Back again! Sorry it took so long but I had exams and crap and I had a bit
of writer's block and the ff.net was down. Ahhhhh! Someone is out to get me
I swear. But don't worry I have two weeks holiday now so I should get
chapters 13, 14 and 15 out as I have actually started writing them. Don't
forget the mailing list! Well on with the story.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, all belongs to Akira Toriyama and various other people and companies.
Chapter 12: Reunion
Videl flipped through the mail and came to an unfamiliar white envelope. The thing that caught her was that it was addressed to her as Videl Satan not Son. She checked the rest of the pile and discovered one addressed to Gohan. The handwriting was identical. She turned one of them over and was met with a familiar emblem. An orange star with a black 'H' on it. Orange Star High. Why would they be writing to us? Videl thought. She ripped it open and a fancy invitation fell out. It read:
Dear Videl,
You are invited to a Christmas reunion of your class at Orange Star High School.
When: 5pm- 10pm, 12 December
Where: Assembly Hall, Orange Star High School
RSVP: 5 December on 6547 8083
Hope to see you there,
1.1 Hayley Simns
Coordinator
Videl rolled her eyes at the name Hayley Simns. Hayley had been the class, no the grade snob. She had tried to get Gohan to go out with her at one stage but he had refused. Apparently, Videl had never been good enough to meet up to Hayley's standard. Not that she had wanted to but it didn't mean Hayley didn't try to make her life hell. Typical that she would be running the reunion. Probably just another chance for her to show off. Videl flipped through the rest of the mail. She had just begun dinner when the door opened and Gohan walked in.
"Hey, what's up?" he asked, kissing Videl on the cheek and picking up the mail.
"We got invited to a reunion," Videl said, stirring the rice.
"A reunion, for what?" Gohan asked puzzled.
"High School," Videl said. The thought of the reunion almost made her sick, she hated all the attention she had received at school and the reunion would just be a show on who had done what. Like she cared.
"They're having a reunion, its only been like 2 years," Gohan said, leaning against the bench reading the invitation.
"I know but Hayley Simns is running it. It's probably just another chance for her to show off."
"Hayley Simns, who was she?" Gohan asked looking confused.
"The class snob, remember she asked you out and got really pissed when you wouldn't go," Videl said, glaring at the memory. Dende, she hated that girl.
"Her? She was a bit of a show off," Gohan said.
Videl snorted, "Show off is an understatement."
"Do you want to go?" Gohan asked.
"Not really, but I suppose we probably should. Not that I have anything to wear," Videl said, mentally scanning her wardrobe trying to think of something to wear.
"Okay then," Gohan said in his typical cheery voice and Videl laughed at her husband happy-go-lucky attitude.
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So it was set. Videl and Gohan were going to the reunion. The moment Chi- Chi found out about it she insisted on taking Videl and Bulma out on a shopping spree. Despite the fact that Videl didn't like any of the dresses that Chi-Chi insisted upon, Chi-Chi's morale didn't diminish and she set about finding the perfect material so her and Bulma could make a dress. Videl was quite surprised that both women were quite good with a needle, though she realized that she should of known considering Bulma had made the Great Saiyaman uniforms.
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"Why am I so nervous?" Videl muttered under her breath. She hated reunions. She had been to one when she fifteen for elementary school. It had been a nightmare, as she hadn't been well liked. Not that she had been hated at Orange Star High but she had wanted to avoided any confrontations with Hayley for the rest of her life. Fat chance. She smoothed her dress over her stomach. It was simple; pale blue down to just below her knees with a princess neckline. Chi-Chi had insisted upon the blue, saying that it would match her eyes. Videl really didn't see the point of getting dressed up. It wasn't like there was anyone there that she wanted to impress. She exited the bathroom into her bedroom.
"How do I look?" she asked Gohan who was trying to tie his tie. He looked away from what he was doing to gaze at her.
"You look beautiful, as always," he said, smiling. He went back to his tie. Videl grinned and went over to him, doing it instead.
"Thank you, madam," he said taking her hand and kissing it. Videl giggled.
"Your welcome." She turned around and grabbed her evening bag off the bed.
"Shall we get out of here?" she said turning around to face Gohan.
"I suppose so," he replied. They trooped down the stairs, out the door and off to the reunion.
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"Name please," the woman at the table asked without looking up.
"Son Videl," Videl said, glancing around at the people who littered the assembly hall. The woman's head flew up to make sure she had heard right.
"Videl Satan?!" the woman exclaimed in disbelief.
