Author's Note: Woohoo! Chapter 5! I got kinda stuck after writing chapter 4. I didn't know where I wanted to go with the story but then I remembered that I had mentioned the ghost prison and ghost rights for a reason. I wanted there to be a little more drive to the plot than just focusing on the fact that Kara and Danny are depressed. Don't get me wrong, it is something that will come up a lot in this story. Depression isn't something that just goes away, unfortunately. But there was only so much I could do with Kara and Danny talking before I felt like it would get kind of boring.

Anyway, just out of curiosity, who's POV do you like reading more? Personally, I've found that I like writing Danny's POV more. I feel like I'm still figuring out exactly who Kara is but Danny is an established character and that makes him easier to write. Idk. Would you guys like it if I kept throwing Kara's POV in there would would you guys like me to keep the remainder of the story in Danny's? Let me know!

I do not own Danny Phantom just my oc and the plot. Thanks for reading! Enjoy :)

"It was just great! It really feels good to be on good terms with Sam again." Danny was telling Kara how he and Sam talked at lunch on Friday. It was now Tuesday evening and Kara and Danny were sitting on Danny's bed. Danny noticed that after their long conversation the other day, Kara wasn't as hesitant around him as she had been. For example, now she'll go and sit on his bed with him prompting her. For some reason that made Danny very happy.

"That's great!" Kara exclaimed. "I'm really happy for you." Danny smiled.

"Me too." Since the conversation was dying down, Danny decided to change the subject. To something that had been on his mind for the past couple days. You know how you hate living in the Ghost Zone at that weird apartment with no bathroom?" Danny asked.

Kara smiled. "Yes."

"I remembered the other day that there's an apartment complex not too far from here. They built it close to my house so that I could keep an eye on the ghosts and stuff. It's a ghost only apartment. It was specifically made so that ghosts can live in the human world. You'd legally be allowed to live here and become a citizen of Amity Park, if you wanted to anyway. Not everyone that lives there is a citizen. There's still some gray areas that we're trying to figure out," Danny enthusiastically told Kara. Kara, however, didn't seem as enthused as Danny hoped she would be. "But it's a really nice place and I think you'll like it!" Danny maybe was telling her this for selfish reasons. He wanted her to be on this side of things. Danny had always hated going into the Ghost Zone and if Kara moved into the human world, then he wouldn't have to keep going to the Ghost Zone to see her. Plus Kara had said she wanted to live in the human world again. It was a win-win.

"Don't you wanna live in the human world again?" Danny asked, confused. It had only been about a month that Kara'd been living in the Ghost Zone but she said it was gloomy and weird. She missed the sun and the clouds and people who weren't from another dimension or dead. Danny thought she'd be happy to hear about this place.

Kara hesitated before answering. "It's complicated."

Danny's face scrunched up in confusion. "How? You said you missed the human world and this is your chance to be apart of it again. How is that complicated?"

Kara sighed. "But I wouldn't really be apart of it, would I? I'd just be a ghost living in that ghost only apartment complex in a world of people who are living. Remember that girl at the convenience store when we went to buy the gummy bears?" Danny nodded. "She was talking about ghost rights. People are obviously weary of ghosts actually living among them. Before, the people in this town knew they had you to protect them from ghosts. They basically see all other ghosts besides you as evil or as troublemakers. It's why I've hardly come back here. I don't want to be caught on the wrong side of things." Danny immediately felt bad.

"I didn't mean for this to upset you…I thought you'd be happy. I'm sorry," Danny apologized. He really hadn't meant for Kara to get upset. He just though it would be cool for Kara to live down the street from him. And maybe she'd be interested in helping with the ghost rights movement. It's something Danny hadn't been excited about in a long time but now that he was actually friends with someone who was impacted directly by it, his excitement for the cause seemed to flare up. He just assumed Kara would be as excited as he was. Danny voiced those thoughts.

