~ I Do Not Own Danny Phantom or the Teen Titans ~

Chapter 5 ~ Job at the Pizza Place Down the Street

Danny's POV

I blink as the sunlight filtering through the window, shined down on my face. Ugh...I'm gonna have to get some blinds and some window curtains sometime soon. I thought to myself as I sat up on the bed. I looked at my watch and saw that is was only 7:34 in the morning. Man I hate mornings. I thought groaning and rubbed my eyes tiredly, and then I looked around the room. This place is going to need a make over. I thought looking at the dirty room. Dust and dirt was every where and the wall paper was pealing in some places. The room was empty except for the bed and a small coffee table in the corner covered in dust. Yup. Definitely needs a make over.

I got up and sighed tiredly. But all that could wait. I need to make some money first. In other words; a job.

I transformed into my ghost half, and then I flew out of the room by phasing through the ceiling. I flew over toward the town center at a relaxing speed till I was about several blocks away. I landed in an alleyway, changed back to my human self and walked the rest of the way into the town center to find someplace that was hiring.

Easier said then done.

At the first several places I stopped by said they either weren't hiring or that I was too young. I thought 16 was the legal age limit to work. Turns out some places make it 18. I was 15 years old when that stupid explosion ruined my life-or afterlife-, whatever you want to say, and now I'm being judged because of my age.

Stupid laws.

I sighed and saw a pizza place up at the corner of the street, called the Pizza Corner, right in the center of town, and decided to give it one last shot before calling it quits. I walked up to the Pizza Corner and saw on the window a 'Now Hiring' sign that made my hopes soar. I walked over to grab the sign but something stopped me.

The first thing I noticed was a group of five teens sitting at an outside table.

It was the group of Heroes that he had seen yesterday fighting that human looking block of cement. I stared at them in shock then my heart started to pound in my chest with nervousness. I looked at the Now Hiring sign with a skeptical expression. This was my last chance at a job. Do I risk it?

You know damn right I will. That's the thing with being impulsive. I take risk, even if they aren't smart. And as long as I keep my head down, meaning my powers, what do I have to worry about? I snatched up the sign, and headed into the building.

I could feel a single pair of eyes boring into my back as I walked inside, closing the door behind me.

Robin's POV

I was laughing at Beast Boy and Cyborg as they had their famous argument over veggie or meat pizza. I smiled and shook my head. I looked up and saw a black haired teen walk up to the restaurant. I was a bit confused though when he looked over at us then froze. The blue eye that was visible widened, as if fear. I saw his eyes flicker back to the building, and then I saw calculation pass over his face, like he was thinking something through.

I watched curiously as the boy seemed to come to a conclusion and he walked up to the doors of the building and he snatched up the 'Now Hiring' sign a bit roughly then he walked inside.

That's odd. Was all I could think.

I watched the boy through the window as he approached the desk inside and handed over the sign to the manager. The manager seemed to ask the boy a few questions then the manager motioned for the boy to come into the back, and they vanished from sight.

Shaking my head I looked back at the two titans as they continued to argue.

"Meat!" yelled Cyborg.

"Veggie!" Beast Boy yelled right back.

"Meat!"

"Veggie!"

"MEAT!"

"VEGGIE!"

I chuckled softly and I looked around the town center waiting for the waiter to come up so we could give them our order.

A few moments later BB and Cy were still at it when the boy from earlier walked outside with an apron on and a note pad in his hand. Looks like he got the job. I thought

I saw the boy look at us, seeming to hesitate, then he slowly walked up to us. I looked at the boy closely as he approached us. He seemed to be about 5'6 with a scrawny build, but he seemed to have a bit of a muscle tone. He has black hair that covered one side of his face, and the eye that was not covered, was a bright ice blue. To most people he would seem to be the type of guy you would see girls trailing after. The only thing that threw me off, were his eyes. They seemed to hold hardly any emotion in them. His eyes were as cold as the icy color in them.

The boy stopped at our table and he smiled, but it never reached his eyes. "Hello. My name is Danny Johnson. I will be taking care of you today. May I ask what you would like?"

