A/N: I hope all the readers enjoyed the last chapter. I had a feeling I was only going to get 3 reviews…well anyways; I still try to write the best possible, even though my stories aren't liked as much as others. But who cares? The people that don't like it, I get to annoy them when they have to see my story on the page…well.

The Social worker in the last chapter was pretty much based on my old social worker and my friend's current social worker (mine was annoying and stupid, her's was kinda nice). But of course, social workers do not understand about family relationships, only what they're told…so they're decisive but try to sound nice. I hope I reflect this in her character.

I hope you enjoy this chapter! I had to delay what was going to happen in this chapter to the next chapter, so it won't seem to happen too fast….

The Best Gift of All: Chapter 10: Interlude: Wary Feelings

On the way back home, Sam, Danny, and Tucker walked in silence. Tucker repeatedly looked between the two to try and decipher what was wrong. Finally, he broke the still air.

"Guys, what's up? Why the long faces?" he said enthusiastically.

Sam sighed solemnly, and Danny turned to him and replied, "I'm moving Tuck."

"Really? You and Sam are…"

"No Tuck," Danny interrupted. "…just me."

"Ok…so when and how exactly are you moving?"

"Basically, I got called to the office on the P.A. to see someone in the main office…"

"I heard that."

"…anyways, it turns out that it was some social worker who found out where I was and got a hold of my files somehow. I thought Vlad stole them from the system's database and cleared the references, but oh well, I guess he didn't. And then, the social worker told me that she's going to find a new home for me to live in!"

"Doesn't she need some kind of consent from you, or something like that?"

"No, because I'm just a minor. Plus, I told a little white lie that I was living somewhere by myself, because Sam's parents don't know that I've been living in Sam's closet for about the past seven years!"

"So that's why both of you are so upset…"

"And you're not?" Danny spouted angrily. Sam just shook her head.

"I'm not saying that, per say. I mean, she just told you she was going to find a home for you right? Without giving any specific time frame or location?"

"Yes, but the lack of a specific location is precisely the problem! I mean, who can tell where she'll move me too? This is so insane…" Danny whined.

"It's ok buddy. The three of us will find a way to get through this, like we always do. Well lookie here, I'm home. See you guy later!" Tucker said, waving, and then retreated to his house.

Sam and Danny waved back then resumed walking. After a few minutes, Sam turned to Danny.

"Danny?" she asked.

"What?"

"I don't want you to move."

"Me'n neither. I'm so used to waking up in that same spot every morning, being woken up by you. I don't know how I'd live without it."

"Yea…well, I guess we'll have to get used to it. Life's not always as fair as it seems to be on those typical TV shows…"

"Uh huh."

Then finally, they made it home. Sam took out her key and unlocked the door, then swung it wide open. Her parents were sitting down.

"Samantha! You're home!" They said. "And your friend's here too…"

"Yeah, mom. We still have to study for that test coming up in history, ok? Well, we're going up to my room now…" She said awkwardly, and they went upstairs to avoid the peculiar glances from her parents.

As soon as they had locked the door, her mom turned to her dad.

"Don't you think it's a little strange? Ever since they met, he seems to be always over here. Even when we moved…"

"Maybe he asked his parents to move, you think?"

"Probably, but I still think it's funny. They've stuck to each other like glue so far. Pretty soon, our daughter will be asking if she can marry him!"

"And there will be nothing we can do…"

And then, they sat in the kitchen pondering, trying to understand what was going through their daughter's mind.

Miss Aleshia Moore was currently standing in front of a rather weird house, with her briefcase in hand. It had what appeared to be an upside-down satellite that had crashed upon this poor two-story home, but she knew better.

'So here it is: the home of Amity Park's famous ghost hunters…' she thought. 'The only reason I'm here is because they have money that they get by selling inventions to the government…thankfully not that ghost nonsense. Maybe they'll be the right ones…'

She had currently visited about six homes in this town, and none of them had wished to adopt anyone.

'No one knows how to spread joy and love to a needy child,' she thought angrily. 'Well let's see if there's one hidden beneath the crowd…'

She went up to the door and knocked.

"I'll get it!" She heard a feminine voice call out from within the house.

In less than a minute, the door swung open, revealing a red-haired girl with blue eyes. She was probably in high school.

"Yes?" The girl asked, blinking.

"Hello, are your parents at home? I wish to speak with them."

"Uh huh. Just a minute! Come on in," she replied, and then stepped out of the way for her to pass by.

She stepped into the room.

'Well, this house certainly has the right atmosphere…I hope the parents are willing…' she contemplated.

The girl ran downstairs in the basement, shouting, "Mom, Dad! There's someone here to see you!"

"Really?" An enthusiastic male voice said.

"Ok, we'll be right up. We just have to seal up the Nitrate and Potassium samples…"

"Ok." The girl said, then ran back up. "They said they'll be up in a moment." She relayed to her.

"So I've heard," Aleshia said, smiling.

In a moment, her parents came up from the basement, wearing neon orange suits.

"Hello there," the girl's mother said politely, and reached out to shake her hand. They shook. "My name's Maddie, and this is my husband, Jack. And this is my daughter Jasmine." She indicated the podgy man and the girl.

"My name's Aleshia. It's a pleasure to meet you all." She said.

"Welcome to our home," Jack said.

"Why don't we all sit down," Maddie said.

Jasmine, Maddie, and Jack sat down on the sofa. Aleshia followed.

"So, mind if I asked you a few questions?" She said, putting on her professional face.

"Not at all," Maddie said, waving her hand.

"Ok then. Are you interested in adopting children?"

"I don't know…I mean, when our child was kidnapped a long time ago, after he was only a year old, me and Jack felt an absence in our lives…it depends on the child though."

"Where does your daughter go to school?"

"I go to Casper High," Jasmine said.

"Ok. Do you know a boy named Danny?"

"Danny…which Danny? There's Crawford in 12th, Footman and Sand in 11th, Gee in 10th, Fenton in 9th…"

"It's Danny Fenton."

"Oh that boy?" Maddie said. "He's such a nice boy…him and Jazz are good friends! Isn't that right Jazz?"

Jazz nodded.

"That's good that you know him. Are you interested in adopting him? He's quite the lonely one. He really needs loving parents."

"I'd love to adopt him! Though I always assumed that he lived with that friend of his…"

"He said that he didn't, but admitted that his friend supported him."

"Oh…"

Aleshia dug in her briefcase and pulled out a packet of forms.

"These are the papers you have to fill out. Be done by tomorrow when I bring him over."

"No problem! You're going to pick him up from school?"

"Yes, indeed. He'll be so overjoyed!"

"I hope so."

Aleshia closed her briefcase and got up.

Maddie said, "I hope you don't have paraskevidexatriaphobia. For it's in three days."

"Ok," Aleshia said, and then she walked to the door. When she almost touched the door, a loud alarm went off:

"Ghost alert! Ghost alert!"

Aleshia was flummoxed. She almost jumped in the air.

"Ghost alert! Ghost ale-"

It was shut off by Maddie, who tore off the wires.

"Sorry about that noise, Aleshia. That thing always goes off when someone steps on the doormat for some reason. Goodbye now!" Maddie said apologetically.

"Ok…goodbye." Aleshia said, then opened and closed the door behind her.

'That was a close one,' she thought. 'Well, at least Danny will have a loving family to look forward to. Though they are weird…'

Sneak Peek at the end of last chapter.

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