"Son," Videl corrected automatically. The woman glanced to Videl's side and spotted Gohan.
"You two got married? Oh my god," the woman leaned back in her chair in shock.
"Um yeah, we did," Gohan said, adopting the Son Grin. Videl rolled her eyes.
"Could we have our name tags?" Videl asked. The quicker she got this over with, the better.
"Oh yeah, here you go," the woman said, handing over two printed stickers. Videl muttered incoherently when she noticed that hers still listed her as 'Videl Satan.' Dende, she hated that name. After mumbling a thank you and good bye, the couple headed in to the crowd of people. Moving through the throng of people they made their way towards the punch table muttering hellos every now and then. No one seemed to notice Videl's below the shoulders addition or commented on the fact that Videl and Gohan were together. They reached the table and Gohan poured two cups of punch.
"So what do you suppose we do now?" Videl asked as they wandered through the people.
" I don't know. Are Erasa and Sharpener coming?" Gohan asked.
"Yeah, I rang them the other day. Oh, and just for the record, if anyone asks I'm 6 months pregnant, not four and a half. It won't look weird that way." Gohan nodded and took a sip of his punch. It looked quite funny considering normally Gohan practically inhaled anything edible that came near his mouth.
"Hey guys," Erasa's high-pitched voice called out. Videl and Gohan looked up. So did a few other people who turned back to their own conversations when they realised that they weren't being referred to.
"Hey Erasa, Sharpener," Videl said.
"Hey guys, how are you?" Gohan asked.
"Great," Erasa said in her typical cheering voice. It was then that Videl noticed that Erasa and Sharpener were holding hands. Videl remembered back to her and Erasa's conversation a couple of week again. What in the world had she been complaining about, looked like she had it all under control now. The two couples chatted for a couple of minutes before Erasa and Sharpener left to go get something to drink.
"They were certainly chirpy," Gohan commented.
"Did you notice they were holding hands," Videl said, musing over what could possibly be going on between her two friends.
"Explains the good moods," Gohan said. Videl laughed. They were standing there for about ten minutes before Gohan announced he was going to get more punch. He offered to get some for Videl but she had decided against it. She still wasn't entirely sure that it was alcohol free. With Gohan gone that left Videl alone and none other than Hayley had noticed this.
Videl stood tapping her wedding ring against her punch glass waiting for Gohan to come back. She wasn't too keen on getting involved in a conversation with anyone without Gohan. It would lead to too many questions that she didn't feel like answering.
"Well, well, well, Videl Satan. Though I have to wonder if that's changed considering the condition you're in." Videl spun around to be greeted with Hayley. She looked slightly older and she appeared to have a new nose but it was still her. Spiteful as ever.
"You know, I always thought you were a bit of a tramp. Who this one's father? Or don't you know? You think you can make everyone believe you married Son Gohan with that stupid article. Trying to steal what will clearly be mine by the end of tonight."
Videl felt every molecule of blood inside of every vein boil with anger. How DARE this woman insult not just her and Gohan but the baby? What did the baby have to do with anything? It wasn't even born yet. Insulting someone who couldn't even defend oneself was the lowest of lowest acts in Videl's books.
"I thought that maybe you -," she was cut off as someone appeared beside her a bit quicker than normal.
"What's going on, Videl? I felt your -," however then he noticed Hayley, "Oh."
"What is it with you two? Popping out of nowhere? How the hell do you do that?" One of Hayley's cronies cried.
"Rushing to the aid of the slut. You know you should really dump her Gohan she's not worth much -," however it was just then that Hayley noticed the wedding ring that Videl had been tapping against her glass earlier.
"You two did get married?!" Hayley exclaimed in shock. Videl smirked smugly.
"Yes, we did. Maybe you should check your facts before you go on accusing people of uncommitted crimes." With that Videl grabbed Gohan's hand and marched out of the hall. Hayley could only gap. Then as reality set in, she burst into fits of hysteria crying out how life wasn't fair.
"That was really well done," Erasa said to Sharpener.
"You're telling me."
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"You know I feel oddly better. I had been feeling nervous all night," Videl said. Gohan laughed. He pulled her close, wrapping an arm around her as they walked towards a clear place where they could get the jet copter out.
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HAHA Hayley! I sort of did that 'Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion' style as I just watched that last night. The whole time I was writing this I was trying to imagine what Videl would look like pregnant. It's a shame they never go into any of the cute things in the show. Sigh, maybe one day they'll make a live action remake of the series. Hehe! As you may or may not of noticed yet, Erasa and Sharpener are an item in this story. Cute moments, when Videl can't sleep because a certain somebody decides to do some warm ups in the womb. It's all in Chapter 13: Tender Moments.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, all belongs to Akira Toriyama and various other people and companies.
