Yeahih! I managed to keep the pace and updated! And I guess I can come up with the next chapter at Wednesday with the right motivation...  



Gohan and Videl: A sweet surprise



Chapter Ten: Free time



Last time...

Barry smiled, but let Gohan answer. He, as the future father had every right to do so. After all, he had shown off his classic education already...

"Well, the name Gotan is deduced from 'Goutan', as Barry guessed. It means 'courage and valour'." Gohan stated proudly.

The others nodded. Gohan and Videl had chosen very nice and meaningful names. Now fate had to decide whether it would be a Pan or a Gotan...



Now the continuation...

The six friends paid the bills and got up. Gohan and Videl could not help themselves but notice just how much Barry and Alex seemed to like each other.

Yeah, they were glad that they had invited Alex to the wedding party too. But that had been a must after what Goten and Trunks had done to her.

Hmm, maybe I can come up with a plan so that Alex can get even with them... Videl thought.

"Hey people, how about we do something?" Gohan asked. "It's still early, and if you've nothing better to do..." he said smiling.

Barry, his best friend looked up from kissing Alex.

"And, what do you have in mind?" he asked.

Gohan grinned.

"We could rent some bikes and drive down to the lake. Or you get your bikes, as you all don't live far from here, and we," he pointed at Videl and himself, "will fly towards the lake. What do you say?"

The others stuck their heads together and deliberated on it. Then, after some seconds...

"We have decided that we want you two to rent some bikes, too. This way its much more fun! But how will you get some bathing suits?" Erasa asked.

Gohan smiled.

"Good point there. Well, as you want us to bike with you we can hardly fly back home and fetch them, so I think we have to buy some new." he said.

Videl smiled at him. Her Gohan was always a quick-thinker...

The girls naturally gleamed with joy at the prospect of shopping, but Barry and Sharpener were not that enthusiastic. But they knew they had no choice...

Videl linked her arms with Gohan and the group left the ice cream parlour. The next best shop was 'Lexis' which sold all kinds of clothes, including bathing suits, and the three women entered first.

"Next stop: the bathing suit section..." Sharpener announced.

Seconds later they had reached the section, and the women began happily attacking the pillars with bathing costumes, as Videl, Erasa and Alex tried to find the best bathing costume available.

Gohan, Barry and Sharpener only shook their heads, grinning.

Females!

Erasa picked a one piece bathing suit that looked really good to her in one hand and a lovely bikini in the other, studied both, and decided to try both. But first things first, there were so many good bathing costumes here...

She looked further around, grinned and said

"Hey people, look at this." Videl and Alex looked around and saw the g-string bikini bottom she was pointing at.

"Ohhh!" Alex exclaimed, ran over to the pillars with more g-string bottoms and said "Those are so cool! I've gotta get one! You know, sis, guys would love you in that too! Especially the one guy over there..." she laughed, as she saw Sharpener drooling.

"You betcha..." Sharpener muttered under his breath, and the other men smiled.

The girls had seen the men drool, too...

"Men..." Erasa commented smiling to her sister, rolling her eyes in mock-earnest, while her sister was busy going through the different bathing suits. At the same time Barry was drooling over the mental image of his girl-friend in such a g-string bikini, and Alex had noticed the look of course...

"You know, sis, I like them just the way they are. And him especially..." Alex said smiling at Barry, while holding one bikini in front of her to check if it looked as good as she thought. Erasa smiled at her sister, and turned around, checking out one of the g-strings herself.

Barry chose this moment to give some advice.

"You know, Erasa, if you want to buy a bathing suit like that, better get one that'll cover your rear completely as well, in some local places you could be arrested or at least ordered to leave because of unrespectable exposure. I've heard of some cases where they have actually done exactly that. But if you have something else to put on with you and you're lucky, they might just leave it with a warning and make sure you put the other on. So better have a decent one with ya too." Barry told the older sister of his girl-friend as he started looking through the bathing suits himself.

Erasa looked at him, quite disbelieving at what she had heard.

"You're not serious, are you?"

She didn't know much about all the legal stuff, and these prescriptions just seemed plain ridiculous to her. But heck, when were those things not?

"But we are." her sister commented with some anger. "We had a lot of talks about this nonsense. It's so unfair! You know, sis, in Europe you can go topless, and a whole lot of women do that over there. It's even considered normal. We have already thought to go on a vacation there, the only thing is we haven't set a date yet. And one must pick the right season; the weather can be really horrible in Europe."

