Chapter 8: Why is it so surprising?
Danny, Sam, Hannah, and Ben spun quickly to seek the source of the voice.
"Tucker! Jesus, man, you scared the hell out of us!" Danny yelped.
"Don't change the subject! Did you just say that chick is your daughter?" Tucker asked.
"Ummm…." Danny and Sam looked at each other for a second before silently deciding 'why bother denying it?'
"Yah, this is Hannah and this is Ben." Sam said as she introduced them.
"Hold on, let's move to a secluded spot…we don't need anyone else knowing." Danny said.
As soon as they were sure they were alone, Danny began.
"They're...um…this is really weird…but-"
Tucker cut Danny off, "Dude, with you, nothing's weird anymore. Let me guess…your mom and dad were messing with chemicals and your dad heard the ice cream man pass by. In his hurry, he knocked over chemicals and they combined to rip a hole in the space-time continuum and therefore bringing your kids 30 years back…to our time?" he finished.
The whole group just stood there, awestruck.
"Tucker, you really are weird. How did you know all that?" Sam quipped.
"I was upstairs in Danny's room at the time of the incident. I was looking for you took when I heard Danny's dad running for the ice cream truck and stayed because I felt the house shake…I thought it was an earthquake." Tucker explained, "At first, I thought they were your cousins…that whole 'chemicals-space time continuum thing' was just a guess. I didn't know they were your kids until you said something."
"Wow, Dad…well in the future…he was right, Uncle Tucker, you are really smart." Ben complimented.
"Uncle Tucker?" Tucker, Sam and Danny all asked in unison.
"Yah, in the future, Uncle Tucker is our godfather and Aunt Valerie is our godmother." Hannah explained.
"Whoa…so, in the future…I'm married to Valerie?" Tucker asked in awe.
"Yep." Ben replied.
Tucker quickly did a little victory dance before stopping and looking as if he was thinking about something for a moment. He then turned to Hannah and Ben.
"So…wait…if Danny's a half ghost…then does that mean you are too?" He inquired/
"Yep." Ben replied again.
"WHAT?" Danny and Sam yelped, bug-eyed, in unison.
"Well, what did you expect?" Hannah retorted.
"Well, for starters, YOU COULD HAVE TOLD US!" Sam yelled.
Ben just shrugged his shoulders, "We thought it was obvious."
Danny and Sam rolled their eyes.
"This is going to be a long day, I just know it." Sam said dryly.
"Who you telling?" Danny said.