True To Your Heart
Chapter 5- Time for Changes
Act 1: Sam?
The tires of the car screeched as it stopped in front of Casper High. The driver came out and opened the door but Sam closed it. "Oh, never mind Albert, I got it" she declared. She held the car handle in her grasp and closed her eyes. She took a deep breath and opened it, stepping her foot on the ground. She slowly came out, and everyone stopped to look at her. Sam closed the door behind her and walked towards the school. As she walked, she could hear whispering and murmuring from every person she passed.
"Who is she?" a person asked.
"She a new student?" a boy whispered. "I never saw her before"
Suddenly, a young girl walked to Sam. "Hey, are you a new student?" the girl questioned staring at Sam. Then, one by one, everyone gathered around her, asking questions at all the same time. "No" Sam grunted as she tried speaking over the noise. "It's me...Sam" she murmured. Sam struggled free from the huge mob and raced inside the school. She caught eye of Danny and Tucker and ran faster so she could hide behind them but she almost slipped from the large heel of her sandals. She scowled annoyingly. "Another reason why I hate wearing sandals" she stood up and walked towards her friends, however Dash blocked her way.
"Hey, babe" Dash began. "I'm the most popular guy in school, so want me to show you around?" he showed off. Sam awkwardly stared at him.
"Um Dash, won't Paulina get mad at you?" a boy asked behind him.
Dash pushed the boy. "Get out of here! This is none of your business!" he blurted and turned his attention back at Sam. "Anyway like I was saying, my name is Dash and yours?"
Sam gave a pathetic giggle. "Idiot" she laughed to herself. "It's me Dash-the geek" Sam pointed to herself.
Dash gave a surprising look. "No way!" he argued. "No one as pretty as you can be a geek"
Sam pushed Dash away. "Sorry to ruin your dreams," Sam began, "But look at me" Sam pointed. "I'm Sam...Samantha Manson, the same girl in your class"
Dash yelled in shock. "What!" he boasted. "Fenten's girlfriend?"
Sam rolled her eyes. "Yeah, I'm Sam"
Dash jumped backwards practically fainting. "Ewww, I can't believe I even flirted with you!" he ran away.
Danny and Tucker heard the whole conversation and stood in the position staring blankly at Sam. "What?" Sam irritatedly asked.
Tucker gulped. "Nothing it's just that I never knew you dressed like a girl" Tucker accidentally spoke.
Sam clenched her fist. "What do you mean by that?" she growled.
Tucker stepped back shaking his head in denial. "Nothing, nothing" he argued nervously.
While the two argued, Danny remained silent and just stared at Sam. How she looked so different. "But why did she change her look for?". Danny always thought that Sam was attractive in her own way even if she didn't dress the way Paulina did. He liked it even better when Sam did things her own way. He enjoyed her feisty personality, not caring of what other people would say. He looked back in his memories, when Sam changed the cafeteria food to vegetarian food only. It made him laugh, because Sam was so eager to do things that she thought was right. Danny never wanted Sam to change, no matter what, but why did she? He remembered what happened at the previous night, where he failed to stick up for her. He had failed to stick up for his best friend. He couldn't get any sleep from so much regret, and he felt so terrible. He had no intention of hurting Sam but what really annoyed him was that why couldn't he defend her? Why, why, why? That question always gets to him. Last night, he made up his mind, and decided to apologize to Sam. "Ummm...Sam?" Danny called getting her attention. He was about to speak but the bell rang, interrupting his conversation.
Act 2: Struggling to Say the Truth
Danny sat his seat, and as usual he was day dreaming but what he kept thinking about was Sam. "Why couldn't he stick up for her?" Danny thought. He struggled to find the answer but came up with nothing. Was it because of him lacking the confidence to defend Sam, was the reason for why she changed her look? Was it that he almost kissed Paulina? Was it because he's been such a jerk? May be it was for all those reasons but still...Sam would never change her look for anyone, so why did she? Danny's eyes widened in shock. Was it of what Paulina said? He remembered Paulina saying that Sam wasn't pretty for the part of Juliet but knowing Sam, she wouldn't care what anyone says. Danny smacked his head. "Think, think, think, Come on, Danny think" he grumbled.
Tucker saw how Danny was getting angry over something and decided to console his friend. "Hey Danny" Tucker whispered so he wouldn't be caught. "What's wrong?"
Danny glanced at Sam. "Well, I kept thinking why I couldn't defend Sam"
"May be you were afraid" Tucker gestured.
"Of what?" Danny questioned.
Tucker shrugged his shoulders. "May be you were afraid to defend Sam because you weren't sure how she would react"
"What are you talking about?"
Tucker sighed in annoyance. "You are so dense!" Tucker scowled. "Danny, tell me, do you think Sam is ugly?"
Danny shook his head. "Of course not!"
"Then she's pretty?"
Danny blinked his eyes. "Where are you going about this?"
"What I'm trying to say is, is that you don't think Sam is ugly therefore you disagree with Paulina, but you were afraid of how Sam would react about it, especially Paulina since you like her"
"You mean liked" Danny reminded.
"So you don't like Paulina anymore?"
"I'm not sure. Ever since Paulina kissed me I haven't really been on cloud 9 anymore"
"What! You two kissed?"
"But, I didn't feel anything" Danny added. "When Paulina kissed me, my heart didn't beat faster, and I didn't lose my breath and all I could think about was Sam, not Paulina"
"Oh" Tucker smiled. "Then, does it mean you're falling for Sam?"
Danny almost jumped out of his seat. "What! What are you talking about? Sam's my best friend!"
Tucker was about to slap Danny and wake him up. "Man, you are so blind!" Tucker shouted. "Danny can't you see that Sam likes you and you do too, but you just don't realize it yet because-well you're just plain dense!"
Danny tilted his head sideways indicating he was lost.
"What are your ghost powers for if you can't even see how a person feels? Use that invisibility power of yours and go inside Sam's mind and see how she feels about you"
Danny bit his lip uneasily.
"Look, Danny, what I'm saying is, is that since Sam has the part of Juliet, when you two kiss, why don't you see how you feel about it? If you feel that you're losing your breath, then you definitely love her. I guess it will help since you realized how you felt about Paulina when you kissed" Tucker suggested and his eyes glared at Danny. "I can't believe you two actually kissed"
Danny snapped his finger in conclusion to his problem. "That's it! Wow, why didn't I think of that? Hey, thanks Tucker!"
Tucker crossed his arms proudly. "What will you two ever do without me?" he smirked.
To be continued.
A/N Another cliff hanger! I just love it when all of you are in great suspense! laughs wickedly Oh, but I'll be a good girl and update tomorrow! But for the meanwhile, please review!