Disclaimer: Nope don't own Danny Phantom…yet. Muahahahahahaha. phone rings, it is reality Damn it, Butch Hartman still won't let me own it.
Author's Notes: I'm making things noticeably forward. I hope you all like this chapter. Please sit back and enjoy, but don't forget to review:)
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Chapter 21: The Juvenile Jitterbug
Jazz took a deep breath and slowly let it out. She had to be calm, sensible and logical about this. She was Danny's older sister, she could do this. She gathered her courage and looked back at the innocent blue eyes staring back at her. As she looked at her brother, the urge to scream returned.
"Jazz, you have to understand that when he kissed me it felt really weird and different."
"Other than the fact that he's a guy," said Jazz carefully.
Danny nodded and thought a moment before explaining, "There was this one time when Paulina kissed me. I felt so nervous. My heart beat faster and I felt butterflies in my stomach, you know, the normal signs you have a crush on someone. When Jack kissed me, it just felt like hands."
Jazz raised an eyebrow in confusion, "Hands?"
Danny blushed as he recalled the sensation and muttered out, "Like warm hands were touching me."
Jazz frowned as she strained her ear to hear him and finally sighed, "What?"
Danny gave her a look of frustration that made Jazz frown even more.
"Look Danny, I know this is hard to say out loud, but you know you can trust me with anything. I can't help you if you don't tell me what's wrong."
Danny held his head in his hands, but in a clearer voice said, "Like warm hands were touching me."
Jazz blushed in spite of herself and coughed slightly in surprise. She quickly composed herself when Danny looked back at her. She gave him an understanding smile and thought for a moment about her brother's feelings.
"That is a bit weird," said Jazz, "but it sounds a lot more like you felt lust or something."
"Lust?" Danny said, blushing slightly.
"Well from everything you've told me so far, it seems that you normally just see Jack as a friend, but when he kissed you, you felt a physical attraction towards him."
"Attraction?" yelled Danny in surprise.
Jazz gave him a chiding look as she said, "Danny, keep your voice down."
Danny sighed and fell backwards on his bed. His head rested on his pillow and he placed an arm over his eyes.
Jazz looked at her brother with worry and felt helpless as to how to make Danny understand. In her opinion, it was normal if a teenager went through a phase where they felt a physical attraction to someone of the same gender. She believed that when it was no longer a phase and instead a pattern, then it was the sign of a clear distinction in sexual preference.
She believed her brother was now in that phase, but for the life of her she didn't know how he would come out of it. She'd seen her brother's awkwardness with girls before and had always assumed that he liked girls only. This incident with Jack however had clearly thrown her brother for a loop and she wondered if it was only because he was being presented with a different choice.
"How come you're being…so calm about all this?" asked Danny in earnest.
Jazz was startled by the question and as she looked at him, she wondered the very same thing. She could have given in to her earlier temptation to scream at Danny, but it really wouldn't have solved anything. Either out of desperation for a willing ear or from simple sibling trust, Danny had chosen her to confess his secret to. He trusted her with something so fragile and confusing that she hadn't even realized she'd gotten into older sister mode. For better or for worse, Danny was always going to be her brother and she didn't want bad feelings between them over something like this.
Jazz smiled and teasingly replied, "Because you're my baby brother and if I start freaking out now then we'll never figure this out."
Danny lifted the arm that was on his face and raised an eyebrow as he looked at her. Jazz smiled wider at him and soon enough a small smile appeared on Danny's face. She too started to feel slightly tired and decided to lie down next to her brother. The two siblings stared up at the ceiling in silence, each one lost in their own thoughts.
Eventually Jazz broke the silence by tentatively saying, "Danny, I think you should realize something."
Danny turned his head slightly to look at her and asked, "What?"
Jazz sighed and calmly said, "If you liked the kiss then that can be partially explained by your hormones, but if you liked that Jack kissed you…well then it might mean that you feel something for him."
Danny quickly sat up, Jazz following suit. He looked at her with a mixture of irritation and confusion before he got up off his bed.
He frowned in anger as he said, "Jazz, what are you saying? You know that I've liked girls my whole life and one kiss from Jack isn't going to magically make me gay!"
"Danny, I know that and I'm not saying you are, but the fact of the matter is that you physically liked it when he kissed you," said Jazz. "Danny, it doesn't mean that you're gay, lots of tee-"
"Teenagers go through this sort of phase," Danny said sarcastically. "I know, you already said that."
