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Chapter Eight

Jazz:
Part One

I'll take your invitation…you take all of me

I heard the door open around ten thirty and looked up from my book, also hearing two familiar voices.

"Werewolves are so much cooler than vampires," my brother argued.

"No way," Sam protested.

"Okay, vampires can't go out in to the sun. They can die fifty billion different ways and--"

"Werewolves are only like big, klutzy dogs," she said.

"Who don't need blood to stay sane or alive. Vampires need blood to do both."

"Yes, but eventually, werewolves die. Vampires, are immortal."

They both walked into the kitchen, acknowledging that I was there (In this case Danny said "hi" and Sam waved) and then continued their debate right away.

"Werewolves might die of old age, yes, but they'll live longer and they can only be killed by a silver bullet. And at least if they get within an inch of sunlight they don't burn to a crisp," he pointed out.

I rolled my eyes as Valerie and Tucker walked into the room. Val gave me a look that said, "they've been doing that forever now" and I grinned.

After school I'd overheard Valerie and Tucker talking about this "double—date" I'd already heard so much about. And so I'd confronted her about it after he'd walked away and asked what was up.

They were trying to put the two dunderheads together. And by dunderheads I meant Danny and Sam. It was kind of funny, really, if you thought about it. I figured that Danny would eventually snap out of his love for Paulina, realize Sam liked him, and then he would tell her first. Of course, the first assumption I had like that hadn't really worked, but hey, this was different.

"How was your night?" I cut off Sam's next reply.

"Sweet," Tucker said.

"Except for the part where we had to walk home from the bus because it broke down," Valerie grumbled. "We tried to play freeze out...but…"

"And of course, that brings up certain things that are so worth forgetting," Danny muttered.

Even I laughed. Ah, gotta love memories.

"Who's up for Adult Swim?" Sam asked, clapping her hands together.

"Just a second," I interrupted, remembering something. "I'll be right back." I walked out of the room quick, but stayed just beyond the doorway, hidden out of sight.

"Since when is she invited?" I heard Danny say. I made a face. He was so going down for that.

I waved my hand just inside the door after everyone had their attentions turned and finally Tucker looked up and saw me. I motioned him to come with me.

"Be right back, nature calls," he announced.

"We so do not need to hear that," Valerie replied after a moment.

I tried not to laugh, and he walked into the room, laughing. I grabbed his arm before he could say anything and tugged him into the living room.

"You're cutting off my circulation," he said.

"Oh, sorry," I said quickly, letting go of his arm. "I have an idea." I dug in my pocket and brought out magnetic letters. "Get them to play with this."

"It's just a bunch of letters," he told me, looking at me like I was crazy. Which, I was so not. I knew what it would do.

"But, it's a game…Just put them on the fridge…but do it discreetly. And it'll work I promise," I said.

"What game?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

"You'll see," I said, grinning.

"Okay…whatever," he said.

"Just trust me, would you?" I asked, getting slightly irritated at his skeptical attitude.

"Yeah, yeah, okay," he grumbled. I smacked the top of his head as he started back and he swung my hand away. (He'd grown up with me so he was used to it. He was like…a very very odd younger brother. That and, Danny had taught him a few things.)

"Wazzup guys?" he asked, going back into the room.

I followed after a few seconds, trying to be as unnoticeable as possible and started to unload the dishwasher, but listened to what they were saying.

"Everything come out right?" Sam asked.

"Okay…way too blunt for me," Valerie said after a short moment.

"Hey, you guys want some ice cream?" Danny asked.

"We just had dinner," Sam said.

"No, we just went to a movie."

"Where before we had dinner, two shakes at the skating rink, and then popcorn at the theatre," Sam said.

"Whatever," he said. "I still want food."

"Drugs make him hungry," I put in with a grin.

"I am not on drugs. Not that kind of drugs," Danny insisted although we all were laughing. "Jeeze, would you leave me alone?"

"Never," Sam teased.

"I want some ice cream," Tucker said.

Good boy, I thought. Now just…

"You guys don't have any soy ice cream," Sam said.

"What are you talking about? Nothing died when the ice cream was made," Danny said. I even stood up at that, giving him a look.

"You freaking idiot. Ice cream is dairy," Sam groaned, smacking the top of his head.

"No…is it really?" he asked.

I smacked my forehead. There were sometimes I wondered whether he was really my brother…

"Yes, Danny," she said.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw Tucker open up the freezer and while they all had their attentions turned, stick some of the plastic letters onto the front and still manage to get the ice cream out at the same time.

"Extra chocolate on mine," Valerie said. "Wow, do you know how long it's been since I had dessert?"

"Hey!" Danny exclaimed all of a sudden. "When did mom and dad put these back up?" I turned around and grinned. Of course he would be the first one to notice.

Tucker glanced at me from the table where he'd opened up a bucket of ice cream and I gave him an I-told-you-so look. Because, hey, I told him so.

My brother moved all twenty six of the magnets around in swirls and then put them in two straight lines. "How many words can you create out of just these?"

"Here, here I know," Sam said, hopping to her feet and walking over to him. She moved her hands and formed a few letters. WATCH ORG— "Darn it, there's only one A."

"Please tell me you're spelling organic or something else than what I'm thinking," Danny said.

"Danny," Valerie and I said together. Sam and Tucker laughed.

"I'm sorry, it just…" He messed up the letters, his cheeks a bright red. "So anyway…"

"Let's get a game started," Tucker said. The emphasis he used on his words made me look up. He was staring at Valerie, raising his eyebrows. She looked at him, confused, and then got it.

"Ooh, good idea," she agreed. "Me and Tucker versus Danny and Sam."

"Nice," Sam said. "Be right back." She walked past me out of the room. "You guys go ahead and get started!"

"Yeah," Tucker said. "Since your partner's gone, our turn." He walked over to the fridge while Valerie ate some of her ice cream.

"Tucker! You overflowed the toilet!" Sam shouted loudly just a few rooms away.

Tucker got an odd look in his eye. "I didn't…" I felt my eyes widen as I stared at him and he caught my stare and quickly stopped. "I mean, oops!"

"I'll take care of it," Danny said, shaking his head and walking out.

I rolled my eyes. Knowing dad, he'd probably done it earlier since Tucker really hadn't even gone to the bathroom.

Tucker and Valerie were already playing, chatting with each other excitedly. I'd done my job for the night. Now it was up to them for a while. And they could probably do it.

I smiled to myself and walked into the hallway to turn in to my bedroom. I had a lot of catching up to do on that—

"And it's what we need to do," I heard as soon as I walked into the hall.

I gasped and quickly hid behind the hall, hearing Sam's voice quietly. "I'm telling you, I know what they're doing."

"Why…why would they do something like that?" Danny asked.

"I don't know, but I'm going to find out."

"So, what do you want me to do?"

"Oh, I have an idea…"

Well then. Things were going to be a bit different from now on, weren't they?

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Chapter Ten: Danny: Part Two

"So what are we doing?" I asked, trying to keep up with him.

Tucker turned around abruptly and I almost ran into him. "Dude, now that Valerie's been hanging around with all of us lately, we need some guy time. I say we hang out at the computer store or something."

"What about Sam?" I wondered.

He stared at me. "Okay, slowly then. G…u…y…s day."

"I get that part," I told him, giving him a look. "But I was just wondering what Sam would think."

"Has she ever cared what we're doing?" he asked.

He had a point. "Sounds good then," I agreed.

"Besides, she and Valerie are going to the mall and hanging out all day," he said.

I froze in shock. "What?"

Lateraina Wolf