Blending In

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4:22 pm

Goten was napping on the couch in the living room. He was a little worn out from the training session he'd had earlier with Goku. There was a loud ringing which brought Goten out of his nap. He yawned lightly and looked at the clock the occupied the north wall of the living room. It was 4:23 pm. He sat up and stretched as he reached for the phone. It was probably someone for his mom.

"Hello?" he asked sleepily.

"Hey... Goten?"

"Oh! Hey B-Chan!"

He heard her laugh a little over the phone. "Expecting someone else Goten?"

"No no, just.. I wasn't expecting you to call is all."

"Well should try to get used to it silly"

"Heh, I'll try."

He couldn't see it but he knew she was smiling. "So Goten, how come you weren't at school today?"

"Oh me and Trunks just decided to take the day off, go relax. Have some fun."

"And what did you two get up to? Sparring all day no doubt"

"Well... only part of the day... should I just come over to talk I can be there in a sec."

"no no! I'm not presentable at the moment Goten."

"You're always presentable B-Chan."

"heh that's corny.. but sweet."

"Well, you know me"

"I sure do. So Goten, are things okay with you and Trunks? I take it things are better since you two skipped school to hang out."

"Yeah actually... I think we're good, and I think he'll be okay with us in abit, just needs to get used to it."

"Heh yeah definitely. I just don't want to be the reason you two aren't friends anymore."

"Don't worry B-Chan. Things will be fine"

"Heh alright, well I called cause it's Friday night... got any plans?"

"Hmm, no not really. I guess I should make some."

"Well I have some, if you're interested?"

"Well as long as I get to spend some time with you I'm interested."

He heard her sigh, but in a happy way. "Oh Goten... well here are the details. It's a party at my friend Kendra's house, I told my friends I had a new boyfriend and they're dying to meet you so I said I'd try to get you to come. So if you can, just come by Capsule Corp by like 8, we're supposed be there about 8:30"

"Oh.." Goten began. "oh jeez... her friends..." he thought.

"Something the matter Goten?"

"No... it's just.."

"You're nervous about meeting my friends, right?"

"Yeah how did you know?"

She laughed a little. "Everyone gets nervous about that sort of thing, don't worry Goten, I'm sure they'll love you. And if it makes you feel better, Trunks will be around."

"Yeah that does make me feel a little better, and I hope they do. So around 8 then?"

"Yep. And Goten, we'll have to drive to this you know? No flying or your instant transmitting"

"Yeah" Goten sighed disappointed. "I know."

"You're so cute Goten. I'll see you at 8."

"See you then B-Chan, bye for now." Goten concluded before hanging up.

"Ughhhhh..." He groaned quietly to himself. He couldn't see the future, but if he could, he imagined it was going to go badly tonight.

7:33

"What do I wear... what do I wear?" Goten said quietly, looking through his closet, throwing shirts and pants everywhere. Nothing felt good enough. Not for tonight. He needed to make a good impression. There was a creak as his door swung open, and he turned to the person who was entering his room. "Oh uh... hi mom..."

"Goten! What's with this mess? What are you doing??" she demanded.

"umm... I'm looking through my clothes."

"Yes I can see that" she said crossing the obstacle course of clothes Goten had created in is room. She had an unpleasant scowl on her face. "What for Goten?"

"Uhh..." Goten scrambled through his brain. He needed an excuse, but he just couldn't think of one she'd believe.

"Well Goten??"

"Theres a.. well I'm going to a party."

"Oh are you Goten?"

He knew that tone. "Come on mom.. Trunks is going, all my friends are going to be there." that wasn't entirely true. he actually didn;t know many of the people who were going to be at this particular party. But the last thing Goten wanted to do right now was complicate things further.

"Don't think I don't know what goes on at those parties Goten, drinking, drugs, girls."

"Okay mom... first off, I'm a Saiyan"

"Half-Saiyan" she corrected him irritably.

"Well whatever, anyways, mom, you know what our metabolism is like, I'd have to be drinking alcohol from a fountain all night long to actually get drunk. And drugs.. well probably the same case. I really think you're giving this party way more notoriety then it deserves. You've let me go to them before." Goten frowned. His mother looked a little less stern but still hardly convinced.

"Well..." She began, "I think you should wear that nice shirt and pants I bought you last week."

Goten nearly fell over in surprise at her response. "It's a trick.. it has to be." He thought eyeing his mother suspiciously. "Why do you think that mom?"

"It looks nice on you.. what... why are you giving me that look? It's just like the look your father gives me when.."

"When he thinks you're up to something?" Goten interrupted.

"Yes"

The two looked each other down for a several seconds.

"So... it's really okay if I go?" Goten asked cautiously.

"Yes."

"Thank Kami..." Goten started thinking, before he heard the dreaded word.

"But" ChiChi began, "I want you home by 12, and this weekend, I'll have chores for you to do."

Goten sighed. He knew he wasn't going to get off that easily. "Ok mom, deal."

"Alright great Goten" ChiChi smiled.

7:58pm

Goten was trying to fix his hair in the mirror. No matter what he did he just couldn't get his hair to stop it's seemingly gravity defying spiking. "Ahh screw it. It doesn't look that bad."

He adjusted re-adjusted the collar on his dress shirt. His mom was right he did actually look pretty good in these clothes. They draped and complimented his muscular physique. He couldn't help feeling he might be a little over dressed for a party though.

