At lunch, Danny sat with Tucker and Sam. Danny kept looking around for Tara.
"Where is she?" he asked himself.
"I haven't seen her all day," Tucker said.
"I did," Sam told him. "But only in the morning." Danny was surprised; He hadn't seen Tara since yesterday. But he continued to look around, and finally found her. Tara was walking over, but she wasn't smiling. She looked very upset. She came over to them.
"Sorry I haven't been here all day, guys," she told them as she sat down. "Uh, family stuff."
"It's okay," Tucker told her. "But why'd you have to leave just before school started." Tara tried to think of something.
"Uh, my pet fish... was... drowning..." Tara said stupidly. The three exchanged looks.
"Um, okay, Tara..." Sam said. Tucker got up.
"Sorry, I gotta jet," he said. "This is the time that the cute girl in my 3rd period comes out for lunch!" And he ran off. that left Danny, Sam and Tara.
"Soooo... What's new?" Tara asked.
"Nothing really," Sam said looking at Tara. "But, I've got to go. I'll see you guys later." Danny looked at Sam, and back at Tara.
"Geez, it seems like ditching is the newest fad in this school," Danny said.
"I don't roll with fads," Tara said, but at the moment, she had eptoplasmic gas come again. She looked above her and saw Polter (invisible, of course!). He signalled her to come, and disappeared. Tara bit her lip. Danny got the same reaction, but he didn't look up. They looked at each other.
"Uh, hey, why don't I handle this one?" Tara said, getting up.
"Are you sure you don't need any help?" Danny asked, getting up as well.
"Positive," she told him. "See you later!"
Danny sat back down, looking back at Tara. I should go help her, he thought. No, she can handle this... but what if she gets hurt?... No, she's had seven years of expirience... Danny's guilt got the best of him. That's it! I'm going! He got up and went in the same direction that Tara went.