Paulina sat on her bed in a cross-legged position, still reeling from the events that had taken place. She placed a hand over her tingling lips.

She sat there for what felt like a long time, just recalling the moments she had spent with Danny. They left the party at eleven and he'd taken her out for some late night ice cream.

They sat and talked. When Danny reached out to hold her hand, an elated feeling consumed her. When they kissed, it was like they were the only two people in the world.

Everything that had occurred within the too short hour they were together had caused her to completely forget about her familial issues.

He'd dropped her off at home with a departing kiss and promised to meet her the following day.

Paulina buried her face in her pillow and released a loud squeal that caused the lights in her house to momentarily flicker. She smiled and flopped onto the bed.

Once the elation passed, reality sunk in. The first thing she wanted to do was to call Star and Valerie and tell them about everything that occurred, but Star didn't like Danny. She claimed there were so many things 'not right' about him. And Valerie, well, she almost had a serious connection with him back when the two were dating.

But they were bound to find out eventually so Paulina opened her computer.

It was twelve twenty, which meant her friends were most likely still awake.

Paulina pulled up video chat and called each of them.

She called Valerie first.

Her face was flushed and there was a small cut on her neck. She had on a pair of jeans and a tight tee. Her hair was tied into a low ponytail. "Hey, Val. Uh, were you workin' out?"

Val, who was looking somewhere else besides the screen nodded. "Yeah."

"And the cut?"

Valerie glanced at Paulina. "Paper cut. I held it up too close to my neck."

"Uh-huh. Paper cut." Paulina raised a brow. "You expect me to believe that?"

Valerie shrugged. The screen moved as her friend placed the computer on the bed before plopping in front of the screen once again. "So, what'd you call for?"

"I just..." Paulina paused, biting her lip. Her hesitation was brief, but it was enough for her friend to tilt her head in confusion. 'Just rip it off like a Band-Aid,' Paulina thought. She took a breath and blurted, "I just wanted to tell you that Danny kissed me today."

Valerie raised her brows, surprised. "You like Danny? And when did this start happening?"

"I'm not sure," Paulina admitted with a sigh. "But, I really, really like him. And it almost scares me how much I want to be with him."

Valerie cocked her head to the side. She smiled. "I understand. He's a good guy, too." Valerie paused, scrutinizing her friend. Paulina must've appeared to look pretty agitated because her friend noticed. "So, what's the problem?"

"Well," Paulina clasped her hands together and twirled her thumbs around each other. "I know you guys had thing, and I-"

"What?" She blinked. "You didn't want to hurt my feelings?"

"Well, I mean, it's the girl code. No dating exes."

Valerie laughed suddenly. "Paulina, we were never together together. I mean, we almost were, but we weren't." She grinned. "I got over him four years ago, and it was never anything serious to me. He was just cute, I liked him, then didn't, and that was it. Girl, don't stress." Valerie winked at her, still beaming. "So, tell me more about him."

"Well, he's great." Paulina smiled, obeying Val's wishes. "Patient and kind, calm and sweet. You know Stephanie likes him? She actually looks forward to hanging out with him."

Valerie smirked. "Do you look forward to seeing him?"

"Yeah," Paulina admitted with a blush. "He promised to stop by tomorrow, and I can't stop thinking about it."

"Aw, you've got it bad. I can see it in your face," Valerie chuckled. "You've gotta be careful, though. From what I remember, Sam's extremely protective of Danny. Tucker's good, though. He probably won't give you as much of a hard time, I think."

The sound of an alarm blaring snapped Valerie's gaze away from the screen. She paused. "Sorry, Paully. I've gotta go. Talk to you tomorrow, 'kay?"

"Bye, sugar pop." Paulina smiled and blew her a kiss.

"Love ya!" Valerie blew her a kiss in return before they simultaneously logged out.

Paulina then called Star and replayed the information with her other friend. She wasn't as encouraging as Valerie, although she did reluctantly admit that the duo "fit together." Paulina wasn't quite sure what the blonde meant by that but she was being honest, Paulina could tell.

The moment she logged off, Paulina crawled into her bed and, after hours of reminiscing in the feel of Danny's lips, fell asleep.

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The morning after, Paulina found herself standing in front of her long mirror, putting on more outfits than she would at the mall.

Stephanie was sitting on the bed, beside the large heap of worn clothes that Paulina had tossed off. The little girl was patiently providing a second opinion for her older sister.

The Latina twirled in front of the mirror. "What about this one?"

"It's pretty, too."

Paulina sighed. "Stephanie, you said that about half of the outfits I wore."

"Well," Stephanie shrugged. "It's true. All pretty." She smiled a cheeky smile and bobbed her head up and down. Her curls, which were pulled up into two pigtails, bounced as she nodded eagerly. "You like him," The toddler smiled slyly. "Mucho."

