Sorry it took so long to get this chapter up but life as taken its course…hope u enjoy and I should have the next chapter up by Friday!! R&R plz!!

Trading Spaces

Part 2

The next morning everything went smooth for Diana. No argument, no fighting with her parents, and she didn't get lost going into first period. Once she found her seat she noticed that she noticed that Sam and the others hadn't made it to class yet.

Grabbing her notepad she was startled when she saw James staring at her from his desk. Smiling back at him and blushing, she put the notepad on her desk and started to draw. She wasn't good at drawing, in all honesty she thought that her drawings sucked.

"Nice drawing." She jumped at the sound of James voice. Turning to him she smiled, then looked down at her picture. Instantly her smile turned to a frown.

"You really like it?" she asked James who was still smiling at her.

"What's not to like?" he asked as she stared down at it. He fallowed her gaze then looked back at her. As if reading her thoughts he told her, "It doesn't look childish."

"Yea right. It's a stupid love setting, seems like every time I try to do a love scene it turns out to look childish."

"It doesn't look childish. If it looked childish then why would it have a teenage couple holding hands on a swig set in a beautiful park?"

She looked at his face and realized that he was determined to make his point. "I don't know. It just reminds me of a cup my grandmother use to have. There were two small children on a bench in the middle of a meadow."

"I think its beautiful, and you have no reason to critize your drawing." He finished.

"Would you like it then?" she asked ripping the paper out of her notebook.

"If you don't want to keep it." He told her taking the paper and smiling. She smiled back and looked at the clock. It was almost time for school to start and Sam, Danny, and Tucker were no where in sight. I wonder were they could be. She thought staring at the clock. James cleared his voice and Diana turned her attention back to him. "How was your first day?"

"Great! Lunch wasn't too good but other then that it went good."

"What lunch period do you have?"

"First… I think."

"Really!? So do I. Why didn't I see you yesterday?"

"I had to run to my locker before lunch, then that ghost came and terized the cafeteria."

"Yea that's something that will never go away, yet another good reason why I want to be a contractor."

"You want to be a contractor?" She asked putting her notepad back in her book bag.

"Yep. What about you? What do you hope to be?"

"I don't really know. I haven't given it much thought. My main goal is to survive high school." They both started to laugh.

"Any ways, I was wondering. Would you mind if I sat with you today?"

"I don't mind, but I will have to talk to Tucker, Sam, and Danny, that is if they ever get here." She glanced up at the clock. They only had three minutes to get to class, not even that much.

"Are you all beginning to become pretty good friends. I mean you, Danny, Tucker, and Sam?" He asked making a strange face that Diana couldn't read.

"Yea, we have a lot in common." Before she could say anymore the bell rang and James left to go to his seat next to egomaniac, Dash. Sam and Danny both told Diana about Dash and how he treated them at the Nasty Burger yesterday and she made a mental note to stay out of his way.

Mr. Lancer started the class and it went on for what felt like forever. Every once in a while Diana would look over at Sam's and the others set and wondered were they were. Surely they aren't sick. She thought staring at what Mr. Lancer was putting on the board. Deciding that what he was putting on the board was important she took notes. About half way into class Danny, Tucker, and Sam came running in breathless.

"Glad to see that you decided to join us today." Mr. Lancer told them still writing on the board. Everyone turned to look at them then looked back at Mr. Lancer. Diana turned to Sam you sat in her seat next Diana.

"Where were you guys?" She mouthed to Sam.

"I'll tell you later." Sam mouthed back.

The rest of the morning went by in a blur. Other then Mr. Lancer's pop quiz, nothing out of the ordinary happened. Sam told Diana that they would meet up at her locker and talk before lunch. Sam told Diana why they were late, and Diana was grateful that she made it to school before they did. Sam explained that they were out on a ghost hunt, that lasted longer then they thought that it would.

They were about halfway to the cafeteria when Diana remembered that James wanted to join them for lunch. When Diana told Sam about what had happened that morning with James, Sam's reaction wasn't what she hoped it would be, but told Diana that it was ok. Diana wanted to ask why she was being skeptical of James, but decided to ask later.

