A/N: Not much to say really, except that Leah is introduced in this chapter. I love Leah's character! She's really funny… in an odd sort of way. You'll see. Hee.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything here, except for Leah. MY Leah! (grabs stuffed Leah toy and growls, glancing around nervously)

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God, Tucker is such a moron sometimes. Which is exactly what I told him in my message. Well, anyway. I figure we shouldn't trust Valerie, but it's not really like we have a choice. Besides, if she blabs about Danny, we can tell the whole school about her little secret. Tch.

Still didn't solve the problem that we were snowed in. A really loud noise was coming from outside. Lancer had come back, and he was assuring everyone that it was a snowplough. Sure enough, after a while, the door opened, and some guy in black told us it's okay to come out. It was a big squish through the double doors, but SOME people (a.k.a. me) had the sense to go through the back. Tucker is not one of those few, and Danny and I soon lost sight of him.

"We'll catch him later," I said, and he followed me to the back gate. I quickly got out my cellphone and dialled his number.

"Tucker?"

"Yeah, where are you? I lost you in the crowd."

"We had the sense to go through the back door."

"Oh. Right."

"Wanna meet at the Nasty Burger?"

"Sure. See you there." We started walking. Usually we'd probably fly there, but as Danny's powers were malfunctioning, we couldn't really. As we approached the Nasty Burger, we saw a girl sitting down just outside, on the floor.

"Huh. Must be a new girl – I don't recognise her," I said, frowning.

"Me neither. Hey, you new?" Danny asked her. She looked up, scowling.

"What's it to you?"

"Just asking," he shrugged.

"Tch, well, it's none of your business, is it? What, so just because a girl is sitting outside the Nasty Burger that you don't recognise that automatically means she's new, or what? Is that supposed to offend me?" she snapped. Danny raised an eyebrow but said nothing.

"Ok, ok, we don't want trouble here," I said, pushing Danny into the Nasty Burger, where Tucker was waiting (already?) at a table.

"You look weird. What just happened?" asked Tucker.

"There's a really odd girl sitting just outside here. Uh, she seems to take offence to everything, and she seems pretty secretive. Plus, I don't recognise her, and Sam doesn't either," Danny filled him in.

"Oh, her? Yeah, I met her too. I asked her name, but just snapped at me and said something about it not being my business and that it was so typical for guys to want to know everything because they think they're superior to girls. She also seemed to think I was asking her out… Which I probably would have, before I saw her answer."

"Which was?" I asked, laughing. Tucker coughed.

"Well, a lot of swearing, and she told me to shove… something… up… somewhere…" He laughed too.

"What were your exact words?" Danny said, grinning.

"Hi, are you new? What's your name?"

"Wow. She must really be anti-social," said Sam.

"Shall we go have some fun?" said Danny, still grinning, but more… mischievous this time. Oh, god, what was he planning? We followed him, though, and walked out of the door. The girl was still there. Her clothes were kind of shabby, white shirt and dark red trousers, but pretty tattered and a bit torn. Her dark brown hair seemed like it hadn't been washed in ages, too. I was starting to wonder if she was homeless. Actually, her face reminded me of Danny's – I don't know why. She even had the blue eyes.

"We don't appreciate your attitude to us earlier, and we're not standing for it," said Tucker, trying to seem fierce.

"Yeah, well, I don't appreciate your attitude towards me, buddy boy. And your friend, by the way?" She nodded at Danny. "That 'do is like, so last year. He really needs to get a haircut or something. And what's with his girlfriend? She's ugly. God, bad taste or what? I'm really starting to hate you, so would you just leave me alone!" she yelled angrily. Danny said nothing but examined her closely, as I blushed at the word 'girlfriend'. As she got really mad, she blinked – and her baby blue eyes changed to a kind of ochre. "Go away, for god's sakes. Can't a girl sit somewhere without being looked at by a bunch of creepy losers and a goth wannabe?" Danny gasped as a light blue mist escaped from his mouth.

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A/N: HAH! Evil cliffhangers rule the world. No wait, no they don't – I do! Anyway, like I said, I just love Leah's character – don't you? - So, is she a ghost? Find out later!