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Chapter III

The Date

Friday during lunch Dash was yelling at Danny for some odd reason while Gabrielle was getting lunch. When Gabrielle returned to the table she asked, "Excuse me, but who are you?"

Dash turned around and upon looking at Gabrielle he turned white as a sheet and ran off, leaving Gabrielle with a blank look on her face. Danny asked, "How did you do that!"

Gabrielle replied, "I'm not sure…could be because I'm rather cadaverous."

She was greeted with blank looks. Danny asked, "Uh…cadaverous?"

Gabrielle answered, "Oh, nothing. So who was that jerk anyway?"

Danny responded, "Dash."

Gabrielle laughed and said, "Well, he certainly lives up to his name. Did you see him run off when he saw me?"

The others laughed and she sat down. Tucker asked, "So, you said you were working this Friday, right?"

Gabrielle nodded, "And the next one also. Why?"

Tucker continued, "I was wondering where you worked."

Gabrielle said, "I'm a waitress at a restaurant just outside Amityville. I don't like the job, but the tips are good."

Tucker asked, "So, what do you want to be when you grow up anyway?"

Gabrielle thought for a while and only responded with, "I don't know. I never really thought about it."

Sam asked, "So what are you good at?"

Gabrielle smiled and said, "Well…I'm good at growing plants, but I don't see that as a possible career move."

Sam said, "Well, you're good at keeping secrets, that's for sure. Maybe you should work for the government."

Gabrielle laughed, "No thank you. What do you mean anyway?"

Sam replied, "Well, you still haven't told us why your parents decided to transfer you to a public school."

The smile was wiped off of Gabrielle's face. "Like I said, I really don't want to talk about it. Maybe later."

Tucker decided to change the subject, "So, we were all thinking about catching this new movie tomorrow. Want to come?"

Gabrielle thought it over, "Well…"

Tucker pushed a little more, "Come on, you know me enough now, don't you?"

Gabrielle looked down at her empty tray and moved some stray strands of hair behind her ear. She then said, "Alright, I'll go with you guys. It might be fun."

Tucker assured, "It'll be a blast. I'll pick you up around 2:00. Oh, do you want my telephone number?"

Gabrielle said, "Uh…sure."

When Tucker wrote his number down on a piece of paper and handed it to her. He then said, "Could I have yours?"

Gabrielle blushed slightly and said, "Um…I don't have a telephone."

Tucker gave her a shocked look and asked, "You don't have a telephone? How are you supposed to call me, or anyone else for that matter?"

Gabrielle blushed a little more and said said, "I could use a pay phone. Of course, if you really need to get in touch with me, just knock on my door. It's not like I spend a lot of time outside anyway."

Tucker got ready for his date. He sprayed some minty breath spray (I'm not really sure what it's called so forgive me) in his mouth and imagined how the night would go.

She'll get scared during the movie and grab my hand. Then I'll look at her and she'll kiss me.

He could hardly contain his excitement as he grabbed some red roses and headed out the door toward Gabrielle's house. A few moments passed and he arrived there. After adjusting his red beret he rang the doorbell.

"Coming!"

A few seconds later the door opened. She had swapped out her usual attire (a purple shirt with blue jeans) for a casual white tank top with a blue skirt ending right above her knees. Her hair which normally flowed straight down to her waist was put up in a ponytail and now went just past her shoulders.

Tucker mouth was slightly agape and he wondered why he hadn't put on something different. Gabrielle waved her hand in front of Tucker's face and said, "Hello? Tucker? Are you all right?"

Tucker snapped out of his daze and said, "Here, these are for you."

Gabrielle took the roses and said, "Thank you. Let me just put these in a vase."

She disappeared into the house with the flowers. Sam and Danny showed up soon a few minutes later and Sam asked, "Where's Gabrielle?"

Tucker said, "Putting the roses I gave her in a vase. Wonder what's taking her so long?"

Gabrielle showed up and said, "Sorry, took a while to find a good vase. So, shall we go then?"

At the movie theater Tucker paid for two tickets, as did Danny while Sam bought the snacks. Sam said to Gabrielle, "You could have brought some money."

Gabrielle gave a guilty, "I know. It's just, things are tough at home and there isn't a lot of money to spare. Sorry."

Sam replied, "It's alright."

Gabrielle gave a small smile before they all went into the room to see the movie.

Things in the movie theater were going fairly well, though not in accordance to Tucker's imagination. Despite her supposedly not seeing a single horror film in her life, she seemed to do quite well during the more intense scenes.

