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Chapter Ten: Sky Blue
Jazz was downstairs in the kitchen preparing to make breakfast for all eight people who would be eating. She did not normally make breakfast, but today her mom was busy with her dad, of whom were about to perfect a weapon that would 'finally capture that Phantom spook'.
She didn't really mind. It was nice to have the house so alive, especially since her parents were obsessed with those who have already died.
Jazz' peaceful trance was broken when she saw Dani come down the stairs, clearly upset by something.
"What's wrong Dani? You look down today." Jazz began removing mixing bowls from the various cabinets.
"Danny keeps treating me like I'm five! He doesn't want me out doing anything!" Dani took a bowl from Jazz and began cracking eggs into it.
"Come on, you know he is just worried about you." Jazz poured the right amount of powdered mix into the bowl.
"Yes, but he is being unreasonable. I'm not weak, I can defend myself. I've been doing so before I came here." Dani stirred the mixture vigorously.
"Perhaps you can, but think about it from Danny's point of view. He cares about you so much. He would be devastated if anything were to happen to you." Jazz turned the stove on and placed a waffle iron on top of the heating surface.
"I guess." Dani gave the mixture a few more strong stirs. She hated being wrong.
Jazz stopped and put her hand on Dani's shoulder. "Think you can forgive him?"
"Yeah." Dani placed the bowl next to the stove.
"Good. Now, can you fetch the platter of fudge from inside the fridge?" Jazz pointed to the fridge.
"Fudge?" Dani gave Jazz a confused look.
"My dad. He tops his waffles with chunks of fudge." Jazz flipped the iron over.
"Here, why don't you just bake the fudge into the waffles?" Dani offered.
"I never tried that. Here hand me a piece." Jazz took it and mixed it into the next waffle. The batter turned brown as Jazz continued to flip the iron around.
The front door was opened as Valerie walked in. She spotted Dani in the kitchen and walked towards her.
"Hi guys." Valerie made herself useful and started setting the table.
"Hey Val." Jazz responded. She finished up the last few waffles as tucker joined them.
As soon as the table was perfect and the waffles were evenly distributed, Jazz walked to the base of the stairs. "Danny, Sam, breakfast!" She yelled. She then walked over to the stairs leading into the basement. "Mom, Dad, breakfast!" She called.
All eight of them were seated around the circular table in the kitchen. Needles to say, it was a tight fit.
To Dani's right was Danny, Sam, Valerie, Tucker, Jazz, Maddie, and Jack to Dani's left.
Everyone had immediately dug in, except for Jack who had been starring at his brown waffles.
"Hey! Why are my waffles all burned?" He asked in the same manner as a small child.
"They aren't burned. They have fudge in them." Jazz explained.
Jack cut a piece and tried it. His face lit up with happiness as he discovered a new way to enjoy fudge and waffles. "This is great. Who came up with this?"
"Dani did." Jazz pointed to Dani so her father would not mix them up.
Jack gave her a rather hard slap on the back. "This stuff is amazing! You're quite the chef."
Dani rubbed her now aching back. "Thanks."
"You have a good choice in fiends, Danny." Jack gave his son a thumbs up.
Maddie put her hand to her forehead. "I'm sorry about this." She reached over and set a hand down on Dani's apologetically.
The teens shared a laugh at the middle aged woman's actions.
Dani had to say she was truly enjoying herself. It was nice to be in such a warm filial atmosphere, with everyone she cared about.
The group finished up their breakfast.
Jack and Maddie returned to their lab once more, leaving the teens to do all the cleaning.
Hard feelings gone between the two halfas, everyone conversed and joked around as if nothing had happened.
When they finished Danny, Sam, and Tucker returned upstairs while Dani and Valerie prepared to go to the mall.
"Wait, Dani!" Danny called out. He took out his wallet and pulled out a few crumpled twenty dollar bills.
"Here, use this to buy a winter jacket. And something for yourself." Danny instructed.
Dani took the money from him. "Thanks."
Valerie and Dani walked out the door with good-byes to their friends.