"Yeah, that's true. But the sooner, the better. I simply love topless..." Barry grinned at Alex and placed a cool looking bikini bottom without the top in front of her to test if it looked as good as he imagined. It looked even better...

Alex smiled and snatched the top in front of her as well to check out the complete set, giving her boy-friend a smug look and departed for the changing cubicle, a twinkle in her eyes.

"Men..." Erasa said again smiling, and then with a fake-disbelieving tone "And you actually like him this way, sis?" she asked.

Her younger sister peeked her head out of the changing cubicle and nodded grinning like the Cheshire cat, shutting the curtains to check out Barry's suggestions she had taken with her to try.

"Hmm, intriguing..." Erasa commented, picking out another one piece bathing suit, with a (in her opinion) 'respectable' bottom she liked. "A straight guy who gives a woman clothing advice. Really intriguing..."

"Hey, feeling insulted over here!" Barry exclaimed, who was standing next Alex' changing cubicle. Then his facial expression changed into a smug grin. "You know, Erasa, we straight and clever guys may not know every fashion, but one thing is for sure: we know if a woman looks good in a bathing suit. When it comes to bathing suits for women, straight guys have the best fashion sense on the whole planet. That's a fact." he said in the breast-note of confirmedness.

Gohan and Sharpener, who were looking for bathing suits for themselves nodded vigorously.

"Yup, couldn't agree more." both said in unison.

"Yeah, sis, this isn't the first bathing suit we are buying, and Barry always showed me the good ones..." Alex said with a grin, as she winked her boy-friend to the changing cubicle to show him how she looked in their choices.

"Oh alas, why not..." Erasa said, and went to Sharpener. Together they chose two one-piece bathing suits and a bikini, all 'respectable', of course. After those were Sharpener approved Erasa went into a changing cubicle herself to try those out.

A minute later Erasa called Sharpener to the cabin, and once he had seen her in both outfits his eyes nearly went out of their orbits.

"You look hot, baby..." was the only thing he could muster, and Erasa smiled at her drooling boy-friend. Obviously Barry was right...

After said Barry had taken a look at his girl and whistled in approval at what he saw, the three men strutted around to find some bathing suits for themselves and soon an appropriate bathing suit for Gohan was found. A short black one.

Soon Barry and Sharpener had found appropriate bathing suits for themselves, also short black ones.

The girls on the other hand were not finished yet. Videl was still in the cabin trying out the choices she knew Gohan would like, and Erasa handed her another bathing suit, now that she was finished. This time a red one...

Gohans eyes gleamed. He loved Videl in a red bathing costume! Pity that her last one had, umm, disappeared.

So Gohan approached the cabin and peeked his head in.

And what he liked what he saw. Videl was looking superb in this red bathing costume, so good indeed that Gohan would love to be on the tropical island with her again, alone...

"Take this one, hun. I love it!" he said grinning.

Videl nudged his nose in an affectionate way and smiled too.

"Like what you see, Mr. Son?" she asked mischievously.

"Oh yeah, Mrs. Son..." he answered with gleaming eyes.

"Then I have no choice but to buy it..." she said with a glint in her eyes.

"I am afraid so..." he said and gave her a kiss. Then he returned to the others so that Videl could redress, and some minutes later they paid and exited the shop with brand new bathing costumes. They had also bought some backpacks to stuff the bathing suits in.

Now they only had to rent some bikes, but that was rather easy. 'Mike's' was near by, and five minutes later the sestet had their bikes.

They mounted their bikes, and seconds later they were off. In regard of Videls constitution the bike-trip was unexciting, but Gohan was looking forward to another round of swimming with his wife.

She was so damn sexy in her bathing costume...

Ten minutes later they arrived at Lake Satan, and as Videl was Hercule Satan's daughter they had free entry.

The six teens went for the changing cubicles, the girls into theirs and the boys into theirs. Minutes later they met outside in their bathing suits.

Gohan was looking very impressive without his t-shirt with his well-defined chest and arms. He had wrapped a towel around his shoulders, and a lot of girls who were passing by were actually drooling.

That was until Videl set a death glare on them.

"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? THIS IS MY HUSBAND!! SO GO AND FIND YOUR OWN!!" she nearly yelled.

Rather then to tempt fate the poor girls did as ordered. Who would dare to cross the path of a woman like that?

But still comments like 'Look at all those gorgeous muscles!' could be heard.

Also Gohan was surprised at the force of Videls outbreak, and he was rather glad that only one frying pan of doom existed, otherwise he would have been in deep trouble, although he hadn't done anything wrong...

