Ch 4

(Tuesday)

Danny finally got into his bed at three am, but tossed and turned. Every time he closed his eyes all he could see was Vlad Masters and the army of ghosts that would be attacking soon. The unthinkable tragic scene in the Prince's crystal ball replayed in his head. Danny couldn't let that happen, not on his watch. He walked downstairs to the kitchen to get a glass of water. Leaning over the sink with his head down, hair stuck to his head with sweat he wanted to cry.

"What am I going to do? One week is all I have. I have too much to protect, but if I don't ask for help I won't have anything to protect..." he whipped his dark hair back and went upstairs to finish the sleepless night.

"Hey! You don't look so good..." Sam told her friend the next morning at school.

His eyes were sunken in and dark, and his hair was askew. Sam licked her hand and smoothed the front down and playfully ruffled the rest. Danny gave her a tired smile and they both blushed, but Sam took her hand down immediately. Tucker strolled into class just in time to break the awkward.

"Well somebody looks like they stayed up all night finishing the paper!" he said to Danny.

"Oh shoot! Mr. Lancer's going to fail me now for sure!" Danny said, slumping down in his chair.

"I gotcha covered." Sam said quietly as she passed him a paper that she wrote for him to turn in as his own, "I couldn't sleep last night either." she smiled sheepishly.

"YOU couldn't sleep? You're not the one that's going to be fighting an army!" Danny snapped. Sam narrowed her eyes at him, stood up, and walked out of the classroom.

"WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS! Get back here!" Mr. Lancer shouted but Sam kept walking all the way to the bathroom.

She slammed the door of the stall and sat on the toilet seat with her head in her hands.

"Stress... It's just this stupid battle thing is putting too much stress on everyone... Of course Danny is on edge, how must he feel?" she had almost talked herself out of being upset until she choked on Danny's name.

"Could you calm down man? You didn't need to take her head off!" Tucker scolded Danny.

"Aww shoot I did freak out didn't I?" Danny let his head fall, forehead banging on his desk. He didn't notice when Sam came back in with smeared eyeliner or even when the bell rang, he had fallen asleep. He began dreaming of a plan, but before it developed Dash knocked Danny on the floor as he walked by.

yeah i broke my promise. gee this one was even shorter but i hope you liked it anyways!

if you are thinking of commenting, please send me ideas for quotes because his lines are some of my favorites!

(p.s. please keep the criticisms coming!)