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Chapter 4 Wake Up Call
Danny was too confused for words as he flew home. So much had happened that day that he wasn't sure what to do about any of it. He landed outside the front door and slowly entered the house. Someone had left a light on in the kitchen, but other than that it was quiet. Everyone must already be in bed, he figured. After turning off the light he went upstairs to his room.
He sat down on the end of his bed and put his head in his hands. What was he ever going to do? He hoped that he had at least made Sam feel better about what had happened, but he sure didn't.
Jessica knowing the truth about him and Sam was dangerous. Not just for the fact that she could tell people, but it put her in danger as well. After all it was because Tucker and Sam knew the truth about him that they had gotten into trouble so many times. Danny decided that he was going to have to have a talk with the girl tomorrow. She thought it was all fun and games. She was wrong.
Then there was that ghost who destroyed the theater. Something seemed really fishy about that to say the least. He had known something, but Danny didn't have a clue as to what it could be. No matter, he and Sam would deal with it head on when the time came.
Taking his hands away Danny slowly looked around his room. All around there were small changes that had occurred during the past month. New pictures were hung around his walls, a couple of him, Sam, and Tucker; one of the three of them with Mandy; a few with Jessica; but most of them were of him and Sam. It was those last ones that stood out to him the most.
Sam had the brightest smiles and a twinkle in her eyes in those pictures. She looked so happy, and so did he. It was true, wasn't it?
"Of course I'm happy. I've never been this happy before. Sam's my girlfriend, how could I not be happy?"
There was something else that makes me happy, he thought.
"I dunno," he said talking to his thoughts.
Yes you do, you said so yourself.
Danny shrugged, "I just thought that whatever was going on we're going to take on together."
And that's it. Together.
"Together. We will always win if we work together."
Of course, and that's what makes you the happiest.
"I don't have to fight alone. Sam is always by my side, fighting with me."
Danny was happy, but he wasn't completely sure about his feelings. Things had been so clear before he had told Sam. He liked her, as more than a friend, how hard was that to figure out? He cared about her deeply and would do anything for her, but was that love? He thought so, but maybe it wasn't. He wasn't sure, and that's why he hadn't pressed the matter at Sam's house. She wanted him to be sure, and he did too.
He stood up and changed into his pajamas. "I'll deal with it in the morning. As stressful as things were today, tomorrow is going to be worse. I only hope I can do what I have to do." With that Danny climbed into bed and turned off the lights.
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The next morning Danny awoke and lay in bed. He wasn't sure that he wanted to do this. After all, chances were he was going to be breaking Jessica's bubble.
"It has to be done. She can't stay in that fantasy world from her comics if she's going to know the truth."
Very slowly Danny climbed out of bed and threw on some clothes. Once he was dressed he grabbed his cell phone off of his desk and hit the speed dial button for Sam's phone.
It rang for a few moments before her voicemail picked up. "Hey! You've reached the one and only Goth Girl, Sam. I'm busy right now, so leave me a message and I'll call you back as soon as I can. Thanks!" There was a small beep.
"Hey Sam, it's Danny. You're probably in the shower or something, it is pretty early. Anyway, I was thinking that we really should have a better chat with Jessica about what happened last night. Okay, call me back as soon as you can and we'll talk about it then," he paused for a minute. "Oh, and Sam, I miss you. I'll talk to you soon." He hung up and sighed.
Part of him had wanted to say that he loved her. She was his girlfriend; he was supposed to love her, wasn't he?
"I have no idea! What is love anyway?" Danny kicked one of his shoes across the floor towards the closet. This was something to be dealt with later, however. Right now there was something more important to deal with.
Throwing his phone into the other hand, Danny pressed the second speed dial button, which called Tucker's phone. It rang three times before Tucker picked up.
"Hey Phantom, what's up?"
"Hi Tucker. I take it you did some damage control last night?"
"Not so much. That girl would not shut up about how cool this was, and then she was comparing you to like Beast Boy and Raven. Except of course the two of you have the same powers and have admitted that you two like each other," he said mimicking their new friend.
"Don't worry about it, but that was kinda why I called. You up for some damage control then?"
"Yeah. I like the girl, but she needs a wake up call."
"All right. I couldn't get a hold of Sam, but she might be eating breakfast or something. I'll call you after I get a hold of her, ok?"
