HEY EVERYONE! I don't know why, but I'm really happy today! Well here's the next chapter!
2 months later…
Sarah had been gone for two months now. She had gotten used to being a ghost, and Daniel had told her everything about Haloweentown, including the big Christmas incident, Oogie Boogie, and everything else he could think of. He loved to talk to her. Everything about her seemed to make his heart beat 100 beats per minute. Even with all the excitement of Christmas coming, he couldn't stop thinking about her. Christmas was in a few days and almost everything was ready, so most people were at home getting ready, except for Daniel and Sarah who were in the town square putting the final touches on the Halloween/Christmas tree.
"No!" Sarah said. "That ornament should go over there!"
"And what do you know about tree decorating?"
"I've been decorating trees ever since I was 3. Next to Halloween, Christmas is my favorite holiday. So get off the ladder, and let me put on."
"Okay! Okay!" So Sarah climbed up the ladder and started to put the ornament on the tree when the ladder began to shake. She looked down to see Daniel grasping the ladder. He had an evil grin on his face.
"Don't even think about it Daniel!" Sarah said. Suddenly Daniel began to shake the ladder, and started laughing. Suddenly Sarah's foot slipped and she fell off the ladder, but grabbed onto the tree hoping not to fall. Even though she was a ghost, she hadn't learned to float yet like Zero.
"Sarah!" Daniel said in panic. Suddenly she could feel her hands beginning to slip. She quickly fell, but just as she was about to fall, she felt two skeleton arms catch her. She opened her eyes to find that she was in Daniel's arms. They looked at each other for a few moment then they snapped back to reality.
"Y-you okay?" He asked, gently putting her down.
"Yeah, I'm okay. Just next time don't shake the ladder."
"Right." He said. He felt like such an idiot. He wanted to impress her but he had no idea on how to. Suddenly he got an idea.
"Hey Sarah. I want to show you something."
"You mean I've been here two months, and there's something you haven't shown me yet."
"It, uh, it just slipped my mind. So do you want to see it or not?"
"Okay." She said as she started to follow him into the cemetery.
They walked for a little until they were at the bottom of a curvy hill.
"Wow." Sarah said. "I got 'a hand it to you Daniel, this is probably one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen." She slowly walked up the hill, with Daniel following right behind her. They both sat down just enjoying the hill's beauty. There was a question that had been buzzing in Daniel's skull for awhile.
"Hey Sarah, remember when I met Brittney?"
"Sadly yes."
"Well, she said something about a boy being yours. What was his name? Jake, James?
"Jason." Sarah replied sadly.
"Yeah that's it! Jason. Why did you get so mad when she said that?"
Sarah looked at the ground, almost with a shameful look.
"Daniel, I don't know if I should…"
"Sarah," Daniel said. "Were friends. You can tell me anything."
"Well," Sarah said hesitantly. "You see… Jason was… he was…" Sarah chuckled a bit. "This is really going to sound silly." She said. "Jason was this…this boy I really liked."
"Who, who, slow down." Daniel said. "Do you mean, 'like', or 'like like'?"
"'like like'" She replied. "Well as tacky as it sounds, he was the captain of the football team. I don't know what I ever saw in him. Anyway, I thought he really liked me too, I mean we went out a few times, but we never kissed. But then one day, I-I saw Jason and Brittney kissing in the hallway."
Daniel looked at her with a surprised look on his face. He couldn't understand why anyone would just throw away a girl like Sarah.
"But it's no big deal. Heck when he's in prison and when I'm the lawyer, I'll make sure he loses his case." She tried to chuckle, but Daniel just had a concerned look on his face.
"You don't have to make a joke out of it Sarah. You can cry if you want to." He said this because he noticed a tear welding up in her eye, but she held it back.
"Crying is a sign of weakness." She said.
"No. No it's not."
Sarah looked at him for a moment, then without warning she wrapped her arms around his neck and burst into tears. He was a little startled by the action but he didn't mind.
"Hey, hey its okay, it's okay." Without even thinking he wrapped his long arms around her. Sarah noticed this and turned to see that it was true.
"Um, Daniel?" She said
"Yes Sarah?"
"You're um, your sort of holding me." Daniel looked down to find what she said was true. His whole skull turned red from embarrassment.
"I was just trying to…well I- I mean…" as he stuttered he began to remove his arms, but Sarah stopped him.
"I-It's okay Daniel I don't mind. It comforts me."
"Oh. Well if it comforts you." He then pulled his arms back in. Sarah felt a strange feeling inside of her. They didn't talk for a while until Sarah broke the silence.
"Daniel, thank you so much."
"For what?"
"For treating me like a human being, for being my friend, and for being so kind to me. You're not anything like my parents, or Brittney, or…or Jason."
Daniel looked at her for a moment, and then tilted her chin towards him.
"Sarah that boy is an idiot. I mean he gave up you for some stupid half-witted girl. I mean you are smart, funny, creative, bold, independent, and you're really, really…" He leaned closer to her face.
"…really pretty." He leaned down and gently kissed her on the lips. Both of them were in another universe. Neither one of them had experienced anything like this. As they released the gentle lock of their lips, Daniel noticed Sarah was giggling.
"What's so funny?" Daniel asked.
"Nothing, it's just…I never imagined that my first kiss would be from, well, a dead boy."
Daniel couldn't help but laugh a little too. Never in his wildest dreams did he picture his first kiss on the same hill that his parents first kissed on, with a human girl who was in ghost form. He always thought he would go on a date, and then he would receive his first kiss on his doorstep. But he wouldn't have traded anything for that first kiss. He stoked her long ghostly hair, and then pulled his face down to her's for one more kiss. This kiss was a little more deep and sensual, but it still had that same feeling that made Daniel's and Sarah's heart leap. He gently pulled apart from her, only to realize how late it was.
"Um Sarah, we should probably be getting back."
"O-okay." Sarah said still a little dazed at what had just happened. They both stood up. Both of their knees were a little shaky from what had just happened, but they didn't mind. As Daniel and Sarah began to walk back to the Skellingto manor, Daniel put his long arm around Sarah's waist. If any other boy would have done this, Sarah would have slapped him silly, but she only leaned closer to Daniel. When hey got back they found that both Jack and Sally were sleeping soundly. So Daniel walked Sarah up to her room. When they reached the top of the stair case, they were in front of Sarah's room.
"Goodnight Daniel." Sarah said.
"Goodnight Sarah." Daniel replied. Then Sarah stood on her Tipp toes, and gently kissed him on the lips. He had an ear to ear grin. Slowly Sarah closed the door to her bedroom.
"YES!" Daniel said, as soon as her door closed. He jumped up and down in excitement. Suddenly Sarah opened the door, and Daniel stopped.
"I was just, uh, going to my room." He quickly ran to his room and closed the door. Sarah chuckled a bit, and then slowly closed the door behind her.
WOW! Really long chapter. But I still hope you enjoyed it.
