Okay, first off: thank you for all the support and for all the kind words that you gave me! I mean seriously. When I woke up this morning, my e-mail was bombarded with many favorites, alerts and reviews. I love you guys so much!
And second: I just want to let you know that this MAY be my last update in a while. But I PROMISE to update when I can! Maybe every weekend but no guarantees! Anyway, the reason is, it's because that our semestral break (that's right, we have one!) is going to end on November 5. Which is a Monday. So, yeah.
So I guess that's it! Enjoy reading!
Disclaimer: do I really have to do this?
My brother: um, yeah?
Me: Ugh! Fine. I don't own the show DANNY PHANTOM or ANY of its CHARACTERS. There, I said it.
My brother: good girl.
Me: shut up.
Danny's POV:
"So Mr. Fenton, you're telling me that Ms. Samantha over here is now your wife?" Mr. Lancer… ehem, sorry. Principal Lancer said as he eyed Sam carefully.
"Yes, Mr. Lancer. I'm Danny's wife now." Sam said. I felt a blush already forming on my cheeks. If only that statement was true…
"I always knew you two would end up together…" I heard him mumble. This time, I was certain that both Sam and I were already blushing. Everyone and I mean everyone had been teasing or rather insisting, that Sam and I would end up "together" in the future. And they were right… kind off.
"Anyway, so, what is the reason why Ms. Man- I'm sorry, Mrs. Fenton needs to come with you to work?" Mr. Lancer asked with a slight smirk forming on his lips.
"Well, for starters, I don't want to leave my wife alone. And since that I'm Danny Ph—"
I felt a sharp pain on my left arm. I jumped slightly and turned to face Sam who was smiling sweetly at me even though she pinched me. Her eyes made it loud and clear: "watch your mouth."
"Is there something wrong?" Mr. Lancer asked uncertainly. I shook my head before continuing what I was saying whilst rubbing my arm up and down. I can even see a bruise forming.
"As I was saying, since that I am Danny Fenton, son of Jack and Maddie Fenton who are ghost hunters, ghosts will most likely come and haunt us. And I don't want to risk getting my wife and our unborn child getting hurt." I said with an air of finality. I'm guessing that Mr. Lancer sensed it because he sighed before nodding.
"Well Daniel, I've known you to be protective of your love ones so there is no use of arguing with you. Alright, I permit you to do so, Mr. Fenton."
I smiled before shaking his hand.
"Thank you for understanding." I said. He smiled at us before nodding.
"You're welcome, Daniel. Run along now, you have classes to attend to. And if there is anything else that I can do for you just let me know." He said with a smile.
"Thanks again, Mr. Lancer." Sam said while shaking his hand.
"Of course, Samantha. Now, you may leave my office." He said. Sam scowled but did as she was told anyway. I chuckled to myself before following her as well.
"Daniel, Samantha?"
Sam and I turned to face Mr. Lancer.
"Congratulations on your marriage and the new baby." He said. I felt Sam stiffen beside me while a lump formed in my throat. I hated lying. Especially to people that did not do anything bad to me. I forced a fake smile to make its way up to my face as I guided Sam out of the office.
"Thank you, Mr. Lancer." I said as I shut the door.
-LINEBREAK-
"Good morning class. Sorry I'm late. I attended a few matters a while ago." I said as I faced my class of elementary students. Did I mention that I was teaching in an elementary school? Well, I'm mentioning it now.
"Good morning, Mr. Fenton." My class replied. I smiled before gesturing for them to take their seats. As I was about to say something, one of my students raised her hand.
"Yes, Ana?"
"Why didn't you come yesterday?" Ana began. "Astronomy wasn't fun with the substitute."
The whole class voiced out their agreements while I chuckled softly. I love these kids so much.
"Alright, settle down." I began. They all quieted down before I resumed talking again. "I had a day off. And I discussed some… important matters. Now, we have a visitor." I said.
"Who is it?" Jason, my top 1, asked.
