance of getting into trouble with the night watchman.
Cecilia sprung on him suddenly, pulling him into a friendly hug.
"That was hilarious, Gohan." She beamed. "You have a habit of making funny things happen when your around. I swear, I haven't laughed as much as I have this year in all my life and I owe it to you. Even when you hit me with a ball at the beginning of term, you left me laughing about it in the infirmary."
"Thank Cecilia." Gohan said half-heartedly.
He was watching Videl, standing only a short while away. Her face was a rose pink form laughing and she actually smiled when their eyes met, signaling that they were still friends.
"Um....Cecilia?" Gohan asked.
"Yeah?" She replied.
"Err....would you mind if I....danced with someone else?"
"Oh?" She giggled. "Who?"
"Videl." Gohan watched his shoes, his face a slight red.
Cecilia giggled as foolishly as her friends always did. "Oh, so you like Videl, huh? I knew it. She's the perfect girl for you."
"You're not mad I don't like you?" Gohan asked, then quickly added. "In that way?"
Cecilia burst out laughing. "Of course not. I thought I told you, we're just friends. At one stage I was hoping something could come of us as a couple, but then I realized that it just wasn't meant to be and we would be better off as friends."
"Good then." Gohan stood beside her, wondering what else to say.
"What are you still doing here?" Cecilia cried after a long silence. "Go and ask her to dance!"
Before Gohan could say a word, Cecilia pushed him away from the table they were standing nearby and straight into Videl.
"Whoops. Sorry." He mumbled, backing away from her.
Videl giggled, then her face hardened. "Why aren't you dancing with Cecilia?"
"Well, I was hoping that I could dance with you." Gohan could hardly believe it. He had finished the sentence without stuttering once.
Videl's face turned bright red. "Not Cecilia?"
"No. You."
Videl could hardly believe it. This was definitely not what she had expected to happen tonight. Had Gohan made a mistake? Had he asked the wrong girl to dance? No, he had asked her. Not Cecilia, not Vicky, not Faye, or Emily, or Kylie or Hannah. Her. Videl Gabrielle Bridget Satan.
He took her hands and led her onto the dance floor. He geld her hands and at first, they both shook, not sure what to do. Then, after a few sideways steps, they launched into dance.
Laughing, Gohan spun her around, perhaps a little too fast and using just a tad too much Sayian power. She went flying into a grade eleven girl dancing with her boyfriend.
"Ooops. My fault." Gohan grinned. The night carried on and Gohan didn't leave Videl's side until the last song had played. Then finally, they stopped dancing and edged slowly amongst the crowd to reach their rooms.
"I had fun tonight." Gohan smiled.
"Me too." Videl blushed deeply, wishing she didn't look like such an idiot.
"I'm glad." Gohan stopped walking and turned to face her. For a few seconds, she feared he was going to do something she didn't feel at all ready for. Instead, he smiled innocently and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Then I'll see you tomorrow at church?" He asked.
"Yeah. Church."
Videl hated for the night to end. It had been the best night of her life so far and she was willing to bet she would remember it forever. She hated to think that soon, she would leave Ellawin for good and never see Gohan again. But maybe it was for the best. After all, she wasn't in anyway ready to have a boyfriend, even if her father would let her.
They reached the corridor that separated the year seven boy's dorm form the girl's. Gohan smiled one final smile before saying a last goodnight. Videl watched him walk away amongst the crowd before returning to her dorm for the night.
Author's Note: Hoped you liked this chapter. Sorry if the story is getting too romantic. Remember what I asked previously about writing a wind-up-the- story chapter and answer me in your reviews. Thanks a lot.
That Saturday, Gohan felt a shudder run through his body as he dressed in his new outfit. No one was wearing a suit to the dance and Gohan didn't want to look weird. He had convinced his mother to put extra money in his school bank account so that he could buy a new outfit to wear. He and Drew had gone shopping together that morning.
After three hours of wondering through the town, Gohan and Drew both bought dark denim jeans and silk black tank tops. Gohan wore his hair in it's usual pony tail, only a little bit better brushed for a special occasion. Drew had his stuck up with gel.
"Time to go boys." The boarding Master wrapped sharply on the dormitory door. "Can't keep the ladies waiting."
Gohan, Drew, Hiro, Mitchell, Greg and Daniel made their way down to the school hall, were the dance was to be held. The hall had been decorated with streamers and balloons hanging on the ceiling. The walls were covered in pictures and decorations and the usual eating tables from the dining room had been brought in and covered in rainbow tablecloths.
"It looks so different." Gohan whispered as he starred around the hall.
"Hey Gohan!"
Cecilia dashed to his side, wearing a red, knee high dress with thin straps and high heels. Her hair was out and fell free about her shoulders. She gave him a charming smile.
