Okay so it's a bit later than I planned but here's the newest chapter! That's the good news. Bad news is my exams are coming up and since I have tons to study (somebody tell me why I chose a science-related course =.=) so I'll probably wait till my exams are over before uploading any new chapters. That and thanks to the exams, I'm currently having writer's block =.= hopefully after this nuisance called exams are done and over with, I'll be able to get on with my life and the story. So enjoy!
"Danny?" Sam called out as she got up and looked at him, eyebrow raised in puzzlement.
"What are you doing?" she questioned, noticing Danny's startled and nervous expression.
"Nothing!" he denied, in a somewhat high pitched, nervous voice.
"Uh-huh. I wasn't born yesterday, you know." deadpanned Sam as she continued to observe Danny.
"It's nothing you need to worry about, Sam." reassured Danny as he closed the door silently and made his way over to his own bed. From beyond the door, Sam could hear the sounds of people shouting and could occasionally make out the words 'Fenton' and 'You're dead!'
"I can pretty much guess. What did you do? Pull a prank on that guy?" questioned Sam as she smirked at Danny, having made her way down and was sitting opposite him on the round table.
"Something like that." grinned Danny sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his neck.
'Bang!' the two jumped at the loud noise that cut through the comfortable silence.
"You hide. I'll handle the popular, idiotic jock." deadpanned Sam as she made her way over to the door and put on her best 'you're dead for waking me up' expression.
"Got it, thanks." said Danny as he ducked into the bathroom.
"I know you're in there Fenton!" Sam slammed the door open before the boy could bang on it again and glared at him.
"What the heck is wrong with you? Can't someone get a few minutes of quiet without being woken up so rudely?" complained Sam as she glared at the blond-haired blue eyed muscular jock before her.
"Who cares about you, geek. I know Fenton's in here. Get him to come out!" the boy shouted, placing a hand on Sam's shoulder.
"He's not in here, you moron. Now get out of my room!" yelled Sam as she glared at the offending hand.
"You don't talk that way to me. Nobody talks that way to me!" yelled out the boy as he grabbed the front of Sam's shirt.
"You just made your first mistake." murmured Sam as she grabbed the boy's arm. In one fluid motion, Sam had thrown the boy on the ground and within minutes, had her boot on his chest, pining the boy down.
"Now then, care to crawl your way out?" mocked Sam as she smirked maliciously at the boy. Gulping, he nodded quickly once before making his way out. Once Sam had closed the door, she heard him shouting,
"I'll get you back for this, geek!"
"Yeah, yeah, I'll be waiting." answered Sam offhandedly. Heading over to the bathroom, Sam opened the door and peeked inside.
"Hey Danny, coast's clear. You can come out now." said Sam.
"Whew, thanks. How did you get rid of Dash?" asked Danny as he stepped out from behind the shower curtain.
"I took some self-defense lessons. That explains enough?" answered Sam as she smiled at him.
"Whoa, remind me never to get on your bad side." joked Danny as the two of them made their way back to the room, laughing.
"So…you going to the cafeteria?" asked Danny as he sat before his computer. Sam glanced at the clock which read 7.04pm.
"Yeah, probably. Unless the food there isn't edible and I have to go elsewhere." joked Sam.
"Nah, the food there's okay. But there are other places with way better food." replied Danny.
"So…are you going?" asked Sam.
"Yeah, in a minute. I'm meeting Tucker in the lounge and then we're going to this restaurant just across the street. Word is that the food there's heavenly." said Danny, all his attention focused on his computer.
"You've been staring at that thing for hours. What exactly are you doing?" questioned Sam as she walked over. Peeking over Danny's shoulder, Sam was greeted with the familiar sight of Doom, a game she had played often enough.
"I'll be done soon. Why don't you go ahead?" said Danny as he frantically hit the keyboard.
"Hello? New student here. I'll wait." said Sam as she got out her cell phone and began fiddling with it.
"Uh-huh, in a minute." deadpanned Sam as she looked over at Danny who was grinning sheepishly.
"Well…Tucker was late too!" said Danny, causing Tucker to turn his attention away from his PDA and towards Danny.
"Hey! I figured since you weren't going offline yet, I might as well keep playing." protested Tucker.
"Alright guys, quit it. We're here already" said Sam as she stood at the entrance to CandleLit.
