Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom or it's characters.

Chapter 2,

The line was stocked, and Danny and Dash were in the back trying to finish the required prep before lunch rush. It was difficult because there was only two of them. So half the time they would get interrupted by a customer who needed food.

"No, no, no, finish the teriyaki before the turkey. Teriyaki takes more time to do." Dash hollered at Danny and Danny turned to Dash.

"Why wouldn't I do the easy stuff first? That way I can get more done." Danny questioned and Dash glared at Danny.

"News Flash, Fenton. Easy stuff is last because if we run out of time, we can always run back and throw it in a pan if we need it. We can't do that with items we have to mix or chop or slice; now get cracking!" Dash said and he turned back to the bowl of tuna he was making. Danny could understand where the brute was coming from, but that didn't mean that he liked it.

"Ok, you two." The food court manager said after a few minutes.

"It's 11 o'clock. Which means you are required to stand up front until lunch rush is over." Paul said and he walked away.

"Ugh, I cannot believe that guy sometimes." Danny mumbled and Dash sighed.

"I know what you mean, Fenton. The moment we don't have customers breathing down our necks, the big boss tells us that we have to stand around doing nothing." Dash said and Danny looked at him. Danny wasn't really expecting the bully to agree with him. Danny expected Dash to say that Danny 'didn't know nothing' about this sort of thing.

"What should we do about the rest of the prep?" Danny asked and Dash rubbed the back of his neck.

"Tell you what. You go up front like he told you too, and I'll stay back here and try to get as much prep done as I can." Dash said as he put lids on some of the completed prep.

"Then wouldn't you get in trouble?" Danny asked and Dash shrugged.

"Maybe, but you haven't been here six months yet." Dash said and Danny thought that was a very odd remark to make.

"What does that mean?" Danny asked and Danny rolled his eyes.

"It means that if you get in trouble, you'll be easier to fire. Since I have been here for years, they have to work harder to fire me. So just go up front." Dash said and Danny went. He was shocked that Dash was willing to get in trouble just so he could keep his job.

"Oh, good you're opened." A woman said, popping from behind the chips and Danny nearly jumped out of his skin.

"Yes, ma'am our store actually opened at 9 today." Danny said, though he cane in after that.

"Yes, well, aren't you required to greet customers when you see them?" The woman asked and Danny blinked, but he knew that she was correct. So he cleared his throat to say the rehearsed speech.

"Hello, welcome to S-way. How can I help you today?" Danny said half-heartedly, but the customer nodded with a satisfied smile on her face. Danny couldn't explain how that smile made him so angry.

"That's better young man, now let me see." The lady leaned forward to get a better look in the bread cabinet. Danny thought that this was odd since there was pictures of the bread on the glass in front of her, but he decided that it was best to not point it out.

"Is there any milk in your bread?" She asked and Danny wanted to say 'no', but then he began to question himself. The bread they served cane in frozen, so for all he knew it could have milk or some other dairy and he didn't know about it.

"I can double-check for you." Danny offered.

"Could you? Because I want to get my son a sandwich and the doctor just told us that he can't have any milk." The woman explained and Danny gave her a polite nod and walked in the back.

"I thought I told you to stay up front." Dash said and Danny rolled his eyes.

"I would, but I have this customer asking if there is milk in our bread. I thought I could grab a box of bread to show her that there wasn't any dairy in the bread." Danny explained and Dash scrunched his face up in confusion.

"Who uses milk when making bread?" Dash asked and Danny shrugged.

"I'm just double checking for her." Danny said and Dash sighed.

"Follow me, Fenton." Dash said and they both walked up on the front line.

"Hello, ma'am, how are you today?" Dash asked and she smiled at him.

"Oh, I'm doing fine, how are you?" She asked Dash who matched her smile.

"I'm doing well thank you for asking. Now it is my understanding that you are wondering if there is any dairy in our bread." Dash clarified and she nodded.

"Yes, we just learned that my son can't have milk, and I wanted to make sure the bread won't make him sick." The lady said and Dash listened carefully to her.

"In that case, I would avoid the herb and cheese bread, because we sprinkle cheese on top of it. But all of our other breads should be fine." Dash said and the lady sighed with relief.

"That is so good to hear." She said and Dash gave her a little bow.

"If there is anything else, please don't hesitate to ask." Dash offered and he patted Dannny's back before he left. Danny turned to the lady, but he just kept thinking about the way Dash was around customers. Sure Dash use to bully him and push him around, but tha was a whole other level. Danny could hardly imagine Dash was kind to every customer that walked through that door. This behavior that Dash displays makes Danny wonder if there was something there that he didn't quite see. Some sort of gentleness or sensitivity that Dash would normally hide from the world. Danny couldn't think about that now, though. He had work to do.