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Chapter 4: Freedom BR

When school let out for the day, Star grabbed any books she needed for homework, and ran out of the large doors of Casper High. Star ran down the block she lived on, glad that she was finally free from the stares that she had been receiving.

She smiled as she opened the front door to her house, shouting,"Hey Mom, I'm home!" before running upstairs to her room and closing the door. She could hear the faint shout of "Hi sweetie, how was school?" coming from downstairs.

Star opened her door just long enough to yell "Interesting!" back to her mother, and closing it. That would usually be all they would say to each other until dinner, or the next morning. Today, she planned on having a real conversation with her mom as soon as she finished the little homework that she had, and sorting through the clothes in her closet.

The blonde quickly sat down at her desk and finished her homework, which took only an amazing and exciting hour. Star yawned. Thank God she was finished. She then rushed over to her closet and yanked the door open, revealing a huge mound of expensive and preppy clothing. About 40 percent of the clothing was pink, which she took out and shoved into the large, black, plastic trash bag that she had ran downstairs into the kitchen to get.

Another 30 percent of the clothing, which was either frilly or girly was shoved into the black trash bag. Everything that she didn't like (only worn to impress Paulina) was now in the black bag that was clutched tightly in her 'perfectly manicured' hands. Her closet almost actually looked empty now. Almost. She was getting rid of about 70 percent of her clothing, after all.

Her grin grew when she realized that she could finally be herself, and not someone who pretended to like the things Paulina liked so she could feel like she fit in. She was now...unique. The person she had desperately wanted to be the night before, as she sat on her roof gazing at the stars.

Star stood there for a few moments, before remembering that she wanted to speak to her mother for once in her life. She tied up the bag, and carried it downstairs in the living room, where her mom was playing with Star's five-year-old little brother, David, who seemed to be completely engrossed in the fact that the big red fire truck in his right hand was going to collide with the blue and green race car in his left hand dead-on at 300 MPH, causing a huge explosion. (Sound effects of course done by David.)

She giggled. She loved her brother, but he was just plain weird. She ruffled his spiky strawberry-blonde hair playfully and threw the black bag filled with her clothing on the couch. "Charity," she told her mom, pointing to the bag. "And I wanted to know if I could go out tonight with my friends."

Her mother smiled. "Of course you can go out with your friends! Why'd did you ask? You never asked before! But I need to ask you a favor. Can you take your little brother? Your father and I want to go out to dinner tonight, and we don't really want to go to McDonalds if you know what I mean. Your brother can't eat and sit still, which as I'm sure you remember is why we don't bring him to restaurantsunless we want to be embarrassed by the large quantities of food on the floor."

Star laughed. Her brother was really uncontrollable, but she was one of the only people who could get him to behave properly, which was why she always the one stuck with him when her parents went out. "All right, he can tag along. But if he can't behave I'm holding you responsible!" She said half joking. Star sat next to her mother and grinned. She couldn't remember the last time she had actually talked to her mother this way, or even went near her family. Star had thought before that because none of her friends hung out with their parents, why should she?

She now knew that she was wrong. Her family was alot of fun, and they were always happy. Why not hang out with them? Her mothers voice interrupted her train of thought. "So...honey...tell Paulina I said hi tonight, ok?" Star frowned. "I'm not seeing Paulina tonight. Maybe never again. I think I finally realized that Paulina is a shallow, self-absorbed snob who enjoys others pain.And I pretty much told her that today, after she made fun of one of my friends, Valerie."

Her mom looked at her, scratching her blonde hair-covered head. "You had a fight? I can understand that. I noticed that Paulina doesn't really treat you very well...and she wasn't the most respectful person to us either. I'm glad that you finally stuck up for yourself and a friend. I'm proud of you." Star's face lit up again and she replied, "Thanks mom." There goes her mom again. Always making everyone feel better when they are down, and being the perfect role-model. Funny how she used to be the exact opposite until today.

"Who are you going out with tonight, then?" Her mom, yet again interrupted her train of thought. "The girl I stuck up for, Valerie, and her friends. Danny, Tucker, and Sam." Star looked at her little brother. He was still crashing cars together with loud sound effects. Something told her that Dave would love hanging out with Danny.

She stood up, and looked at her mother again. "Well, I better go get ready. I'm meeting them at 6:00 and it's already 5:30." She ran up to her room, changed into a short-sleaved purple shirt with black stars that she had gotten for her birthday the year before, and a pair of blue jeans that were torn up at the knees. She smirked as she looked in the mirror. 'Just my style.' She then took out the red flower clip in her hair and replaced it with a purple star.