"Please don't let this place be lit by candles." prayed Sam as she pushed open the doors and stepped inside, Danny and Tucker right behind her. The soft glow of candle light was the first thing that greeted her as she stood at the entrance, face-palming. The restaurant had been painted lavender, so that when the candle light fell on them, it gave off a romantic atmosphere. Tables were placed a few feet from the other. Sam could tell the the small square tables which seated only two people were especially reserved for couples while the round tables which could seat at least six people were for families or groups although candles had been places on every table in the restaurant, with two candles on the small tables and at least three candles on the round ones. From the number of square tables, Sam could guess that mostly couples visited the restaurant.
"You just had to prove me right" Sam muttered as a waitress walked up to them and led them to their seats.
"Well…at least we know that this would be a good place for a date?" said Danny.
"Only problem is that all of us here are guys. Man, my first romantic candlelit dinner is with three guys?" complained Tucker as he sat down.
"You'll get used to it" Sam joked, causing Tucker to glare at her.
"Man, was that good or what?" exclaimed Tucker as he rubbed his stomach in satisfaction, burping.
"It sure lived up to its reputation!" answered Danny.
"That it did." confirmed Sam, grinning.
"You know, I don't get how you can survive on just a salad. It's not exactly filling." said Tucker as he looked at Sam.
"Ultra-Recyclo-Vegetarian? I'm used to it." said Sam.
"Used to it or not, guys our age need meat, lots and lots of it" said Tucker, unconvinced.
"That's just you, Tuck. You don't see me eating lots and lots of meat." said Danny. Sam rolled her eyes as Tucker continued jabbering on about the benefits of meat.
"Well, we're here." said Sam, interrupting Tucker's tirade on all things meat as they stood before room 046.
"See you tomorrow, Tuck" said Danny.
"See you" answered Tucker.
"Bye, Tucker" said Sam as she and Danny opened the door to their room.
"Bye, Sam"
"Well, what should we do now?" asked Danny as he switched on the lights.
"Watch T.V till ten?" suggested Sam.
"Hopefully, there'll be something interesting" said Danny as he turned on the television.
Sam had all her attention focused on the television which was airing a documentary on lions when she noticed that Danny was unusually silent. Glancing to her side, she saw him asleep on the mat, shivering badly.
"Whoa, what's up with that?" Sam muttered as she hurried over to his side and began shaking Danny, all the time calling for him to wake up.
"Uh…wha…?" murmured Danny groggily as he got up slowly, rubbing his eyes.
"You were shivering real badly. How you feeling?" asked Sam, concern in her eyes as she gave Danny an once-over as though checking him for injuries.
"Yeah, I'm…uh fine. Be right back." said Danny, getting up abruptly and dashing into the bathroom. Hearing the lock click, Sam stared at the door for a few seconds in confusion.
"Well…that was weird." muttered Sam as she turned back to the documentary.
Sam glanced at the bathroom. She had been doing that for the past half hour, waiting anxiously for Danny to come out. Sighing, she got to her feet and knocked on the door softly, in case Lancer was nearby and heard.
"Danny? Are you still in there?" whispered Sam.
"I'll be out soon!" called back Danny through the door. Pressing her ear on the door, Sam listened closely.
"Oof! Oh would you just get in the stupid thermos?" Sam heard Danny's annoyed whisper.
"Make me!" that voice sounded like a child, albeit a mischievous one.
"Oh, I will!" A few crashes, bangs and other miscellaneous noises later, Danny came out the door, looking as though he had been running for hours.
"What were you doing in there?" questioned Sam as she stared at Danny.
"Nothing, just a really bad stomachache" said Danny, grinning sheepishly.
"Sorry about that. Bathroom's all yours now! Night, Sam!" said Danny cheerily as he headed to his bed. Shaking her head, Sam decided not to pry and proceeded to brush her teeth. After all, many people had secrets that they didn't want others knowing and Sam was going to respect that.
Sam woke to the sound of the alarm beeping. Peeking out from over her bed, Sam watched as Danny's hand groped around the bedside table before finally finding the alarm clock and hitting the snooze button. A few minutes later, Danny got up from his bed and began to make his way over to the bathroom groggily. Sam waited until she the click of the door lock before pushing away her blankets to reveal her normal attire, folded and ready.
"Alright, 30 seconds, starting now" murmured Sam to herself as she slipped out of her pajamas and fastened the singlet around her chest before slipping on her black shirt and jeans. 30 seconds later, Danny was out of the bathroom, yawning, when he caught sight of Sam, all dressed.
"Whoa…you dress fast." commented Danny as he proceeded to take off his shirt, revealing his well toned chest, leading Sam to freak out inwardly.