"Don't get me wrong, I really do appreciate you thinking about me. You really don't know how much it means that you thought of me," Kara sounded sincere, but Danny knew she was just trying to make him feel better. It wasn't really working. "And you're actually right. I do miss living here. I mean, I wasn't from Amity Park, I grew up in Florida which is way far away from here. But the human world is the human world. I'll take what I can get 'cause I can't go back home." Kara becamee quite pensive.

"I don't know how I'd confront my family- if I'd even want to. I've been trying to make a new life in the Ghost Zone, but it's been hard…you know what? Let's go take a look at that apartment complex. Might as well. It doesn't mean I actually have to stay there, right? We're just looking," Kara said. And Danny beamed.

"Right!" Danny agreed as he all but leaped off the bed. He grabbed his jacket and slung it over his shoulder. "Let's go!" Danny said grabbing Kara's arm and pulling her towards the door. Kara just laughed and went along with him. When they made it to the bottom of the stairs, Danny stopped in his tracks and Kara slammed into him. His parents were sitting at the kitchen table hunched over paperwork and amodel of some sort. At six o'clock in the evening. On a weekday. This never happened.

"Mom? Dad?" Danny asked, shocked.

His parents looked up at him and they both gave him a wide smile. "Danny, my boy. There you are!" His dad said as he got up from his chair and pulled Danny into a bone crushing hug. "Your mother and I thought we'd stop home for dinner. We rarely ever have dinner as a family anymore." Danny was let go from the suffocating hug and Danny saw that his mother was now standing next to his dad, looking at Kara with curiosity. Before his mom could say anything, Danny jumped in.

"Mom, Dad, this is Kara." Kara waved at them.

"Hello," Kara said meekly, staying behind Danny.

"You're a ghost," Danny's dad said. Danny had to resist the urge to face palm.

"Yes dad, she's a ghost. And guess what? So am I. Now if you'll excuse us," Danny said reaching behind him to grab Kara's arm. "We're going out." Danny tried unsuccessfully to pass by his parents. They both stood in front them with their arms crossed and a determined look on their faces. Danny wanted run away when he saw his mom look back to Kara.

"Kara, sweetie, it's so nice to finally meet you. I'm Maddie," She said gesturing to herself. "And this is my husband Jack. We'd love it if you were to stay for dinner." Kara looked to Danny for help and he just shrugged, helplessly. With the tone his mom was using, he knew that they didn't really have much of a choice.

"I haven't eaten at all since I've become a ghost. I don't think ghosts eat, but I appreciate the offer." Kara looked at Danny from the side. "And I hate to break up your plans, but Danny was going to show me the ghost only apartment complex down the street. I was thinking of moving there," Kara said, trying to get her and Danny out of being roped into dinner. Danny appreciated it, but he knew they were screwed.

"Well I guess we'll all find out together if ghosts can eat, won't we? And you're talking about the Safe Haven. As it just so happens, Jack and I designed the place. We'd be happy to take you there tomorrow and give you the full tour. But for now, we should get ready to eat. Pizza will be here soon. Now, come sit down you two, we've got some questions." Danny just looked at Kara with a resigned look. He knew they wouldn't get out of this. Danny and Kara both hesitantly took a seat across from where Danny's parents had been sitting. His parents were putting the papers away and Danny got a good look at the model that was on the table.

"Is that the ghost prison?" Danny asked pointing to the scale model. His mom whipped around fast to pick it up.

"Yes, dear it is." She quickly placed the model on top of the fridge.

Danny felt Kara lightly tap his arm. "Ghost prison?" She asked, whispering softly. Before Danny could respond, his parents were sitting in the chairs across from them.

"So, kids," Danny's dad said. "Maddie tells me the two of you are sleeping together," His dad looked at them expectantly. Danny blushed and shrunk back in his chair. His dad was never one for subtlety. Danny didn't even want to see the look on Kara's face.

"No, dad. We're not." Danny glared at his mom who just smiled at him. This was her doing.

"Well, I, for one, don't believe you. So, here," Danny was mortified when his mom pulled a box of condoms out of no where and placed them in front of him. Danny didn't think it was possible, but he managed to shrink down even further in his chair. "We still don't know exactly how sex works between humans, or half humans, and ghosts." Then she laughed. "Well of course we know, but we don't know what the consequences would be so it's better to be on the safe side.

