"Guys, this is Danny Fenton, Danny this is Laura Fingle and Bernice Johnson," Valerie Gray introduced between the company as she sat down in the empty chair beside Bernice.

"Fenton? As in the ghost hunting family Fenton? They're like famous here!" Laura asked as she looked Danny up and down. Before Danny could respond Valerie cut him off to explain the rest.

"Yah and I knew he was going to be coming here, I mean doesn't it make sense?"

"So one of the Famous Fentons. I heard about your loss, sorry but that's what happens in the business, glad to see that you at least have enough sense to continue with your parents work," Bernice interjected.

Danny paused before he was able to process the entire conversation.

"Wait my parents went to college in Wisconsin, that's nowhere near here."

"Yah they're so famous because both of them rejected an invitation to this school and went to Wisconsin to try and help start the ghost hunting program there. No one thought they could do it at a normal University but they did iand/i it was successful! The stuff your mom invented was also cutting edge, she was always setting the curve for the graduates over here," Laura finished with a shrug.

"That Fenton huh?" Klaus asked as he now looked upon Danny as if he was just dragged in by the neighborhood alley cat.

"Yah you go here too right? You came here and didn't know about his family at all?"

"No I just figured it was a coincidence, I'm sure it's a common name."

Danny frowned then looked back at Klaus, trying to convey the 'I'll explain later' look before Valerie clasped her hand around his wrist and pulled him into the last empty seat.

"Well don't just stand there!" she exclaimed as she looked from Danny up to Klaus.

"No don't mind me, I'll get my own chair," Klaus said with a grumble as he turned and stole a seat from a nearby table that only had two occupants.

"So Danny what dorm are you staying in? I'm in Main Street Residency; it's the closest to all my classes. Man did I have a hard time convincing my dad to let me come here! You know how he was when I kept trying to get that ghost boy, but after awhile he allowed me to go, especially after Amity Park started to become more haunted… it was just after you left, not that it was your fault, it's just a good thing that you got out of there."

"Hey Valerie," Bernice interrupted, "Didn't you two go out for awhile? That's what you said."

At this both Danny and Valerie went red.

"Well we- we didn't really, I mean we uh," Danny choked out slowly before turning to look at Klaus who had come back with a chair and sat down away from Danny.

"You know how things go in high school, you don't ireally/i know you're going out and it was just a few dates…," Valerie finished for Danny as she looked over to see his reaction as well.

"Don't be shy, Valerie said you guys went out," Bernice said with a wide smirk towards Danny who just blushed and looked away again.

"Bernice, girl, you're playing on words again," Valerie snapped back as she turned towards Bernice to give her a warning look.

"So Danny tell us more about what it was like to be apart of the Fenton household," Klaus started as he slouched back in his seat and hooked his left arm over the back of the chair. Valerie, being glad that the subject had changed, turned from Bernice over to Klaus with a smile.

"Yah Danny, your parents always had the coolest stuff I'm sure you got to be one of the first to use them."

"Well I guess, but it wasn't that cool… And It's not like I got to use the stuff since I never… really… needed the stuff or anything," Danny said slowly with a small glare in Klaus' direction.

"Oh don't be so modest, I'm sure you used their 'devises' all the time," Klaus replied, glaring in return.

"No I really didn't."

"So what kind of stuff did they make? I'm sure it was fun to use… Maybe a ghost extractor or an ecto-taser, I'm sure those were helpful."

"You know I saw you a few times at school with the Fenton thermos, it was like the ghost-buster's box thing only more convenient to carry around, I'm sure you could fit a lot of ghosts in there," Valerie cut in as she looked to Danny with a smile. He merely nodded in reply though managed to keep eye contact with Klaus.

After a long pause in the conversation Laura decided to change the subject, having been the only one who actually noticed that the tension between Danny and Klaus was thick enough to cut with a chainsaw.

"So how do you two know each other?" Laura said with a smile as she looked back and forth between the two.

"We're roommates," Klaus replied without looking away from Danny

"Oh so you guys hang out together? That's cool. My roommate and I don't get along very well, she always comes in at 5 in the morning drunk as hell then crashes on her bed in whatever she was wearing, vomit and all. You know Bernice you said that your-"

Laura continued to talk as both Bernice and Valerie joined in, leaving the boys to their own for the time being.

"So, You're ithat/i type of Fenton," Klaus asked Danny in hushed tones.

"Listen Klaus, it's not what you think it is," Danny replied, now having a look of worry painted across his face.

