Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom or 6Teen. I do not own the original story this is based on.

The school bells rang loudly as students walked to first period. Some had gone at a snail's pace, others already sat in their seats, ready to start the day, and a select few just stood in the hallways indifferently. It was a day of dread as teens could no longer sleep in and had to resume their studies.

The same could not be said for young Danny Fenton, who had been slowed down by a random ghost attack.

Today's assailant was Desiree, who wished to make up for her last encounter for a deadlier one. While not usually a confronter, the ghost genie put a fight as she manipulated the ectoplasm in her body to chase after the boy with snake-like arms.

"Seriously!? Of all my usual enemies, you're the one the attack on the first day of school?" Danny snarked loudly. He flew circles around the limbs but was unable to entangle them with one another.

"Considering my last wish was too much for me, I knew you wouldn't expect me!" Desiree proclaimed. "And this is a perfect stress reliever when I relieve myself of you.

Danny was surprised at how much of a fighter she was. There must have been some wishers this morning, as there was real power behind her punch. Looking at his phone for the time, the boy needed to wrap this up when he remembered—

"Hey, Desiree! I wish you'd stay distracted for five seconds!" Danny said, pulling out the thermos.

The ghost genie did as she was told with her signature phrase.

"So you have wished it so shall it—wait! What!?"

Well, most of it. Before anything else, she was sucked into the thermos. Just in time, too, as the bell was about to ring.

"Darn it, I can't be late on the first day!" He cried out, flying faster.

With seconds to spare, Danny managed to get to first period in time.

School was the same, save for the fact that Dash couldn't bully him or his friends anymore. Whenever the jock would try something, Tucker got out his PDA and waved it around, reminding the consequences.

Things had been the same for Jen Masterson. Between school and work, the girl had made time to video chat Danny for their virtual dates.

Right now, she is video chatting with him on her phone as she made her way to the Penalty Box.

"Sounds like things are alright," the redhead smirked as she listened to Danny's day.

"I can say the same to you. Though I do miss you and hope I can see you again."

"Awww, Danny," Jen cooed. "I miss you too. And hopefully, we get another chance real soon."

She soon arrived at the entrance and sighed as she knew this had to end.

"I gotta go, see ya, Danny," Jen said.

"See ya, Jen."

Jen blew him a kiss before hanging up.

Changing into her referee uniform, the girl got ready as she worked retail in a sports store. The boss, Coach Halder, there was tough but fair. Though he had a policy that the girl was breaking as she stood with a lovestruck face.

"Masterson! I know that look," the coach said quickly, walking over. "That's love on the job. Drop and give me fifty!"

Immediately, Jen dropped on the floor and proceeded to achieve fifty push-ups. Her boss quipped about if she can, but out of concern. The man knew the task to be straining, especially since he needed Masterson to move boxes.

"Love. Will. make. Me. Strong," the girl said with each pushup.

"Another Fifty for saying the word love."

"You just said it."

The man conceded to her logic with a darn it, went down on the floor, and did push-ups at a faster rate than his employee, all the while saying feel the burn.

Despite her boss having a problem with love on the job, the girl's feelings stayed strong. Especially when the two had managed to keep regular contact with each other on video dates. There were occasional annoyances, like when Danny's parents thought there was a ghost in the room or when Jonesy and his brothers got at her goat when they over, due to their parents dating.

Apparently, they found it hilarious that Jen was dating a younger gut and made jokes about it.

Jen just tried to ignore them. She just tried to focus on Danny and to make this work.

Sure, long-distance relationships are tough, but Danny is special, and she knew it could work.

"So everything is fine? Even with all the ghost attacks?" Jen asked the boy on another video date. Not that she worried because of his ghost-hunting parents, but rather due to the frequency of the incidents.

"Yeah," the ghost boy giggled on the other end. "Don't know why there weren't many attacks over the summer. Not that I am complaining."

"Maybe they decided to haunt another town for the summer," Jen suggested. "It's not like they had anything else to do but scare everyone."

Danny chuckled at that.

"Maybe..." He said, amused.

Jen smiled as the two continued their video chat.