"And now I'm telling you that you don't need to be so defensive just because you're in this phase," said Jazz sternly.
Danny turned his back on Jazz and crossed his arms. Jazz rolled her eyes at his childish behavior but continued speaking, "I know it's scary and confusing, but you're not alone in this anymore, you have me to talk to."
Jazz got off Danny's bed and stood in front of her brother. Danny avoided looking at her and glared at the ground. Jazz acted on her impulse to hug her brother, who yelped in surprise at the gesture. The two stood like that for several moments until Jazz felt Danny slowly return her embrace. A muffled "I don't know what to do" reached her ears and Jazz sighed as she let go of her brother slightly.
"There's no set thing you can do Danny, but if you're uncomfortable with all this, maybe you should start by telling Jack. He said he wanted you to tell him how you felt in return, but if he doesn't give you some space to think, you'll never be able to figure it out."
Danny looked at the ground as he mulled over her words.
"Hey Danny," Jazz said, trying to get this attention. When Danny looked up at her, Jazz smiled encouragingly at him as she asked, "Is Jack the only boy you've ever had these types of feelings for? Was there another boy you felt a physical attraction towards?"
Danny glared at Jazz and was about to yell at her before he abruptly stopped. His mind brought up the memory of Dash's smiling face as the blond peacefully looked at falling leaves. Danny felt his face heat up slightly and he quickly shook his head to clear the memory. 'Why am I remembering that? Dash is just my friend.'
"Yeah, he's the only one," replied Danny.
Jazz's eyes narrowed slightly as she saw her brother advert his eyes from hers. 'Why is he lying?'
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Danny raised an eyebrow as he saw his two best friends the next morning walking in a daze. He closed his locker shut and walked over to the odd pair.
"What's with you two?"
"I feel really sore," said Tucker as he rubbed at his arms.
Sam held her head as she said, "And I have a huge headache this morning."
Normally Danny would have made a joke if his friends hadn't looked so bad. As he walked with them he asked, "What were guys doing yesterday?"
"Nothing much really, Sam met up with me to walk home together and that was it," said Tucker with a shrug that he wished he hadn't done. "The only weird thing is that as soon as I got home, I knocked out. My parents were worried because I didn't even wake up when they waved a chicken casserole under my nose."
Sam frowned slightly as she said, "That's weird because I also-"
"Yo Fentonmeister!"
All three turned around to see Kwan and Dash walking toward them. Kwan waved enthusiastically as he walked and gave them a wide smile. Dash saw his friend's action and rolled his eyes slightly. The trio half-smiled at Kwan in surprise.
"Hey Kwan," greeted Danny with a chuckle.
"Man you guys, I feel so much better today," said Kwan cheerfully.
"At least somebody does," muttered Sam.
"Hey Kwan!"
Kwan turned around and saw Sandra wave at him from down the hallway. He saw Paulina's surprised expression and saw her smile at him in greeting. He felt slightly giddy as he saw the Hispanic girl, but only smiled in returned.
"I see you're feeling better," said Sandra politely.
They saw Mr. Lancer appear and walk towards them. Some of them cringed as they saw the vice principal, thinking they were going to get scolded for something.
"Ms. Perkins, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Baxter and Mr. Minamoto, I need to see you in my office. Wait a minute where's Mr. Minamoto?"
"Um, he's sick today sir," said Derek as he walked toward them. He briefly waved at his friends and turned back to the vice principal as he answered, "He said he's sick so he isn't coming to school today."
"Well tell him that as soon as he returns to school, to come into my office and speak to me."
"Are we in trouble for something?" asked Dash.
Mr. Lancer raised an eyebrow suspiciously as he said, "Should you be in trouble for something, Mr. Baxter?"
Dash opened his mouth before quickly snapping it shut and smiling innocently as he shook his head.
"Hmm, I see," said Mr. Lancer, clearly unconvinced. "Either way, can you three please come with me? You are not in 'trouble', I merely wish to discuss some details of the upcoming dance and dance auction with you three."
"Oh," Paulina said, in understanding.
All three teenagers looked back at their friends and waved them goodbye as they walked with the older man down the hallway. Danny frowned slightly as he watched them go. 'Why did he need to talk to Jack too?'
