A/N: Second chapter in the challenge.

DISCALIMER: SEE CHAPTER ONE!

Lies

Madeline "Maddie" Fenton was hurt. Danny was lying to her, always lying to her. Not only him but Sam and Tucker were too.

All three were important to her and they kept lying to her. And, apparently Jazz was in on it too. Was there something wrong with her? Why can't they trust her?

She was old enough to understand, old enough to help. But, they kept it to themselves for nearly three weeks now.

It was strange. After Danny had his accident, they started to keep things to themselves. It was hard to see. She and Danny used to be so close, but now it was like he was trying to push her away. Did something happen in these last ten years?

She, of course, talked to Jack about it, but he said it was just part of growing up. She shouldn't expect parent-child relationships to stay the same.

Jack was a jovial man and they had been together for a long time, but sometimes he can be so short sited. If it didn't involve fudge or ghosts he didn't pay much attention to it.

Maddie had always been interested in ghosts and she was glad to find that Jack did too. She had even taken up ghost hunting now, and she was a way better shot than Jack ever was. Not to mention the portal she and Jack had invented was a technological feet in itself.

With a great sigh, Maddie walked out of her house, Fenton Works, to take a walk so that she could clear her mind. For some reason, Danny had told her not to come home for at least another four hours. He even enlisted Jazz to keep her company and away.

The two of them had walked all over the place. They must have seen all of Amity Park by the time was up. They talked about everything and anything.

Maddie just couldn't understand how someone as beautiful and intelligent as Jazz could still be single.

"Well, you see," Jazz told her, "I've spent so much time ignoring or analyzing Danny that I forgot to act like his sister. I want to make that up to him before I pursue anyone."

"But, you could at least have steady boyfriend by now, I'm sure he wouldn't mind," Maddie said.

"That's because you didn't see how Danny acted when I tried dating Johnny Thirteen. He was having a fit." She giggled at the memory. "You know how overprotective Danny can be so me having a boyfriend is not always a good idea."

Maddie does remember how Danny could be. Granted, he was trying to protect her from a messed up frootloop, but he still overreacted a bit.

"Don't worry so much about it," Jazz said breaking Maddie from her thoughts. "I really haven't been interested in anyone anyway. Most of the people I know bug me about Danny being my brother, and I won't stand being with those kinds of people."

Jazz and she enjoyed the rest of the walk home talking and laughing about Tucker's obsession with technology. Neither could understand how someone could love technology that much. It was kind of scary.

Jazz's watch started beeping unexpectedly beeped causing Maddie to jump a little. "Oh, looks like its okay to go back now! Hurry up!"

She and Jazz hurried back to Fenton Works, it seemed Jazz wanted to get there as fast as possible. Strangely enough, Jazz waited for her to open the door…

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Everyone jumped out and screamed! Maddie nearly fell over in shock. With wondering what Danny and Sam were hiding and lying about she had totally forgotten that it was her own birthday! Speaking of Danny and Sam…

"Mom, Dad!" Madeline "Maddie" Fenton called out to her parents Danny Fenton/Phantom and Samantha "Sam" Fenton née Manson.

"Happy fourteenth birthday sweetie," Sam said smiling at her.

"Thanks Mom."

"Sorry we had to keep you in the dark Maddie, but it wouldn't be much of a surprise otherwise!" Danny exclaimed laughing and Maddie did too. She was worried for nothing. Her parents were just planning her party with her Uncle Tucker and Aunt Jazz.

"Maddie, happy birthday!" Her best friend (and secret crush) Jack Baxter called out. They had been the best of friends since their first year in Middle School. According to her dad, he acted nothing like his father. He handed her a gift that suspiciously looked a lot like the box that had the new dress she wanted.

And, it was.

"Nothing could ruin this day!" Maddie cheered happily.

"Not even Gregor Michaels showed up?" Jack said causing Danny to scowl.

"If that frootloop showed up, I'd kill him," Danny said scathingly. "He couldn't get Sam so that psycho tried to kidnap my daughter."

Gregor Michaels was the name of a boy Sam had gotten with for a little while back when they were in middle school until she learned that she was a total fake. After that, his life plummeted and he went crazy. After trying to unsuccessfully recapture Sam's heart when Maddie was six years old, he kidnapped her to try to force the issue.

Pretty stupid to mess with the daughter of Danny Phantom.

He was still in prison for his own safety rather than for his crimes.

Later that night, Maddie was putting away all of her new items and she realized that she never had such an awesome birthday as this one was.