--07 Without a person--

"Chichi… This is so terrible to tell… but… your mother died in a car accident today…" It remained quiet, silence, as painful as it was, and Chichi didn't even get the news when the rector told it, but it took a few seconds before Chichi knew what the rector had just said. She opened her mouth, but no word could pass her lips, her mouth fell dry and tears were coming up. The happiness in her body was totally vanished, and sadness and loneliness were replaced.

It felt like Chichi was in a dark room, without light, sound or anyone else, the first tear made it's way down her face, leaving an almost invisible trail on her pale skin. It felt like somebody had hit her face, what did she had to do.

Chichi was to lost in her thoughts, that she didn't even notice that the headmaster came in, "How is she?" he asked the rector, who felt so sorry for Chichi.

"She's in a state of shock… have you found her friends yet?" the rector asked the headmaster, receiving a nod in return.

The headmaster turned to the door, and said; "Mr. Son, Mrs. Briefs you may come in."

Goku and Bulma entered the room and looked around, "Where's Chi? How is she?" Goku asked with a voice full of concern.

"Please Mr. Son, calm down, she's right there, she's in a state of shock…" Goku looked in the direction the headmaster was pointing at. He saw Chichi sitting on the couch and ran up to her, he sat down next to her, wrapped his arms around her, and pulled her on his lap.

Chichi was too shocked to notice. She laid her head against Goku's chest, and Goku just let her be. 'okay you two, why don't you kiss immediately?' Bulma thought, but she knew that Chichi was in shock, if she wasn't, then the hell she would blush. Bulma blocked the image of Goku and Chichi kissing and the jokes out of her mind, and sat down next to Chichi and tried to comfort her.

Finally, after a few hours of sitting in that position, Chichi was getting back in the real world, and noticed, that she was lying with her head against Goku's chest. She didn't have the energy to get up and sit straight, she just pulled up her head a bit, "Goku?" she softly whispered, and Goku looked down at her in response.

"Hey Chi, how are you feeling?" Goku asked worried, looking at her exhausted expression.

Chichi didn't have the energy to respond, she placed her head against Goku's chest again and closed her eyes.

'Okay you two, JUST KISS!' was all Bulma thought while looking at the scene in front of her. "I'm going to get some coffee, do you want some too, Goku?"

Goku looked up at Bulma, and slightly nodded, "yeah, I would like that Bulma, thank you."

When Bulma came back, Goku and Chichi both were sound asleep. She walked up to Goku, and poked him a bit, "Hey, Goku, wake up."

"Hmmm?..." Was the sleepy answer she got from Goku.

"Here's your coffee." Bulma softly whispered, and Goku opened his eyes a little.

"Oh, thanks Bulma, I sang Chichi to sleep, guess I did myself too." He said and a soft smile appeared upon his face. "She thought I was her dad and she asked for a goodnight kiss."

"And, what did you do?" Bulma asked curious, almost that curious that Goku was expecting something.

"I gave her one… On her cheek." Goku said, then he sat up a bit and looked around, "Can you keep a secret?" he asked Bulma.

Bulma nodded, "Yes, I can."

"Ok… I… Like Chichi… a lot… to be exact… I love her." Goku stuttered as he immediately got as red as a tomato.

Bulma was looking normal to Goku but from the inside, Bulma wanted to jump in the air, "… so… you're saying you like Chichi…"

"Since the moment she opened the door… I didn't show her… how I felt because I was afraid… I got the feeling before… but with Chichi… it was so strong. I hardly thought it was possible but, she haunts me… I can't leave her alone…" Goku said hopelessly, as he looked down at Chichi's face. "It's like she spelled me… She's the only thing and one I can think about right now…"

"Wow Goku, it's sounds like you want more than courtship…" Bulma answered breathlessly… 'That was so romantic… Like he said that.' She thought.

"Hell I want more… I want to be with her forever and ever… I want to be the one for her…" Goku said as he tightened his grip around Chichi. "I want to share my life with her…"

"Like husband and wife?"

Goku slightly nodded, and looked down at Chichi, "But I think it will never happen… I mean… just because of Miranda she was rejected… but now she is more popular… she will soon get another boyfriend."

"Not if you tell her how you feel."

"That's the whole point… I don't know how I feel and how I have to tell her… every time I want to tell a girl I like her, I start to blush and stutter… so I gave up telling… and I became lonely of it… then Miranda asked if I wanted courtship with her, and I said yes… I couldn't get it over my heart to say no. But, I wasn't happy with her… she was so… so…" Goku stopped, he was lost in words.

"different?" Bulma added, raising her head to Goku's eyelevel.

"Yeah… She wasn't like me… I mean… she loves it when somebody's sad and I hate it… she likes other people's displeasure." Goku answered, throwing his eyes up to the ceiling to not face Bulma.

"I think you need a lesson in saying 'no'." Bulma said, as she sat up straight, causing Goku to look at her with a confused expression.

"What do you mean?" Goku asked confused, as he rose an eyebrow.

"I mean, you only said yes to Miranda because you can't say no… you just have to learn to say no." Bulma said, and Goku nodded slightly.

"But… she was with other girls, I can hardly say no to her if she's with others." Goku said, causing Bulma to sniff disgusted.

"That is typically a cheerleader trick… the cheerleader stalks her prey, finds out what his weakness it and uses it against him… Like with you, you can't say no to someone if she's with more." Bulma said, and Goku nodded understanding.

Goku was about to say something back but at the same time, the rector came into the room, causing Goku to sit up straight. Chichi opened one sleepy eye, and it met with one of Goku's. It was like telepathy cause Chichi was suddenly full of power and strength again. She said up straight and noticed, that she sat on Goku's lap. Her eyes widened a bit and she started to blush madly. Goku quickly removed his arms from around her, and started blush too.

"I contacted your father, Chichi, and he said you could take the very next flight to come over." The rector said with a serious voice.

"I… I don't want to…" Chichi whispered softy, as everyone gasped in surprise.

"You don't want to… Chichi you have to… he's the only one who can take care of you." Goku said back, but Chichi shook her head.

"No, I don't want to." Chichi repeated, before clamping herself to Goku. Goku tried to tug her hands of him gently, but it didn't work. He sighed.

"We can't force her." He said, as he stood up and lifted Chichi, who had fallen asleep again, up in his arms.

"I'm agreeing with Goku there, if she doesn't want to, we can't make her to go. We don't have the right to do that." Bulma said, standing up too.

The rector sighed, and started to think. After a few minutes hard thinking, he had a compromise; "Here's the compromise, I'll tell her father she can stay with one of you, but if it's summer break, she'll go to her father… and he'll decide what to do."

Goku and Bulma traded glances, and finally nodded agreeing. The rector nodded too and walked to the door. He opened it and said, "you can go."

A/N: Yeah I know what you're all thinking: 'Wow short chap.' But that's because I had to update cuz I'm going on a holiday and won't be back in three weeks. But length doesn't matter… Right Leila?

Moondalian: ºLooks aroundº weird, I remember I was getting some Bullit, but how did I end up here? Did I take the wrong turn?

Karai: O.O;; Oh never mind! Cya next chap!