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Dash and Danny sat side by side as they read their books in silence. After careful prodding and begging on the part of their classmates, Ms. Johnson agreed to let the period be spent in the library doing research for their next paper. Although the topic involved her students writing about a historical figure they admired and what they contributed to their time period, it was worth one third of their final grade. Thus the history teacher had not been too surprised to see her students so apprehensive.
As Dash reached over to turn the page, his elbow accidentally crashed against Danny's. The brunet looked up at him and Dash quickly apologized. Danny nodded and continued reading his book, occasionally writing something down on his notebook. Dash stopped reading and stared at the other boy from the corner of his eye.
He let a small smile come to his face as he admired how diligently Danny was working on his homework. The brunet twirled a pen in his hands as he read a large book about astronauts. Danny wrote a small sentence on his notebook and finally noticed Dash looking at him. The blond shifted in embarrassment at being caught staring and looked away.
Danny raised an eyebrow and leaned in close to whisper, "Something wrong?"
Dash hid his uneasiness with a smirk as he said, "I'm bored."
"Okay," drawled out Danny. "What do you want me to do about it?"
Dash's smirk grew and he looked at his book in amusement before looking back at Danny and saying, "Let's play tic tac toe."
"What?" Danny said in a confused whisper.
Dash smiled encouragingly as he said, "Oh come on Fenton, there's like 5 minutes left in class anyway."
"What are you a little kid?" said Danny exasperated.
"What are you an adult?" countered Dash. "Look we'll play best 4 out of 5, whoever loses buys the winner lunch."
"No, that's stupid," said Danny in disapproval.
Dash didn't believe him, seeing the half-smile on the brunet's face.
Dash gave him a teasing look as he said, "Yeah, you're right. It's not like you would have been able to beat me anyway, simple game or not."
Dash smirked at the annoyed look on Danny's face. He felt like chuckling as he saw the brunet quickly tear a blank page from his notebook. Danny slammed the paper down on the desk harder than necessary and gave him a challenging look. Dash twirled his pencil effortlessly and started the game.
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"That'll be $11.19," said the cafeteria lady.
"Well don't just stand there looking stupid Fenton, pay the woman," Dash said with an arrogant smirk.
Danny glared at Dash, but said nothing as he reached into his wallet to pay. He put his wallet away and pocketed his change, seeing Dash waiting for him. Danny ignored the blond as they walked to their usual table.
"Oh don't be such a sore loser," said Dash with a chuckle.
"Whatever," said Danny dismissively. "I guess it's only fair that you have the brain capacity for games that involve X's and O's."
Dash looked at him before balancing his tray on one hand and using the other to smack Danny upside the head. Danny winced and looked at Dash in annoyance. The blond ignored him and continued walking as if nothing had happened.
"It's all about strategy," Dash said matter-of-factly. "You don't have to be a genius; you just have to think faster than your opponent."
Dash turned to look at their table in confusion as he saw that only Sam and Kwan were sitting there. The two boys made their way over and promptly sat down. The duo greeted them and Dash asked where everyone else was.
"Sandra and Paulina are in a meeting with the dance committee," answered Sam. A sudden dark look came to her face as she said, "We don't know where Tucker is."
Danny looked at Sam and frowned slightly. 'He's probably with Carmen.'
Kwan wiped his mouth and looked at Danny as he said, "And Derek's outside with your sister."
Danny gave them a surprised look before he frowned slightly.
"What are they doing?"
"Relax Danny," admonished Sam. "She's just helping him with his homework."
Danny said nothing and began to eat. Their lunch was rather quiet in comparison to most days, but the four saw it as a chance to eat and think in peace.
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The rest of Danny's day passed uneventfully except for a nasty tackle he received towards the end of practice. The tall linebacker apologized profusely at the hit, but Danny had waved away the other's worry. Coach Higgins however, was not convinced and he'd forced Danny to sit out the rest of practice to have the manager look over his injury. The manager had frowned at the large bruise on his shoulder and advised him on how to treat it when he got home.
Now as Danny stood under the spray of hot water, he felt the pain on his shoulder all too acutely. He thought of nothing as he quickly washed his hair, but heard the occasional patter of feet as his fellow teammates walked in or out of the showers.