"Sam." I said facing the door. Shyly, Sam stepped in before looking around. The children began whispering before I interrupted them.
"Remember all those times when you would ask me for a story when we didn't have anything to do? And I would tell you stories about my female best friend?" I asked. They all nodded while Sam glanced at me curiously. I smiled at all of them.
"Well, may I introduce you to her." I said.
"That's her? Wow Mr. Fenton, she really is pretty. No wonder you always talked about her dreamily." Ana said. I felt myself blush as the class once again voiced out their agreement. I also hear Sam chuckle softly beside me.
"So, Mr. Fenton has been telling stories about me, huh?" Sam said.
"Yup! And also about a boy named 'Tucker'! Mr. Fenton showed us a picture of him but he hasn't shown anything about you yet." Denise, the snobby one said.
"Hmm… mind telling me what he said about me?"
"He said that you were his best friend and that you used to do everything together. He also said that he li—"
"I think that's enough for now. Remember, we have work to do." I said interrupting the kids. They groaned while I heard Sam chuckle. I rolled my eyes at her and gestured to a seat at the far back of the classroom where guests can sit in and observe.
"Alright, alright. I'm going." She said before sitting down on the chair. I smiled before facing the class.
"Alright, can anyone tell me what we discussed last meeting?" I asked. A lot of hands were raised. Teachers have been complaining that whenever it was their period, these kids were too lazy to cooperate. But with me, even the kid who has always been sleeping during classes is full of energy. Well what can I say, I'm that awesome.
"Yes, Andrew?"
"We had discussed about the stars and their types."
"Very good. Now, can anyone give me a type of star?"
"Yes, Jason?"
"Umm… Mr. Fenton, can we take a break for a moment? I mean we are already very advance than most of the other children right? Can we just start the lesson again tomorrow? Please?" he said. I was taken aback at what he said while staring at the face of my class. They were nodding their heads while staring back at me with puppy dog faces. I heard Sam chuckle behind me I turned and shoot her a look.
"What's the matter, Mr. Fenton? Can't handle your students when they give you puppy dog faces?" she teased. I scowled at her before facing my annoyingly adorable students.
"Alright." I said with a sigh. "What are we going to do today, huh?"
"We want to ask you and Ms. Sam some questions!" Jason said. Again, the whole class voiced their agreement. Sam and I glanced at each other before facing them.
"Alright, what would you guys like to ask?" Sam asked. The children had exchanged looks before starting to whisper to one another. After that, my student, Claire raised her hand.
"Yes, Claire?" I asked.
"Ms. Sam, why does your belly look a little big?" Claire asked shyly. Once again, I felt Sam stiffen beside me. I glanced at her only to discover that she was already looking at me.
"What now?" she whispered. I sighed.
"We have to tell them." I whispered back.
"What? We're going to lie to these innocent kids?" Sam asked looking alarmed. I gave her a grave look.
"It's the only option, Sam. They wouldn't understand even if we explained it to them. And one more thing, it's not that I don't trust them okay? But, I have a feeling that if we tell them the truth, they might tell their parents about it and this whole thing might get out. It will be chaos if that happens." I explained in a quiet tone, still aware of many pairs of eyes on me. Sam sighed and nodded her head.
"But then, they will spread a false rumor… a lie, Danny. We will be making them lie. We aren't really married, and even though the part that I being pregnant is true, this baby is still not yours. *sigh* I'm sorry Danny, I just hate lying to little kids." Sam said. I closed my eyes for a second as I inhaled deeply before answering.
"Sam, I know how you feel. Being a teacher, I need to teach my students facts about things and good moral values. I hate lying to them too. How can I teach them to be good people in the future when I, myself, am lying to them? How do you think I feel? As much as I don't like doing this but it's the only thing left. Unless you want to call this whole thing off and be left alone in our house when you're in danger. A ghost is after you and your unborn child. I don't who or what kind of ghost but main thing is, it is after you two. I don't want to risk you getting hurt, okay? You've got to understand." I finished. Wow, that must be the longest thing I have said besides ghost information.