"I have to say, as nice as this snow is I still find it kind of weird." Valerie watched her breath form in the air.
"Maybe, but I like it." Dani kicked down a pile of snow. "Are you going to the snow fight later today?"
"Of course. Everyone goes. That is how depressingly lame this town is. The only exciting things are the ghost attacks, that is, if you survive." Valerie informed the younger girl.
"You are just going to get Vlad, aren't you?" Dani knew Valerie would rather be ghost hunting.
Valerie let out a laugh as the younger girl saw right through her. "Damn straight!"
The two continued with small talk until they arrived at the mall.
The two girls were currently skimming through various clothing racks looking for a winter coat in Dani's size. They may not have been preps, but they still enjoyed clothes shopping.
The two had been there for at least two hours, and had tried on a variety of clothing. Most of it was ridiculous dresses, and formal suits, but some were actually the jackets they came to purchase.
Valerie pulled a white jacket out from one of the racks. "How about this one?"
Dani examined it for a moment. "No, I don't want to blend in with the snow. It's nice though. Do they have it in a different color?"
Valerie looked through the rack once more and pulled out two jackets. One was hunter green and the other was sky blue.
Dani pointed to the blue one and tried it on. "I think I'll get this one."
"Good choice." Valerie wasn't too fond of green herself.
Dani purchased the jacket and the two left to wander the mall. As they were walking, Dani spotted some of the preppy students in the over-priced clothing stores. An idea came to mind.
"Come see this." Dani pulled Valerie into the store and climbed into one of the circular clothing racks. She then turned herself invisible.
A few minutes later Star and Paulina walked over to that very rack. As they searched through the shirts, a pink shirt suddenly came to life as it waved its empty sleeves around calling out "Pick me! Pick me!"
Both girls ran out of the store screaming.
Dani regained visibility and walked out of the clothing rack to high five Valerie.
The two walked out of the store laughing quietly to themselves.
Dani looked around before making her decision. "Hey, let's go to the book store."
"Sure."
Dani had walked into the classical literature section and found the book she was looking for.
"Hamlet? Why?" Valerie asked. Out of every book in the store she picked something Shakespearian.
"A good friend of mine recommended it to me. Besides, aren't we going to be needing a copy for Lancer's class?" Dani recalled Lancers monotonous voice telling them to buy their own copy.
"Oh! I totally forgot about that!" Valerie picked up a copy for herself.
"No wonder you guys have trouble in class." Dani teased.
"Hey, we aren't all as excited as you to be in school. It gets boring after the first seven years, and I've been in for nine so far." Valerie pointed out.
The two paid for their books and decided to head on home.
"Hi Mr. and Mrs. Fenton." The two greeted the couple watching T.V.
They climbed up the stairs, and out of sight.
Jack turned towards his wife. "Is it just me, or have we adopted four other kids?"
The front door opened once more as Tucker returned from a quick errand he had to run. "Hello Mr. and Mrs. F."
He also climbed up the stairs, and out of their view.
Maddie looked back to her husband. "I think we did."
"Hi guys." Valerie greeted as she removed her scarf from her neck.
"Hey. Show me what you got." Danny pointed to the bag Dani was holding.
Dani opened the bag and held up her new jacket. "What do you think?"
"Very nice." Sam commented.
"I also got this!" Dani held up her copy of Hamlet.
Sam, Tucker, and Danny slapped themselves on their forehead.
"I totally forgot about that! I hate reading!" Danny huffed out.
"It's okay. I think there are a few copies lying around my parent's massive library that I can take." Sam offered to her friends.
Dani cleared her throat, and without looking at her book, began reciting her favorite quote. "What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form, in moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? man delights not me; no, nor woman neither, though, by your smiling, you seem to say so."
The teens listened in silence, slightly impressed by the girl's knowledge in literature.
"Great, Ghostwriter's dweebness is rubbing off on you." Danny stated when the girl finished her monologue.
"He is not a dweeb!" Dani argued.
"Right, he just lives in a library." Danny took the book and started skimming through the pages.
