6. Shane
Sam woke up the next day, her vision was blurred and she realized that her pillow was soaking wet. She got up and started walking towards her mirror. She gasped, shocked at the image that was reflecting back at her. Sure, Sam had never looked like sleeping beauty, but this morning she looked as horrible as a person did when they were first getting shipped off to a mental hospital.
Her eyes were swollen and they seemed to be blood red. Her face seemed unbelievably pale and she seemed as if she was getting ready to throw up. Sam then looked down from her face and took a sight at her clothes. Her shirt was soaking wet and was all wrinkled. That was when she realized that she wasn't wearing her pajamas. Her jeans were all rumpled up and her hair was a rat's nest.
"What happened to me?" she asked herself, touching her face slowly as if to make sure that it was really hers. She touched her lips and suddenly, all of the memories of yesterday came flooding back to her. Danny and her on their first date, Danny going off to fight a ghost, Sam being left along, and then…Nick. Her eyes became wide and she then ran to the phone that was beside her bed. She dialed Danny's phone number.
"Hi! This is Jazz Phenton speaking," said Jazz in this unbelievably perky voice, but Sam didn't even wince. Instead, she bit her lip in order to fight back the fresh tears that were starting to come out as she opened her mouth to speak. But once she opened her mouth all that came out of her was a sad, heart breaking cry. She finally got the courage, opened her mouth, and this times words came out of her mouth in a quavering voice.
"Is…," she had to bite her lip again and tried to control herself, "Is Danny there?"
"Sam? Are you alright? You…sound as if you've been crying," Jazz asked Sam in a soft voice that made Sam want to talk to her, to tell her all that had happened. But she couldn't do it. Face it, Jazz was Danny's sister and what would she do as soon as she finished talking to Sam? Run straight to Danny and tell him everything. There was only another way out.
"No, it's just that my nosed is sort of stuffed up. Anyways, have you seen Tucker lately? I need to tell him something," Sam said in her calmest voice. Technically, it was true. Her nose was stuffed up and she did need to tell Tucker something.
"He just left and was on his way to the Nasty Burger. Sam, are you sure that you're okay?" Jazz asked again and this time Sam sighed.
"Yes Jazz, I'm fine. I have to go now," Sam said and with that she hung up on Jazz who seemed to be talking to her in a slow, calming voice. There was no way that Sam was going to put up with that, it would be like putting up with her parents!
Sam went into the shower and changed, put her hair up and got ready to leave, only to be stopped by her mom.
"Hi Sammy-kins! What are you doing up so early on a Saturday? Are you finally becoming the beautiful early-bird pink girl inside you? Oh Sammy-kins! I'm so happy!" her mother exclaimed. Sam groaned and just walked past her mother going out the door. Okay, so maybe talking to Jazz wouldn't be like talking to her parents, but it would come close.
"Alright, I'm all alone, I'm not going into my room and sulking…what can I do?" Sam asked herself as she started to walk around. There really was nowhere that she could go…and she had no one to turn to…there was only one person. She started walking towards the park.
There was a huge glare coming upon her though, and while wearing her usual clothes, she was starting to become hot. Sam started walking towards the trees in order to get to some shade, when she thought that she saw something in the shadows. Sam started walking towards the peculiar sight. She was holding her breath, her heart pounding, and when she finally reached the spot where she had seen the shadow, there was nothing there.
Sam let out a huge gush of air and rested on the tree, only to find that when she went against it, she didn't actually touch it. Sam whirled around. She grabbed a hold of the ghost by what seemed to be it's foot and dragged it unto the floor.
"Hey! Let go! I didn't do anything!" the ghost shouted it's pleas as Sam dragged it across the ground.
"I am not going to let go until you tell me who you are and what you're doing here," Sam said then paused waiting for an answer, but the ghost didn't reply so she kept on dragging it.
"Alright, alright I'll tell you who I am…can you let go of my foot now?" the ghost asked her.
"I want to see you and I'm not letting go until you answer my questions too," she said and in reply the ghost wriggled around. Finally it gave up and allowed himself to be seen. Sam gasped.
"Danny?" she asked in wonderment and let go of the ghost leg.
"My name is not Danny," the ghost said getting up and brushing himself off.
"But you look just like Danny…are you a halfa?" Sam asked him and in reply the ghost looked up at her with his eyes wide.
"How did you know that I was a halfa? And who's this Danny guy that you're talking about?" the ghost asked her while Sam sort of smiled at him.
"I just guessed that you were a halfa and you must be new around here if you haven't heard of Danny. Danny is the halfa around here who saves the people from other ghost who attack us and try to take over the world. He's also a fr…a former friend of mine," Sam said, "You look just like him though."
