The rest of the school day passed fairly quickly and, to Danny's relief, ghost free. He hoped with all hope that existed, that it would stay that way until after he departed from the Nasty Burger. He frowned as he thought anxiously of all that could possibly happen this afternoon while he was catching up with his friends, but shoved the thought aside. He twirled his pencil in his hand as he ignored the teacher's monotonous drone of information. Every couple minutes he would glance at the clock above the door, watching time progress slowly until an hour finally passed and the bell rang, signaling the end of school.

Danny threw his notebook, which was no fuller now than it was when class had started, into his backpack, slung it over his shoulder, and left the room. He didn't bother heading toward his locker; Everything he needed was in his backpack. Instead, he headed to where he remembered Sam and Tucker's lockers were. They were there, sure enough. Sam leaned against her closed locker, while Tucker dug through his locker, trying to find some papers that he needed for homework that night. He finally pulled them out with an "Aha!" and held them in the air triumphantly for a moment before stuffing them in his backpack with everything else.

Sam smiled and shook her head at his antics before finally noticing Danny.

"Ready to go?" She asked him, glad that he actually decided to show up.

He nodded his head in return. Tucker slug his backpack over his shoulder, signaling he was ready as well. "Then let's go."

They all headed for the doors and the infamous arguments about weather technology or nature was better began. Danny smiled at his friends; They hadn't change a bit. Unfortunately, now he didn't feel like he could intervene and take both sides like he used to, without it feeling awkward. So he just laughed quietly at the bickering, which took place all the way to the nasty burger.

It turned out, Sam and Tucker still sat at their usual table in the corner. Danny hadn't actually been here since...He couldn't remember. A long time.

They ordered quickly; all of them getting their usual meals. Tucker got his Mega Mighty Meaty Meal, and Sam got her Tofu Burger. Danny smiled as he ordered a regular Nasty Burger, and payed for them all, as he promised. It seemed like nothing had changed at all.

Once they were all settled at their table, happily munching, a conversation finally began.

"So Danny," Sam said, "How's Jazz? Is she still dating Steve Levry?" She said the name with a hint of disgust in her voice.

"Yeah, I can't believe how long they've lasted. They're planning on going to college together soon though."

Tucker laughed. "I bet she'll meet all kinds of guys there. They probably won't last too long."

Sam and Danny laughed and agreed. None of them felt any tension or awkwardness anymore, and for the rest of the night, as they were catching up, telling jokes and teasing each other,it was as if Danny had never "left" in the first place.

The next time any of them looked at the clock, it was 8:30.

"Wow. We've been sitting here for four and a half hours!" Tucker exclaimed in a surprised tone.

Danny turned to look at the clock for himself, and seeing that tucker was right, He stood up. "Oops, I was supposed to be home half an hour ago. I have an early curfew because I'm grounded." He explained.

"Why? What'd you do?" Tucker asked.

Danny smiled. "I came home late for curfew."

"So they made curfew earlier. That's gonna work." Sam said in her most sarcastic voice.

Danny rolled his eyes. "I know, right? bye guys." He turned to leave, when Sam's voice stopped him.

"See you tomorrow?"

It was a simple question. They saw each other every day, but Danny caught the meaning. Would they be friends again?

"See you tomorrow." He answered.