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Time spent at Sam's was fun. But when the time came to go home, it didn't please him very much. Whenever "Uncle Vlad" was over, he didn't really like being home, and did whatever to get out of the house. He walked into the house expecting his dad or Vlad to greet him, but found nothing. He walked around through the house, wondering where they went. He heard mummbled conversation in the lab. Timidly he crept toward it. He didn't want to be caught, and besides that, he'd told his parents he wanted nothing to do with their lab. Imagine how it would look to see Danny spying on their activity in the lab, the place Danny swore to avoid.

"I'm telling you Vlad, I really think you should let Danny alone for a while." He heard his mothers soft voice.

"But why Maddie? Its not like the boy doesn't like me."

"I didn't say that. Just, that I think he'd like you more if you let him be once in a while." Danny smiled. And that's why mom rocks. He thought to himself. Inching closer in hopes of catching more of the conversation, until he caught a glimps of them in a mirror. Deciding not to go any closer, he stayed where he was. But a sudden out burst from Vlad made him jump and fall down the stairs. They turned in his direction. His cover blown, he choose to play it off as his clumsyness. With an added touch of self pity.

"OW...mommy I hurt myself again. My ankle hurts." He put on the best sad face he could. Hoping his little show would distract them from the fact that he'd intruded on their conversation. Maddie rushed over to his side and started examining his foot. Danny saw the look on Vlad's face. And if looks could kill, he'd be doomed. Vlad saw right through it, but thankfully Maddie didn't. Her examination through, she asked him.

"It seems fine. But what were you doing there anyway?"

"I had something important to tell you. I thought you'd be down here, but when I got to the top of the stairs, Vlad scared me with that loud voice, and I fell." Once again repeating the sad face. Vlad's glare turned harder if it could. Maddie ran her hand through his hair.

"Well, you seem okay. So what is it you wanted to tell me?"

Thinking quick, he thought of nothing better to say than telling her about ghostly activity at the movies he'd seen earlier. "All this time and I didn't know it!" Danny nodded. Maddie rushed out of the lab to find Jack, declaring along the way that Jazz would start dinner if catching the ghost took a long time. Danny almost laughed at the show, and all over a ghost. But while it was all fun for Danny, Vlad wasn't happy. Normally he didn't mind Danny, but, he had a tendency to ruin things for him, and this was no exception.

Danny rolled to a sitting position as Vlad neared him. Danny looked up at him with a smirk of the inner two-year old in him. "Oh wipe that goofy look off your face. I'll have to come up with something to make up for the intrusion you did."

Playing it off as innocent, Danny stated, "Intrusion? No, I tripped, didn't you hear me?" Before Vlad could answer Danny was up and running out of the lab, appearing perfectly fine. Vlad sighed. He supposed at times he forgot what it was like to be a kid. And although Danny was a teen growing into an adult, Danny didn't hesitate to behave like a kid. Vlad was just glad Danny had gotten past the smart and sometimes insulting phase. Where Danny would answer him with remarks that could hurt ones feelings. Vlad was pleased Danny was past that now.

Vlad soon followed Danny's path out of the lab. Once in the kitchen, he found Danny arguing with his sister over what to eat. Vlad assumed this was his que to step in. "Now Daniel, since Jasmine was left in charge of the cooking I suggest you leave it to her." Coming closer he whispered to only Danny could hear, "Besides you can always skip what she makes and go to something else." Danny smiled and laughed some. Jazz sighed.

"Do I really want to know what you told him?"

"No, not really." Danny retorted. He then ran out of the kitchen to and to the living room.

"What's gotten into him, he's normally not that hyper, is he?" Vlad questioned.

"He's like that when he comes back from visiting Sam, usually because he's had candy or something." Vlad gave an understanding look.

"Well, when you're parents get back I'll have to tell them I'll be needing to head back home for a while." Jazz nodded an okay, then turned back to the dinner.

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