Links in the Chain
By Lacey52

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A note: Yeah, I have no clue if Tucker really is the youngest or not…but I made it that way and so shall it be…ahah…yeah. Well, since it is a birthday chapter…it's a little shorter than the last couple of ones…oh and it's a journal entry. Yay! I know it doesn't advance the plot or anything, but Tucker needed a chapter for himself and I wasn't just going to ignore him having a birthday, so deal with it if you don't like it...oh and there's DxS but you'll miss it if you blink, lol! Think of it as a calm before a storm...like a build up to a category five or something...there's the calm before the storm, then the first storm wall, then the eye, then the second wall...oh yeah, it's gonna' be good!

Anywho, yet again more kudos points for those who can tell me what Tucker's birthday date is to me. Hint: It's two people, not just one…and it's in my profile, lol!
For those who so boldly guessed correctly last time, fifteen kudos points…that last one was rather hard!

Me The Anon One
Divine-Red-Crayon

I think I got everyone there...if I didn't I'm really sorry!

The answer was: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. It's an awesome movie, if you like older sad-ish/romance type of flicks with a bit of sci-fi mixed in, but not so much that you have a headache trying to keep up…:D
Oh, and you guys…JUST KEEP READING! I promise.

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Chapter Forty Four: Festivity

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Saturday, January 22nd:
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Sheesh, I know I've been complaining for the last three days and all but I really can't help it. Nobody's even asked me what I want for my birthday! I can't believe it, I mean it's only two days away counting today, which I shouldn't because it's over.

I observed Danny about his sixteenth birthday for almost a month before I finally figured out he needed a watch. And then Sam, I mean, I realized that she would probably just blow me off so I put some thought into.

Alright so neither one actually got bugged by me about it, and they didn't give me any hints either. So yeah, technically we're all on the same page so I guess I shouldn't complain or anything but I like it when they bug me about it. They know I do.

Grarhgdhdflewhoidfglk. Bleh.

Yeah that's how I'm feeling right about now. And it's not just because they aren't thinking about my birthday, because I'm sure they already got me something. I think. Gotta' qualify my statements.

Yeah, the real reason why I'm feeling so up about things right now is because Danny and Sam are being ridiculously, disgustingly cute right now. I never thought that it would bother me, really I thought it would be better without all the hidden looks and glances and 'accidentally' brushing of their hands and all that.

But no, it's soooo much worse! I didn't think that it would be bad. They're being all whisper-y and sneaking looks at me to make sure I'm not looking at them and giggling together and playing their stupid picture sending game.

Gah! I could pull my hair out right now, they need to stop. I never thought they would be the glued at the hip couple type, and they haven't even started officially dating! I'm gonna' get left in the dust by them.

That's what's really bothering me, to be honest. And if I can't be honest here, when it's just me and the people who will read this at some point in the future, then I can't be honest anywhere, anytime. I can't believe they're just forgetting about me all of a sudden.

I mean, I know that they would start doing stuff by themselves when they finally got it figured out, but this is getting ridiculous. They've sent me on my way home for the past couple of days, with really lame excuses, and have been ignoring me during lunch, talking about…colors for some reason.

It's like Sam'll say, "I still think blue."

Then Danny will say something like, "No way, red!"

And they'll argue about that for the whole lunch period. I swear they're driving me nuts, and I know that I really shouldn't be upset about anything, but I am! I'm so mad. God, I hope that no ghosts figures anything out or anything that I'm jealous.

Man I just got the heebie-jeebies, I do not want to have a ghost side again like the last time Desiree got a hold of me. That was just…wrong.

Talk about wrong, we had to chase a ghost through a lingerie shop today. Sam actually found something she wanted, which made me shudder, and Danny blush so much I thought his cheeks might explode. I mean, it was just a bra, nothing crazy or anything.

It was a good thing that the ghost was so easy to take down…it just took a while to catch it, as it enjoyed multiple venues of women's under garments…it was a bit perverted. To say the least.

That was probably the highest point of my day today. It at least got the three of us together in town, and they laid off the cute 'together but not dating' act for a while and just hung with me.

