Hello! Back with chapter seven, our favorite hero…in this one, you'll see what happened to Danny in the first place (It was mentioned earlier, but he was "high") and this is also nearing the end, you know that, so… I'm going to be nice again…and just include a small sneak peek. Also, for my Hotel Paper lovers, I'm including a special sneak peek for that story too! (Because I feel really guilty about the last chapter being really short)

Oh, and one more note. I don't know why, but I feel that I do not do Danny's part very well. For some odd reason, I'm not real good at first person when it's him. So I apologize if it's written kind of weird. I can do the other characters fine, but I have such a big problem with writing his chapters. Don't know why.

Thanks to my reviewers!

Enjoy!

Chapter Seven

Danny

"Danny?" Sam asked. I heard her voice, but it didn't register in my head at first.

I opened my eyes and stared into her amethyst eyes. Groaning, I wanted to close them again as pain hammered through my head.

"Hey, how are you?" she asked.

I sat up slowly, gingerly touching the side of my head. "What happened?"

"We found you outside, why don't you tell us?" Tucker asked. They were all in different seats from when I last remembered them. Sam was still sitting beside me. Valerie and Tucker were in the front seats, Paulina in the back and Dash had just closed the door. What had they been doing outside?

I thought back. "I heard something and I went to check it out. The next thing I knew, I think a car hit me coming from the other direction."

It was half true. I hadn't heard anything, but my ghost sense had gone off and I had been stupid enough to stand out in the middle of the road.

"So…you were telling the truth. I mean, earlier, when you said you liked getting hit by cars. Well, you don't really," Paulina said.

"Earlier?" I asked. "I thought I just woke up."

They exchanged glances for a minute. And of course, I had no clue what the heck was going on…kind of scary.

"What?" I asked.

"Danny, we woke you up an hour and a half ago," Sam said.

"What?" I stared at them and they were all smiling weirdly. "I don't remember that."

"That's probably a good thing," Dash said. What was that supposed to mean? Valerie and Tucker burst into laughter.

"What?" I asked warily.

"You don't remember anything?" Paulina asked.

"What exactly am I supposed to remember?" I asked.

Tucker continued to laugh. "How about….price check on prune juice Bob, price check on prune juice?"

Valerie joined in. "Oh, what about, "I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts?"

I turned to Sam. "What are they talking about?"

She ran a hand through my hair and tried not to smile. I noticed that her cheeks were red. "Maybe it really is better you don't remember."

"Remember what?" I asked. God, what was going on? Number One: I really didn't like the looks they kept giving me, and Number Two: I really didn't understand what was so funny.

"You were like…really messed up," Paulina said. "And did you know your eyes change different colors when you're like that?"

"W--what?" I asked, turning to Sam.

"Yeah, they were verde. Really cool," Paulina said.

I knew verde meant green. Oh…crap…what had happened? I swallowed nervously and glanced around.

"What were you doing outside?" I asked.

"Paulina and Sam had a little scuttle," Valerie said, giving them both dirty looks. However, they both weren't paying attention. Sam had the angriest look on her face that I've ever seen, and Paulina the same, except hers was more of an I-know-something-you-don't look.

"But hopefully, everything's over for now. All we have to worry about now is getting home," Tucker said.

"Hey, look, the snow's letting up," Dash said, pointing out the window.

"For a minute, I thought he was going to say "hey look a seagull," Valerie said. "That would have been funny if Danny had fallen for it. The complete opposite thing, you know."

"I thought he was looking out the freaking window," Dash said, giving her a look.

"Okay, is someone going to inform me what the hell is going on?" I finally asked, snapping.

Sam sighed. "When you went out there, five minutes later, we heard a strange noise. Car noises; it must have been from when you were hit. We went outside and found you lying on the ground, you were unconscious."

"We brought you in here, and you wouldn't wake up. So Paulina had this weird idea to wake you up with her grandmother's old remedy," Tucker continued. "And it worked…but it messed you up."

"You were pretty crazy," Valerie added.

Great….not only could I not remember what they were talking about, but I also apparently made a huge fool of myself. So far, this day was going great. Not to mention that I had a killer migraine.

"You're still bleeding," Sam said, touching my head.

"Ow," I muttered as pain shot through it at her touch.

"We need to get you some medical attention," Valerie said, acting very serious.

"Well, since the snow's letting up, we might as well see if the engine works. I can probably drive back to the school," I said.

She nodded. "As long as we get out of here, I don't care."

"Alrighty," I agreed. Tucker climbed out of the driver's seat, crawling past Sam and into the seat next to Paulina. I sat up straighter and got up, then sat back down as my vision suddenly tilted sideways and there were two Sams. I shut my eyes and heard a smacking noise.

"Ugh, I'm such an idiot. Danny can't drive like he is," she said. "Not unless he wants to kill us all. Dang it."

Sam pushed me back down gently. "You're not going anywhere. Valerie's right. You're in no shape to drive."

"But I am," Paulina said. Sam ignored her, not looking at her. I could tell that she was really angry; something told me that their "scuttle" was something more.

