Yay! I updated and sooner than expected! I guess that's what you get when you stay home sick. Nothing else to do and nothing on t.v.! Enjoy!
Videl did all she could trying to calm herself while walking around the parking lot of the bowling alley. Mean while inside her friends discussed the situation mostly trying to figure out how to stop an internal war between them. "I really feel bad for Videl you know?" Erasa said with her hand on her cheek her eyes focused on the ground. "I think she's going through some sort of identity crisis, why else would she want to hang out with the pms girls??" She looked up and cleared her throat at the site of Gohans stare. "Sorry…" She continued this time thinking before she spoke. "Videl has really been going through some rough stuff. Her dad is really famous so she hardly sees him and she gets followed around every time she tries to do good. Maybe she just needs a little love." Erasa smiled at herself when she said the last few words. "Yeah, right, all that ice princess wants is attention." Gohan spat. He didn't really mean what he said but he was getting very offended by his so called friends actions. Erasa gasped "How could you say that?!" she frowned realizing how bad the situation might really get. Gohan shook his head "I just don't get her. One day she's all nice and the next she's so distant. How do you 'love' someone like that?" The other twos eyes grew wide at the words that came from his mouth. "I don't mean that I love her!" Gohan said in somewhat of a high pitched tone. "I only asked how it was possible." Sharpner took it upon himself to finally speak up "Erasa, why don't you go talk to Videl. We do still care about her. I'll take Gohan some place else until we're all ready to go home." Erasa nodded and took off out the door in search of her best friend.
Videl was sitting on a bench her feet dangling, hands folded over her chest and her brain obviously working over time by the look on her face. "There you are, gosh I figured you would have gone home." Her friend sat down next to her sweeping the hair from her face after running all over the place. "I didn't feel like walking." Was all she said. Erasa felt the tension but decided to break the ice with a little comedy. "Hey! Guess what. The funniest thing happened while you were gone. One of the guys setting up the stage tried to plug in a speaker and the thing fell over busting a hole in the stage!" Videl didn't seem amused so she continued. "Well, I thought it was funny. It's a bit cold out here huh? I have no idea what the weather is supposed to be like tomorrow. Hope it's nice enough to wear the new dress I bought to school." The last bit made Videl cringe. "Oh, sorry. Who cares about school anyways huh? I thought about skipping the first few hours to sleep in, maybe eat a big breakfast, wanna join me?" Erasas huge smile made Videl laugh/cough at the same time. "Listen Erasa I know you're just trying to make me feel better but I'm fine, honest." "No you're not. That whole thing back there…" Erasa tried to ease into the subject " I mean what happened…between…you know…" Videl sat up strait and finally looked over at her friend. "What happened in there is nothing but drama. I don't need it. I'm going to get over all of this and move on." "Great! That means you'll come inside and we can all hang out again?!" Videl shook her head "No, I'm not going to forgive him (meaning Gohan) for doing what he did. (Erasa started to open her mouth) Even…if I started it. What I wanted out of the p.s. group was my thing and he shouldn't have gotten dragged into it now it's all messed up." Erasa sighed "I don't know what's going on with you but I'm still you're friend, Sharpner too. Don't know about Gohan. I just want you to be happy with me! I'm your best friend right?" The hopefulness in Erasas eyes made Videl feel weak. "Right." Both girls smiled at each other Erasa leaned over giving her friend a big hug. "That's what I like to hear! At least stay over at my house tonight ok? We can stay up late and sleep in!" Videl nodded "Sure. Besides I didn't finish my homework anyways." Erasa laughed "You neither huh? Come on lets go inside and finish having a bit of fun." With that the both of them went inside and looked for a table to sit at laughing as they watched a man try to repair the hole in the stage.
The boys on the other hand were busy in the game room trying to beat the high scores set by the previous players. "Man, I don't get it. No matter how many times you push the same button you don't get anywhere." Gohan squinted his eyes trying to get the fighter on the screen to at least punch his opponent which happened to be Sharpner. "That's because you've got to push all the buttons, not just one." That comment made Gohan blush but laugh victoriously after he did a special move making his friends player fall over, it's life bar completely draining as the word 'Game Over' burst onto the screen. "Yeah! I did it." Gohan patted his friend on the back noting his friends dropped jaw. "Sorry, I guess I should have kept pushing that one button." Sharpner shook his head "and to think I actually helped you beat me!" both of them laughed then turned to eye another game which didn't involve any button pushing; air hockey. "This is a game I know I can beat you in." Sharper laughed then went into explaining the concept of the game after seeing Gohans confused face. "It's simple really. You use these 'mallets' and try to get the air hockey puck into the others goal or slot. The puck slides around because of the force of air." Gohan nodded "Sounds simple, lets play."
After a few games Sharpner admitted his defeat once again by his best friend. "You catch on really easily. Maybe next time I shouldn't explain how the games work." "That wouldn't be fair." Gohan said looking confused. "Exactly." Sharpner said with a laugh. "So what's with you and Videl…(Gohan snapped his head up, looking directly at his friend)…I mean why aren't you two getting along? Not that it's any of my business." Sharpner said in a usual manly way. "Don't ask me." Gohan shrugged. "She started all of this. I can't stand the way she acts sometimes. I'm sure everyone feels that way once in a while." Sharpner nodded and opened his mouth to speak but Gohan went on, mostly talking to himself. "It's not like I'm mean to her. I tried to talk her out of hanging out with Matsuko and her friends but she obviously didn't want my opinion." "Matsuko? You actually used her name." Sharpner interrupted his friend. "Yeah? So what of it? That is her name." "We've all been calling them the p.s. or p.m.s. group. Since when do you say their names?" Gohan frowned "I happen to think she's nice. Maybe you've all been too hard on them. I don't mean that I like them. I just want to be nice for once." Sharpner nodded a bit. "Right man. I understand, nothing wrong with that. Lets go find Erasa and get out of here." The guys left the game room and walked around looking for the missing person of their group.
There were a few people on the stage now after it had been fixed. Multicolored lights shone down and music was playing. Videl and Erasa were sitting next to each other both of them finishing off their vanilla shakes. "Karaoke night is so hilarious sometimes. Half these people can't sing." Videl laughed at her friends comment and even harder when the group started singing off key. "Hey there's Sharpner and Gohan! Play it cool Videl and please don't leave." Erasa spoke so her friend could hear. "I'm not going anywhere, don't worry." Sharpner and Gohan smiled at Erasa as they approached the two girls. "There you two are. Where did you wonder off to?" Erasa said loudly over the singers. "Game room." Her boyfriend responded making her roll her eyes with a 'that figures' look on her face. "I hate karaoke night!" Gohan said mostly looking from the stage to his friends trying not to make contact with Videl. "They're not the only annoying thing here." Videl whispered under her breath so only Erasa heard. Trying to keep the look of surprise at her friends words off her face Erasa stood up and looked at her watch. "It's getting late and we have school tomorrow. Videl is going to stay with me tonight so I'll talk to you in the morning, k lover?" Sharpner nodded and smiled as his girlfriend kissed him on the cheek. "That's fine. I'll have Gohan take me home and you can take the other car." The lovers embraced then said their good byes all while Gohan and Videl ignored each other the best they could. After a few moments both girls left money on the table for whoever cleaned at night and walked out the door and to the car. The boys doing the same minuets after, both groups driving off to get a good nights rest.
Well there's another chapter for ya! I know you're all thinking 'geez this is supposed to be about Gohan/Videl being together.' But you have drama before because it's exciting! I'm very sorry that I can't describe air hockey worth crap! Ha ha ha! Just remember I won't update with out comments! Thanks