Slowly, the other girls made their way to their dates. Gohan saw Videl in a pale blue dress that touched her shins. The sleeves draped over her arm to reveal the top of her shoulders and her hair was in it's trademark style, pulled back with white ribbons. He tried to smile but she turned away. They hadn't had a chance to speak since yesterday afternoon.
"We should grab a table guys." Greg suggested. "Their filling up fast.
Gohan sat at a table with Cecilia, Drew, Faye, Mitchell, Videl, Hiro and Vicky. There wasn't enough room for anymore. Besides the festive rainbow tablecloth, a large ornament of multicolored balloons sat in the middle of the table, held down with a rock disguised under purple tissue paper. The boys sat together with their dates opposite them, like in the formal.
Dinner was served in the hall and Gohan kept his eyes on Videl, who starred down at her feet. He had been worried about her all day. It must have taken a lot of courage to tell him she liked him. And somehow, he had hurt her feelings. He hadn't meant too and he had been hoping she would be ok.
Videl, on the other hand, was feeling utterly embarrassed. She should have kept her feelings to herself. Now Gohan wouldn't stop starring at her! She wished he would just look the other way. He was making her feel uncomfortable.
Her mind was filled with questions. Had he told anyone what she had said? Did Cecilia know? Did anyone else know? How would she be able to handle it if everyone knew that Videl Satan had a crush?
The food was finally taken away and the hired DJ began to play the music. The first to stand up and dance were the older grades, the girls resting their heads into their boyfriends shoulders and totally grossing Videl out. Soon, the others stood up.
Mitchell held out his hand to Videl. "Want to dance with me?"
She shrugged and let him lead her onto the dance floor.
Gohan could feel himself sweating as he and Cecilia crossed the dance floor together.
"Don't worry, Gohan. This isn't like the formal at all. Just dance anyway you want to."
Gohan sheepishly placed a hand behind his head and grinned. "Actually, I'd rather not dance at all if it can be helped."
Cecilia groaned. "Oh come on. Just one dance. Please?"
Gohan sighed and held her hands. Cecilia was good at dancing, keeping to the beat of the music and moving in modern, sexy styles. Gohan just trembled, risking taking a step when possible.
"Just relax, listen to the music and do whatever you feel like." Cecilia instructed.
"Um....ok." Gohan didn't feel like dancing at all. But still, he held Cecilia's hands and moved with the beat.
"That's better. Don't you feel better now, Gohan?"
He felt worse. The hall stunk from the previous meal and he felt like throwing up. He watched as Videl came past with Faye, dancing with her as friends. Most couples had stopped dancing together now and had moved on to their friends. Gohan and Cecilia must have been the only couple left still together.
For a moment, Gohan's eyes met with Videl's and he felt even worse. He wished he hadn't made her feel so bad. She must hate him now.
"Gohan? Are you ok? You don't look so good."
Cecilia stopped dancing and her bright green eyes filled with concern. "Maybe you should sit down now."
Gohan opened his mouth to say something but couldn't. His throat was clogged up with the stale fish they had for dinner. It was too late. He was going to hurl.
Quickly, his eyes darted to the bathroom, but it was just too far away. He would never make it in time. He pushed through the crowd, Cecilia not far behind him and searched for a place where he could....take care of business.
Finding nothing, Gohan collapsed on the snack table that had carefully been laid out by the school staff three hours previous and leaned into what appeared to be a large bowl. He hurled, feeling his head clear and his vision as well. He saw what he had vomited into now. It was the large bowl of punch that Miss Daniels, his math teacher, had spent all day making.
"Hey look, that kid vomited in Daniels' punch!" Some older kid shouted.
The news quickly spread throughout the hall and soon everyone in the school knew. They were all bursting into fits on hysterical laughter, only Cecilia kept a straight face and tired to comfort him. Out of the corner of his eye, Gohan saw Videl, laughing too.
"My.....My special homemade punch." Miss Daniels cried. "YOU DESTROYED IT! YOU DIDN'T LIKE ME SO YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUNNY TO DESTROY IT!"
Gohan gasped as Miss Daniels made her way over to the punchbowl and burst into a fit of hysteria, crying and swooning over her spoilt punch.
"I slaved in the kitchen all day! ALL DAY! Why do you all hate me? Am I ugly? Do I have big ears? Oh, why me???"
"Calm down, woman!" The PE teacher cried. "It's a bowl of punch!"
"It's more than a bowl of punch. It is my special, homemade bowl of punch." She wiped her eyes.
"I'm so sorry." Gohan mumbled over the sounds of laughter coming from the other students. "I didn't mean to ruin it. Things just happen."
Only a while after Miss Daniels stopped wailing and most people had stopped laughing, Gohan took a step forward, tripped on his untied shoelace and fell back on the table, smacking down on it sharply to stop him from falling and sent the food flying overhead.
