Stormy Dreams

by Game Gal

Chapter 27 finally is up! R&R! Now that everything is out in the open, how are Gohan and Videl preparing for the trial of the century? Will they make it through stronger then ever, or will external forces try and separate them? Read and find out. Don't forget to review too! :)

9. Christmas Day

I'm writing again!!! Ah ha ha! I've gotten back into Dragon Ball Z! So if I started writing and posting a lot, that's why! Well last chapter was my longest ever! Now I'm going to try and make this one even longer! Let see what I can create!

Chapter 9 Christmas Day!

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Almost everyone's mouth dropped at the sight. There was Videl, and someone who looked almost like her twin only a few years older. Vegeta looked on at the sight as it played out and raised an eyebrow as he watched the scene.

"Hi" Aaliyah managed to say quietly. Her baby girl had grown so much! She was beautiful! Shoulder length black hair, bright blue eyes, and a slender body to top it off.

Videl's mouth slowly dropped open then closed partially and opened again. She looked like she wanted to say something but could find the words.

'There's no way, Mom died, this must be some kind of joke' Videl though as she looked at the woman who looked a lot like her mom.

"Ok is this some kind of sick joke?" Videl asked getting a little upset.

Videl directed her eyes to Vegeta. "This is your doing isn't it? Is this some kind of payback for when I called you a monkey and filled the gravity chamber with bananas?" Videl asked trying to steady her quivering voice. Both anger and sadness were fighting to take over.

Vegeta raised an eyebrow at her again and spoke. "Do you honestly think I'd do that? I had nothing to do with it. She's wearing Gohan's coat, why don't you ask him," Vegeta said in a calm cool manor.

Videl was about to give an earful to Gohan when Aaliyah spoke up.

"Videl it's me! Your mom! Aaliyah Satan. I died when you were 7." Videl looked at the woman again and gave her a small glare.

"Everyone one knows that, it was all over the news" Videl said not sure what tone she should be taking with this woman.

"When I was alive I taught you how to make chocolate chip cookies. With the recipe I made. And every Saturday I'd take you to the park to play. And on Christmas you and me would always make snow men and snow angels and we'd go shopping and look at the lights while you father was away" Aaliyah said as she smiled recalling the memories and wiped away a few tears that had escaped her eyes.

Videl stood there shocked again.

Meanwhile Trunks was filming the whole thing.

"Trunks? Is that Videl's mom?" Goten whispered to Trunks.

"I think so," Trunks whispered back.

"Ok good, I thought there was another Videl and I didn't get her a present" Goten whispered as Trunks sweat dropped.

"Shh I'm trying to get this" Trunks said as they paid attention to the scene again.

After a minute or two Videl managed to speak again.

"Mom?" she asked again as her eyes started to water.

Aaliyah stepped forward as she smiled.

"Yes" Aaliyah said quietly.

Videl walked over and stood infront of her and looked at her for a second. For the people who were witnessing it, it looked as though Videl was looking in a mirror.

Videl was trying her best not to cry infront of all these people.

'Is this my mom?' She questioned her self.

She looked at her for another 30 seconds then threw her arms around her and hugged her. Videl hugged her mom as tight as she could. She didn't care that she was crying. This was her mom.

'But how did she come back?' She asked her self. It took all Videl had to pull out of the hug. She was almost afraid that if she let go her mom would disappear and leave her again.

Videl's tear streaked faced looked at her mom.

"How... It isn't possible" Videl managed to whisper out.

Videl's mom smiled. "Somebody cares about you more then imaginable," She said clearly as she made eye contact with Gohan. "By the way, thank you for the coat Gohan" she said as she took it off. Goku took the coat away from her and hung it up for her and quickly came back.

Gohan blushed a little. "Your welcome" he said as he cleared his throat.

Videl spun around.

"You did this?" She asked as she looked at him.

Gohan was avoiding eye contact at that moment. "Yeah" he said quietly.

"But why? And how?" She asked as she starred at him.

"I gathered the dragon balls with help from my dad. Then this morning when I went to see Dende I wished that your mom be alive again, and then I brought her down and got her to wait a few minutes. And you were having dreams about her. And you seemed like you were really upset and missed her. I really wanted you to be happy this holiday. So I thought... "He trailed off as he looked at Vegeta who shook his head not wanting any credit.

"That this could be a Christmas present for you that you'll never forget. And one that will make you happy." he said as he made eye contact with Videl.

"Gohan..." Videl said. She was at a loss or words. This was the nicest thing anyone has ever done for her and probably ever will do for her. This was it. She knew she was in love with him.

She walked up to him slowly.

"That... is the nicest thing anyone has or ever will do for me. There's something I wasn't sure of before but now I'm positive about." She said, as she stood infront of him.

Gohan looked down at her with a confused look. "Yeah? And whats that?" he asked as he looked her in the eyes.

"That..." She trailed off. She looked him straight in the eyes and jumped up at him and kissed him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him with all she had.

The sudden movement made Gohan stumble back a little. He wasn't sure how to respond to Videl's spontaneous action, but he slowly wrapped his arms around her waist.

After a few minutes both separated, flushed and out of breath.

"Thank you, so much, for everything" she whispered as she gazed into his obsidian eyes.

"Your welcome" He whispered still taken back by the kiss.

Videl looked up at Gohan "Gohan I'm positive that I'm falling for you. No one has ever made me feel like this or treated me this well. I care so much for you, this was the icing on the cake," Videls whispered as she looked down, finding his neck very interesting at the moment

"You are?" He asked shocked and amazed.

"Yes" She whispered and looked down. Videl let go of Gohan, taking his silence as rejection. She turned to walk back to her mother when she felt him gently grip her hand and pull her back. He stared at her for half a second and cupped her face in his hands and kissed her. The kiss looked like is was soft but filled with emotion

This kiss was shorter. He finished off with a few butterfly kisses then looked back at her.

"I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel the way you do" Gohan said as he smiled at her.

Videl suppressed her surprised gasp and smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck while he wrapped his arms around her waist and buried his head in her hair.

The stood there in an embrace for a few seconds then realized that they were in front of all of Gohan's friends and family.

Both separated and blushed heavily.

Krillian then decided to make his presence known to everyone.

"Hey Gohan! When's the wedding? And what do you think your kids will look like?" Krillian asked very loudly.

Bulma decided she wanted to get in on the Gohan teasing and decided to answer Krillian's question. "I personally think they'll be as tall as Gohan but definitely as cute as Videl" Bulma answered earning a grin from Chi Chi.

The whole room minus Vegeta burst out into laughter.

Marron not being one to be ignored walked up to Gohan, an innocent look plastered on her face as she tugged Gohan's pant leg. Gohan looked down and before he could ask her what she wanted she popped her question.

"Gohan? Where'd you learn to do that?" Marron asked she looked up at Gohan.

As if Gohan and Videl weren't blushing enough by the previous two comments, Marron's innocent question made both teens go cherry red.

Gohan gave a glare to Krillian, seeing as he was the one who started the whole tease-the-new-couple game.

Krillian put his hands up in defense "Hey man! After you beat cell you said right in front of 18 that I had a huge crush on her. I've been dying for the chance to get pay back," Krillian said as he tried to keep a straight face

Just when the new couple thought things couldn't get worse Videls mom walked up to Chi Chi.

"Hi! I'm Aaliyah Satan, I'm the brides mom!" she said as she was grinning from ear to ear.

"Mom!" Videl yelled with embarrassment as Aaliyah and Chi Chi shook hands.

"This could be the start of a beautiful friendship!" Chi Chi exclaimed with an evil smile plastered on her face.

Everyone laughed then went back to talking amongst each other.

Goku walked up to Gohan and Videl.

"Gohan! Your plan worked perfectly!" he said as he looked at the two.

Videl looked up at Goku and smiled and hugged him.

"Thank you for helping him. You all have no idea how much this means to me. You know Goku? Your like a father to me" Videl said as she felt Goku return the hug then let go.

"Yeah? Well I've always wondered what it would be like to have a daughter, that's why I don't mind doing the tea party thing with Marron, the only hard part is pretending to eat, especially when you're a sayian! But I think I'll just keep considering you as the daughter I've never had" Goku said as he laughed and looked down to her.

Videl couldn't help but giggle at the imaginary picture of Goku in a bonnet with his pinky up on a teacup pretending to eat food.

Goku looked at Gohan "And it looks like someday you'll be my daughter-in-law!" He said with a laugh as he watched the two go beat red.

"So are you two a couple now?" Goku asked as his laughter died down.

"Uhhh...." Gohan said as he looked down to Videl who looked up at Gohan with a big grin on her face.

"Well... I don't know about Gohan, but I wouldn't mind it" Videl said as he smiled at Gohan again.

Gohan smiled again as he picked her up and spun her around.

"Then I guess its official, Videl will you be my girlfriend?" He said as he was spinning her around.

"I'd love to be!" She said with a giggle as he put her down

Goku smiled at the two. Aaliyah walked over to meet them.

Aaliyah stood there and looked at the two.

"Videl you've grown so much! I remember seeing you when you were seven years old. I didn't realize I had been gone 11 years. You're so beautiful!" Aaliyah said as she hugged her daughter again and noticed her blush at her compliment.

Gohan smiled at the two glad that he had played a part in bringing them together.

"Mom, I want you to meet my boyfriend Gohan. He beat cell, not dad," Videl said as she beamed up at Gohan.

Videls mom smiled as she shook Gohan's hand.

"Its nice to see Videl found a very nice and attractive boyfriend. And one who beat up a monster. I remember seeing cell in the afterworld." Videls mom said as she laughed as Gohan blushed. She didn't' realize he was so modest.

Goku who was still standing there made a confused face. Gohan had excused himself to go play with Goten.

"You were in the other world?" Goku asked as he looked down at her.

"Yeah" She said as she looked up at him.

"You got to keep your body as well? What did you do?" Goku asked still looking confused.

"Well I sorta of fought crime. And once I stopped a train hijacker. I was told that I was a bit of a hero so I could keep my body. You know? I think I've seen you there. With some blue guy." She said as she brought a finger to her chin as she thought.

"Yeah I hung around with King Kai. It was kind of my fault he died, I blew his planet up with cell." Goku said with a little bit of a laugh.

"Well sorry to cut off the conversation. But I'm going to try and get some food! I'm starving!" Goku said as he put his hand behind his head and rubbed his stomach.

As Goku walked away Bulma walked up.

"You know, you two could pass off as twins?" Bulma said as she looked at Aaliyah and Videl.

Videl gave Bulma a funny look "You think so?" She said as she looked at her mother.

"I guess we look similar," Aaliyah said as she studied Videl.

Bulma extended her hand to Aaliyah. "Hi I'm Bulma Briefs, that over there with the pointy hair is Vegeta, my husband" Bulma said as she pointed to Vegeta.

Aaliyah shook her hand. "It's nice to meet you" Aaliyah paused for a second then leaned in a little causing both Bulma and Videl to lean in also.

"How do they all get their hair to stick up? Gohan, Goku, Vegeta and Goten have the spikiest hair I've ever seen. They must use a tone of gel to get it up like that!" Aaliyah said as Bulma and Videl both laughed.

Videl laughed. "I think their hair makes most of them look adorable! Goku and Goten's hair is soo cute! And Gohan's! I love that piece in the front! You can never get it back!" Videl said then realized she was talking out loud and blushed earning a laugh from the two older women.

Bulma laughed as she wiped a tear from her eye. "It's because they're sayians. It's a race from long ago. They were all really strong fighters. They'd send babies to planets and kill every living thing on the planet when they grew up, then they'd sell the empty planet for profit. Vegeta and Goku are the last full-blooded sayians alive. Gohan, Goten and Trunks are all half sayians. From what I've seen and heard sayians have wild uncontrollable spiky hair. You can try to gel it down. But hunny it ain't coming down!" Bulma said as she looked at all of The Sayians.

Aaliyah laughed "Wow, they way you talk about them they'd seem like they'd all have a violent nature and they'd be cold a ruthless."

"That couldn't be further from the truth!" Videl said as she looked at her mom.

"There supposed to be. Vegeta may be cold but he is really sweet and does love his family. And Goku, apparently when he was younger he was a little hell raiser. But Gohan, the one who found him as a baby calmed him down and raised him then was killed. But since I've known Goku he's always been a sweet heart." Bulma explained as she looked at Aaliyah.

"Once you get to know the Son's they're all a bunch of sweethearts. Vegeta I'm sure has his nice moments, but I think Trunks and the Son boys are really sweet. Goten is pure innocence. He with out a doubt gets that from Goku who is just like a little boy. But if needed, Goku will help you out no matter what. And Gohan..." Videl trailed off as she sighed blissfully.

Bulma and Aaliyah both looked at each other knowingly.

"Gohan is just the most caring, sensitive, sweet, smart, fun, loving guy I have ever met" Videl said as she looked at Gohan who was busying himself playing with Goten and Trunks.

Bulma and Aaliyah smiled at the in trance girl.

"Ahh young love" Bulma said as both laughed.

"Aaliyah, if you wouldn't mind, how did you die?" Bulma asked as she took on a more serious look.

