CHAPTER#4 "SAIYA-JIN DATING" (Whoever said dating your sensei's son was bad? Gohan is my date!!) A month had passed since Bethen had returned from Yamzabit heights. She had trained really hard but hadn't reached the super saiyan level. She hadn't even gotten that date with Gohan yet. And now she was back at school and boredom seemed to take the best of her. Gohan looked at her, wondering what could she possibly be thinking. She looked so immersed in her own thoughts, so cut out from reality. Besides, there was the fact that he couldn't help noticing the way her soft coppery curls fell down her shoulders, or the soft curve of her lips, those beautiful eyes with their dreamy glow. Where is she looking at? The window or at me? He smiled imagining how would it feel to hold her. If she ever comes back to earth I'll ask her out sometime. "Ms. Mildford, honestly!!! The least you could do is tell me that you don't know the answer. But young lady, never ignore me!!!" The sharp voice of Mrs. Venus brought Bethen back to reality. Startled, Bethen looked up. The pencil she had been balancing in the tip of her finger fell. Everyone was staring at her. the color rushed to her face. "Gomenasai! he he" she laughed nervously. "Could you repeat that? I didn't hear you." A suppressed collective giggled ran throughout the class. "Gee Bethen! She has already asked you five times. Come down from your cloud girl!" Gohan's blonde friend Erazera said. Bethen wondered if this was true. She also wondered when had Erazera gotten so familiar with her. They never spoke to one another. "Goshimpai naku! I'll just ask someone who was paying attention." Mrs. Venus said impatiently, then turned to Gohan with a sweet tone, "Gohan what is the name of this constellation?" she asked pointing to the overhead projector. Great! Ask Mr. Perfect, he always knows the answers!, Bethen mused sulkily gazing at him. Awfully cute Mr. Perfect! she sighed. "That is the Vega constellation" Gohan answered briefly giving Bethen a smile. She quickly looked the other way, blushing. The bell rang. He had noticed her looking at him. Riiingg!!!! "Thank you Gohan!. Bethen, try to stay on task and remember this class is to study stars, not dream of them. Class dismissed." Bethen gave a sigh of relief. finally school is over. I'm starving!!!. She stuffed her books into her back pack and left. "Wow! Bethen did you saw the way he looked at you!!?" Lisa asked her when she met with her and Charlie at the parking lot. "Honey don't start your gossips" Charlie told Lisa as she freed herself from his arm. "Who are you talking about Lisa?" Bethen asked her dicapsulizing her air-car. "Gohan who else!?" She answered, her brown hair bouncing as she jumped and sat on the hood of the car. Her gray eyes twinkling with excitement. "He definately likes you. No doubt about it." "You think so?" Bethen asked opening the door, "Then how come he hasn't asked me out yet? He's always with Erazera or Videl." "Maybe if you weren't so arrogant to most guys all the time, he would talk to you." Charlie said. "Butt out dear, this is girl talk. I really think he likes you Bethen. If not then I'll stop calling myself the greatest technical genius of the world!" "Thanks for the encouragement, but I don't think he even notices me" she lied, she didn't want to think that there was a chance of her and Gohan to...but she really wanted it to be. "Kon'nichi wa Bethen." she heard a voice behind her. It was him. She knew it. "Genki desu Gohan-san, what's up?" she answered his greeting smiling. Kami I hope I look good. she thought running her hand through her hair. "I told you Bethen!" Lisa whispered to her elbowing her ribs. "See you Monday Bethen, Charlie and I gotta go. Bye Gohan" Lisa said dragging Charlie away with her. "Thanks for taking the question for me in astronomy Gohan. I owe you one." "It was nothing, I was just wondering what was on your mind to ignore Mrs. Venus for so long." Gohan said. "I...well..." What can I tell him? Gee Gohan I was thinking about how I can't seem to reach the super saiyan level. Care to share the secret? I can't tell him that. "There's this new place down at the beach. Maybe you'd like to come with me. What do you say?" he asked her blushing a little, which Bethen found rather charming. "Are you asking me out on a date Son Gohan?" she grinned mischievously at him. "I say...love to. Does 8:00p.m sound good for you?" "Yeah, give me your address and I'll pick you up at eight." He couldn't believe she had said yes. Sharpener had told him that she never went out with any guys from the school. A `Great