He scrubbed the soapy wash cloth over his skin harshly, finally realizing how dirty he was from practice. He winced slightly as he washed his back and it took him longer than usual to finish. As he turned forward and let the water wash away the soap, he felt something brush against his shoulder.
Danny quickly turned around in surprise and slipped slightly, causing his back to crash against the tiled wall. He flinched as the pain from his shoulder flared up two fold and looked up to glare at the person in front of him. His gaze softened slightly when he realized it was Dash. The blond looked at him in surprise, not expecting Danny to react so oddly.
Dash dropped his hand and said, "Sorry, I just wanted to see if the bruise was close to your shoulder bones or your muscles. Looks like it's dead center on a back muscle, which is a good thing in my opinion. It hurts a lot worse when it's on a bone and after time, hard tackles near that spot can cause you to get fragment breaks in the bone."
Danny listened to Dash in mild surprise, not expecting the blond's concern or the fact that Dash would be so knowledgeable. 'No, he's a natural athlete. Of course he's going to know about this sort of thing.'
He smiled at Dash and said, "Thanks, but I think I'll be ok. I'll just do what the manager said and ice it down when I get home."
Dash nodded absentmindedly as he looked at Danny and the brunet began to feel uncomfortable under the dark blue gaze. Someone called Dash's name and the blond looked away to see who it was. As the blond talked with another boy near them, Danny finally noticed that the blond had a towel wrapped around his waist.
He looked at Dash's torso and not for the first time did he feel a bit of admiration at the level of hard work Dash had put into honing his strength. Dash turned back to look at him and was surprised to see the other boy staring at him. Danny nervously smiled at Dash and felt his face heat up at his own state of nudity. He quickly turned around and finished his shower.
"Are you almost done?" Dash asked him.
Danny nodded and turned off the spray of water. He cleared excess water from his face and hair and sighed as he stared at the tiled wall in front of him. He felt something land on his head and pulled it away to see it was a towel. He looked back to thank Dash, but saw the blond had turned his back to him. He wrapped the towel around himself and grabbed his shower caddy. He walked past Dash and soon heard the muted footsteps of the other boy follow him.
The two were among the handful of other boys still changing in the locker room. Neither boy said anything as they dried off and quickly changed into their clothes. Danny pulled his shirt over his head and saw that Dash was about to do the same. Danny's eyes landed on Dash's back and he saw various faded scars and light bruises.
Dash noticed his staring and gave him a curious look as he asked, "What?"
Danny hurriedly looked away, "Nothing."
Dash felt odd knowing Danny had been staring at him, but quickly shook the feeling away as he said, "Practice was pretty harsh today, huh?"
"Yeah," Danny agreed. "It's too bad that Derek couldn't practice the wishbone today with Jack. He wasn't in sync with Michael at all."
Danny sat on the locker bench as he tied his shoes and did not see Dash's eyes narrow slightly at the mention of Jack's name. Dash put on his letterman jacket and started to stuff his things into his sports bag.
"Sanchez better learn to not rely on Minamoto so much," Dash commented.
Danny looked at him curiously and asked, "What do you mean?"
Dash looked at the brunet from the corner of his eye as he said, "I know they're good together, but Minamoto isn't always going to be able to play the same field with him. Sanchez has to learn to be more adaptable."
"I guess you're right," Danny said, as he scratched the back of his head. The brunet also began to gather his things into his sports bag.
Dash looked at Danny before turning back to straighten out his locker. In a casual voice he asked, "You and Minamoto are friends right?"
Danny dropped his jersey on the floor and quickly bent down to grab it. He looked at Dash as he stood up and crashed his head on the bottom of his locker door. He yelped slightly and placed a hand on his head. He looked back at Dash to see the other boy look at him with concern.
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah, I-I'm fine. I'm just a klutz at usual."
Dash humored the other boy with a small nod and repeated his question. He saw Danny turn away from him and busy himself with fixing his locker.
"Yeah we are."
"Do you guys talk a lot?"
"No, not really. We sometimes hang out on the weekends, but usually Derek and Tucker are with us." Danny looked at his locker and as an afterthought said, "We have a couple things in common though."
Dash's eyes narrowed slightly as he saw the wistful smile on Danny's face. His mind replayed the image of Jack and Danny kissing and he felt a surge of anger well up inside of him. Dash knew that Danny and Jack weren't just friends and he hated the fact that Danny was lying to his face, but at the same time he realized that it wasn't that simple either.
