Contrary to what their students believed, the teachers of Casper High School were not stupid.
It took several weeks before Danny ran across a certain bald man once more. But still far too many weeks before Danny expected to. His parents were replacing the kitchen table; they had dragged him along to have him help choose a new and sturdier one. Apparently, and unfortunately, Mr. Lancer was searching for a new bookcase.
Parents and teacher who knew too much.
In the same place.
Talking.
Overly panicked, Danny wanted to leave, but his parents were cheerfully talking to Mr. Lancer and he desperately needed to know what this particular teacher would say to them. Silently, Danny sent a plea to get out of this. Overshadowing and weirdness was too precarious to get the adults separated, because he didn't know what his teacher thought he knew about the Phantom connection. He knew his life was never that easy. So Danny stuck close to his parents, watching and listening to every word carefully.
That is until he gasped and the Box Ghost attacked.
Both his parents rushed to action and the entire store went nuts. And it was the Box Ghost. He wasn't strong, but he was resilient and kept coming back. The annoying ghost had actually improved over time with hiding and being able to avoid attacks.
He groaned.
"You've got to be kidding me!"
"Problems Mr. Fenton?"
Danny jolted, forgetting in his panic that Mr. Lancer was still standing there. Unfortunately, this garnered the attention of the Box Ghost in their direction. The ghost gleefully shouted his usual, and then threw a box containing a Hartman oak side table with a shelf at them. Shrieking, Mr. Lancer dove under the kitchen table with Danny. The table held up.
"That's it. Shopping's over. I choose this table for my crazy ghost obsessed parents," he declared. Mr. Lancer guffawed a bit, nerves making it a bit higher.