The next morning Danny went to the kitchen. He got his lunch ready, and started eating his breakfast. While he was eating, a half naked woman came in. Danny gave her a quick glance, then went back to eating his cereal.
"Hello?" The woman said.
"Good morning." Danny said.
"Who are you?" She asked him.
"I'm Danny, Tony's nephew." Danny replied.
"His nephew? I didn't know his nephew was here." The woman said.
"I live here, yes. But I was not here last night. I was on a date with my girlfriend, and didn't get back until early this morning." Danny said, still eating.
"Oh." There was an awkward silence, at least it was awkward for her. "So, how long have you been living here?" She asked.
"I've only lived here for a few days, but I've lived with Tony for few months. My parents and sister died a few months ago, so I moved in with Tony until I turn eighteen." Danny said, knowing the woman would ask why Danny lived with Tony.
"Oh, that's so sad. I'm so sorry to hear that. How long until you turn eighteen?" The woman gushed.
"It's okay. I turn eighteen in about a year." Danny got up and put his bowl in the sink. "Tell Tony that I left for school." He told the still half naked woman.
"Alright." She said. Danny left the house.
A few minutes later, Tony came downstairs. "Erica?" He asked.
"Good morning Tony. I just met your nephew. He's so cute. He also told me to tell you he left for school. Why didn't you tell me your nephew was living with you?" Erica asked.
"Sorry." Tony said. "I just didn't."
"You let him stay with his girlfriend until late, at seventeen?" She asked.
"He can do what he wants. I ca't stop him. And they were probably not even really alone. They have a friend that they hang with. They probably spent the night watching movies, and talking." Tony said.
"Oh, okay." Erica said.
At school.
Danny was walking to the door, and every eye was on him. Many people probably thought he wouldn't show up after what happened yesterday. When people saw Josh coming onto the school grounds not long after Danny, some ran into the school, while others stayed to see if Josh was going to kill Danny for getting him in trouble.
Josh walked up to Danny, and poked him on the back. "Yo Danny." He said.
"Yeah Josh?" Danny asked, relieved that he wasn't feeling sadistic at the moment, he also noticed that all the extra energy was dying away.
"Thanks for yesterday." Josh said.
"No problem Josh. If you ever need to burn off some aggression, let me know, I'll gladly let you take it out on me in a place where there are no people that could get really hurt." Danny said. "I know what it's like to have pent up aggression, and have no way of getting rid of it." That was only partially a lie. Usually the box ghosts was there to beat up, not that he put up much of a fight.
"Cool." Josh said. "Sorry about your nose too." Josh said.
"Oh, it's fine." Danny said.
"Did I really break it, or were you telling the truth about having broke it before?" Josh asked as they walked to their lockers, which Danny realized were right beside each other.
"I really did break it as a kid. It's perfectly fine now." Danny said.
"Cool. Can I talk to you about something, in private?" Josh asked. "I don't normally talk to people about this, but I get this feeling of safety from you. I know that sound strange, but it's true. I get the feeling you'll keep a secret if I asked you too." He said.
"If it's not illegal, then I'll keep a secret." Danny said. "You can come by me house after school if you want. I'd offer to let you walk with me, but I walk two miles to get from my house to here." Danny said.
"Two miles? Why walk that far?" Josh asked.
"My uncle is usually out jogging when I get up to go to school. I usually jog with him, but since I have school now, I just walk here. I like to walk, and keep in shape." Danny said.
"I can walk with you. I don't mind walking two miles." Josh said.
"Cool. I'll have to call my uncle later and tell him I won't be coming to the Navel yard today." Danny said. They would have said more, but the bell rang, so they went to class.
At lunch, Danny sat down under the tree from the day before, to eat. Carly came running over, Alex comeing behind her at a slower pace. "Danny. Thank God you're really okay. I saw you in class, but I didn't know if you were okay becasue you weren't even looking at the teacher, and acted as if something were wrong." Carly said, sitting beside the teen.
"I'm fine Carly. Thanks for worrying about me. Josh didn't try and kill me." Danny said, handing them both an apple. He had packed three just so he could share.
"Thanks." Alex said, taking the fruit.
"Thank you." Carly said, also taking the apple from their friend. "What were you and Josh talking about anyway?" She asked, taking a bite of the apple
"Stuff. He just wanted to talk to me about something." Danny said, taking a bite of his sandwich.
"Oh." Carly said.
"Do you guys get a feeling of safety from me, like you can trust me no matter what?" Danny randomly asked a few minutes later.
