It was lunch time at South Beach City Prep and Connie smiled as she took another bite of the reheated turkey on the sunny, early September day. Even though she sat alone at her picnic table in the school yard while other students chatted around her, she couldn't help but feel happy as she ate the delicious food she brought. The evening before she had spent a few hours at Gohan's house to help him with his studies and do some homework of her own. Although she had learned the material he was going over a long time ago, she still found herself surprised by how much the kid was learning at his age. At this rate, they might be studying the same books when she gets to high school! His mother had let her stay for dinner and take some food home with her, and Connie had been more than grateful. Although it was disturbing to see how much Goku and Gohan could eat, it was worth it to taste some of Mrs. Son's wonderful cooking.

"Even reheated it's amazing!" she thought. As she took another bite, she couldn't help but wonder if Gohan's mom was secretly a witch and enchanted her food to taste amazing. With how crazy their family was, it was easy to believe. Steven even mentioned that his mother had been friends with a witch!

As she looked up at the clock on the wall of the courtyard, she noticed there was about ten minutes left until the next period. With that, she began cleaning up her things and putting them away. She pulled out her science binder, as chemistry was her next period. She had to turn a lab report in that day and she had worked really hard on it. As she pulled out the binder, she noticed something strange: the word "math" was written on the cover instead of "science." Connie felt her heart sink as she opened up the binder to find not her neat, laminated lab report, but instead Gohan's time tables. Connie felt herself begin to panic. What was she going to do?! She only had ten minutes to redo her project! Connie hid her face in her hands. There was no way this day could get any worse.

"There you are Connie!" a familiar voice called. She and the rest of the children at that lunch looked up to see Goku walk into the courtyard with Gohan on his shoulders. The Saiyan waved at her cheerfully and his son mirrored the movement a little more tentatively under the gaze of all the students. Both of their tails were thankfully wrapped around their waists as to not cause a commotion. After the initial shock of thee strange man and child suddenly appearing, the courtyard was suddenly filled with whispering as he approached her.

"Who is that guy?"

"How does she know him?"

"What's with his hair and clothes? He's practically fluorescent!"

"Why's that kid on his shoulders in a dress?"

Connie sighed and placed her head on the table as he stopped in front of her. "I was picking up Gohan from preschool when I remembered Chichi told me to get you your binder," he explained, pulling it out of a bag and placing it on the table. Connie looked up in surprise before smiling. "You must have left it when you stayed for dinner last light," he continued.

"Thank you! You're a lifesaver!" she cried picking it up and hugging it. She was so relieved. Nothing could ruin this moment.

"Why was she hanging out with some four year old? They don't look related," some kid whispered loud enough for Connie to hear.

"So weird…" another said.

….Except for that…Goku frowned in the direction of the voices as Connie blushed in embarrassment. She didn't know why she was embarrassed. It's not like she really had a reputation to begin with. "Thank you," she said handing Gohan's binder over, "Next time though, would you mind just dropping it off in the office?"

Goku nodded, smiling at her apologetically. "Sorry. No one told me I could do that. Would you like me to drop off this in the office then?" he asked, holding up a sack of clothing, "You also left your training gi at the temple. Don't worry though. Chichi went ahead and washed it for you."

Connie smiled and took it from him. "No, it's ok. You're already here. No point in wasting time dropping it off, right?" she said, chuckling slightly to lighten the mood.

Goku smiled and started to walk away. "See you later! And don't be late for practice tonight! Vegeta's got a new moveset for you to start on," he called over his shoulder.

"I won't!" she called back.

"Bye!" Gohan chirped as the pair exited the court yard.

It was then that Connie fully noticed all the eyes staring at her. She turned to see many of her classmates staring at her in shock. Connie felt herself shrink slightly and looked towards the ground. She wished she could have left with the two Saiyans instead of having to face her class after such an encounter.

Finally, one short girl with glasses and blonde hair spoke up. "You know martial arts?" she asked. Connie looked up to her in surprise at genuineness of the question before nodding. The girl broke out into a smile. "That's awesome! Do you think you could show me some time?" she asked. Several other kids nodded enthusiastically.

Connie blinked in surprise. Before she could say anything, however, the bell for class rung. Connie smiled. "Maybe later," she said. She then turned to leave for class. She had been right. Things didn't get worse. They just got better.

Hey guys! I'm going to be posting one more chapter tomorrow and then I'll be done for the week. Have a good day!