Paulina looked sullen. They (Dash, Paulina and Star) were in the hospital, trying to do two things: secretly check and see if Danny was okay, and talk his parents into teaching them the ins-and-outs of ghost trapping.

Paulina, manipulative as ever, had a plan before anyone could say, "What should we do?"

"Okay, so this is what we are going to do…"

Star somehow managed to worm her way into Danny's hospital room and convinced his parents to come out. Paulina instantly asked them how Danny was (rather loudly, like she was really worried), because only family was allowed in. Tucker and Sam managed to worm themselves in, but only because they were hurt too, and they all shared the same room. Of course, their injuries weren't as bad as Danny's.

Mrs. Fenton smiled sadly, "Danny's stable, and even though he hasn't woken up yet, he be fine in a few weeks. But he has some broken ribs, and those are going to take more time to heal.

Inwardly, Dash breathed a sigh of relief. Good. Their geek was going to be alright. That was all he needed to know, but Paulina still wanted to convince Danny's parent to take them on as students.

"So, what did you want to talk about?" The anxious mother looked at each of them one by one expectantly, obviously wanting to go back to her baby.

Paulina (like always) took the lead. "Well, this attack really opened our eyes. You know, about protecting ourselves, and the people around us from ghost attacks. And," she paused, chewing her lips (noticeably an act to anyone who knew the girl really well), "We were wondering if you could train us to your apprentices, or something."

Mr. Fenton answered first, after the first initial shock wore off. "Are you sure? After all, the trainings going to be tough, and ghosts are very dangerous."

Paulina gave him a look, and Dash realized that the Homecoming Queen expected him to step in and say something. "That's exactly why we need you to help us learn how to get rid of ghosts safely! If we don't, who else will hunt supernatural happenings when you're gone? We could be the next generation of ghost destroyer's!"

Sam yelled from inside the room, "Come quick. I think that he's having a nightmare!"

Maddie rushed into the room, leaving her husband alone with the hopeful teens.

Jack sighed, "Fine, you can come around to our house sometime tomorrow. By then, I'll have to have gone back to work. You can't believe how awful the hours are for inventors."

Paulina squealed, a gleam in her eyes that made him feel like she was going to blow up the world, or something evil like that. "Thank you Mr. Fenton! You won't regret this!"

The tired-looking man raised his hands in a defensive manner. "Now hold on. I'm only giving you this chance because I know that in a week, you'll have given up. It's just like I said before. This is a very difficult subject to learn."

Dash spoke up. "I can promise you that we won't give up, sir. I'm not one to give up easily." He smiled his brightest, most dazzling smile he had.

But the ageing man just shook his head and turned back around to go into his son's hospital room.

The jock looked around. "Hey, were did Star go?"

"She left a while ago to pull the car around and grab us some sodas. Are you been feeling okay," Paulina raised one perfectly sculpted eyebrow, "You've been really spacey lately."

"I have?"

"Yeah, it's like you're obsessed with something. I can tell when you are thinking about whatever it is, because your face gets all soft, and you look like a puppy begging his master to pet it."

The sensitive jock blushed. He had no idea that he was so easily readable.

Paulina flashed him her evil, demon smile, and that's when he knew that he should be afraid of whatever the girl was thinking of. "You have a crush!"

"Um…I don't have a crush."

"Yes, you totally do!"

"Paulina, I'm telling you that I most defiantly DO NOT have a crush."

"It's Danny, isn't it?"

There was complete silence. Dash suddenly became very interested in the floor tiles. The cheerleader that was harassing him pushed her chin up proudly…and she laughed.

"Oh my god, you are totally in love with him!"

He sighed, "You probably think I'm a freak. I mean, liking a nerd is one thing, but love…"

She fan-girl screamed, "So you admit you love him?"

"Yes? No! I mean…I don't know. It just kind of slipped out."

Paulina huffed and rolled her eyes. "You know, one of the reasons Star, Kwan, and I suddenly changed our opinions about Fenton is because we knew the entire time that you liked him."

"What! Why didn't anybody say anything?"

"Because we knew that you'd freak out! Look, we don't care who you date, but other people will. You know who I'm talking about."

Oh, yes he did-Ethan. The name itself made Dash want to grind his teeth together.

But before he could continue his thoughts, Paulina finished what she was saying before. "And, besides you were not exactly being subtle about how you really felt. If I remember correctly, you were the first person to start calling him our loser. That was what gave you away the most."

Dash winced. He was that see-through the entire time? Geez, that's embarrassing. But, then again, he didn't understand his feelings until just now, so it's not like he had been broadcasting it to the entire world.

Up until now, Dash had always thought that he was interested in Danny because of his banter, and because of the aura of mystery that surrounded the shorter boy. Whenever he caught himself obsessing over everything had happened (when Danny kept disappearing and all), Dash had thought it was because he wanted to figure out the smaller boy. But, no matter how hard Dash tried, he couldn't understand the "loser", and it didn't just make Fenton all the more interesting; it made him all the more interesting.

In fact, Dash was kind of glad Paulina had dragged him into one of her schemes, because now he could keep an even closer eye on Danny. And once Dash found out his secret, he was sure that his infatuation would soon go away.