"Where did that come from?" Alex asked.
"Just thinking of what a friend said to me one day." Danny said.
Carly and Alex thought about it for a minute. "Yeah." Carly said. "I do kind of get this feeling at you are the most trustworthy person on Earth."
"I agree. I don't know why, but you seem like someone who would do anything for anyone." Alex said.
Danny chewed this over as he chewed his sandwich.
For the rest of lunch, Carly talked non-stop about a dance that was happening next week. "Who are you going to take?" She asked Danny.
"I don't even know if I'm going." He said.
"Why not? If you have no one to take, then you can come with us." Alex said.
"If I go, I think I'll just get Sam to go with me." Danny said.
"You're going to have your girlfriend come to our school for a dance? What about her school?" Carly asked.
"School in Amity Park doesn't start until the week after next, and believe me when I say that Sam could get here in no time at all. Her family have lots of money. Her grandfather was an inventor." Danny said.
"Cool. Bring her then. I'm sure she'd love it. The first dance of the year is always the second week of the year, ans uit's usually a medieval, renaissance theme, so she could dress as dark as she likes for it. It the only dance the school's goths like to go to." Carly said.
"She'd love that, not that it would matter. She would wear black or purple to any dance." Danny said. He scrathed his face, and realised he forgot to shave that morning
Alex noticed the hair. "Trying to grow your beard out?" He asked.
"No. I forgot to shave this morning because I was trying to be as quiet as possible because my uncle had a girl over. She still found me in the kitchen, but, oh well." Danny said.
"Why don't you grow a beard Alex?" Carly asked.
"I can't." Alex grumbled.
"What do you mean?" Carly asked.
"The men in my family are unable to grow facial hair." Alex said. "Not that I would look good in it anyway."
"That's okay." Carly said, kissing Alex to comfort him.
The bell rang, and everyone went their separate ways. When school was over, Danny met up with Josh in front of the school. "Ready to go?" He asked.
"Yeah." Josh replied.
They were a block or so away when they heard Carly and Alex behind them. "Hey Danny." Carly said
Danny and Josh stopped, and Danny looked behind to the young couple. "Hey guys. I didn't know if you were going to walk or not." He said. "Josh is walking with me." He said.
"I need to talk to Danny about something." Josh said.
"Cool. So Josh, did you understand what the coach was saying today, becuase you looked kind of out of it?" Alex said. Alex and Josh talked about football the whole way.
"So Danny, will I get to meet your girlfriend next saturday? The way you talk about her, makes me want to meet her even more. She seems very nice." Carly said.
"Yeah. I really love Sam. She is really nice, but get her mad, and you have to suffer. Luckily, most of her anger is toward her parents, and the ghosts in Amity, so me and Tucker are safe from it." Danny said.
"Why her parents?" Carly asked.
"They don't like the way Sam dresses, and acts. They hate that she's goth, and not more like you." Danny said. "They're not as bad as they used to be, but she still hates it."
"Why the ghosts then?" Carly asked.
"Why not the ghosts, at least the evil ones." Danny and Carly talked about ghosts until it was time to go seperate ways.
Neither Josh nor Danny said anything the whole way to Danny's house. Danny took his key out to unlock the door. "Hey Danny." The two teens heard.
Danny turned to see Maggie Mae walking over. "Hello Mrs. James." Danny said.
"Is this your friend?" MAggie Mae asked, ignoring the fact that Danny called her Mrs James, and not Maggie Mae.
"Yeah. This is Josh Miller." Danny said. "Josh, this is my neighbor, Maggie Mae James."
"It's nice to meet you Mrs. James." Josh said.
"It's nice to meet you too." Maggie Mae said. "Danny, whe your uncle gets home, can you please have him come over? I have something for him."
"Yes ma'am." Danny said, unlocking his door. "Have a good day." He said as he and Josh went into the house.
"You say that like she comes over all the time." Josh said.
"She might as well. She was here the first day, when we were moving in, and she met me out here yesterday morning." Danny said. He put his bag on the floor by the door, and went to the kitchen, motioning for Josh to do the same thing. Danny sent his senses out to make sure that the woman from this morning wasn't still there. She wasn't, not that he expected her to be. No woman Tony brought home stayed for very long.
"Is there anyone here?" Josh asked.
"No." Danny said.
"Good." Josh shifted from one foot to ther other. He then leaned forward. before Danny really knew what was happening, Josh's lips were pressed to his in a shy kiss.