Danny had an uneventful night for once. He was actually able to sleep for 10 hours without any interruptions, paranormal or otherwise. He woke up the next morning at 10 and went downstairs for breakfast. He was surprised to find that there was no ghosts or parents waiting for him. Just Jazz who was looking very pleased with herself. "Why so happy?" Danny asked.

"I'm just glad everything worked out," he looked into her cup and smiled. "You had me worried there, little brother."

Danny smiled sheepishly, "I had myself worried," he admitted.

Jazz nodded and motioned to the kitchen table. Danny obliged and sat in the chair next to his sister. "Danny, do you have any idea what you're mixed up in?" she asked.

Danny sighed and shook his head. "Not really," he admitted. "Even though I have an alliance with the other ghosts they can't seem to tell me anything. And the thing is, I don't think they know themselves."

Jazz nodded, "Sounds about right. Do you think Plasmius knows what's going on?" she asked.

Danny thought for a minute and the silence hung heavily in the air, "I think he think he knows but…"

"But…" Jazz coaxed.

"The way he was using the Jewel the two times I fought him seemed…" Danny made a face while trying to find the right word. "Sporatic."

"How so?" Jazz asked.

"Like, when he chased me out of school I could feel the Jewel like it was almost alive. Or at the very least the energy felt tangible to me. The second time, I felt it… but not like before. Like he wasn't using it, or he thought he did but it didn't want to be used…" Danny paused. "Does this make any sense?" he asked.

"Kind of," Jazz said. "Kind of not," she shrugged sheepishly.

"I remember hearing that the Jewel was… alive somehow, maybe that has something to do with it?" Danny asked.

Jazz shrugged apologetically. "Sorry little brother, I can help you there."

Danny sighed. "I wish this was over."

Jazz smiled sadly and stood up. "Well, it's a far cry from what you wished for, but I made waffles," she said in what she hoped was a hopeful sounding voice.

Danny gave his sister a large grin for her benefit, "Sounds great!" he said with honest enthusiasm.

Jazz turned around and got the waffles from inside the oven. Maybe the day would be nice and peaceful for once.

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Danny got a call from Sam and Tucker not long after he finished his breakfast. The asked him if he wanted to hit the mall and he readily agreed. It was nice just to be a normal teenager for a day.

Skulker was flying through the air when he spotted Danny walking with Jazz and Tucker down the street. He almost went up to him when he realized that it was indeed Amity Park, which was under very strict anti-ghost protection so maybe going up to a person in broad daylight might not be the smartest thing to do. Instead he followed Danny and waited for an opening. Not long after he was tagged by Ember and Kitty out of sheer boredom.

Danny sensed them but didn't say anything. It was pointless, they'd come out when they did and he would just make the best of his day until then. "What do you want to do?" Sam asked.

"Huh?" Danny was abruptly jerked out of his thought process.

Sam waved a hand in front of his face jokingly. "Hello? Anyone in there?" she asked.

Danny looked at her pretending to be annoyed. "Stop that," he said.

Jazz smirked, "Well maybe if you would pay attention," she said.

Tucker decided to join in, "Yeah, I can understand spacing out in Mr. Lancer's class but going to the mall? What are your priorities man?"

Danny laughed. "I'm practicing for Tuesday," he joked.

"Ah yes!" Sam said sarcastically. "The joys of Main Street. Does anyone else find that book as annoying as I do?" Sam asked.

"I wouldn't know," Danny yawned. "I couldn't get past the first three chapters."

Sam frowned, "Danny, our assignment was only ten chapters. What's keeping you?"

"I wonder," Danny said sarcastically.

Sam sighed, "Wanna stop by the book store and get spark notes?" she asked.

Danny smiled happily, "Yes."

Tucker laughed, "Can I borrow them when you're done?" he asked.

"Sure," Danny said.

"You two can't just read the book?" Sam asked.

"Well we have been busy lately," Tucker started.

"And I'm sure Mr. Lancer won't be able to tell the difference," Danny added.

"And we'll read it when everything settles down," Tucker finished.