"Not a problem. I'll call Jess and see about us hanging out this afternoon."
"Good idea. I'll talk to you in a bit."
"Okay, later."
There was a click and Danny hung up the phone. That wasn't that hard, he thought. Of course the worse was yet to come. His stomach let out a groan and Danny decided that it was time to get some food.
Dropping his phone back on his desk, Danny headed downstairs to get some cereal. His sister, Jazz, was already at the table working on another thesis.
"Morning Jazz."
"Good morning Danny," she said looking up. "How did your date go?"
"Uhh... The theater started on fire, so we didn't get to finish the movie." He hated lying to his family, especially his sister, but she always seemed like she understood.
"That's too bad. You get your money back?"
"Yeah, and they gave us a bunch of free tickets. After that I took Sam home and we listened to a CD."
"Sounds fun."
"Yeah, it was nice," he said pulling a box of Lucky Charms out along with a bowl, spoon, and milk. He sat down across from his sister. She was giving him an understanding look.
"Something you wanna talk about? Mom and Dad are out. I think someone called in with a fake ghost sighting again."
Danny gave her a weak smile, somehow he thought she had been to one to make up the sighting, but he didn't really care at the moment. He sat down and poured his cereal.
"So, what's on your mind?" she asked.
I looked up at her from my bowl and thought for a moment. "What's love?" I asked before I had finished thinking it over.
Jazz just stared at him for a moment. "Wow. I didn't expect that one."
"Sorry," I said looking back down at my food.
She laughed, "Don't worry about it Danny. I guess I just wasn't expecting that question."
"So you don't know?"
"Well, it's different for everyone I guess. All I can really tell you is that if you love someone you can't stop thinking about them and you would do anything for them. But don't worry, your heart will tell you."
"Thanks Jazz."
She went back to her paper and Danny finished his cereal. After he put his bowl in the dishwasher he went back up to his room. He picked up his phone to see if there were any missed calls, in case Sam had called while he was downstairs, but there were none. He tried calling her again but there was still no answer.
As soon as he hung up the phone went off. The caller id said it was Tucker.
"Hey Tucker, what's up?" he said answering it.
"I got a hold of Jess. She said it would be cool to meet for lunch or something. Did Sam call you back?"
"No. Maybe she's doing something with her parents."
"So you wanna go ahead and talk to Jess without Sam?"
"Yeah. I guess there's nothing that we can do that would be different if she was there," Danny told him even though he knew he would feel better if she was there.
"Okay. Let's meet up at the mall in half an hour."
"All right, sounds good. If I get a hold of Sam I'll call you."
"Cool. See you in a bit."
Danny hung up the phone and put it in his pocket. Sam probably was doing something with her mom or something like that. I mean there was no way she'd be avoiding him or something like that, right? He grabbed his wallet and then headed off for the mall.
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After the three teenagers had gotten their food they sat down at one of the tables.
"So did you guys fight any ghosts last night?" Jessica asked excitedly.
"No," Danny said getting slightly annoyed.
"Jess, there's something we need to talk about with you," Tucker said now.
"Sure, what's up?"
"Jessica, we know that you think this is cool or whatever," Danny started.
"Of course it's cool! I've never met a real super hero before! Now I know two!"
"Shhh!" Tucker told her. "This is supposed to be a secret, remember?"
"Oh yeah, sorry," she said with a small blush.
"Okay. Now, we know you think this is great and all, but it's not all fun and games."
"Of course. I know that. So who's your greatest enemy?"
"That's not important right now. Look Jessica. You could be in danger if you don't get your head in the game."
"Danger?"
"Yeah, Sam and I got attacked by ghosts all the time after we found out about Danny's powers," Tucker told her now. "In fact it was because of that, that Sam got changed."
Jessica looked down at her food for a minute thinking. "Jeez, I guess I'm sorry you guys. I didn't think that anything dangerous could happen. No one ever gets hurt in comic books."
"You've just got to get your head in the game is all," Danny told her.
"Danny's right. We understand that you wouldn't get it; I mean it took us a while to get the hang of things. So just keep quiet about it and things should be fine. I don't think anyone knows that you about Danny and Sam yet."
"All right. I'll try, sorry you guys."