Just happy to have even this much contact with each other. The coming months would test their relationship as they navigated long-distance relationships.

The days passed in normalcy as the 6teens went about their days with school and work. They'd hang out at the mall; the jobs were in that location. And nothing was stopping that.

But...not everything was normal at the mall—something Jonesy found out at his new gig after being fired from yesterday's job.

"You gotta be kidding me!?" the Latino boy shouted in the air.

When he heard of a new booth installed in the mall attracting the girls and women in the mall, the boy took the first chance he got with his resume ready. But to his eternal dismay, the store was another stand for the YouMe=Love! Dating service. And operating the station was none other than the Merc with a Mouth, Deadpool.

"Heya, Jonesy," the red-suited man waved in excitement. "I decided this could be a perfect spot for me to show up. Now we can hang out some more."

He remembered the last time he got tangled up with the mercenary.

"Isn't this great!? Now you can help introduce the newest date!" Deadpool said in his usual manner. "Might I add its full of charisma?"

Ignoring that.

"NOOOOOOOOO!" the Latino boy cried out as he got on his knees.

Everyone heard it within the confines of the mall, from the entrances to the food court.

"What was that?" Caitlin asked as she hands a customer his lemony drink. It was Darth Mall, the geeky manager of the Stereo Sack.

"Strange...sounds like the Wilhelm scream made famous from Star Wars. Only to be stopped using after episode seven," the Jedi wannabe said.

"What?..." Caitlin asked, not getting the reference. She wasn't much for sci-fi and would only watch it with friends.

The Star Wars fan walked away dramatically, muttering how the lemon girl needs to get out more.

The day passed once more, and Nikki Wong had just arrived at her own workplace and sighed.

"Another day at the Crappy Barn," Nikki snarked with a smile. Or she would have, had they not made her employee of the month.

It had only been yesterday, and the girl still wondered why. It had to be an error. Worse, the other employees, girls who looked the same, the punk dubbed "the clones," were acting strange. Well, stranger than normal.

Chrissy, the manager, was being nicer while the other two were left her alone in favor of wondering why the punk girl, of all people, was picked.

But the worst part was the customers, who were now asking her about every pair of pants they bought. The girl didn't know how she was going to last the day.

"Thankfully, this will all be over soon, when they see how wrong the choice is," Nikki groaned to herself, unaware of what would happen next as Chrissy greeted the Asian girl.

"Hey, Nikki," she said with a smile, irking the punk girl already.

And things only got worse after a few hours when the lead clone said.

"Why don't you take a break?"

It was another day as the gang sat down at their hangout spot, The Squeeze. They had all missed each other after work yesterday and relished the chance to keep in touch.

"Hey guys," Jen said, sitting down.

"Hey."

"What's up?"

"Hi, Jen!"

"Hey."

The gang was almost completed, save for Nikki, who was the last one. There was only a slight rush due to break time, but only Jen held it as important to her routine.

The redhead snickered as she noticed Jonesy's slouched demeanor. The boy was not happy with his predicament as he still applied for the dating service job due to his need for a job and cash. Especially since he got fired the other day as a secret shopper when he got arrested for swindling and exploitation of work.

The Latin boy shouldn't have revealed himself for free stuff. Once word got out about his deeds, the retail employees, who gave him free stuff, called Rent-a-Cop Ron on him. He was lucky not to go to juvie, as the boy was known for this kind of behavior and was let off easy.

In fact, he should have considered himself lucky that he hasn't gotten worse for half his stunts this year alone.

"So, I take it that will be your only time as a secret shopper," Jen said with a smirk.

Jonesy crossed his arms.

"How was I supposed to know the employees would call my boss?" Jonesy muttered.

Jen rolled her eyes. Musing to herself how the boy never learns.

"Hey guys," came Nikki sounding cheerful. Soon everyone turned to see their punk female friend dressed in a conformist Khaki Barn style akin to the clones. And to top it all off, she had a butterfly hair clip, tying her hair up into an inverted ponytail.

"Nikki!?" Jude said, ignoring the hot coffee Wyatt spat out on his face. "Bra, what the heck happened to you?"

