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A Child's Tale

Chapter 7: The First Day of Torture – Part 2

"Where is she?!" a blond-haired girl yelled, pacing back in forth in the entranceway of Orange Star High School.

"She'll be here, Erasa! Calm down!" said a girl, leaning up against the wall watching her friend pace, rubbing her temples. "Stop it, will you! You're giving me a headache!"

"Calm down! Calm down! How do you expect me to calm down when our FRIEND is a half-hour late and hasn't even called! If Videl doesn't come soon, we're not going to have time to catch up with her before school starts!" Erasa yelled, hands on her hips and glaring.

"Mia's right you know, Videl will get here and if she doesn't…well we could always meet up after school and talk then." declared a dark-haired boy as he walked up followed by a brown-haired couple walking hand-in-hand, talking and not paying the slighted bit of attention to what was going on around them. "Besides," he continued, "Here she comes."

They all looked to see Gohan and Videl walking slowly toward them, deep in conversation.

"Videl!" Erasa squealed catching both teen's attention.


"...Videl?"

"Yes Gohan?" she looked at him.

"Who exactly are these people I'm meeting? Are they friends of yours?"

Videl smiled. "Yes they are my friends and there are six of them."

He nodded, motioning for her to continue. "Well…there is Erasa; she has short blond hair and blue eyes. She'll probably be the first to greet us and will most likely be angry with me because I'm late. Umm, then there is Sharpner who is still on vacation this week so you won't meet him. He also has blond hair but has green eyes. There is Mia, who you couldn't miss if you tried. She's the only one with blueish-purple hair. Ok, then there is Alex, Lime, and Nikko, but he likes just being called Nick."

"Lime?" he asked. -I thought she lived a good ways across the continent with her grandfather.-

"Yah, she moved here a few years back after her village was destroyed in a fire. She said her family just had to get away." Videl looked over at him, curiosity evident on her face. "Do you know her?"

"Yah, I once kinda…saved her from a river." Gohan said sheepishly, hand behind his head.

"Well aren't you just mister hero." She teased causing Gohan's blush to deepen.

Videl giggled before continuing, "Anyway, Nick has black hair. The other two are brunets…I trust you could tell the difference between them." She said unsurely.

He flushed. "Yes, I'm not my father you know, I can tell the difference between a girl and a boy."

"Sorry, my fault."

"Hey! That's not very nice!" Gohan pouted, turning his head and crossing his arms.

"Awhhh, I'm sorry Gohan-chan. Will you pweas forgive me?" Videl asked in a childish voice.

"And if I don't want to."

Videl smirked, "Then I'll have to do something to earn your forgiveness."

He smirked back, "And what would that be?"

"You'll see."

"When?"

"When I feel like doing it to you."

"Awhhh."

Videl laughed, "You sound like my sister when you do that."

"That's not very ni…" He attempted to finish but was cut off by a yell. "Huh?"

"That was Erasa, come on!" Videl said, grabbing his hand and dragging him to where his friends were standing in the entrance.

"Videl! What happened?!" Erasa yelled hysterically.

"Sorry Erasa, I had to drop Melody off at school and then I met up with Gohan who was dropping his little brother off."

After introducing Gohan to everyone, the group talked for a little before leaving toward the office to retrieve their schedules.

"Umm…alright it looks like I have room 356 for my main classes and P.E. last, what about you guys?" Videl asked after scanning the piece of paper.

"I've got the same." Gohan answered.

"Me too." Erasa answered.

"Sorry guys, me and Nick have room 327 but still have P.E. last." Mia said looking up from the paper.

"That sucks, Lime and I have room 381 and P.E. first. I guess that means we won't be in any of your classes this year." Alex sadly declared.

"It's not that bad, at least you two have each other and besides, we'll all be meeting up after school and we still have Friday nights." Videl said, trying to cheer her friends up.

They all agreed before Gohan asked, "What happens on Fridays?"

