Danny walked through the front door to his house warily, almost waiting for the attack he knew would come. His parents would be jumping at any chance to get any sort of lead on a ghost...and, as he predicted, as soon as he stepped through the door:

"DANNY!" Jack ran over to his son and grabbed him by the shoulders. "There was a ghost in here! He broke an instrument we were working on! It happened just after you left!"

"Um...Dad...could you let go of me?" Danny grinned, hoping that it didn't look too fake.

"Did you see anything?" Jack asked quickly.

"Um...no." Jack looked completely deflated. He let Danny go and trudged back towards the kitchen and the Lab.

"He says he didn't see anything, Maddie," he called down the stairs, before disappearing. As Danny watched his father's hulking mass vanish around the corner, a wave of guilt washed over him, not just for the accident, but for lying outright.

"Great," He said to himself, "how am I going to make up for this."

"Hey, Danny," Jazz waved at him as she came down the stairs. He threw his backpack against the stairs.

"I hate lying," he said. Jazz stopped and raised an eyebrow again.

"So you broke that thing this morning?" She shook her head and continued down the stairs. "I thought it was just Dad having another accident."

"You heard?" Danny winced at her words.

"No," she said. "But assuming you were just bombarded by dad when you walked in the door like I was, then you obviously lied to him to conceal your identity. That is, of course, assuming that it was you who broke that this morning." Danny just shook his head at her logic.

"Er...yeah, it was. But it was an accident..."

"You do know what that thing can do, right?" Jazz put a hand on her hip.

"Yeah," Danny sighed. "But I still feel bad, and I want to make it up to them." Jazz smiled and put a hand on her brother's shoulder.

"Mom and Dad are lucky to have a son like you, and I'm lucky to have you for a brother." Danny couldn't help but smile up at her.

"Thanks, Jazz." She smiled and watched him return to his feet.

"Look, I'll be in my room doing homework if you need me to help or anything," she smiled proudly down at him and walked into the kitchen. "After I get a snack." Danny grinned after her, before taking a deep breath and descending the stairs into the lab.

"Um," he said when he stepped carefully onto the tile floor, "So...what're you guys working on now?" His parents looked up at him, and then exchanged glances and smiles.

"I'm so glad you're interested, honey," Maddie walked up to him and put an arm around his shoulder, beaming. Danny had to restrain himself from hitting his forehead. What had he gotten himself into?

"Um..." he began, but his father cut him off.

"Since we'll have to start another enhancer from scratch," he held up a metal headband that resembled the now shattered enhancer block, except it had several arms sticking out of it, "We've decided to finish our Fenton Thinker first." Danny couldn't help but make a face. In all honesty, it reminded him of a particularly ugly octopus.

"Oh," he replied uncertainly. "Er...what does it do?"

"It reads the thoughts and feelings of ghosts!" Jack said excitedly, holding it up like some sort of prize.

"And allows the human wearing it to experience those," Maddie grinned. "It will allow us to stop ghosts from acting before they even start!" She walked over to Jack and hugged him. "And it was all your idea." Jack looked down and blushed. Danny just rolled his eyes.

"So, are you sure it works?" he asked, trying not to wince. His parents glanced over at him again.

"Yes!" Jack grinned. Maddie shook her head and returned to her son's side.

"Theoretically, yes. But we don't have a ghost to test it on," she sighed. "Well, not yet." Danny couldn't help but suddenly grinning. Maybe this wouldn't be so impossible after all.

"Um, I was also wondering if you guys were leaving tonight," he grinned, again wishing that he wasn't such a lousy actor. He was sure some of the plotting that was already zapping through his head was visible on his face.

"Why?" his dad leaned towards him, eyeing him carefully.

"Um...because I wanted to know if I could have Sam and Tucker over," he shrugged. "I know you guys don't allow anyone to come over when you're gone, and I wasn't sure if I wanted them to come over now or later."

"Well..." Maddie tapped her lip, "We do need to get a few supplies tonight. So, could you wait until we're back before you invite your friends over?" Danny smiled and nodded hurriedly.

"Yes," he added for emphasis, almost as an after thought.

"Then let's go, Jack!" Maddie grinned and walked up the stairs, waving to her son. Danny followed them, and watched them walk out the door before turning to go upstairs.

"Oh Jazz," he yelled, not even bothering to hide his devious smile.


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