Disclaimer: I swear I don't own dragonball z, I swear! mother intervenes'DON'T SWEAR HONEY!' sorry mom

Note: Again I'll mention that this chapter suits the story more connected with the last chapter since it all happens in one day. Have fun, and think of me! hehehehe :)

How Great It Is To Be Loved By You!

By: Pic's Pixie

Chapter 6: First Date?!

Gohan and Vicki continued their tour for a little longer and had gotten to the city's main street.

"Victoria ...ummm..would ..you..umm" Gohan was stuttering he couldn't believe he was asking this.

"Call me Vicki."

"Huh, oh okay." Gohan blushed slightly and remembered what he was saying.

"Oh yeah..um....I got some ..ahhh.."

"Just say it will ya?" Piccolo had been finding Gohan's shyness rather cute until it just got annoying.

"I have some money ,and since it's kind of late I was wondering if you would like to go have dinner. With me that is. In one of those restaurants over there." He said pointing to a line of brightly lit signs along the main street. As if on cue Piccolo's stomach decided to answer for him this time by growling quite loudly. Piccolo sweat dropped and gave a weak smile. That was all the answer Gohan needed. He lead Piccolo across the street and over to the doorway of the 'sparkling diamond.' A fancy restaurant. Piccolo was more expecting a place like McDonald's or something ,she wasn't that great at eating yet and she didn't want to make a fool of herself in front of a lot of people in a fancy place like this and she especially didn't want Gohan thinking any less of her. That last reason freaked her out a bit ,why should she care what Gohan thought, in four months or so there wouldn't even be a Victoria Briefs. They walked in and the waiter lead them to a corner booth.

"I feel a little under dressed for a place like this." Piccolo was actually feeling a bit self-conscious.

"You look good to me." Gohan then realised what he had said and gave a shy smile and blushed. Piccolo knew that as a compliment and thanked him politely, she never knew Gohan to be such a gentleman. The waiter handed them their menus and asked if they wanted any drinks. Gohan was first to speak.

"Umm...yeah I would like an iced tea please."

"Yes sir, and you madam?" Piccolo looked up and then over at Gohan she had never done this before

"umm...can I have a water please."

"Yes certainly." With that the waiter left to get their drinks.

"Only a water, I told you I had money you can have something more elaborate then that." Gohan thought she was just being shy or courteous and he wanted her to know it didn't matter what she ordered.

"I like water, I don't drink much else anyway." Piccolo was saddened by the fact that she hadn't experienced a lot in life.

"Really oh, well we'll just have to change that!" Piccolo didn't know what he meant but just shrugged it off. Gohan opened his menu and his eyes practically bugged out of his head, these prices were absurd. He wouldn't be able to pay for all this. /Man he thought, tell her she can order anything ,then tell her you have to leave because I'm a bum with no money/ Piccolo noticed Gohan's unease and decided to look in the menu ,she didn't know what prices were reasonable so she didn't know what got Gohan all nervous. Piccolo didn't even know what most of this stuff was, fallet minoua, steak tartar, spegetti, it was all basically a foreign language.

"Gohan ?"

"Yeah?"

"I don't usually eat out in places like this, what would you recommend?" Piccolo had asked for help, wow he really was going soft.

"Awww, umm...I really can't say I've never been here before so I don't know what's good." Gohan was just hoping she didn't pick something too expensive or else it would just be her eating tonight, and man was he hungry. Being half saiyan was a real problem sometimes. The waiter then arrived and put their drinks on the table.

"Have you decided what you would like to eat this evening?"

"Victoria..why don't you order first?" Piccolo was surprised to be put on the spot light like that, she had no idea. She felt her face get hot so she did the only thing she could do to choose. She closed her eyes tight spun her hand in the air and brought her finger down onto the open menu. She then opened her eyes and ordered the 'escargo' whatever that was.

"Very good choice madam ,and sir?" the waiter was pleased with the young lady's choice because it was one of the most expensive.

"Ummm.." Gohan quickly looked over his menu and found the cheapest thing on it,

"I'll have the child's size macaroni and cheese please." Gohan was so embarrassed having to chose from the child's menu on the first date. Piccolo found this situation very amusing and pulled her hand up to her mouth to stifle the giggle. Gohan heard this and made an exasperated moan. Piccolo sent Gohan an apologetic smile and ceased her snickering. The waiter finished writing their orders down and bend down towards Gohan.

