My Danny and Me
Rated PG for mild language.
It's a Danny-meets-me story...7 Ghosties (chapters) already pre-written!
Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom or Danny, or any of these characters that were created by Butch Hartman...blah blah, you know the drill.
Ghostie Four: Smitten
"...but he's been going around in a daze, Mom! I know something's up with him..." Jazz was complaining to Maddie.
"Jazz, I'm sure he's fine. I don't understand why you're so worked-up about it." Mrs. Fenton assured her, stirring the pasta sauce quickly.
Danny skidded into the kitchen, with a strange grin on his face. He hugged his mom and sat down at the table, smiling at Jazz.
They both raised an eyebrow. Maddie walked over to him and put her hand on his forehead as to check his temperature to see if he was sick.
"...Mom! What are you doing?" he said, pulling her hand off of his face.
"He doesn't have a fever..." Maddie observed, now looking at him up and down.
"You've been acting really weird lately, Danny...and we're worried..." Jazz explained.
"Worried? About what? How have I been acting weird?" Danny asked, totally unaware.
Maddie looked to Jazz, and went back to stir the food.
"Is there a ghost involved?" Jack stuck his big head from behind the door, and looked at Danny.
Danny cleared his throat. "Not that I'm aware of..."
Everyone sat down at the table and ate their spaghetti quietly, taking quick breaks to stare at Danny. He didn't seem to notice this though, because he slurped up his noodles as he always did. He finished eating and put his plate in the sink.
"Hey, I'm getting together with some friends tonight. We're going to go see movie." Danny said quickly.
Maddie looked at the time. "It's 7:30 already...I don't know..."
"Come on Mom...its Friday!" Danny frowned.
"...who are you going with?" Jazz wondered, something popping in her head. I bet I know why he's been acting funny lately...ever since I met that girl... Jazz thought.
"Oh, just Sam, Tuck and Lo..." he told them.
Jack warned him, "You remember your curfew..."
"Yeah yeah, I know...can I go now?" he turned on his foot to leave.
Maddie nodded her head. "Do you have everything you need?"
"Yeah Mom...ok...bye..." He hurried away so he wouldn't have to explain himself anymore.
Jazz started, "Mom...I think I know what's wrong with him..."
Jack butted in, excited, "HE'S POSESSED BY A GHOST!! I KNEW IT!!!"
Maddie and Jazz both ignored him.
"I think he's in love..." Jazz said quickly, with a grin on her face.
Maddie smiled. "In love? So soon? Let me guess...Samantha Manson, right? I knew they always liked each other..."
"No, no...not Sam. It's that girl he met a few months ago, Lauren. Remember her?" Jazz continued.
Maddie paused for a moment. "Wow...are you sure?"
Jazz laughed. "He was talking to her on the phone the other night..."
"They're not...dating...are they?" Jack asked aloud. He had apparently started listening after his ghost comment...
Jazz shrugged. "I don't know...but they're both smitten with each other..."
Danny rode his scooter to the theatre, with a smile pasted on his face. He almost ran over a kid playing jump rope on the sidewalk.
"Hey! Watch it! Stupid teenagers..." the little jump-roping girl shouted after him, jumping out of the way.
He arrived at the theatre, but only Tucker and Sam were there.
He parked his scooter. "Where's Lauren?"
Sam explained, "She called me...she said something about her dad lecturing her..."
Danny sighed. She's gonna be here though, right?"
".....yeah...." Tucker looked at him strangely. Sam's expression seemed annoyed.
Danny ran a hand through his hair. "So, what movie are we gonna see?"
Sam looked up at the movie titles and grinned. "Demons of Wrath 3."
Tucker grinned, "I bet it's better than the second one, I hated that stupid dragon..."
"Yeah..." Danny said quietly, seeming to be in a daze again.
Sam noticed this. "...Danny? Hello?" She waved her hand in front of his face.
He jumped slightly. "W-what? I was just thinking..."
Tucker grinned. "About what? A special certain someone perhaps....?"
Sam folded her arms. "We're going to miss the movie if Lo doesn't hurry up..."
"Hey! She's here!" Tucker said, but Danny had already walked off to greet her.
"Hey guys...sorry I'm late..." Lauren grinned, slightly embarrassed.
"Oh...no problem at all..." Danny smiled at her.
...this is just too weird. Danny only acts like this when he sees Paulina...and he's totally ignoring me and Tucker. Stupid.... Sam thought to herself angrily.
They all waited in the long line to get their tickets, and Sam insisted that she paid for everyone.
"My treat." she assured them.
"If you're sure..." Lauren said, putting down her money.
Sam handed the ticket person some money and gave everyone their tickets. They walked into the theatre, only to have to wait in another long line. There were at least 200 people in front of them waiting to get to the movie.
"Man, I'm glad they didn't give it an R rating..." Tucker said, leaning against the wall.
