After a while I found myself, to my dismay, in some sort of routine. I had
never been the organized type, yet life was seeming easier and easier. I
woke up, went to school, walked to C.C with Trunks, Bra and Goten, flew
with Goten to his brother's house, had tutoring lessons, came home, had
dinner and went to bed.
Tutoring was surprisingly fun. Gohan went through my homework with me and helped me areas I was struggling with. It wasn't as bad as I had anticipated.
However, a week after I started tutoring lessons, Goten thought it would be hilarious if he decided not to turn up in the afternoon when it was time to go home.
"He'll turn up, Marron." Chi-Chi reassured me went I barged into her house, searching for him. "He's just like his father, runs off for hours and then doesn't turn up again until the time you least expect it."
I turned to Goku with pleading eyes. "Can you take me home, Goku? Please?"
"Nope sorry." Came his reply.
I groaned exhaustedly. What was wrong with these Sayians? They were seriously beginning to bug the hell out of me. Why couldn't he take me home? Note enough food? Really!
"Why not?" I answered him rather rudely, not meaning to, of course.
"Because Goten will be home really soon. Just wait around here for a while, Marron." Chi-Chi spoke for her husband.
Goten didn't come back soon. He came back at sunset, carrying an extremely large fish over his shoulders and wearing a sheepish grin.
"Where the hell have you been, you little git!" I exploded with utter rage. "I've been waiting around here forever."
"Oh you're still here?" Goten giggled foolishly. "I thought my father or brother would have taken you home by now, Marron."
"Well they didn't." I narrowed my eyes, folding my arms across my chest.
"Why?" He asked, titling his slightly wet head to one side.
I truly didn't know how to answer him. I didn't actually know why I was still here and why no one had bothered to take me home or even offer me a way home.
When I didn't reply, Goten set down the fish and I saw he was topless, wearing nothing but black shorts. He came a few steps closer, now smiling sanely.
"Well now that you're here, why don't you stay for dinner?"
I said nothing, but narrowed my eyes even further giving him a menacing look that hopefully told him to back off.
"You smell like fish." I said sullenly in reply.
"Well that's what tends to happen after you've been fishing all day." He said with a laugh, then added. "Please stay for dinner! You're parents don't mind and you don't have to eat fish."
"Good. I hate the stuff." I said it without thinking. Suddenly, I found that through that sentence I had somehow agreed to stay for dinner and wished I could put the words back in my mouth. I glanced at Goten who was smiling idiotically again.
I scowled. He was just so ugly.
"I'll tell Mum you're staying, then." He picked up the fish and hurried back into the house, happily.
"I am NOT staying, jerk ass!" It was a desperate attempt to get out of this 'arrangement' yet it was my only hope. But after Goten had told his mother, I simply couldn't just say no and walk off. I had to stay.
Chi-Chi prepared the meal outside the house on a large picnic table. With Videl's help, she laid out the plates and I could hardly believe the amount of food there was! It was enough to feed a small village of about fifty.
Chi-Chi must have noticed my eyes popping because she smiled broadly. "I suppose you've seen how much Sayians eat, Marron. Well since we have to feed four altogether, as well as three humans, this might not even be enough."
"You must spend you're whole life cooking!" I cried in disbelief.
"Not really. I've had enough practice now to know when to start cooking meals and such. Now starting to cook three hours before meal time is just like a second nature to me. Though it does help to have extra help, right Videl."
Videl nodded. I decided to make myself useful and helped bring out the plates of food and lay them on the table. Goku, Gohan and Goten had started sparring and Pan sat to the side, watching with interest.
It was my first time seeing Sayians spar. Sure, I knew they were strong, but actually seeing them in action was even more impressive than the stories I heard. Goten was actually not that bad for a fighter. Even though he was the baby, he did get a few decent hits in and did get beaten to a pulp on several occasions as well.
Chi-Chi annoyed dinner and at once, the men stopped fighting and dashed to the table, scoffing down the food like a bunch of starving ferrets. Chi-Chi and Videl took no notice of it and ate politely. Pan was smearing her face with food. She hadn't learnt to use cutlery yet.
Reluctantly, I sat beside Goten, who was making such a pig of himself, it was utterly repulsive. Dinner conversation was very limited, the Sayians too busy eating to do much else and occasionally grunting when asked a question. When dinner was finished, everyone sat together for a leisurely chat.
"So how was school today, Goten?" Chi-Chi asked her baby son. "Do anything fun?"