"Think you can drive this thing?" Valerie asked, glancing at her curiously.

"I can try," she replied.

"Then let's do it. Danny can at least guide you through if you need help," she said. "Is that alright with you?" she asked, looking at me.

I nodded. "Yeah."

Paulina slid open the door, obviously not wanting to crawl over everyone and closed it sharply. A few seconds later, she was sitting in the driver's seat.

"Okay, okay. I've done this, and I can do it again," she said to herself. Sam rolled her eyes and Tucker secretly circled his ear with his finger. Those that saw, laughed, including Dash.

"What?" she asked, looking in the rearview mirror.

"Nothing," Sam replied innocently.

I heard the familiar jangle of keys as she tried turning the ignition. It made a whining noise, and didn't start.

"Uh, what was the point of even coming up here?" she complained, trying it again. Once again, it remained the same.

"Great," Valerie said sarcastically.

I sighed in frustration and Sam grabbed my hand, giving me a trying smile, and then yelped, pulling her hand back.

"What?" I asked.

"Nothing, you just shocked me. It surprised me," she said. The look in her eye told me it was something else. I glanced down at my hand, but it looked normal.

"What happened?" Paulina asked.

"Shhh, for a minute," Tucker said suddenly, holding up his hands.

"What?" Dash asked.

"What are you talking about now?" Paulina asked.

"Shut up for a minute," he said again. "Listen."

No one made a sound, and I could finally hear it. An odd, muffled, scraping noise coming from outside. But I couldn't think of what it was.

"What is that?" Sam asked.

Valerie's green eyes widened. "A snowplow."

"What's wrong?" Dash asked.

"We need to get this thing moving now," she said, almost too calm.

"Why?"

I got it. "Because we're on the side of the road."

"And what's so bad about that?" Paulina asked.

Valerie swallowed. "Because if that snowplow driver doesn't see us, he could plow right into us unless we get moving within the next ten seconds."

………………………………………….

I've never really experienced something like that, so I don't know whether it's a life threatening thing, but it could definitely screw up their transportation. And that scene where Danny shocked Sam is also very important.

Here's your small sneak peek!

Chapter Eight: Visits

"What do we do?" Paulina asked, turning the ignition again.

"Whatever we do, it has to be in the next five seconds guys," Tucker said, peering out the back window. A large, dark form was taking shape into a no doubt snowplow…and it wasn't slowing down.

"Get us out of here," Dash said.

"What do you expect us to do, jump?" Valerie said.

"What other choice do we have?" Paulina said, trying the ignition.

"Death," Tucker offered sarcastically.

"That's not really funny," Valerie said. "Not all of us are half dead."

"Which ones are?" Dash asked.

Danny closed his eyes suddenly. And when he reopened them, once again, his blue eyes were replaced by a vivid green.

Hey, that was longer than the one I included in The Elevator Game, and you probably have no idea what's going to happen. Ha ha. I know…I'm bad.

Hotel Paper

Chapter Nine: Breathe

Sam turned off the ignition and glanced over at Jazz. "Are you certain you can't tell me anything…I know you don't know me very well, but if I could help—"

"You wouldn't understand," she muttered plainly.

Sam nodded. "Okay." She smiled weakly. "Maybe when this is over, we can go get lunch. I'll buy."

"Spoiled little rich girl are you?" she snapped.

This was not going well. Sam was trying her hardest, but she just couldn't make Jazz's approval. But it's not like it would matter anyway; his sister wouldn't have to worry about her once she got out of there.

Or how about a special special preview at Modern Day R+J?

Act II: Scene I

"Jazz, are you drunk?" Danny asked, supporting her roughly.

"No silly," she said, tapping him lightly on the nose. Danny glanced over at Tucker and Jake, aware of the truth.

Jake slid off his mask. "Hey, don't look at me. She was the one who wanted to spike the drink. I didn't know she was going to try some."

"She's gonna have a killer hangover," Tucker said, skipping.

"You're not drunk too, are you?" Danny asked.

"No, he's just an idiot," Jazz offered.

Jake burst into laughter and Tucker stopped skipping. "You know, isn't she usually the nice one? Do you think she would have said that had she been under the influence?"

"Probably," Danny muttered.

"Hey," Jake said, walking closer to him. He handed him a box and Danny's eyes widened, taking it from him. Jake smiled. "Only for a friend."

Danny was speechless. "I—"

"Don't worry. I get it," he said.

He looked up, sliding his mask out and revealing his blue eyes fully. Squinting, he saw something over past a tree surrounding the White house.

"What?" Tucker asked, following his gaze.

"A bird," Jazz said, swaying.

"Hey, Tuck, can you get Jazz home for me?" he asked, sliding the box into his pocket.

"What?"

"I've got something to do."

Oooh…. So, stay tuned for new chapters from Freeze Out and Hotel Paper (the next chapters I included) and you have to wait a couple more for Modern Day R+J, but they'll be here. That was a good surprise, no?

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