Chapter 5: The Next Day

When Danny got to school the next day, he hurried to his locker to find Sam so he could apologize about the other night. When he got to his locker he was surprised to find that Sam was already there and waiting for him.

"Look, I'm sorry!" They both said at the same time.

Danny said, "Sam I should be the one to apologize. I made it seem that I didn't want to be your friend anymore. You're a great friend and I would never want to lose you."

Sam smiled and said, "Danny, you should've let me apologize, I was being too sensitive. I guess this whole fear of going to college and losing you and Tuck kind of got to me."

Danny asked, "So, are we cool?"

Sam answered, "Yea, we're cool."

Just as Danny and Sam were about to hug Paulina came up to them and said, "Yoo-hoo! Danny!"

Danny rolled his eyes and said in an annoyed way, "Yes, Paulina?"

Paulina smiled and asked, "Danny, can you make a muscle?"

Danny asked, "Make a… muscle?"

Paulina replied, "Yesterday Dash told us how you had more muscles and I just wanted to see if it's true." Danny sighed and made a muscle.

Paulina looked at Danny's muscle and gave a dreamy sigh and then Danny said in a rude way, "You can leave now, Paulina."

When Paulina left Sam said, "Danny you were really rude to Paulina… I am so proud of you!"

Danny asked, "Remind me again why I had a crush on Paulina?"

Sam replied, "Because you thought she was pretty."

Danny said, "And…"

Sam replied, "And that's it."

Danny said, "If I ever get a crush on Paulina again promise me that you'll lock me in a broom closet and you won't let me out until I come to my senses."

Sam smiled and said, "Can do."

Then they both started laughing until the bell rang for 1st period History class.

When they got to class they were surprised to see that everyone in the class was staring at them.

Danny and Sam both heard whispers from Paulina and Star, "I bet you they're going to get married in a couple of years. It's obvious that they're going out."

When Danny and Sam got to their seats they saw a piece of paper taped to their desks that had a drawing of them kissing.

When the bell rang 50 minutes later signaling the end of class, Danny and Sam showed the pictures to one another and gave each other a disgusted sigh.

Danny said, "They swear like we're actually going to get married."

Sam replied, "I know, even if we did, it's none of their business."

Danny sighed and asked, "What are we going to do about this?"

Sam shook her head and said, "I don't know, but we got to talk about this at lunch 'cause if we don't hurry up and get to class we're going to be late."

Danny nodded. Then they were off to 2nd period Computers.

While they were in Mrs. Magnate's computer class they both got IM's saying 'I hear wedding bells for you two lovebirds!' The screen name of the sender was 'Anonymous02'.

When the class ended Danny and Sam were both annoyed and a little frightened about the person who drew the drawing and sent the instant message.

When Paulina came out of the room she smirked at them and said, "I hope my drawing and my instant message were helpful."

Danny asked, "You were the person who drew the picture and sent us that message"

Paulina replied, "Duh!"

Sam replied, "But why, Paulina?"

Paulina said, "Because it was fun!" Then she started laughing on her way to her 3rd period Math class.

Sam looked at her through narrow eyes. Danny looked at her and said, "Easy, Sam. Remember violence will get you nowhere."

Sam sighed and said, "Your right Danny. I guess we got to ignore it.

The rest of the day went by pretty rough for Danny and Sam. All throughout Gym Paulina kept telling Sam to kiss Danny after class. In Language Arts Dash nearly made Danny and Sam kiss by pulling Danny's head to her, unfortunately Dash's aim was off and instead they bumped heads together, but everyone started laughing anyway.

Finally Lunch came around and Danny and Sam had enough of Paulina and Dash trying to get them to kiss.

Sam gave an exhausted sigh and said, "I am so glad we only have two more classes and in those two classes Paulina and Dash aren't in them."

Danny replied, "Sorry to burst your bubble but even though Paulina and Dash aren't in those classes, Kwan and Star are in our classes and they'll probably do something to us, too."

Sam looked at Danny and said, "Why you got to do that, Danny? I was finally happy about our two classes, why do you hate me so much!"

Danny and Sam started laughing so hard that Paulina noticed and came up to them and said, "Awww, look how cute the couple are when they're laughing together!"

Sam said in an angry voice, "Paulina if you don't leave us alone…"

Paulina asked, "You'll do what?"

Danny said, "Paulina enough! Leave us alone!"

Paulina said, "Make me!"

Sam got up and said, "Paulina you've bothered us all day now leave us alone!"

Paulina replied, "Make me, Goth-geek!"

Sam got closer to Paulina until Danny got up and said, "Sam just stop and chill out."

Sam looked at him and said, "You're right, Danny. Let's get out of here." With that she and Danny left to another part of the cafeteria.

Sam said in a disgusted way, "Ugh, that Paulina! I swear if I see around me one more time I'm going to kick her-"

"Sam, what happened to your 'Violence doesn't solve anything' speech you used to give me and Tucker?" Danny asked.

Sam sighed and said, "You're right, you're right."

Danny looked at Sam and asked, "Sam, do you feel better?"

Sam looked at Danny and said, "Much thanks Danny."

When lunch ended the day went a lot better, Kwan and Star were so busy talking the last two classes away that they didn't even notice Danny or Sam. At least Sam and Danny would have a lot of things to tell Tucker when they saw him the next day.