Sorry about the delay! I don't know how regular I'll be with future chapters but I'll try to update as much as possible.
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They sat awkwardly in Jake's room for a while either of them said anything. Danny sat on the bottom bunk of the bed and Jake sat in a chair next to a desk with a laptop resting on top.
"So how come you're in the exchange program?" Jake asked to break the silence.
"My grades have dropped lately and my parents decided the program would have less distractions than at home." Danny looked irritated. Jake could tell he would have preferred to be at home.
"Well its only three months. You'll be back in Amity Park before you know it," Jake said trying to cheer him up. Danny smiled a bit. "What kind of distractions anyway?" He was curious as to know what was making him fail so much his parents decided to send him away. Danny paused and seemed to really think before he gave his answer, which surprised Jake since his last answer had been so quick.
"My friends and I have been hanging out a lot lately and because of it I tend to fall asleep often in class." Jake smiled at that. It reminded him of how he often fell asleep after staying up late with dragon duties. Huh... He wondered why of all things that was what came to mind.
"Sounds like you have a lot of fun," he said trying to find out more. "What do you guys like to do for fun?" He saw a flash of panic in Danny's eyes and he took a second to answer. Jake knew that he wasn't just slow. He was hiding something.
"Mostly we play video games. Sam's the best though of course I'll never admit that. She'd never let it go." He smiled as he thought about her. Jake knew he liked her. "What about you?" Jake looked up. "What do you do for fun?" He thought about this. The same thing Danny had done. He hoped the boy didn't notice.
"We hang out at the skate park a lot." That was the best answer he could come up with without giving up any suspicious information. Fortunately though, his mom called them down for dinner.
Danny had struggled to answer Jake's questions without sounding like he was hiding something, but he wasn't a very good liar and he could tell by some of the looks Jake gave him that he hadn't done a very good job. But he also noticed that Jake had taken his time answering the 'what do you do for fun question' the same way he had. Though it didn't mean anything, did it? Maybe Jake was just hiding something because they'd only known each other for a few hours.
They headed downstairs to find Susan placing their food on the table and a man and a little girl sitting waiting to eat.
"Ah! You must be Danny!" the man, who Danny assumed was Mr Jonathan Long, stood up and held out his hand. Danny shook it and smiled. The little girl waved and said that her name was Haley. Danny smiled and waved back. They all sat down and soon began their meal.
The family bombarded him with questions about his life in Amity Park which he answered as best he could while trying no to slip up. Though he noticed that Jake gave him a suspicious look every now and then as if he suspected something was wrong. He hoped that wasn't what the look meant.
Danny told them about how his parents were ghost hunters and about the many ghost attacks rumoured to have happened around the town. He only mentioned the ones he knew he'd seen as Danny Fenton in case that came back around against him. He told them all about Sam and Tucker, leaving out their knack of catching ghosts of course, and he told them a bit about his school and his teachers.
Once dinner was eventually over Danny was so tired from all the talking that he was happy when Susan and Jonathan told the three youngsters to go straight to bed. The day had been tiring and stressful and he fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
Sorry about the length. The next one should be longer. Also sorry if there's not much in this but the next one will be a bit more interesting too ;)
No Rose will not be in it. This is set between the defeat of the Huntsclan and Honk Kong.
I hope you're all enjoying it so far! Please review!