"Yeah, I like him a lot," Paulina admitted with a small grin.

"He likes you, too." Steph pointed out as Paulina surfed through her now disorganized closet. The toddler glanced at the mountain of clothes on the bed.

"Well, I certainly hope so," Paulina commented as she studied her reflection. She sighed and muttered to herself. "I wonder how I make himfeel."

"Happy," Steph replied. Paulina twirled on her sister as she continued. "Super duper upper-ly happy. Like SUPER happy." She waved her arms dramatically.

"Uh-huh." Paulina smiled and pat her little sister's head. "And how would you know."

"Because I can see it," Stephanie replied.

Paulina furrowed her brows and bent down in front of the girl. "You what?"

Steph nodded. "When he sees you smile, his silver glow turns jellow, jellow! With a little red!"

Paulina blinked. If her sister claimed that Danny glowed silver, then yellow when he saw Paulina smile...

"He glows different colors when I smile?" Paulina beamed, processing her sister's words. "That's a neat ability you've got there, sissy."

Like a balloon that suddenly loses air, Stephanie deflated suddenly. "But is not normal. I tried to tell 'buelita Angie, but she said only super strong witches like mommy can do that."

"What?" Paulina's mouth dropped open as she plopped down beside her sister. "You told her about your ability?"

"No, I just ask her. She don't know I can see people's Feel." Stephanie paused, her face falling. The Latina couldn't blame her. After all, seeing people's auras was not exactly a common thing for other children. No doubt, Stephanie had already come to the conclusion. The toddler glanced down at her small feet. "Paully, am I weird?"

She smiled and caressed the chubby girl's cheek. "Aw, Steph. You're not weird. You know how I know?"

"How?" Steph inquired, eyes widening as she peered up at her sister.

"Because your sister can see things, too, but I learned how to control it." Stephanie's mouth made an 'o' shape upon listening to her Paulina's explanation. "I can see when people are lying or telling the truth."

"Really?" Steph grew hopeful.

"Yup, and I've done it since I was a little girl. Just like you." She tapped Stephanie's nose and grinned. "Mom used to tell me that it was okay. Me and you, we're special."

Stephanie hugged her sister and Paulina returned the embrace. She smiled, pressing her nose against her sister's hair. The toddler's dark locks smelled like apples.

The sound of her phone bleeping pulled the sisters apart. The head cheerleader rose to her feet, pausing to glance at a text message before focusing on the toddler. "Okay, Steph. Danny says he's gonna come here soon to take me out to eat. You wanna help me put all this stuff back?"

The girl's face stretched out into the widest beam. "Okay!" She hopped out of her seat and aided in helping her sister clean up the mess.

Finally, by butting heads, they chose an outfit.

It was casual but stunning: a loose, blue blouse with silver buttons lining the back; shorts that revealed her stunning athletic legs; and a pair of old but cute, black Converse.

She ran downstairs. Stephanie trailed close behind.

"Where are you going?" The grandmother poked her head from within the kitchen. She peered into the living room, her eyes narrowed cynically. "Are you going to see that niño mortal again?"

Paulina grinned, unfazed by her grandmother's calling Danny a mortal. She lightly tossed over her shoulder the words, "Yes I am."

She heard her grandmother bickering and her sister giggling before shutting the door.

Danny was leaning against the car, gazing elsewhere. She shivered. There it was again, that elated feeling slamming into her full force.

She smiled and automatically dashed towards him. His eyes snapped to her, clear blue eyes brightening.

He surprised her by sweeping her up into his arms and pulling her into a bone-crushing hug, which she happily accepted. He pecked her on the cheek, pulling back just slightly.

The small peck caused her to feel warm all over.

As he did the previous night, he courteously opened the door for her and shut the door behind her.

He took her downtown and, during their trip, they talked. She told him about the previous night's discussion with her friends; he talked about his. According to Danny, Sam—no surprise—was opposed to their dating.

They talked about their dreams, Danny's of being an astronaut and—to the hybrid's surprise—Paulina's wanting to become a pediatrician or doctor.

The conversation shifted to their family. Danny openly discussed his family, and she talked about her father and his family.

When she asked him about the parents, ghosts, and inventions, he reacted by putting on a guarded expression and squeezing out curt replies. Apparently, the family business—ghost hunting—was a touchy subject for him. He attempted to shift the conversation to her mother, and he found out shepreferred to avoid the topic altogether.

They each silently decided to wait until their relationship had developed a bit more before prodding into unwanted business.

When they weren't talking, the duo shopped. Paulina fawned over accessories and clothes, and Danny observed, mentally recording a short list of things she liked, slowly connecting characteristics so that he had an idea of what her tastes were. For the most part, their date consisted of just walking and talking. Danny was fascinated when Paulina explained she'd lived in Guatemala for seven years, and she laughed as he ranted on about all the quirky things he'd done in his life.

