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Ease My Pain chapter 32

Brandon couldn't believe what he was hearing it was like a nightmare to him. "Bray your joking about what you just said, right!"

"Brandon I'm not kidding I really did poison gohan and if you think I'm not angry and hurt think again!"

Disappointed. "Bray, how could you, gohans our friend what did he ever do to YOU!" Reality was starting to kick in and Brandon was starting to get angry.

"Gohan didn't do anything Brandon I poisoned him cause I was threaten by mace." Then something went through Brandon like lightening by the mention of mace.

"Mace? Oh no!" said Brandon looking worried.

"Oh yes!" said bray looking serious.

"No wonder gohan said mace was responsible! Bray couldn't you tell the police or something cause your in deep trouble! I guess I see it all makes sense." Said Brandon.

"What are you talking about Brandon?!"

"I guess mace was taking revenge on gohan and he used you in the process. Gohan had been wondering who poisoned him and it really baffled his mind that he didn't see any of mace guys and it was you all this time!"

"Yes it was me! I ask myself how could I be so stupid!" said bray.

"I still can't believe what I'm hearing!" Brandon was in shock. The bray he knew would never do anything like this maybe some wild and crazy stuff but not almost take someone's life. "Bray, what did mace hold over your head for you to do that?"

"He told me if I wanted to see my parents alive I better do as he says. Brandon listen, I didn't want to do this but that jerk mace forced me to, I had no choice or he was going to kill my parents!" "Bray, what are you going to do?"

Bray felt sad. "What can I do I'm pretty sure gohans in the hospital about to die!" "Actually gohans at home he just got home yesterday and he's feeling a lot better and he almost was going to bite the big one."

"YES! He's still alive! Thank goodness I'm glad he's not dead!" said bray sighing. "So is this why you didn't come to the hospital?" "Of course, you think I got the NERVE to show my face after I poisoned my friend!"

"That mace is such a lousy jerk and more! How could he!" said Brandon angry. "Brandon don't be stupid going after mace is like suicide and you know you can't beat him!" "I know but there has to be something we can do instead of watch him get away with this!"

"Brandon, we been friends since sixth grade I would hate to watch you die at the mercy of a drug dealer! Didn't you tell me you were once involved with mace?"

"Well yeah and he told me he didn't want to see me again cause I took the drugs I sold for him and my parents got suspicious about my whereabouts and mace let me go and told me not to say a word cause my life depended on it."

Bray ran his hands through his hair frustrated. Sighs. "I can't believe how STUPID I was!"

"I can't believe you did this it's so hard to accept and I'm trying to look at it from both ways. How are you going to tell gohan?" asked Brandon. Bray glared at Brandon. "Are you CRAZY do you realize the TROUBLE I'll be in if he finds OUT!"

"Well yeah, you will and believe me I know!"

"What do you mean by that!" asked bray. "Well his dad is planning on speaking to mace!"

"Speaking to mace?! Is he NUTS he'll get killed! That's just like walking into a trap and knowing what your up against! Does he know what he's up against?!" "I believe he does cause gohan did tell him he's a drug dealer and very dangerous so I don't know maybe he's got some guns and he's going to kill mace."

"Oh that's a JOKE Brandon....... kill mace, I hope he'll live to tell about it!" "Bray I think we need to get the police involved this is just too much for me to keep inside I'm going to explode soon and..............

Interrupting him, bray grabbed Brandon by the collar "Listen to me Brandon you said you wouldn't tell anyone now you told me you wouldn't!"

Brandon was scared. "P-Please bray....... you got attempted murder charges......... on your hands and me knowing about it and not doing anything will just make me as just as guilty!"

Bray let go of Brandon and Brandon fell back down in the chair afraid. Bray walked over to his drawer and pulled out a small clear bag and came over to Brandon. "Here take this!"

"What is this?"

"It's something to calm your nerves!"

"Calm my nerves! Bray, I don't need anything to calm my nerves I'm fine!" "Not the way you look Brandon your scared and nervous now if you take one of these antidepressants it will make you feel a whole lot better."

"Bray I don't know if we should be taking any of this. Were too young!" "Look, if you can hold up and deal with the pressure that's fine but, if you can't handle it then take one these cause I'm taking one myself. This was the only way I was able to deal with mace and him coming after me about poisoning gohan."