Chapter 4 Wake Up Call
Danny was too confused for words as he flew home. So much had happened that day that he wasn't sure what to do about any of it. He landed outside the front door and slowly entered the house. Someone had left a light on in the kitchen, but other than that it was quiet. Everyone must already be in bed, he figured. After turning off the light he went upstairs to his room.
He sat down on the end of his bed and put his head in his hands. What was he ever going to do? He hoped that he had at least made Sam feel better about what had happened, but he sure didn't.
Jessica knowing the truth about him and Sam was dangerous. Not just for the fact that she could tell people, but it put her in danger as well. After all it was because Tucker and Sam knew the truth about him that they had gotten into trouble so many times. Danny decided that he was going to have to have a talk with the girl tomorrow. She thought it was all fun and games. She was wrong.
Then there was that ghost who destroyed the theater. Something seemed really fishy about that to say the least. He had known something, but Danny didn't have a clue as to what it could be. No matter, he and Sam would deal with it head on when the time came.
Taking his hands away Danny slowly looked around his room. All around there were small changes that had occurred during the past month. New pictures were hung around his walls, a couple of him, Sam, and Tucker; one of the three of them with Mandy; a few with Jessica; but most of them were of him and Sam. It was those last ones that stood out to him the most.
Sam had the brightest smiles and a twinkle in her eyes in those pictures. She looked so happy, and so did he. It was true, wasn't it?
"Of course I'm happy. I've never been this happy before. Sam's my girlfriend, how could I not be happy?"
There was something else that makes me happy, he thought.
"I dunno," he said talking to his thoughts.
Yes you do, you said so yourself.
Danny shrugged, "I just thought that whatever was going on we're going to take on together."
And that's it. Together.
"Together. We will always win if we work together."
Of course, and that's what makes you the happiest.
"I don't have to fight alone. Sam is always by my side, fighting with me."
Danny was happy, but he wasn't completely sure about his feelings. Things had been so clear before he had told Sam. He liked her, as more than a friend, how hard was that to figure out? He cared about her deeply and would do anything for her, but was that love? He thought so, but maybe it wasn't. He wasn't sure, and that's why he hadn't pressed the matter at Sam's house. She wanted him to be sure, and he did too.
He stood up and changed into his pajamas. "I'll deal with it in the morning. As stressful as things were today, tomorrow is going to be worse. I only hope I can do what I have to do." With that Danny climbed into bed and turned off the lights.
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The next morning Danny awoke and lay in bed. He wasn't sure that he wanted to do this. After all, chances were he was going to be breaking Jessica's bubble.
"It has to be done. She can't stay in that fantasy world from her comics if she's going to know the truth."
Very slowly Danny climbed out of bed and threw on some clothes. Once he was dressed he grabbed his cell phone off of his desk and hit the speed dial button for Sam's phone.
It rang for a few moments before her voicemail picked up. "Hey! You've reached the one and only Goth Girl, Sam. I'm busy right now, so leave me a message and I'll call you back as soon as I can. Thanks!" There was a small beep.
"Hey Sam, it's Danny. You're probably in the shower or something, it is pretty early. Anyway, I was thinking that we really should have a better chat with Jessica about what happened last night. Okay, call me back as soon as you can and we'll talk about it then," he paused for a minute. "Oh, and Sam, I miss you. I'll talk to you soon." He hung up and sighed.
Part of him had wanted to say that he loved her. She was his girlfriend; he was supposed to love her, wasn't he?
"I have no idea! What is love anyway?" Danny kicked one of his shoes across the floor towards the closet. This was something to be dealt with later, however. Right now there was something more important to deal with.
Throwing his phone into the other hand, Danny pressed the second speed dial button, which called Tucker's phone. It rang three times before Tucker picked up.
"Hey Phantom, what's up?"
"Hi Tucker. I take it you did some damage control last night?"
"Not so much. That girl would not shut up about how cool this was, and then she was comparing you to like Beast Boy and Raven. Except of course the two of you have the same powers and have admitted that you two like each other," he said mimicking their new friend.
"Don't worry about it, but that was kinda why I called. You up for some damage control then?"
"Yeah. I like the girl, but she needs a wake up call."
"All right. I couldn't get a hold of Sam, but she might be eating breakfast or something. I'll call you after I get a hold of her, ok?"