Beauty' the guys called her, cool, arrogant and poised, who acted as if the world wasn't good enough for her. She wasn't like that, he was sure. Bethen handed him a piece of paper, their hands touched waking a myriad of emotions inside of them. There was something oddly familiar in her aura, he just couldn't figure out what. "See you then Gohan" she said smiling warmly at him. "Bye...see you Bethen." he said and watched her drive away. "Earth to Gohan!! Are you in there?" Videl asked him waving a hand in front of his face. "Wow! You really did it this time man" Sharpener said slapping him on the shoulder. "Bethen Mildford wants to go out on a date with you. You sure are lucky!" "If you ask me, I think she is a stuck-up, Bethen walks around as if she owned the world!" Erazera said frowning. "And if you wanted a date, you could've just asked me Gohan" "OH shut up!" Videl said to both of them. "You didn't asked her out did you?" Please Gohan don't let it be true! You can't like her!! "I can't believe she said yes. It's as if she was waiting for me to come up and ask her...She is so cute" Gohan told them still looking the way her car had gone. "She really is the cutest!" Videl stormed out without saying anything else. She couldn't help it. She loved Gohan too much to see him falling head-over-heels for another girl. She doesn't even know him! "Was it something I said?" Gohan asked seeing Videl leave. "You know how women are. They are all mercurial. Come on Gohan let me give you some tips about how to impress the girl" Sharpener told him, getting out his car. " No offense, but you haven't had a date in months!!" Gohan said. "I'll do this on my own, and if you don't mind I'll like to go home flying." "Oh! My gosh you really like her!!" Erazera said clasping her hands together. "Maybe I do..." Gohan smiled to them and flew off. **** Annette was leaning on the door watching Bethen rummage all through the closet throwing things out. The room already looked as if a tornado had hit it. "I take it you have a date tonight. Who is the unfortunate guy?" She asked Bethen removing a shirt off her head where it had landed. "No time to talk!! Got to find red halter top." Bethen answered emptying her drawers and keeping one hand on the towel around her. "Here" Annette handed it to her. "It landed on my head, this guy must be really something, I've never seen you like this. Chill out!!" "He is! Gohan is the cutest boy in the world!" Bethen said taking a second to smile and then she went back to the emptying business. "Have you seen my black miniskirt?" "I think it's on my room. I'll go get it for you" Annette told her going out of the room. Bethen got out a pair of black knee-lenght mod boots and threw them on the bed next to the red top. "Here it is sis." Annette said laying the skirt with the boots. "At what time is prince charming suppossed to be here?" "At 8:00. Why? Nan-ji desu ka?" Bethen asked looking around trying to find the clock in a sea of clothes. Annette calmy glanced at her watch and smiled. "You only have half an hour to get ready. If I were you I'd hurry." Annette told her smugly. Bethen ran behind the paneled doors taking the clothes with her. It made her mad the way Annette was laughing at her. But as she looked around he room, she saw that maybe she was right. Calm down girl! Gohan will come. When she finally stepped out. Annette gave her the thumbs up signal. "Wait! You only need one more thing!" Annette said getting two small rhinestone hair-clips into one side of her hair. She stepped back and smiled. "Perfect!" she decreed. "You really think so?" Bethen asked her wrapping her tail around her waist. "He's here!!!" Annette told her looking out the window through the curtains. "And he is so utsukushii!" Bethen grabbed her black coat and ran downstairs almost tripping on the way down. She stopped in fornt of the door and waited for it to ring. DING DONG!! "well don't just stand there! Open the door!" Annette said looking down at her from the railing of the stairs. "Bethen sweetie! Who is it dear!?" Their mom asked from the kitchen. "Don't worry mom! It's only Bethen's date!!" "Shut up!! You don't have to scream it!!" Bethen growled at her sister. "Just open the damn door and let Romeo in Juliet" Annette said smiling. Bethen sighed smoothed her skirt and opened the door. "Hi Bethen." Gohan said as she opened the door. "You look beautiful" "Thanks. You look pretty handsome yourself!" Bethen said sweetly. "And where exactly are we going Mr. Handsome?" "Well if you're ready to go then you'll find out" he told her offering her his arm