Feeling satisfied, she applied purple lip gloss. It surprisingly still went good with her blonde hair. Just as she put away the lip gloss and threw the clothes she was wearing before in her hamper, the phone rang on the table next to her bed. Star looked at the caller ID, picking it up after seeing that it was Valerie. "Hello?" A few seconds later Valerie's voice came from the other line. "Hey Star, do you mind if we meet at the Nasty Burger? My shift here is over at 6:00 and it would be alot easier if you guys met here."

Star pondered for a second. She lived right down the street from the Nasty Burger, and her brother would love being there again. "Sure, but do you mind if I bring Dave?" ' Please don't mind. Please don't mind.' "Of course you can bring him! All right, bye! I'll get in trouble if my boss sees me talking to you and not a costumer." Valerie replied, her voice suddenly getting worried. "All right bye!"
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The excited fifteen-year-old hung up the phone and ran downstairs after grabbing her purse. She found her little brother, kneeled down and told him that they were going to go to the Nasty Burger and get some french fries. She grabbed his shoes and helped him put them on. As she patiently instructed him how to tie his shoe, she noticed one of his front teeth were missing. "Hey, did you already lose your first tooth?" She hadn't noticed it missing before.

"Yep. Daddy pulled it out. It hurt bad." Dave told her, his voice sounding sad, and yet proud. "Aww...thats too bad. Maybe later we can go get ice cream if your good." Bad idea. Her brother began to jump up and down. "Ice cream! Ice cream!" Star began to wave her finger as she stood up again. "If your a good boy!" Dave curled his lip, making the puppy dog eyes, and stared up at her innocently. "I'll be good!" She smiled at him and took his hand. "I know you will." She and her brother headed for the door. "Bye mom!" She yelled as she opened the door and they both walked into the warm spring air.

They headed towards the Nasty Burger, he brother making noises that resembled loud racecars, and they sped up. Even though Star was clutching David's hand he still managed to get remarkable ahead of her, because he was obviously excited about ice cream and french fries, which were the two basic food groups to him.

When they walked into the Nasty Burger, Star saw Danny, Sam, and Tucker at a booth, talking among themselves. She looked around and saw Valerie hanging up her vest behind the counter. She let go of Dave's hand and he ran to the counter, jumping up and down. She waved to Sam, who had noticed her and strode over to the counter. After ordering a small fry, her brother stoped jumping and she grabbed his hand again.

Valerie was now standing next to the booth that the trio was at, so she grabbed the bag that the fries where in and walked over to the booth. "Hey guys! This is David, my little brother." She told them, and her brother waved shyly.Sam looked at her with a smile. "Hi! nice outfit!" She said to Star, and than greeted Dave. Danny got out of the booth and bent down to David, shaking his hand. "Hi David, I'm Danny. Very nice to meet you." He said kindly. Dave smiled, his missing tooth now visible. "Hi! Are you Star's boyfriend"

Star felt herself blushing. "No, he's just a new friend who happens to be a boy!" She said quickly. Why was she blushing? Danny was cute and all, but he was already being fought for by Valerie and Sam, and Sam was winning obviously. She looked at his face. It was also pretty red. He smiled and stood up, sitting next to Sam, where he was before. Just as he sat down, he shivered and Star could have sworn she saw her breath. ' Funny. It's not cold.' He once again stood up and blurted out nervously,"Sorry, I'll be right back!" before running to the boys bathroom.

Just as he closed the door, she heard her little brother's scream behind her. She turned around, screaming as soon as her mind had enough time to register what her eyes saw. A huge, red eyed, ghost with green colored skin that seemed to crawl was about 10 feet behind her, holding her thrashing brother. Her eyes closed quickly and she froze, not knowing what to do. 'I'm so grounded 'she thought. She heard a large blast and a moan from the ghost, but was still too frightened to open her eyes to see what had happened.

A familiar voice came from nowhere. "Back of ghost punk!" After a series of loud blasts, screams, and "thud"s she heard a loud sucking noise, and a blue light leaked through her tightly closed eyes. A bit calmer, she opened her eyes to see that her brother wasn't there anymore.

A loud laugh echoed through the deserted Nasty Burger, and Star turned around quickly. Floating behind her, was none other than Danny Phantom, making a face that resembled a monkey to amuse David, who was in his arms.

Author's Note:
Aha! Yay for semi-cliffies! Anyway, this chapter somehow came to me really quickly. Dunno why. I just wrote this in about 45 minutes. shrugs oh well. Anyway, now you know a little bit more about Star's life. And David(Dave) is named and based on my older brother. What I would imagine him to be at age five of course, beings how I am not younger than 5 and writing this story. And I didn't forget about Valerie being there when the ghost grabbed Dave! Anyway, I'll get right to writing the next chapter now. Expect it by Wednesday. Review peoples!

Next Update: May 23 or 24th