"Not a problem. I'll call Jess and see about us hanging out this afternoon."
"Good idea. I'll talk to you in a bit."
"Okay, later."
There was a click and Danny hung up the phone. That wasn't that hard, he thought. Of course the worse was yet to come. His stomach let out a groan and Danny decided that it was time to get some food.
Dropping his phone back on his desk, Danny headed downstairs to get some cereal. His sister, Jazz, was already at the table working on another thesis.
"Morning Jazz."
"Good morning Danny," she said looking up. "How did your date go?"
"Uhh... The theater started on fire, so we didn't get to finish the movie." He hated lying to his family, especially his sister, but she always seemed like she understood.
"That's too bad. You get your money back?"
"Yeah, and they gave us a bunch of free tickets. After that I took Sam home and we listened to a CD."
"Sounds fun."
"Yeah, it was nice," he said pulling a box of Lucky Charms out along with a bowl, spoon, and milk. He sat down across from his sister. She was giving him an understanding look.
"Something you wanna talk about? Mom and Dad are out. I think someone called in with a fake ghost sighting again."
Danny gave her a weak smile, somehow he thought she had been to one to make up the sighting, but he didn't really care at the moment. He sat down and poured his cereal.
"So, what's on your mind?" she asked.
I looked up at her from my bowl and thought for a moment. "What's love?" I asked before I had finished thinking it over.
Jazz just stared at him for a moment. "Wow. I didn't expect that one."
"Sorry," I said looking back down at my food.
She laughed, "Don't worry about it Danny. I guess I just wasn't expecting that question."
"So you don't know?"
"Well, it's different for everyone I guess. All I can really tell you is that if you love someone you can't stop thinking about them and you would do anything for them. But don't worry, your heart will tell you."
"Thanks Jazz."
She went back to her paper and Danny finished his cereal. After he put his bowl in the dishwasher he went back up to his room. He picked up his phone to see if there were any missed calls, in case Sam had called while he was downstairs, but there were none. He tried calling her again but there was still no answer.
As soon as he hung up the phone went off. The caller id said it was Tucker.
"Hey Tucker, what's up?" he said answering it.
"I got a hold of Jess. She said it would be cool to meet for lunch or something. Did Sam call you back?"
"No. Maybe she's doing something with her parents."
"So you wanna go ahead and talk to Jess without Sam?"
"Yeah. I guess there's nothing that we can do that would be different if she was there," Danny told him even though he knew he would feel better if she was there.
"Okay. Let's meet up at the mall in half an hour."
"All right, sounds good. If I get a hold of Sam I'll call you."
"Cool. See you in a bit."
Danny hung up the phone and put it in his pocket. Sam probably was doing something with her mom or something like that. I mean there was no way she'd be avoiding him or something like that, right? He grabbed his wallet and then headed off for the mall.
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After the three teenagers had gotten their food they sat down at one of the tables.
"So did you guys fight any ghosts last night?" Jessica asked excitedly.
"No," Danny said getting slightly annoyed.
"Jess, there's something we need to talk about with you," Tucker said now.
"Sure, what's up?"
"Jessica, we know that you think this is cool or whatever," Danny started.
"Of course it's cool! I've never met a real super hero before! Now I know two!"
"Shhh!" Tucker told her. "This is supposed to be a secret, remember?"
"Oh yeah, sorry," she said with a small blush.
"Okay. Now, we know you think this is great and all, but it's not all fun and games."
"Of course. I know that. So who's your greatest enemy?"
"That's not important right now. Look Jessica. You could be in danger if you don't get your head in the game."
"Danger?"
"Yeah, Sam and I got attacked by ghosts all the time after we found out about Danny's powers," Tucker told her now. "In fact it was because of that, that Sam got changed."
Jessica looked down at her food for a minute thinking. "Jeez, I guess I'm sorry you guys. I didn't think that anything dangerous could happen. No one ever gets hurt in comic books."
"You've just got to get your head in the game is all," Danny told her.
"Danny's right. We understand that you wouldn't get it; I mean it took us a while to get the hang of things. So just keep quiet about it and things should be fine. I don't think anyone knows that you about Danny and Sam yet."
"All right. I'll try, sorry you guys."