"Ok then how is it? I'm really curious to know."

"Klaus not here and not now?"

"So is that why you wanted to come here?"

"Klaus-"

"What? What could you honestly have to say."

"I'd HAVE something to say if you'd let me SAY it!" Danny exclaimed right as the three girl's conversation came to a lull.

"What do you have to say?" Valerie asked, now turning her attention towards Danny.

"That I don't have enough money to get something here…"

"Oh that's ok I have enough, you can borrow some money from me," Valerie stated as she started to dig through her purse. At this Klaus stood from the table and pushed in his chair.

"It was lovely, ladies, but I have a lot of homework that I should get to if you wouldn't mind."

"See you later," Laura said with a smile then turned to look over at Danny.

"Yah bye," Bernice finished as she too turned to look at Danny.

"Me too, I really should leave," Danny said as he got to his feet, "Busy day tomorrow, you know how those go."

"Oh Danny you really don't have to on my account. Why don't you catch up on old times," Klaus said as he started to back up form the table.

"Yah Danny I'm sure you have enough time for at least one cup of coffee, you can't have THAT much work," Valerie said as she pulled a five dollar bill from her purse. Danny paused before pushing in his chair.

"Sorry, your cell still the same?" He asked as he pulled his phone from his pocket. Valerie nodded before he slipped it back in then started after Klaus who was already well on his way towards the next block crowded with college students.

"I'll call you when I have enough time to hang out," Danny finished with a wave before disappearing into the flow of people.

"Well he was cute," Laura said as she lay her chin delicately down on her palm, "Think anything will happen between you and him again?"

"Who knows," Valerie replied as she watched after Danny. She had decided not to go out with him in high school since she had been busy with ghost hunting and hadn't wanted him to get hurt because of her. But since they were both at the same school, a GHOST hunting school what would it hurt? She did still like him.

Bernice just smiled then looked from Valerie towards where Danny had exited.

"Who knows, huh? He doesn't call in three days then you call him."

"Mmhm."

As Danny came to the corner he looked around in search of Klaus. Why were there so many people out this late at night? He turned his head towards the left to see a distancing figure with curly hair. Recognizing this to be Klaus, Danny quickly headed off in his direction. After a block or so the ground began to slop upward, signaling the end of the city. Klaus, being a few meters in front of Danny, swiftly turned right and out of sight behind a building.

"Klaus!" Danny shouted as he picked up his pace and rounded the corner as well, "God it's like I've committed murder!"

At this Klaus stopped then turned back to look at Danny, waiting the couple of moments it took for Danny to catch up before walking again.

"You might as well have, coming to our school with your family," Klaus said as he looked away towards the town.

"Come on, you weren't supposed to hear that. Listen I was-"

"Don't tell me you were going to tell me, make this moment more cliché why don't you."

"I wasn't, I wasn't going to tell anyone if I could have helped it. Did you know that Vlad Masters was at the same University working on the same project with my Mom and Dad?"

"Right him too. But we're not talking about him."

"Listen, so it's obvious that I'm not a natural half-ghost huh?"

"Yah, especially if I had to explain it to you. So what does that make you an experiment of your parents? Half kill their child?"

"No, it was an accident. I was checking out one of their… inventions that wasn't working and I did something I wasn't supposed to and here I am. They never knew."

Klaus looked over towards Danny then straight ahead. They trudged on in silence as the moon began to rise in the sky causing the path that lead back to Todstark to become illuminated in blue.

Danny looked over to Klaus as they conquered their second hill to see the young half-ghost staring down at the ground as if he were concentrating really hard. He looked away then back at the distancing city which now was a distinct obscure circle of light concentrated towards the front center near the only road that lead into the city. Looking back at Klaus then forward he began to wonder if he was going to get kicked out of Todstark for this new development.

Danny almost stopped as this new thought hit his mind. Would Klaus be so mad as to go that far? Could he get kicked out for something like that? It's not like he could help genetics. The silence started to become unbearable as this new idea churned in his mind, causing him to at first not hear Klaus' question.

"Danny?" Klaus asked again as he stopped and looked at him.

"Huh? Oh sorry what?" Danny replied as he stopped as well and looked back at Klaus. He could tell that Klaus had been thinking around the same thing as well judging by the worried look on his face.