"I was murdered" Aaliyah said simply.

Videl looked a little take back.

"That's what Gohan said... But I was always told you had died of natural causes" Videl said as she snapped out of her trance and took a step back from her mother looking at her shocked.

"I'm willing to bet it was a cover. I was murdered. I told Gohan. I also told him not to let you go home. I know how violent Hercule is. And I didn't want him to hurt you anymore. I was worried about you" Aaliyah said as she looked at Videl.

"You were murdered. So my dreams were true?" Videl asked almost horrified.

"Yes, unfortunately, they were." Aaliyah said as Videl hugged her.

They pulled apart. This was Christmas. A time to be happy not sad, and Videl was sure this was going to be the best Christmas around.

Videl was about to introduce her mom to everyone but Goten pulled at her dress and looked up at her.

Videl bent down so she was at eye level with Goten.

"What is it squirt?" Videl said using Gohan's nickname for him.

"I have a present for you" Goten said as he held out a paper for her.

Videl took the picture from him and looked at it. It was a picture of her, Gohan, Goku and Chi Chi all standing at a Christmas tree. On the top part of the page it said Merry Christmas Videl, love, Goten.

Videl smiled. "Goten this is the best picture anyone's ever given me. I'm going to put it up in my room and never take it down!" Videl said as she looked down at Goten.

"You like it?" Goten asked as he looked up at Videl.

"I love it!" Videl said as she picked Goten up in a hug. "Thank you!" She said as she squeezed him.

"You're welcome!" Goten giggled as Videl hugged him. "I told you I'd give you a present!" Goten said, as Videl was now holding onto him.

"Mom, this is Gohan's little brother, Goten. Doesn't he look identical to Goku?" Videl said as she faced her mother.

"Well aren't you a cutie!" Aaliyah said as she looked at Goten as he blushed.

Videl put Goten down as he ran off to find Trunks.

"I didn't know they were so modest," Aaliyah said as she watched Goten run off.

"Yeah, but again all 3 boys are real sweetheart. Goku is just like a kid; you cannot meet a nicer man. Gohan is really sweet and kind. And Goten is adorable. If you see Gohan and Goten together, it melts your heart at the scene" Videl said as she smiled as she spoke about the Son family.

"You speak so highly of them, you must be really close to them," Aaliyah said as she looked at everyone that was in the small house.

"You would to if you had heard of all that they've done for everyone." Videl said as she looked back to her mother.

Aaliyah was about to say something but Chi Chi came out of the kitchen and yelled that breakfast was done. Aaliyah laughed, as all of the sayians were the first ones to the table.

Videl sat down beside Gohan as he grabbed an extra chair for Aaliyah.

Aaliyah said a quick thank you as everyone was seated and the food was brought out.

The table was almost full of food! Sausages, rice, eggs, pancakes, oatmeal, cereal, muffins, buns and many more foods covered the table.

Aaliyah leaned over to Videl "Why is there so much food?" Aaliyah whispered.

"You'll see soon enough" Videl whispered back as she smiled.

As Chi Chi walked in with the last plate she stood in front of her seat.

"Ok lets eat!" she said as everyone grabbed a few things off of plates but the sayians grabbed plates of food.

Aaliyah sat there wide eyed as she witnessed all of the sayians shoveling all of the food in their mouth. Aaliyah was at one end of the table and she could see the whole table.

Everyone else ate as if nothing was different. They made small talk about 'The good old days' and ate their food like normal people.

Aaliyah looked at Videl as she sat beside Gohan. Videl ate normally enjoying her food while Gohan was eating 3 different foods at a time.

Aaliyah still looking shocked started to eat her food slowly.

"So Aaliyah what was is like being married to 'the great' Hercule?" Chi Chi asked, adding sarcasm to 'the great'.

As Aaliyah heard Hercules name she paled a bit "I... It wasn't as I had first expected it to be" Aaliyah said in a bit of a quivering voice.

"Yeah? What did you expect?" Chi Chi asked, the conversation now catching Videl's attention.

"I had expected it to be like when we were dating. The guy actually had a heart back then. He did anything for me. Then we had Videl and all was great. Then his fame went down hill a little. Then a few months later I was killed" Aaliyah said.

"How sad" Chi Chi said as she gave a sad look.

Goku half hearing the conversation raised an eyebrow as he stuffed 3 pancakes in his mouth.

The tables was pretty silent except for the occasional burps, and excuse me, from the sayians.

Twenty minutes later everyone was done.

Aaliyah was still amazed by the way Gohan, Goku, Goten, Trunks and Vegeta ate.

She couldn't help her self at the question she asked next.

"Where in god's name do you put all that food? You're all so thin and look as though you're probably in excellent shape. How can you eat so much?" Aaliyah asked, curiosity getting the better of her.

"Sayians have weird eating habits mom. Take Goku for example. I'd give him 10 minutes before he's hungry again," Videl said as she laughed at her mom's question.

"Hey! I don't eat that often," Goku said as he tried to defend himself.

"Also, we have to eat this much. If we don't we can get sick and it keeps our energy up so we can stay in shape!" Goku finished off as he stretched back.

"So your all in shape?" Aaliyah asked amazed.

"You wouldn't believe the shape there in," Vide said as she pulled Gohan's arm up.

"What are you doing?" Gohan asked Videl with an eyebrow up. Why was she bringing his arm up?

"I'm using you as an example. Mom, look at his arms!" Videl said as she rolled up Gohan's sleeve

"That's amazing! And they're real?" Aaliyah asked as she gingerly poked his arm.

"Yep!" Videl said as she laughed at how red Gohan's face went.

"All of them are pretty built! Even Goten and Trunks. They have like a super speed metabolism," Videl said as she pulled Gohan's sleeve down.

"Wow, I'm so jealous! I wish I could eat that much and not gain a pound!" Aaliyah said making the table laugh.

Goten got up and walked over to Chi Chi.

"Mommy can we open presents now?" asked an excited Goten.

"I don't see why not. I'll do the dishes after everyone is done opening presents" Chi Chi said as he stood up and ushered everyone to the living room.

Everyone took a seat in the living room. Goku and Chi Chi were on the love seat. Piccolo and Vegeta were leaning against the wall. Bulma was sitting on the couch along side Aaliyah, Yamcha, Master Roshi, and Oolong. Gohan, Videl, Goten and Trunks were all sitting on the floor.

They were about to pass out the presents when there was another knock on the door.

"I'll get it" Goten said as he walked to the door.

"I'll be back too. I'm going to wash my hands" Aaliyah said as she got up.

"I'll show you the way," Videl said as she got up as well and both went upstairs.

Goten opened the door then a yell was heard as Goten slammed the door shut and locked it behind him.

"Daddy! There's a man out there with three eyes!" Goten yelled.

"Did he happen to be with a small person who looks like a mime?" Goku questioned as he raised an eyebrow at Goten.

"I'd say he looked more like a china doll," Goten said with a shrug.

"It must be Tien and Chatzou!" Goku said as he got up and unlocked the door and opened it.

"Tien, Chatzou! You made it! Sorry about Goten. Oh and you missed breakfast" Goku said from the door.

"Hi! Ahh I missed Chi Chi's world class cooking? That stinks." Tien said from the door.

"Come in, Hi Chatzou! Come in!" Goku said as he step aside and let the two in.

"Hi everyone!" Tien said as he walked into the living room.

Everyone greeted him back as he sat down.

"Goten, that's Tien and Chatzou, you don't have to be afraid of them! There really nice!" Gohan said as he pulled Goten out from behind him.

"Man Goten you've grown last time I saw you! When I last saw you, you were a few weeks old! You look just like your daddy!" Tien said earning a grin from Goten.

Just as Tien had sat down on the chair Videl and Aaliyah walked down stairs.

"You have three eyes!" Aaliyah blurted out as she covered her mouth.

Videl also looked a little shocked at the three-eyed man in the seat near them.

"Tien, this is my girlfriend Videl" Gohan said as he stood up and pushed Videl forward gently to shake Tien's hand.

"Its nice to meet you Videl, I'm Tien!" Tien said as he shook Videls hand.

"And this is Videl's newly revived mother, Aaliyah" Gohan said as he pushed Aaliyah forward as well.

"Hi, sorry about my comment earlier I was just caught a little off guard" Aaliyah said as she blushed.

"Think nothing of it" Tien said as he waved her off.

"Can we please get to opening presents?" Trunks asked a little annoyed.

Goku passed out all the gifts. When everyone had their own pile they started opening.

Videl remembering she had gifts for the sayians excused her self.

Videl came back with 5 large boxes stacked one on top of the other. Videl couldn't see very much so Gohan went over and took 3 from her and put them down.

"Thanks" Videl said as she put her boxes down and picked one up.

She gave one to Gohan, one to Goten, one to Goku, one to Vegeta and one to Trunks.

"I'm sorry I didn't get everyone else gifts, I was a little sick for awhile." Videl said as she looked down sheepishly as she apologized.

Then she gave an envelope to Bulma and Chi Chi.

Chi Chi and Bulma both opened their gifts and laughed.

Videl had given Chi Chi a card that had excused her from doing any dishes on Christmas day (she's preparing 3 meals! And that's with sayians! That's a lot of dishes!). And to Bulma she gave a card that said good for 4 free baby sittings.

Both women thanked the younger woman.

Next all 5 sayians unwrapped their boxes and opened them up. Inside was about 30 containers each fill with what looked to be cookies.

"You made us cookies?" Goku asked hopefully.

"I wanted to get you guys something! And then you guys tried my cookies and said you liked them. So when everyone went to bed I stayed up and made more cookies. I figured what better present for a sayian then on they can eat?" Videl said with a little bit of a laugh.

"Thank you Videl!" Goten and Trunks both chimed as they opened one o the containers and started eating.

Goku also said thank you and Vegeta grunted but ate the cookies.

Gohan also said thank you and gave her a hug, which got some comments out of everyone. They pulled apart and blushed.

Everyone put the wrapping paper in the garbage and proceeded to thank everyone for his or her gift. After that Goku stuck on some Christmas music as everyone started talking.

"Hey Videl-"Gohan was cut off as Master Roshi came over to where Videl and Aaliyah were standing.

"I have a gift for both you!" he said as he walked up o the two women.

Both women gave him a funny look.

First he turned to Videl.

"How about I treat you to dinner and maybe a swim in my bath tub" And then he turned to Aaliyah "Then you and me can take a romantic walk on the beach and see where we go from there." Videl and Gohan were both about to beat Roshi to the ground when Aaliyah spoke up.

Aaliyah put on a seductive smile and leaned down "How about you and I go into the bedroom?" She asked noticing the older man's nose start to bleed.

Everyone who was witnessing this looked disgusted.

Master Roshi grinned and ran into the bathroom while Aaliyah started to follow.

Aaliyah flashed an evil smirk to everyone then followed the old man into the room.

Everyone still stood in silence.

A minute later Aaliyah reemerged from the room looking like she was trying to contain her laughter.

"Mom! You didn't!" Videl asked looking like she was going to cry at what her mom just did.

At that Aaliyah couldn't take it. She burst out laughing. Wanting to tell everyone what she had just done she pointed to the door.

Gohan taking the hint walked to the front door and stepped outside after he stuck some boots on.

Gohan walked out the door and fell over he started laughing so hard.

Everyone proceeded to follow Gohan example. They looked up and saw master Roshi. Master Roshi was in nothing but his underwear, His underwear being the only thing holding him up as it was attached to a nail on the outside of the house. Roshi had a dazed expression on his face and what looked like to be a foot and handprint on his face.

Everyone laughed as Roshi started to blush at the attention he was getting.

"Think we should get him down?" Goku asked calming himself down at the sight of his old master.

Videl looked at Gohan who still looked slightly peeved, but now more composed. "Nah, I think he needs to cool off a little" Videl replied as she offered her hand to Gohan who was still on the snow.

With that said everyone walked in.

Aaliyah had finally composed her self but was still grinning.

"Mom! That was the funniest thing I've ever seen!" Videl said as she hugged her mom at a job well done.

"Man, I see where Videl gets a lot of her expressions and ideas from." Gohan said as he watched the two.

Chi Chi started to walk back to the kitchen when Videl noticed and followed her.

"Chi Chi, I said I'd be doing the dishes so don't even think of starting them" Videl said in a mock stern voice.

Chi Chi smiled at the younger girl. "Sorry force of habit. But are you sure sweetie? I don't mind really!"

"I don't mind at all. I can do it, you go relax and catch up with everyone!" Videl said as she gently pushed Chi Chi out of the kitchen.

She watched Chi Chi walk over to Goku as he smiled at her and she sat on his lap.

Videl smiled at the scene and decided to get to the dishes.

She piled all the dishes on one side of the kitchen while she filled the left side of the sink with warm soapy water, and the left with clean water.

She walked over and grabbed a hair elastic from a drawer and put the apron over her so she didn't get her dress wet or dirty.

She grabbed the cloth and started washing the dishes.

In the background she could hear faded sounds of conversations of the people who filled the small happy house.