in mock elegance. "I'm ready!" Bethen said taking his arm. Annette quickly descended the stairs. "You're leaving? So soon?" she asked them, "Aren't you even gonna introduce him?" Bethen sent Annette a warning look. The last thing she wanted was for their mom to come in and start asking questions. Gosh! It was only their first date!! "Gohan this is my sister Annette, Annette this is Gohan. You've met now, so we'll go." "Nice to meet you Annette" Gohan said. "Same here Gohan. Well you'd better hit the road before your date kills me! Have fun kids!!" "So sweet of you sis" Bethen said acidly, then turned to Gohan, "We can go now, bye Annette!" They went to the movies first and then went to an italian restaurant called; Il Covo Del Saraceni, an open-air restaurant overlooking the ocean. Their dinner had long since been finished and now Gohan and her were walking along the beach. "You look like a goddes, you know" he said and reached for her hand. He is perfect, she thought taking his hand. Really perfect! with a dreamy smile she walked beside him. "Domo, this is a wonderful place." Bethen said breaking the silence. In fact, it was a setting straight out of a fantasy where starlight glistened on the water as the waves crashed to shore and nightblooming flowers released thier sweet fragance into the air. "I was hoping you'd like it." he said as his eyes scanned the dark shore. A sudden breeze blew a white orchid into the edge of the water, Gohan kneeled and rescued it. Bethen kneeled beside him and Gohan pinned the flower in her hair covering the clips. "You look even moere beautiful now" he said softly, fingering a coppery curl. "Domo arigato Gohan-chan" she said trying her best to sound cool when she could feel her blood singing through her veins. This was a completely new feeling for her and she was inwardly bewildered. "You're turning the mood too serious Gohan!" she told him as she playfully splashed some water on him. Gohan smiled splashing her back, "I just said the truth!" Before long they were chasing each other like little kids around the beach laughing. Bethen ran into the water and waited for him. "Are we allowed to go in there at night!?" he hesitated. Bethen laughed, her hazel eyes twinlking, "It is now! If you want to catch me!" Gohan quickly discarded his shoes and went after her. They swam for some time splashing happily in the water. Later, when they were laying side by side on the sand, Gohan propped himself up on one elbow and gazed down at her. "I had fun tonigh with you Bethen," he said, then added, "we should do this again sometime." "You mean the part were we swam in the sea at night with our clothes on?" she asked him dusting some sand off his nose, "Won't we get sick?" He smiled, "It would be worth it don't you think?" "I don't know...All we need now is a good dance to make this one of those fairy-tale moments!!" she said smiling up at him. The sounds of a saxophone drifted across the night. Puzzled, Bethen glanced towards the retaurant, where a musician was playing `Some enchanted Evening' for a couple on the balcony. She arched a brow but said nothing. Gohan grinned at her. "Your wish came true my lady! May I have this dance?" he asked holding out his hand. "Gohan you're really something else!",she laughed and did a courtsey, "My pleasure Sir!" The music added magic to an already magical night. The enthrallingly beautiful notes wound through the air and wrapped around them. They didn't even noticed the lightning above them. The space between them lessened quickly and he claimed the promise of her lips in a heartbeat. A first date kiss! This isn't right, but then why does it feel so right? She couldn't not kiss him. The music stopped. Raindrops fell on their faces. The rain fastly gained strenght. With a soft sound she broke off the kiss and gazed up at him through the rain. "That was too fast see? We ruined the evening. We got rain!!" he said dramatically, obviously teasing her, "Never knew a kiss could do that!" She playfully swatted him. God, he was just as charming as she had imagined Prince Charming to be. "I wonder what we have to do to cause a hurricane?" she asked him in a tender most solicitous voice, making him blush. The smile flashed again. It would've melted the heart of an ice warrior. He knew that there was something about her, something that made him feel so close, so alike to her, he just didn't know what. And at this time he was far from caring. And on a beach under the rain they danced to a silent melody and laughed and fell in love... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------