Chapter 4

Party on the Beach

Part 1

Author's note: Forgive me for taking so long, had to attend 2 birthday parties and had to go to the city for a while, sorry :/ also I like to spread my writing it out a bit, cause I'm working on other stories as well, anyway Chapter 4 is go! Please review and tell me what you think and flame if you have to, criticism is welcome, not enjoyed, but I do want to know how I can better my self as a writer.

"Nerdboy I'm warning you!" Sharpner warned, "you tell a soul and your dead! And quit calling me Sharpy!"

"Alright, alright," Gohan said sheepishly, "not a soul,"

Sharpner was going to continue but a yellow dune buggy rolled up and honked their horn at them. Gohan looked over to see who was in the buggy, but when he did, he felt his mouth drop. There in the car was Erasa and Videl both wearing bikinis. He wasn't looking at Erasa, not that she wasn't attractive, but he only had eyes for Videl.

When Sharpner saw Gohan staring, mouth opened, at Videl, he laughed and said, "Better close that might get a fly caught in the nerdboy, or worse you might get your ass kicked,"

Gohan closed mouth blushed and said, "I-I w-wasn't doing anything..."

"Yeah, nothing," Sharpner laughed, "nothin' but ogling Videl,"

"I was not!" Gohan exclaimed, face redder than a tomato.

"Yeah-yeah," Sharpner said, still laughing, "calm down, but it's not like I can blame you though,"

"Hey!" Videl yelled, making Gohan jump, what if she heard? "When you ladies are done talking, let's get going!"

She didn't know that Gohan was going but, she was glad he was. If she could get him alone she could interrogate him again and maybe get some answers. Gohan calmed down the best he could and hopped into the back seat of the buggy. Sharpner followed him to the back and they took off. Videl was driving, Erasa was doing here make up, and Sharpner said, "Good thing you showed up Videl, I was starting to feel lonely with this nerd,"

"I thought you always felt alone," She said, "Sharpy..." Everyone except Sharpner started to laugh.

First he looked frustrated but then he put on a smug smile and said, "I usually am, but you could change that if you wanted to Videl,"

"Ugh...once again," she said, "I'd rather boil my head in acid," everyone laughed again even Sharpner smiled.

For the rest of the ride they told jokes and insulted each other, not out of dislike but just for fun. Erasa filled them in on all the gossip going around the school. She also gossiped about all the new couples springing up, when she spoke about those she spoke with a lot of pride into it. Gohan guessed it was because she helped to start these relationships. They had left the city and now were on the countryside. Trees and farms where now speeding past. They made several turns and eventually were on a dirt road, only then did Gohan see other highschoolers in their cars. There were several vans and pickup trucks and hover cars full of students. Only then did Gohan remember he was supposed to be at home a while ago.

"Oh crap!" Gohan exclaimed, he was gonna be in so much trouble.

"What?" Sharpner asked, "What's wrong nerdboy forget your inhaler?"

"No! I forgot I was supposed to be home right after school!" Gohan said, "my Mom is literally going to kill me!"

"What's wrong nerdboy Momma gonna ground you?" Sharpner teased,

Gohan grabbed the front of his shirt and said, "You have no idea what she will do to me if I come home late!"

"Jeez get off me nerd!" Sharpner yelled, "hey Erasa why don't you let nerdboy use one of your cell phones?"

"Gohan relax," Erasa said, "here use this cell phone to call her,"

Gohan was relieved that he could call her but still fearful for what she might say. He dialed his home phone number. It ringed a couple of times before his little brother answered, "Hello?"

"Hello? Goten?" Gohan asked, "It's Gohan, can you give mom the phone?"

"Hey Gohan!" Goten exclaimed happily, "Are coming home to play?"

"Err...sorry buddy I called to ask to go somewhere, so I might not be able to play today," he replied

"Ah... you never get to play anymore," he said sadly, "Mom! Gohan is on the phone!"

Gohan took a deep breath this was it.

"Hello? Gohan?" his mother's voice asked through the phone, "where are you?"

"I'm on my way to a lake with my friends," Gohan said, "is that okay?"

"That's fine Gohan be back by 11," Chi-Chi said, "I've got some great news!"

"Uh...okay," Gohan said, he was surprised, "I gotta go Mom,"

"Okay sweetie," Chi-Chi said, "Be careful, goodbye,"

"Bye mom," Gohan said, he closed the flip phone and handed it back to Erasa.

"What you don't say I love you to your mommy Gohan?" Sharpner teased,

"That's the most hypocritical thing I have ever heard Sharpner," Videl laughed,

"You told her how my mom talks to me Erasa!" Sharpner yelled, "Why!" Videl already knew his nickname his mom called him but he didn't that she knew what his mom made him do and made him say in front of friends.

"She's my best friend, so of course I'm going to tell her," Erasa replied still laughing, "Who's my little Sharpy?"

Gohan laughed at Erasa's mimic of Sharpner's Mom.

"Grrr...Whatever!," Sharpner yelled clearly frustrated, "So anyway what's the deal nerdboy? Why don't you have a cell phone?"