"Well, no not really." Goten said with a Son family grin. "Only fun time is lunch when I get to eat."
"Trust you." I muttered. "I don't think you even have the appetite of a normal Sayian, Goten. If you didn't train so much, you'd be fatter than a whale and we'd have to use a helicopter to get you to school."
It wasn't that funny, but everyone laughed. I didn't see why. I just spoke the truth. If Goten didn't train, he would look like a whale and we would need to use a helicopter to carry him to school.
"How are you finding school, Marron?" Videl asked. "Is Gohan's tutoring making it easier?"
"Well I can't exactly say 'no' can I?" I had to wait for them to shut up before I could make my point. "But in all seriousness, it had helped heaps."
"That's great. Your parents must be proud." Chi-Chi beamed.
After dinner, I helped Chi-Chi and Videl clear the plates while the men went back to sparring with Pan. I watched out of the window as Goten sat, crossed legged with Pan beside him. He was holding out a ball of energy and Pan was trying to copy him.
"I remember when Gohan tried to teach me how to use energy like that." Videl said with a smile as she dried a plate. "Back when we were teenagers."
"He taught you to fly?" I asked with interest.
"Yeah, he did." She smiled. "Gohan was such a nerd back then."
"Not much has changed." I muttered yet Videl heard and laughed.
"Too true, Marron."
Time was getting on and I began to wish to go home. Once I had helped wash all the plates, I came outside and stopped Goten by grasping his wrist. He was about to punch his father when I did so.
"You're taking me home right now, Goten. Otherwise I'll have to kill you!"
"Ok, ok. Easy now, Marron." He addressed his family. "Taking Marron home, bye."
"Honey, make sure you come home straight away." Krillin said sternly next morning. "I want you home at least in time for dinner tomorrow."
"Of course, Daddy." I took an apple and hurried out the door. "Have a good day!"
As if I planned to stay at the Son house longer than I had to. Sure, Gohan and Videl were nice and I got on considerably well with Goku and Chi-Chi and Pan was just adorable. Yet, spending time with Goten was never the first thing on my to-do list.
Of course, he was at the bus stop with Trunks and Bra. I narrowed my eyes when I saw him. Why couldn't he wait at a different bus stop?
"Morning, Marron!" Bra said brightly. Trunks smirked.
"Goten told me you stayed extra long at his house yesterday. What's going on there, Marron?"
I felt my face flush deep red. "That idiot forgot to take me home and then he forced me to stay for dinner."
"Forced you? It's highly unlikely that Goten would force anyone to do anything against their will, right Goten?"
"Err....right." Goten had obviously not been listening to the conversation. His mind was drifting elsewhere.
After math, Mrs Morgan called me to her desk.
"I'm so happy with you, Marron!" She beamed with joy. "You have improved so much and I think you might actually scrape a pass in the HSC if you keep this up. I'm very proud of you. How are you finding your tutor?"
"He's ok, I guess." I glanced longingly out at the school grounds beyond the building.
"He must be more than just ok considering your improvement. Make sure you pass on my gratitude and praise."
I wanted to ask why she was grateful. It wasn't Mrs Morgan who would fail the HSC. But I didn't feel like getting into an argument right now.
"Whatever." Was my reply.
Gohan wasn't able to tutor me that afternoon as he had a conference to prepare for (He worked as a uni teacher). But the moron didn't bother to inform me of this until we reached his house. Hadn't these people heard of phones?
"Ok, take me back home, Goten." I said with dismay.
Goten was disappointed as well. He smiled sanely, managing not to look so ridiculous. "As long as you're here, why don't we do our homework together."
I narrowed my eyes and he cracked up laughing. Not understanding his personal joke, I changed my 'narrowed eye look' to a scowl.
"What's so funny, Son?"
"It seems that you give me that look all too often and it's confusing. Is it a good look or a bad look?"
"BAD!" I screamed, leaning my face right into his so that our eyes met.
"Oh, ok. Thanks." He changed the subject back to this afternoon. "Why don't we go down to the river and do our homework together. Then we can have a swim!"
There was no point resisting. Goten was persistent and he was also my only ticket home. I had to go with him. But the river he took me to WAS nice. It was fresh water and ran down a tall mountain. We came to the top which was lined with trees and long grass. Goten sat under a large oak and lay on his stomach. Regretfully, I sat beside him.
"Can we go swimming first?" He pleaded. "I'm boiling hot."
