Oh! This chapter will bring some problems between Sam and Danny again! You'll get to see a little more of Lei's personality and a request, Paulina will be embarrassed again+ An awkward moment between Danny and Val. Review!


11. It's called Honesty, Danny

The day had started to clear up while everyone where stuck in the classrooms. While Lancer was busy chatting excitedly about Shakespeare, Tucker and Danny where also busy, passing notes; probably the best way to talk without getting caught. The note passing was starting to get interesting as they where sure that no one would be able to notice so they started by chuckling low and gently, but being such an interesting topic (video game secrets) they couldn't help but get distracted enough for Lancer to notice.

"Anything wrong Mr. Fenton, Mr. Foley?" Lancer asked annoyed.

"Sorry Mr. Lancer" They both said in unison but noticed that he started walking toward them.

Sam and Lei noticed that he was coming and rolled their eyes. They where also talking through notes but they never got caught, how could they be so careless? Well, they where boys, so…

Lei noticed that Lancer was walking toward Danny since he was the one with the note. He quickly hid the note behind his back and since Lei sat behind him she took this as the perfect opportunity to another of her famous pranks. She swapped the notes and handed Danny's to Sam; luckily for her Danny didn't notice.

"I hope that those are notes about todays lecture Mr. Fenton." He said sticking his hand out for Danny to give the paper.

"Well, not exactly…" Danny started but it was too late, Lancer had taken the piece of paper and had already started to read it.

"Great, now we'll be stuck in detention; all for talking about Doom's new awesome features." Tucker thought angrily.

Lancer was reading the note but every few seconds looked at Danny and Tucker with a weird kind of look, it was a mix of surprised and misunderstanding.

"I hope to see you two after class, this is serious." He said seriously.

Lei couldn't help but hold up laughter making Sam anxious to know what she did. She pretended to explain a part of the book to Sam and started to tell her what she did. Sam couldn't help but smile even though she knew it was a little harsh.

"Don't look at me like that, if it gets out of hand I'll tell Lancer that it's our paper." She whispered with an evil glare that clearly said 'like that's going to happen'.

"You better do it Lei; if you don't, I will." Sam assured getting a nod from Lei.

After class, Danny and Tucker where stuck with Lancer getting some kind of lecture about different kinds of love. They where as confused as they could be, why did he come up with that topic? They started to smile when the teacher started to babble about something that didn't make any sense and was totally different from their conversation but when Lancer handed the note, they couldn't help but frown once they read it carefully.

So, I guess that today has gotten pretty cold eh?

Yeah, but every time I remember this morning I get all warm inside.

You are so corny! That doesn't sound like you at all, he got ya spinning, huh? I still can't believe that he kissed you!

Well he did, and I hope that teaches him that I love him no matter what.

I always knew that you two would end up together.

I've heard that a lot lately, from almost everyone. I don't know how to live without him; he's the greatest boy ever! We better stop, where gonna get caught!

Yeah, that would mean that you'll be away from your sweetie on detention…

Shut up.

Fine, I got an idea…

It was the girl's handwriting. "This isn't ours." Danny stated firmly.

"Oh? Then why was it in your possession?" Lancer said seriously.

"I don't know! Maybe she swapped the notes or something." Danny said in pure anger.

"So, you admit that you had notes?" Lancer asked calming himself down.

"Ah… yes; from today's class!" Danny lied scratching the back of his neck, luckily before the teacher figured it out Tucker interfered.

"It's Sam and Lei's handwriting!" Tucker said annoyed.

Lancer took the note and read it again. "Well, that does makes sense then, I'll let it go for today, consider yourself lucky."

Both of them nodded and walked out of the classroom where Sam and Lei where waiting for them to go to lunch together. They immediately stopped talking once they got there and looked at them anxiously.

"Lei, you had to humiliate me, didn't you." Danny said angrily.

"What are you talking about?" She asked calmly but smiling.

"You know perfectly what where talking about." Tucker said in the same tone as Danny.

"Okay, fine. I'm sorry guys, I couldn't help myself. It's just that I've been waiting to do something like that all of my life." She said sighing sadly apologizing.

"How did you know anyway?" He asked curiously, no longer that mad.

"Sam needed to talk so I came over." She answered casually.

"Oh… that explains why you where at her house this morning." Danny considered.

"Our house; you live there too." Sam said rolling her eyes making Danny blush slightly.

"I'm officially confused." Tucker stated getting his PDA out of his backpack.

They explained basically what happened and he only smiled widely. They all knew that they would end up together, but Sam only mumbled something to herself that sounded like "why can't they shut up?" They walked straight to the lunch room, where mostly all of the students where.

"Is it always this full?" Lei asked looking at the people that eat there.

"Don't worry, it's divided by popularity. Our table should be empty." Tucker said walking toward the line.