Chapter 12: Reunion
Videl flipped through the mail and came to an unfamiliar white envelope. The thing that caught her was that it was addressed to her as Videl Satan not Son. She checked the rest of the pile and discovered one addressed to Gohan. The handwriting was identical. She turned one of them over and was met with a familiar emblem. An orange star with a black 'H' on it. Orange Star High. Why would they be writing to us? Videl thought. She ripped it open and a fancy invitation fell out. It read:
Dear Videl,
You are invited to a Christmas reunion of your class at Orange Star High School.
When: 5pm- 10pm, 12 December
Where: Assembly Hall, Orange Star High School
RSVP: 5 December on 6547 8083
Hope to see you there,
1.1 Hayley Simns
Coordinator
Videl rolled her eyes at the name Hayley Simns. Hayley had been the class, no the grade snob. She had tried to get Gohan to go out with her at one stage but he had refused. Apparently, Videl had never been good enough to meet up to Hayley's standard. Not that she had wanted to but it didn't mean Hayley didn't try to make her life hell. Typical that she would be running the reunion. Probably just another chance for her to show off. Videl flipped through the rest of the mail. She had just begun dinner when the door opened and Gohan walked in.
"Hey, what's up?" he asked, kissing Videl on the cheek and picking up the mail.
"We got invited to a reunion," Videl said, stirring the rice.
"A reunion, for what?" Gohan asked puzzled.
"High School," Videl said. The thought of the reunion almost made her sick, she hated all the attention she had received at school and the reunion would just be a show on who had done what. Like she cared.
"They're having a reunion, its only been like 2 years," Gohan said, leaning against the bench reading the invitation.
"I know but Hayley Simns is running it. It's probably just another chance for her to show off."
"Hayley Simns, who was she?" Gohan asked looking confused.
"The class snob, remember she asked you out and got really pissed when you wouldn't go," Videl said, glaring at the memory. Dende, she hated that girl.
"Her? She was a bit of a show off," Gohan said.
Videl snorted, "Show off is an understatement."
"Do you want to go?" Gohan asked.
"Not really, but I suppose we probably should. Not that I have anything to wear," Videl said, mentally scanning her wardrobe trying to think of something to wear.
"Okay then," Gohan said in his typical cheery voice and Videl laughed at her husband happy-go-lucky attitude.
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So it was set. Videl and Gohan were going to the reunion. The moment Chi- Chi found out about it she insisted on taking Videl and Bulma out on a shopping spree. Despite the fact that Videl didn't like any of the dresses that Chi-Chi insisted upon, Chi-Chi's morale didn't diminish and she set about finding the perfect material so her and Bulma could make a dress. Videl was quite surprised that both women were quite good with a needle, though she realized that she should of known considering Bulma had made the Great Saiyaman uniforms.
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"Why am I so nervous?" Videl muttered under her breath. She hated reunions. She had been to one when she fifteen for elementary school. It had been a nightmare, as she hadn't been well liked. Not that she had been hated at Orange Star High but she had wanted to avoided any confrontations with Hayley for the rest of her life. Fat chance. She smoothed her dress over her stomach. It was simple; pale blue down to just below her knees with a princess neckline. Chi-Chi had insisted upon the blue, saying that it would match her eyes. Videl really didn't see the point of getting dressed up. It wasn't like there was anyone there that she wanted to impress. She exited the bathroom into her bedroom.
"How do I look?" she asked Gohan who was trying to tie his tie. He looked away from what he was doing to gaze at her.
"You look beautiful, as always," he said, smiling. He went back to his tie. Videl grinned and went over to him, doing it instead.
"Thank you, madam," he said taking her hand and kissing it. Videl giggled.
"Your welcome." She turned around and grabbed her evening bag off the bed.
"Shall we get out of here?" she said turning around to face Gohan.
"I suppose so," he replied. They trooped down the stairs, out the door and off to the reunion.
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"Name please," the woman at the table asked without looking up.
"Son Videl," Videl said, glancing around at the people who littered the assembly hall. The woman's head flew up to make sure she had heard right.
"Videl Satan?!" the woman exclaimed in disbelief.
"Son," Videl corrected automatically. The woman glanced to Videl's side and spotted Gohan.
"You two got married? Oh my god," the woman leaned back in her chair in shock.
