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Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom. I do not own the song lyrics written below from the song 'Count on Me' by Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans.

Count on me through thick and thin

A friendship that will never end

When you are weak I will be strong

Helping you to carry on

Call on me, I will be there

Don't be afraid

Please believe me when I say

Count on me

I Walk the Line: A Phone Call Away

Word count: 4,312

10/27/15

August 30th, 2014

Saturday (Friday night)

Fenton household

1:53 a.m.

Jazz recognized the scream instantly. She truly did not want to be able to say that she could recognize his scream, but she was also happy that she did. Jazz darted back up the stairs and through Danny's closed door, making sure to close it quickly again behind her. He screamed again as Jazz turned on the light.

His eyes were squeezed shut, head thrown back into his pillow with sweat trickling down his face. His tanned hands fisted tightly to his blankets, his back arched again as another ear piercing scream ripped from his mouth. She rushed to his bed and gently ran her hands through his hair.

"Shh. Come on, Danny. Shh. Wake up, little brother." She reached out with her other hand and shook his shoulder slightly. His breath was becoming shorter and she knew she had to wake him before he screamed again.

"Shh. I'm here Danny. It's Jazz, please wake up. I'm here. Wake up." She shook him a little harder, "Please, it's Jazz, wake up."

Blue eyes shot open, and Jazz could see the fear that held him; a gasp escaped his mouth. "Shh, shh, shh. I'm here. I'm right here. Breathe Danny."

Danny's ocean eyes locked with her own and she made sure she wore a reassuring smile, "Jazz?" his voice croaked from his screams.

"It's me." She nodded sitting down on the edge of his bed. "Breathe for me Danny. In through your nose, out through your mouth." He took a shaky breath in and out. "Again, in through your nose, out through your mouth." He did as she said and she untangled her fingers from his hair and uncurled his fingers from his bed sheets. "Again."

It took a couple more minutes until Danny was able to breathe regularly. She kept a hold of one of his hands, and rubbed his shoulder with the other. She hated seeing her brother like this. She hated that she couldn't do anything to take away his pain. Her talks only helped so much and it wasn't as though she could send him to someone to talk about what has happened. Their family was all that he had to confide in about these matters.

"I'm sorry I woke you." Danny finally said, taking Jazz out of her thoughts. Danny had sat up and was leaning back against his pillow. He looked extremely disappointed at having disturbed her sleep.

"No." She shook her head frantically, grabbing hold of both of his hands. "You didn't wake me up. I was having trouble sleeping actually." She reassured him giving him a warm smile and a squeeze to both hands.

"You couldn't sleep?" Danny's brows furrowed, "What's wrong?" his sorrowful look changed instantly to one of concern.

"Nothing, really." She wasn't concerned with herself at the moment; she wanted to make sure Danny was okay.

"Are you nervous about tomorrow?"

She knew she couldn't lie to him when he looked at her so wide-eyed. She knew she was older than him, but the way he looked now-a-days and the way he's matured sometimes she could have sworn he was the older child. Especially considering he now stood almost a head taller than her. But in these moments where she could see the vulnerability in his eyes, she was reminded how young he truly was.

"Yes, I'm nervous." She admitted, "But it's nothing that can't be handled." She squeezed his hands again. "Nervousness is only an anxiety…"

"…reaction to a stressful situation." Danny finished for her. She shot him a weak glare that made him chuckle. "Like you said, it's normal to be nervous." He shrugged.

"First of all, you said it." He smiled and scrunched his nose up at her, making a face. "And yes, it is normal to be nervous. I just don't like the fact that I can't sleep because of it." She frowned. Of course when she and the others had to be up early and drive three hours and move into her dorm, she wouldn't be able to fall asleep.

Danny gave her a small smile, "Though it's normal to be nervous, you have nothing to be nervous about." He shifted on the bed, folding his legs under him. "You'll at least get along with one of your roommates, and if you don't you'll put them in their place anyway." She chuckled, that was true. "You'll get to go out and do what you really want to do. You're going to be surrounded by so many people trying to achieve their dreams that you're going to fit right in." He always knew what to say to make her feel better. "Plus, you won't have to worry about ghosts attacking and getting in the way of your study time."

