-----Chapter Three-----

Step One – Ask mom for permission to go to Gohan's for the weekend.

Step Two – Convince Gohan to go to the park

Step Three – Make sure Gohan and Videl meet

"Goten!"

Goten looked up from the small piece of paper before stuffing it in his pocket. His mother was standing in the doorway of the kitchen. He gave her a sheepish smile.

"Hi mom," he greeted her. "Can I ask you something?"

"Go ahead," she replied as she began to get supper ready. She had a bad feeling about what he was going to ask.

"Can I spend the weekend at Gohan's?" he asked with a glint in his eye. A glint that warned her that her son was up to something…

Chichi eyed him suspiciously. She always let him go, but since he was emanating bad waves and she didn't like that.

"Not this weekend," she replied watching his smile quickly fade.

"But—"

"No 'Buts'. I'm sure your brother is very busy this weekend." Chichi cut him off.

"Busy doing what? He doesn't do anything on weekends. Please mom," Goten began to whine.

"No, Goten. I'm sure your bother wants to be alone this weekend. You know, to nurse his broken heart," and that was all that she had to say about the matter.

For now, Goten left her alone, but that wasn't the end. Hours later, as his mother hung up the laundry, Goten continued to ask but resulted to begging, whining, and reasoning.

"No!" Chichi finally snapped. "Please Goten, just do something else."

"But… Mom!" Goten tried to put on the saddest face but failed.

"Your brother needs to be alone."

"Why, because he's sad? Mom, I'm sure that if you were sad… You'd want someone to be there… To talk to you and make you forget about the thing that you were sad about."

Chichi stared at the young twelve year old. He may have been young but like his brother, he was very smart. What surprised her the most was how he could understand such a thing at such an age. It was way beyond his years and yet he still understood.

"No," she said anyway. He may have been right but with the look on his face, she thought it best not to let him go.

Goten sighed, shook his head, and plopped down on the soft grass. He really didn't want to do this, but his mother had forced him to result to his last resort. Chichi could only stare. What was he going to do now?

"I really hate to do this mom, but you've left me no choice," he stated as he got on his back, lifting up his arms and legs. "Commencing tantrum position… Tantrum will begin at five…"

Chichi began to worry. Her son wasn't normal, nor was his tantrums. His strength just made it even scarier. The last time he threw a tantrum, he'd caused an earthquake. Her poor little home would be broken down…

"Four…"

She really didn't want any trouble…

"Three…"

She began to sweat.

"Two…"

Where was Goku? If he didn't train so much she might actually be able to take care of things with his help.

"Last chance mom!" Goten warned her, slowly lowering his fists.

"Fine! Fine, you can go! But—before you go, you have to tell me… What are you planning?" she smirked.

"What are you talking about," Goten asked trying to look as innocent as possible.

"You're up to something, aren't you?" Chichi asked.

"No, what makes you think that?"

He sure was tough to break. There really was no point in trying to make him confess. Sighing, she let him go. Grinning, Goten ran to his room, grabbed his already packed bag and took off. At least he was done one step. He just had two more to go.

Goten arrived at Gohan's just a little after sundown. Knocking loudly, Goten got Gohan to open the door much faster than he usually did. He seemed to just have gotten out of the shower.

"Hey Goten," the fact that his brother just showed up unexpectedly wasn't that big of a deal nowadays. It was normal between them. Besides, he was always over.

"Gohan, can we go to the park tomorrow," Goten asked as he settled himself on the sofa. He searched for the TV remote.

"The park? Well, yeah, sure," Gohan replied going to his room to get dressed.

Just as he turned on the TV, the phone began to ring. Goten quickly picked it up.

"Gohan's not here right now," Goten answered. "But I can take a message."

"It's Trunks!"

"Hey! Look, he said he'd take me. So are we all set then?" Goten replied keeping his voice low. He watched Gohan's bedroom door carefully.

"Yeah. Make sure to go at noon, okay?"

"'Kay I gotta go! See ya."

Gohan walked out of his room wearing nothing but flannel pajama pants. He joined his brother on the sofa.

"Who was that?" Gohan asked.

"Mom, she was just asking if I did my homework before I left," Goten easily lied. It sort of surprised him.

"You did, didn't you?"

"Yup!"

The two brothers sat on the sofa, doing their own thing. Gohan was tinkering with a small machine while Goten stared at the TV. They stayed that way half the night until Goten got tired of watching. He pulled out a book and began to read.

Gohan watched his brother from the corner of his eye. He seemed very happy… But what about? Well… He didn't need a reason to be happy, but with the way he was grinning…

"Goten," Gohan said causing the youngster to look up at him.

"Yes, Gohan?" he was still smiling. He couldn't help it.

"Nothing… Never mind." Gohan replied. He shook his head. He shouldn't be worrying or being suspicious about anything… His brother was always happy. There was absolutely nothing to worry about.

Author's Note: Oh my gosh! I'm soooo sorry for the long wait! I've been so busy with moving and everything... Hahaha! I'd like to post more since I've gotten all the way to chapter five but I'm still undecided if I want to type all those words up... Lol! I know, it's cruel, but if you do want me to update up to that chapter, you have to review! Okay! Lol once again, sorry for the long wait. Thanks for reading!