Tucker's POV

I felt awful for asking Danni that stupid question. After Sammy took off, Danny and Sam lectured me about speaking before thinking. Then Danny left, followed by Sam a few minutes later. Alex cleaned up our table and told me to follow him. Dani and I followed Alex to the house.

"Dad, where are you," Alex called out. "Kitchen, Alex. Your mom and I are getting dinner started," came the reply. As we headed into the kitchen, Future Jazz looked at us, "Alex, where are your cousins and Sam and Danny?"

"Danni ran off crying, Sammy took off after her. And then Danny and Sam went to find them," Alex answered in one breath. "Why did Danni run off crying," my older self asked.

"That would be his fault," Dani answered, pointing at me. "He asked a question and she took off without finishing her ice cream."

He then looked at me, "next door, their basement. It's time that Sam and I explain something to you." Gulp. I followed him across the backyard into Future Danny's house. "Sam, we need to explain something to my past," my future self told future Sam. "Danny, I think you might want to find the twins," he added. Future Danny just nodded and left.

They took me into the basement and asked me to explain what happened.

"Danni said that she wanted an ice cream sundae, so we went to Fifty-Fifty. I was watching her eat it and without thinking asked her how she managed to stay so healthy when she eats so much sugary foods. She started crying and too off. Sammy dumped his chips on me, I'm lucky it wasn't his hot chocolate. He sort of chewed me out and took off after Danni. Danny and Sam went after them within minutes of each other."

"Well, young man, Sammy is very protective of Danni . So you're quite lucky that you're me from the past, but don't push your luck. He can only tolerate so much when it comes to Danni. And as for Danni's sugar addiction, it's more of a need."

"Need?"

Sam sighed, "ever since the twins started getting their powers, Danni loved sweets and Sammy spicy foods. Danny and I didn't realize at first but the twins' preferences should have been a warning as to how they would react to or gain their ghost forms. You see, Sammy was freezing up until he changed, while Danni had been fighting off a really bad cold when her change started."

"So wait, you're telling me that Danni's thing with cold sweets is because of her powers and the same with Sammy and hot or spicy stuff? But why the reaction to my question?"

"Tucker, Danni has tried to not eat what her body craves only for her temperature to rise and the opposite is true for Sammy. I'm trying to figure out how to stop this so that they can live somewhat "normal" lives. Sam and Danny didn't ask for this to happen to them, but it did. Danni and Sammy can't stand their 'conditions' and as a result, Danni is a bit touchy about the subject."

"Tuck has come close to finding a way for the twins to not crave these things, but we can't get their hopes up yet. So please, if you have any questions about the twins or their powers, please ask either of us and not the twins. Sammy might not be as forgiving next time," Future Sam suggested. "Sammy has a bit of my temper, and might just dump a hot chocolate on you for your trouble and, well, Danni has a tendency to lose it in the same way Danny did at her age.."

"Understood. Don't hurt Danni's feelings, and don't make Sammy mad," I say.

Afterwards, I hung out with Alex and Dani in the rec-room playing Sammy's games while we waited for them to come back.

Danni's POV

I sat there playing with my empty soda cup, still feeling a bit depressed after we talked. "If you're done with your soda, Princess, I'll get you another ice cream," Dad said, gaining my full attention. "What about dinner," I ask knowing that Mom wouldn't want me to eat ice cream before dinner even though it had no effect on my appetite. "Your mother and I agreed to let it slip just this once since you didn't throw it at Tucker in response to his prying question. Sammy, though you didn't dump your hot chocolate in his lap, I have the feeling that you would have if you were any angrier with him. But all the same, I'm proud of you for keeping as calm as you could," Dad said.

Sammy's POV

Dad took us back to Fifty-Fifty and bought Danni an ice cream cone. He was going to make sure that she got to eat it all this time. "Thank you, Dad. I never thought to get my ice creams to go before," Danni said between licks. "Anything to cheer you up, Danni. Besides your Mom wouldn't like for you to sulk at the dinner table anyways," Dad replied while we headed home.

"Hey Mom. We're home. Danni and I are going to be in the rec-room," I say headed to said room. It used to be our playroom, but we changed it into our rec-room after Danni and I first changed. Spotting Tucker, Alex, and Dani, I stopped in the doorway, only to have Danni walk into me. While she was staring at her favorite shirt, which was now covered in her half-eaten ice cream, Danny and Sam came up behind us. "Excuse me for a moment," Danni stated as calmly as she could, still staring at her shirt. She then phased through the floor. "What was that all about," Sam asked moments before the floor started to shake a bit.

Danny, Sam, Tucker, and Dani all looked at me in shock while Alex just shrugged his shoulders. "What was that," Dani asked, "an earthquake?"

This time it was my turn to shrug. "That's likely Danni screaming in the special room below the basement," Alex answered without thinking. I grabbed a throw pillow and threw it at him, "Man, dude, you're just like your dad. Why can't either of you think before talking," I asked rhetorically.

Danni's POV

I was upset. I hardly ever get to eat my ice cream, and now it was covering my favorite shirt. "Excuse me for a moment," I said before phasing through the floor into a special room that Dad had made for times when Sammy and I needed to let off some steam or practice using our powers. I transformed and screamed as loudly as I could. I guess that I was really upset, because it ended up being a Ghostly Wail. I was lucky that Dad had the room soundproofed, but it wasn't vibration-proof, as from the looks of it, I shook the house a little. Dad's gonna be upset tonight if I broke anything. After venting, I flew back upstairs and changed forms and shirts. I then headed back only to meet confused looks. "What," I ask trying to look innocent. Dad's coming into the room didn't help. "Danni, didn't I tell you not to scream so loud that you shook the house," Dad asked ruining my attempt.

"Da-a-a-d," I say, "I didn't mean to. But I was so upset. I never get to finish my ice creams up before something happens."

"And what happened this time?"

"That would be my fault, Dad," Sammy admitted. "I stopped with out warning Danni, and as a result her ice cream ended up on her favorite shirt."

"Ok, but Danni try not to shake the house next time. Your Mom worries when you do that without warning."

"Ok, Dad. I'll try harder next time," I promise.

Inspiration for Danni's loss of her ice cream cone came from yesterday's (8/16/10) incident. I was getting ready to open a Ding-Dong when this guy we know took it. I just shrugged and got another. I told my Dad that "a ding-dong stole my Ding-Dong."