"I didn't tell you? Sorry. Well, we all go over one of our houses on Friday night, sleep over, then hang out Saturday." Videl answered, "I believe I'm hosting this week, right?"

"Yup." Erasa agreed.

BRING

"Shoot, that's the bell, we'd better go." Alex said as he and Lime hurried off.

"Yah, see-ya in P.E.!" Nikko yelled as he and Mia walked off too.

"See-ya! Come on guys." Erasa said as they headed down through the now bustling hall.


"History is sooo boring. And it's only the first day of school!" Videl groaned, letting her head drop on the table.

Gohan smiled at her before answering, "It's not that bad Viddy. Besides, P.E.'s next; our last class before being released among the commoners of Satan City."

She snorted before thinking of something. Lifting her head up she turned to Gohan and asked, blushing, "Will you come to my house for dinner tonight. My godmother wants to meet you."

"Sure, I don't see why not."

"Great!" Videl laughed, "And I could show you around town afterwards, since you're new to the area and all."

He smiled and nodded, turning back to the front of the room. -This is great! A whole evening with Videl! And maybe I could show her around the mountain area sometime. I bet she'd like the waterfall…- He was snapped out of his thoughts by a cell phone ringing next to him.

"Erasa? I thought we weren't aloud cell phones in class?" Gohan asked, not really aware that the professor wasn't paying the least bit of attention to the class as he droned on and on while writing notes on the board, not looking like he was going to stop anytime soon.

"The professor doesn't seem to mind besides, it's Sharpner." Erasa said, looking at the caller id before answering.

"Goody-two-shoes." Videl teased, leaning back in her chair.

Gohan just stuck his tongue out at her, feeling strangely better after doing so. It just made her giggle.

BRING

"Thank Dende!" Videl cried as she got up from her seat.

"It wasn't that horrible. At least we're learning about a semi-interesting topic."

She looked at him disbelievingly, "You were actually listening to him?! And it doesn't matter how interesting the topic is, the way he lectures he could make Christmas sound like the most boring and uninteresting holiday that happens all year!"

Gohan just laughed lightly as they walked out of the classroom and was about to retort when he was once again interrupted by Erasa.

"Wait up guys!" they stopped while she jogged up to them, "Sharpner said hi to everyone and said that he can't wait to come back and see all of us."

"Sooo, did you two get together yet?" Videl asked innocently.

"W-what do you mean?" asked Erasa nervously.

Videl smirked while Gohan just walked quietly beside them, watching curiously, "You know what I mean, you like Sharpner and he likes you and don't even try to deny it! It's written all over both of your faces whenever you're together."

Erasa blushed, "W-well I…" she sighed, "I guess you caught me, I do l-like him. But we're friends, that would be kinda weird, wouldn't it?"

"I don't see why it would be? Alex and Lime were friends before they started dating and so were Nick and Mia."

"But Nick and Mia aren't dating!"

"Give it time, by Christmas they will be, it's obvious they like each other."

Erasa still seemed unsure before an idea hit her and a devious look appeared on her face, "Yah, I guess your right, friends can be together without it being weird. I mean you and Gohan are the perfect example." She shook her head, "Known each other for only a week and are already ready to take it to the next level." She sighed again before walking into the gym, leaving both teens standing there dumbstruck, "Young love…"

Gohan and Videl looked at each other, both of their faces filled with color.

"W-well w-we should go b-before we're late." Gohan said quickly, putting a hand behind his head.

"Y-yah…" Videl agreed as they hurried off into the gym to meet their friends, both just as confused as the other about the emotions that have plagued them since their meeting in the mall.


I'm really sorry about the extremely long wait for this chapter. I was on vacation from the 7th to the 14th and was sick for about a week and a half afterwards so it was really difficult to finish. Sorry again and to let everyone know, I will only be able to update once maybe twice a week starting the 30th because of school and the enormous amount of homework they seem necessary to pile us with.

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