"spoken" -thoughts- =conscience= flashback

Ages: Videl-17 ; Gohan-17 ; Melody-7 ; Goten-7 ; Trunks-8 ; Micah-38

A Child's Tale

Chapter 5: Today and What Seems Like Forever

"Nee-chan…"

"Nee-chan."

"Nee-chan!" Melody yelled, causing Videl to finally look up from her ice cream that she had been staring at for who knows how long.

"Yes?" Videl answered.

"Are you going to eat that?" Melody asked, pointing to her sister's half melted ice cream.

Videl smiled at her before sliding it across the table.

"Yum!"

There was a long pause.

"Hey Videl…do you think Dad will be home from his business trip yet?"

"I don't know squirt." Videl said sadly.

Quickly changing the subject. She said, "Hey Mel, what do you say to a spar when we get home?"

Just as Videl expected, her face lit up dramatically before answering an enthusiastic, "Yah! And this time I'm gonna kick your butt."

She chuckled, "Sure.", as she got up from the booth to go pay the bill, Melody following closely at her heels.

-

"Mom! We're home!" Gohan yelled as he entered, Goten right behind him.

"Already?!" Chichi called back from the second floor.

As they walked into her room they noticed that it was empty and, curious, they walked down the hall looking for her. They found her leaning over something in the room at the end of the hall.

"Umm…mom? What are you doing to my room?" Gohan asked.

She looked up and sidestepped, giving both boys a full view of an open suitcase with a few piles of clothes in it.

"Nii-chan?" Goten asked, looking up at him glassy eyed, "Are you leaving?"

Seeing how close his brother was to crying he quickly said, "No, of course not…right mom?"

"Well Gohan…" She said as he looked up at her.

"You mean…I'm moving?!"

Rolling her eyes at her son's dramatics, she answered, "Don't have a cow, it's only temporary and only during the week."

"B-b-but…why?" he whined.

"Because it would look suspicious if people knew you come from the 439 mountain area every day, a feat that would take five hours by ground and three hours by air. And you know the most important rule about going to school, right?!" Chichi said, glaring.

"Yes ka-san."

Gohan cleared his throat before reciting, "I will never reveal my powers unto penalty of the frying pan…" both brothers shuddered, "unless someone or something is in danger, in which case I would resume to uphold the offenders in super saiyan form as to not attract attention to those of the Son household."

"And…" Chichi glared, crossing her arms over her chest.

Gohan groaned - Why did she always make him say this part? It's so embarrassing! -, he sighed before continuing, "Particularly if my future wife is a possible victim, in which case I will take extreme measures to assure her safety, especially if she hasn't supplied the Son matriarch of grandchildren yet." He said, blushing while Goten giggled.

"Exactly, which is why Bulma has supplied you with an apartment, just outside the city limits. I'd give an estimate of about 20 minutes away from Orange Star High School, where you will be attending." She said, looking at the defeated looks on both their faces, before adding, " Besides, he'll be living here with us, Goten, on weekends and on the days he has off from school."

Goten smiled slightly at this, "Ok."

"Now! Let me see all of the things you bought at the mall." She said considerably lightening the mood.

It turned out that Gohan had gotten a few pairs of blue jeans and some nice, not-to-dressy pants, along with many tee-shirts. He also bought a few new gi's, for both him and Goten, and that doll that Goten thought looked like Chobi (Goten quickly decided after buying it that he was going to show the young dinosaur later).

After sparring for a few hours, the Son boys decided to go home and get cleaned up for dinner. As Gohan came out of the bathroom, now dressed in a clean black gi, he went to ask his mother something before dinner.

"Hey, mom? Can I ask you a question?"

"You just did but continue."

"When do I move in to the apartment?"

"Preferably tomorrow, but if you want to wait a few days it's fine."

Gohan was about to leave the room to go watch TV with his brother before thinking of something and turning around.

"Mom? How am I going to get to school? I don't have a car." He asked worriedly.

"Is that all?" Chichi laughed, handing a box to him.

Looking down at the box, Gohan noticed it held a good twenty capsules. There were about seven cars, three motorcycles, three jet skis, two boats, two bikes, an airplane, a helicopter, and an unlabeled capsule.

"Wow! She's giving this to me!?" Gohan asked, too surprised to notice the unlabeled one.

"She said for you to think of it as an early birthday present."

"Gosh…" he muttered before walking out of the room.

Chichi smiled, thinking about how much her son was growing up, prior to calling them in for dinner.

-

"Oh, good, you girls are home." said a semi-tall woman with light brown hair and eyes, as she greeted them at the door.

"Micah! Micah! Guess what, guess what, guess what!" Melody exclaimed jumping up and down.

Micah laughed. She had been Melody's 'mother' figure along with Videl for the past seven years. It was the last request of her from their mother, Melanie. And it wasn't like she could refuse; one, because she and their mother had been best friends since pre-school; two, she loved the children too much to just leave them; and three, she was their godmother so she couldn't leave them anyway even if she wanted to.

"What?" she asked playfully.

She took a deep breath before continuing real fast, "Me and Videl went to the mall and we met this nice lady who had this room that made clothes appear out of nowhere and then we left and I met this nice boy named Goten and Videl met this nice boy named Gohan and they were brothers and then we went to go get ice cream and then we ate it and then came home." She finished before showing Micah all of the capsules in the bag, "This is all the stuff I got, see."