I dunno', maybe I'm blowing this out of proportion or something. I guess that maybe I really just want someone to talk to me about my birthday. I feel like they're forgetting me.

Geeze, I'm having my own little pity party. I better get off of this thing and get to bed. Laterz. Tucker out

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Sunday, January 23rd:
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So….can today get any suckier? Probably not since it's already over. Man, birthday weeks are supposed to be awesome. I shouldn't be stuck cleaning up my room the day before my birthday, but nooooo, Mom went on a cleaning spree because me and her and Dad and Danny and Sam are having dinner tonight for my birthday.

Some great sixteenth…

I'm really trying to not let it bother me, but what about you, oh people of the future who are laughing at my ancient technology? If it was the day before your birthday and everyone acted like they didn't care? Yeah, that's what it was like for me today.

We had a pretty normal Sunday…go to church, eat some lunch, hang out at home. Then Danny and Sam showed up for my birthday dinner…and well, things went down from there.

Mom forgot the cake, so there was no blowing out of candles. Dad only got me a cd, said he ran out of ideas. Mom bought me some shirts and socks and…underwear…how embarrassing. She said that I need them as I was a growing boy.

'Surely,' I thought, 'Surely my two best friends will get me something nice…'

HA! The joke was sure on me.

"Aw, Tucker," Danny said, "Man, I totally forgot to get you something. I didn't even remember the party was tonight until Sam reminded me. You know, all the ghosts and homework and stuff that's been going on…"

"I kinda', um," Sam frowned and looked down, "I kinda' ran out of time to pick yours up…"

Yeah, whatever you two, I'll believe it when I see it.

Well, they took off and then I saw that Danny had forgotten his jacket…he was probably too much into Sam to notice or something. Well, then I decided that he should probably have it and went after them to give it back.

They were talking together and walking together really closely and being all…all cute again. Danny was still saying something about red and Sam was still arguing for blue. I wish I knew what they were talking about…but apparently I'll find out tomorrow because she said she had to decide by then.

Probably the gift that she supposedly already bought. I mean, I get the best for those two, talk about their birthdays the entire week before, and already have gotten their gifts the week before. I dunno'…I think I need to get some sleep. Maybe tomorrow will be better, heh, maybe I'll have a great day at school or something? Sleep now, think later. Tucker out yo

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Monday, January 24th:
My BiRtHdAy!
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Dude.

I feel so bad right now, but I don't really care, cause I feel real good. I got punked so hard core it ain't even funny.

Danny and Sam were in on it together, they organized the whole dang thing and I feel like the world's biggest 'shmuck' as Sam liked to call me tonight. Her grandma must finally be influencing her…not that she didn't before.

So I woke up and felt like it was going to be a great day, and it totally was. I got a wake up call from both my Mom and Dad and breakfast was so great. Meat, meat, and more meat. With a side of eggs and hash browns.

So that started out nice at least. I kinda' dreaded going to school, but Danny and Sam had it all covered. I even got a steak at lunch, Sam even controlled her gag reflex so I could enjoy it. She said it was the least she could do for treating me so badly the last couple of days.

Jazz dropped by a cake for our last period class, which Mr. Lancer kindly let me share, provided he got the biggest piece of cake. He said it was a good lesson about the government and taxes. The class got a good laugh out of that one.

Sam and Danny told me that they hadn't been acting cute, rather they had been planning and plotting and generally being sneaky. I told them they could call it whatever they wanted, it looked like one big 'blushy moment' to me.

Dash actually laughed about that. Guess he remembered winter break when I told him about 'blushy moments' and got a kick out of it.

While Danny had me cornered talking about after school, Sam went off to talk to Dash. Danny kept sending glances over his shoulder though. I think someone is a little jealous…but I'd just get whapped on the head for saying it, lol.

Man I felt like such a dork. Danny and Sam treated me to two hours at the arcade…I think Danny used his 'Two free hours at the arcade without complaints' coupon or something like that. I had a blast and I really thought that that was what they did to make up for giving me such a rough time.

