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A Phantom Story

Chapter 5

When I finished my homework and my novel, I looked at the clock. 6:50. I have ten minutes to get to the park. So I slipped on my combat boots, pulled on my jacket, and headed towards the window. Since I'm "grounded" by my drunken guardians, I highly expect them to catch me while going out the front door. So I jumped out the window, and ran myself towards the park where Phantom was waiting for me.

It took me a decent eight minutes to get where I wanted to be. I spotted Phantom sitting on a swing, looking visible to the world. I eagerly ran into the entrance of the park, and dashed to the swing set. I carefully sat on the swing next to him.

Phantom swung his head at me, and smiled. I smiled back. There was a long period of silence. What should we say? What should I say? Hi? How're you doing? How did you die? I took a deep breath and began to speak.

"Hi," I greeted.

"Hey," Phantom replied. I bit my lip. Now what?

"So… whatcha wanna talk about?" I asked. Phantom shrugged.

"I dunno. Maybe talk about us… and what we like…" Phantom trailed off. I nodded.

"Well, my name is Sam Manson. I was born in California, and lived in a big mansion. I had two friends named Rebecca and Alex, and I'm Goth. I recently moved here in Amity Park with my Aunt and Uncle." I informed.

"What about your parents?" he asked. I bit my lip.

"I don't like to talk about that." I admitted. It was just then everything went silent, but I then broke it. "So… how about you?" Phantom wide eyed.

"I… uh… um… its hard to explain…" he rubbed the back of his neck. "There was this, uh accident…" I gasped. I put a hand on his shoulder.

"I understand. Say no more," I insisted. He nodded, and let out a sigh of relief. We sat there in silence just sitting on the swing set. It was then that Phantom finally broke the silence.

"What's your favorite color?" he questioned out of nowhere.

"Excuse me?" I asked, looking at him with eyes wide.

"Your favorite color…" he repeated timidly. I blushed.

"Oh… um black. What's yours?"

"I don't know. Its either blue or green. I can't decide. I also like black, too." he replied, smiling at me. I smiled back.

We began to talk about what we do for living, and joked around. We laughed and giggled along the way. It was an awesome night, I have to say. We had lots of fun talking. It was just then I looked at the time on my phone. 10:00? How long have I been talking to Phantom? I looked at him, and he looked at me in concern.

"Its ten. I need to get going," I admitted.

"Want me to fly you home?" Phantom asked. I smiled.

"Sure." He grabbed me by the waist and flew us up in the sky. The lights that shined the darkness, made the night beautiful. My face was full with amazement. It was so gorgeous. I decided I liked flying in the night. Especially with Phantom. I looked at him, and I realized he was staring at me while smiling. I smiled back.

"Gorgeous, isn't it?" he asked. I nodded.

"Yeah… I'm deciding that I love flying," I replied. He smiled wider.

"Then I should take you flying more often." Phantom suggested.

"Yes, yes you should." We both laughed. Soon we landed on my balcony by my window. We looked at each other one last time.

"Well, talk to you later?" I asked hopefully.

"Yep, talk to you soon," he replied. And with that, he disappeared into the dark night.

"Ah, where do you think you're going, Miss Manson?" asked a voice behind me. I gasped and turned around. My amethyst eyes met red.

"None of you business, ghost." I replied harshly. The red eyes glowed the darkness.

"Don't talk to me like that, Samantha. Unless you want to suffer." The red eyed ghost threatened. I wide eyed and screamed when he began to run towards me to attack. Just then someone shot him, knocking him down to the ground. I looked to my left to see Phantom.

"Phantom!" I exclaimed. He looked at me with worry and fear.

"Sam, go! Run!" he commanded, but I stood still. I wasn't going to lose him.

"No! I won't!" I protested. The ghost finally got up from the ground and shot Phantom down. He then grabbed my waist.

"You're coming with me." The ghost claimed and disappeared with me in his arms, leaving Phantom screaming my name.

I woke up with a start. I looked around my room. It was just a dream. I laid back in my bed, relaxed. I began to start closing my eyes when my alarm clock went off. My eyes shot open and looked at the time.

6:00. An hour before school. Great. I thought. I grudged out of my bed, and towards my closet. I pulled out a purple sweater with black sweat pants. I trudged into the bathroom and shut the door. I started the shower and took off my clothes. I stepped into the shower and felt the hot water slide down my skin. Oh, if only I could stay in there forever.

