Chapter 8
Birds sung as the morning sun sparkled up above. It was the first morning of school being back and Danny was looking forward to it a little bit. For the past week there had been no ghosts around and Danny had a lovely vacation spending time with Sam and Tucker. Also, over the past week Danny's mother had been sneaking around him, trying to discover this mystery secret that obviously, they weren't meant to know. Otherwise Danny wouldn't have said something about thinking Jazz told them the truth. Maddie had also told Jack of what she heard and, like Maddie, Jack was trying to find any hint of a secret. What was the truth?
"Good morning sleepy head." Greeted a soft voice.
"Sam? Is that you? Oh just give me ten more minutes." Moaned Danny, turning over.
"Danny! You will be late for school! It starts in half an hour." Screamed Sam.
"HALF AN HOUR? I need to get ready." Screamed Danny, jumping up out of bed and into the shower.
Sam wandered around Danny's room, looking at things when she saw something that caught her eye. It was a photograph of her, with a big, red love heart around it.
"How sweet? He really does love me. I am the luckiest girl in the world." Thought Sam, grinning.
She walked down the stairs where Jazz was sitting on the armchair, reading a new book.
"Oh hey Sam, you scared me for a minute." Called out jazz, peering up from her book.
"Hey Jazz. Look, I know you said to Danny that you would keep the truth from anyone besides me, you, Tucker, Vlad Masters and other things that know about Danny, but I really think you should stop lying. You might get him into bigger trouble. If anyone asks you about him, just play it cool. OK?" whispered Sam, loud enough for an eavesdropping Maddie to hear.
"Hmmm. So Vlad, Jazz, Sam and Tucker know this secret huh? This is really confusing me. I need to ask Vlad. Surely he will tell me. He has a mega crush on me, I think I might be able to brain wash him with a soft, sweet voice." Thought Maddie.
Just as Sam sat down on the sofa, Danny raced down the stairs with his shoes in his hands. He ran into the kitchen without saying a word and grabbed himself a bowl. Sam followed him slowly into the kitchen.
"Danny? I just had a talk with Jazz. She isn't going to spill your secret. So far, no one knows it. If they did, they would confront you, or Jazz would." Whispered Sam, again loud enough for Maddie to hear.
"Thanks Sam. Look I will be out in a minute but I'm not sure if we can make it in time. Would you mind calling your driver and asking him to pick us up. I don't want my dad to drive me in the Fenton RV. I am already a freak, with this secret. I don't want to be more of a freak. I could get hurt you know." Chewed Danny.
"Uh, sure." Called out Sam, heading for a quiet place.
Sam pulled out her phone and dialled in her driver's number.
"Hello? Larry can you pick me and Danny up in about 2 minutes, at his place? Okay, thanks." Sam yelled into her phone.
She grabbed her bag from beside the door and walked back into the kitchen where Danny had dropped his bowl.
"Danny? Did your hand go intangible again? You have to learn to control your powers more." Whispered Sam.
"Danny? This is the tenth bowl you have dropped this month. It is beginning to be a problem. Either learn how to carry bowls or use plastic ones." Called out Maddie from the living room.
"Oops. I seriously didn't mean to. Oh, hear that? It's Larry. Let's go!" screamed Danny. "Bye mom, bye dad!"
Danny headed for the door, followed by Sam. Just as the reached the door, it opened. Standing in the doorway was Tucker.
"Hey man. Door's open" greeted Tucker.
"Hello Tucker." greeted Sam and Danny, together.
They walked outside as Larry pulled up at the side of the house, just in time.
"Morning Ms. Manson, Mr. Fenton, Mr. Foley! How are you today?" greeted Larry, Sam's personal driver.
"Morning Larry, we are fine." Sam answered for them all.
Tucker and Danny were too busy talking about how much fun they had relaxing on the holidays.
There wasn't a cloud in the sky as the black car pulled up in front of Casper High.