Getting a little board she started to hum to herself then started to sing

Have you ever been in love?

Been in love so bad

You'd do anything to make them understand

Have you ever had someone steal your heart away?

You'd give anything to make them feel the same

Have you ever searched for words to get you in their heart?

But you don't know what to say

And you don't know where to start

Gohan noticed Videl was no longer in the living room and walked over to his mom.

"Hey mom? Have you seen Videl?" Gohan asked, interrupting Chi, Bulma's, 18's and Aaliyah's conversation.

"She's in the kitchen" Chi chi said as she went back to talking with the other women.

Gohan nodded, a little confused why she was in the kitchen but walked over there anyways.

Gohan walked into the kitchen quietly not making a noise, or at least he assumed because Videl hadn't taken notice to him.

He walked a little closer to Videl but stopped when he heard her singing.

Have you ever loved somebody so much?

It makes you cry

Have you ever needed something so bad?

You can't sleep at night

Have you ever tried to find the words?

But they don't come out right

Have you ever, have you ever

Videl had done about a quarter of the dishes. 'How does chi chi do it?' Videl thought as she rubbed her brow.

Videl still hadn't taken any notice of Gohan's presence and continued to sing.

Have you ever found the one?

You've dreamed of all your life

You' d do just about anything to look into their eyes

Have you finally found the one you've given your heart to?

Only to find that one won't give their heart to you

Have you ever closed your eyes and

Dreamed that they were there

And all you can do is wait for that day when they will care

Gohan was still slightly taken back. He always thought Videl had a sweet voice, but he had not idea she could sing! Gohan watched in awe, as the oblivious girl kept washing the thousands of dishes.

What do I gotta do to get you in my arms baby

What do I gotta say to get to your heart

To make you understand how I need you next to me

Gotta get you in my world

'Coz baby I can't sleep

Gohan smiled deciding he was going to make his presence known. He walked up behind her and placed his hands on her hips.

Videl was jarred out of her little world when she felt a gently pressure on her hips. Startled Videl jumped and gasped in surprise. She whirled around and saw Gohan looking at her, an amused smile playing across his lips.

Videl held a soapy hand in front of her.

"Don't do that! You nearly gave me a heart attack!" Videl said with a bit small laugh.

Gohan smiled sheepishly at her in return. "Sorry "he said as she looked up at him.

"I never knew you could sing" Gohan said once the two-made eye contact.

"You heard that?!" Videl asked blushing.

"Yeah, You're really good! I was amazed, I never knew you could sing!" Gohan said as he watched her cheeks heat up.

"Its nothing special. And I'm not that talented, I just got a little board." Videl answered looking down, cheeks still hot.

"Well, I've never heard a better voice then yours" Gohan said as he watched her turn around and stick her hands back into the soapy water.

Gohan rolled up his sleeves and walked up behind her again. He gently pulled her hands out of the water while Videl gave him a confused look.

"You shouldn't be washing the dishes," Gohan stated simply as he took one of her small hands into his giant ones.

Videl cocked an eyebrow up at his statement.

"Oh? And why should I not be washing them?" She asked still confused at what Gohan was doing.

Gohan looked as though he was having an internal battle for a few seconds but pushed it aside. He lifted her hand so her palm was facing towards him as he gently kissed her palm.

"Because your hands are too nice to be stuck in soapy water" Gohan answered as he blushed a little and massaged her palm with his thumbs.

Videl also blushed. "My hero" Videl managed to squeak out. "So are you my modern day Romeo, rescuing a damsel in distress?" Videl asked smiling at Gohan.

"V, I think you have your stories mixed up, Romeo didn't rescue women in distress. And I'm no Romeo. There's a lot of things I've wanted to say and do but didn't. But now that you're my girlfriend, I feel as though I can say or do them a little more freely." Gohan said as he grabbed both of her hands now and enclosed them in his.

Videl let a big smile come across her mouth and sighed.

Gohan picked up on her sigh. "What's the matter?" he asked still holding her hands gently.

"We haven't even been dating for an hour and already you're too good to me" Videl replied with a smile as she looked up at Gohan.

Gohan arched an eyebrow.

"What? Why do you say that?" Gohan questioned as looked at her intently, still holding her hands.

"Because it's true, you're too good to me. Not that I mind. I just don't think I deserve you. After all you've done for me. You took care of me when I was sick, you're letting me stay here, you bought me clothes, and you even revived my mother. And you've done all this, and we haven't even dated for an hour. That's more then some people do in a lifetime of love. You're so good to me," Videl answer looking down a little, a small smile still playing across her features.

Gohan gave Videl a confused smile and brushed a few stray hairs out of her face.

"I only did them because I want you to be happy. I hate seeing you upset, when you were sick and I saw you cry, I wanted to do anything to make you feel better, so I did what I thought you would like. If I'm being annoying or something by doing these things I can stop if you'd like. But I still want to go out with you, if you still wanna go out with me" Gohan said as he cupped her cheek with his hand.

Videl felt her eyes starting to water slightly.

"I still want to date you. Heck I've wanted to date you ever since we started becoming friends. You're not being annoying, not even slightly. Its just... you are so sweet to me. I've never been treated this way. And it's just taken me by surprise I guess. I'm still trying to figure out what I did to deserve you" Videl said, accidentally letting a single tear escape her eye.

Gohan's hand was still on Videls cheek so he wiped the tear with his thumb earning a smile from Videl.

"That's the way I like seeing you, smiling. And if I see you any other way, I'm going to do everything in my power to make it so I can see your smile" Gohan said as Videls eyes were still brimming with unshed tears as she smiled more and unconsciously leaned into his hand.

Videl let out a content sigh and looked up at Gohan in the eyes.

"Gohan, there's something I wanna do but I want your permission first." Videl said as her cheeks started to get hot.

"And what might that be?" Gohan asked as he stood up and looked at her.

"Can I... can I kiss you again?" Videl asked as she looked down her cheeks going bright red.

Gohan smiled as his cheeks went a slight pink color.

"I understand if you don't want me to" Videl mumbled out while she looked at the ground.

Gohan still smiled at how shy she was being. He reached his hand under her chin and forced her to look up at him.

"You know, you don't have to ask me to do that right?" Gohan asked as he gave a small chuckle.

Videl let a small smile creep up as he started to come down towards her.

Her smile widened as she felt Gohan's soft lips on hers.

Gohan brought his hands up. He wrapped one arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him while his other hand rested on her cheek but slid up into her hair.

Videl felt Gohans hands and smiled as she wrapped one arm around his neck while she following Gohan's lead ran her hand through his black hair.

Videl was surprised at how soft Gohans hair was. She had always imagined that since it was so gravity defying it would be stiff and ridged. But it felt soft and thick.

Gohan smiled as he felt Videl smile and her hands in his hair. After a minute or so Gohan didn't want the kiss to end. But his lungs begged to differ and burned for air.

Sadly after a few more seconds he pulled away slowly from Videls lips.

He opened his eyes to see a blissful look on Videls face and couldn't help but smirk in self-satisfaction.

Videl opened her eyes to see Gohan smirking at her.

Videl smiled up at Gohan. "I could get used to that!" Videl said her smile grew bigger as Gohans cheeks went bright red.

"So I take it you enjoyed it?" Gohan asked trying to stop the rise of blood to his cheeks.

All he got from Videl was a giggle, so he took that as a yes.

"Why are you washing the dishes?" Gohan asked remembering all the dishes that littered the kitchen.

"Huh? Oh! It's my Christmas gift to your mom; I told her I would do all of the dishes today. Then you came in and told me I shouldn't be doing them," Videl answered with a grin on her face as she started to turn around again.

"I still think your hands are too pretty to be in soapy water. So I'm going to help you!" Gohan said as he walked beside her.

"You don't have to help me, I'm capable of doing it by my self" Videl said as he pushed her gently over to the rinsing sink.

"I want to help you. Besides, I'm going to keep you company! I'm sure with two people this will go by much faster!" Gohan said as he grabbed some dirty dishes and started scrubbing then passed them to Videl.

Videl let out a defeated sigh. "If you say so!" she said as she grabbed the plates from Gohan and started to rinse them off.

After 5 minutes or so Aaliyah noticed Gohan hadn't returned from the kitchen when he went on his search for her daughter.

Aaliyah walked to the kitchen door where she saw a little boy with purple hair sitting on the ground with a video camera looking into the kitchen.

Aaliyah a little confused bent down and looked at where he was looking. She peered inside the kitchen and saw Gohan and Videl both doing the dishes, quietly, a content silence spreading over them.

"This is boring! I don't think there gonna do any of that kissing stuff mom and Chi Chi were talking about anymore" Trunks whispered to himself as he covered a yawn.

"What are you doing?" Aaliyah whispered to the young boy.

"Gaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Trunks yelled quietly.

Aaliyah stifled a laugh "I'm sorry I didn't mean to startle you, I was just kinda curious when I saw you filming them. By the way, are you Trunks?" Aaliyah said as she watched the boy calm his breathing.

"Yep I'm Trunks! And the reason I was taping them is because my mom said she'd give me money if I caught them doing anything cute or whatever and Mrs. Son would cook me food if she got to keep the tape. But all they've done is wash dishes so I'm going to go play with Goten." Trunks said as he stood up and started to walk away.

Aaliyah just nodded as Trunks started to walk away then proceeded into the kitchen.

Aaliyah stood there and watched the two. 'There so cute together! Its so obvious they were made for each other' she thought as she smiled at the two.

Gohan grabbed the last cup that needed to be washed.

He couldn't believe how lucky he was to be dating Videl!

'I still have this weird feeling that something bad is still supposed to happen before we can all be happy though' Gohan though as he looked out the window that was in front of him.

Videl looked at Gohan as he held the dirty cup in his hand but made no movement to wash it. She smacked him lightly on his arm causing him to drop the plastic cup and look at her.

"What is it?" He whispered to her.

"You were spaced out... Why are we whispering?" Videl whispered back to him.

Gohan gave a small laugh "I dunno why! Here's the last cup then were done!" Gohan said as he handed her the cup that she dried and placed in the cupboard.

The two teens still hadn't taken notice to Aaliyah.

Videl walk over to Gohan and smiled.

"Thanks for the help, are you going to help me with the other two meals?" Videl question as she put her hands on his chest.

"If you want me to, I'd love to assist my damsel in distress" Gohan replied smiling back at her and holding her hands.

"Gohan...you have soap in your hair" Videl said as she reached up gently took hold on the lock of hair and slowly rubbed the soap out of his hair.

Aaliyah choose that moment to make her presence known.

"So this is where you two have been?" She questioned startling both teens.

Both jumped apart and blushed.

"Hey mom! Did you meet everyone else in the living room?" Videl questioned as her blushing went away.

"Yes I did and they're all really nice. I can honestly say you two hang out with an interesting gang. I find Chi Chi kind of funny; she certainly wants Gohan to have kids! I'm glad I was brought back to life. I still can't believe how pretty you are!" Aaliyah said as she walked over to Videl

Videl blushed again after receiving another compliment

"I'm going to go tell Chi Chi that the dishes are done then mingle a bit." Videl said as she walked out of the kitchen.

Aaliyah smiled and waved in her direction then turned her attention to Gohan. A look of concern and seriousness crossed over her face.

'Did I miss something here?' Gohan though as he watched her facial expressions change.

"I'm just warning you, don't worry" Aaliyah said looking at Gohan.

Gohan took on a look of confusion. "About what?" Gohan asked.

"Well for starters, she will get sick again, probably in a few days. She's always been like that, that's how I know. She gets something serious, then recovers then gets like a fever or something for a few days. It's nothing to worry about, just a heads up. Also, something doesn't feel right, watch over her for me ok? It's painfully obvious how much you love her, just... watch out for her ok? I don't want her to take any more blows," Aaliyah said as she averted her gaze from Gohans eyes to the kitchen floor.

Gohan blushed but still proceeded with the questions in his mind.

"I'll take care of her when she gets sick, how are you so sure she will get sick again? Also, what else do you think is going to happen? And what did you mean by 'take any more blows'?" Gohan asked as he tried to understand what she was talking about.

Aaliyah sighed and looked up off the ground again but still didn't want to look the young man in the face.

"I know she will get sick because from over the years I've watched over her, she'd always get sick like a week after she'd recover, and I just have a feeling she will get sick. I also have a feeling she will get hurt in the process of getting sick. I'm not sure what else is going to happen I just think she will get hurt again. But I'm positive you'll be there to fix it for her again. And by her taking more blows..." Aaliyah trailed off as she looked at Gohan.

'He looks so worried about her. I know he'll be the one to bring her confidence up' Aaliyah smiled at her own thought but decided she should probably continue since Gohan was giving her a weird glace.

"I'm not going to tell you much about this. I don't feel it's my place to discuss it without Videl's consent. But over the years, Videl's self-conscious has taken a downward spiral. Do you not notice how she blushes when someone compliments her? Hercule not only abused her physically but mentally as well. He'd tear her apart, insult her, put her down and I'm positive she starting to believe it" Aaliyah looked up at Gohan, her eyes bore into his.