A beeping noise came from Goten's watch, he lifted it up and checked the time. "Hm 8, better go... Oh! That reminds me..." he thought running back to his room from the bathroom. He pulled open the first drawer on his night stand and pulled out a girls watch, than slipping it into his pocket. He was already wearing one of the watches Gohan had given him, but Bra still needed hers.

"Time to go." Goten raised his fingers to his forehead, disappearing out of his room, ruffling the papers on his desk as he did. A brief moment later he was stumbling around just outside the main entrance to Capsule Corp.

"I really need to learn how to stick those landings" he thought. He shook it off then walked towards the front door of Capsule Corp. He moved his hand towards the doorbell, but before he was able to push it Bra had opened the door. Goten looked at her. She was decked out in a tight black tank top and short skirt which hugged her curves in all the right ways; revealing her long legs and a small portion of her toned midriff. Her hair was pulled back into a pony tail, with a few loose strands draping the edges of her face. She had on a thin layer of makeup which accentuated her facial features perfectly.

"Hey Goten I was expecting you."

Goten was silent for a moment, as he continued to stare at her. He blinked his eyes several times and shook his head, breaking him out of his entrancement.

"uhh what.. sorry" He said.

Bra laughed. "I said hey Goten, I was expecting you."

"Oh heh, sorry. Hey B-Chan.. how did you know I was here?"

"Oh just one of Grandpa's many toys" She responded nodding upwards. Goten followed her nod and saw what looked like a series of video cameras and sensors.

"Well come on in Goten" she gestured to him to come inside, and he happily did so. She closed the door after he'd come in. She moved in close to him and the two exchanged a kiss as Goten wrapped his arms around her.

"hey you two, you better not let Trunks see you doing that." Erin said interrupting their moment.

Bra and Goten blushed and Goten dropped his hands from around her waist. Erin chuckled. "You two are cute." Erin had been Trunk's girlfriend for nearly 4 months now. She was a tall, pretty blonde girl with piercing green eyes, but a caring face and soft features. She'd elected to wear to a pair of jeans and a tight t-shirt. She was one of the few who knew Goten and Trunks were far stronger than normal people, but exactly how much stronger, she didn't know.

"Where is Trunks anyways?" Goten asked.

"He's finishing getting ready. I swear he's worse than a girl sometimes."

"Oh we know" Bra smiled.

"Well he does have hair like a girl." Goten smirked as he and Bra began walking out of the area around the door.

"Oh shush Goten I like his hair." Erin responded defensively.

8:16

Goten knocked loudly on the door to trunks' room. "Trunks man hurry the hell up, we had to leave 5 minutes ago.

"yeah yeah just a second!" Trunks yelled irritably just before he yanked open his door. It was a good thing Bulma had everything in the house reinforced; any normal door would have been ripped off it's hinges if Trunks had opened it like he just opened his door. Trunks smirked as he looked at his friend.

"What?"

"Nothing nothing, you're just a little over dressed for a party don't you think?" Trunks had elected to go a little more casual then Goten

"Am I?.. oh well. Are you ready to go yet or what?"

"Yeah let's go."

Goten and Trunks joined Bra and Erin who were waiting impatiently on the ground floor of Capsule Corp.

"Jeez Trunks what were you doing up there?" Bra demanded, a scowl on her face eerily reminiscent of her father's.

"Sorry sis, some of us actually like to look good when we go out in public." Trunks fired back at her, wearing a victorious smirk on his face.

"Pfff, too bad you look like a hobo who just rolled out of the dumpster.. smell like it too ... ass." Bra retorted crossing her arms. Her scowl had been replaced by a smile though as she was obviously just kidding. Goten snickered at their exchange.

"Come on you two stop that, we're just wasting time" Erin complained.

"Erin's right let's go," Trunks sighed, letting all his "witty" come backs to his sister's comment slide from his mind. The 4 teens quickly departed from Capsule corp and headed towards Trunks' car. Bulma had bought him the car for his 16th birthday. It was a sleek red number, featuring all the latest and greatest technology and features. He didn't use it alot as flying was much faster, but it was useful for times like this; with Erin and his "normal" friends. He occasionally took the car to school, but preferred the bus.

Goten and Bra entered the rear seats of the car while Erin took shot gun and Trunks sat in the driver's seat.

"Jeez look at the time!" Goten said, grabbing onto the back of Trunk's seat and leaning into towards the center console.

"Relax Goten." Bra said pulling Goten back into his seat. "We'll just be fashionably late. It's no big deal."

8:42 pm

Trunks set the break on his car before turning of the engine.

"Wow I'm amazed we made it here alive." Bra jabbed at trunks driving skills as the teens exited the car. She was mostly doing it for Erin's benefit as the demi-saiyans would hardly be injured by a car crash.

"Hey if you'd rather walk next time, be my guest." Trunks growled at his sister.

They approached Kendra's house. It was large (in comparison to Goten's house anyways), with two floors and a basement. It was built in an older traditional style. The entire house seemed to be surrounded by an army of cars. Music reverberated loudly from within the house. Goten was feeling nervous. He had never been to a party with this group of people, so he wasn't entirely sure what to expect. He'd met most of Bra's friend at one point or another, but other than their names he knew little about them. And he suspected they knew little about him as well.