After my ten minute shower, I looked at the time. 6:10. I sighed as I got dressed, and walked out of my room. I walked towards my dresser and combed my hair, and did my makeup. I then ran downstairs, towards the kitchen. I then saw my Uncle sitting at the kitchen table reading a newspaper, and my Aunt making cereal. I shudder at this situation. They reminded me of my parents…

"Hi, sweetie." Aunt Susan greeted, totally clueless about yesterday. Well, they were drunk. What do you expect?

"Hey," I replied. I grabbed the bowl of cereal from Aunt Susan that she handed to me, and sat down at the table. "Soy milk?" Aunt Susan nodded and I began to eat it. Uncle Fred still didn't put the newspaper down to greet me. I shrugged. Bad mood much?

After I finished my cereal, I looked at the time. 6:40. The bus would be here in five minutes. So I grabbed my backpack and headed out the door.

The boy with the red beret was at the bus stop again. I paused. The last time I saw him was when I was chasing him down the street and then got attacked by a ghost. I then started walking towards him.

His face was stuck in that PDA, I could tell. I wonder why he is so into that thing. Its just a piece of junk; nothing special. But I guess some people don't know that, don't they?

He glanced at me once while playing with his precious PDA. His eyes were dull, a sign of depression. His face was pale, and I noticed how his outfit was wrinkled, and covered in dust and dirt. I started to get suspicious. What happened to this kid? Did something go terribly wrong? Did he get attacked by the ghosts who invaded our town?

Just then my thoughts were interrupted when the bus pulled up. I took a deep sigh and stepped on the bus after it opened the doors. I climbed the three steps and made my way to the same spot I been sitting at for the pass three days. It was then that blue met amethyst. I noticed that Danny was sitting across from me.

We stared at each other for long, but when we noticed this, we instantly looked away. I blushed, but he didn't. He just shrugged it off, like it was no big deal. I then looked out of the window, realizing that the bus was moving. The view outside was still beautiful. It always looked beautiful. Especially at night.

It was then that the bus stopped in front of the school and everyone made their way out of the bus and towards the school. I walked alone, not like everyone else and flew into the school, towards my locker.

After some pushing and shoving to get to my locker, I finally got there. I unlocked it, and unpacked my backpack. When that was over with, I grabbed the textbooks I needed for my classes and closed my locker, and locked it. While I was heading to class, I looked over my shoulder to see Danny trying to find his papers and textbooks. I snickered and made my way off to class.

But when I turned my head around, I bumped into a girl with long dark hair with shining blue eyes and tan skin. She wore a pink shirt that reached up to her hips, showing her belly button. Her pants were blue and she wore white heels. I guess she was popular, wasn't she?

"I'm so sorry," I apologized. "I didn't see you there." I then gave her a hand, but she slapped it away as her little two "assistants" helped her up.

"Don't touch me, you freak." The girl insulted. "No one messes with Paulina Sanchez. No one!" I started to get confused.

"I wasn't trying to-" I tried to reason, but this so-called Paulina girl cut me off.

"You just made a big mistake, loser! You messed up my hair AND got all that… dark stuff on me! I don't need your Gothness!" she exclaimed.

"Oh really? Well I think you need it," I shot back. Paulina and her little two girly friends gasped. Paulina's face turned red of fury.

"Star, Ashley. Let's go," the beauty queen demanded. They then all stormed away to their homeroom. I rolled my eyes and sighed as I made my way to my homeroom. I'm just going to guess here and think this is going to be a long day, it seems.

Lunch has finally arrived and I was starving. So I rushed to the lunch room after visiting my locker and hopped on line. Once I ordered and paid for my food, I made my way towards Valerie, who was having a fight with Tucker. I sighed as I finally got closer to them.

"Tucker, you need to give her a chance!" Valerie demanded.

"Why should I?" he asked. "I don't need friends."

"How about me? You don't need me?" Valerie asked, a little hurt.

"I don't need you. I don't need anybody." Tucker admitted. He then got up from his seat. His face made its way towards mine and froze. He gave me a cold glare before walking away, disappearing into the hallway.

"What was that about?" I asked as I sat down across from Valerie.