"Why do you think she's a tomboy and covers up so much? She started believing his comments. That's why she started working out. To lose weight and tone up, not to mention fight back; all I can guess is that she assumed that since it came from her father, someone who she loved and is supposed to love her, it must be true. I believe my daughter couldn't be more gorgeous, that's one reason I keep complimenting her. And incase you didn't notice, as soon as a compliment leaves someone's mouth towards her she blushes and I'm surprised hasn't objected. I don't want her confidence to take any more blows." Aaliyah's voice dropped down to a whisper as she fought back tears.

Gohan looked shocked.

"Videl thinks she's ugly?!" Gohan questioned to no one in particular.

Gohan brought a hand to his chin as he raised an eyebrow.

"How could she believe that?" Gohan question him self then grew angry. "How could Hercule say such garbage?! I don't even see how she could be related to him! Talk about beauty and the beast! She's a friggin goddess! Why would she believe that crap? She's even cute when she mad for god sakes!" Gohan said as he paced back and forth in the kitchen anger dripping from his words.

Aaliyah's tears disappeared slightly at Gohan's ranting. "If you feel this way, then show it, make her believe your words" Aaliyah said as Gohan started to blush.

Gohan was about to reply to her comment when Videl, Chi Chi and Bulma walked into the kitchen.

"Gohan are you still in here?" Videl asked in a joking manor then noticed his looked of seriousness for that brief moment.

"Are you ok Gohan?" Videl asked a little concerned as she walked up to him.

"I'm fine nothing to worry about." Gohan said as he flashed her his Son grin.

"If you say so..." Videl trailed off as she gave Gohan a funny look.

"Were going to get lunch started, so I'd like you to leave my kitchen, Videl, you've done enough so you can go too, Aaliyah you can stay if you'd like and we can all talk, 18 will probably be here in a minute to join us" Chi Chi said as she grabbed the apron the Videl had been wearing and started to tie it behind her.

"If you're sure you don't want anymore of my help then I'll leave" Videl said as she gave a questioning glace towards the older women.

"Don't worry about it Videl, how about you me, Goten, Trunks and my dad and Marron will probably want to come. How bout we go out side and have a snow fight?" Gohan asked as Videl turned her gaze towards him.

"That sounds like a wonderful idea! Sweetie you can go don't worry! Were fine!" Chi Chi said as she smiled at the teens.

"Great! Then it's settled. Videl you may want to change into pants or something, I don't think you'd be able to move very well in the dress your wearing." Gohan said as he started to walk towards Videl.

"Yeah your right, as usual. You go ask them and I'll get changed" Videl said as Gohan walked up to her.

Gohan leaned a little closer to her ear then whispered "Not that I mind you in a dress, which by the way you look great in. I just don't want you to get sick or something," Gohan said as Videl let another blush creep to her cheeks.

Gohan then stood up and kissed her on the forehead and left the room.

'What was that about?' Videl thought as she did her best to ignore her mothers, Bulma and Chi Chi's huge grins at Gohans little display of affection towards her.

Videl shook her head lightly and turned around to head towards the stairs.

As she walked through the living room she could hear Goku and Goten's excitement at Gohan's idea of having a snowball fight.

She smiled to her self at their cuteness and walked upstairs.

Videl walked up to the guest room and closed the door. She went to her closet and threw on some black pants and a blue pullover shirt. She didn't feel like dressing up again so she threw on what she liked to call her 'bummin' clothes.

She walked out of her room and saw that Marron was still inside; she was currently watching Christmas cartoons while Gohan, Goten, Goku and Trunks were already outside.

Videl grabbed her coat, stuck on her Toque (I'm a Canadian, lol and I love my toque) pulled on her green boots and grabbed a pair of gloves the Son's had leant her. Once she was sure she wasn't forgetting anything she opened the door and closed it then turned around to see where the 4 sayians had gone.

"Hey? Where'd everybody-Oof!" Videl was cut short in mid-sentence as all 4 saiyans appeared and knocked her down with snowballs.

The snowballs didn't hurt, she knew they were throwing lightly so they wouldn't hurt her, but it still caught her by surprise.

Videl lay on the ground for a few seconds then realized what happened when she heard and 4 of them fall down and start laughing.

She then sat up and looked at all 4 of them sitting on the ground laughing, Trunks still managing to keep his new camera rolling.

"Well I'm glad you all take pleasure in my pain" Videl said as she pouted to try to get the full affect.

"Aww come on Videl. You know we would never hurt you on purpose. We like you too much!" Goku said as he wiped some tears that had come out from laughing so hard.

"Did we hurt you?" Gohan asked suppressing his laughter to show his concern.

"No you just surprised me," Videl said as she watched them slowly stand up.

As all 4 of them stood up and gave a confused looked because she made no movement to get up.

Videl gave a little laugh, the snow they threw at her didn't hurt, but they knocked her down a little hard and since the snow was so deep she got lodged in the snow and couldn't get up. She was stuck.

"Can someone help me up, I'm stuck" Videl said as she gave another laugh.

Both Goku and Gohan walked over to her and grinned to each other.

"What are you two smiling abouwaaaaaaa!" Videl was surprised as Gohan and Goku both grabbed one of her feet and picked her up so now she was hanging up side down. Both of them held her feet up so high that she was suspended upside down.

Both Goku and Gohan started to crack up as she crossed her arms over her chest and gave them an un-amused look. It was obvious she was trying to hide her laughter.

"What is this? Laugh at Videl day?" Videl asked as she looked down and noticed her hair, which was now hanging down as her toque fell off, even with her hair hanging down she was still about a foot off of the ground.

"You know" Goten started as his face contoured into one of concentration "When Videl's upside down like that and her hair is falling down she looks kinda like a sayian!" Goten said as he grinned at her.

Trunks zoomed the camera from Goten, to Gohan to Goku to Videl.

"Ha! Yeah she kinda does!" Trunks said as he turned his camera to Videl who still had a fake un-amused look on her face.

"I knew you two were tall but this is nuts! I'm like a foot from the ground!" Videl said as she looked up at the two who still had a strong grip on her feet. She knew for sure neither of them would drop her, since one was her amazing new boyfriend and the other his father who acted like her father.

"Can I come down now?" She asked weakly, as much fun as this was, she was getting a little dizzy from all the blood rushing to her head.

Gohan then put his hand down for her to grab as Goku followed his lead. Videl grabbed both of their hands as they pulled her up and let go of her feet.

"Thank you," She said as she was now securely standing flat on her own feet. Goku reached down and passed her the fallen hat and thanked him again.

"Trunks, why are you still filming? It maybe smart to put that inside for the snowball fight." Videl said as she noticed Trunks now fiddling with the video camera.

"I kept filming because I wanted to catch this on video, it was too funny! And yeah I'm putting it inside now.

Trunks ran into the house then was back outside within seconds.

"Lets have teams!" Goten exclaimed with excitement.

"I call Gohan!" Goku said as he grabbed his eldest son and flew to the other side of the house.

"Fine, Goten, Trunks your with me!" Videl said as both went in separate directions to plot their attack.

Vide had come up with a brilliant plan... except it didn't work very well. Goten and Trunks were supposed to fly and drop snowballs on top of Goku, then once Goku was being attacked Gohan would show up and it'd be a 3 on 1.

But instead of that this is what happened...

Goten and Trunks dropped the snowballs about a foot away from Goku, so it only startled him and when he scream Gohan came out and got both boys who weren't prepared for Gohan.

Videl jumped out to aid her fallen comrades when Goku threw a snowball that she narrowly ducked as it whizzed past her head. She looked back to watch it fly then looked back around only to get a face full of snow from Gohan.

"Ack! Gohan! That's cold! You got me right in the face. Now I have snow up my nose!" Videl exclaimed as she wiped the frozen liquid from her face.

Gohan grinned. "First off V, snow is supposed to be cold. And haven't you ever heard the saying 'keep your eye on the ball'? And I think your nose will live" Gohan said as he walked up to her and dusted some snow off her head.

"My nose will live? Gohan, for a genius, your such a dork sometimes" Videl said as she playfully glared at him.

"Guys! Lunch is ready!" Chi Chi said as she stuck her head out the door only to just be missed by a snowball from her husband.

"Goku! You nearly hit me! What are you trying to do? Kill me!" Chi Chi said as she looked at Goku grin sheepishly at her.

"Sorry hunny! You know I'd never kill you! I could never cook anything that well!" Goku said as he flashed her his famous grin.

"Goku has anyone told you that you stink at giving compliments?" Chi Chi asked as she rolled her eyes.

"Uhh... I don't believe anyone has said anything to me like that, why do you ask?" Goku said as he gave her a confused look.

Chi Chi sweat dropped. "Never mind come in you guys lunch is ready," she said as she opened the door for everyone to come in.

All 5 of them walked in only to be told to get changed so they wouldn't get sick.

After everyone was seated they all dug in to the hot food.

Once everyone ate lunch Videl stood up and started to take the dishes to the kitchen.

"Here let me help you" Gohan said as he stood up and took half the dishes and the dishes Videl was holding.

She smiled at him as she took the rest of the dishes. Just as she was walking out Bulma spoke up.

"Oh! Chi! I forgot to give you this" Bulma said as she pulled a capsule out of her pocket.

Chi Chi looked at the capsule that was now in her palm and raised an eyebrow.

"What's this?" She asked giving Bulma a confused look.

"I forgot to give it to you earlier. It's a dishwasher. I made it especially for sayians. So it looks small but really, it can fit all of these dishes inside of it." Bulma answered as Chi Chi smiled.

"This is great! That cuts down my cleaning time by like half! Videl, you don't have to wash the dishes Bulma gave me a dishwasher so your off the hook!" Chi Chi said as Videl and Gohan both walked into the room.

"Ok" was all Videl said as she took a seat again.

"I just got a great idea!" Goku exclaimed, startling a few people.

Once Goku was sure everyone was paying attention to him he spoke "Lets go skating! There's a TON of lakes around here so we could find a frozen one no problem!" he said as a few people started smiling.

"I...uhh... I don't have any skates! Guess that leaves me out!" Videl said nervously as she lowered her head a bit.

"No problem! I usually bring a capsule full of skates. We did it once so I bring them just incase I'm sure I have your size" Bulma replied as she started loading some dishes into the sayian dishwasher.

"Videl why are you worried? You were a figure skater before I died, and you won a ton of trophies! You probably skate better then anyone in this room!" Aaliyah said as she looked at Videl whose cheeks were growing redder by the minute.

"You were a figure skater?! I can't imagine you being one, I can only see you as a fighter!" Gohan said, as he looked shocked at her.

Aaliyah grinned with pride "Actually from what I recall she played hockey as well, but later quite to keep up with her training. But why are you so worried?" Aaliyah asked as she looked over to Videl who still had red cheeks.

"When you died dad would always make fun of me because I continued it. Then as I started to get older he told me that I didn't ... look the part of a figure skater and I packed it on a lot. So I joined hockey. But dad still found ways to poke fun so I kept on training and quite both" Videl said as she looked everyone where, trying to avoid everyone's questioning gaze.

Goku looked over Aaliyah to Videl then his gazed rested on his son. Gohan looked like he was about ready to blow his top so Goku stood up.

"Don't worry Videl. We all think you're cute! Now come pick out some skates and get outside and show us what you're made of!" Goku said as he pulled out her chair from the table.

Videl blushed at Gokus comment and meekly nodded her head.

Chi Chi grinned. "I haven't been skating in ages! Come on everyone there's a lake about 3 minutes from here!" she said as she came back from loading the dishes.

Everyone went and grabbed their coats, hats, gloves, scarves, whatever they felt they needed and went on their short journey to the lake.

Once they reached the lake Goku knocked over a tree so they could use it as a bench and everyone grabbed a pair of skates from Bulma.

Videl was still a little edgy about putting figure skates on. She was worried that they would make fun of her like Hercule did. But after receiving a reassuring smile from Gohan she sighed and laced up.

Videl stood up and walked on the ice.

She stood there for a minute before Gohan skated up to her.

"Hey! So will you give us a show? I know my dad and mom really wanna see it and so do the kids and I'm kinda eager to see you in action!" Gohan said as he stopped in front of her.

"I didn't know you could skate" Videl said trying to change the subject.

"Well when you live here all your life you need to find something to fill the time! So Bulma gave me hockey skates and I tried teaching Goten, like dad taught me but he still doesn't seem to pick it up" Gohan said as he looked at his brother who was being pulled by Goku and Chi Chi.

Videl simply nodded before Gohan asked his question again.

"So will you give us a little demonstration?" Gohan asked again.

"I don't know..." Videl trailed off as she looked at Gohan.

"Be right back" Gohan said as he skated over to his dad.

Videl raised an eyebrow as Goten let go of Chi Chi's hand and latched onto Gohans as he, Gohan and Goku skated over to her.

"Videl we wanna see you skate! Please?" Goten asked as he started giving her his puppy dog look.

"Look I don't think..." She trailed off again as Goku and Gohan joined in with the puppy dog looks.

How can she refuse them? They looked so cute!