"Meat!" "Veggie!" was said at once by Beast Boy and Cyborg.

The boy stared blankly at the two of them.

"No BB! We're getting Meat Lovers!" Cyborg said glaring at Beast Boy

"And I said Veggie! I'm a Vegetarian! I'm not eating meat!" Beast boy snapped back glaring back at Cyborg.

I looked back at the boy to explain what was going on, but I stopped when I saw a sad, heartbroken expression pass over the boys face. Huh? Why would this boy get upset over to people fighting over 'meat vs. veggie' conversation? I thought to myself.

I kicked Cyborg under the table.

"What?" Cyborg asked sharply, looking at me.

I glanced at him then glanced back at the boy. Cy picked up on my signal and he looked at the boy in front of us and noticed the expression.

"Yo, dude? You alright man?" Cy asked.

Danny looked up at Cyborg seeming to snap out of whatever state of mind he was in and smiled softly again, only this time it was a sad smile. "Huh? Oh yeah...I'm fine don't worry. Umm...how about you get two pizza's. One half meats and half veggie and the other whatever you guys want?" He said motioning to me, Starfire and Raven, who was sitting there quietly.

Cyborg and Beast Boy looked at each other then nodded grumbling. "Fine." they both said.

"Alright." Danny said quickly writing that on his note pad then he looked at us. "And you three?"

"We will just get a pepperoni pizza." Raven said calmly, staring at the boy.

The boy stared at Raven intently for a moment before looking down at the note pad and wrote that down. "Alright I will be right back." he said then turned and quickly left, retreating back into the building.

I looked at Raven. "So...anything you could pick up on him?"

Raven looked at me. "Sadness. Mainly to those two's meat and veggie argument. I don't know why that would upset someone as much as it did him though."

"Why? How bad was it?" I asked noticing that everyone at the table was listening.

Raven just shook her head. "I don't know. It's hard to explain. It was almost like agony though. The emotional pain coming off of him almost made me believe it was physical for a moment." Raven said looking up at us. "Something bad happened to that kid. Nobody should feel that much pain to something. Even emotional."

I nodded and looked back at the building and I watched the boy come back out to clean another table on the other side if the patio.

"That's not all." I heard Raven say softly so that only we could here her. "There is something else I feel coming off him. I don't know what it is thought. It feels almost like he's...dead."

I watched the boy pause for a second, and I saw his eyes flicker over to us before he got back to work. Did he hear us? I thought, confused. I watched the boy clean off a table then head back inside with a few dishes.

"Man, that's weird." I heard Cyborg say. "And creepy."

Beast Boy nodded in agreement.

"But friend Raven, How does one be dead yet he is walking right in front of us alive and well?" asked Starfire in confusion.

Raven shrugged. "I-I don't know. I think we should research him. Maybe find out a little more about him?" she suggested.

I nodded. "I can do that once we get back to the tower."

I looked up when Danny came back to the table with our Pizza's balanced in his hands. He set them down on the table and smiled softly keeping his eyes down, not looking at us. "Here you go. Is there anything else I can get you?" he asked.

"Yes! Could you get me some of the delicious mustard please?" Starfire asked, clapping her hands together excitedly.

Danny just blinked, and then he nodded and turned and went back inside never once looking at us. He came back out a moment later with a container of mustered and handed it to her.

"Here." he said softly keeping his eyes averted.

"Thank you dear friend Danny!" She said happily taking the muster and squirted some on her slice of pizza.

I noticed that Danny flinched, as if he had been struck when Starfire said 'friend'.

"No problem." He said softly then he walked away his hair hanging over his eyes so I couldn't see his expression.

I glanced at Raven and she nodded knowing what I was thinking. Before Danny got even five feet away I flicked a tracking device at him and it stuck to his jeans. I will be visiting you later tonight, Danny. I thought as I looked back at my friends and then I started eating my own slice of pepperoni pizza.

~Well there you guys go! Will the Titans figure out that Danny Johnson AKA Danny Fenton, is really Danny Phantom? (That's a lot of names for one 16 year old boy to have lol) Find out when I put the next chapter up! Which should me in a week at the MOST! Tata now!~

Rae

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