Sam was the first to hop out of the car, followed by Tucker, then Danny. Danny and Sam walked into the school, holding hands. A lot of people had noticed this and figured out that they were a couple. Danny and Sam weren't embarrassed any more. They were happy that they were in love with each other. Who wouldn't be?
"What class do we have first?" asked Tucker, looking up from his PDA.
"Uh, let me see. Oh here it is." Said Danny, pulling out a piece of paper. "English, with Lancer." He read out.
They all groaned as they headed for their lockers. Danny's locker was next to Tucker's locker and also Sam's locker. They grabbed out their English text books and headed for the English classroom until Dash Baxter stood in their way.
"Please Dash. Take a hike. I'm way too busy to deal with your pathetic attempts to wail on me." Moaned Danny, in a cool way.
"Please Fenton. Attempts? I can wail on you whenever I want to. See?" yelled Dash, spraying spit in Danny's pale face.
He got ready to punch Danny in the stomach when Danny quickly turned his stomach intangible.
"What?" screamed Dash confused.
Danny started to laugh as Dash ran off.
"Danny, you really shouldn't have done that. What if someone saw?" warned Sam.
"Relax Sam, no one saw. Anyway, he wont be trying to wail on me for a while now." Grinned Danny.
The bell rung as they walked into the English classroom where Mr. Lancer stood, reading a poem.
"Take your seats everybody, hurry up, don't muck around." Screamed Lancer.
Sam sat on the end of a row, where next to her sat Danny, and next to him sat Tucker. Since everyone thought of tucker as a freak who was way too obsessed with technology, no one sat next to him.
"Class, we have a new girl joining us today. Please welcome Danielle to our class, plus our school." Mr. Lancer said, in a quieter voice than before.
In walked a short, blonde girl with long hair. She wore a pink butterfly clip in her hair and wore pink lipstick. She had on a denim mini skirt and a pink, button up shirt, tied in a knot. She was wearing long, pink leather boots with very high heels. On her bag were stickers saying stuff like: I would die before eating vegetables without meat and Life Long Meat Only Streak!
Tucker knew instantly that he liked her. He liked her a lot. He was even thinking of asking her to go steady.
"Ms. Difter, would you care to tell us a little about yourself?" asked Lancer.
She started to walk to the front of the classroom. All eyes were on her. Puppy dog stares from most of the guys, and jealous looks from all the girls except Paulina and Star.
"She's one hot girl." whispered Tucker.
"I guess she is kind of hot, but Sam is way hotter." Whispered Danny, loud enough for the whole class to hear.
"MR. FENTON! We are not interested in who you classify as hot." Screamed Lancer.
Danny sunk in his chair, blushing. Sam and Danielle were also blushing. Thoughts were rushing through Sam's head. He thinks I'm hot? Oh, but he also thinks Danielle is hot too. But he said I was hotter. He loves me! A big smile spread across Sam's face.
"Hi, I'm Danielle Difter and I moved here from New York City. I live in a house with my father, Freddy and my cat, Fruity. We moved here to get away from the noise and pollution and we wanted to just blend in with everyone else." Blushed Danielle.
"Thank you Ms. Difter, would you please take a seat next to Mr. Foley. MR. FOLEY? Put your hand in the air so Ms. Difter knows who you are." Shouted Lancer.
Tucker stuck up his hand as Danielle walked quietly over to sit in the seat. He started to blush also, and grinned.
"I think our little Tucker has found love." Whispered Sam.
"I agree." Laughed Danny.
"Will you guys shut it?" mouthed Tucker, elbowing Danny.
"Oh alright." Moaned Danny, deciding that he should pay attention to Mr. Lancer, who was looking at him.
"Hi, I'm Tucker Foley and that was Danny. You are, you are… really… uh, pretty." Blushed Tucker.
"Hey Tucker. Thanks, your handsome." Smiled Danielle.
"Why, thank you!" grinned Tucker.
"MR. FOLEY DID YOU HEAR WHAT I JUST SAID?" screamed Lancer.
"Uh, no." mumbled Tucker.