She heaved a sigh. "Fine! But if I suck don't blame me, I haven't skated in a few years" she said as all three Son boys starting grinning.

"Can I warm up a bit first?" She said as she started stretching

"Ok! But in 5 minutes... we'll be waiting!" Goku said as Videl skated off.

Aaliyah skated up to Videl as Videl switched from skating forwards to backwards.

"What was that all about?" Aaliyah asked as she noticed Videl seems a little worried.

"They convinced me to perform. I really hope I don't break a leg doing this!" She said as she switched back to skating forward.

"Don't worry you'll do fine! I'll go clear everyone off the ice! And have Trunks get his camera!" Aaliyah said as she smiled and skated off.

Videl sighed as she stopped and started grabbing her toes to stretch.

"You know I'm really excited about seeing you do this" Gohan said as he skated up behind her, startling her a little.

Videl stood up and reached up. "Yeah well I'm glad you're enjoying this. Oh and by the way I'm gonna kill you after this. I haven't done this in awhile I'm probably just going to end up embarrassing my self. My dad was right I'm no figure skater!" Videl said as she started to get really nervous as everyone left the ice and sat down.

Gohan looked around and noticed they were the only two on the ice.

"You call kill me ok? Oh and your dads an idiot, I think your as pretty as ever and probably better looking then a figure skater. And if anyone laughs I'll beat them up k?" Gohan said as he leaned down to kiss her forehead

"Boo!!! Gohan! We want Videl not you! Get off the ice!" Gohan playfully yelled earning a blush from Gohan.

"Well I better sit down before he starts a riot" Gohan skated forward but turned around quickly "Good luck!" he said giving her two thumbs up and sat down.

She looked at the tree/bench as everyone looked at her expectantly.

"I'm gonna ease into it ok? And don't laugh too much? I haven't done this in awhile so if I'm rusty, don't say I didn't warn you!" Videl said as she took a deep breath.

"If I want to laugh I'll do as I damn well please!" Vegeta yelled back from his spot where Bulma forced him to sit.

"Vegeta! Shut up!" Bulma and Chi Chi said as both of them and Gohan glared daggers at him.

Vegeta gave a snort in response and kept quite.

Aaliyah looked at her daughter and smiled.

Videl took another deep breath to try and calm her nerves and pushed off and started skating.

Videl skated in a large circle, skillfully switching from forwards to backwards crossovers before she started to pick up speed.

As she picked up speed she prepared her self for her first trick.

'Here goes nothing!' She though as she leapt in the air and spun around 3 times and landed on her right foot. Then she started spinning around on both feet then lifted one up. (I'm no figure skated so I don't know many moves of what their called so bare with me k?)

She jumped and landed on one foot only to begin another jump.

Then she crouched down on one skate and extended her other leg out and grabbed it and spun around, while still spinning she stood up and grabbed the extended leg and pulled it up behind her head and spun around another 5 times.

Meanwhile she kept on doing tricks her audience was speechless.

"If that's what she's like when she's rusty she must be amazing!" Chi Chi exclaimed wide-eyed as she witnessed her sons' girlfriends' performance.

"I don't know why she was worried! She's incredible! And so graceful!" Gohan said, as his eyes still followed Videl's movements.

Aaliyah grinned with pride "I told you, now you see why she won all those trophies" she said as all fell silent.

Videl was starting to get a little tired so she decided she'd wrap it up with something big. So she did her switching back and forth while building speed then she skated as fast as she could and did a jump with 2 and a half spins, landed, did a flip in the air then when she landed spun around 3 times and stopped with one hand in the air the other on her hip, her head looking upwards and her feet positioned with one on an angle. (All and all the traditional ending pose I think).

Videl could feel her heavy breathing get heavier as no one responded.

'I didn't think I was that bad' She said as she looked up.

As soon as she dropped her pose Bulma, Trunks, The Son family, Krillian, Marron, Aaliyah and Tien stood up and cheered loudly. Even 18 and Piccolo managed to clap at her performance. Even Vegeta looked surprised but did his best to suppress him amusement.

"Videl Your dads an idiot! I can't believe how well you skate! That was incredible!" Bulma said as she skated up to her and hugged her.

"I...I wasn't that good, I probably could of been better and I wasn't very graceful" Videl said as she felt a heavy blush rise to her cheeks.

"That's my girl! I knew you could do it!" Aaliyah said as she joined Bulma in hugging the poor unsuspecting girl.

"My future daughter in law is amazing!" Chi Chi exclaimed making both Gohan and Videl blush heavily!

Goku grinned at her "And you thought you'd suck! That was better then the people on TV!" Goku said as he followed behind his wife.

Videl started to try to control her blush as the 2 women let go of her.

Chi Chi sighed happily as she stood in front of Videl.

"She cooks, she cleans, she smart-"Chi Chi was cut off by Gohan

"She can sing!"

"She can fight" Bulma added

"She plays hockey!" Trunks added, all the adults were talking he wanted in on it!

"She can skate, and she's really cute! Is there anything you can't do Videl?" Goku asked as Videls face went bright red.

"I can't draw, I can barley draw stick figures! And don't even ask me to sing, Gohans stupid I can't" Videl said as Gohan rolled his eyes at her.

Chi Chi grabbed both of Videls hands "When are you and Gohan going to get married? Oh I hope your kids are as talented as you are!" Then Chi Chi turned her gaze to Gohan.

"Why are you taking so long to propose to her?" Chi Chi asked as both blushed bright red.

"Mom! I just asked her out today!" Gohan managed to stammer out as everyone laughed at them.

After a few more minutes of complimenting Videl everyone skated off except Gohan and Goten.

"I can't believe you thought you wouldn't do well! Even Vegeta looked impressed at your performance. I thought you were amazing and your pretty dumb if you think other wise," Gohan said as he playfully nudged her.

Videl blushed again and said a quiet thanks.

"Videl?" Goten asked as he looked up at her.

Videl bent down to his eye level "What is it squirt?"

"Can you teach me how to skate? Gohan has tried but I can't seem to get it. Can you help me?" Goten asked as he tried to dig his foot into the ice only to fall flat on his face.

"Goten are you ok?" Gohan asked as he bent down on his knees to help his little brother up.

"Yeah I just hit my head, I'm ok" Goten said with a smile as Gohan picked him up and stuck him on his shoulders.

"Goten I'd love to teach you" Videl said as she smiled at the two brothers.

"How bout a ride first?" Gohan asked

"Yeah!" Goten exclaimed from his perch on Gohans shoulders.

"Come on!" Gohan said as he took hold on Videls have and started skating.

Videl turned around so she was skating backwards as she grabbed both of Gohans hands.

"So why did you quite skating again? Your so talented, it's a shame more people don't get to see you" Gohan said as he and Videl skated along the smooth ice surface, with Goten enjoying his ride on Gohans shoulders.

"Well I had first started to satisfy my mom. Then she died. I still wanted to do this for her so I kept at it till I was about... 13 maybe 14. My dad would always say something like 'did you see those other girls out there? Now that's talent! And talk about beautiful!' then as I got older it started to become 'Videl do you see how pretty those girls are? You don't even compare to them! Now there's talent and good looks! But unfortunately for you, you look like your mother, it's a shame really" And he convinced me I wasn't very talented so I quite after my last tournament" Videl said as she looked behind her to make sure no one was there.

"Then I played hockey. I played a guys sport because I wanted to try and impress dad. And you didn't have to have a nice figure to play hockey. But after I played one season he found ways to point out my flaws so I dropped that's the started training, in hopes of becoming stronger then him and impressing him" Videl said as she felt Gohans hand tighten around hers.

Videl looked up at Gohan and noticed he looked upset.

"Gohan is something wrong?" She asked slightly worried.

"Well..." Gohan trailed off. 'I shouldn't talk to her about this while Gotens here'

"Its nothing... Were gonna talk later ok?" he stated more then asked in a slightly serious tone.

"Um... Ok" 'Wonder what that's was about?' she thought as she looked at his serious expression.

She took her gaze away from Gohans face to look at the little boy on his shoulders.

"Hey Goten, you wanna learn to skate now?" She asked as he starting grinning wildly.

"Yeah! Hey Gohan I need you to put me down now" he said as he poked Gohans head.

Gohan reached up and put his brother gently on the ice.

"There you go squirt, I'm gonna go play tag with dad or something. I'll see you two later ok?" He said as he stood up and looked at the two.

"Yep! See you later!" They both waved as he skated off.

"Ok Goten. Skating is really easy. Its basically 1 2 3, see?" She said as she demonstrated.

Videl came back and grabbed both of Gotens hands and faced him so she was going backwards.

"Ok now you try"

Goten grabbed her hands and looked down "1... 2... 3... I think I'm getting it!" he said as he started skating forward.

Videl gently let go of his hands and he kept on going

"Goten! You're doing it! I thought you said you didn't know how to skate, your going to be better then me soon!" She said as he started to pick up speed.

Goten gave a little laugh as he kept going then he started heading towards his mom dad and big brother and realized he didn't know how to stop.

"Videl!! How do I stop?" He yelled just as he crashed into his dad who fell and brought Gohan and Chi Chi with him.

"Goten are you ok!" Videl asked as she skated over to the dog pile. She reached her hand down to the small boy who was on the bottom of the dog pile. Unfortunately for her when she pulled him that knocked someone's skate into hers causing her to fall flat on her butt.

"Ouch... I wanna new butt, that hurt," Videl said as she sat there and rubbed her backside.

"Videl are you ok?" Gohan asked as he finally stood up and offered her his hand.

"I'm fine, just a bruised butt" She said as she stood up, and rubbed her butt a few more times.

Videl looked around and noticed that a few people looked cold and tired, after thinking that she realized she was kinda cold too.

As if picking up her thoughts Gohan looked over to his parents.

"Maybe we should head back now it's getting a little cold" He said as he noticed Videl started to shiver a little.

'Man, winter in the mountain area is cold' she thought as she shivered a little.

Gohan took his black scarf off and wrapped it around Videl. Then he put his arm around her shoulders.

"Lets go take our skates off." He said as he led her to the tree/bench.

One by one everyone got off the ice and they headed back to the warmth of the house.

Once inside Goku started a fire in the fireplace while Bulma served coffee and hot chocolate while Chi Chi, Aaliyah, and 18 were in the kitchen starting supper.

Videl hugged her hot chocolate as she sat by the fire to warm up; Gohan came and sat beside her.

"So are you warm now?" He asked as he sat down, admiring the way the flicker of the flames danced on her face.

"Yes I am thanks" She looked out the window and noticed how it looked dark, most of the lights in the house were off, save the tree, the kitchen and the light from the TV.

"So where does everyone go? I mean its almost pitch black out so where does everyone go after supper?" She asked as she noticed the whole gang still talking about or watching TV.

Gohan looked around the room to see everyone then looked back at her.

"Well what we usually do is Bulma bring a few capsule houses and everyone spends the night in one then we have breakfast here then head over to Bulma's till January 2nd, so we spend Christmas here and new years at Bulma's" He said as he kept looking at her.

Videl looked down a pang of guilt inside of her. 'Maybe I should go home even if it's only for a day, I feel bad that I'm not spending Christmas with my dad...even though he never spends it with me' she though as she looked downwards.

Gohan almost sensed her mood change "Is something wrong Videl?" he asked as she raised her head.

'I can't tell him, he'd be too worried if I went back' she thought but quickly came up with something she wanted to say anyways.

"No it's just... How am I ever going to repay you? You and your family have done so much for me and I feel like I've done nothing to deserve it. And I even got you as a boyfriend; I certainly don't know what I did to deserve you. How can I make it up to you? I really want to" she said as she looked at him with a serious expression.

"Oh! That reminds me I forgot something, excuse me for a second." Gohan got up and motioned for Goten to follow him and Chi Chi soon followed.

Videl gave a confused look to Goku who had walked over and smiled at her.

A few seconds later Chi Chi, and Gohan appeared with a box in their hands and Goten appeared with a weird shaped gift.

Videl realized that they were gift for her and was about to protest when Goku put his hand over her mouth.

"Be quiet your getting gifts so you better smile and like them" Goku said playfully as he uncovered her mouth.

"How'd you know I was going to say something?" She asked with an eyebrow raised.

"I heard you talking to Gohan saying you wanted to repay us, so I figured you'd want to protest" He said as Chi Chi stuck the box with red and green wrapping paper and a ribbon tied around it.

"This is from me and Goku, we weren't quite sure what to get you." She said as Videl stated to open the present slowly.

Inside the box was 2 training gi's. One looked similar to Gohans with the navy blue color and red waist sash, only it was designed in a more feminine way to hug the upper body and the other one was yellow with a purple waist sash.

"Wow! This is so cool! I needed to go out and get some new ones anyways... And I love these colors, how'd you know I liked them?" Videl asked as she stood up.

Goku grinned "Well if you think Gohan talks about you a lot now, you should of heard him before he asked you out! Chi asked him and he mentioned it. So we got all your information from Gohan!" Goku said causing Gohan to blush.

"Well thank you, I love them!" She said as she went over and gave Chi Chi a hug, then one to Goku.