It was a little hot on the mountain, regardless of the high altitude. The creek did seem like a nice place to be, but I didn't have anything to swim in besides my underwear and there was NO WAY IN HELL I was going to strip in front of Goten.
Goten, however, stripped to his boxers and dived in.
"Come on, I'll teach you how to catch a fish!" I called.
"I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU THAT I HATE FISH!" I screamed in reply.
He merely laughed, dived under the water and came back with a giant one which he tossed onto the shore beside me. It squirmed for a while, then lay down. Dead. I shuddered. I'd never been an animal lover and I loathed science when it came to disemboweling a rat. So fishing wasn't my most favored sport.
"Come on, the fish don't bite!" I called again.
"Um....Goten, in case you haven't realized.....I AM NOT WEARING ANY SWIMMING CLOTHES!"
"Just swim in your underwear. So what?" He dived under the water, swam to the shore and lay on his stomach in front of me.
"I have never met a more irritating person in all my life." I couldn't help giggling. That idiot didn't look half stupid.
"So....coming swimming?" He asked.
"Oh fine!" The water was too perfect to resist and I was wearing black underwear that vaguely resembled a bikini. So what if Goten saw me in my undies, he'd seen me in just as much clothing on swimming days at school.
Never the less, I was nervous taking off the blue dress and red jacket I was wearing. Goten watched me carefully and I felt my face flush. Yet Goten took no notice of it. Once I was in my bra and underwear, he took my hands and led me into the water.
It was icy cold, colder than I had expected and I let out a shrill cry as the water lapped against my skin. I felt a sliver of slimy scaled brush my leg. GIANT FISH! The place was crawling with them.
My face must have been egg white because Goten tried to reassure me. "They don't hurt you unless you hurt them."
"The don't try to catch anymore!" I cried.
"Whatever." He dived under the water and I stood, shivering, watching him explore the riverbed. He came back with about twenty large rocks and carried them to the shore.
"Let's have something to eat." He said as he lined them in a circle. "Could you get me some sticks and stuff?"
I gladly left the water yet I wasn't dry enough to put my clothes back on. I gathered sticks and twigs and dumped them in the middle of the 'campfire'. Goten took three branches, stripped them of leaves and extra sticks so they became smooth poles. He jabbed two in the ground on either side.
"What's that for?" I asked.
"For cooking, of course. Man, you need to learn how to camp. Have you ever been camping before?"
"Hell no!" Let's face it. My mother and I aren't the outdoor type.
"Maybe we should go camping sometime." Goten said with a laugh. "You, me, Bra and Trunks. That would be fun."
I said nothing and watched him prepare the fish by removing the bits of it that were uneatable. Then, much to my disgust, he threaded the third pole right through the poor fish's body and set the pole, fish and all, over the fire which he lit with a ki blast.
"That's awful!" I protested.
"It's nature. This fish ate a smaller fish, which ate an even smaller fish, which ate plankton. So we eat the fish. That's how it works, my brother told me."
"What eats us?" I asked, sitting beside him.
"Nothing. We're at the top of the tree."
"What about Majin Buu? Doesn't he eat people, or is my memory just being hopeless again."
Goten laughed obnoxiously. "Hey that's true, he turns people into food. I never thought of that."
When the fish was cooked, he cut it, divided it and shared it with me. Even though I hate fish, I was ravenous and ate a considerable amount. Of course, Goten ate twice as much, eating my leftovers as well.
"So how about that camping idea?" He asked. I shrugged.
"As long as Trunks and Bra will be there, sure. Whatever."
Goten lit up instantly. "Super! I'll call them tonight and we can all meet at my place this weekend!"
"Mmm." I looked out over the river and noticed the sun was setting. Oh gosh, I had forgotten the time and now I wouldn't be home for dinner!
"Goten, I have to go or my parents will kill me!" I cried, snatching my clothes and fitting them over my now dry body. Goten didn't bother changing.
"I'll get my stuff on the way back." He said and fitted his arms around my waist as usual.
"Ready?" Goten asked and I nodded in reply. Then we set out across the clouds.
I was home in time for dinner yet eating wasn't something on my agenda. After the fish, I wasn't at all hungry. So I went to bed and found myself thinking about Goten.
He wasn't as bad as I thought. Still an utterly repulsive person, but not AS bad. After all, I had managed to spend all afternoon with him and I did have an alright time. And camping with him would be ok. As long as Trunks and Bra were there. If it was just Goten and I, it would just be too weird.