"Oh nothing," the now preppy, cheerful girl said with a slight valley-girl tone. "just another day at the Khaki Barn. We have this awesome sale, buy one pair of jeans, get half off the next pair. Isn't working there so much fun?"

Wyatt and Jonesy were shocked silent as they watched. Seeing their life long friend had crashed their brains, making them wait for rebooting.

"Ok, since when do you like working at the Khaki Barn?" Jen asked with raised suspicion. She got up from her seat and walked over to the girl.

"Like, since they made me employee of the month," Nikki said in a perky way, void of any drollness.

That was a sign things were not right, making everyone worried. They liked Nikki for who she is, and the girl had always been vocal about how she does not like working at the corporate store of conformity.

"What is going on here?" Jonesy asked. He was the most shocked of anyone.

The table was silent as they watched their friend walk away. To see a 180 of the punk girl's personality was something supernatural to them, similar to the events over the summer.

"Maybe a ghost followed us back from Amity Park," Jude added. His bit caused a pause as the teens thought deeply. It made the most sense, especially if you consider the fact Nikki and the Knahki barn(and being perky) is just not right.

"Okay, I'll call Danny after work. Maybe he knows something," Jen said.

The perky Nikki, however, heard this and waved it off.

"You don't have to worry about a thing," Nikki said as a beep was heard from a pocket. "Oops, gotta go. I just came by to tell you of the blending in with the crowd sale we're having." The perky girl walked away as she waved, "Have a Kahki day!"

The remaining teens stare as they comprehend everything that occurred. Wyatt was the one to break the silence.

"I think the Khaki Barn is finally getting to her."

"I'll say..." Jude said.

"Ya think?" Jonesy remarked.

Jen nodded, still disturbed. She just knew something was wrong here.

"We'll need to follow her," Jen said as an alarm in her phone went off. "But I can't because of work. Can anyone else follow her?"

Caitlin would have shut the lemon at first notice, but a crowd of people coming in for a lemony beverage paused any stalking. The other teens would soon be off break, so that was a bust. Jonesy, most likely to get fired, didn't want to lose his job right now. He didn't want to sign up for the dating service and left the stand once he saw Deadpool. That left one teen, who had a job at Stick It, who recently found out he's his own boss.

"Jude, you have to follow her," Caitlin said as she got to the first customer. "Don't let her out of your sight."

"On it, dude, but first—AAAAAHHH!" Jude went into a scream shortly, registering the freshly brewed coffee on his face. It wasn't a serious burn, but still, hurt like a slap from a wet towel.

"You okay, Jude?" Caitlin asked, concern.

"Delayed reaction, Bra," He said, still feeling the burning sensation.

That didn't stop the concern looks the boy was getting from his friends. But the dude ignored it as he hopped on his board.

"He's gonna be OK, right?" Wyatt asked as the teens watched their skater friend ride away.

No one had any idea.

With his trusty skateboard, Sally, Jude followed Nikki with the grace and elegance of a fish. Out of water. The teen took the time to have some fun when he could and grinded rails and escalators, bringing attention from the shop goers.

Especially when he got snacks, with vendors chasing after him for not paying. When he looked back to see if he was still followed, the boy bumped into Nikki by the fountain. With a splash, the two fell in, and it wasn't long before mall security heard of this.

Thinking fast, Jude grabbed his friend and dragged her away from the crime scene before Officer Ron came by with his military attitude. The laid-back teen noticed his friend's confused behavior.

"Nikki? Bra? Is everything alright?"

There was no response as the girl seemed dizzy, which prompted Jude to physically shake his friend out of it. Shoulders were grabbed as the girl's body shook fast enough to seem like gelatin. If the dude was not careful, he would hit her head on something, but instead, a fist went into his face.

This gave enough time for the girl to steady herself.

"Ow...that's..not a...khaki thing to do...why am I saying that?"

Nikki held her head as her tone changed back from perky. The girl stood up with a slight incline, and her face showed some apathy. Jude looked to his friend, almost sure the punk girl was back.

"Nikki? Bra? Dudette?" the skater asked slowly, wanting to ensure his friend's return to punkiness.

"Yeah, I'm here," Nikki replied as she walked with a slight wobble. "Why is everything spinning?"