"Videl open mine next!" Goten said as he plopped the weirdly shaped object in her lap.

Videl opened it up and saw a really cute snow flake teddy bear (I get them every year for Christmas! I love them!).

"Goten its adorable! I love teddy bears!" She said as she hugged Goten and gave him a kiss on the cheek causing him to blush.

"Yeah I know you like them" Goten grinned as she gave a confused look.

"How'd you know?" She asked as she looked at Goten who looked back with innocent eyes.

"Gohan strikes again!" Chi Chi said making Gohan blush again.

"Man Gohan, you know so much about me!" She grinned up making him blush a deeper red.

"I have a good memory. Anyways, here this is from me." He said as he passed her a small box with gold shimmery wrapping paper and a small ribbon.

She took off the wrapping paper and there was a black box with gold lining. She opened up the small box and gasped.

Inside was a necklace. The necklace itself looked to be very expensive. There was a heart attached to the necklace, the center of the heart was all a blue sapphire that was lined in diamonds on a white gold chain.

"I know you don't like to wear jewelry so I don't mind if you want to-"Gohan was cut off.

"Its so beautiful! How much did this cost?!" She asked as she stood up and held the necklace up to the light to get a better look at it.

"Uh... Your not supposed to ask the price of a presents. Besides I got a deal on it, being friends with Bulma has its perks! But as soon as I saw it I had to get it! I knew it wouldn't look great on anyone but you so-" Again Gohan was cut off by Videl wrapping her arms around his waist.

"Gohan I love it, its beautiful I'm never going to return it, especially since you gave it to me, can you put it on for me?" She asked as she held it up for him.

Gohan smiled and clipped the necklace on; Videl looked down and fingered it as she looked at it.

"Wow..." was all she could say as she looked at it.

"It looks really good on you" Gohan said as Videl walked up to him and smiled.

She looped her arms around his head and stood on her toes, and he leaned down, and then kissed him.

She broke the kiss off and smiled at him.

"You didn't have to get me a gift. You brought my mother back for me, you're letting me stay here and now I'm sure you spent a pretty penny on this. How can I repay you?" she looking up at him making him smile again.

"I'm happy, if you keep on being my girlfriend, and I can make you smile. That's plenty of payments." He said as he kissed her on the forehead as she stood on her feet.

"Well I thank all you, I love these gifts"

"Your welcome!" with that Goku grabbed Gohans arm and nodded to the kitchen.

In the Kitchen

"Gohan, How much did you spend on that? Videl's right it looks pretty expensive." Goku said, curiosity getting the better of him.

"Well with Bulma I got a deal so I got half off, and yeah it was kind of expensive, but I had been saving my money for almost 8 years so I had some to spare." He said

"How much was it?" Goku asked once again.

"It was seven hundred and ten dollars." He answered making sure no one else was there.

"YOU SPENT SEVEN HUNDRED AND TEN DOLLARS ON A NECKLACE?!" Goku yelled in shock.

'So much for keeping it quiet' Gohan could tell everyone in the house heard that, since all conversation ceased.

"It was an original, so there's no other like it in the world. And I told you I got it half price." He said trying to keep his voice down. Just as he said the Videl walked in the room looks a little wide-eyed.

"You spent seven hundred dollars on me?" She asked still shocked by this piece of information.

"Don't worry its no-"

"Gohan I don't think I can take this" She said as she looked up at him, eyes starting to well up.

"Please! I want you to have it! I'll do any-"

"Gohan, you've already done so much for me to begin with! And now I find out you spent seven hundred and ten dollars on me. How am I going to repay you?" She said as a few tears managed to make their way down her face.

"Videl please!"

"I'm going to go and...clear my head... I'll be back later" she managed to get out as the rest of her tears started to come down.

Videl ran past everyone in the living room and ran up to her room.

"I don't get it... what did I do wrong? I thought it was a nice gift," Gohan said as his shoulders slumped and confusion gave way.

"Well for starters... WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU STILL DOING DOWN HERE?" Chi Chi yelled at her son.

"But I though-"

"Gohan, go after her!" almost half the room yelled.

"Ok I'm going! Jeez..."he said as he made his way upstairs.

Gohan softly knocked on Videl's door.

"What do you want" came a strained voice from inside.

"Videl can I come in?" Gohan asked softly. After a minute of silence he assumed he said it too quietly so he walked in and closed the door.

"Go away" the weak voice offered.

"I'm afraid I can't do that..." He said, as she turned around, a little shocked it was him.

Gohan walked over to her and sat down in front of her "Look Videl, I'm not exactly sure what I did wrong, but I'm really sorry" he pleaded with her as she rubbed her eyes.

She gave off a small laugh "You didn't do anything wrong, figures, not only are you perfect physically and you're a genius, but you're the perfect boyfriend. I owe you so much! All you ever do is give give give! And it seems like I give nothing in return!" she said as she wiped her eyes.

"Videl, I want you to be happy. I would go to the end of the universe and back, if it would make you crack a smile. And I had bought the necklace last month; I was just trying to think of a time to give it to you. I had found it, just after we finished your training and I thought how I'd want to buy it for you someday. Then as time went on you and I started getting closer and closer. And I knew I had to get it. So I asked Bulma if she could give me a discount since it was kinda pricey. But I wanted to get it for you. I really did! Even before you and I started dating... even if that was only today we started dating"

He reached his hand out and wiped away some stray tears.

"Please don't cry. I hate it when you cry." He said as he wiped her face.

"Why?" she had to smile at his sincerity

"When you cry, it feels like my heart breaks just at the sight" as he said that her eyes looked like they were going to well up again.

"Ohh... Why did you have to go and say that?" She said as she put her head in her hands and started crying again.

Gohan reached over and embraced her in a warm comforting hug.

All they did was sit there while Gohan hugged Videl and let her get out what ever she wanted to get out.

Videl had her head buried in his chest. Gohan had his head lightly resting on her head and rubbed her back slightly while rocking her gently back and forth. Occasionally he'd give a "Shh its ok".

After about 20 minutes Videl had calmed down, but neither had said anything, they just enjoyed the embrace.

Videl found it very comforting to be in the embrace of a man she cared for so deeply. She felt warm, safe, and felt like anything could happen and she would be safe, just from the embrace.

'How can someone love someone when they've barley dated? It isn't normal... Then again this isn't a normal guy.'

Videl could feel her self-starting to drift to sleep.

Just as she closed her eyes there was a knock at the door.

Gohan looked up and stopped rubbing Videl's back when he heard the knock.

He heard Videl mumble something and dig her head in his navy blue turtleneck (when they got changed, Gohan changed into a navy blue turtle neck and dress pants k?)

He blushed a little but looked to the door that was now open a crack and Goku's head stuck through.

He gave Gohan a look that asked 'is-she-ok?' and Gohan simply nodded then Goku spoke.

"Hey guys, sorry to interrupt but dinners ready and your mom wont let anyone eat until you two are down ok? And I'm kinda hungry...so if possible could you hurry up?" he said as he scratched his head and leaned on the doorframe.

They heard a muffled laugh and both looked down at Videl.

She pulled her face away slightly from Gohans chest "We'll be down in a minute Goku, Think you can wait that long?" she asked in a joking tone of voice.

Goku grinned, "I'll try!" then he disappeared downstairs.

Videl covered her mouth and yawned "Man... I'm so tired...you know you are really comfortable to rest on?" she mumbled out as she closed her eyes again.

"Uh no I can't say I did no that. Oh well I'm kinda hungry, how bout we go downstairs before everyone gets worried but Videl there just one thing I wanted to ask you" he said as Videl started to get up.

"Shoot"

"Will you keep the necklace please? ... It'd mean a lot to me" he pleaded with her.

"I will... but I'm going to make this all up to you some how"

Gohan grinned, "Deal" and with that they walked downstairs Gohan holding Videl's hand pulling her to the table a little quicker.

Once they sat down Chi Chi gave the signal and the feast began. Everyone dished themselves out some food while the sayians inhaled it all.

"Videl can I ask you something?" Chi Chi said stopping Videl in mid bite.

"Sure" she said as she put her fork down and turned to give her full attention to Chi Chi.

"Well, how come you don't start skating up again? I don't know if you were a chubby child or not, but now your pretty tiny so no one could say you could don't have the body for it, and your so talented! It's a shame to let that much talent go to waste." She said as she popped some turkey in her mouth.

"Well for starters I'm probably not able to compete with girls my age because of my skill level, they've been practicing basically all their lives! Second, I personally think my dads right, I don't have the talent or looks for it. And third. Have you seen how tiny and pretty those girls are? There's no way I could compete with them!" She said as she lowered her eyes to her plate and ate some stuffing.

"You know she right" Gohan said receiving a glare from his mother.

"Gohan! How could you say such a thing!" Chi Chi said as she was getting ready to give her son an earful, Videl and almost everyone else was shocked that Gohan, the one who practically worshipped the ground this woman walked on, though he wouldn't admit it, had said such a thing.

Gohan looked up and swallowed the food in his mouth and took a drink.

"You didn't let me finish. What I was going to say is she's right. 1. She's way to good for girls her age, she'd embarrass them all after all of they're practicing. 2. She couldn't compete with their size because she's small enough as it is and her face would put them to shame... But the one thing I disagree is well... Her dads a moron who couldn't spot talent if it was 100 feet tall with flashing neon lights." He said as he looked at his mother who looked a little surprised then started smiling like crazy.

Once everyone started smiling at Gohan, he, like Videl blushed and started eating his food again.

"Well I agree fully with Gohan. But it's still a shame. You could go so far, you could be competing professionally you're that good!" Chi Chi said, as Videl blushed more.

"You know Videl I noticed you blush a lot when your complimented is there a reason for that?" Goku said, surprising everyone as he stopped eating.

"Uhh...well...I...and then..." she stuttered as she tried to come up with an excuse but failed miserably.

"Do you not believe us or something?" Goku asked once again, his face looked as though he knew exactly what she was thinking.

"Well..." she trailed off, she was caught and she knew it.

"Oh my gosh you don't believe us!?! I bet it has something to do with that jerk of a father of yours" Chi Chi stated angrily.

Videl looked up at Gohan with a pleading look and he nodded but gave a face that said 'you're-gonna-explain-this-to-me-later' and spoke up.

"Hey guy how about we don't play 20/20 with Videl ok? Mom this turkey is really good!" he said as he took another mouth full of turkey and stuffing.

"I have a question," Aaliyah said as she put down her fork.

"What is it mom?" Videl asked as she looked at her mom.

"Well, where am I sleeping, I don't think I could go back home, and so where am I staying... that is if no one minds." She asked as Bulma now put her fork down to listen.

"This house is a little crowded, you can stay in our capsule house, then come over to my house, it's a tradition so don't worry about room and stuff. We literally have like 75 bedrooms alone." She said as she scooped up some cranberry sauce.

"Are you sure you don't mind?" She asked also taking a mouth full of food.

Bulma shook her head no then swallowed.

"I couldn't eat another bite! Chi I don't know how you do it every year but it gets better and better!" Bulma said as she wiped her mouth.

"Man! If I died again, I could die a happy man after that meal" Goku said as he pushed out from the table slightly and stretched.

After everyone else complimented Chi Chi, Gohan stood up.

He started piling some plates up and grabbing bowls.

"Gohan what are you doing?" Chi Chi asked as she stood up and started grabbing a few plates.

"Don't worry mom, I can take care of it, you've worked hard enough today, go out in the living room and rest a little." He said as he took the plates from her.

Chi Chi looked and nodded dumbly when Videl pushed out of her chair and started grabbing bowls and plates.

"I'll help to," she said as she carried her plats to the kitchen.

Once in the kitchen Gohan spoke up. "You know you don't have to help with the dishes, I can load them," he said as he opened the dishwasher and started loading it up.

"Well I was capable of doing it last time and you insisted on helping, so I'm doing the same. Besides, if you're going to let me stay here a little longer, I should pull my weight a little" she said as she started loading the dishes after he finished.

Videl turned around only to have Gohan grab her face and put his forehead on hers.

"You can stay as long as you like, and you know that. You don't have to pull your own weight. Were not expecting you to go out and chop wood or anything. So don't feel as though you have to save the earth to repay us, we're all very happy to do it" Gohan said as he kissed her nose and forehead.

Videl smiled. "You are just too sweet you know that?" she said as she hugged him.

Gohan chuckled "Well I guess the saying is true, you are what you eat!"

"Ah! So Mr. Perfect has a weakness for sweets eh?" she said as she poked him in the stomach only to feel it rock hard. 'And I'm surprised why?' she asked herself.

Gohan smiled "I'll have you know, I'm for the most part a healthy eater, but I like everyone else do like to indulge in some sweets here and there. Oh and I'm not perfect" he said as he poked her in the stomach.

Videl raised her eyebrow and grinned up at him, as he raised an eyebrow, though they couldn't see it they could feel it since their foreheads were still together.

"But if you are what you eat you're implying you eat a lot of sweets" She said as she looked up at him.

"Uh... Ha ha I guess it does!" he said as he gave a huge grin and laughed. Videl joined in soon after.

