Danny POV
Danny walked down the street bundled up in two coats and a thick scarf. Damn winter. Damn ice core. Even before getting his ghost powers Danny hated winter because of the cold and with said ghost powers it just makes the season more loath-able in his eyes. To make matters worst Dash broke up with me for Paulina...I knew I was just a fling... It's most likely because I wouldn't have sex with him..Tears threaten to spill but he quickly pulled himself together when he saw a certain fruitloops limo parked near his home. Great now I have to watch my first crush flirt with my mom while I'm still getting over Dash shattering my heart. He sighs and pushes the front door open and just as he predicted there was Vlad giving his mother a seductive smirk while his mother gave a relieved look to see Danny walk in.
"Danny! Welcome home. How was your day, sweetie?" She pulled Danny into a quick embrace then led him to the table were a plate of fresh cookies were waiting for him. He smiled to himself It's like she new I was having a bad day...must be some mom sense or something. " It was okay I guess.. Tucker asked out Sam today." His mother gasped " Finally! I was wondering when they would finally confess to each other." She places a glass of milk next time and takes the seat to his right while Vlad took the seat right across from him.
" But Daniel I thought you and Samantha were a couple?'
Danny sighed and said " Yea we tried but it was just weird and then later on I realized I was gay-" He stopped and frowned at his slip up.Why did I tell him that!
"You're gay Daniel? I did not know that. Seeing as Maddie hasn't reacted she already knows."
Maddie wraps an arm around Danny's shoulder and says " I love Danny no matter what." Warmth filled Danny and he beamed at his mother "Thanks mom."he gives her a peck on the cheek and helps himself to another cookie. Maddie removes her arm after she hears an explosion from the basement " Oh dear, Jack must have tested something without me again." Maddie shook her head and makes her way to the basement leaving the two halfas alone.
"Well well seems like your father is still a bumbling idiot as always." He swipes the cookie Danny was reaching for and takes a bite out of it.
Danny glared at him and grabs a different cookie " My dad is not an idiot...why are you here fruitloop? I'm not in the mood for any of your evil plans today." He takes a bit out of the cookie then took a drink of his milk to wash down the bite.
" Well little badger I'm here to pick you up, unfortunately I can't say no to Maddie and we are stuck together for your whole winter break while your parents attend an invite only ghost convention for four weeks." The billionaire finishes off the cookie and waits for Danny's response with a frown on his face for the arrangements.
" But...what about Jazz she's suppose to be coming back for winter break?"
Vlad rolls his eyes and says " If Jazz was an option then would I be here? And don't think about asking about staying with a friend. With your grades you'll need to use this break for studying and what not."
Their attention was drawn to the basement stairs when they heard Maddie and Jack making their way up the stairs. Jack was covered in soot and ectoplasm.
"V-MAN! Glad you could make it! I was hoping to show you our newest invention, The FentON/OFF 2000! One zap and it can shut down a ghost core like a light switch, as you can guess by the name another zap can activate it again, but right now we are having some malfunctions with it.." He rubs the back of his neck with a sheepish grin. The halfas both wore a face of slight fear at the thought of getting zapped by that invention...hopefully it stays broken.
Vlad stands up any trace of fear wiped from his face replaced by smugness and hidden hate and walks over to stand next to Maddie placing his arms behind his back."Yes well maybe another time...I have informed Daniel of our arrangements so whenever he finishes packing we must go. My private jet is waiting for our departure for Wisconsin and I hate to have my crew work any longer then necessary on the holiday break."
Maddie takes the empty glass off the table " Go and pack dear I'll take care of this." Danny nods and heads upstairs to pack. Great now i have to spend my whole break with pompous asshole that I can't help but have a HUGE crush on... Danny didn't always harbor feelings for the older halfa but around the time he and Sam started dating he realized while they made out he thought of Vlad the whole time...then Dash confessed to him 4 months after he and Sam broke it off so he thought he could get rid of his feelings for Vlad by dating Dash, but the same thing happened...Why Vlad...why him..
"TIME OUT."
Clockwork appears into Danny's room and places one of his medallion around Danny's neck.
"Clockwork what are you doing here?" A sly smile spreads across the timekeepers face perplexing the half ghost "Young Phantom I'm here to enlighten you on your new found feelings for Plasmius." Danny's eyes widen and a blush spread across his face. Clockwork continues " In the Ghost Zone we go by what you humans call the red string theory, except we are connected by our cores not some invisible string tied to our pinkies..simple humans...anyway you are starting to realize this connection and believe or not so has Plasmius. He keeps it buried deep down and hides it by constantly chasing your mother and you tried to hide it by dating the goth for a month and that blonde bimbo for 2 months until today, but now you are starting to come to terms with your feelings for the older halfa."
The teen could only stare in shock at how Clockwork can sum things up in matter of seconds...then again he practically knows all. "So your here to tell me that I have to get him to fall in love with me huh? Well as you may know he hates me that glimmer is just that a glimmer he's never going to go for 17 year old reject who he has made cleared he hates.." Clockwork gave the halfa a sympathetic look and places a hand on his shoulder as he shifts into his child form " Phantom I have no reason to give you false information. These four weeks you are together is perfect time to start to stir the connection in Plasmius...I know it seems impossible ,but I assure you it is not." Danny gave him a small smile and nodded feeling slightly reassured.. The timekeeper shifted into his elder form " I must go Phantom you must finish packing." He took the medallion off Danny and placed it back into his pocket as he shifts again into his adult form.
"TIME IN."
Danny became unfrozen and sighed. So now I have to make the fruitloop fall in love with me...can this day get any worst. Just then like the universe was waiting for him to ask that question Vlad comes bursting into his room with a scowl on his face " Will you hurry up! I can only stand your father's rambling for so long!" Vlad then shoves the rest of the stuff on his bed into the bag, zips it up ,and shoves the bag into Danny's arms " Let's go!" Danny slings the bag over his shoulder and with a solemn look on his face as he trails behind the billionaire.
This is going to be a long winter break...