"You didn't… I mean your family were ghost hunters… did you ever…,"

"Yah… I did hunt ghosts when I lived in my home town… But I never hurt them. I only captured and sent back the ghosts that were disturbing the peace in our town… We had this thing called a ghost portal at our house and although my parents were very smart, they were also pretty dumb and somehow a lot of bad ghosts got through. Since I didn't want them to worry about the problem I fought with and put them back myself. Like keeping the peace…" Danny finished as he scanned Klaus' expression. Though he had only known him for such a short amount of time, he already didn't want to tread on shaky ground for fear of loosing a new friend; it had been awhile since his last.

A moment of silence absorbed the air as Klaus turned forward with an unreadable expression. They were nearing the second to last hill before they would hit school grounds again. What time was it? How long had it been since they set off? Deciding the silence that had now elapsed into minutes was due a disturbance, Danny turned towards his watch.

"So wow we were only under two hours… 5:45 should we head for dinner?"

Klaus continued walking in silence, just staring up at the growing shadow of the school.

"Uhm, the food seems good here, course I heard that all college food stinks. Will that hit me now or la-"

"It's fine," interjected Klaus, a distanced look gleaming over his eyes.

"Er… The food's fine?" blinked Danny; clearly he was missing something about the food.

"No… Fine what you did, or do? Doesn't matter… not every ghost will be friendly, just like not every human is bad."

Silence hit the air as the two guys looked towards each other then away. They had come up to the outside entrance to the large lounge/cafeteria/book store before Danny turned towards Klaus.

"Thanks."

They entered under the silent but mutual agreement that you can't help where you've come from. Upon entry they found themselves in the bookstore, the bookshelves stretching up the two stories that the ceiling was high. They continued on in silence before Klaus made a sharp turn to his left where a row of school supplies sat.

"Remember you need stuff, I can also tell you the books you'll need," Klaus said as he started to go through the folders.

"Er thanks but I have no money on me… In fact I have no idea where my money is..," Danny finished with a frown as he pulled out his wallet and stared sadly at its empty remains.

"Doesn't matter, you have a student account which your money is put into for the year then deducted from whenever you buy something here, that's how you get your food."

"Huh…," Danny finished as he started to go through the notebooks and folders. It had just occurred to Danny that he had come to this school fully unprepared. He had just woken up some days ago to find that Vlad was dead and that he was supposed to attend some school until graduation.

iBut this school is probably the best place for me to be at the moment… I mean it's a ghosting school so I should be fine right?/i He thought to himself as he mindlessly picked up the correct amount of folders and notebooks that he would need.

"The college books are over here," Klaus called out to Danny as he turned and walked up to one bookshelf. Scanning the merchandise with his eyes that he had just picked up, Danny turned and walked over to where Klaus was now hovering about 12 feet in the air.

"Here, this is for cooking class," Klaus said before dropping the book near the area Danny was now in. Having looked up a second before the book started falling; Danny was prepared and held out a hand, making the book hover about 4 ft in the air.

"Geeze," Danny was only able to let out before a furious looking woman came walking up to them.

"RESPECT for the books please," At this abrupt change in volume the book Danny was keeping in the air fell to the ground. The woman held out a hand as it flew from its resting place on the ground to her hand, "You may be BUYING them but if you want to hand them off to someone else then you HAND it to them, not THROW it down to them."

"Sorry I-," started Klaus before the woman interrupted again.

"No, come down now. What books do you need, I'll get them for you," the woman breathed dangerously as she followed Klaus' decent towards the ground. Danny was expecting fire to erupt from her mouth at any moment while Klaus began to quietly list out the number of books for their classes. After he was finished the woman nodded curtly then held up her free hand as the books flew out from their respective places all along the book shelves and came to hover in front of her.

"Now take your books. Next time you need any books you can come to the information desk where we will assist you," she finished as she shoved the cooking book into Klaus' open arms. Danny scooped up the floating books quickly before the woman turned and walked back to her seat under a large sign that read 'Customer Service, we'll gladly help!'.

"Yikes," Danny whispered to Klaus as he walked over to checkout. Deciding that to talk now would be too soon, Danny bought his books then walked off towards the cafeteria. After they had put a good distance between them and the information woman, they turned towards each other then away quickly.

"Geeze it's not like you were launching it at me or anything," Danny said as he shifted all the bags onto one hand so he could pick up a tray.

"Nah I shouldn't have done that but wow, really, she acted like I was using her first born for bating practice," Klaus snorted as he too picked up a tray.

