A/N: I am aware that some people fear that my OC and Danny will get together like in many stories that run rampant here. So I will asure you, Esper and Danny will NOT get together. I'm an avid Danny/Sam supporter .: Waves DxS flag:. and I only intruduced Esper because I need a person to do something in the future who knew both Jazz and Clockwork and could travel between the two realms, since Clockwork can't and the observers probally wouldn't. Besides, I like Fright knight and Vlad, not Danny. But no romance for my OC! 'sides, she acts like a 10 year old.

Disclaimer- I do not own Danny Phantom.

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Jazz sat down at Casper Highs cafeteria, watching her brother and his friends talk amongst themselves, most likely about their parents disappearance. 'It's strange that they left all of a sudden and just left a short note. Not even a number or a time frame in which they would be gone.' She sighed and focused on eating her lunch, thinking about the finals that were in a couple of days.

She was about halfway done with the slop that the school called lunch when she heard the customary cry of the Box Ghost coming from the cafeteria's kitchen. "BEWARE! For I am the Box ghost! Ruler of all things square and cubical!" She rolled her eyes and saw that Danny did the same as he ran out of the cafeteria's doors. A second later he re-entered as Danny Phantom and proceeded to beat the Box ghost and suck him into the Thermos within a minute. He looked at her and she gave him an encouraging smile. He just nodded tiredly and flew away.

'With Mom and Dad gone the ghosts have been attacking almost none stop for some reason. And I'm the only one looking out for him... Sure, Mom and Dad didn't know that Danny was Phantom, but they watched out for him when he's human. But now I have to watch out for both sides alone.' She looked down at the yellow gear shaped medallion that she had hidden in her purse so she wouldn't get strange remarks about it. She took it out and held it close to her. 'Well, you might still look after him, but I don't know if I can rely on you...' Her mood was lowered even more when she thought about the events that happened about three months ago. 'Why... Why did he leave like that? And why did he say he was sorry! Was he sorry that he had to leave? That Danny got hurt fighting Phantom? Or was it because he kissed me...'

"Jazz, your blushing, again." Sam's voice broke through her thoughts. She quickly put the medallion back into her purse and looked up to see Danny, Sam, and Tucker standing across the table from her. "Guys! What are you doing here!" Tucker and Sam sat down across from her while Danny went around the table and sat next to her "What, can't a guy and his friends sit with his older sister?" She looked at him and said, "No, not really." He shrugged nonchalantly. "Well, we are."

She just nodded and went back to eating her food, but Danny spoke up again. "So Jazz... What was up with that blush that Sam pointed out? Come to think about it, you've been blushing alot lately." She refused to look at him and focused on her food. "That's none of your business, little brother." She could hear his smile as he got into full sibling pestering mode "Yes it is, I have to make sure you don't have a repeat that incident with Johnny 13." Jazz sighed, unhappy that he brought up that, again. "Relax Danny, I'm not dating him or any other evil ghost." Danny laughed until Tucker innocently teased, "Evil ghosts? Does that mean its a good ghost then?" The three of them were laughing until they noticed that she looked like someone who had been caught red handed.

"Jazz..." Danny started. She caved before he could bug her about it. "It was just a kiss! Jeez! Besides, I don't think I'll ever see him again." She said the last part with remorse. Danny looked at his sister with surprise. "You kissed a ghost! Eww... Wait, who! When!" She mumbled under her breath so none of them heard her. "Who?" They all asked her. She said something again, but it was still to quiet to here. "Jazz, speak up." Danny said, serious for once. "Clockwork okay! It was when he said goodbye." She said in an exasperated tone. The three looked at her with their eyes as wide as they could be until they made the same disgusted face. "Eww. I did not need to know that." She rolled her eyes at her brothers comment. "Your the one who asked."

After he said goodbye, Jazz hadn't been her normal cheery, know it all, bossy self. Being the concerned younger brother, meaning that his parents had asked him to since they had no luck, he confronted her about it. After a long, winding, confusing, talk, that involved alot of yelling and frustration, Jazz finally told Danny everything. Except that certain part of the goodbye. He was, of course, mad that she didn't tell him sooner, but got over it when he saw how sad she was.

Jazz was pulled out of her thoughts when Valerie walked past their the table, chatting with a friend. "Mr. Masters is coming by tomorrow to the lab to check on the progress of our recent projects. Dad hopes..." The four of them stopped listening after that and looked at each other. "You don't think..." Jazz started before Danny angrily cut in. "Who else would want both of them? I can't believe I didn't see it in the fist place!"

They couldn't talk about what Vlad had to do with their parents disappearance because the bell signaling the end of the period had rung.

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"It's not like Vlad though... Why would he kidnap both of them? His plans are usually just to make dad look like an idiot." Jazz thought aloud as she laid on her bed, staring at her ceiling. She was taking a break from studying for her finals, even though they were so close. A knock cut her off from her thoughts and Danny's head peered around the edge of her door.

"Hey Jazz, I'm going out for a bit." She sat up and looked at him. "Oh? Why are you telling me?" He stopped peeking and stepped fully inside. "I don't know, it just seemed wrong to leave and not tell anybody." She nodded. "Okay, just call me if you need help with a ghost or something." He nodded and left, leaving his sister to her thoughts once more.

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A/N: If your wondering, Vlad does own Valerie's fathers work place, A portrait of him was shown there in 'Flirting with Disaster' so it isn't speculation. Yes I know it's a short chapter compared to the last one, sorry! The next chapter will have some DxS in it.