"Um yeah, we did," Gohan said, adopting the Son Grin. Videl rolled her eyes.
"Could we have our name tags?" Videl asked. The quicker she got this over with, the better.
"Oh yeah, here you go," the woman said, handing over two printed stickers. Videl muttered incoherently when she noticed that hers still listed her as 'Videl Satan.' Dende, she hated that name. After mumbling a thank you and good bye, the couple headed in to the crowd of people. Moving through the throng of people they made their way towards the punch table muttering hellos every now and then. No one seemed to notice Videl's below the shoulders addition or commented on the fact that Videl and Gohan were together. They reached the table and Gohan poured two cups of punch.
"So what do you suppose we do now?" Videl asked as they wandered through the people.
" I don't know. Are Erasa and Sharpener coming?" Gohan asked.
"Yeah, I rang them the other day. Oh, and just for the record, if anyone asks I'm 6 months pregnant, not four and a half. It won't look weird that way." Gohan nodded and took a sip of his punch. It looked quite funny considering normally Gohan practically inhaled anything edible that came near his mouth.
"Hey guys," Erasa's high-pitched voice called out. Videl and Gohan looked up. So did a few other people who turned back to their own conversations when they realised that they weren't being referred to.
"Hey Erasa, Sharpener," Videl said.
"Hey guys, how are you?" Gohan asked.
"Great," Erasa said in her typical cheering voice. It was then that Videl noticed that Erasa and Sharpener were holding hands. Videl remembered back to her and Erasa's conversation a couple of week again. What in the world had she been complaining about, looked like she had it all under control now. The two couples chatted for a couple of minutes before Erasa and Sharpener left to go get something to drink.
"They were certainly chirpy," Gohan commented.
"Did you notice they were holding hands," Videl said, musing over what could possibly be going on between her two friends.
"Explains the good moods," Gohan said. Videl laughed. They were standing there for about ten minutes before Gohan announced he was going to get more punch. He offered to get some for Videl but she had decided against it. She still wasn't entirely sure that it was alcohol free. With Gohan gone that left Videl alone and none other than Hayley had noticed this.
Videl stood tapping her wedding ring against her punch glass waiting for Gohan to come back. She wasn't too keen on getting involved in a conversation with anyone without Gohan. It would lead to too many questions that she didn't feel like answering.
"Well, well, well, Videl Satan. Though I have to wonder if that's changed considering the condition you're in." Videl spun around to be greeted with Hayley. She looked slightly older and she appeared to have a new nose but it was still her. Spiteful as ever.
"You know, I always thought you were a bit of a tramp. Who this one's father? Or don't you know? You think you can make everyone believe you married Son Gohan with that stupid article. Trying to steal what will clearly be mine by the end of tonight."
Videl felt every molecule of blood inside of every vein boil with anger. How DARE this woman insult not just her and Gohan but the baby? What did the baby have to do with anything? It wasn't even born yet. Insulting someone who couldn't even defend oneself was the lowest of lowest acts in Videl's books.
"I thought that maybe you -," she was cut off as someone appeared beside her a bit quicker than normal.
"What's going on, Videl? I felt your -," however then he noticed Hayley, "Oh."
"What is it with you two? Popping out of nowhere? How the hell do you do that?" One of Hayley's cronies cried.
"Rushing to the aid of the slut. You know you should really dump her Gohan she's not worth much -," however it was just then that Hayley noticed the wedding ring that Videl had been tapping against her glass earlier.
"You two did get married?!" Hayley exclaimed in shock. Videl smirked smugly.
"Yes, we did. Maybe you should check your facts before you go on accusing people of uncommitted crimes." With that Videl grabbed Gohan's hand and marched out of the hall. Hayley could only gap. Then as reality set in, she burst into fits of hysteria crying out how life wasn't fair.
"That was really well done," Erasa said to Sharpener.
"You're telling me."
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"You know I feel oddly better. I had been feeling nervous all night," Videl said. Gohan laughed. He pulled her close, wrapping an arm around her as they walked towards a clear place where they could get the jet copter out.
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HAHA Hayley! I sort of did that 'Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion' style as I just watched that last night. The whole time I was writing this I was trying to imagine what Videl would look like pregnant. It's a shame they never go into any of the cute things in the show. Sigh, maybe one day they'll make a live action remake of the series. Hehe! As you may or may not of noticed yet, Erasa and Sharpener are an item in this story. Cute moments, when Videl can't sleep because a certain somebody decides to do some warm ups in the womb. It's all in Chapter 13: Tender Moments.