Hopefully this is what you were all hoping for, because I feel this tied it up a little more kind of nicely.
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That being said, after Phantom's light sleep turned into a deeper one, Maddie didn't know what to do. A part of her realized that a ghost who fights other ghosts on a daily basis could be left alone outside overnight: he would stop his unneeded sleep and go back to haunting the city; however, a smaller, more emotional part of her felt nauseous at the idea of leaving a teenager out by himself at night.
She couldn't take him home, anyway, she reasoned. She could wake him up.
Maddie glanced at the sleeping apparition still clinging onto her. There was no way she would wake him up. Call it irrationality, but the ghost looked like he needed that rest. Maybe ghosts had their own state similar to sleep that allowed them to gather up energy? She debated studying him before snapping out of it. Just this once. She will let him be just this once.
Maddie stood up and carried the ghost, careful not to wake him up.
A place, a place… She needed a place to let them both rest without being vulnerably outside or inside of the Fenton Works building where her family could get hurt. And then it hit her.
The Fenton RV.
It was perfect: away from public eyes but not quite within the actual Fenton household, and easy to subdue Phantom if he drops the act and becomes aggressive.
Maddie began her trek towards the RV with the ghost still in her arms.
They reached the RV, and Maddie quietly hoisted them into the vehicle before closing the doors. The windows were slightly rolled down to allow some cool night air and any possible hot air from the morning out. Then again, considering Phantom was a ghost, he could probably keep the air cold through the mere act of existing.
Maddie continued to play with Phantom's silky locks and let her mind race.
She couldn't imagine losing her baby boy. Phantom's mother must feel so distraught and Maddie felt a wince of sympathy for whoever this woman might be. She glanced down at Phantom, who was propped up against her while still asleep, and sighed.
She wondered where Danny was, but a strange calm rested in her chest, feeling that he was near and okay. Maybe he'd come home while she was here with the ghost that looked just like her son…
Maddie's eyes drooped and her grip around Phantom relaxed somewhat. They slumped against each other and just as Maddie felt herself slip away into sleep, a flash of white light illuminated the space within the RV. Her last thought was that maybe she had missed a crucial part of what ghosts did while in a "resting" state, but that thought slipped away with her consciousness.
Madeline Fenton woke up to a pale gray sky and a thin frame propped up against her. Rubbing the grogginess out of her eyes, she allowed the events of the night before catch up with her.
There was no way Phantom would still be here, she thought. No way. She glanced at the form next to her and her jaw dropped lightly.
Danny. Her son. Right there, next to her, asleep. The gears in Maddie's brain spun and grinded against each other until she came to a conclusion. Phantom, "waking up" from his "sleep," had for some reason thought that since he had been with her until she fell asleep, that bringing her son over to her while they were both asleep to fulfill the "mother-son" attitude of the place. It was giving the specter a lot of slack, but it was the most sensical thing that crossed her mind.
Maddie sighed and hook her son awake. Blue eyes looked up at her.
"Hey Mom," he said, before he realized where he was and bolted upright. He glanced at himself, looked at his hair, and relaxed. Danny smiled at her. She smiled back.
"Hello Danny," she said. "Phantom must've brought you here overnight." Maddie missed the way her son tensed before nodding in exaggerated agreement.
"Yes, that must've been it," he said. Maddie ruffled his hair and Danny leaned into the touch. Maybe they weren't as drifted away from each other as Maddie had originally thought.
"Let's make ourselves some breakfast," Maddie stated before taking her son's hand and hopping off the RV and into Fenton Works. As the two chatted and prepared breakfast, her thoughts about last night and Phantom drifted away. She was glad to be here now with Danny. Her son. Even if it was only for this one morning before he distanced himself from her again.
"Love you, Mom," Danny said as he leaned on her. Maddie ruffled his hair again.
"Love you too, Danny." And with that, she planted a kiss on his forehead and served their plates.
This was a perfect Saturday morning, even if it was just this once, just for this small moment. She wouldn't have had it any other way.
And that was Stars! Small and sweet with some good old typical Fenton parents missing an obvious answer.
I enjoyed writing this, and I hope you enjoyed reading it, too. Love y'all and see you around!