Chapter 3

Videl opened her eyes and looked around. Where was she? There were pictures of Gohan all around the room, as well as the rest of his family. There were all kinds of martial arts posters as well. No one was around. She tried to get out of the bed she had somehow gotten into, but she was so weak. She couldn't even move.

All of a sudden Chi-Chi peered into the doorway. Noticing Videl was awake she came in.

"Oh honey! You're awake…thank goodness!"

"What happened? I feel horrible," Videl said.

"You passed out."

"That makes sense…I remember not feeling well," she said.

"Maybe I'll have to go easier on you next time," Gohan said with a smirk as he entered. Chi-Chi smacked him.

"She probably just had a hard day. Did you ever eat anything, dear," Chi-Chi asked, concerned?

"No…I guess I forgot." Videl said weakly.

"Honey, you can't do that! Let me go fix you something right now," Chi-Chi said as she left the room.

Just as Gohan was about to get a word in Goku entered the room.

"Hey there Videl! You gave us quite a scare," he said with a smile.

"I'm so sorry…I don't know why this happened."

"It happens to the best of us…just rest," Goku said.

"I feel terrible. I should just call my father so I won't burden you."

"Oh no! Chi-Chi and I insist that you stay the night. She already called your father. You can sleep in here. Gohan will take the couch," Goku said.

"I can't do that!" Videl said.

"Really, I'd rather see you doing better before I let you take off," Gohan said.

"Alright…I'll stay the night," Videl said.

"Good," Goku said. "I'm off to bed. I have to train early tomorrow. But let me know if there's anything you need at all during the night!"

"Thank you Mr. Son," Videl said with a smile. He then left and closed the door halfway.

"How's your head?" Gohan said, pulling the ice pack more to the bump where she hit it.

"It hurts a little. It's nothing that'll keep me down for too long!"

"I really hope I didn't work you too hard," Gohan said.

Videl beamed with anger. "Why do you all think that? I'm fine. Is it because I'm a girl?"

"No! Not at all," Gohan said. "I was just really worried. Seeing you go down like that. I really care about you. I don't ever want to see you like that again."

"Thanks Gohan…I'm sorry I snapped at you. I'm just so used to taking slack about my training and my body and everything else from my father."

"Don't worry about it," He said as he slipped one of her sweaty bangs out of her forehead.

"So this is your room," she asked with a smirk.

"It is," he said looking around. "Too homely to spend the night in?"

"No it's quite a comfortable bed. Are you sure you'll be okay sleeping on the couch?"

"Yea, don't even worry about it Videl! Just get some sleep," he said. And with that he kissed her forehead and walked out.

Videl blushed. Did he just kiss her? She didn't have much time to ponder, because Chi-Chi came in with a huge tray of food.

"Oh thank you Mrs. Son! You didn't have to do this! This is so much. It's like a restaurant in here," Videl said with a laugh.

"Just eat what you can. I want you to get better," Chi-Chi said, very concerned.

"I'm fine. I don't even know what happened."

"You just need to keep your body fueled. Especially training with those two. You can stay here as long as you need to. I just want you to get better. Is there anything you want to talk about?"

"No, but thank you Mrs. Son. I really appreciate it."

Chi-Chi exited the room and Videl started to pick at the plate full of food. It was so much food. But she didn't want Chi-Chi to think she hated it –especially after all the work she put in on the meal. Videl quickly began to eat the meal, shoveling large portions into her mouth, and drinking all 3 glasses of water Chi-Chi had left for her.