Written in Stone

Full Summary: A new girl at school makes both Sam and Danny worry. Tuck assures them that she needs friends, but they doubt they should hang around her anymore. They soon discover she holds a terrible secret, a horrible destiny, and leads an awful life of lies, mistrust, hate and shame. Will the ghost boy be able to handle his greatest challenge yet? Will Sam be able to face the consequences?

Author's Note: A huge thanks to those who reviewed. Glad you liked.

Chapter Two: Not My Boyfriend

The bell finally rang, after an anticipating 45 minutes. Sam, Danny, and Tucker waited for each other to finish packing before they walked out the door to their next class.

"What's up with the new girl?" Sam asked, annoyed. She had a deep concern for Danny, and his cheating habits. She knew he was a good kid inside, why did he have to make her doubt her intuitions?

"What do you mean?" Tucker retorted, answering for Danny.

"What do I mean? What do I mean? I mean she's only been here for like three minutes and she's already trying to get Danny into trouble!"

"Would you chill? She helped me a lot. Besides, you know I never have enough time to study…I'm too busy…" Danny stated.

He has a point… Sam sighed. "Yeah…well…I just…don't think that trusting someone right off the bat like that is a good idea…"

The boys didn't answer.

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Lynn looked around the crowded lunch tables, over-stuffed with juniors and sophomores. She held her brown book to her chest and scoped the area again. Strands of her white hair were thrusting around her face in the odd wind. Her heart returned to its regular pace when she spotted the dark haired boy from the Science Test waving at her. Phew…

She walked over slowly and sat down next to him, observing his friends. A Goth girl and a Techno geek. Great.

"So…Lynn, was it?" The dark haired boy asked. "Listen…I wanna thank you…for…well…what happened in Science—"

"Please! Don't mention it! Really…I enjoy helping people…you never told me your name, though." Lynn looked upon the boy in fascination, her eyes light on his deep blue pupils and thick hair. The Goth girl shot her a look from across the table.

"Danny," Danny answered. "And these are my friends, Sam and Tucker."

Lynn waved slightly. "It's nice to meet you all," she stated. Her voice was unusually quiet. She held the frayed, brown leather book to her chest and asked, "So how long have you guys known each other?"

"A while," Tucker answered. "Since before I can remember, really." He nudged Sam.

"Yeah. We've known each other practically forever," Sam gestured sarcastically.

"That's nice," Lynn answered. "It's good to have trust in friends you've known for a while. I wish I could say the same about mine…"

Danny and Tucker looked at each other. Sam would have joined in, but she was much too busy shooting dirty looks at Lynn from across the table and doodling on her notebook to avoid conversation. "What happened?" Tucker finally asked.

"We grew apart," Lynn answered. "I guess you could say that it was because of a sudden accident…whatever you want to call it. My friends just drifted…I don't know what happened to them."

Sam smiled mischievously at Danny. "Can I talk to you for a moment, Danny?" In a flash they were both off the table and talking next to a tree. All Lynn could make out from Sam's lips were I told you so!

Lynn giggled. "Danny and Sam wouldn't happen to be a couple, would they?"

Tucker smiled knowingly. "Yeah right. Man, I can tell they've got those light crushes you get on your best friend but they'll never admit it." He sipped his juice and tossed the box over his shoulder. "Never. I mean like, not in a million years."

Sam and Danny had just returned, and Sam had heard every bit of the conversation. "Why is everyone always assuming that?" She asked, almost enraged. "And for your information, Lynn, Danny is not my boyfriend. He's my best friend. There's a difference."

"Tucker mentioned that quite clearly," Lynn responded coolly. "It's quite a shame. You two would make an extremely cute couple." Lynn's smile made Sam and Danny blush in the deepest shades of red.

"I'm going to go to the library," Sam declared, her temper rising. Who was this girl? Why was she being so…obnoxious? Why were Lynn's comments actually able to affect her? And why was she always carrying that weird book? Sam stormed off into the building.

"I'm going to go—" Danny began, but Lynn held touched his chest lightly and gently pushed him back into his seat.

"Let Tucker go see if she's OK," Lynn suggested. "It's probably for the best."

Danny was skeptical, but Tucker went even though he did not understand Lynn's logic.

After Tucker got off the table, an uncomfortable silence fell upon Danny and Lynn.

"So…um…what do you think of Casper High so far?" Danny asked, wanting to start conversation to get his mind off of Sam's absence.

"It would be awful if you weren't here," Lynn responded, again gazing at Danny's eyes. "But yeah, I like it so far."

Danny shifted uncomfortably. "Well, that's good…Lancer won't be much of a hassle to you, I guess…I mean, you're a wiz in that class."

Lynn smiled openly. Her pale skin blushed only so much that it was a misted pink shade on her cheeks. "You really think so?"

"Well you did know what you were doing…"

Lynn smiled again, her voice lowering to a scarce whisper. "That's kind of you, Danny. But I think there's so much more to your knowledge that you aren't letting on." She looked up at him in defiance, almost challenging him to tell her.

Danny began to see his breath. Not now! Agh! Stupid ghosts… "Um…Lynn, I gotta go. We'll talk later." And with that, he left.