Lauren had just gone off to get some popcorn and drinks for everyone, Sam going with her.
"Yeah...not quite old enough, are we..." Danny looked around at the theatre, in a bored state.
"You feeling alright, Danny? You've been really weird lately...all this staring and..." Tucker tried to say, but Danny interrupted him. "What's with everyone? I'm fine! Quit asking me!"
Tucker backed off. "Geez...sorry...just saying..."
There's nothing wrong with me! There's always somebody trying to pry themselves into my life...so annoying... Danny thought.
Sam and Lauren came back with tons of candy and popcorn and drinks, giving some of it to the boys. The line started to move and people started filing into the theatre.
"To your right, 3 doors down." said the attendant, taking their tickets and tearing them.
After two hours of the movie, all the food already eaten, Sam and Lauren walked out, talking excitedly about the movie.
"Yeah that was SOOO cool! And he just touched her and she turned into that thing..." Sam was saying.
"I know! That was so much better than the first one!!!" Lauren said happily.
Danny and Tucker looked at each other and shook their heads. "That movie...sucked..." Danny stated.
"Yeah it did...I can't understand how you two could like something that stupid...we'd have been better off going to see "Sleepover.."" Tucker said, quite disappointed by the film.
Lauren and Sam looked at each other as if Tucker was insane.
"Sleepover? That movie about those girls going around doing a dare?" Sam raised an eyebrow.
"That has to be the worst movie ever...not seeing it, not caring..." Lauren added.
Danny looked to Tucker. "Well it wasn't that bad, but it was just boring..."
Sam looked at her watch. "It's 10:23...still early..."
Tucker looked at her as though she was crazy. "I'm supposed to be home at 10:30 sharp! They're gonna kill me...." Tucker ran out of the theatre, waving after them. They all looked at each other and laughed a bit.
"Think he'll make it?" Danny smirked.
"He'll realize that he doesn't have a ride and probably come back..." Sam smiled after him.
Indeed, he did come running back, out of breath.
"Could...you...give me a ride...home..." he said, in between breaths.
Sam laughed, "Of course." She dialed a number on her cell phone and asked a driver to pick them all up.
"I was going to suggest that we all go out for coffee or something, but it is late..." Lauren added.
"We can tomorrow!" said an excited Danny.
So, they all got in the car, which happened to be a really cool convertible. They all yelled at people on the sidewalks as they zoomed by in the street, wind flying in their faces.
"See you guys later!" Tucker waved, getting out of the car.
"Bye!" they all shouted after him, zooming off again.
"Who should I drop off first?" Sam asked Danny and Lauren.
Lauren said quickly, "I'm just a block away from Danny's house, but you can drop me off first..."
"Yeah, I know..." So they drove off to Lauren's house first, and as she got out, she and Danny stared eye-to-eye for a moment. Sam seemed to be in an impatient mood.
"Well, bye Lauren! See you later!" Sam blurted out, poking the driver to go.
Danny smiled after her. "See you tomorrow.."
"Bye guys...bye Danny." she blushed, going to her door.
The car took off, Danny still looking after her.
Sam rolled her eyes. "Are you ok?"
"...of course I am! Why does everyone keep asking me that?" said an annoyed Danny.
Sam sighed. "Hello...everyone knows you like her. Don't act like it's not true."
He sat back in his seat. "Well, you don't know that for sure, do you? We're all just friends..." He even tried to assure himself this.
"Danny...I..." Sam began, but she stopped.
"What?"
The car stopped at his house.
"See you later." she said, almost regretfully.
"...ok. Bye."
He got of the car and went inside, only to find the house noisy as ever. Everyone came running to him, and Jack pointed to his watch. "Three minutes past!"
"Yeah, so?"
"..." No one said anything. Danny went upstairs to think.
I wish everyone would get off my back...so what if I do like her.
Lauren was doing the same thing back at her house.
I like him so much, but it's all too weird...3 months of knowing him, and I know that Sam and Tuck are his best friends, but they're always running off. I know he's hiding something, but what?
"I don't know if I can tell him..."
"I don't know if I can tell her..."
"...how I really feel."
Thanks for the continuing reviews, guys! I just wrote Ghostie Seven last night and I'm really happy with it. I'll put up Ghostie Five later on today if I have some time. Keep rolling in those comments! ...good ones, of course!
Danny: Just hurry up and post the other chapters!
Lo: They're called Ghosties, Danny!
Danny: -shrugs- What's the difference?
Lo: -opens up the thermos, then rips out a chapter from a book- This is the difference..oops..-ripped up her summer reading book- Oh well...
Box Ghost: Muhahaha...
Danny: ....first in the story, now out here...-throws Lo's guitar at TBG-
Lo: Stick around for more! Just as soon as I use what's left of my guitar on Danny's head I'll get around to it....
Danny: -gulp- She is abusing me! -runs to PT-chan-