I know ya'll are probably pissed off at me for not updating any fics… but I updated "In Midair"! ….
Videl: See, as much as I want to kill Freda too, she still has to stay in the plot *sigh*
Grt SaiyaGal: I'm sorry u feel that way. I'm kinda getting sick of it myself, but I think this song goes pretty well with the story (well, not the cocaine part) besides, u don't have to read the lyrics. Unless… u want to…
Goku's Daughter: LoL, as much as I would love to see that happen, I ain't so good at writing action fics. So, I'm just gonna keep it mellow for a bit, kk?
ShogunZX: yeah, pretty much. But he always was naïve.
To all those who reviewed: Thanks!
Chapter Five
Gohan sighed as he blocked out Freda's lecturing, "All you do is work, work, work! You barely spend time with me, and when you do have time, you're sparring! I thought you loved me!"
Gohan jerked his head up, "Freda, I do love you, really. It's just that you got to understand-"
"Understand what?" Freda removed the laptop from Gohan's hands and sat in his lap. (A/N: *shudder*) "No", she said a bit more softly, "You need to understand that if you're in a commitment, you have to meet the commitment fully, not just agree with it." (A/N: Ok, Videl, now remember what she said, k? It's very important in later chapters!) She leaned down and kissed him fully on the lips (A/N: *double shudder*! Ok, I'll stop talking now, LoL).
Gohan broke the kiss and said, "I'm sorry, you're right. But, I just need to think right now. I'm going to take a shower…"
Freda sighed stubbornly and stood up, pouting visibly and crossing her arms, not looking at Gohan as he made his way to the hotel bathroom.
As he got into the bathroom, he turned on the faucet and splashed his face with the cold water. 'What is up with me?' he asked himself.
As he started to strip down (A/N: *drool*), he noticed a rectangular bulge in his back pocket. He took it out, realizing it was his old wallet. He grinned, 'That's where it was!' he thought triumphantly.
He opened the black leather wallet, smiling at the money bills he had. Then, his smile slowly faltered as he noticed a certain picture of a certain someone and himself.
He was much younger in the picture, at least eighteen-years-old. And the girl next to him was the same age. He recognized the short black hair, her blue dazzling eyes, her baggy clothing, and her huge grin plastered on her face. Gohan had a grin of his own as he saw what she was doing in the picture; she was hovering a few inches above the ground just to put bunny ears behind his head. The Gohan in the picture smiled and pointed at her. He remembered his dad's laughter as he saw this, happily obliging to take the picture.
That day was a great day. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, the flowers bloomed, and he asked Videl out on a date, which she agreed to without hesitation.
Now, it was cloudy, only one bird chirps, there weren't as many flowers as before, and there was no Videl.
Before tears could well up in his eyes, he reluctantly tore the picture in two and left it in the sink before taking a cold shower.
/Living my life in a slow hell/
/Different girl every night at the hotel/
/I ain't seen the sunshine in three damn days/
/Been fueling up on cocaine and whiskey/
/Wish I had a good girl to miss me/
/Oh I wonder if I'll ever change my ways/
/I put your picture away/
/Sat down and cried today/
/I can't look at you /
/While I'm lying next to her/
/I put your picture away/
/Sat down and cried today/
/I can't look at you while I'm lying next to her/
*_*_*
Little did Gohan know, Videl had the same picture deep down in her desk drawer (A/N: Spelling?) and in her heart for safekeeping.
Safekeeping.
*_*_*
She sighed at the different variations of coffee, 'I had hazelnut last time', she thought, 'and vanilla sounds good. Oh, man, the mocha is very tempting…'
She remembered the times when Gohan was with her for grocery shopping, and he always was able to figure out which flavor to choose…
'Ok, this ends now', Videl thought angrily. She called ChiChi's hotel last night to ask her where Gohan was, but they didn't tell her anything! Why should she be all worked up over nothing? Just because her ex is in town…
':Back up. Can you repeat that for me? Sounds a bit reasonable why you should be worked up, don't you think?:'
'No, you shut up!'
':I can't. It's your fault I'm here:'
Videl sighed and choose the mocha flavored coffee and walked out of the aisle.
/I called you last night in the hotel/
/Everyone knows but they won't tell/
/But their half-hearted smiles tell me something just ain't right/
/I've been waiting on you for a long time/
/Filling up on heartaches and cheap wine/
/I ain't heard from you in three damn nights/
/I put your picture away/
/I wonder where you've been/
/I can't look at you while I'm lying next to him/
/I put your picture away/
/I wonder where you've been/
/I can't look at you while I'm lying next to him/
She froze in her tracks as she saw a very tall man with black hair and midnight black eyes. She breathed in and out a little faster than normal, but shook it off. He already saw her.
He waved at her, like everything was the same and not a thing changed. She smirked a little, 'Fine', she thought, 'If that's they way you wanna play, let's play.'
She walked toward him with a fake smile, "How are you, Gohan?" she asked politely.
"I'm good", he said, matching her smile, "And you?"
"Just perfect."
It was those two words that broke him. His smile wavered as he nodded. He cleared his throat and said, "So… you're here alone?"
"Pretty much", she said, "I'll talk to you later, Bye!"
She walked by so close to him, their hands brushed against each other, and Gohan grabbed hers out of reflex.
They both looked at their intertwined hands.
Videl missed the feeling of his warm hand gently grasping hers, as if he was afraid she would slip away from him. And she felt safe.
Gohan forgot how well their hands fitted each other. Her small fragile hand in his big, protective hand. He just never wanted to let go.
But the moment was interrupted too soon, however, as they heard a cough that came from a certain blue haired genius how had nothing but a small smirk on her beautiful face.
/I saw you yesterday with an old friend/
/It was the same old same how have you been/
/Since you've been gone my world's been dark and gray/
/You reminded me of brighter days/
/I hoped you were coming home to stay/
/I was headed to church/
/I was off to drink you away/
*_*_*
Videl decided to go home and take a long, cold shower, and then go to sleep. And never wake up.
But her ringing phone disturbed her slumber.
She grumbled, picked up the phone, and said angrily, "This better be the queen of England saying she's going to let me rule over the country while she's on vacation."
She froze at the sound of a familiar chuckle. 'How did he get my number?' she thought frantically.
"I'm sorry. But I think I'm just as good", he replied.
She narrowed her eyes, "Yeah, as good as a monkey… oh, wait, you are a monkey."
Gohan feigned hurt, "Oh, Videl, you wound me."
"That certainly made my day."
There was a long uncomfortable silence between the two. Then, Gohan spoke, "Hey, Videl… I… I missed you… a-and I didn't really think it was necessary for you to leave the country…"
A huge knot formed in both of their throats. Videl managed to push her knot down into her stomach as she said, "I'm sorry, Gohan."
Then she hung up.
And cried.
/I thought about you for a long time/
/Can't seem to get you off my mind/
/I can't understand why we're living life this way/
/I found your picture today/
/I swear I'll change my ways/
/I just called to say I want you to come back home/
/I found your picture today/
/I swear I'll change my ways/
/I just called to say I want you/
/To come back home/
/I just called to say I love you/
/Come back home/
TBC!
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