"Well…what does this Danny guy look like?" the ghost asked and Sam walked over to a bench, the ghost following her and then sat next to her.
"Well, Danny Phantom has white hair, neon green eyes, and wears a black jumpsuit with a white trim. Then in the middle of his jumpsuit is a sort of D looking symbol that I made for him," Sam said to the ghost who was listening intently to what she was saying.
"Well then I think that the sun must have been in your eyes when you saw me then cuz I don't think that me and that Danny guy have anything in common besides the fact that we both have green eyes. See, my hair isn't white, it's a light shade of blond and my jumpsuit is not black with a white trim…wait a minute yes it is…Sorry about that. Anyways, I don't have a D in the middle of my jumpsuit, I have and S that's supposed to be in a sort of jeweled form," the ghost said pointing at himself when called for and Sam smiled.
"Through all of this I forgot to ask, what's your name?"
"My name is Shane…hey have you seen a guy named Nick somewhere around here?" Shane asked and Sam's eyes widened at the mention of Nick's name.
"How do you know Nick?" Sam asked Shane and Shane saw her reaction when he mentioned Nick's name.
"How do you know him? It seems like you've had a bad meeting with this guy or something," Shane asked her and Sam looked down. Shane put a hand on her shoulder to comfort her and Sam looked at him. It seemed like she could trust him but she trusted Nick…and look at where that had gotten her. Sam got up.
"I want to see you in your human form."
"Alright, alright…" Shane said as he turned into his human form. He looked almost exactly like Danny, except for the fact that he had a shocking color of blond hair and that he was wearing a black shirt over dark jeans.
"I've never seen you around here before…"
"That might be because I just came here form the ghost zone. I'm new here and I don't want to cause any trouble okay? I'm here to try and live like any other normal teen that doesn't have ghost powers," Shane said.
"Do you have any parents?" Sam asked him and Shane nodded his head.
"They're the reason why I'm a halfa."
"What do you mean?"
"Well…my parents research ghost, but they're obsessed. When they had their first child, me, they decided to insert some kind of ghost DNA in me as an experiment. Isn't that so wrong? To give your first child some freaky thing inside them and then treat them as little genie pigs? I've never had a good relationship with my parents and that's only because I'm nothing but an experiment to them…How can you live a life knowing that? We have to move almost every three years because everyone thinks that we're freaks. That's why I'm here," Shane said to Sam.
"But what does that have to do with Nick?"
"Well…I'm sort of on a mission to find him. Like I said, I'm an experiment. We've been tracking down Nick because he seems to-"
"Suck the life out of girls in order to make sure that he stays alive. Am I right?" Sam said and Shane shook his head his eyes wide in wonderment.
"How do you know-"
"Don't ask. It's a long story. Anyways, I better get going," Sam said as she got up but Shane grabbed her by the arm.
"Can I go with you? I really don't want to go home right now…you can imagine what it will be like if I tell my parents that I didn't find Nick," Shane smiled at her and Sam smiled back.
"Alright, but I'm going to have to tell you some things about myself along the way to the Nasty Burger."
"They have a restaurant here that's called the 'Nasty Burger'…that's kind of weird."
"Most things here are weird…and wait until you meet Danny…"
"Is something wrong between you and Danny?"
"Well…I don't know if I should tell you…I've barely known you and…"
"I guess I'm going to have to find out when I get there huh?"
"Guess so."
"So about this Danny guy is he the same Danny that we were talking about earlier?"
"Like I said, there's a lot of things that you're just going to learn about me on your own."
" I think that I'm going to have fun."
"I hope so…at least…more fun than I'm having here."
"Something really did happen between you and Danny huh?"
"Yeah…I just hope that I still have time to change it."
"Don't worry, most things happen because they're supposed to and in the end, everything's perfect."
"You actually believe in that stuff?"
"It helps me get through the day," Sam smiled at this comment and Shane smiled back at her. They were near the Nasty Burger, when Tucker looked out the side window and saw them.
"Who's the guy?"
"What are you talking about Tucker?" Danny asked and Tucker pointed out the window in excitement. Danny looked out the window and saw Sam and Shane smiling at each other. Next thing you know, his soda explodes and his eyes are bright green.
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HAHAHA! JEALOUSY IS AWESOME! I'm sorry people but I had to do that, the idea of Shane just came out of nowhere…but I like him. Don't worry though, there will be some action, threats, and kicking Nick's butt soon. Just thought that some drama might make things better. Alright ppl, and now it's time for the SHOUT OUTS:
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