Brandon took one of the antidepressants and so did bray. Brandon knew he better not say nothing or Bray will be done for. "Bray how long do you think we can keep this up? You know someone will eventually probably put two and two together and what about your parents if they found out."

"Listen Brandon we kept secrets all our lives about doing the most craziest stuff so why can't we keep this one?" "Cause it's different bray you almost killed gohan!" "Keep your voice down or my mom will hear you."

"Bray if you went to the hospital and seen gohan in the I.C.U. ward you would think again about telling what mace made you do! The only way we could see him was if we came with his dad and his mom accused erasa and me and videl of poisoning him. I suggest bray, that you think twice about this cause this is one secret that just might get out!" "So your not going to keep your word?!"

"It's not that bray it's just............. What about mace, he might just say you did it if his dad comes asking questions."

"He told me not to worry about that!" said bray.

"Oh, and you believed him! I don't trust mace bray, he will do anything to save his butt and he doesn't want the police to find out about his drug dealings or........... his business is going to be shut down now, I don't know just maybe he has connections with the police and he's not worried at all but your going to be left holding the bag when's it's all over! Look, I got to go I have to get home before it gets late I'll see you at school ok!" said Brandon feeling worried.

Bray felt even worst he knew Brandon spoke the truth. Sighs. "Yeah man sure." Brandon left out the room a little upset cause he was confused and nervous and what he said really had bray thinking. Bray didn't know what to do he felt like he was back to square one with no way to get out and thinking about it just made him stressed.

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Three weeks later Brandon still was bothered by bray telling him about poisoning gohan and sometimes he felt guilty that he knew and bray on the other hand was trying to keep it all together.

Goku was trying to spend time with gohan but some days he had trouble speaking with his son cause gohan was still angry at the fact that he left him after the cell games and angry that he wasn't doing anything to take revenge on mace.

Gohan was sort of distant also with his mom sometimes he was still angry with her and hurt about how drunk she would get and be mean to him. Chichi and goku still had their fights but they were trying to resolve things better than before.

Sometimes goku would stay at the house and then sometimes he would stay with master roshi when they have a big argument.

Gohan was feeling better and was up bright and early that Monday morning ready for school since it was his first day going back. Gohan came and sat down to eat his breakfast with his dark blue pants and dark blue t-shirt with white orange star high letters written on it. "Ready for the first day back at school?" asked chichi.

"Yeah it was boring in bed all the time." Said gohan. Chichi frowned. "Now gohan you know why you had to stay in the bed." "I know mom it just becomes boring after a while."

"Well do you have all your class work we got from school?"

"Yeah mom I have everything."

"Five minutes later gohan was done eating and ready to leave. Chichi kissed him and gohan called nimbus cause she didn't trust gohan flying on his own for right now. "Mom I'll be ok I'm not going to faint."

"Gohan if you got sick and couldn't fly or if you don't feel like flying I prefer nimbus to take you to school and home. Gohan rolled his eyes and hopped on nimbus and left. "Mom can be too over protective sometimes." Said gohan flying through the clouds.

At school videl and erasa were walking to class. "Did you call and talk to bulma or his dad?" said erasa. "Well actually I had a chance to talk to gohan four days ago I'm glad he picked up and not his mother."

"So when is he coming back to school?"

"I don't know he said he had to go to the doctor first to be released back to school so, I don't know if he's coming this week or next week."

They walked in class and sat next to bray and Brandon. "Hey dudes what's up?" said erasa. "Nothing much." Said Brandon.

"Hey girls!"

"Hey bray where have you been?" asked videl. "Well I was sick for a while but I feel better now."

The teacher walked in class to get out her lesson guide early before the bell ringed. Gohan walks in class and all the girls that liked him were surprised to see him even videl and erasa. He said hello to the teacher and she was surprised herself that gohan was back she knew he was out sick but she didn't know when he was coming to school today.

"Hi gohan welcome back I hope your feeling better!" Gohan was one of her good students and she would always ask him to help tutor other students if they were having a lot of trouble. "Thanks, I am!" said gohan smiling.

Brandon and bray hearts took a dive cause they saw gohan and both of them knew what happen bray felt very uncomfortable but he knew he had to deal with it. Gohan sat next to the guys and bray and Brandon welcome him back with erasa and videl also.