He wasn't sure what it was that Jack and Danny shared, but the kiss had spoken volumes to Dash. After his mind freaked out about the fact that he was seeing two boys kissing, it tried to cope with the fact that it had been two of his friends.
At the time he hadn't felt anything other than complete shock. Even when he was back home and in his room thinking back to what he'd seen, he was amazed that he hadn't felt disgust and fear at seeing the two kiss. As he mulled over what it meant, he tried to think of all the times he'd seen Jack and Danny together. Maybe it was because he hadn't been looking hard enough, but he'd never blatantly seen the older boy act like he admired Danny beyond friendship.
His mind had recalled however, the time when he'd crashed into a desperate Danny in the locker room. Danny hadn't looked at him and had run out the locker room door before he could find out what was wrong. Dash remembered very clearly how Jack had been half naked as he sat on a bench brooding. He knew they weren't together then or even now and he supposed it was the constant uncertainty around them that had made him spy on Jack first. He knew next to nothing about the older boy and was spurned on by the idea that he had to make sure Jack wasn't just playing a cruel joke on Danny.
Dash looked at the brunet and smiled as he said, "Well, if you guys don't already have any plans, why don't we all hang out? We haven't done that in awhile and we could go bowling or something."
Danny smiled at the offer, but remembered something else, "Wait, aren't you going on a date with Sandra?" 'As much as I'd like to hang out with him, it's more important that he goes out with her.'
Dash frowned slightly as he said, "Only on Friday. She said she's busy the rest of this weekend."
The blond looked around to make sure no one was close enough to listen to them and finally turned back to look at Danny.
"Man Fenton, I'm not so sure anymore that she's going to bid on me at the auction next week. I think she likes me, but I don't think she likes me like that."
Danny's eyes widened in disbelief and he quickly grabbed the lapel of Dash's jacket as he said, "Don't think like that. She's just being shy because she thinks you're a great guy."
"Did she tell you that?" asked Dash, with hope in his voice.
Danny felt nervous at the question, but he couldn't have Dash give up now that the challenge was ending in less than 19 days.
He quickly racked his brain for what to say and finally blurted out, "Sort of, but come on, who wouldn't want a guy like you? You're popular and the quarterback of the football team."
"Oh."
Danny saw the odd expression on Dash's face and mentally smacked himself for giving such shallow reasons.
He smiled encouragingly as he said, "But…that's not all though, that's just what you are on the surface. I mean when you're not acting like an arrogant jerk, you're really cool. You have an interesting sense of humor and you're really nice and fun to be around. I know people don't give you much credit, but you've already proven that when you set your mind to something, you can do really impressive things aside from sports."
Dash felt his face heat up at the other's words and felt oddly pleased at hearing what Danny thought of him. Dash looked down at the intense look in Danny's blue eyes and looked away to hide his blush. 'Maybe that's why Jack likes the dork.'
Danny realized how tightly he'd been holding on to Dash's jacket and promptly let go. He took a step back and scratched the back of his neck in embarrassment. The brunet turned around and looked back at his things. He felt Dash place a hand on his good shoulder and he turned his head to look at the blond. His eyes widened slightly as he saw Dash give him a real smile.
"Thanks Fenton."
He looked at Dash's face and slowly blushed under the other's attention. As Danny looked at the sincere smile on Dash's face he felt nervous and for the first time since their friendship began, Danny noticed how handsome Dash really was.
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(Friday night)
Danny placed a comforting hand on Tucker's shoulder, but his best friend rolled his eyes at the sight of the ear plugs stuffed in Danny's ears. Tucker turned around to look at Derek and saw the older boy give him a reassuring smile. His gaze shifted to look at Carmen and her best friend Lydia, who were giggling slightly, but nodding that they were ready as well. Derek counted off the beats and soon the beginning strums of his guitar were heard. The two violins joined in after a moment and the melody of a slow song echoed across the walls around them.
Tucker turned expectant eyes up at the far left window on the second floor. He mentally counted the beats of the song in his head and tried hard to control his nervousness. He took a deep breath as he realized his part was coming up and he hoped that all his Spanish voice lessons with Carmen had paid off.
"El sol ya no es tan brilloso,
y la claridad del cielo no existe,
por que dondequiera que yo miro,
recuerdo el dolor que te cause."