Uh oh... this is what Vegeta warned me of! It starts... Gohan thought, fearing the worst.

Erasa and Alex were impressed with Gohans muscular body too, but they were quick in hiding it.

Erasa's boyfriend Sharpener was not all too bad himself and Alex' boyfriend Barry, well, he was not really well trained, but he was presentable.

Of course they were nothing in comparison to Gohan, but neither of the sisters would be so stupid and say so in front of Videl.

After Videl had recovered it was decided that they would go swimming now.

Videl led the group hand in hand with her husband, and again Gohan could not help himself but notice how beautiful Videl looking in a bathing costume. She looked so darn sexy...

They made their way down to the lake and found themselves a suitable spot were they would lay.

Once they had reached it they spread their towels and went down to the water.

Lake Satan had been created so that it simulated the sea. It had been one hell of an outlay, but it had sure been worth it.

The shores of Lake Satan consisted of sand, and it was really a nice feeling to have sand beyond the feet rather then grass.

Videl and Gohan went into the water hand in hand, and the young couple smiled. Yeah, that was nearly as good as during their honeymoon. But only nearly...

The next few hours were spent swimming, splashing, joking or simply laying in the sun.

The three couples also took a walk around the lakes shores, each couple hand in hand and with a dreamy expression on their faces.

It was so good to be in love, and Videl and Gohan smiled every time they looked at Barry and Alex.

After all, in a sense they had been responsible that those two had found each other. And that was a good feeling...

Later on they returned to their towels, simply ignored their surroundings and started a round of snogging with their partners.

Yeah, Videl thought, I must ask Bulma this question... I want him!

At the same time Gohan was thinking very similar thoughts about his wife. It was very hard to resist her, the way she was laying besides him, but for the good of their child he was willing to be abstentious. As hard as it was...

to be continued...


== Next time: Gohan is trying to figure out what Videl is brooding about. Will he succeed? Stay tuned! ==

Thanks for reading! And please review!

And as always a very special thanks to my beta, who is doing a great job! Thx!



REVIEWERS RESPONSES:



SKC-ANIME-LOVER: Cool that you like it, and as for the wait, I always try to shorten it...


Mr.Staypuft: Thank you. Videl will be more OOC soon, that's for sure. As for your story, I gave a few suggestions in the review.


HaruChiLove: Yup, got that. I will include Bra later on...


GOGI: Umm, haven't thought about it yet, but I tend to the water birth. It's supposed to be stress-relieving (so I've been told...)


animeprincess1452: Thanks! I am glad that you enjoyed it, and I always try to work fast


Dooleys: Yup, the name Pan has a lot of meanings. I chose the latin meaning to give it some classis background, something one could expect from a clever man like Gohan. And thanks for the constructive critic, pal. Will do so!


Rowand: That's highly probable. But I chose that meaning because of above mentioned reasons...


Candy the Duck: Lol, that would be the right (and mean) thing to do...
btw: good idea, heh heh...


Tootsy: Hey, no problem. Family affairs are more important, I only hope it wasn't something serious... and I am glad that this story cheers you up. I am honoured, in fact!

Léa is a very nice name and a very good choice, I like it! Lol, who knows if it will be a boy or a girl for Gohan and Videl...
As for Videl's worries (thanks for telling me this rather personal stuff), she also will ask someone she trusts.

And I think that Gohan will be robust enough, but the poor fella will be the object of torture (as will Hercule of course, but I think the coward will hide at his summer residence to escape Videl's wrath...)
If you liked the fight you should check out one of my other stories, I have an ongoing story in which the future Gohan fights his way trough a tournament. That was the reason why I included it here, to show that Gohan can fight. Useless GT!
I have decided that I will include food cravings in future chapters, and Videl too will eat what she wants and will not be stopped.  Thanks for telling me how a pregnancy feels, that is important to know. I hope everything goes well for you, and I have my fingers crossed that it does.
As for Erasa's reaction, I asked my wife to make it as accurate as possible. Cool to see that I (or rather we) succeeded...


Son Oliver: Cool to see that you liked it. The two will be in the dark for a bit longer until the forth month, and until then Gohan (and his surroundings) will have to endure a lot from raging hormones...


Marshmellow13Dragon: That he did, heh. Erasa as Videl's best friend naturally had a pretty good guess (I have been told that's so among best friends when a pregnancy is concerned), and I am glad that you liked it!

Sarki: Umm, phone? Which phone? confused is


Ember12: True that. I chose the Latin (or Greek) background to show the classic education of Gohan, but Pan really has a lot of meanings...
Glad that you like the story!