"That's nice, Melody." She said softly, smiling at the young girl.

"Hey Mel, why don't you go put everything away and you can show Micah after dinner."

"K, nee-chan!" She laughed before running up the stairs to her room.

Videl smiled before following Micah into the dining room.

"So…who is this Gohan I've been told about? Anyone I should know about?" she said turning around, smirking.

"W-w-what!? N-no! It's not like that, we just met! We're barely even friends!"

"Well then may I ask why your blushing like there's no tomorrow?"

"Well, I, umm…" Videl attempted to speak, on her face a bright, crimson blush.

Micah chuckled at the girl embarrassment, "Well, be sure to ask him over for dinner sometime, I would like to meet him." She said before walking out of the room, leaving Videl standing there, speechless.

-

-That was a week ago…- thought Videl before she looked over at the clock.

It was now 11; she had been lying in bed thinking for the past hour. -It was great seeing Gohan at the park yesterday...- She thought, smiling at the memories.

Saturday

"Gohan?"

"Huh? Videl is that you?"

"Yah, it's me." Videl said smiling. "What are you doing here?"

They were talking as they walked along the path, Melody walking behind her sister, quietly looking at all the surrounding wildlife. As they talked, Videl learned that Gohan had just moved to the city from the 439 mountain area to an apartment just outside the city so he could attend school. He also told her that even though he will have an apartment, he was only going to live there during the nights he needed to go to school because his mother still wanted to see her 'baby', making Videl laugh.

"What school are you going to, Gohan?" Videl asked.

"Orange Star High…see." He said, pulling a button out of his pocket and showing her.

"Wow! That means that you and nee-chan will be going to school together!" Melody exclaimed.

Both teens smiled.

"Oh! Videl, Melody; I want you to meet some people." Gohan said suddenly, walking out of the park and onto the sidewalk.

They followed him for a few blocks before Videl spoke up, "Where are we going?"

"You'll see."

After about five minutes, they entered a tall apartment building. Curiosity took over as they followed him into the elevator and up to the 20th floor. They turned around the left corner before entering through the second door to the right.

"Is this place yours!?" Videl asked amazed.

The door led to a large room, the family room in the back with a dark blue carpet that spread throughout the room except the kitchen to the right, which consisted of a small breakfast table beside the counters which wrapped around the corner walls to the area opposite the one wall, leaving a medium sized space in the middle. There were also a few tall stools on the other side of the one counter. There were four doors, two to the right and two to the left of the room. But what had amazed Videl the most was that the whole wall opposite the door was made out of tinted glass, giving her an unobstructed view of the park.

"Yah, its nice isn't it." Gohan blushed.

Videl smiled at him. -He's really cute when he blushes-

"You know Gohan, isn't it a little early for you to bring girls to your apartment?" Teased a blue-haired woman that had just walked out of the second room to the right, closest to the huge window, followed by a black-haired woman and two kids.

Seeing both teen's blushing faces, she smiled, "Just teasing, yet you still haven't told us who this is."

"Oh, that's Videl!" Goten spoke up suddenly, causing the two adults to look at him, "Hi, Melody!"

"Hey, Goten! Who's this?" Melody greeted before pointing to the lavender haired boy standing next to him.

"I'm Trunks, nice to meet you." He said looking at her, "Do you play Super Smash Bros.?"

Melody smirked, "Of course, who doesn't."

"Great! Let's play then!" Goten said excitedly as all three ran into the family room and plopped down in front of the TV.

They watched the kids little exchange before turning toward each other and laughing lightly.

"Oh! That's right, I'm Chichi Son, Gohan's mother." Chichi said sticking out her hand.

"It's nice to meet you, Mrs. Son."

"Please call me Chichi."

Videl smiled, shaking her hand.

"And I'm Bulma Briefs," seeing the girl's curious expression, "Yes, THE Bulma Briefs."

"Cool. I'm Videl Satan and that's my sister Melody Satan." She said pointing to her little sister who was now kicking Trunk's butt, much to his disgruntlement.
"Satan…as in Hercule Satan?" Chichi asked curious.
"Yah," Videl said, before looking over at Melody, she whispered, "He can be such a moron sometimes but he's are father, so, yah…"
They all laughed. Videl looked down at her watch before saying, "Jeez, come on Mel! We have to go."
"I'm sorry we have to leave so soon, but Micah would kill us if we were late for dinner," Videl joked, "It was nice meeting all of you."
"Bye, I hope we'll be seeing you girls soon." Chichi said as the two walked out the door followed by Gohan.
"Bye Trunks, Goten." Melody called, waving.
As the door closed, Videl turned to Melody, "Could you go make sure we don't miss the elevator, Mel?"
"K, nee-chan." She said as she jogged down the hall and rounded the corner.
Videl turned to Gohan, an awkward silence falling.
"I-it was nice seeing you again Videl." He said, looking down, blushing.
Videl smiled before leaning up and kissing him on the cheek. "I'll see you at school." She said quietly before walking down the hall after her sister, leaving Gohan standing there dumbstruck.
End flashback
Videl smiled at that memory, it was the first time she had ever 'kissed' a boy before, and it felt nice. She blushed, smiling, before falling into a peaceful sleep, unaware that a certain demi-saiyan was having almost identical thoughts.
She couldn't wait till tomorrow.
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Sorry it took so long, hope you liked the chapter.
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