Chapter 4: Danny and His Surprise Visitors
Danny was sitting on top of his bed looking through the scrapbook he made throughout his high school years when he heard a knock on his door.
"Come in!" Danny yelled at whoever was at his door, to his surprise, his 19-year-old sister Jazz came in his room.
She gave Danny a warm smile and said, "Hey, little brother! What are you up to?"
Danny gave Jazz a wide smile and said, "Jazz! What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be in Detroit for your training?"
Danny knew Jazz's lifelong dream was to be a brain surgeon, now she lived in Detroit to study becoming one.
Jazz looked at him and said, "What kind of greeting is that? Why not 'Oh my god, big sister's here let's party!'"
Danny laughed and said, "My bad, Jazz," he cleared his throat and said, "Oh my god, big sister's here let's party!"
Danny and Jazz laughed hard for a while then Jazz said, "So, like I said before, what are you up to?"
Danny handed her the scrap book and then Jazz understood that Danny was a little frightened about going to college. "Danny, college is a wonderful experience! You're going to love it there!"
Danny sighed and told her, "I know it is; I know I probably will love it there, but I'm worried I might not succeed in college."
Jazz smiled and said, "Danny look at all the things you accomplished in high school. You've battled ghost, you defeated the ghost king, and you defeated your evil future self, I saw your grades form the past years and semesters; all 'A'! Danny I think you're going to do great in college."
Jazz had confessed that she had known Danny was half-ghost about a week before she left to Detroit.
Danny said, "I'm worried that after high school me and my friends will live completely different lives or never see each other again."
Jazz asked, "By 'friends' do you mean Sam?"
Danny replied, "How did-?"
Jazz cut him off and said, "Mom told me. Danny don't worry, you and Sam have been best friends since you were in diapers. Just because you her are starting college doesn't mean that you'll never see her again," Jazz paused for a while then she gave a small chuckle. She continued and said, "I remember when you were about to go to pre-school, you cried everyday because you were afraid that nobody would like you, or they were aliens from, in your words, 'outside space' then when you saw Sam and Tucker, you couldn't wait to get to pre-school."
Danny smiled then he asked, "How does that fit in with my problem right now?"
Jazz said, "I guess what I'm trying to say is that you thought that pre-school would be the end of the world, but then you ended up loving it when you were actually there, just like now."
Danny smiled at his sister and said, "Thanks, Jazz."
Jazz replied, "No problem little bro."
Just then the doorbell rang. When Danny was at the door, he was surprised to see that he had another surprise visitor; none other than Sam!
"Sam, what are you doing here?" Danny asked her.
Sam answered, "I have an idea for college and I just want to run it by you first," She paused for a while then added when she saw Jazz, "Hey, what's up Jazz! What are you doing here?"
Jazz smiled and said, "I'm in town for a few days so I came to see my parents."
Sam smiled and said, "Well, that's cool. Nice seeing you, Jazz."
Jazz replied, "Nice seeing you too, Sam." Then she went upstairs to give Danny and Sam some privacy.
Danny looked at Sam and said, "So, what's this plan for college you have, Sam."
"O.K. here's a map for you," Sam said while she handed Danny a map of the college campus, "and here's a map for me. I have to get around making a map for Tucker, anyways; this campus has a cafeteria, 2 libraries, and a small observatory. The blue area is the places were you'll probably be able to find me, the green area is the places were you might find me before or after classes, and the pink area is the places were we can meet in case we have to talk or something."
Danny smiled at her for wanting to keep their friendship just as bad as he did. He said, "Sam, this is pretty cool, but you know we might have couple of classes together."
Sam said, "Oh, I know, this is just incase we don't have classes together."
Danny looked at Sam and asked, "This isn't just because you're worried we might not have classes together, is it?"
Sam said, "All, right, it's not. I'm worried that once we start college you, I, and Tucker are going to become caught up in our own things to hang out, have fun, or even notice each other. I mean, things are different, WE'RE different."
Danny looked at her through worried eyes, "Come on, Sam. We're not different."
Sam scoffed and said, "Danny come on! Just look at yourself! You've changed more than anyone could imagine!"
Danny sighed and said, "Sam look maybe us doing our own things is a good thing."
Sam looked at Danny and asked, "Are you saying that you don't want to be friends anymore?"
Danny said, "N-no, Sam!"
Sam replied, "You know, Danny you've changed more than I could have imagined." Then she was gone