"Maybe the ghost left you alone," Jude said, still weirded out. The punk girl looked at him funny for a moment but passed it off as the boy being himself.

The blonde skater teen wasn't one to look a gift horse in the mouth and was glad to have his friend back. However, she didn't remember anything or enjoyed his affectionate hug.

"Jude...I'm going to give you the count of three to let go," Nikki snarked as the laid back dude let go. Yep, he was happy to have her back. And the news could not wait as he called the others.

Jen was excited as today was another video date. And while she wished to have the ghost boy in her arms again, there was contentment in these virtual meetings.

She pulled out her laptop, logged on, and saw her cute boyfriend again.

"He, Danny," Jen said through the screen. "How are ya?"

"It's been the same thing for a while," Danny replied with a dopey grin. "Anything new on your end."

"Oh my gosh! I have so much to tell you!" the redhead exclaimed as she startled the boy into falling down.

"What happened?"

"First, there was the star contest Wyatt won, but things went south as his song bashed us."

"What?!" Danny yelled.

He thought Wyatt was their friend. Why would he do such a thing?

"Let me explain..."Jen said.

Jen told him about what happened with Wyatt and the contest and how they made up in the end. Once she was done, Danny calmed down a bit.

"So, Wyatt had you guys enter Star contest to make him look better, only to change the lyrics when you guys didn't show up for the second showing after getting you tickets. He then changed the lyrics again after seeing how miserable it made you guys and you guys made up on tv," Danny recapped. He was silent for a few minutes before he made any expression or sound. "Sounds weird."

"Is it as weird as Nikki being perky?"

The ghost boy froze as he processed those words. To hear Nikki and perky in the same sentence was an oxymoron.

"What?" Danny said after a long minute of silence.

"You heard me. Nikki was as perky and preppy as Caitlin," Jen said with a giggle. "It's was kinda funny, though we heard it was from something in the Khaki Barn. She can't remember what it was."

Danny raised a brow at that.

"The Khaki Barn? That store she works?..."He asked.

"Yeah, ever since she became employee of the month, she has made a total change," Jen said.

"But, I thought she hated working there."

"She does...or did... it's pretty weird. But Jude snapped her out of it," Jen said before she wore a confused face.

Danny got a suspicious feeling about this. In his experience, such things would not bode well, and it would be difficult for him to just go to Canada and help without at least half a day covered, mainly in excuses.

Pushing that idea aside, the ghost boy didn't want to think about superhero stuff as he and Jen continued their video date. He was overanalyzing things, right?

From the depths of Fenton Works, the ghost portal from within began to open as a sharply dressed man in khakis floated out with a surly face.

"Someone broke free."

Summer's over, but problems still occur. Looks like Deadpool will be in Canada for a while. I've heard it's nice, though I wonder how the Mexican food is there. Also, this story has hit more than 100 followers! Nice!

Special Thanks! to Flower Princess11 for all her help!

Reviews:

qazse: Yeah. And maybe they'll keep in mind the conversation.

Invader Johnny: No clue, but Danny's luck is extended due to the long-distance relationship.

SonicMax: Yep.

Jebest4781: Yep, though the proper dinner chapter will sadly have to wait. As for Jonesy and jazz's date, that's another chapter, entirely.

danifan3000: Can't say for sure, but here, the Fentons appeared because there was a ghost attack at the mall, where Danny was. So, parental instinct.

Starlord Master: Naw, Dash will have to really cross the line for any restraining orders. Right now it's just scummy behavior.

61394: Yep.

William Escobar 608: 1) Sam está mejorando con la ayuda de sus nuevos amigos. 2) Toleraron a Sam porque es amiga de Danny. Pensaron que la niña era una buena persona. Además, a veces pueden ser conflictivos. 3) Ella no está segura por ahora. 4) No sin alguna causa. 5) Sí.

DJ Rodriguez: Thanks!

Luiz4200: Yep!

HayamiHinata: Thanks!

Dreams Come True 996: I saw. Not bad.

Jay The Average Fanboy: Thanks! I have not yet seen that Ben 10 movie yet. So my opinion would have to wait.