Sweetest Gifts
A fan fiction by Kate-chan 91
Disclaimer: (Looks in dictionary) "Hmm... hmm... AHA! Disclaimer: noun, renunciation or disavowal, especially of responsibility. See also denial... Well, I guess that also means this: I WILL NOT OWN DANNY PHANTOM IN A MILLION YEARS! HA!"
Kate-chan 91's tidbits (A/N): Yes, that's actually what the dictionary said about the word disclaimer... By the way, here's the third, but definitely not the last chapter of "Sweetest Gifts"!
Enjoy! (Throws toast to Fanficaholic before typing actual chapter)
Chapter Three: High School Reunion
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"Bye, guys!"
"Call us if anything weird comes up!"
"We should be back in a couple of hours at the most!" Danny called out to his parents as he pulled his car off the sidewalk and drove towards Casper High. As they were halfway to their destination, Danny asked Sam, "Why did you say that?"
"What?"
"You don't remember? 'Call us if anything weird comes up'!"
"Well, Danny, you don't want your parents knowing that their son and grandchildren are half and quarter ghost, right?"
"Yes, but wouldn't something weird either a: make my parents think a real ghost is around in the house or b: Winnie is possessed by a damn ghost!"
"You know what? We both know that your parents have at least some experience fighting basic level ghosts and the what not and that Winnie is in pretty good hands, not to mention the fact that were going to meet people we haven't seen in ten years."
"So, you're telling me to relax for once?" Danny asked.
"Yeah, that's pretty much it. Trust me, nothing too eventful will happen." She replied as Danny pulled into the school parking lot.
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At the same time, Maddie was in the kitchen preparing a meal for Jack, Winnie and her. While she was doing so, her granddaughter walked into the room and asked, "Grandma, what are you cooking?"
"Speghetti and meatballs," was all that Maddie could say as she stirred the tomato sauce that was to accompany the final meal.
"Are we just going to have plain speghetti?" The little girl questioned to her grandmother in her usual innocent sounding voice.
"Of course not- everyone's going to have meatballs with their speghetti tonight."
"GRANDMA, YOU CAN'T DO THAT!"
"Why not, Sweetie?" Maddie asked since she was confused by that statement.
"Only daddies are supposed to have meat! Me and Mommy only eat veggies!" Winnie replied in one breath.
Realizing what this meant to the kindergartener, Maddie then told Winnie, "Well, Winnie, that's how it's done at your house, but to tell you the truth, that's... usually not what happens. You see, in most homes, everyone eats the same meal, whether it's salad or a hamburger."
Winnie, however, was so shocked by what her grandma informed to her that she simply fainted; Jack and Maddie were only able to wake her by splashing a glass of ice water onto her face...
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As that particular scenario was playing out, Winnie's parents (especially Danny, for the most part) felt like getting hit in the head by a pile of bricks as they stared at their fellow colleagues.
"Dammit- nothing in that fucking letter said anything about a dress theme!" Danny groaned as he stared at the business suit he wore during his last two non-fast food jobs.
"You really need to look closer at these things- it was written right before the closing." Sam responded as she took the invitation out of her shirt pocket and pointed to the last two sentences in the final paragraph: Casual clothing is encouraged as you interact with your peers. (This is not a press conference, people!)
"Now whose idea was that?" Danny asked as he finished reading the sentence.
Sam simply ignored that statement as she pointed into the crowd and yelled, "Is that who I think it is?"
"What? Who?"
Sam gasped. "Oh my gosh- IT IS! COME ON, DANNY!" She said as she grabbed him by the right arm and pulled him towards a gigantic throng of former classmates.
After what seemed like an eternal struggle to get through the bustling crowd, she stopped and tapped the shoulder of an african-american male. The man turned around, looked at the couple, and said, "Danny? Sam?"
"TUCKER!" The Fentons screamed as they each gave their old friend a handshake.
"Where have you guys been? I haven't been able to reach you guys since you moved out of San Fransisco!"
"We've been moving around due to Danny's little habit... we're currently in Acworth, Georgia."
"You mean the goober state?" Tucker asked as he looked down at Sam's stomach.
"Don't tell me, 'Are you pregnant?' As a matter of fact, I am- with our second and third children!" Sam said in an angry voice just before Tucker asked that very question.
"Okay... Congratulations?"
"Relax, it's just mood swings." Danny reassured his friend and pointed at his now smiling wife. "So, what have you been doing all these years?"
"Oh, I got a degree in robotics, got engaged to Valerie- say, 'Hi", Valerie!- and moved to a condo in Seattle!" Tucker replied.
"Do you know what happened to Paulina?" Danny asked Sam growled and gave her husband a nasty look at the mere mention of that name.
"Let's just say she became the next Terri Schiavo... "
"... Okay..." Danny replied as the intercom suddenly interrupted everyone's conversation, asking everyone to sit down for an extremely long clip show of what had happened in the ten years since they graduated.
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Two hours later, Sam and Danny parked along the sidewalk adjacent to Fenton Works and walked inside.
"Did everything go okay?" Sam asked as Danny took off closed the door and removed his coat.
"Other than a little ghost attack and Winnie freaking out during dinner, everything was fine." Maddie informed them as Jack and she were watching television.
"Anything odd happen with Winnie?" Danny asked as he sat down on the couch with his parents.
"Winnie? Oh, no, not her- she was an angel the whole time!"
Whew! Her powers- if she has them, that is,- have still not activated. Danny thought as he asked Jack and Maddie,"Where is she, then?"
"She's sleeping in your old bedroom. In fact, it's about time to check on her, Danny, do you want to do that for us?"
"I'll do it," Sam replied as she walked upstairs toward's Danny's old room. A few moments later, however, she shrieked and screamed, "DANNY! JACK! MADDIE! I CAN'T FIND WINNIE ANYWHERE!"
End of Chapter Three
A/N: CLIFFY ALERT! DON'T KILL ME, PLEASE! XD
About the high school reunion thing: It came about when my own parents got a letter about THEIR high school reunion not too long ago. If they had gone, it could've meant I would get to stay with Patricia. It was also at this time where they told me that you just socialize with your former classmates and the whatnot. (Some funny examples such as, 'Hey, I thought you would be in jail by now!' appeared during this tutorial.)
Also, in case you need a flashback, Terri Schiavo was the braindead woman where there was a debate over where she should have her feeding tube removed or not; it was eventually removed for a third and final time in early 2005, and she died about a couple of weeks afterward. Because she probably became that way due to an eating disorder, I thought it would be interesting to have Paulina in that role since she's one of those girls that's obsessed with looking skinny and beautiful (The press makes them sound like damn eating disorder magnets, if you ask me. XD)
Anyway, this is probably the last chapter where the majority of it composes of humor; I hope you still enjoy it as this fanfic progresses.
Ja Ne!
Kate-chan 91