Afterwards, they walked some more and Danny mustered up enough bravery to hold her hand, which she happily accepted.

Around dawn, they strolled into the cinema downtown. It was fairly large and had white walls and red pillars. Bright blue lights shaped the words, 'Century Cinema.' The interior was rather spacious and not at all crowded.

To his luck, one of the four cash registers was completely empty. Danny waltzed over to the cash register, eager to buy some food. Things didn't go as the hybrid planned. When the server returned, he dropped a small package onto the table.

"Thank you, come again." The cashier uttered out, dully.

Danny opened the small container and found a simple hot dog.

Danny raised a brow and flashed the nineteen-year-old server a befuddled look. "Uh, sir," Danny began sheepishly, "I ordered two nachos, one with jalapeños. I didn't order hot dogs."

"Sorry, buddy," the acne-faced teen replied unapologetically. "You touch the food, you keep it."

Danny furrowed his brows and flashed a glance at the three people that had gathered behind him, waiting to order. "But, I didn't touch it. The hot dogs are perfectly fine. I did pay for the nachos and they're more expensive than the hotdogs-"

"Dude," the cashier threatened, "I'm gonna call security and you can take it up with them."

Danny huffed in irritation. The people in line were beginning to murmur with equal vexation. A few of the other customers even defended Danny—demanding the waiter to "just give him the damn nachos".

"Mister," Danny tried again, "I have the receipt. It shows I bought nachos. I don't want any problems, I just wanna watch my movie-"

"What's going on?" Paulina intervened, flashing perplexed glances between the server and her partner.

"That man won't give the boy his nachos!" An irritated overweight man shouted from behind Danny.

Paulina flashed Danny a curious look, silently asking him to explain. "He gave me a hot dog," Danny showed her the food.

The Latina spun around to face the indifferent fast food man. He shrugged. "Look ma'am, you can just move along and let these other people go-"

"Like hell I will," Paulina interrupted, snatching the hot dog from Danny's hands. She slammed the plastic plate onto the table. Danny blinked. The Latina's voice had taken on a dangerous edge. Her tone was threatening, angry. "My boyfriend paid seventeen dollars for our movie tickets and he's now paying ten eighty for our food."

The teen's face was suddenly devoid of color. Paulina leaned over the counter and tilted her head forward, gazing at the server threateningly. "Like hell I'm letting you talk to my guy like that. You better give us the damn nachos or I'm going to call your manager. Now do your fucking job before you really piss me off."

The people in line cheered and applauded in response. Their server jumped into action with a nod. "Right, ma'am. Uh, right away, ma'am."

"And don't forget the jalapeños!" Paulina hissed.

Danny blinked. The large man behind him leaned forward slightly. "That's quite a lady you've got there," he commented with a grin, slapping the smaller teen's shoulder in blatant approval.

Danny beamed. "That's my girl."

The teenage cashier rushed back with a tray of food, including the coke and jalapeños they ordered. "Napkins!" Paulina snapped, the waiter jumped and went to fetch her some.

"I got it," Danny grinned as he picked up their tray. Paulina leaned over Danny, he slid his free around her slim waist. "You're amazing, you know that?"

"Aw," Paulina blushed. "Stop it." She nudged him lightly.

Together they walked into the movies, choosing out seats in the back that had a wonderful view of the screen. Paulina comfortably leaned against the Fenton teen and popped a nacho into her mouth.

Within an hour into the movie, Danny and Paulina were completely engrossed, as were the other viewers.

Danny started slightly when a shiver abruptly slithered across his body. He was intensely disappointed when a cloud of miniscule icicles burst from his mouth.

Paulina, having felt Danny shiver, glanced up at him. "You okay, Danny?"

"Huh?" Danny's eyes flickered to the screen then back into her clear eyes. He smiled. "Sure, I'll be right back." He slipped out of her grasp as he rose to his feet. "Just, uh goin' to the bathroom."

Paulina smiled, though it was clearly strained. "Okay."

Danny turned away from her. He frowned in irritation as he rushed out of the theater.

"Darn ghosts won't let me enjoy a freakin' movie." He rushed out the doors and slipped into the bathroom.

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A/N: Okay, I suppose writing at one am isn't the brightest idea, but it's been so long since I last updated.

Anyways, I tried reviewing this, but I'm physically exhausted from this long workout.

I'm trying out this new thing where I try to stay in shape. So far so good.

In any case, I apologize if any grammatical errors inconvenienced you.

Also, if the chapter seemed rushed to you, it probably is. It bothers me that there's more than ten chapters and there's still no action!

So, in order to make up for that next chap, I'm bringing in the Red Huntress.

Review, please?