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Hormones

School Days

Hey Dad?

"Hey Dad? I'm going to need some more money."

Jack Fenton glanced up from where he was chopping vegetables for the casserole. He saw Danny wasn't looking at him, so he followed his gaze.

He grinned. "I can see how that could be a problem Danny-boy. Remind me again tomorrow, okay? Kinda busy right now."

Hell, if the kid's jeans stops an inch-or-so above his socks he needs new pants.

"Hey Dad? We got any other cans of shaving cream? This one's spent."

Shaking his head at Danny, Jack took the can from him. He entered the bathroom and stood next to the side of the washbasin. He put the can down on its edge and motioned Danny closer.

"Danny, you've done thermal expansion in school?"

At Danny's nod, his dad inclined his head toward the taps with a smirk. "So? See how that could link to your problem?"

Danny's mouth was already open to answer 'no' before realization set in. Jack imagined he could even hear a 'DING' if he concentrated. With a rueful smirk, he left Danny to run the can under hot water.

Who said science wasn't useful?

"Hey Dad? Who's the skinny kid next to Uncle Solomon?"

Jack walked over to Danny, looking at the album he held. "Skinny kid! I was no skinny kid! A bit on the small size, maybe, but never skinny!"

Danny's eyes bulged and spluttered. "Th-That's you? Hahahahaha. Uncle Solomon was bigger than you?"

"And he never let me forget it. I was a late bloomer. Not like you, Danny-boy. You're right on time, for a Fenton, anyway."

Jack gave one nostalgic glance at the old family album before he made his way upstairs. Those were the days.

"Hey Dad? Could you help Danny with his tie, please? Preferably before he strangles himself?"

Giving a grin at Jazz's smug smirk and Danny's barely-hidden pout, Jack motioned for Danny to hand it over.

"See son, the trick is to…"

…

"ask your mother! She's the real expert with ties."

A shameless smile at his wonderful wife to grease the wheels and off they both went. Jazz waited until they were both outside the lounge before turned to her dad with a fake frown.

"That was mean, Dad."

"She really should stay out of the kitchen. It took me four hours to clean-up, Jazz-bear. Four hours. If anything, she's getting off lightly!"

"Hey Dad? Are ghosts really real?"

"As real as you and me, my boy. You really should keep an eye out. They're all around us, if only you know how to look. Luckily, that's one thing we Fenton's can do better than anyone else."

"But Dad? Can't other people fight them too?"

A sigh. "It's not that easy… not everyone can see them. And since every person is born with a special talent given to us, we Fentons have a duty to protect the other people who can't see them. That's all there is to it. No higher purpose. Just basic human decency."

AN: Two School Days updates in a row? What madness is this?

*shrugs*

Just worked out that way.

This chapter is evidently one to give Jack a bit of focus. All of them except the last one is either Jazz or Danny asking him something. The last one is a flashback from Jack's childhood, where his father told him about ghost hunting and the Fenton-view of ghost-hunting.

And Solomon is Jack's younger brother. I've got a rough character-outline (well… mentally at least), but it's not important as of now. I will say that there is some bad blood between the Fenton brothers.

Not much else to say.

Oh, except that this is a reward chapter. By now you guys should know how it works… first review or PM gets a big say in the direction chapter 29 takes. Unless you already have gotten a reward, in which case you're out of luck.

Read, enjoy and review.

~GrinGrin

PS – Poll update

From most votes to the least:

1. Ember

2. Desiree

3. Jazz

4. Valerie

5. Sam and Kitty

6. Dani

7. Maddy

8. Dora, Pandora and Paulina

9. Lydia and Star

Please keep in mind this poll will only be open 'till the start of the Kisses-arc. It should happen anytime around chapter 27 – 30. Fair warning.

Written: 18/01/2014

Posted: 18/01/2014