Tucker's face flushed as he realized how badly he was butchering the song. It'd taken him an entire week to learn the words and figure out how to sing somewhat passably thanks to Carmen, but even now he saw that he was hopeless. Nevertheless he plowed through the next verse, glad that this one had Derek singing with him.
"Disculpa mi loquera, amor.
Simplemente soy nada sin ti.
Se que este amor es extraño,
pero eres la mujer para mi."
Tucker's face brightened as he saw a light being turned on in Sam's window. As the stringed instruments continued to play the song's chorus, the boy grew nervous at the thought of seeing Sam. He smiled brightly as he saw the window carefully open up. He puffed out his chest, ready to serenade louder for Sam, but was literally deflated as he saw who it was.
The three musicians momentarily slowed down their playing as they too took notice of who was at the window. They stifled their laughter and continued playing with a renewed vigor. Danny fell to his knees and held his sides as he laughed. Tucker blushed heavily as he saw Sam's grandmother cackle and gesture with her thumb to the right.
Tucker turned mortified eyes at the last window on the right and caught sight of a surprised Sam peering down at him. After a moment her father stood next to her and held an angry expression on his face as he looked at the group of students. Tucker face palmed and was glad that the music had stopped altogether.
Mr. Manson moved Sam away from the window and called down to the alleyway, "Tucker, it's late. You can talk to Sam on Monday at school, since she'll be grounded the whole weekend."
Tucker heard the distant sound of Sam's protest and wondered if the Goth girl would sooner kill him than talk to him now.
End of Chapter 21
Author's End Notes: I read that Paulina's last name was Sanchez and winced. I'm not sure if that's true or not. If it's not, please tell me right away. If it is then no, there's no relation between her and Derek. If you don't remember the references in Dash's memories about Danny and Jack, then please reread chapter 16. Here are the translated lyrics to the Spanish song in case anyone in interested. Now as always, please review!
"The sun is no longer as bright,
and the clarity of the sky doesn't exist,
because everywhere I look,
I remember the pain I caused you.
Forgive my madness, my love.
I'm simply nothing without you.
I know my love is strange,
but you are the woman for me."
(It really sounds better in spanish. .;;)
Spidey's Shout Outs:
(because I'm back from vacation and my voice has rested)
YaoiFan26: Hey there! Tada! I updated! I updated! I updated:) I hope you liked the chapter. Thanks again for the nice review!
KimuraSato: Hey girl! Ah, where would I be without your lovely constructive criticism:) Yup, because Danny stinks at math and as a fan girl you gotta work the obvious angles. :-D I'm glad you liked the dream, since it was a little cliché. I think the next chapter will spell it out better than the one before this one. I didn't make things terribly obvious for a reason. Anyway, thanks so much for the review! Good luck with your story, I look forward to your next chapter!
hittocerebattosai: Hey! I hoped you loved this one too, even if it might have been a bit weird. Thanks for the review!
Reptilian Goddess: Hey again! Yeah it is surprising, but at the same time when you're set in your thinking you either can't or don't want to see things sometimes. Opening ones eyes and putting the pieces together is not as easy even when you have obvious clues. :) Lol, yeah the Jack/Danny and Dash/Danny is a split isn't? And don't worry; next chapter will very clearly spell out who's the cloaked figure if you remember Flora's words in the previous chapter. I hope you enjoyed this chapter as well. Thanks for the nice review!
AuraBlackWolf: Hola! Yeah, sorry for keeping ya waiting, with school, work and general life stuff, writing and posting was being put to the side slightly. I've never actually considered having Dash try to make the connection between Danny Fenton and Danny Phantom so strongly since it's more like something that I'd see Danny tell Dash himself. Good idea to consider though, thanks. Don't worry about Jack, his tale is sad, but will not end so tragically. :) Anyway thanks very much for the lovely review.
Akiko: Hey! Lol, I'm glad that you liked it. It was an odd chapter…but then again I suppose this chapter was also odd. Yup, Dash is wonderfully clueless about a lot of things in this fic. Thanks for the review!
i like traffic lights: Hey there! Actually I was almost going to make it full on cliché and have Danny kiss Dash, but I didn't think it's time. Hehehe, kissing will be later. Anyway, thanks for the cool review! I hope you liked this update.
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