She frowned at that, "You know I'll only be a phone call and three hours away if anything does happen. And I want to know if anything big happens. Always."

"No way." He shook his head, "I'm not going to disrupt you at college. You're not going to miss anything because of me and the other ghosts."

She rolled her eyes at him, "How could you think I'd do something like that? You're my little brother, I'm going to protect you no matter what." She leaned forward and pulled him into a tight hug. "I won't be missing anything because of you. You can't get rid of me that easily."

"Darn, I thought for sure that would work." She felt the rumbling of his chest as he chuckled.

"Definitely not. You're stuck with me forever and ever."

He hugged her tighter and she realized that those words meant more than just about her leaving school. He had dreamed about the alternate universe again, she had hoped it was a different nightmare that had plagued him.

"I'm going to miss you." His voice barely rose above a whisper.

"I'm going to miss you too." And she would. These past two years they had grown much closer than when they were little. Now she was leaving and she didn't want to lose that closeness with him.

"I'm just a phone call away." He nodded his head and it rubbed against her shoulder. She knew he understood she was talking about nights like these where he had the nightmares. He probably wouldn't call her first, but she knew that he did want to talk it out to her on most nights.

He pulled away from the hug, but he kept his hands on her upper back. She kept her own on his shoulders as he looked at her with concern again.

"What am I going to do if Maddie and Jack hear me?"

She pursed her lips at the use of her parent's names. She understood why Danny separated himself from them, she truly did. But she couldn't find it in her heart to do that as well. She still considered them her mother and father figures. Yes, she didn't like what they were doing to the ghosts and chasing Danny down, but they did try at times to make sure to be parents to her and Danny. She still wasn't sure how she felt on the topic of Danny calling their mom and dad by their names constantly – not that that wasn't untypically for kids their age – but she didn't want to take that up to him at the moment.

"You're going to have to lie. Say you had a nightmare about the GIW taking them away or something."

"You're telling me to lie? You?" Danny smiled.

She rolled her eyes again, "Shut up. But that'll be the quickest way to get them off your back. Otherwise you'll have to tell them that you got freaked out by a ghost earlier that day. Or better yet, tell them you dreamed that they shut down NASA for good."

His eyes went wide, "What? That's horrible! How could you say that to me?" He cried closing his eyes and tossing his head back, his right hand going to his forehead.

She slapped him lightly on the arm, "Stop being so dramatic."

He looked at her with a fake sad look, "But NASA." She gave him a pointed look. "Okay, okay." He pulled her in again for another hug.

"I love you, Danny."

"Love you too, Jazz." Suddenly she felt a yawn pull from her mouth. "I guess you're tired now."

She smiled and shook her head. "Yeah I guess I am." She pulled back from the hug all the way, dropping her hands back into her lap. "You going to go back to sleep?"

He glanced to his left. Jazz followed his gaze to see that the clock on his nightstand read: 2:09 a.m. They had to leave in 5 hours. She wanted to get there early so they could miss all the crazy hustle and bustle of moving in with so many students.

"Eh, I might go out for a fly. You're driving anyway; I could always sleep in the car."

"That's only if a ghost attacks, mister."

He snapped his fingers, swinging his hand up a little at the same time. "Well, I tried my best. I'll see you in the morning, okay?"

"I'll come wake you up."

"Yeah, I don't think I'm going to hear my alarms." He chuckled.

"Good night, Danny." She leaned up and kissed his forehead before getting off the bed and grabbing her laptop from his desk.

"Night."

August 30th, 2014

Saturday

Fenton household

7:18 a.m.

"Jeez, Jazz how much stuff do you need?" Tucker groaned as he loaded another box into Sam's car.

"This coming from the Techno Geek that carries around an extra ten pounds of gadgets." Jazz shot back, shoving a tub of books into Sam's backseat. Her car was already filled up – it was so small that only so many boxes and other things fit.

"Hey, I'll have you know that everything is down to two things now." Tucker brushed off his hands and made room for Sam who was carrying another box. "Carol, my PDA and Crystal my Iphone."

"At least I don't name my electronics." She pulled herself out of the car and looked at her friend.

"Please, you name your books."