Drinks flew and hit the dancing children. Cakes smacked into the teachers. But the most revolting thing of all, the vomit filled homemade punch, flew across the room, spilling it's substance on the night watchman's head.
Everyone gasped as the sloppy substance drizzled down his clothes and his eyes filled with burning rage. All turned to stare as he made his way across the floor and grasped Gohan by the shirt.
"You." He spat. "Truth or dare boy. I bet you were the one who bashed the piano into the wall first day back. You've had it in for me since the day you arrived, you filthy little urchin."
"That's quite enough." Principal Redson said sternly, then added with a laugh. "It was not this boy's fault. It was an accident and I am sure that Mr Son couldn't control the direction the bowl flew in, now could he?"
"Oh you bet he could. This little bugger of a kid can do anything of he wants to."
"That's quite enough. I will not have you abusing my students, night watchman. Now go and get yourself cleaned up. However, it may help if Mr Son apologizes first."
"Sorry." Gohan muttered.
The night watchman just scowled and hurried out. Once he was gone, the hall rang with student's laughter.
"Alright now, quiet please." Mr Redson called. "We will continue with the dance as though nothing has happened. Enjoy yourselves, children."
Gohan breathed a sigh of relief. He had been lucky, and he was glad that tonight's events had happened towards the end of the year when he had less chance of getting into trouble with the night watchman.
Cecilia sprung on him suddenly, pulling him into a friendly hug.
"That was hilarious, Gohan." She beamed. "You have a habit of making funny things happen when your around. I swear, I haven't laughed as much as I have this year in all my life and I owe it to you. Even when you hit me with a ball at the beginning of term, you left me laughing about it in the infirmary."
"Thank Cecilia." Gohan said half-heartedly.
He was watching Videl, standing only a short while away. Her face was a rose pink form laughing and she actually smiled when their eyes met, signaling that they were still friends.
"Um....Cecilia?" Gohan asked.
"Yeah?" She replied.
"Err....would you mind if I....danced with someone else?"
"Oh?" She giggled. "Who?"
"Videl." Gohan watched his shoes, his face a slight red.
Cecilia giggled as foolishly as her friends always did. "Oh, so you like Videl, huh? I knew it. She's the perfect girl for you."
"You're not mad I don't like you?" Gohan asked, then quickly added. "In that way?"
Cecilia burst out laughing. "Of course not. I thought I told you, we're just friends. At one stage I was hoping something could come of us as a couple, but then I realized that it just wasn't meant to be and we would be better off as friends."
"Good then." Gohan stood beside her, wondering what else to say.
"What are you still doing here?" Cecilia cried after a long silence. "Go and ask her to dance!"
Before Gohan could say a word, Cecilia pushed him away from the table they were standing nearby and straight into Videl.
"Whoops. Sorry." He mumbled, backing away from her.
Videl giggled, then her face hardened. "Why aren't you dancing with Cecilia?"
"Well, I was hoping that I could dance with you." Gohan could hardly believe it. He had finished the sentence without stuttering once.
Videl's face turned bright red. "Not Cecilia?"
"No. You."
Videl could hardly believe it. This was definitely not what she had expected to happen tonight. Had Gohan made a mistake? Had he asked the wrong girl to dance? No, he had asked her. Not Cecilia, not Vicky, not Faye, or Emily, or Kylie or Hannah. Her. Videl Gabrielle Bridget Satan.
He took her hands and led her onto the dance floor. He geld her hands and at first, they both shook, not sure what to do. Then, after a few sideways steps, they launched into dance.
Laughing, Gohan spun her around, perhaps a little too fast and using just a tad too much Sayian power. She went flying into a grade eleven girl dancing with her boyfriend.
"Ooops. My fault." Gohan grinned. The night carried on and Gohan didn't leave Videl's side until the last song had played. Then finally, they stopped dancing and edged slowly amongst the crowd to reach their rooms.
"I had fun tonight." Gohan smiled.
"Me too." Videl blushed deeply, wishing she didn't look like such an idiot.
"I'm glad." Gohan stopped walking and turned to face her. For a few seconds, she feared he was going to do something she didn't feel at all ready for. Instead, he smiled innocently and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Then I'll see you tomorrow at church?" He asked.
"Yeah. Church."
Videl hated for the night to end. It had been the best night of her life so far and she was willing to bet she would remember it forever. She hated to think that soon, she would leave Ellawin for good and never see Gohan again. But maybe it was for the best. After all, she wasn't in anyway ready to have a boyfriend, even if her father would let her.
They reached the corridor that separated the year seven boy's dorm form the girl's. Gohan smiled one final smile before saying a last goodnight. Videl watched him walk away amongst the crowd before returning to her dorm for the night.
Author's Note: Hoped you liked this chapter. Sorry if the story is getting too romantic. Remember what I asked previously about writing a wind-up-the- story chapter and answer me in your reviews. Thanks a lot.