A/N: Sorry about the long chapter. I just wanted to fit a lot in. Thanks for reading and please review!
Tutoring was surprisingly fun. Gohan went through my homework with me and helped me areas I was struggling with. It wasn't as bad as I had anticipated.
However, a week after I started tutoring lessons, Goten thought it would be hilarious if he decided not to turn up in the afternoon when it was time to go home.
"He'll turn up, Marron." Chi-Chi reassured me went I barged into her house, searching for him. "He's just like his father, runs off for hours and then doesn't turn up again until the time you least expect it."
I turned to Goku with pleading eyes. "Can you take me home, Goku? Please?"
"Nope sorry." Came his reply.
I groaned exhaustedly. What was wrong with these Sayians? They were seriously beginning to bug the hell out of me. Why couldn't he take me home? Note enough food? Really!
"Why not?" I answered him rather rudely, not meaning to, of course.
"Because Goten will be home really soon. Just wait around here for a while, Marron." Chi-Chi spoke for her husband.
Goten didn't come back soon. He came back at sunset, carrying an extremely large fish over his shoulders and wearing a sheepish grin.
"Where the hell have you been, you little git!" I exploded with utter rage. "I've been waiting around here forever."
"Oh you're still here?" Goten giggled foolishly. "I thought my father or brother would have taken you home by now, Marron."
"Well they didn't." I narrowed my eyes, folding my arms across my chest.
"Why?" He asked, titling his slightly wet head to one side.
I truly didn't know how to answer him. I didn't actually know why I was still here and why no one had bothered to take me home or even offer me a way home.
When I didn't reply, Goten set down the fish and I saw he was topless, wearing nothing but black shorts. He came a few steps closer, now smiling sanely.
"Well now that you're here, why don't you stay for dinner?"
I said nothing, but narrowed my eyes even further giving him a menacing look that hopefully told him to back off.
"You smell like fish." I said sullenly in reply.
"Well that's what tends to happen after you've been fishing all day." He said with a laugh, then added. "Please stay for dinner! You're parents don't mind and you don't have to eat fish."
"Good. I hate the stuff." I said it without thinking. Suddenly, I found that through that sentence I had somehow agreed to stay for dinner and wished I could put the words back in my mouth. I glanced at Goten who was smiling idiotically again.
I scowled. He was just so ugly.
"I'll tell Mum you're staying, then." He picked up the fish and hurried back into the house, happily.
"I am NOT staying, jerk ass!" It was a desperate attempt to get out of this 'arrangement' yet it was my only hope. But after Goten had told his mother, I simply couldn't just say no and walk off. I had to stay.
Chi-Chi prepared the meal outside the house on a large picnic table. With Videl's help, she laid out the plates and I could hardly believe the amount of food there was! It was enough to feed a small village of about fifty.
Chi-Chi must have noticed my eyes popping because she smiled broadly. "I suppose you've seen how much Sayians eat, Marron. Well since we have to feed four altogether, as well as three humans, this might not even be enough."
"You must spend you're whole life cooking!" I cried in disbelief.
"Not really. I've had enough practice now to know when to start cooking meals and such. Now starting to cook three hours before meal time is just like a second nature to me. Though it does help to have extra help, right Videl."
Videl nodded. I decided to make myself useful and helped bring out the plates of food and lay them on the table. Goku, Gohan and Goten had started sparring and Pan sat to the side, watching with interest.
It was my first time seeing Sayians spar. Sure, I knew they were strong, but actually seeing them in action was even more impressive than the stories I heard. Goten was actually not that bad for a fighter. Even though he was the baby, he did get a few decent hits in and did get beaten to a pulp on several occasions as well.
Chi-Chi annoyed dinner and at once, the men stopped fighting and dashed to the table, scoffing down the food like a bunch of starving ferrets. Chi-Chi and Videl took no notice of it and ate politely. Pan was smearing her face with food. She hadn't learnt to use cutlery yet.
Reluctantly, I sat beside Goten, who was making such a pig of himself, it was utterly repulsive. Dinner conversation was very limited, the Sayians too busy eating to do much else and occasionally grunting when asked a question. When dinner was finished, everyone sat together for a leisurely chat.
"So how was school today, Goten?" Chi-Chi asked her baby son. "Do anything fun?"
"Well, no not really." Goten said with a Son family grin. "Only fun time is lunch when I get to eat."