"It was Tucker. He been depressed since his fight with Danny." she answered. "Tucker and I are in a relationship… I'm scared if he's going to dump me." She put her face into her arms and cried. I then got up from my seat and sat next to her, putting a hand on her shoulder.

"Its okay, Val. He'll soon realize that what he's doing is wrong and apologize. Don't worry, everything will be okay soon," I assured. But then started to disbelieve my own words. My grandma and Dad used to say that to me. But what happened in the end? They vanished. Leaving me with my Aunt and Uncle who I am starting not to like.

Valerie looked up at me with her red, puffy eyes. "Okay. I believe you." I smiled. We then hugged and I stood up, and walked over and sat down to the spot where I was sitting at before.

It was then that Miss Popularity came over to our table. She looked at us with a devilish smile and looked at Valerie's puffy eyes. She started laughing and pointing at her.

"Look everyone! The strong Valerie Gray is crying! What happened, sweetie? Did your geeky boyfriend dump you?" Paulina asked, teasingly. Well, she was half right and half wrong.

"N-no he didn't!" Valerie replied, raising her voice. This formed a crowd.

"Oh really? Then why after he left, you started crying?" Paulina asked, putting a finger on her chin.

"Um… because… because…" Valerie stammered. I saw Paulina smile. No… I couldn't let her win.

"Because its none of your business!" I cut in. Everyone turned their heads towards me and gasped. Probably surprised that a shy girl like me has the nerve to confront Paulina.

"Excuse me?" she asked, a little taken back.

"You heard me." I replied. "And I want you to go back where you belong and stop bugging us, you slut. Valerie is going through a lot right now and doesn't need you to make things worse."

"What if I want to make things worse for her?" she asked. I raised an eyebrow, and crossed my arms over my chest.

"Then that makes you a total bitch." I answered. Her eyes narrowed and she clutched her fists. "Oh, so now you're trying to act tough for me? Sweetie, you wouldn't have a chance fighting against me. I can kick-butt, you know. Heck, I can beat all your sorry asses all together if I wanted to." Everyone started going 'oooh' at my reply. Paulina then stormed out of the lunch room, following with her two little girly friends. Everyone then started going back to their own lunch tables and I sat back down in my seat.

"Thanks," Valerie thanked me.

"No problem," I smiled. She smiled back.

After school was over, I walked home all alone. It was very quiet, no sound was heard besides my footsteps stepping on the concrete sidewalk every single second. It was then I heard voices. Voices of a boy and a girl talking to each other. I looked over to see Danny and Paulina.

"Oh come on, Danny! Just go out with me one more time!" Paulina pleaded. Danny shook his head.

"How am I suppose to know you aren't going to cheat on me again?" Danny asked. Again? What does he mean by again?

"I won't, I promise! I love you, Danny. I always have, and you know that!" Paulina exclaimed. Danny then sighed.

"Fine. Friday night at eight at the Nasty Burger. 'Kay?" he ordered. Paulina nodded and smiled and kissed him on the lips. He responded and they started making out. Trader.

I made my way to "my" house and ran inside. I shut the door behind me and ran up the stairs. I went into my room and shut it behind me. I started digging into my backpack and got out my homework. I then went to my desk, and found a unopened folded note. I unfolded it and found out it was from Phantom. I smiled and read it.

Dear Sam,

Wanna do the same thing as last night? I had lots of fun. I hope you did too. You don't have to come, but I would be excited if you do. Then later we can hang out on your roof and look at the stars? You said you always like doing that, and I do too. So whatcha' say? Be there at around… let's say six? I'll be there waiting for you…

-Phantom

I smiled and laughed. I loved being with Phantom. We had so much in common. He's really coming close to someone that I know I will care about with all my heart, just like Rebecca and Alex.

I sighed dreamily and began doing my homework. Tonight at six. I'll be there, Phantom. I'll be there.

How did you like that chapter, huh? Was it intense? No? Okay.

Anyway, this was fun to write, also. I loved writing the fight scene between Sam and Paulina. I'm really angry at my sister and writing that fight scene made me feel better (: So sorry for my bad language. I was just very pissed off.

Anyway, what will happen? Will Sam meet Phantom once again? Will Paulina get back at Sam? And why is Danny dating Paulina? Find out in chapter 6! :D