Sam must have been playing those video games without us, 'cause she got a heck of a lot better since the last time she played with us. She whopped Danny every time she played him and beat me a few times. Guess Danny hasn't exactly had a lot of time to play with everything that's been going on.

Anyways, back on subject. So after the arcade, Danny said we should swing by his place he had to pick something up, so we did and he just had to grab some cash he had in his drawer and his coupon book…couldn't figure out what that one was for until Danny handed Sam the coupon that said something like 'Use of Sam's hotline, one time only' or something like that.

Sam whipped out her cell phone and dialed the number, handed it over to Danny and told me to keep walking, I'd find out when I got home what was going on.

Boy did I find out.

Everyone was there. Not just Mom and Dad, and Danny and Sam. Half my family had driven in, the Fentons were there (though the Mansons were not, I think Sam had something to do with that…), and a ton of people from school.

Man, I could kick myself for being so jealous of Danny and Sam spending time together. They were spending time, sure, but it was on planning out my surprise party, not being all lovey-dovey with each other…

Or so I was told, who knows…though they did do a lot of planning behind my back with Jazz and Danny 's parents and my parents. They probably didn't have time. Lol. Man I crack myself up.

Sam bought me a complete upgrade for my computer and the color that Danny was arguing over Sam with was the color of the body case she bought for it, just to make it look cool. I'm glad she went with Danny's choice of red…blue's nice, but it isn't really my thing.

Danny bought me a game. Think that's lame or sad? No way. It happens to be one of the rarest games on the market to date, as there are only twenty five available. And I got one. Oh yeah, I could do a little happy dance right now. I kinda' did at the party. It was great though, 'cause everyone else was already dancing.

Dash even showed up for a while and seemed to have a good time. I guess that's what Sam went to talk to him about in class today. It's kinda' cool that he's hanging out with us sometimes now…kinda' like how it was back in elementary. Nice to remember those days, ya' know, especially since he isn't being the world's biggest jerk anymore.

Anyways, I had a blast at my party and got tons of new stuff. My Dad bought me a new software program for my PDA and Mom got me a cool hoodie and a new hat. My big birthday present from them though was the promise of letting me get my driver's license. They just rock…I mean, totally rock!

I'm gonna' get my license before Sam or Danny and they're older than me…maybe some explanation for those in the future would be nice, huh?

Danny can't get his license because Jazz has the only other car available and the Fentons think that boys are reckless drivers. They're probably right. He has to wait until he's eighteen to get his license, but he doesn't exactly need it for transportation…

As for Sam…we'll just say that her parents feel that she shouldn't have to drive herself and leave it at that. She got into a rather nasty fight with them about her independence, never mind the fact that she'd rather walk everywhere rather than worry about polluting the environment. She's so weird sometimes.

Really today was a blast. I think it's honestly the best birthday I've ever had. I think the funniest part though was Danny following Sam around for half the party with a wad of cash in his hand. I could make a couple of choice comments about how it looked but I think I've learned my lesson about teasing…or I could just leave it up to your imagination.

Anyways, Danny did follow Sam around trying to get her to take the money for the stupid game. I couldn't tell how much it was so don't start wondering…I'm sure it was a pretty penny though. She wouldn't take, saying she owed him for all the times he saved her butt. He said something about them being even in the butt saving and that she had to take it.

In the end she told him to leave her alone, and he managed to slip half of it into her bag before she noticed. She thought he had just been trying to put the money in and stopped him. So she really got half but didn't even notice. Wonder what's going to happen when she figures out he managed to slip her half the money…he's gonna' be in big trouble.

Man, what I wouldn't give to see that…like that one time in the hallway at school when she told him they had a date…that was classic. It's like 3 in the morning now, so I guess it's really the twenty fifth, but I'm still recording all this as the twenty fourth, the best day of the year…

I suppose I had better get off of here and stop playing with my cool new 'toys' and get to bed…I do have school tomorrow after all…Tucker out!

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Note to self: If Sam didn't find out about the money in her purse, I've gotta' tell her. I wanna' see what happens to Danny. Man I'm so bad sometimes…but the ladies love a bad boy. I'm gone! Peace.