After laughing for a few minutes Videl gave a sigh.

"Gohan don't ever change. Your gonna get one lucky lady!" Videl said as she rubbed her eyes a little.

Gohan blushed a little. "Well I already think I found a very special person and she's making me feel like the luckiest guy around" he said as he smiled slightly.

Videl blushed and gave a small smile.

"Your too good for me" she said as she kissed him then pulled away.

"Hey Gohan can I ask you something?" she said as she lifted her forehead away from his, but still had her arms wrapped around his trim waist.

"Well you just asked me something but I'll let it slide," he said as he looked down and flashed her a grin.

Videl just smiled then spoke. "Would you mind if I go to... Erasa house, it'll only be for a night. I just feel kinda bad for not calling her or something," Videl said as she looked down and shifted a little.

Gohan raised an eyebrow. "You know Videl, You say I'm bad at lying, I can't exactly say I'm buying what your saying. Where do you really want to go?" he said as he lifted her head so she'd look at him.

Videl bit her lip slightly and avoided his face; those eyes could make her spill anything!

Gohan studied her for a minute then came to a realization.

"You want to go home don't you? I didn't realize you were so unhappy here." He said as he let go of her face and looked a little crest fallen.

Videl grabbed Gohans face and forced him to look at her.

"Don't you dare think that I'm very happy here!" she said sternly.

"Then why do you want to go home?" He asked as he looked up at her with sad eyes.

"I just feel a little bad for not spending Christmas with my father. I only want to go back for 1 day. Please don't be mad at me..." Videl trailed off as she looked at him.

"But it's not safe! What if he hurts you again? I'd never forgive myself if he hurt you." Gohan let go of Videl and looked at her with worried eyes.

Videl smiled at him, this man was so sweet to her.

"Gohan, I know, but I feel really bad I mean he is my father after all. And even if I do get hurt, its my fault for going, not yours, so don't even think about blaming yourself. I know you blame yourself when no one else thinks it was your fault"

"What?" he said a little startled.

Videl sighed, "Gohan remember cell? I've been told a few times about how you blamed yourself for your dads death. When no one else felt that way, not even him. So this is like then. It's not your fault. It's my choice, just like it was your dads. You can't control our choices." She said as she watched him look down.

Gohan looked down on her "No I can't control your choices, but I can control my actions, which could prevent or could have prevented those thing."

Videl reached up and looped her arms around his neck and smiled.

"Gohan, I wont do this if you really don't feel comfortable with it. But all I want to do is spend one night there. I could go there tomorrow afternoon, and comeback the morning after."

Gohan sighed and wrapped his arms around her waist "You can go... I don't like it but who am I to stand in your way?" he said as she starting grinned up at him.

"You're my boyfriend and if it's something that could harm me then I want you to be a little worried. I mean don't be heartless!" she said as she stuck his tongue out at him.

Gohan grinned back "You have no idea how good it feels to hear the words boyfriend and my name together with out 'not' in the middle"

"Oh I have an idea. You know I had a crush on you when you were sayiman? Sure I thought you were a major dork but cute in a way."

"You had a crush on sayiman?" Gohan asked in fake shock.

Videl blushed "No need to rub it in, its embarrassing enough. Why did you think I wanted to know your identity?"

"So you could blackmail me into something I didn't want to do" He said with an eyebrow raised.

Videl blushed again "Sorry, about blackmailing you and stuff. But I don't regret it. When you were teaching me to fly I really enjoyed the time with you. Best weeks of my life!" she said as he blushed.

"Its ok, and I didn't mind either. I was happy; I was FINALLY going to get to know THE Videl outside of school, and away from the crime fighting. I was positive there was more to you then you let on"

Videl was about to reply when another voice came in.

"You know for a couple that just started going out a few hours ago you sure are close," Goku said as he was leaning on the doorframe. He looked at Gohan and Videl. They were standing in the middle of the kitchen, Videl's arms wrapped around Gohan's neck and Gohan's arms pulling her safely against him.

Both teenagers pulled apart blushing madly.

Goku gave a laugh "Hey don't worry it's a good thing! I think it's a sayian thing. Me and your mom were close when we first started dating, funny how first loves work eh?" He said making both blush a darker red.

"Dad what are you doing in here?" Gohan said to change the subject.

"Oh your mom sent me in here to get coffee and hot chocolate for everyone, then were all just going to sit around the fire and talk, the kids are already starting to get drowsy" he said as he looked at Videl and noticed she too looked tired.

Gohan noticed Goku looking at her and raised an eyebrow as she covered a yawn.

Both gave a laugh.

"And by the looks of it Videl looks like she's going to drift off soon too." Goku said as he now watched her rub her eyes slightly.

"I'm not yawn tired" she said as she finished rubbing her eyes.

"Ha! And I thought Gohan was bad at lying" Goku said as he watched her.

"Hey! You suck at lying too dad. I've never seen you get away with one lie to mom" Gohan retorted trying to defend himself.

"Listen, you both suck at lying. Gohan you stutter and put your hand behind your neck like Goku does. And Goku, no offence but I think when it come to women you don't have much backbone unless there trying to kill everyone" She said drawing the attention of father and son.

Gohan laughed at his dad only to have his dad shoot back.

"Gohan, I got news for you. You haven't stood up to Videl yet! You may argue back but in the end she wins. I heard about her going back to her house. You caved. You don't have much backbone against women either! You're just like me!" Goku said as he stuck his tongue out and pulled an eyelid down to his older son.

"That thing about her house was different! I felt bad!" Gohan said pathetically trying to stand up for himself.

"Ah but you caved none the less. Again, your just like me, if you argue back, you feel bad and eventually cave"

Gohan crossed his arms a small pout on his face.

Videl looked at the two and laughed.

"You know for grown men you both act and fight like kids." She said as she tried to suppress her giggles.

"What do you mean?" Both said in unison and both arched an eyebrow.

"Gohan you pouted and Goku, you pulled your eye lid down and suck your tongue out! Hehehe... I've seen Goten and Trunks argue like that" She said covering some laughs.

Both again grinned and stuck their hands behind their heads.

"Ha ha that's so cute how you two do that in perfect unison!"

Goku shook his head.

"I'm going to get the coffee and stuff. I believe there's been a seat saved for you two on the couch so you should probably go claim it before its taken" Goku said as he put water into the kettle and turned the coffee maker on.

"Ok I'm gonna go sit down, I am getting a little tried" Videl said as she walked out of the room.

Gohan watched her leave then turned to his dad.

"How'd you know she was going to go home tomorrow?" he asked he took some coffee cups out of the cupboards.

"Well I didn't know it was tomorrow I just caught the tail end of it. You saying you didn't like that idea." Goku looked up at Gohan and noticed he visibly stiffened. "You really don't like the idea of her going home do you?" he said as Gohan turned around after getting the cups out and sat on the counter.

"I've gotten used to her here and I really enjoy her company. But I'm scared as hell that she'll go back and I'll never see her again. When her mother talk to me in my dream she said that if I let Videl go home she'd be in trouble and she didn't want her to end up where she was, when she was dead. I'm really worried about her..." Gohan trailed off as he looked at his dad and noticed he followed his lead and sat on the counter.

"You know something tells me.... That there's something else bothering you," he said as he studied the look on his sons face.

"Yeah there is. Her mom talked to me. She said Videl would get sick again. But that's not what's bothering me. Dad how do you bring up a persons confidence?" Gohan asked as he lifted his head.

"That depends. What do you mean?" He asked with an arched eyebrow.

"Well when I talked to Videl's mom she asked me to watch out for her saying she didn't want Videl to take any more blows. I asked her what she meant by that and she said Hercule not only abused her physically but emotionally and mentally as well. She said that Hercule has caused a down spiral in Videl's confidence. That's why she's a tomboy and a fighter, to lose weight and tone up."

He looked his father in the eyes "Dad, Hercules made her believe she's some ugly fat girl with no hope of anything. She told me when we were skating how her dad would say stuff like 'now that's real talent' or 'you see how pretty she is? That's why you'll never win', this was when she skated and that's why she quit. I want her to feel better but I'm not sure how to help her." Gohan finished then started rubbing his face.

"So she believes what her father says?" Goku questioned.

"Yeah I think she feel that because someone she loves and who's supposed to love her is saying this it must be true so she takes it to heart. How can I help her?"

"To be honest I think your going the right way now. Just keep going on how you are. I've seen the way you shower her with affection. How can a female not feel good after that?" he asked earning a blush from Gohan.

"Anyways, let gets everyone their coffee then in about an hour we'll go out for the fireworks," Goku said as he poured the drinks and stuck them on the tray.

Gohan grabbed the second tray and walked out and gave everyone their requested drink.

Gohan then sat beside Videl and put his arm around her shoulders and felt her lean her head on his shoulder and suppress a yawn.

"You getting tired?" Gohan asked as he noticed her hold her drink with half lidded eyes.

"Yeah. I'm kinda cold too, I think that's making me tired as well." She said as she started rubbing her eyes.

"Well do you think you'll be able to last an hour? Then were going to do fireworks and probably go to bed after that"

"If I fall asleep during the movie wake me up for the fireworks ok?" she mumbled.

Gohan laughed as her words came out slurred.

"Gotcha, Do you want to lay down? I can move if you'd like."

"I don't want to make you move, I'll live." She said covering a yawn.

"Stand up for a second I have an idea" he said as he helped her stand up.

Once she stood up Gohan stretched out on the love seat and Videl gave him a funny look.

"Well now that you're comfortable where am I sitting?" She asked with an eyebrow raised.

Gohan gestured her to come toward him, when she did he pulled her down so she was lying on top of him.

"There now no one gets kicked off and you can lay down"

Videl smiled a tired smile up at the grinning Gohan and sighed contently and looked at the TV screen. They were watching The Grinch who stole Christmas, they were at the part where Cindy-Lou-Who was singing 'where are you Christmas?'.

Gohan was watching the movie when he felt Videl shifting. He looked down and was about to ask what she was doing when he noticed she was sound asleep. He smiled at the way she looked. Her face was pressed up against his chest, so it looked kinda smushed to one side, with a few pieces of hair cascading down her face. Her breathing was shallow. She had one hand on his chest while the other gripped loosely around his waist.

She had one leg slightly hanging down and the other was intertwined with Gohans.

Gohan noticed that she was slightly shivering, seeing as before she complained about being cold. So he wrapped his arm around her waist and stroked her hair lightly.

He looked over to her still full cup of hot chocolate the she had placed on the table and grinned.

'I'm glad she finds me warmer then that' he said as he looked down at her and smiled and leaned down and kissed the top of her head and turned his attention back to the TV, still absently stroking her hair.

"Goku, do you see our son?" Chi Chi whispered from her spot leaning on Goku

Goku lifted his head and glanced over at Gohan and Videl on the loveseat (Just in case none of you know what I'm talking about, that 2 seated couches k?) and saw Gohan lying down, still propped up by the back of the couch stroking Videls hair while watching TV. His arm was around her waist securely while her hand lightly griped his waist. Their legs were intertwined.

Goku smiled. "I do see," he said as she looked up at him.

"Our boy is in love Goku! I don't care if he denies it, it's so obvious! That right there is love, on a couch!" she said with hearts in her eyes.

"And he couldn't of chosen a better person, Videl is perfect for him!" she said as she leaned into Goku.

Goku only nodded and looked at his son.

'He's got nothing to worry about, I'm positive he'll help her confidence level' Goku though as he returned back to the screen.

After an hour, the movie was over.

The kids looked a little sleep but excited to see the fireworks.

Goten ran over and turned the lights on.

"Gohan why is Videl asleep?" Goten asked as he walked over to his brother to see Videl asleep on him.

"Videl's had a pretty exciting day today. When people have busy and exciting days it can leave them pretty tired." Gohan answer quietly. He looked up and saw the adult stand up, a few grinning at him; he just rolled his eyes at them.

Goten nodded then went with his parents to get his coat and watch them set up.

As everyone filed out of the house Aaliyah walked over and smiled.

"I think its sweet the way you take care of her. She looks pretty comfy laying on you, you know?" She grinned as she earned a blush from him.

"Uh... no I didn't know. I told her I'd wake her up anyways. So I'm going to wake her up now," He said.

Aaliyah nodded and turned to walk away. "I'll go get you stuff ok?" once she received a nod from Gohan she went back.

'Man I hate to wake her up..." he gently shook her.

"Videl, you told me to wake you up. We're going to watch fireworks now." He whispered as she started to stir.

"Mhhh" she mumbled as she turned over on him and lazily looked up at him.

"Did I fall asleep on you?" she whispered quietly.

She received a nod.

She blushed and sat up, now sitting on his legs.

"Sorry, you really are comfy to lay on" she grinned up at him "Best nap I've had in a long time" she said earning a blush.

"Its ok. And I'm glad I could help you out" he said playfully as she stood up slowly and lifted her arms to stretch.

Videl covered a yawn again, as her mom came into the room with hers and Gohan's coat.

She saw her daughter and smiled "Did you have a good sleep? You didn't look like you wanted to wake up." She said as she handed them their coats.