"Trust you." I muttered. "I don't think you even have the appetite of a normal Sayian, Goten. If you didn't train so much, you'd be fatter than a whale and we'd have to use a helicopter to get you to school."
It wasn't that funny, but everyone laughed. I didn't see why. I just spoke the truth. If Goten didn't train, he would look like a whale and we would need to use a helicopter to carry him to school.
"How are you finding school, Marron?" Videl asked. "Is Gohan's tutoring making it easier?"
"Well I can't exactly say 'no' can I?" I had to wait for them to shut up before I could make my point. "But in all seriousness, it had helped heaps."
"That's great. Your parents must be proud." Chi-Chi beamed.
After dinner, I helped Chi-Chi and Videl clear the plates while the men went back to sparring with Pan. I watched out of the window as Goten sat, crossed legged with Pan beside him. He was holding out a ball of energy and Pan was trying to copy him.
"I remember when Gohan tried to teach me how to use energy like that." Videl said with a smile as she dried a plate. "Back when we were teenagers."
"He taught you to fly?" I asked with interest.
"Yeah, he did." She smiled. "Gohan was such a nerd back then."
"Not much has changed." I muttered yet Videl heard and laughed.
"Too true, Marron."
Time was getting on and I began to wish to go home. Once I had helped wash all the plates, I came outside and stopped Goten by grasping his wrist. He was about to punch his father when I did so.
"You're taking me home right now, Goten. Otherwise I'll have to kill you!"
"Ok, ok. Easy now, Marron." He addressed his family. "Taking Marron home, bye."
"Honey, make sure you come home straight away." Krillin said sternly next morning. "I want you home at least in time for dinner tomorrow."
"Of course, Daddy." I took an apple and hurried out the door. "Have a good day!"
As if I planned to stay at the Son house longer than I had to. Sure, Gohan and Videl were nice and I got on considerably well with Goku and Chi-Chi and Pan was just adorable. Yet, spending time with Goten was never the first thing on my to-do list.
Of course, he was at the bus stop with Trunks and Bra. I narrowed my eyes when I saw him. Why couldn't he wait at a different bus stop?
"Morning, Marron!" Bra said brightly. Trunks smirked.
"Goten told me you stayed extra long at his house yesterday. What's going on there, Marron?"
I felt my face flush deep red. "That idiot forgot to take me home and then he forced me to stay for dinner."
"Forced you? It's highly unlikely that Goten would force anyone to do anything against their will, right Goten?"
"Err....right." Goten had obviously not been listening to the conversation. His mind was drifting elsewhere.
After math, Mrs Morgan called me to her desk.
"I'm so happy with you, Marron!" She beamed with joy. "You have improved so much and I think you might actually scrape a pass in the HSC if you keep this up. I'm very proud of you. How are you finding your tutor?"
"He's ok, I guess." I glanced longingly out at the school grounds beyond the building.
"He must be more than just ok considering your improvement. Make sure you pass on my gratitude and praise."
I wanted to ask why she was grateful. It wasn't Mrs Morgan who would fail the HSC. But I didn't feel like getting into an argument right now.
"Whatever." Was my reply.
Gohan wasn't able to tutor me that afternoon as he had a conference to prepare for (He worked as a uni teacher). But the moron didn't bother to inform me of this until we reached his house. Hadn't these people heard of phones?
"Ok, take me back home, Goten." I said with dismay.
Goten was disappointed as well. He smiled sanely, managing not to look so ridiculous. "As long as you're here, why don't we do our homework together."
I narrowed my eyes and he cracked up laughing. Not understanding his personal joke, I changed my 'narrowed eye look' to a scowl.
"What's so funny, Son?"
"It seems that you give me that look all too often and it's confusing. Is it a good look or a bad look?"
"BAD!" I screamed, leaning my face right into his so that our eyes met.
"Oh, ok. Thanks." He changed the subject back to this afternoon. "Why don't we go down to the river and do our homework together. Then we can have a swim!"
There was no point resisting. Goten was persistent and he was also my only ticket home. I had to go with him. But the river he took me to WAS nice. It was fresh water and ran down a tall mountain. We came to the top which was lined with trees and long grass. Goten sat under a large oak and lay on his stomach. Regretfully, I sat beside him.
"Can we go swimming first?" He pleaded. "I'm boiling hot."
It was a little hot on the mountain, regardless of the high altitude. The creek did seem like a nice place to be, but I didn't have anything to swim in besides my underwear and there was NO WAY IN HELL I was going to strip in front of Goten.