"We are not having sex!" Danny said, outraged. "Why can't you just take my word and leave it at that?" His embarrassment was quickly turning into anger. "Don't you trust me to tell the truth?"

His parents looked at each other. "The thing is, Danny, we were once your age," His dad said. "We know how hormones can get. One minute you're studying innocently for an engineering test and the next you're pressed up against a desk tearing each other's clothes off." Danny had to repress a shudder when his parents gave smirked at each other.

"Okay, ew. I understand why you're concerned but really, we have no use for these," Danny insisted, pushing the box back over to his parents. "We're just friends, isn't that right Kara?" Danny finally looked over to find Kara blushing. She looked at Danny with wide eyes and she looked extremely uncomfortable about the whole situation.

"Uh, right!" Kara said too fast. "Friends. Just friends. No sex here." Kara looked down at her lap and Danny wasn't surprised when his dad pushed the box back over to him.

"We just want the two of you to be safe and make good choices," Danny's mom said. There was an awkward silence after that. It only lasted about two minutes but it felt like a hundred years. The silence was broken by the doorbell.

Danny practically jumped out of seat and with a hurried "I'll get it!" he was rushing to the front door.

He was stupid to think that his mom would drop their conversation from the other day. He wrongfully believed that just because he had gone through a few days without his parents questioning him that his mom had not talked to his dad about it or they had decided to drop the matter altogether. How dumb could Danny be?

How did his parents even know Kara was there? Had they been spying on him? Or were they planning on cornering him when he was by himself and it was just a coincidence that Kara was with him? All these questions ran through his head as he opened the door. Danny was surprised to see Paulina's best friend, Star, on the other side of the door.

"Oh, hey Star," Danny greeted.

Star smiled. "Hey Danny. Here's your pizza," she said handing him two large boxes. "And here's the soda," Star said handing him a bottle of soda.

"Thanks," Danny said, taking the bottle from Star. Not wanting to go back inside and face his parents, Danny decided to start up a conversation. "So, how have you been? I haven't seen you at school."

Star nodded. "I've been good. I'm part time over at the college. I only go to the high school in the morning," she explained.

"Oh, that's cool."

"Yeah. I wanna get my A.A. before going to cosmetology school. I want to be a hair dresser. But if I have my A.A. before-hand, then I can go back to college once I get my certificate." Danny nodded, slightly impressed and, he was surprised to note, mildly sad.

"Seems like you have everything figured out," Danny tried to sound supportive, but thinking about life after college always upset him. It seemed like everyone had their lives plans out except for him. Danny didn't believe he'd actually become and astronaut, but he didn't know what else to do.

Star beamed at him. "Yeah, I do. I'm really happy with the direction things are going. Anyway, I have to run. I have other deliveries. I'll see you around, Danny."

Star started walking back to her car when Danny realized that he hadn't paid her for the pizza. "Wait," Danny called out. "I didn't pay. How much do I owe you?" Danny asked, quickly setting the pizza and soda inside and running back out with his wallet in hand.

Star smiled softly at him. "It's on the house," Star went to turn around, but Danny stopped her. He hated all this free stuff.

"At least let me give you a tip," Danny said as he pulled out a $20 bill from his wallet.

Star shook her head. "That's too much money. The tip's only supposed to be like three dollars or something. Plus, we're not supposed to take money from you."

"I insist," Danny said, suddenly desperate. "Take it." Danny grabbed her hand a placed the $20 in it. "For cosmetology school. Please. I won't tell if you won't." Danny kept hold of her hand as Start contemplated what she should do. Danny had to stop himself from doing a victory dance when Star nodded and pulled her hand away clutching the twenty dollars.

"Thanks, Danny." He nodded in return. Danny stayed outside until he had watched Star had disappeared down the street.

Once she was out of sight, Danny quickly realized that he had left Kara alone with his parents. Shit. Danny turned around and booked it back inside. He hoped they weren't giving Kara too much trouble.