They took their seats in silence and began to eat, the events of the day still circulating in full through their heads. While Klaus' head had momentarily filed the Fenton family to the back of his head and was now filed with the lessons they had done for the day, Danny continued to linger on the fact that the girl he had once liked was no more than a mile or more away from him.

iEventually she's going to figure out that I don't go to that school, I mean it wasn't that big, she'd know when she didn't see me.

What would she think if she knew about you? Probably hate you even more than she does right now…/i a familiar yet hated voice piped up as Danny shifted slightly in his seat. He wasn't going to hear it, just ignore him, the best course of action to use in this situation.

i You know you can't ignore me forever, it's like trying to get rid of a nasty image that you don't want to see but you see anyway, /i The voice said in contradiction.

Danny looked up to see that their table had now been joined by Marty Summers and that he was now the object of attention.

"What?" Danny asked as he looked back down to his food and poked his mashed potatoes with his fork.

"Were you just- ow hey!" Marty finished abruptly as he rubbed his side gingerly.

"Nothing, uhm so Marty did you finish your essay for GC 105 yet? I named out all the differences between a Ghoul and a Spector, but it's just there. I'm only done with about a page…," Klaus finished as he turned from Danny towards Marty.

"Well you're farther than me, I haven't really started on it yet but I-" Marty started but was interrupted by Danny.

"Essay?"

"Yah for GC, Ghost Classification, but you probably won't have to do it since it was assigned before you came, though it is supposed to be an important grade… Maybe you should talk to Professor Stowski?"

Danny nodded in reply then looked down at the pile of books he had shoved in bags to his side. There looked to be a lot of work in his future but for the first time he found himself not minding so much, the work seemed like something he'd enjoy. It wasn't like he was trying to find unknown angles or was writing an essay about a book he never read; he was doing work on something he actually found interesting.

At this he started to wonder that if his parents were still alive if he would have gone into his their line of work. Jazz always seemed so against it but she had actually started to come around to the area of study before she had…

But there was really no point dwelling on what if's. He hadn't saved the ones he really and truly cared for. With this idea lingering in his mind like a bad taste to the mouth, Danny finished his food within minutes then stood with his tray. Klaus and Marty were pulled from their conversations as they watched him get up then walk for the nearest trash bin.

"Is he ok?" Marty asked while watching Danny throw away his napkin then put his tray in a bin of soapy water.

"He, yah seems fine, he just got here though, remember? Needs time to adjust I guess," Klaus said quickly before Danny walked back over to the table and started to gather his things.

"I think I remember my way back, I'll be in the room," Danny said as he stood and looked from Marty to Klaus.

"K, if you need my notes to copy they'll be on my desk," Klaus said as Danny nodded in reply then turned and walked off.

"Ok, so you know they're showing Heroes on the Lobby TV every Monday when it's on, want to watch it before you start on work?"

"What time is it on?" Klaus asked as he turned his attention from the door over to Marty.

Marty consulted his watch before replying. "In about an hour."

"Yah maybe, though I told myself I would finish that essay tonight. I'll show up in the Lobby if I decide to watch," Klaus said as he too stood then walked over to the trash bin then put his dishes away.

Danny found his way back to the dorms without much difficulty then entered into the Lobby. Around this time students were getting back from dinner and were either hanging out or starting on work. Passing them by quickly, Danny made his way up two flights of stairs then walked for his room. Maybe some work would get his mind off the day? Surely copying down notes would help.

He opened the door slowly then put the bags on his bed before he walked over to Klaus' desk and began to rummage through his notebooks before he was able to find the one he was looking for.

Danny turned to leave before something caught his eye. Turning quickly towards the door to make sure no one was there; Danny turned back then picked up a small silver bear holding a heart. He rolled it gently in his hand before he noticed the small engraving on the heart 'I will always be with you'. He paused for a moment to wonder what or who it meant before he heard the click of the door behind him. Quickly storing the figure back down on the desk he disappeared then reappeared near his desk on the other side of the room before Klaus entered.

"Hey," Klaus said with a nod before he walked over to his desk then sat down, "What notebook are you borrowing first?"

"Oh," Danny replied before he looked at the notebook in his hand, "Magical Defense, the Professor seemed like he really meant to call on me next time and anyway it seems like a fun class."

Klaus nodded then shuffled through his notebooks until he came to his GC one then flipped it open and opened his laptop.

"Well I'm going to finish up my essay for GC, if you need help with anything-"

"I'll make sure to ask, thanks," Danny finished for him as he sat down at his empty desk then started to unload all the materials he had bought, the silver object pushed from his mind as he began to copy down the notes that he would need for the following day.