Ectoplasmic Secrets

High School

Summary: They'd all thought for the past years that the start of high school would be some big deal.

They'd all thought for the past years that the start of high school would be some big deal. Everything would change, classes would be more serious, upperclassmen would have to be avoided at all costs, more drama in the hallways, etc. Turns out it was none of that. Instead it almost felt like just another day. The jerks were still jerks, and nerds were still nerds. Classes were hardly any different besides the subject matter and apparently the juniors and seniors couldn't care less about the freshmen.

The first day passed in the blink of an eye. By the end of the day Tucker wasn't so worried anymore. He used to fear that as soon as this time rolled around that he and his best friends would drift apart, but as the three of them laid lazily in the field after school he realized he didn't see that happening anytime soon.

They talked there for over two hours about everything from classes to the new tour their favorite band was going on. Sam had also gone on for thirty minutes about how dumb Paulina was being in her gym class. Danny was acting kind of weird the whole time, and when he thought about it, Tucker realized he'd been acting a bit off since that night at the restaurant days ago. He made a mental note to ask about it if it kept going on.

The second and third days of school went similarly and ended the same with the three of them hanging out together. Sam always had something to complain about, whether it was Paulina, the school's lack of vegetarian lunch options, or how ninety percent of students only ever talked about the same pop artists.

The fifth day of school students were all talking about something else, something that had even Sam interested. A video had gone viral in Amity Park the previous night that showed some ghost, never seen in Amity before, saving someone from an apartment fire. Tucker didn't think it was as big of a deal as people were making it out to be, no one even knew what the full story was behind the video. Sam was adamant that the video was all the proof ghost hunters should need to recognize that they aren't all the same. The whole time she was talking about it Tucker had noticed that Danny kept trying to change the subject, which was odd, although he could sympathize with him as he'd probably already heard enough about the event from his parents at home.

Sam left a little earlier that day, saying something about wanting to go to the bookstore and find some more dark poetry before they closed for the weekend.

"Are you okay?" Tucker asked a few minutes after she'd gone.

"What?"

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, no I heard you, just- why would you ask that?"

Tucker shrugged, trying to downplay the fact that he'd been kind of worried all week. "I don't know, you just haven't really seemed entirely yourself this week." With another thought he added, "I hope you aren't sick, because I do not want to end up at a doctor's office if you give it to me."

"I'm not."

"Then what's going on? Your parents get in a fight or something?" He knew that likely wasn't what it was.

The was a long pause before he got any kind of reply.

"Okay, if I tell you this, you've got to promise not to tell anyone."

"Of course, promise." Tucker said, starting to get a little more worried.

"This is gonna sound crazy."

Tucker's phone suddenly started ringing. He saw it was his mom calling and asked Danny to hold on to whatever he was gonna say for a second.

"Tucker Maurice Foley where are you? Did you not remember that your grandparents are over for dinner today?" Tucker's jaw dropped, "Sorry Mom! I lost track of time! I'm on my way right now!" He started to get up, pulling his backpack on as he finished the call with his mom.

"Dude, I'm sorry, I gotta go right now. I'll text you later though!" He felt kind of bad about it, but he didn't need his mom to be any more upset than she already was with him.

The sixth day of school came and went fairly uneventfully. Sam had convinced the school board to try a new cafeteria menu starting that week. They all hung out again after school.

The seventh day of school a ghost attack happened right there at Casper High and both Tucker and Sam had somehow gotten dragged into the mess. They all went home after that to rest from the craziness of the day.

The eighth day of school Danny had ditched hanging out with him and Sam like usual after school, and Tucker's fear began to inch it's way back to him.

A/N: Little bit later than planned on this update, but still got it up today. This is the first chapter that is entirely original and was not in the original Ectoplasmic Secrets at all. Yes, it's a little short unfortunately. Next One will definitely be longer!

Next chapter going to going up Thursday January 3rd!

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