"I thought you wasn't coming to school this week?" said videl. "Well I went back to the doctor and he said it was ok." Gohan said, smiling. "Well you look better and you've gain some of your weight back." said erasa. "Yeah my mom was sort of upset about that but I'm glad I gain some of it back." Said gohan.

Videl and erasa was smiling cause they were glad to see gohan looking and feeling better. Bray felt really bad about what he had to do and Brandon felt bad that he knew and couldn't say anything but he knew he better not say anything cause bray will probably go to jail.

Later on that day gohan was closing his locker and walked towards the front door and he happen to see zedrick hanging by the bushes near the stairs talking to drew and then drew walked away. Gohan walked down the school steps wanting to punch zedrick lights out but he knew he better keep calm.

Gohan approached him. "Hey zedrick!" Zedrick had his back turned cause he didn't see gohan then he turned around shock wondering if that was gohan he heard. "You! What do you want you traitor!"

"I don't want anything from YOU! BUT, you can tell mace that I'm still alive since I know he's the one that tried to poison me!"

"Your asking for it!" said zedrick. Gohan dropped his books. "Well, BRING IT cause I'm ready!" said gohan.

There was still some students walking around and zedrick didn't want to cause a scene but gohan didn't care at the moment but his mom always taught him not to be fighting at school if it can be helped and he didn't care cause he knew he was starting this one.

Zedrick glared at him. "No it's too many people watching and I rather have mace deal with you!" "Your too SCARED?! I'm pretty sure you helped mace poison me!"

"Ha ha ha ha!!"

"What's so FUNNY!"

"I didn't lift a finger to poison you someone else did!"

"Stop lying!!"

"I got to run you want to fight come to my playground and we will!" said zedrick leaving to get to his car.

Gohans fist were shaking a little cause he held himself back from hitting mace. "Don't worry zedrick we will play on your playground!" Said gohan watching zedrick leave.

Gohan picked up his books and ran down the street and took off in the air angry and he forgot to call nimbus but he didn't care even though his mom wanted him to take nimbus.

When gohan arrived home he, went in the house and slammed the door and went in his room closing the door and throwing his books on the floor. Gohan was walking the floor angry.

Chichi came in the room cause she saw gohan come in but he didn't see her. "Was school ok today son?" Gohan stop pacing and sat down on his bed. "Yeah mom."

"Then why are you coming home angry?" Gohan had to think of something. "I'm just having a hard time adjusting to school since it was my first day." Gohan just lied so he won't have to go through explanations.

"Ok son try it again you can do better than that!" said chichi getting upset not believing him. Gohan had to think of something else cause his mom wasn't going to stop asking questions so gohan laid down on his bed. "Mom please I don't feel well."

Then chichi got worried. "Son?!" Walking towards the bed she touched his head. "You don't feel like your running a fever but the doctor did say every now and then you might feel sick. Gohan, how come you didn't say anything instead of feeling angry and not telling me you didn't feel well."

"Mom I'm sorry I didn't want you to worry." Gohan was feeling fine he just didn't want his mom to know that he ran into one of mace men, he didn't want to lie to his mother either but that was the only way she would stop asking question. "Well why don't you go to bed and I'll bring you something later."

"Ok mom." Gohan started to change his clothes and chichi went out the room cause she wanted her son to rest and goten came running in the house. "Hold it right there!"

"Mom!"

"Don't you mom me go wash those filthy hands right now!"

"Yes mom." Said goten.

"Goten?"

"Yes mom." "Leave your brother alone cause he's not feeling well." Goten turned his head rolling his eyes thinking why does gohan get all the royal treatment. Goten went in the bathroom.

While gohan was lying in bed thinking about what mace said he knew mace had one of his men poison him but what baffled him was............. he never saw any of them unless it was someone new. Gohan thought if he goes to sleep his anger would go away.

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Zedrick walked into mace office. "Mace you won't believe WHO I ran into at the school?!" Mace sat up in his chair curious drinking some champagne.

"Who?"

"Gohan!"

Cough, cough, cough cough!! WHAT! I THOUGHT THAT LAIN BRAIN IDIOT BRAY PUT HIM TO SLEEP FOR GOOD!"

"Well he didn't and he had the nerve to approach me and bragged about being alive! He said he knows you poisoned him mace." "I want to talk to bray?! Better yet, I'll deal with bray later I want you to GET ME someone that's going to finish the job I would do it myself but I don't have the time!" said mace upset.

"Sure mace." Zedrick said, leaving the room.

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