This is what the 2nd chapter should be. It looks into more what Jack thought about. It's gonna be another sad chapter, so get the tissues. This story isn't going so well, so please contact me KJdacool on AIM. Or e-mail me. Please give me a few ideas. Most of the people on this website are experienced writers, and I need a little boost. At this point, encouragement is wanted.
Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom, but I'll keep on wishing. The song 'I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues' is also not mine. It's Elton John's. If anybody recognizes it, it's old. But, it fit the situation. Deal with it.
Jack lay on his back in bed, staring at the ceiling. Tears streamed silently down his face.
'She'll never be here next to me again. I've really messed up this time. How could I have been so heartless? If only I had another chance…' Jack drifted off into sleep.
'Don't wish it away'
Maddie was upstairs in the room, furiously packing her suit-case. "I wish we had never met, Jack! That would have made life so much easier for me."
'Don't look at it like it's forever'
"You'll never change, Jack! You're just a heartless old fool!"
'Between you and me I could honestly say
That things can only get better'
"You never had any time for me! Why do you think I went to my sister's house so much? You never listened to me. Whenever I was upset, you just ignored me! I can't take it anymore!"
'And while I'm away'
Jack was leaving for another inventor's convention. He hugged Maddie good-bye, and 5-year-old Danny ran up to him, yelling 'Bye, Dad!' over and over again.
'Dust out the demons inside'
Maddie had found three ghosts in the basement, and was now fighting them. They had her in the corner. 'Where's Jack?' she thought frantically. 'He should have been here hours ago.' She backed up against the ghost vacuum, suddenly remembering its existence. The ghosts were toast.
'And it won't be long before you and me run
To the place in our hearts where we hide'
"Maddie, I'm home!" Jack called. No answer. He went to the lab. There was no one there. "Maddie?" Jack called again. 'That's strange,' he thought. 'Her car was in the driveway…'
'And I guess that's why they call it the blues'
Jack was in the lab, finishing the calculations for the portal. It was May 10th. Maddie had been downstairs 6 hours before, trying to remind him that it was their anniversary. He had said that he'd be upstairs in a little bit. Now, it was about 12:30 in the morning.
'Time on my hands could be time spent with you'
Jack was sitting on the couch, watching T.V. 'Maybe I can get him to do something for our anniversary now,' Maddie thought. "Jack, honey? Would you like to go out to dinner tonight, just you and me?"
Jack muted the T.V. and looked up. "Maddie, I'm really tired. Could we go tomorrow?" Tomorrow never came.
'Laughing like children, living like lovers
Rolling like thunder under the covers
And I guess that's why they call it the blues'
Jack was holding a new-born Danny in his arms, smiling fondly at Maddie. They had just gotten home from the hospital. They knew that long, sleepless nights were ahead, but they would be nights spent with their new-born son! That would make them joyous nights, right?
'Just stare into space
Picture my face in your hands'
"Maddie, I know I forgot our anniversary again, but it's the last time, I promise!"
"That's what you said the last time, Jack!" Maddie stormed upstairs to the storage room to get a suitcase.
' Live for each second without hesitation
And never forget I'm your man'
Jack stood in a corner of their room, watching Maddie go back and forth between the dresser and the bed, where her suitcase was.
'Wait on me girl
Cry in the night if it helps'
"Maddie, when I gave you that ring, I meant it to be forever."
"You're right Jack. There's one more thing I want to give you. I might still go, but at least you'll have a little piece of me."
'But more than ever I simply love you
More than I love life itself'
Maddie took off her engagement ring and threw it at Jack. It hit him squarely in the forehead. He gave her a pleading look, asking her not to go.
"I'm sorry, Jack. Here, let me make it better."
She slapped him across the face, leaving a huge mark. "There you go. At least your forehead doesn't hurt anymore."
With that, she stormed out of the room.
"AAAAHHHHHH!" Jack woke up in a cold sweat, touching his face where Maddie had slapped him before she had left. Footsteps thudded through the hallway, and his bedroom door slammed open.
"Dad, are you okay?" Jazz ran over to his side. She made him lay down again.
"I-I'll be fine, Jazmine…" Jack was shaking. His breath was ragged, as if he had just run a mile.
"Do you want to talk about it? It will make you feel better…"
"Do you have an hour or so?" Jack gave a little half smile. "I had a dream about your mother, and a few things that happened."
"How come you were yelling?" Jazz was concerned. She had never seen her father like this.
"I relived the night your mother left. It was horrible." A few tears found their way down Jack's cheek.
"What else happened?"
"Well…"
Sorry that the original chapter 2 was a bummer. Now, this story will probably take 4-5, possibly 6 chapters. But that's good. The other 'chapter 2' will probably show up again. Maybe. See you next chapter! But only after I get one review.
For those of you who watch The Fairly Oddparents: When I said "Jack's cheek" I meant his face. Lol.