"Well, I plan to go visit this dweeb pretty soon. You should come too. You can't even understand what you're reading right now, huh?" Dani smiled to herself. "If you need help, you shouldn't be ashamed to ask."
"I do not need help!" Danny slammed the book shut.
"I think we should go." Sam took the book from Danny. "I want to meet Ghostwriter. I could use some help, and to be honest Danny, you probably could too."
"I wouldn't mind a trip to the Ghost Zone myself. It would be a welcomed change of pace." Tucker took the book from Danny.
"You guys aren't going to give this up, are you?" Danny questioned.
"Nope!" Valerie joined in. She still wanted to read the Christmas poem Ghostwriter had.
"Fine. We can go on Sunday." Danny gave in to their demands. "Now, if you don't mind, I still need to finish my work."
"Exactly my point" Dani continued to taunt "Haven't you been doing homework for about three hours now?"
"No. More like twenty minutes. I get distracted easily." Danny returned his attention to his open math book.
"By what?" Tucker asked "The shiny objects? There hasn't been a single ghost attack today."
Danny sighed. "I give up. I'll do this tonight when I have peace and quiet. Did you bring the game Tucker?"
Tucker held up a box with the title 'Dead Teacher' on it. "How could I forget?"
"Jazz, do you want to let us use the T.V in your room? Pretty please?" Danny pleaded to his elder sister.
"Why my room? What's wrong with the living room?" Jazz had been doing some research for fun until the ten walked in.
"Mom and Dad are watching. That and they think we are studying right now."
Jazz rolled her eyes at the group. "Try not to make too much noise."
The teens situated themselves around the game console and began selecting characters. They tried to turn the lights off, after all this was a zombie shooter, but Jazz quickly put a stop to that. She was working!
Jazz looked up at the clock above her study. Just two hours, she could deal with that. She returned her attention to the books about ghost envy, trying her best to tune out the loud noises her brother's friends were making.
The teens had long ago put away their gaming gear and gotten ready for the snow games. They had prepared early in hopes of walking there rather than having Jack drive them around in the RV, but luck was clearly not on their side.
"Kids!" Jack's loud voice boomed "Where are you going?"
They had tried sneaking out the front door while Jack and Maddie were getting ready.
"We…were…uh…" Danny couldn't come up with anything that wouldn't lead to their actual location.
"I know you guys were going to City Hall! Come on, Jack Fenton will drive you there!" Jack pushed all the teenagers out the door with one shove.
"Sorry guys." Danny whispered so his father would not hear.
They all grudgingly climbed into the RV and strapped themselves down. They each held onto each other for dear life when Jack climbed in and started the vehicle.
"See Maddie, I told you nothing would happen if we took all those short-cuts!" Jack had the RV parked in the most space inefficient manner. The vehicle had somehow managed to occupy five parking spaces.
The teens hastily rushed out of the Assault Vehicle on to the solid ground.
"And you guys were complaining about my driving." Sam held on to the side of the RV trying to regain her balance.
Dani looked around at the people on the lawn. A good chunk of the city's teenagers could be found on either side of the snow forts. Little kids were in the middle of the battlefield building snowmen. Parents sat on the side to watch, but a few were alongside the teens behind the forts.
The fight hadn't started yet, so everyone was chattering away until Vlad arrived.
"You kids have fun! We're going to see Vlad." Jack grabbed Maddie and the two walked into the large white building.
"Okay. Which side is Dash not on?" Tucker asked.
"The right side." Sam pointed to Dash who was on the left side.
"Okay let's go!" Dani grabbed the teens around her and rushed excitedly to the snow.
This chapter is dedicated to Deviant artist ~Krossan. Most amazing pictures of Dan! And a comic series. That's so cool.
I'm trying to keep Dani in check, but I have to fill in the gaps with my own personality. If she seems to off base let me know.
No one reviewed my last chapter. I hope I'm not boring you too much, this stuff does play out into the plot eventually. I do accept flames, so if you feel like something is wrong, please let me know.
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