"Uh..." Gohan started, "I don't know, I guess I have never really needed one,"

Erasa handed back the cell phone he was just using and said, "You can keep that one if you like Gohan, I don't need it,"

"What?" Gohan asked, "Won't your parents be angry that you gave a phone to me? Won't they still have to pay for it?"

"Gohan for one thing I have three cell phones," She said simply, "and my mom is a plastic surgeon and my dad is a psychiatrist, so money isn't an object," Gohan also thought he heard her say "Not like they would notice or care" but if she did say it she barely made it audible.

Gohan didn't say anything besides, "Thanks a lot Erasa!"

"Don't mention it Gohan," She said slightly happier, "Just call if you need something, my numbers are in the phone,"

It was after that conversation that he realized something, these guys around him were his only friends out of school, he wasn't hated, but he only hung out with them usually, but that wasn't it what he realized was that all of his friends were rich. While he was thinking about it Videl asked something that was ironic to his thinking.

"So Gohan, what do your parents do?"

"Uh...well my mom doesn't have a job, I work on the weekends at a candy shop uptown in the city."

"Oh, well what does your dad do?" she asked trying to get some information, he was a martial artist, she wondered if he was a trainer, if he was, she was going to totally hire him.

"He...well doesn't have a job," Gohan replied, not wanting to tell them the truth

"Really?" She asked, "Why?"

"He..uh well," He swallowed, "he actually is...uh, well he's dead,"

Videl immediately regretted pushing him for an answer, "Oh, I'm sorry Gohan,"

"That's okay,"

"So your the only one who works in your family?" Erasa asked,

"Yeah my Mom stays home with my little brother, but we also get a lot of money from our grandfather because, he is uh... quite wealthy"

"I didn't know you had a little brother," Videl said, Gohan nodded and shifted uncomfortably in his seat, it was obvious he didn't like to talk about his family, so she changed the subject.

The rest of the ride went rather smoothly, Erasa continued to gossip while they just sat there and listened.

"Finally we're here," Videl said,

The lake was huge, you couldn't see the other side. The beach seemed to stretch on forever in both directions. Gohan gasped, it was just like the ocean except smaller and it was freshwater.

"Lake Hercule," Videl said, Gohan laughed, she glared at him and said, "What's so funny?"

"I thought this was Drakon Snake Lake,"

"They changed it to my father's name, is that funny or something?"

"Not at all," He was still laughing "for beating Cell?"

"Yeah why?"

Gohan just continued to laugh as he jumped out of the buggy. She got the feeling he was laughing t an inside joke. She really wanted to know what he was laughing about. So she was going to find the smart way, direct confrontation, yeah cause that always works...

But she didn't get the chance, because they were swept up into the party on the beach. Gohan walked over to the Tiki bar and ordered a soda. Gohan thought the Tiki bar was a little out of place, since this was a lake not an ocean beach. But he gave it little thought as he sat down on one of the wooden stools in front of the bar. He slurped down a couple of sodas while listening to the music coming from an unknown source somewhere in the party.

"Hiya Gohan!" The voice made him jump and spill some of his soda.

He looked around and saw the girl from yesterday, "err...Kiko?"

The girl sighed, "It's Keiko, Gohan!"

"Sorry..." He apologized

"Well I guess it doesn't matter, can you come with me please?"

"Uh... okay" He barely had time to drop the money on the bar with a tip before she dragged him away.

She pulled him through the party, people were dancing and drinking beer.

"Where are we going?" He asked, over the music and the crowd,

"To have fun, silly!" She replied excitedly,

"Uh...where exactly though?" he asked anxiously

"Oh you'll see!" She replied,

She dragged across the beach to an outhouse made out of bamboo. She then took him to the back the outhouse were eight people were waiting. There was Sharpner, Lee, Hina, Lee's friend and two other girls Gohan hadn't seen before.

"What!" Sharpner yelled, "Of all the people, you brought nerdboy, Keiko?"

"Shut up!" She yelled back louder, "He's a lot better looking than you Sharpner!"

"H-he is not!" He cringed

"Whatever!" One of the unknown girls said loudly, "Let's just start!"

"Fine..." Keiko said sitting down she beckoned for Gohan to do the same,

"What are we doing?" Gohan said, he had no idea what they were talking about, or what they were doing behind an outhouse,

"Were playing spin the bottle idiot!" Sharpner barked at him,

Gohan was shocked how fierce he said that to him. Gohan sat down in the circle of teens. Hina spinned the bottle first, the point of it landed on Lee's friend. He smiled and she groaned, and then they both walked into the outhouse. A few minutes later they came back out, Lee's friend looked pleased, and Hina looked passive. They came back and sat down outside the circle. This time Keiko spinned the bottle, as it spinned Gohan wondered what they did in the outhouse.

"Well it looks like it's us next Gohan," Keiko said

Gohan looked down to see the bottle pointing directly at him, "Uh...what are we going to do?"

"Oh you'll see," she replied, then she grabbed his arm and dragged him into the outhouse.