Goten, however, stripped to his boxers and dived in.
"Come on, I'll teach you how to catch a fish!" I called.
"I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU THAT I HATE FISH!" I screamed in reply.
He merely laughed, dived under the water and came back with a giant one which he tossed onto the shore beside me. It squirmed for a while, then lay down. Dead. I shuddered. I'd never been an animal lover and I loathed science when it came to disemboweling a rat. So fishing wasn't my most favored sport.
"Come on, the fish don't bite!" I called again.
"Um....Goten, in case you haven't realized.....I AM NOT WEARING ANY SWIMMING CLOTHES!"
"Just swim in your underwear. So what?" He dived under the water, swam to the shore and lay on his stomach in front of me.
"I have never met a more irritating person in all my life." I couldn't help giggling. That idiot didn't look half stupid.
"So....coming swimming?" He asked.
"Oh fine!" The water was too perfect to resist and I was wearing black underwear that vaguely resembled a bikini. So what if Goten saw me in my undies, he'd seen me in just as much clothing on swimming days at school.
Never the less, I was nervous taking off the blue dress and red jacket I was wearing. Goten watched me carefully and I felt my face flush. Yet Goten took no notice of it. Once I was in my bra and underwear, he took my hands and led me into the water.
It was icy cold, colder than I had expected and I let out a shrill cry as the water lapped against my skin. I felt a sliver of slimy scaled brush my leg. GIANT FISH! The place was crawling with them.
My face must have been egg white because Goten tried to reassure me. "They don't hurt you unless you hurt them."
"The don't try to catch anymore!" I cried.
"Whatever." He dived under the water and I stood, shivering, watching him explore the riverbed. He came back with about twenty large rocks and carried them to the shore.
"Let's have something to eat." He said as he lined them in a circle. "Could you get me some sticks and stuff?"
I gladly left the water yet I wasn't dry enough to put my clothes back on. I gathered sticks and twigs and dumped them in the middle of the 'campfire'. Goten took three branches, stripped them of leaves and extra sticks so they became smooth poles. He jabbed two in the ground on either side.
"What's that for?" I asked.
"For cooking, of course. Man, you need to learn how to camp. Have you ever been camping before?"
"Hell no!" Let's face it. My mother and I aren't the outdoor type.
"Maybe we should go camping sometime." Goten said with a laugh. "You, me, Bra and Trunks. That would be fun."
I said nothing and watched him prepare the fish by removing the bits of it that were uneatable. Then, much to my disgust, he threaded the third pole right through the poor fish's body and set the pole, fish and all, over the fire which he lit with a ki blast.
"That's awful!" I protested.
"It's nature. This fish ate a smaller fish, which ate an even smaller fish, which ate plankton. So we eat the fish. That's how it works, my brother told me."
"What eats us?" I asked, sitting beside him.
"Nothing. We're at the top of the tree."
"What about Majin Buu? Doesn't he eat people, or is my memory just being hopeless again."
Goten laughed obnoxiously. "Hey that's true, he turns people into food. I never thought of that."
When the fish was cooked, he cut it, divided it and shared it with me. Even though I hate fish, I was ravenous and ate a considerable amount. Of course, Goten ate twice as much, eating my leftovers as well.
"So how about that camping idea?" He asked. I shrugged.
"As long as Trunks and Bra will be there, sure. Whatever."
Goten lit up instantly. "Super! I'll call them tonight and we can all meet at my place this weekend!"
"Mmm." I looked out over the river and noticed the sun was setting. Oh gosh, I had forgotten the time and now I wouldn't be home for dinner!
"Goten, I have to go or my parents will kill me!" I cried, snatching my clothes and fitting them over my now dry body. Goten didn't bother changing.
"I'll get my stuff on the way back." He said and fitted his arms around my waist as usual.
"Ready?" Goten asked and I nodded in reply. Then we set out across the clouds.
I was home in time for dinner yet eating wasn't something on my agenda. After the fish, I wasn't at all hungry. So I went to bed and found myself thinking about Goten.
He wasn't as bad as I thought. Still an utterly repulsive person, but not AS bad. After all, I had managed to spend all afternoon with him and I did have an alright time. And camping with him would be ok. As long as Trunks and Bra were there. If it was just Goten and I, it would just be too weird.
A/N: Sorry about the long chapter. I just wanted to fit a lot in. Thanks for reading and please review!