"At least you can be sure she's not with you for your money." The waiter whispered in his ear completely aware of Gohan's predicament. Gohan just grumbled to himself and looked to the wall. The waiter then left. Gohan didn't say much after that too embarrassed and angry at himself to even look at Piccolo. Piccolo just sat there sipping her water and tracing the pattern on the place mat with her finger. She was feeling bad about laughing at him. But it was rather funny. Piccolo wanted to break the silence so she reached her hand over and put it on Gohan's. Gohan practically jumped clear out of his seat ,he had been expecting her to just wait, eat then leave him to pay the bill and never speak to him again. But no she had her hand on his. Gohan could feel his face heat up to unbearable shades of red so he quickly excused himself from the table to go to the bathroom. For some reason his pants were feeling a little tight. Piccolo was at a loss for words, she was just trying to get him to loosen up she hadn't meant to make him leave. The waiter took this time to bring the dinner rolls to their table. Piccolo was startled and looked up hoping to see Gohan was back but she only saw the waiter. He said sorry for startling her and then he looked around him to make sure the coast was clear. He then sat down next to her. This confused Piccolo, he didn't know whether to be on the defensive or to ask what he wanted. He leaned over to her and said something

"you do know that your boyfriend won't be able to afford this. So you better be prepared to do dishes afterward. Sorry."

Piccolo was taken back by this. So that was what Gohan was upset about. The waiter then got up shot her a sorry look and left to clean up other tables. Piccolo needed to do something, seeing Gohan this upset has always affected Piccolo even when Gohan was just a child, it was hard leaving him in the desert alone and not running out to help him whenever he cried. She had to do something, but she had no aces up her sleeves so she called on her resources which were people with aces up their sleeves. Piccolo reached over to her bag and picked up the phone. She then pressed the button and waited for an answer.

"Hello?" it was Bulma.

"Hi Bulma ,it's me" Piccolo was speaking quietly because she didn't want to disturb anyone else's dinners.

"What's up?" Bulma asked.

"Here's what's up. Gohan took me to this resturant see and he doesn't have enough money but he thought he did, so he's really bummed out about it, what can I do to get us out of doing dishes and completely embarrassing him?"

"Hmm...I have it you could sneak the waiter some money." Bulma suggested.

"Yeah, that might work if I actually had any!" Piccolo was getting edgy because she didn't want Gohan finding out who she was calling.

"Why don't you check the inside pocket of your bag ,there should be plenty in there. It's for emergencies you know."

"Really okay , great thanks Bulma I owe you big for this." Piccolo was so glad that she would be able to make Gohan feel better about himself.

"Is that all then?" Bulma asked wondering when she would be home.

"Yeah for now anyway ,I'll probably be back in an hour or so okay. Talk to ya later bye."

"Bye."

Piccolo then hung up the phone and put it back in her bag. She then checked the pocket that Bulma had told her about. There was lots of money there she didn't know how much but she knew it would be enough. Piccolo quickly got the waiter's attention by waving her arms in the air. He came over and asked what she needed.

"I was wondering how much dinner was going to cost."

The waiter looked at her quizingly and then said that it would be at least 70 dollars. Piccolo took out the money and counted 70 so that she would have an idea how much she had.

"Can I quickly see the menu again?" The waiter handed her one and she asked him which one had the most quality and quantity knowing saiyans. The waiter picked out the lasagna.

"Then could you please change my 'boyfriend's' (the waiter had called him that so she just went along with it) order to this one then." The waiter looked at her funny and asked if she wanted to pay it now.

"How much would the total be now then?"

"Probably about 110 dollars."

"How much do you suppose he has?" Piccolo was really asking a lot, like fortune telling from a waiter.

"By the look on his face I'd say about 30 or so."

"Okay then" Piccolo then handed the waiter enough money so that when the bill came Gohan would even have a little left over. The waiter took the money and nodded. He knew what to do. The waiter took the menu and left for the front desk to change the order and print out the strange bill.

Gohan had been sitting in one of the bathroom stalls holding his head in his hands trying to figure this out. He wasn't getting very far. He finally left the stall, and looked at himself in the mirror. /She's going to hate me forever when the bill comes and the waiter says that we have to do dishes or something equally degrading/ Gohan splashed some cool water on his face. At least the tightness in his pants was gone. He couldn't believe he did that. Gohan finally emerged from the bathroom and slowly made his way to their booth.