Sam crossed her arms. "Yeah right," she muttered.

"Sam, don't sweat it. I've done all my other homework and I got an 'A' on Mr. Lancer's exam. Come on, that has to count for something," Danny said.

Sam looked at Danny out of one eye. She saw his earnest smile and broke down, "It does," she said. "But you still need to worry about your grades more."

"Save the world now, school later," Tucker said.

"Actually," Danny said. "Nothing now, and school when I get to it," Danny glanced at Sam's face. "Which will be as soon as I get home."

"Good," Sam said happily as they reached the mall. "Now, what should we do first, move or ice-cream?"

"Movie," Danny and Tucker said simultaneously.

"Why, the popcorn fills you up less?" Sam asked.

"No," Tucker said. "The only presentation of Dead Teacher V is in two minutes, let's go!" he said steering his friends into the theatre.

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After the movie was over the threesome left the theatre excited and somewhat hyper. And as par for anything of that nature they went for ice-cream. Sam got all natural soy ice cream, Tucker got strawberry and Danny got banana. They sat in the sun outside of the mall eating their frozen treats and Danny felt his ghost sense go off every ten or so seconds. In the mature way to handle this he ignored it and continued to talk with his friends, he figured he had earned his vacation.

"So, how do you think you're doing so far?" Sam asked.

"So far what?" Danny replied.

Sam gave him an exasperated sigh, "In school?"

"Aww, do we have to talk about school again?" Tucker asked.

"Well someone's got to worry about your grades," Sam muttered.

"Mom and dad do plenty," Danny said.

"Well, I'm not your parents," she replied.

"You act like it sometimes," Tucker pointed out. Danny laughed and gave Tucker a high five.

"Oh, ha ha, very mature boys," Sam said. "Come on, I know you were having problems in math."

Danny sighed, "I'm always having problems in math. I was having problems in math long before ghost hunting came up."

"Well, are the flash cards helping?" Sam asked.

"Kinda," Danny admitted. "It'd be nice if I had more time to use them though."

"I'm sure you will," Sam said.

"So, going OFF the topic of school, what do you want to do tomorrow?" Tucker asked.

"Do your reports?" Sam suggested.

"I said off school," Tucker said.

Danny finished off his ice-cream. "Nah, she's right Tuck. We need to finish that report for Mr. Lancer."

Sam looked very pleased with Danny. "See? He knows what certain priorities are."

Danny blushed slightly and Tucker made a mental note to tease him about it later when they were alone. "Aw, you two are no fun. If we finish before it's to late what do you want to do?"

"Go to the park?" Danny asked.

"Sounds good to me," Sam said.

Danny stood up and stretched. Then he held his hand out to Sam to help her to her feet. She took it and he pulled her upright but their hands remained interlocked for a second too long. They quickly let go and looked away. "Well it was a nice day, see ya!" Sam said and walked towards her house.

Tucker elbowed his crimson friend. "That was nice," he said.

"Yeah…" Danny said dreamily. "I mean, ummm… right! Okay, time to go home," Danny said and walked towards his house.

Tucker laughed and looked at his PDA where he caught the whole moment on film. He could use it for some possible blackmail later.

OOOOOOOOOOOOO

Danny walked down his road but before he got to his house he ducked behind a tree and went ghost. He flew invisible into the night sky and looked around, "Any reason why you were following me around all day?" Danny asked.

Skulker, Ember and Kitty appeared in front of him. Skulker smiled, "We just wanted to talk."

"You could have waited you know," Danny said dryly.

Ember shrugged, "Why would we want to interrupt your day off? You were having so much fun. Especially with your girlfriend," she grinned evilly.

"She is NOT my girlfriend," Danny said making a 'no' gesture with his hands.

"Suuuuuure," Kitty and Ember said together.

Danny felt his face heat up; he didn't even know he could blush while in ghost form. Skulker cleared his throat, "Well, ghost child. We have the Trinsed Jewel, now the question is, what do we do with it?"

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New chapter! Hope you enjoyed it! Some DxS hints for ya and some humor and filler for those who don't. You're all loved :3