"Okay, where do we sit then?" She asked looking at the few empty tables.

The three of them pointed to the farthest table on the corner of the lunch room. Even if the lunch room was crowded, the students respected the popularity rule and squeezed themselves where all of their "kind" where.

"What happens if I sit over there?" She asked pointing to the popular table where Dash was showing off his muscles and Paulina was reapplying her makeup while the others just stared at them enviously.

"Well, if it was me Dash would kick me out, literally, but you being a girl it would be Paulina's job." Danny said casually with a shrug.

She raised an eyebrow incredulously. "I'd love to see her try."

"Yeah, I do too!" Sam said smiling.

"You really shouldn't Lei, it could mean trouble." Tucker said wisely.

"So?" Sam and Lei answered at the same time.

"I love trouble." Lei said with a wink.

She picked up a lunch tray and walked straight to the popular table. She pushed away a bunch of kids and sat beside Paulina.

"Hey! Who let this loser sit here?" She cried with a look of annoyance plastered on her perfectly small face.

No one answered; they just stared at them waiting for something to happen. Paulina looked at her with disgust and growled.

"Why are you sitting here? I'm going to get infected by your unpopularity!" She yelled but Lei only ignored her and started eating calmly.

"Hey! Don't ignore her, she's talking to you!" Star yelled from behind Paulina.

Lei looked up and rolled her eyes whispering so only they could listen "you are so immature." She kept eating like nothing was wrong making some of the other kids sit on other tables, just in case a fight starts.

"Hey! Come on, let's eat here!" Lei said loudly waving to Sam, Tucker and Danny.

They nodded and walked there with food trays and sat beside her making Paulina steam with anger. They started talking like if she wasn't there which made the anger unbearable.

"Can you just go away!? You are in MY table and I want you out!!!" She yelled to the top of her lungs.

Lei sighed and looked at her boredly. "When did you buy it? Listen Paulina, it's not your table just because you squeeze your huge butt on it. Now if you don't mind, I'm trying to eat my lunch quietly so can you please keep it down?"

"You'll be sorry that you said that. Get out now! This is my table you're ruining with your awful lack of popularity. Are you deaf?" She insisted angrily.

"I wish I was. Can you leave us alone? Don't tell me that you're gonna kick me out." She said rising an eyebrow making all of her friends smile.

"Great idea!" She said as she stood up and walked around the table.

Lei turned around to look at her, Paulina was red and teary eyed but faked bravery, her popularity was in danger. Star walked beside Paulina and tried to calm her down.

"Well?" Lei challenged calmly.

"I-I'm not gonna waste my time with this nonsense, you are so immature!" She yelled as she picked up her food and sat at the only available, the loser table.

The whole lunch room went silent as Paulina and Star walked passed the full tables and took their new seats; a hundred of eyes staring at them differently. Once they sat down, all of the popular kids ran to their new table at the bottom of the room. Sam couldn't help but laugh while Danny and Tucker smiled widely.

"That was awesome, who would have thought that sitting here would make her so angry? I should have tried it years ago!" Sam said giving Lei a high five.

"I'm sure that she'll seek for revenge. What do you think that she'll do?" Tucker asked taking a big bite of chicken.

"Maybe she'll send some of her friends to attack you or something." Danny said smiling.

Lei shrugged and kept eating. They where talking happily about the excitement that Christmas was near. It was a few weeks away so the school already had some red ribbons and cheery stuff like that. While they talked Danny could hear some footsteps coming from behind him.

"Valerie!?" He asked as he turned around and saw her.

"Uh… hi. Can I talk to you?" She asked hopefully.

There it was; the explanation he was waiting to hear. He nodded and told Sam that it'll only take a minute. She didn't like the idea of Valerie talking with Danny alone but it'll be the only way to know what was wrong with her.

They walked out of the lunch room and into the school yard. It was cold outside, the grass was covered with small drops of water and the wind was blowing hard. They kept walking until they where in the school gates, far away from annoying extra pair of ears.

"Okay, mind explaining the whole mystery thing?" Danny said looking at her seriously.

She sighed and looked away. She felt embarrassed and wanted to just run away in shame, he wasn't suppose to know that she liked him that way, specially now that his family was in the hospital.

"I-I don't know where to start Danny." Was the only thing that escaped her lips before she closed her eyes.

"You kissed me, remember? How about you start there?" He asked waiting for her to answer; getting impatient because of her silence.

After a few minutes of silence she sighed and looked at him.

"Danny, I-I…"

"You what? Do you realize what you did to me? Sam barely talked to me because of you!" He said angrily getting desperate.

"I'm sorry; I just needed someone to comfort me. You know how bad it feels to shoot your own father? I guess not, no one knows what I'm going through!" She said before drowning in her own tears.