"Detention, see me at 3:00pm and you will sit in this classroom thinking about what you have done." Screamed Lancer, spraying spit all over Tucker face.
Tucker wiped his face and got out his textbook. He figured it would be best to pay attention. As soon as Danielle saw him doing this she decided she should also get out her text book.
There were quite a few boring classes after that, but Tucker for a change, stayed away from Sam and Danny. It felt weird, with them being a couple and him being all alone. He liked to talk to Danielle, why wouldn't he? She called him handsome. But one conversation caught Sam, Danny and Tucker's ears. It was between Star, Valerie, Paulina and Danielle.
"Hey, Danielle. We were wondering if you would like to sit at our table. We all sit at the popular table and you are welcome to join our club. If you choose to you will get a membership package and everyone will like you." Gloated Paulina.
"Uh, sure!" squealed Danielle, feeling loved by all.
"That Danielle girl is making the wrong decision." Mumbled Danny to Sam and Tucker.
"I agree, she should hang around with people like us, she is pretty nice. I just can't see her being a snob like Paulina." Hissed Sam.
"That's because she is not a snob! She is really nice and she thinks I'm handsome. I'm going to ask her out." Smiled Tucker.
Just then they were at the front of the line so they stopped talking. Danny and Tucker grabbed the usual beef burger with fries and a drink while Sam got vegetarian lasagne, the weekly special.
They sat down and ate their lunch in silence. Danny kept looking at Sam and admiring her, whilst Tucker was looking over at the Popular Table. He stared longingly at Danielle, while she looked back at him. It was love.
"Hey, Danielle, have you heard of the ghost boy?" asked Paulina.
"Uh, no. I haven't. Who is this, Ghost boy? Is he a ghost?" chewed Danielle, confused.
"He is this ghost who, I believe saves the town. He is such a hottie. His name is Danny Phantom I think. But we all call him Inviso-Bill." Explained Paulina, dreamingly.
"Oh. Well, I haven't heard of him. He sounds cool." Said Danielle.
"Cool? Cool? He is way from cool. He is always attacking me and I think he attacks the town. He is a no good ghost." Screamed Valerie.
"No, he is a good ghost, and next time I see him I will prove it to you." Shouted Paulina.
"He is pure evil. Anyone can see that." Screamed Valerie.
"Girls, girls. Play it cool. People are staring. And not because of our hot looks. Well, some are looking at us because of our looks. Why shouldn't they?" frowned Star.
From Danny's table they could hear everything.
"Oh, gosh. Who knew I could cause this much trouble?" mumbled Danny.
"Oh, they will get over it." Sam patted his back.
"Yeah, I guess so. Thanks." Smiled Danny, looking into Sam's eyes.
They shared a small kiss on the lips when Danny's ghost sense went off for the first time in weeks.
"Oh boy, it's ghost time." Complained Danny, rushing outside.
He quickly changed into Danny Phantom without a single eye on him. He flew into the cafeteria where his ghost sense went off. He made sure he was invisible before he flew in. right in front of Sam and Tucker appeared Skulker.
"What do you want Skulker? We have seen you so many times you are barely scary." Groaned Sam.
"Where is that whelp?" asked Skulker.
"Right behind you." Screamed Danny, turning visible and punching skulker through the roof.
"Oh, look it's the ghost boy now. I will show you he is good." Squealed Paulina.
"Doubt it." Screamed Valerie running for the ghost boy.
"That's the ghost boy?" asked Danielle.
"Yeah, he appears here all the time." Complained Star, embarrassed by her other two friends.
"Oh, OK." Said Danielle, looking over at Danny Phantom.
"GHOST BOY! GHOST BOY! You are a good ghost aren't you?" squealed Paulina.
"Uh, yeah. What makes you ask that?" asked Danny.
"Oh, my friend thinks your evil." Explained Paulina.
Skulker flew down and threw a net at Paulina.
"Where is Danielle?" asked Skulker.
"Paulina! I mean what ever your name is. STAY STILL!" screamed Danny, flying over to her.