"Sorry I left like that." Gohan came back expecting to see a gloomy girl wondering why he had left her ,but was instead greeted with a brilliant smile and an excited "There you are!"

Piccolo was so proud of herself she had side swiped another bad moment in Gohan's life. Gohan had barely sat down again when the waiter arrived with their dishes. Gohan's eyes bugged out as he saw the huge pasta dish set out in front of him. He was so hungry and it smelled so good.

"Sir, this wasn't what I ordered." Gohan tried to be polite but was kinda irritated to be teased with such a temptation.

"The madam here decided you deserved better then what you ordered so she changed it."

Gohan was going to explode, yes she was thinking about him and his well being but no because she thought that he would be able to afford it. Gohan looked over at Piccolo and was surprised to see a look of total horror on her face. He looked down to see what was wrong and saw that she was horrified of her so called meal. Escargo, in other words snails. That was not what she expected. /What!?! Are these people insane, serving snails in a fancy resturant like this./ Piccolo was mortified. Humans were crazy. The waiter looked quite amused and then left.

"Not what you expected huh?" Gohan still trying to figure out a way of paying for all this.

"I didn't know what Escargo was. I'm not sure if I want to eat any more."

"You know you didn't have to do that."

"Do what ?" Piccolo was kind of a ditz sometimes as a girl.

"Order for me."

"Oh it's okay." Gohan gave a weak laugh but on the inside he was crying for his mommy.

Piccolo wasn't the most graceful eater to begin with now she had to find a way to eat these hard ,round things. Many of them went flying across the room in her attempts at squering one. At least that brought a smile to Gohan's face once in a while. Gohan tried not to think about what would happen when the date ended./wow a date I just met the girl today and we're already in a nice place like this together/Gohan in the end surcomed to his saiyan appetite and devoured the entire plate of food infront of him. He even tried one of Vicki's snails but he couldn't figure them out either. In the end Gohan figured a couple more dishes won't hurt so he called the waiter over and ordered Vicki a plate of french fries since she assured him she didn't need more then that. When the waiter brought them Piccolo slipped the waiter another bill ,Gohan didn't even notice. Thank god french fries were easier to handle. Piccolo ate most of them but she got full really fast since she's a lot smaller than she usually is. She let Gohan eat the rest since his stomach is more like a bottomless pit then anything else.

Then the time that Gohan dreaded, the bill was brought. It was in one of those little clippy things and was face down. Gohan reached for it and with one eye closed as if that would lesson the blow he picked up the paper and read the total./WHAT?! THIS CAN'T BE RIGHT?/ He could easily pay this, with around 6 dollars to spare. How was this possible. But not being one to admit to Vicki that they should be doing dishes by now. He paid it and was getting up to help Vicki to her feet. As they left the resturant Piccolo turned back and gave the waiter a wink as thanks. /That girl really is something/thought the waiter.

Piccolo could notice Gohan was in a much better mood. He was humming faintly and the familiar spring in his step was back. Piccolo was wondering how he hadn't realised how wonderful Gohan really was before. Piccolo's train of thought was broken by a throbbing pain in her feet, she had been wearing those heels all day and she had never worn heels before so her feet weren't used to them. Piccolo tried to keep Gohan from noticing the pain she was in she didn't want it to affect the good mood Gohan was in.

Gohan was in a great mood now, some how that predicament just seemed to work itself out on its own. Gohan was just about to ask Vicki if she wanted to continue the tour now when he noticed that she was limping slightly.

"What's wrong ,are you hurt?" Gohan was seriously concerned this girl had been so great to him today and he didn't want to see her in any amount of pain.

"It's my feet, they hurt, I've been wearing these damn shoes all day." Piccolo had stopped and was now resting against Gohan's shoulder as she tried to rub her feet through her boots. Gohan lead her to a nearby bench and helped her sit down before taking a seat right next to her. Piccolo took off her boots and stretched out her toes. Gohan laughed slightly causing a shy smirk to appear on Piccolo's face. Gohan just smiled and took one of her feet into his lap and started to give her a foot rub.

"You do realise you're giving someone you just met today a foot rub in a public place?" Piccolo was laughing a bit ,this situation must be kinda funny from a third person's perspective.