"Oh my gods!" Sam exclaimed turning to glare at the two after she moved around her small box to fit in the trunk. "It's seven in the morning. Some of us are not awake enough to deal with your arguing." She rubbed her temples. "I haven't even had my morning tea yet."

"Sorry, Sam." The two apologized.

Danny came through the front door and walked down the front steps carrying a box. Jack and Maddie following him; Jack was carrying a box as well.

"This is the last of em, Jazzypants." Jack announced as he and Danny placed both boxes in Sam's backseat.

"Sam, your tea is in the kitchen." Maddie said, walking over to her daughter.

"Thanks." Sam quickly headed inside to grab it.

"You have everything, sweetheart?" Maddie asked, grabbing Jazz into a hug.

"Yeah. Everything's loaded." She squeezed her mom tightly before letting go. She wanted to make this as quick and painless as possible. If she kept saying good-bye to her mom she would start tearing up.

"I wish we were going with you kids." Jack said, pulling Jazz into a hug as well.

"I know. But you need to be here. You have to get your grants." She might understand that they needed to stay home, but she truly wanted her parents to help her move in on this day with the others. It hurt a little, but she still had her friends and Danny coming.

"We love you so much; you're going to knock 'em dead." Jack whispered into her ear.

"I love you too, dad." She gave him one more big squeeze before pulling back.

"You promise to call as soon as you make it to the campus?" Maddie tucked a strand of her Jazz's hair behind her ear.

"Of course. And I'll call you when everything is set up." Maddie smiled at her daughter and pulled her into another hug.

They held onto each other for a couple more seconds before Maddie nodded her head and pulled away, "Alright then." She turned towards Danny and Tucker, "And you boys, when you leave St. Louis I want you to call. If you don't reach us, leave a message okay?"

"We will." Danny agreed.

"Don't worry Mrs. Fenton, I'm keeping my grandma informed as well." Sam reassured her coming down the stairs with her tea in hand.

"Good." Maddie crossed her arms and looked at all the kids. She couldn't believe her little girl was going off to college already. It seemed as if it had just been yesterday that Jazz was a little girl and would bring her books from their own bookshelves that delved into science theories and ask her to read them to her. She was going to miss her little girl so much. But Maddie knew she had to let her go. Jazz would be back. She didn't know if she'd be able to do this again.

She looked to Danny and realized there was another two years until he would be off to college. Sure his grades weren't that good at the moment, but she knew he could get them up. She began choking up at the thought of her little boy leaving the nest as well. She wished she could spend more time with him now but he kept pushing away from her and Jack. Regrettably she let it happen and now she wasn't sure how to get that closeness back with him.

"Mom, we really need to get on the road now." Jazz interrupted her inner thoughts. She mentally shook her head; those thoughts could be brought up later.

"Alright." She smiled. "Be safe."

"By mom." Jazz waved and got into her car, Danny followed suit. Tucker and Sam got into her car. Jack wrapped his arm around her waist and began waving towards the kids.

Maddie watched as Jazz waved back at them, she was slightly disappointed that Danny hadn't waved back. She pulled out of the driveway first, Sam followed suit and drove down the street. They waited until their cars were gone from sight before either of them spoke.

"She'll be okay, Mads."

"I know." She sighed and turned to look up at him. "I'm just going to miss her."

"Me too." Jack gave her a small smile. "Come on," he leaned down and kissed her on her forehead. "We still have to make sure everything's out and organized for Dr. Phenway."

August 30th, 2014

Saturday

Jazz's Dorm Room (McHenry Hall)

7:45 p.m.

"Danny, I'll be fine." Jazz reassured him for what seemed the thousandth time.

"I know, I know." Danny held his hands up, palms facing her, "But I just wanna make sure everything is good to go for you."

He was currently going over the ecto-weapons that they made sure she had just in case something happened. Jazz also made sure she packed the Fenton Virtual Reality Helmet, gloves and boots because it would help keep up not only her training, but her workouts. She didn't think that her parents would miss it because they had made two more for the family to use.

Jazz folded her arms across her chest and rolled her eyes, "You've already tested them four times. They work just fine."

"Well I haven't checked the Porta Portal." He pointed out giving her a glare. Sam and Tucker groaned from where they sat on Jazz's bed where they were thumb wrestling.