"Alright…" Sam said. I stared at her with one eyebrow raised. "Why are you staring at me like that?"
"I just said the longest… paragraph… in my life and that's all you have to say to me?" I asked. Sam rolled her eyes.
"I'm sure that wasn't your longest 'paragraph'. So quit your whining!"
"Umm… Mr. Fenton? Ms. Sam?"
Both Sam and I turned to see my students staring at us with curious and a little frightened faces. I almost forgot that they were there!
"Sorry, guys. What was your question again?" I asked. Claire eyed us wearily.
"We were all asking Ms. Sam on why her belly was a bit big." Claire said. I shot Sam a look that said "behave". She just rolled her eyes again.
"As 'weird' as it may sound to the most of you, the reason why my belly is 'a bit big', is because I… have a baby… inside it." Sam said the last part so softly that I almost didn't hear it. I saw my students' eyes pop out of their sockets… not literally though… that would be disgusting.
"You're pregnant?!" Jason asked/yelled. Ana rolled her eyes before smacking him upside the head.
"No Jason, she just swallowed a baby whole. OF COURSE she's pregnant! She just said so, didn't she? Geez, even though your top one in this class, you have very poor hearing." Ana said. Both Sam and I chuckled at Jason's expression.
"Seriously though, you're really pregnant?" he asked.
"Do you want another smack? I can give it to you right now." Ana said while cracking her knuckles. Jason moved his chair away from Ana's, who happened to be sitting next to him, as farther as possible.
"Yes Jason, I am pregnant." Sam said whilst chuckling. Andrew raised his hand.
"Yes, Andrew?" I asked.
"Just out of curiosity. All of us have fathers, right? Even babies. So, who's the father of your baby?" Andrew asked. Here it comes. We will be lying to these innocent kids who don't even have an idea on what's going on. Sam glanced at me with a troubled look on her face. I smiled a small smile at her silently telling her that "I got this". I took her hand in my own before squeezing it gently.
"Me." I said. Again, I watched as my students' eyes pop out of their sockets… and this time, it looks like they were literally going to pop out…
"YOU?!" All of them chorused at the same time making me wince.
"Yes, him." Sam said.
"But I thought you guys were best friends? And best friends don't get their other best friend pregnant." Jason said. I sighed. Oh, we're in knee-deep trouble already.
"Actually, we're already married." Sam said. Holding out her left hand.
"MARRIED?!"
"Kids, seriously, if you continue that I'm gonna personally pop your eyes out. No offense but it's getting pretty annoying." Sam said with a scowl. They immediately fixed themselves.
"But last time we check, Mr. Fenton isn't married. And then now, he is? With a baby on the way too! It's like he got engaged, got married, did what married people do, and now got his wife pregnant, all in his one day-off?!" Andrew practically yelled. A part of me wanted to laugh and a part of me wanted to hide behind Sam judging by the looks my students were giving me.
"I already married Ms. Sam a long time ago. Now that she's pregnant, I don't like to leave her alone in the house." I said wincing a little. I wasn't completely lying to them. Oh God, what have I gotten myself into?
The girls in my class (minus Sam), began cooing "awes" while the boys just accepted it as if it wasn't a big deal. However, I noticed Claire give us a reluctant look as if she wasn't buying our story. Claire was a clever girl. She can also tell whether people are lying or not. And I guess she's sensing that I am lying. When our gazes met, she sighed and nodded. I'm betting that things will get pretty interesting with her from now on.
The bell suddenly rang signaling the end of the period. All of my students gathered their stuff before exiting the room. When Claire passed by, she sent me a worried glance. I smiled a weary smile at her before nodding. She sighed again before exiting the room.
"She knows we're lying, doesn't she?" Sam asked. I sighed and turned to face her.
"Yep… and she probably won't stop bugging us until she knows the truth."
Whew! 7 pages? not bad. :) anyway, thank you again so much! and I'll see you again next time!
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