Chapter One
It was the start of the new school semester of Danny Fenton's junior year. He opened his locker and started chucking his school stuff in unceremoniously.
"That's the Danny we know!" joked Danny's girlfriend Sam, "New school year same old Danny Fenton."
"Thanks Sam, you always know how to make me feel good." He replied sarcastically. He leaned over and gave her a light peck on the cheek. They had started dating during the summer of their sophomore year... after years of hinting to each other. It felt great to be with her, not that he had had much experience.
"Okay guys chill with the romantic lovey-dovey stuff!!" said Danny's best friend Tuck while making a face like he was about to lose his breakfast.
Danny burst out laughing; Sam was the last person you could accuse of being lovey-dovey.
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Danny was breathing hard as they made their way to the school notice board where they would find out which homeroom they would be in. He hoped they all would be in the same class that way there was a higher chance that they would be in other classes together. He was brought out of his reverie by the sound of Sam and Tucker arguing over Tucker's new invention.
He was about to add his input when they rounded a corner and he walked smack bang into someone. He felt the person rebound and heard a thump as the body hit the floor.
"Shit! I'm so sorry!" he said. "I honestly didn't see you"
"It's okay, but do you mind helping me up?" came a female voice.
Danny looked down and stuck out his hand. She grabbed it and climbed up, rubbing her back where she had hit the floor. Their eyes met brown to blue.
"Thanks," she said. "Better get going, don't want to be late!"
She brushed past him before he could say anything else
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"Thanks for waiting guys." Danny said grumpily as he caught up with Sam and Tucker at the notice board.
"Sorry Danny, we got a little carried away... again." admitted Sam. Tucker grinned at him. Taking that as his apology he turned his attention to the homeroom lists.
They studied the lists in silence, each one looking for their name and the name of a friend.
"None of us are together." stated Sam
"What!? No way!!" exclaimed Danny. "This is so unfair!"
"Well, this sucks. But at least our homerooms are right net to each other." said Tucker. He was trying to see the brighter side of the situation and as a result was grabbing at straws.
"C'mon guys," Danny sighed, "We don't wanna be late for the first day."
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It was lunch when they all were able to meet up again. They started comparing schedules, Sam and Tucker had French together as well as trigonometry and history. Danny and Tucker had science and health, while Danny and Sam had English together.
"So how was homeroom?" Tucker asked his two best friends, he was sitting opposite the couple and noticing how close they were sitting.
"Homeroom was okay," admitted Danny. "Nothing in particular to report, was pretty boring without you guys there though."
"Same here," said Sam. "Except there is a new girl in my class, she didn't talk much but I liked her style." Both Danny and Tucker gaped at her, for Sam to say she like anything that someone else wore was a very rare occasion.
Ignoring their stares Sam turned to Danny. "So why did you disappear on the way to the homeroom lists anyway?"
Danny blushed. "I knocked a girl to he ground. I helped her up and before I even got a good look at her, she left." Tucker erupted into laughter, hitting the table he was laughing so hard.
Sam rolled her eyes and grinned at Danny. He smiled back and under the cover of the table he took her hand.
"So Tuck, what is this new invention that got you and Sam arguing?"
Tucker instantly turned serious. "It's my newest one, it's a device that puts us in contact at all times."
"Isn't that like a cellphone?" asked Danny.
"Exactly my point!!" exclaimed Sam hotly. "Try telling that to meathead over there. He never listens to other peoples opinions!"
"Okay, okay. Calm down the both of you." He could see Sam and Tuck getting more and more agitated with each passing second. "What is so different about you gadget anyway?"
"It allows us to keep in contact with you, even if you go into the ghost zone."
"I think that could be useful, maybe it should be used only for when I go into the ghost zone?"
"Wimp." hissed Sam his ear. She gave his hand a squeeze to show she was only joking. "So any paranormal activity today?" She asked changing the subject.
"Surprisingly no, it's been really quiet today. Almost too quiet." Danny mused. "Still I won't complain, it's more time I get to hang out with you." A slight blush crept onto Sam's pale cheeks.
Tucker cleared his throat. "Well guys that was the bell, we had better get going." They stood up and walked to their respective classes.
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Sam sighed, it was the end of the first day and she was waiting for Danny outside school. Tucker had to use the science lab to continue his experiments. Suddenly she spotted Danny's messy black bangs emerging from the school and coming towards her. She smiled as the rest of him emerged out of the body of students all trying to make a break for freedom.
They walked side by side; shoulders' brushing every now and then, the silence between them was comfortable. They were nearing Sam's house when Danny grabbed her hand and pulled her into the nearby alley. "What are you-?" She never got to finish her sentence because at that moment Danny had covered her lips with his own.
As Danny kissed Sam he felt the coziness of being with her... the familiarity of it all. He allowed himself to get lost in thought. His mind drifted seemingly random thoughts flitted in and out, he lost control of what he was thinking. His thoughts flowed from school to homework to what was for supper tonight, it was then he felt guilty. He broke the kiss off awkwardly causing Sam to look at him with confusion. He couldn't look at her.
He kissed her cheek as he left her at her front door. Danny started for home, his head spinning. That had never happened before; he was mulling it over when he arrived home. Danny was nearly by the stairs when his mother called him from the living room.
He sighed and turned into the living room. There was his mom, Maddie and his dad, Jack, his sister Jazz and two people he didn't recognize.
The first person was a woman around his mother's age; she was short with jet black hair in an asymmetrical bob and was dressed in what looked like a two piece jumpsuit. The second person was a girl that looked around his age, she had shoulder length brown hair, an oval face and judging by the length of her she was pretty tall. She was wearing shorts, a black t-shirt and boots. Danny looked into her face into her eyes and he realized that she was the one who he had knocked down in the hallway this morning.
"Honey, this is Jo, she used to be in university with me and your dad and this is her daughter Courtney."
"Hi." Danny said simply.
"Well, I finally meet you, the Daniel Fenton that Maddie speaks of so often!" said Jo with a beam.
Danny reddened at the statement. "Hey Daniel." Courtney said with a sarcastic smile on her face.
"Honey, why don't you and Courtney go get to know each other? She just transferred to Casper High and I'm sure she needs to make some friends."
Courtney put down her glass of soda and stood up. "Oh my gosh! Look at you!" exclaimed Maddie. "You have grown so much since I saw you at your christening, now look at you, you have a woman's shape." Courtney blushed.
"We are gonna be in the kitchen mom." Danny said. He turned and walked out of the living room with Courtney right behind him.
"What was that about?" he asked
"I think your mom was referring to the fact I am unlike most girls and I embrace the curves I was given, I accept my hips."
Danny gawped at her. "Um, that's not quite what I meant. I was talking about our parents knowing each other."
"Oh Fuck, that was embarrassing. Anyway our parents know each other from university, they studied Paranormology. In fact I think that they even did a thesis together."
She sat down at the kitchen table and Danny sat down next to her. It was at that moment that a rush of blue air escaped Danny's mouth. Perfect timing, he thought, ghost trouble, just what I needed.
"Im sorry but I have to go, something just came up." Courtney announced suddenly she stood up and dashed from the room. Whew! Thought Danny. I thought I was going to have to be rude back there.
He texted Sam and Tucker telling them of the latest ghost emergency. Then he ran out the front door and into the alley beside his house. Danny quickly went ghost and he flew away to the source of the ghostly nuisance.
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