Danny and Sam had taken a seat a couple rows higher than Tucker and Gabrielle to (what else?) spy on them while still watching the movie. Tucker had ventured to put his arm over the top of Gabrielle's seat and she didn't seem to take notice.

In fact, besides the movie itself, things were pretty boring unless one wanted to spy on another couple in the dark corner of the theater. Though, if one had decided to watch that particular couple, one might be inclined to tell said couple to get a room. While the theater may currently be rather boring, the events taking place afterward were far from it…

Danny's ghost sense activated, and seconds later a colossus of a ghost tore through the projection screen. The ghost was a slimy green color, had sharp claws and teeth, horns sticking out of its head, red eyes, bad breath, and a bad attitude.

The people in the theater quickly rose from their seats and ran from the theater. Gabrielle stood almost frozen on the spot and said, "What's that!"

Tucker grabbed her by the arm and pulled her out of the theater saying, "Come on!"

Danny took the panic as a cover and "I'm going ghost!" (Nobody really heard him, trust me. It was too noisy. Nobody saw him either. They were too panicky. Just letting you know.)

In an instant he had changed into Danny Phantom with his white hair, green eyes, and black and white spandex. There was a "D" logo on his uniform, courtesy of Sam and the day Danny and Tucker forgot who she was.

The ghost roared in suddenly attacked by jumping high in the air. Danny went intangible and the ghost went right through Danny and was hurling toward the theater exit.

Sam had left the theater in order to let Danny fight without distraction. When Sam had made it outside Gabrielle looked inside and asked, "Where's Danny?"

When Sam opened her mouth to say something she was interrupted by a rather large ghost being hurled through the entrance followed by a significantly smaller ghost. Gabrielle asked, "Who's that?"

She was not answered and she took to watching the ghost boy kick the other ghost's butt (not literally…). After recovering from its crash, the other ghost charged up an ectoplasmic beam. Danny dodged it and it crashed through a street sign advertising some brand of soda. Danny then charged up his own beam and before letting it loose he said, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall!"

Gabrielle thought, "That's the oldest saying in the book…"

The beam went hurling toward the beast and due to the ghost's late reaction, hit it directly. The ghost was dazed for a moment and in its weakened state, Danny pulled out his thermos and sucked the ghost in a flash of light. The day was saved and Danny Phantom disappeared. Gabrielle looked around and out of the wreckage came Danny Fenton. Gabrielle asked, "Hey, are you alright?"

Danny said, "I'll be fine."

Gabrielle then took a deep breath and asked, "So what the hell was that?"

Tucker said quite simply, "A ghost."

Gabrielle gave him a disbelieving look and he said, "I'm serious. That was a ghost."

Gabrielle then screamed out, "A ghost! What else does this town have? Werewolves?"

Danny said, "None that I know of."

Gabrielle continued, "Oh yeah. Amityville, the ghost capital of the U.S.A! When was anybody going to tell me that there were rampant ghosts running amuck? And what about that ghost boy? Where did he go?"

She took a deep breath and Sam asked, "You done yet?"

Gabrielle nodded. Tucker then said, "About the ghost boy, that was Danny Phantom."

Gabrielle then said, "What, is he Danny's dead twin brother or something? I swear, they look so much alike it's ridiculous."

The others gave her a look. Gabrielle threw her hands up in the air and said, "Well, it's true!"

Sam said, "I thought you said you were done."

Gabrielle smiled and replied, "Oh. Whoops, sorry! It's not everyday something like this happens, is it?"

Danny said, "Well, not everyday."

Sam added, "Just most days."

Gabrielle then said, "Well then, I think I had enough excitement for one day. See ya. I had fun…I guess."

With that she left the ruins. Sam said with a laugh, "So much for little Miss ray of sunshine."

Danny said, "Tell me about it. I think she pretty much saw through my other form too."

Tucker said, "Yeah."

Sam asked, "So, think we should risk telling her?"

Tucker replied, "I say yes. I mean, who does she talk to besides us anyway? She doesn't even have a telephone!"

Danny said, "Well I say no. The less people know, the better."

Sam thought for a moment and said, "Maybe we could wager a trade."

Tucker and Danny said, "Huh?"

Sam said, "I don't think she's going to tell us her secret on her own, so we could make a trade. One secret for another. She's bound to find out sometime anyway."

Tucker replied, "Well, that's true. So what, we tell her tomorrow?"

Sam responded, "Only if Danny agrees."

Danny sighed and said, "Oh, alright. But only if she's sworn to secrecy, got it?"

Sam and Tucker replied, "Right."

Out of the wreckage came the couple who adjusted themselves before rushing off to a new hangout.

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