Danny's hand shook as he held the pen. He stared at the paper in front of him.
"Danny, are you going to sign up of not?" asked an impatient Paulina. He looked up.
"Uh... yeah... yeah I am." he replied.
"That's what you said fifteen minutes ago!" she said with a scowl.
He hesistated for a moment before finally getting the nerve to do it. Danny Fenton, 9th Grade, singing.
"Thank you." she smiled as he handed her the pen. She looked at his entry. "I didn't know you could sing," she said.
"I didn't either," Danny mumbled as he turned around.
He couldn't believe he had just signed up for the talent show. He just hoped that it would be worth it. He had realised his feelings for Sam during the whole Gregor thing and he couldn't hide them any longer. Danny was just worried that she didn't feel the same way. She would reject him and things would be so awkward between them.
At lunch that day Tucker brought up Danny's entry.
"Dude, I saw that you signed up for the talent show," he said. "I didn't know you could sing."
"I didn't either until Jazz heard me singing in the shower last week. She said I sounded really good," Danny replied.
"So, what are you going to sing?"
"I don't know yet, but I know I want to do a love song." Tucker grinned.
"You're going to tell Sam that you love her aren't you?" he asked.
"Yes. that's the whole reason I signed up!" Danny said. "I can't hide it much longer."
"You can't hide what much longer?" Danny looked up to see Sam standing next to him.
"The uh... fact that... I flunked my math test!" he lied.
"Ok then." Sam sat down next to Danny. For a moment she thought he was going to say that he liked her as more than a friend, but she doubted that would ever happen. She loved him, and he didn't seem to return the feeling. It tore her up inside, but she wouldn't let anyone know that. Especially Danny. She didn't want to risk losing their friendship over something like this.
"My grandma is going watch me this weekend while my parents are on a bussiness trip and I was wondering if you guys wanted to have a movie marathon at my house tonight," said Sam. "I already asked Grandma and she said it's ok."
"Sure, not like we have anything else to do tonight except ghost patrol." said Tucker.
"I'm in!" Danny replied.