At the lunch table Danny and Tucker were talking about the ghost that they had fought that morning. Diana and Sam sat their lunch on the table and listened in on the conversation. Once they were done talking about catching Skulker Danny turned to Diana with a gleam in his eyes. Looking uncertain, she looked over a Sam and she had a smile on her face. "I heard that you need some help controlling your ghost power, and it just so happens that I would have a empty schedule, would you like to join the Danny Academy?"

"Um, that's a tough decision. Would I rather not be able to use my powers for the lack of knowledge and get killed, or would I like a tutor? I wonder?" She pretended to be thinking about the difference then turned to Danny. "Of course I would want to join! Thank you for doing this."

"No problem. Besides I could use some more help fighting ghost, and what kind of help would a useless ghost girl be?"

"Oh thanks you make a person feel terrific about themselves." She joked back at him while digging into her, what looked to be meat loaf. Danny started to talk to Diana and the others about the plan he had come up with.

"I figured that we would teach you some things after school and on the weekends. How does that sound?"

"That sounds good to me, but who's we?"

"Sam, Tucker and myself, of course."

"When do you want to start?"

"How about today after school?" Tucker asked while taking a big bit of meatloaf.

"I can't. I have to pick up my sister after school. What about tomorrow?"

"Hey guys!" James called as he neared the table. Tucker and Danny looked from one to the other, then to Sam. Sam just nodded her head toward Diana and Diana gave them the, I'll explain later look. James looked at Diana then at Sam, Tucker and Danny. "Can I sit here?" he asked them as he neared the seat next to Diana.

"I don't know what do you all think? Should we make him eat standing up?" Diana teased. In return James made a pouting face, and pretended to be hurt. Diana looked around the table at her friends and they just shrugged their shoulders. "Come on and sit down." She motioned to the chair beside her and he sat down.

They were silent for several minutes. No one knew what to say. It wasn't until Tuckers PDA beeped that they were able to start a conversation. "Nice PDA Tucker. I use to have one just like it, but my brother took from me." James told him, apparently unable to stand the lingering silence.

"Thanks but why did Dash take it?" Tucker asked as he swallowed the last bite of his meatloaf.

Diana, who was taking a drink of her water at the time, spit it out of her mouth. "Dash is your brother!"

"Yea. Why do you ask?"

"Well. Never mind." Diana told him while playing with her chuck of meatloaf. He looked at her suspiciously. He looked like he was getting ready to ask why again, but Sam bailed her out. "Why did he take your PDA?" she asked.

"He said that it was to nerdy for a football player. I tried to tell him that it wasn't, but instead of listening to me he throw it on the ground and stepped on it."

They all looked over at Tucker. He was sitting there holding is PDA like a newborn baby, and whispering, "I'll never let that happen to you."

They all started laughing and Tucker looked at them. At first he looked a little angry, but after a while he started to laugh himself. The rest of their lunch was a blast, or Diana thought it was. The bell rang and they all went their separate ways. The rest of the day went by fast. After the last bell rang Sam, Tucker and Danny all met at Diana's locker. "I had an idea just a few minutes ago." Danny begin looking serious again, "why don't we all go with you to pick your sister up, then we can teach you some things about your powers."

"Sounds good to me." At that they all started to walk toward the middle school. On the way Danny and Tucker demanded a explanation from her way James sat with them at lunch. By the time she had explained the whole thing they were at the middle school. She looked at the main doors and didn't see her sister standing there. They all looked around the school and didn't see anyone. As soon as Diana, Sam Tucker and Danny had meet up again Diana started to see her own breath. Diana looked over at Danny and noticed that he too was seeing his own breath. They both changed quickly and flew around the corner with Sam and Tucker fallowing close behind.

"Freakshow!" Danny, Sam and Tucker all cried in unison.

Fin!

Yep this is not my best work but o well R&R plz!!