"To be honest I didn't, I feel completely drained" she said as she zipped up her coat.

"So Gohans comfy to lay on I take it?" She asked receiving a blush and a nod.

"We should probably go out now, there probably ready now," Gohan said as he walked towards the door, Videl and Aaliyah in toe.

Goku looked around and did a head count.

Good, everyone's here.

"Ok we'll be ready in about 2 minutes ok?" he said as everyone looked at him expectantly after receiving a nod he went back to what he was doing.

Goku and Krillian continued to fiddle away in the mean time.

Gohan saw Videl standing a little in front of him and shivering slightly.

'I guess she hasn't gotten used to winter out here yet' he though as he walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist.

Videl gave a surprised gasp and whipped her head around to see whose arms were around her.

When she looked up she saw Gohan smiling softly at her.

"I'm sorry to startle you, you looked cold. I can let go if you prefer. Or if you want, I'll just use a bit of my energy and use it to warm you up a little" he said as she smiled back.

"Its ok, I'm just not used to someone so warm holding me. And I like you holding me" She blushed a little "If you wouldn't mind, I could use a little of your energy to warm up. Mine doesn't seem to be working" She said leaned back on him.

All of a sudden Videl felt as if someone had covered her in a nice warm soft blanket. She instantly felt cozy.

"Wow... that works fast, I feel so comfy!" she said as she turned and wrapped her arms around his trim waist and leaned into his chest.

"Glad I could help you out" he said as he gave her a squeeze.

They both kept quite just enjoying their embrace. Gohan suddenly heard Videl exclaim, "That's it!" quietly. It was so quiet that he barley heard it.

"What's it?" He whispered.

He heard her hum a tune and nod in satisfaction.

"Huh?" she asked as she noticed him looking at her

"I said, what's it?" he repeated again, whispering.

Videl blushed a little.

"My mom and I started working on a song, like a day before she died. She had written music for it and I was supposed to write words, a mother daughter project. I've been working on words for it, every now and then. And inspiration sparked me for the chorus. I could never think of something for the chorus and I just got an idea that might just work." She said with a thoughtful look on her face.

"What was your inspiration?" He asked with an arched eyebrow.

She blushed a bright red. "I...was...umm...thinkingaboutyouandhowhappyiamtobewithyousoithouhgtofsomethingforthechorus!"

Gohan looked at her and gave a small laugh.

"Ok I get credited as a genius but I didn't understand a word you said, can you say it a little slower? I promise I wont laugh," he said as she blushed an even darker red.

"I said 'I was thinking about you and how happy I am to be with you so I thought of something for the chorus'" she replied blushed, expecting him to burst out laughing in a few seconds. When the laughing never came she saw Gohan with a small pink blush touching his cheeks and he smiled at her.

"Can I hear what you thought of?"

"I'm not going to sing it.... But I guess I could tell you my chorus..."She took a second to rethink the spoke quietly

"So I lay my head back down, and I lift my hands and pray to only yours I pray to be only yours I know now you're my only hope..."she looked up again expecting to see amusement dancing in those obsidian eyes.

But when she looked up she saw a small smile gracing his handsome features, with love? Dancing in his eyes.

"Will you sing it to me sometime?" he asked softly.

"What?" she asked caught off guard by his question.

"I'd like to hear you sing it, with music. What instruments does it require?"

"Uhh... a piano and a violin I think...why?" she asked, eyebrow arched.

"Bulma has a piano, and I'm positive she has a program, where it scans the music then can play the selected music and instrument. So will you sing it to me?" he asked noticing she got edgy.

"Why?" she asked quietly.

"Well, from what I heard of your singing, you have a voice to reckoned with. And if you really meant what you said about me" he blushed here "And you mean the words in the whole song, so basically if it comes from the heart. It will sound even better." he said as he rubbed her cheek to warm it up a little.

"Ok, but only for you ok? And promise me, no laughing at it, not matter how bad I am" she said with a shy smile.

"Videl, you know I wouldn't laugh at you, especially if you're trying hard. Will you promise me you'll sing it?" he asked leaning down to eye level still holding her.

"Promise" she whispered.

Both could feel them selves leaning in for a kiss,

BOOM!

Gohan instinctively held Videl closer to him for protection, and she buried her head in his chest.

Then they both heard Goku laughing.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you!" he yelled while grinning.

Both smiled at looked up at the sky to watch the fireworks.

An array of blue, gold, red, greens, yellows and purple showered the sky for about 45 minutes.

During those minutes, Videl still didn't want to leave Gohan's warmth. So all she did was turn around and lean back on him contently. Gohan had his arms wrapped around her shoulders and she loved it.

She just couldn't get enough of this man! He offered her so much. And he'd do anything for her. How was she so lucky to meet someone so perfect?

Videl felt her self shiver, and then felt Gohans arms move down to her middle and held her closer to him.

Videl smiled then sneezed and coughed a little.

'Great, I just got over a sickness and now I'm catching a cold' she though when she felt Gohan shift again.

She was going to look up at him but he beat her to the punch.

"Are you ok?" he whispered into her ear.

Videl felt another chill run down her spin as his hot breath went passed her ear.

She looked up at him and smiled.

"You know I think you worry too much about me. And yes, thank you I'm fine, I think I might be catching a cold or something."She said as a small smile graced his features.

"I worry about you because I care about you," he said with a small blush.

Videl smiled at him and leaned up.

Gohan assumed she wanted to whisper something to him so he leaned down only to have Videl capture his mouth and a tender kiss.

Gohan smiled and returned the kiss. Both Teens froze when they heard a click followed by giggling.

Chi Chi has turned to take a few pictures of everyone watching the fireworks. Bulma and Aaliyah were talking with 18 about something. While Krillian and Yamcha stood with the kids. Vegeta was leaning on a tree, as was Piccolo. She was holding Goku's hand watching the fireworks. Then she turned around and saw the cutest scene.

Gohan had his arms wrapped around Videl's middle with Videl leaning her back on his chest. As if that was cute enough just as she turned Videl leaned her head up to the side and Gohan leaned down and they shared another sweet kiss.

She couldn't resist the chance to get a picture of this!! She clicked the camera and took a picture and couldn't help but giggle at how cute it was.

She assumed both teens heard her because they both froze and then slowly separated.

They both slowly shifted their gaze to meet Chi Chi.

When Gohan heard the click he instantly knew his mother must have had something to do with it.

Gohan, who didn't want to end his and Videls little moment, pulled away sadly.

Both looked over saw Chi Chi grinning like mad.

"That was the CUTEST thing I've ever seen!" she squeaked happily.

Both teens blushed and stepped apart.

Videl instantly missed Gohan warmth.

Chi Chi looked like she was about to say something else but Goku spoke up first.

"Ok guys that's the fireworks show! Its now" Goku paused at looked at Chi Chi's watch "Its now 10:32. So how about we go inside, Bulma will give out the capsule houses and we'll call it a night." He said as he wrapped his arm around his wife's shoulder to warm her up a little.

A few people nodded the trudged back in the house. Videl was walking a little faster then the others.

After Gohan's body warmth was gone she was freezing cold and couldn't warm back up.

As everyone filed into the small cottage home Bulma went to her purse as the Son's and Videl took their coats off.

Bulma took her gloves off then handed them to Vegeta. She passed everyone a capsule.

"Ok so we'll go out in the front and set them up. Then tomorrow morning saw around 8:30? We'll go in for breakfast then around lunch we'll head over to my place. Sound good to everyone?" After receiving various nods

Aaliyah walked over to Videl.

"Sweetie I'm going to sleep in Bulma's capsule house ok?" she said, as she stood in front of the still shivering Videl.

Videl smiled then nodded.

Aaliyah hugged her daughter tightly for a few seconds then reached an arms length apart.

Her faced show one of concern. "Videl hunnie, are you ok? Your shivering like mad." She said as she watched her daughter shiver and wipe her eyes.

"I'm fine mom, I'm just a little cold and yawn excuse me, Good night." She said with a tired smile.

"Good night sweetie" she said, hugging Videl once again. When they pulled apart Aaliyah spoke again.

"God, I can't believe how beautiful you are. I'm very glad I was brought back to life to see you. Gohan I can't thank you enough" She said as Videl blushed and Gohan put his hand behind his head and smiled.

"It was nothing. I was happy to do it," he said, being modest.

Aaliyah smile 'You have no idea' she though.

"Well Good night everyone! It was a pleasure meeting all of you. Thank you for letting me eat here and all!" she said while waving as everyone else said good night and walked out side, pushed the plunger on the capsules and soon the yard was filled with 4 extra houses.

Chi Chi closed the door.

"Well that was an eventful day. But I'm bushed. I'm going to bed, as are you... Goten? Where are you?" she asked noticing her youngest son not standing beside her anymore.

"He's right here mom," Gohan said as he picked up the sleeping Goten.

"I'll put him to bed, I'm going to turn in as well" Gohan said as he walked back to his parents in his girlfriend.

Goku looked over to Videl and noticed she looked like she was about to fall asleep then and there.

"Your still tired, even after your nap on Gohan?" Goku asked causing Gohan to blush.

"I think I'm catching something again I feel... completely drained" she said as her eyelids dropped.

Chi Chi gasped.

"You go get changed right now and go straight to bed!" She said pushing Videl up the stairs.

She pushed Videl in her room and closed her door.

Behind her Goku and Gohan were watching the scene with amusement.

"Good night Videl!" Chi Chi said through the door.

She received a good night back then she turned to her son.

"Good night sweetie. I'm proud of you for what you've done today" she said as she kissed him on the cheek.

"Good night mom, love you!" he said as she walked to her room.

Goku walked out of the bathroom and over to his son who had just put the younger son to bed.

"Gohan, it looks like she's getting sick again," Goku said looking at Videls door.

"Yeah I know" Gohan said in a worried tone of voice.

"Don't worry, I'm sure she'll be fine. Anyways I'm going to bed. Good night Gohan, tell Videl I say Good night as well" Goku said as he turned.

"Good night dad!" Gohan said as Goku walked into his room to sleep for the night.

Gohan walked into his room to change into some warm pj's.

Videl had just finished getting changed when she walked into the bathroom to brush her teeth when she saw Gohan walk in front of her, and grab her toothbrush.

'And I thought he looked cute in day clothes' Videl thought as she studied Gohan. He was in plad green, navy blue and black pajama pants. And was wearing a white tank top.

She walked in and stuck toothpaste of her brush and started brushing her teeth, Gohan doing the same thing.

After Videl leaned down to spit she felt a throbbing on her temples. She winced and grabbed her head with her free hand.

Not going unnoticed by Gohan of course.

"Videl is something wrong?" he asked as she stood up right still holding her sore head.

"Gohan could you do me a big favor?" she asked quietly.

"Anything" he said still studying her.

"Can you get me your strongest Tylenol or what ever pain reliever please? I've got a killer headache." She said rubbing her temple.

"Sure" he said and walked out of the bathroom.

Videl sat down on the edge of the bathtub and closed her eyes and leaned her head on the cool tiles.

Gohan walked in and saw her like this. He leaned down in front of her and put his elbows on her knees. She lazily opened her eyes to see him looking at her.

He held out a hand with a purple pill and a glass of water.

"This stuff works like a charm on sayians. For a human though, it should take the pain away in about 2 minutes and knock you out completely. Not that you'll need any help falling asleep," he said as he rubbed her knee a little.

She smiled at him. "Thank you so much, I really mean it."

His face contoured into one of confusion. "All I did was get you Tylenol," he said.

"I mean for everything you did for me today, I cannot thank you enough for giving me my mother back." She said as she leaned her forehead on his.

"Your welcome. Now can I ask you a question?" he asked her.

Videl smirked "Well you just did but I'll let it slide," she said as he laughed a little.

"Are you wearing my clothes?" he asked with a grin as she blushed.

"Y-yeah I am," she said looking down.

He gave a chuckle "Why? Don't you have anything else other then those old things?"

She smiled shyly up at him "Yes I do have other things to wear but the first time I wore them I found them very comfy, and it helped me sleep, and they're really warm. Besides they smell good." She said causing him to blush.

Gohan stood up and reached his hand out to her.

"Well I guess that's a good enough reason" both walked out of the bathroom and stood in front of their respective rooms.

Videl smiled up at him and wrapped her arms around his neck while he put hers around her waist.

"Good night" he whispered as he leaned down and gave her a gentle kiss.

"Good night" she whispered back and gave him another kiss, this one like the first one they shared. After the separated Gohan gave her a few butterfly kisses trailing her jaw then captured her mouth in his again.

When they separated again Videl was grinning up in satisfaction.

"This has been the best Christmas I've ever had." She whispered as she touched her lips lightly.

He smiled then whispered.

"Merry Christmas Videl"

"Merry Christmas Gohan"

They both shared another hug then slowly separated into their rooms. Each to fall into a blissful sleep, thinking about the one they love.

OK! There's chapter 9! I was at least 7! Count em 7 reviews! Then I will post again. I've already started writing the next chapter. So I get my reviews I post, I don't then it's a no go for posting!

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