-----Chapter Twenty-----

Overcome with excitement, Gohan forgot that Videl had been shot and hugged her tightly. Videl gasped but didn't push him away. She laughed. How long had it been since she actually felt his arms around her? Well, the old her anyway.

"I'm so glad you're okay," he whispered.

"Well, I'm hard to beat down, you should know," she replied.

Gohan nodded with a smile. "Hey, hey stay put. I'm going to be right back. I just need to get something."

Gohan took off only to return fifteen minutes later with a bouquet of roses.

"Happy anniversary," he blushed as he handed them to her. "I almost forgot but then I remembered—"

"You asked me out on my birthday, well the day after anyway," Videl cut him off.

Gohan scratched his head. "Yeah, that's right…"

He was surprised when she drew back the covers and stood up. Still confused, Gohan watched as Videl took his hands and led him to the window.

"Videl—"

"Shush."

Frowning with even more confusion, Gohan watched as she threw open the window and flew out.

"Videl—"

"Come on," she gestured for him to come along.

Shrugging, Gohan flew out after her. He continued to follow her, never once asking where they were headed or why they were going. In fact, it didn't even occur to him that she never said anything about yesterday or her ability to fly. Curiosity getting the best of him, he finally decided to ask what was going on.

"Where are—"

He was cut off by her question about the time. Gohan answered, forgetting about his previous question. He was a surprised to see that they'd landed on a cliff. He sat beside her on the edge of it, facing the sunset.

"I remember… You said you'd never seen the sunset before," Videl said quietly as she laid her head to rest on his warm shoulder.

Now he was really confused. "Videl…"

"Thank you."

"For what? Will you—"

"I remember now… All my memories… They've come back but I don't remember what's happened the last few weeks… Or even the four years I had amnesia."

Gohan blinked at her several times, letting the news sink in. once it had, he burst into laughter of joy and tears shining in his eyes. Never had he felt so happy. He pulled her into a long loving embrace, never wanting to let go.

"Pinch me! If I'm dreaming, please don't let me wake," he said with a grin. "Ow!"

"You said to pinch you," Videl giggled.

Gohan sighed with contentment, basking in the joy of having his girlfriend back. They sat together in silence, watching the sun go down and soon darkness and dim light from the pale moon surrounded them.

"I'm just curious," Videl said moments later. "Why were you so eager to get to me that restaurant that night?"

Gohan stared out at the darkness ahead of him. After a long pause, he reached into his pocket. Videl couldn't see what he was holding but she knew it was something small that required very delicate handling.

"I wanted to ask you something," he said eyeing the thing in his hand.

"And what's that?"

"Well, I realized back then that there wasn't anyone in the world that made me feel the way you did—and still do. I wanted to keep that feeling—I still do…"

Videl turned to him, her eyes wide and questioning.

"I gotta be honest Videl, this whole thing was a nightmare. But it was… It wasn't that much of a nightmare… I lost you, and I found you again and I realized… I realized that when you love someone…" he frowned. There really was no explaining it.

Deciding to give it a shot, he tried again, "When you love someone, no matter what you have to go through, whether it be hell or heaven, you'll go through it with that someone because they need you and because you love them… You'll always stick by them…"Gohan said. He took her hand and slipped the ring he'd been holding on her finger. "You may not remember but I told you that this was all a test… A test to see if we could hold on through all of this and Videl, if we can manage something this terrible… We can manage whatever else will come our way and by figuring that out… I determined how I wanted my life to be. I want to spend my life with you… What we have is very special and I want to keep it forever. I'm not asking you to marry me."

Videl frowned. "What…"

"I want you to marry me. I need you to marry me." He lightly touched her cheek. "I can't imagine my life without you. I don't know how I ever managed before but now I know I don't want my life to be like that anymore. I love you."

Slowly, she leaned over and kissed him. Smiling, she whispered softly in his ear,

"I was afraid you weren't going to bother asking but even if you didn't… I would have married you anyway. Even if I had to drag you to the altar."

Chuckling softly, he took her hand and pulled her up. Laughing at themselves, they began to dance underneath the pale moon.

"I can't wait to spend forever with you," he whispered.

Giggling, she replied, "Your mom's going to be on our case about grandchildren and my dad—" she gasped. "Oh my god! My dad! He—"

Smirking, Gohan shook his head. "You don't have to worry about him… he likes me now. Hehe. There's nothing to worry about and as for those grandchildren… Well, I don't think that'll be any problem."

With a twinkle in her eye, Videl laughed and lightly hit him on the shoulder. "Nope. Not a problem at all."

Author's Note: Well, there's the second to last chapter! WAHHH! Hahah I swear, I worked on this longer than any of my other fics, tweaking and rewriting... Ah... I'm going to miss it. Heh. Oh well, I can always read it over and over until I get sick of it. But I'm glad it's finished... That way I can work on FWW heh I haven't updated that in so long... But yes, this is almost done! All happy endings lol never a sad one... I used to write a lot of sad ending stories but I always got guilt tripped about it. PFFT! Anywyay, some of you may be wondering why she can't remember the last four years? Well it's because it's the effect of amnesia, which is really weird. You're blocked out from the new memories you've made and once you come out of it, it's like those memories never happened and all you remember is the past memories... Heck does that make sense? I swear I watch WAY too many movies. Lol anyway, let know what you think!