"Yeah ,I know." Piccolo knew it didn't bother him but she was getting embarrassed slightly so she made to put her shoes back on. But Gohan stopped her, he took her boots and then stood up, for a moment Piccolo thought he might play a joke on her and throw her boots in the garbage or something but instead Gohan reached down and picked her up princess-style. Piccolo was nervous and startled so she instinctively wrapped her arms around his neck to keep from falling. She noticed what she did but did not pull away, being this close to Gohan was strangely calming.

"Where to now your highness?" Gohan asked like a loyal servant.

"Anywhere my noble stead wants to go." Piccolo decided to play along.

"It's getting pretty late ,so I suppose I should get you home."

"Aww...is someone on a curfew?" Piccolo asked already knowing that his mother chichi was way to protective to not put Gohan on a curfew.

"Oh man , I forgot! My mom is going to kill me!" Gohan yelled his legs trembling from fear.

"You mean to tell me that ChiChi doesn't know where you are? Man you are dead meat."

"How do you know about my mother?"

"I told you ,Bulma told me and showed me pictures, that's how I knew your name, any of this ringing a bell?" Piccolo was in such a playful mood and she didn't know why but she knew that the night had to end soon. At least she would see him again the next day. Gohan finally got over his fear of his mother and started towards Capsule Corporation. The huge building was in view when Piccolo asked Gohan something that made the demi-saiyan's cheeks turn red.

"I'm going to see you again tomorrow right?"

"Of course!" Gohan practically shouted.

"Good."

/Holy , she wanted to see him again man had he ever hit the jack-pot/ Gohan reached the door and was about to let Vicki to her feet when the door swung open to reveal a very amused saiyan prince.

"Oh h-hi Vegeta!" Gohan said in his usual happy, and respectful (yet terrified) tone of voice.

"Gohan." Was the only response.

"About time you brought girly here home, the woman was getting pretty worried and when she gets worried she gets annoying." Piccolo just then noticed that Gohan was still holding her. She practically threw herself out of his arms and grabbed her boots from him. Gohan figured she was just being shy, so he said goodnight, and blasted off towards home.

Vegeta closed the door and turned around, waited about 3 seconds and then

"So you and Kakorrot's oldest brat. Can't say I'm surprised." Piccolo turned around fuming that Vegeta would think such a thing.

"We're just friends baka. And what do you mean you're not surprised?"

"I'm just saying that you and Gohan spend a lot of time together that's all."

Piccolo was so angry and she didn't know why. Why did she care about so much now. Why did she care if she were going to see Gohan tomorrow, why did she care that guys always seemed to stare at her , and why did she care what Vegeta thought of her? She couldn't understand how she could have changed so much within the couple days that she has been human. Piccolo just shook her head and chalked it up to human hormones.

"Think what you want, it doesn't make it true. Tell Bulma that I've gone to bed will ya?"

Piccolo then made her way slowly up the stairs she was so tired. She got to her room and shut the door behind her, as she made her way across the floor to her bed she disrobed herself. She found a night gown that Bulma had bought her and pulled in on. She then flopped down on the bed and pulled the covers up to her head. She was fast asleep dreaming about a certain half-saiyan before her head even hit the pillow.

Meanwhile Gohan had reached his house and was already grounded this weekend for not informing his parents of his activities. Gohan was very tired, he could hardly keep his eyes open and whenever they closed he saw her face. Vicki was amazing , he couldn't wait to see her again tomorrow. Gohan then figured that that time would come sooner if he slept the time away so he undressed until he was clad only in his boxers. He threw himself down and fell asleep seeing pictures of a certain new girl spinning around in his head.

Back at Capsule Corp. Vegeta was sitting in a comfy chair smirking to himself. He never would have thought that the brat's true love would end up being the namek. Yes Vegeta had been out in the desert that night thinking when the boy had shown up and wished apon the dragon. He didn't think that Gohan was lonely, he had always acted so happy, like his father. He had waited a few days for Gohan to come around announcing that he found his true love but he didn't come ,then Piccolo showed up turned into a girl for some reason, then Bulma had suggested that Piccolo go to school. The pieces of the puzzle were coming together, nicely. And then when Piccolo showed up with Gohan tonight Vegeta saw clearly that Piccolo was in fact Gohan's true love and was turned into a girl because the dragon needed a way to re-enter a person into Gohan's life and he expected to find a girl as his true love so he wouldn't have even looked at any boys. Yes these next few months were going to be great. Vegeta laughed at his problem solving skills, then retired to his own room for much needed sleep.