"You okay?" asked Danny, noting Sam's wide, somewhat shocked eyes. Well, maybe not so inwardly.
"Huh? Yeah, I'm fine!" said Sam as she got off her bed and made a mad dash for the bathroom.
"What's with him?" murmured Danny as he changed into his white shirt with a red logo in the middle and blue jeans.
"All done!" said Sam, a bit too cheerfully as she stepped out of the bathroom five minutes later.
"Great. This should leave us plenty of time to get to the General Office for your schedule." said Danny as he opened the door, waiting for Sam.
"Thanks, Danny. I really appreciate it." said Sam, giving Danny a smile as she walked out the door and waited as Danny locked it.
"No prob." said Danny.
"So, Samuel, was it? Let me see…" murmured the receptionist as she turned around and began rifling through a stack of papers while Sam waited on the other side of the counter, Danny having made himself comfortable in the seats.
"Ah ha! Here it is." said the receptionist as she turned to face Sam once more, handing her the slip of paper which contained her schedule.
"Thanks" said Sam, turning to grab Danny and dragging him out the office.
"Whoa, what's the rush?" asked Danny.
"Only that we have 15 minutes to get to class and I don't even know where my class is?" answered Sam.
"Here, let me see it" said Danny. After a few seconds of scanning the paper, he grinned.
"This is really cool. We have the same classes, all of them!" said Danny.
"Come on, I'll take you to our first class" said Danny, not bothering to wait for an answer from Sam as he grabbed Sam's arm and began dragging her to their first class, Advanced Physics.
As Sam sat beside Danny in Maths, she couldn't help wondering about the ghost she had seen yesterday, which somehow led to her thinking about a shirtless Danny, which in turn caused her to flush bright red, oblivious to the nervous glances Danny was shooting her and the deadly glare on their Maths teacher face that was getting deadlier by the second.
"Samuel Morris, just what is so interesting about the sky that you ignore my class?" grounded out the teacher as he slammed the Maths textbook on Sam's table, successfully jerking Sam back to reality.
"It's not what you think!" Sam exclaimed, before finally taking a good look around her and realizing that she had been daydreaming while in Maths class.
'Nice going, Sam, way to make a good first impression' thought Sam to herself sarcastically.
"Uh…sorry?" said Sam uncertainly as she looked at the teacher. Before she could hear the teacher's reply, they were interrupted by a robot-like ghost who immediately aimed at Danny and shot something from his arm, destroying Danny's desk and sending both Danny and Sam flying in opposite directions.
"GHOST!" yelled someone.
"RUN!" another yelled. Sam rolled her eyes. It was obvious that whatever that was was a ghost and that he was dangerous.
"Danny?" Sam called out, trying hard to see through the smoke created from the blast and locate Danny.
"You should get out of here first." echoed a voice behind her. Turning around, Sam spotted Phantom.
"You're that ghost from yesterday! Hey, can you help me find my friend?" asked Sam just as she spotted the same ghost again, preparing to fire another blast at Phantom.
"I will have your pelt, whelp! For I'm the Ghost Zone's greatest hunter!"
"You should know how this ends already, Skulker!" said Phantom tiredly as he blasted Skulker with something green from his hand.
"I'm sure your friend's safe" said Phantom, turning to Sam for a moment.
"You should just get out of here first." Phantom eyed Skulker who was getting up. Sam nodded and began heading for the door.
"Watch out!" shouted Phantom just as Sam turned to find something blue headed right for her. As it made contact with her, Sam flew back, hitting her head on the wall before slumping down onto the floor slowly, her world suddenly black.
Danny POV
"You're going to pay for that!" I said as I charged up and ecto-blast and fired at Skulker, knocking him out of the air.
"We'll see about that, ghost boy!" said Skulker as he shot a net from his arm. Charging up an ecto-blast, I blasted the net to pieces before it could reach me and reached behind me for the Fenton Thermos. Uncapping it, I pointed it at Skulker and watched as the ghost was sucked into the thermos before capping it.
"Sam!" turning, I flew over to Sam and knelt down beside him, transforming back to my human self.
"Sam?" I reached out a tentative hand and poked him lightly. Looking closely, I noticed that he had pretty feminine features for a guy.
"Guess I'll have to carry him to the Nurse's office" I murmured to myself as I grabbed his side, preparing to hoist him to his feet.
"Wha…"
Any guesses what's the meaning behind the last word? For anyone who's confused, that was Danny. Review please!