"Danny." Sam rolled her head over to look at her best friend leaving the game to Tucker. Her and Tucker had already said their good-bye's to Jazz and wanted to go home.

"What?" he didn't take his eyes off the ecto-gun.

"Stop stalling. You're gonna see Jazz again soon."

"But…" He finally looked up to meet Sam's eyes. They held gazes for a few seconds almost as if they were having a silent conversation. Danny sighed and Sam smiled sitting up from the bed. "Okay."

He put the weapon away and got up from the floor. "Sam's right, it's getting late and we still have to drive three hours back home."

Jazz smiled at him and held out her arms. Danny instantly crushed her to him. "Remember what I said last night." Jazz whispered. Not because she didn't want Sam and Tucker to hear, but because she felt if she spoke any louder she would break the moment.

Danny nodded, "You remember what I said too."

"Of course."

They held onto each other a little longer before Danny pulled away. "Alright then." He huffed out a sigh. "I'll text you when we get home, okay?"

"Good." Jazz turned to Sam, "Don't speed; I don't need to hear you got a ticket."

Sam only rolled her eyes, "I won't get a ticket."

Jazz gave her a pointed look before pulling her into one more hug, "Take care of them."

"I will."

"Oh god no." Tucker stood up, shaking his head. "You want Sam to babysit us? That is going to end in horrible, horrible pain."

Jazz laughed, pulling away from Sam, "Come here."

"I'm going to miss you too, Jazz." Tucker mumbled through her hair. "But please for all that is good and meaty in the world do not make Sam in charge of us."

"Be nice to her!" Jazz pulled away and smacked him hard on the shoulder.

"I am being nice!"

She pursed her lips and narrowed her eyes at him, a look that they all called her 'mom' look.

"Fine." He rolled his eyes and stepped further away from her.

"Alright, you all good?" Danny asked. "You don't need anything else, you have everything set up the way you want it?"

"Yes, I do. Now you guys need to get going. You still have to patrol tonight." Jazz encouraged.

She opened her bedroom door and waited for the three of them to file out. They all made their way down the three flights of stairs to the main floor and headed outside to the parking lot that was shared between the other dorms in the area. They all said one last good-bye before the trio loaded up and headed out, back towards Amity Park. They were across the Mississippi river and well into Illinois before anyone said anything.

"I knew that this day would come, I just never knew that it would have been today." Danny voiced from the backseat.

"Me either." Tucker said.

"Jazz has always been around; it's hard to imagine her not being at home." Sam told them, "I know that we had trouble getting along until the end of freshman year, but she was always a constant around us."

"I hope she'll be okay." Danny sighed, running his fingers through his hair. "I mean, it's not that I know she can't handle herself, but…"

"You just have to trust that she'll be okay." Sam said, taking the exit towards Springfield.

"I just want to be there to make sure she's okay though. She doesn't have anyone as back up."

"She's gonna be fine, dude. It's a safe campus and her dorm doors can only be accessed if you live there with their ID cards, there's security walking around 24/7. She has back up, just not in the way you're thinking."

Danny rested his head against the window. "She told me last night that she was nervous about today. And I told her that there was nothing to be nervous about, that she would be fine, but what if she's not? Jazz usually isn't overly nervous."

"No, but this is a big step in her life and if she wasn't nervous then I would think that there was something wrong with her." Sam looked into the rear-view mirror and saw how down Danny looked. She reached back with her right hand and rested it on his left knee. "She's a big girl Danny."

Danny only nodded but didn't respond. He understood that they were only trying to make him feel better but he felt that it only made him worry more. It was something that he would have to deal with on his own. Knowing that Jazz was at college would just have to take time to sink in.

Of course now he needed to figure out a better way of making money so she could stay at the $65,000 a year University. It helped that her scholarship paid half of her tuition at $22,850 and the Financial Aid she was receiving would help with about $4,500, which equaled a total of $27,350. They needed to come up with another $37,650 to pay for the rest of the year.

He had been saving up money since last year by selling things that were: seen, touched, worn, read, and used by 'Danny Phantom', to the crazy fans like Paulina and Dash. So far he had saved up $20,000 but he was running out of things that he could sell on EBay. He knew that Tucker had saved up close to $5,000 by fixing people's computers over the summer; the rest of it he was saving for himself for emergencies. He said that he would try and keep up the little business over school, but so far that wasn't happening the way he had hoped – though it was only the beginning weeks of school.