"Valerie, I…"

"Don't tell me that you know what I'm going through, I won't fall for that. Listen, I didn't call you to talk about that, I thought that you would understand it." She said calming down quickly.

"What did you call me for then?" He asked curiously.

"Well, I just wanted to tell you that you're sister can leave today from the hospital." She said smiling weakly. "She recovered quicker than expected." She said explaining how it happened.

While they where talking, in the cafeteria Sam was starting to get worried about Danny.

"When is he gonna get here?" She said starting to bite her nails.

"Calm down Sam, he's probably yelling at her." Lei said rolling her eyes.

"Maybe I should take a look, or maybe not; he might think that I'm overprotective… why don't you go and take a look for me?" She pleaded hopefully.

"Fine, wait here okay?" She said with a nod and stood up. While she walked toward the gates she could hear some faint voices that she could tell it was Danny and Valerie. When she got there, she couldn't help but gasp.

"Um… really? Wow, she's one fast healer! Thanks Valerie, I…um… Argh!" Danny wanted to tell her how thankful he was but he was attacked once again by her lips. They where cold, ghostly cold but before he could figure out what was going on someone had punched Valerie to the ground. He looked up and saw an angry face; her look was full of hate and disgust.

"Daniel Fenton, how dare you play with Sam's feelings like that!?" Lei yelled smacking him in the face.

"Wait! It's not what it looks like!" He said trying to hold her hands.

"Don't touch me, you filthy piece of trash! You don't deserve a girl like her; she was devastated because of you! She even forgave you and yet you do it again. You don't have a heart, you're as cold as a… a ghost." She finished smacking him again.

"Will you just listen!? She's being overshadowed by a ghost!" He said putting a hand on his red face.

"Of course she is! I guess that you're being overshadowed too by your ghostly half too!" She yelled but Danny quickly grabbed her mouth before she said it too loud for someone to listen.

"You don't understand! She felt cold, which means that she was being overshadowed! Will you stop that?" He screamed while holding her arms tightly.

She was kicking him with all of her strength but he made her legs phase through. He shook her shoulders until she controlled herself. She looked at his eyes, they where shinning green even if he was still human. Apparently he could use some of his ghost powers in human mode because he phased through the floor and flew to the lake in the park.

Lei finally calmed down but still gave him death glares. He couldn't help but feel hate toward a boy that liked to play with girl feelings, especially if that particular girl was her "twin" cousin. She had known Danny from elementary school and always believed that he would be the kind of guy that understood girls and that protected her from heartbreaks, but she felt betrayed.

"How could you." She said darkly.

"How could you?" He asked getting angry.

"What? What do you mean traitor?" She said sitting down on a rock that was dry.

"How could you actually think that I would do that to Sam? Trust me; she was being overshadowed by a ghost." He said feeling betrayed.

"I'm not sure if ghost can overshadow at all! How do I know that you're not lying?" She asked closing her eyes.

"Well, if you insist on calling me a liar I'm just gonna have to prove it!" He said transforming into Phantom and quickly phasing inside her body.

"Get out of me you creep!" She screamed in her mind feeling a rush of coldness immediately.

"Not until you believe me." He said back inside of her.

She could no longer control her body, she could only see what was going on; like watching an action movie, you see what happens but you can't do anything about it. Lei walked through the park without being able to break free of Danny.

"Would you knock it off?" She yelled and surprisingly her body said it too.

"Do you believe me?" He asked making her look like a crazy teenager in the eyes of the few people that passed by.

She didn't answer immediately; the overshadowing power was really strong so he had to be telling the truth. Then again, she could break free from it, it was all very confusing.

"Yes, I do. Now, do you mind? You're totally invading my personal space." She said through thoughts feeling immediately warm again.

Danny stayed invisible in front of her and said to keep this a secret from Sam. He didn't want to go through another fight because of Valerie and he also had to figure out who was overshadowing in the first place.

"Wait, you want me to lie to Sam? I'm sorry but no." She said crossing her arms.

"But she'll hate me!" He said as he made sure that no one was near and changed back.

"So? It's better if she finds out now! Explain what happened, I'm sure she'll understand." She said placing a hand on his shoulder.

"You don't get it, she didn't understand the first time; and she was there to prove it! What makes you think that she will now that she wasn't?" He asked desperately.

"The fact that you trust her enough to tell her the truth Danny. Honesty is the basis of a good relationship you know…" She said pulling his head up so they could make eye contact.

"Yeah but… I'm afraid." He said sadly as he started to walk to school.

"Of Sam? Why would you, of all people, be afraid of her? She loves you Danny, she'll understand." She said making sure that he understood walking behind him.

"How can you tell?" He said with teary eyes.

"She's my cousin, she's a girl, she's crazy in love with you and, let's see… she would be pretty happy to know that her boyfriend is honest with her." She said making her point.