Sam was another story completely. She told them all that she would pay the difference because her parents wouldn't even notice that the money was gone. Jazz told her not to worry about it and to keep her parents money. But Sam insisted that her Grandma already wrote out a check for $15,000 and she didn't want anything back.

Jazz actually told them all to keep their money but of course none of them were going to listen – Danny especially. They could pay for her whole first year and the loans, but she was being too stubborn. He knew that their parents were going to pay as much as they could towards Jazz's college but he also knew that her college funds had been almost wiped clean. She had many qualms about accepting that money so he was trying to figure out what to do.

If Jazz wouldn't let them give her the money, he needed to figure a way to get the money paid to the school. If he couldn't go to a top-notch university he was going to make damn well sure that his sister could. He just had to do it before she figured it out.

He rubbed his temples letting out an annoyed sigh. He wanted to say that he really hated that he and the others hadn't had the same high school teenage gallantry experience that other students their age were having. But that wasn't something he could say because he knew that what had happened in his life was something he wouldn't trade for the world. He had learned that lesson through many different alternate realities lived by him and the others but was always reversed by Clockwork.

The time passed slowly as they made the rest of the journey back to Amity Park. They stopped at Sam and Tucker's houses respectively to check in with their parents and told them that they were going to spend the night at Danny's. When they reached Fenton Works they found the place to be in complete darkness; after checking upstairs Danny informed them that his parents had already turned in for the night.

With that information, they gathered a few weapons from the lab and the new Specter Scooters that Maddie had designed after the Specter Speeder, before heading out on patrol at 12 a.m.

The night was a slow one and after not seeing any ghosts for a half hour Danny decided to call it a night at 2:00 a.m.

"Thank god there are no more ghosts tonight." Tucker groaned as he met up with Sam on Cherry Street. "I'm wiped."

Sam let out a large yawn, Tucker yawned as soon as she was done. "I know what you mean. I can't wait to crawl into bed."

"Who knew moving little college things was going to be that tough." Danny chuckled through the Fenton Phones, yawning as well. He met up with his best friends. "I don't think I could take on anoth…" at that moment his ghost sense went off. "You have got to be effing kidding me." He groaned, Sam and Tucker joining him.

"Why don't you guys go on ahead back." Danny rubbed his eyes, and then began looking around the area to find the ghost.

"No. We'll help find them. It'll be quicker if we all are working to find them." Tucker told Danny. He knew if he left it open to suggestion, Danny would push harder for them to leave, but Tucker was having none of that.

"Guys I see her!" Sam exclaimed. The ghost of a young woman was flying rapidly toward them, fear etched on her face. "Wait!" She yelled as she saw Danny's hand light up with an ecto-blast. "I recognize her!"

Danny's blast fizzled out in his hand as he stopped flying to look at Sam, "What?"

Sam stopped the bike, as well as Tucker. "She's one of Dora's personal servants, Belinda."

"Sir Phantom, Lady Manson, Sir Foley!" Belinda bowed her head and curtsied as she arrived in front of them before looking up at them; fear clear in her eyes. "Please you must help Princess Dora. The kingdom is under attack by her brother, Aragon!"

August 31st, 2014

Sunday (Saturday night)

Cherry St. Amity Park, Illinois

2:05 a.m.

So i just want to say that i'm so sorry that I didn't update on Sunday! i totally had a busy weekend and this took the backburner to look over and find song lyrics. But i have it here and i'll make sure to get Chapter 8 up this Sunday.

Thank you guys so much! I love all of my followers and my reviewers and i would love to hear from more of you!

Also i know that this week saturday is Halloween! Who is excited?! cuz i am! I'm going out with my best friend and we're dressing up as Dean and Cas from Supernatural. I'm so excited. i just wanted to tell all of you to be careful out there! And if you go trick-or-treating or to a party don't go by yourself! Also be careful driving, cause trust me the crazies (lol), crazy drivers will be out. I hope you all have a safe and scary Halloween! and get lots of candy!