He immediately blushed. "She's not my girlfriend Lei."

"She's not? Well it really looks like she is and these are couple problems so maybe you guys are without knowing it!" She said smiling. "So, are you going to tell her?"

"I don't know, now that I see it that way, it doesn't seem so much of a problem to tell her, she could help me!" He said getting hopeful.

"Okay, stop thinking so much about you and think about how she'll react to this Danny, it's kinda a delicate subject." She said seriously.

He started to think really hard on how to tell her without hurting her, they have just made up. The school was starting to get into view so they walked a little faster.

"Hmmm… 12:25, are we late?" She asked getting worried.

"Nah, we don't have any class after lunch, our math teacher isn't coming until next semester; she broke her leg." He said as they walked through the gates where Valerie used to be knocked out.

"Where is she?" Lei asked looking around the floor for her.

"I don't know, maybe someone found her. Hey, do you still hate me?" He asked quietly.

"I guess not, you did prove that she could be overshadowed." She said with a shrug.

"Could be? Does that mean that you think that she's trying to break us up?" He said his voice getting a little lower.

"How could you guys be braking up, you told me that you weren't together." She said with her eyebrow raised with an annoying smile.

"Oh great, just what we needed: A mix of Sam and Tucker." He said smiling slightly.

She couldn't help but smile back punching him on the shoulder playfully mumbling "Am not!" Danny had to be telling the truth. He couldn't hurt Sam even if he wanted to; he was way too sweet to be that kind of guy.

"Hey, you never answered! Are you going to tell her?" She asked getting back on the main subject.

"Tell who what?" Sam asked as she walked toward them with Tucker by her side.

"Ah… Sam? I have to tell you something; it's important." He said nervously.

"Hey dude; take it easy. You're gonna wet your pants!" Tucker said chuckling.

"Shut up Tuck, is not a good time for jokes. In fact, I need you to come with me to… my locker!" She said as she pulled his hand and walked down the corridor looking back and smiling to Danny.

"But your locker is that way!" They could hear Tucker argue.

Sam turned around to face Danny and saw that he was very nervous indeed. She couldn't help but feel worried, something serious had happened and he had to tell her. Danny felt like running to the boys' bathroom to throw up but he couldn't, he had to tell her. Her eyes where shining with curiosity and concern making Danny more nervous.

"You okay?" Sam asked placing a hand on her forehead to check for any fever.

"I'm fine. Listen Sam, it's about Valerie-"

"I told you to forget about it and never mention it again!" She said crossing her arms angrily.

"But-"

"No buts' Danny, it's all in the past. Come on; let's go find Tucker and Lei." She said as she took his hand and pulled him through the hallways the same way Lei did.

He sighed, what could he do now? She didn't want to talk about it and honestly neither did he, but they had to get things clear between them soon. They found them soon and Tucker threw his arms to the air yelling something about being doomed because an evil garbanzo bean was going to eat him. Lei clapped joyfully making everyone nearby run because of their weirdness.

"Ah… what are you doing?" Sam asked getting worried.

"Nothing, just practicing incase someone actually decides on making this a TV show!" Lei said excitedly.

"Will you guys cut it out? This will never be a TV show so stop talking about it, you're driving me crazy!" Danny said holding his head making them laugh. "Is the garbanzo bean a ghost?"

"No, it's you in a bed sheet. Of course it's a ghost!" Tucker said rolling his eyes.

"Right… Hey Tuck, wanna go to the library and play doomed until we get history class?" Sam suggested smiling. He nodded and they both walked straight to the library.

"We'll catch up later!" Both Danny and Lei called out. Sam nodded and entered to kick Tucker's virtual butt.

"Did you tell her?" She asked seriously.

"No, she doesn't wanna talk about the fight or Valerie. How am I supposed to be honest with her when she doesn't let me talk about it?" He asked walking slowly to the library.

"You have to talk to her even if it hurts. Do it when you get to her house today, I'm sure it'll help when you guys are alone without us to interfere." She said pointing to where Tucker was crying because Sam had beaten him three times in only a few minutes.

"I'll try." He assured and walked to where his friends where. They pointed to some computers nearby which they seated on and play doomed for the whole free hour. Time passes by quickly while you're having fun so before they knew it, it was time for another class.

"Sam, promise me that you'll listen to what I'm gonna tell you, it's important." Danny said while holding her hand to make her stay on the back of the class with him.

She nodded and took out her notebook. She was dying of curiosity but this time she knew that something was wrong and she was afraid of it, she had a bad feeling about this.


Wow, this is my longest chapter yet! Hope you liked it, leave a review! Suggestions appreciated! I would also like to know if you like how it's going or if you're losing interest... Just a question that's been floating through my brain for days; What do you think about Lei?