So sorry about the wait for this chapter, I've been very busy with finishing my story 'A New Member of the Order' and starting a new story called 'A Paranormal Case.'
While that was going on I still was trying to figure out what should happen in the chapter. Once I figured it out the writing went well. That is until University came up. I have recently moved from home and moved into residence. I'm currently adjusting to University life so updates may be slower than usual because of the work load and added distractions.
Other than that, everything's been great! Just started classes in University, and its been awesome so far!
Hope you enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 9
Time passed by faster than sound for Star. Her life had been flipped from a life on the top of the world, to one of the freaks and geeks of the school. At first it had been tough and emotionally waning. The betrayal of her best friend Paulina had at first made her cry. At first she couldn't believe that someone would do so much for popularity but as the week passed, Star then found it surprising that Paulina didn't betray her sooner. The switch of her reputation was hard but eventually she adapted to it, and started to deal with it.
The incident with the meat monster seemed to be ignored by the student body as though it was too crazy to be real. But Star remembered it, and how the mysterious boy saved her again.
Her dreams were always occupied with the amazing boy who could fly and pass through walls. It was one of the reasons her depression with being unpopular was so short. She always hoped to see him again.
After Star came to realize that being popular again wasn't going to happen she turned her attention to the one person who constantly sat with her every lunch, Danny Fenton.
He would sit down with his friend Tucker Foley joining them. His presence would annoy Star with constant pick-up lines and goggling of her body. The geek thought she couldn't see him stare at her, but she knew.
Another person would sit with them, albeit reluctantly. Sam Manson would constantly give cold glares towards Star, showing how much she didn't like the blond. There was also the occasion sarcastic comment or insult, but Star just ignored it. She knew the goth wouldn't do anything to hasty.
As the time passed the trio's company continued to grow on her.
Danny and Tucker's sloppy eating habits disgusted the two girls. While the constant fight over meat and veggies made Star and Danny shake our heads. And the boring lessons from Mr. Lancer made all of them cringe and dread their arrival.
Eventually Star started to hang with Danny more outside of lunch. Whether in classes they have together, or in front of a locker or after the school day was finished.
It did surprise Star when Danny had asked her if she wanted to come over to his house with Sam and Tucker. Which Star answered with a resounding "Yes"
The rest of the school day passed with little to nothing to be said of interest, just another boring lesson of science to eventually forget.
Star limped with her crutches trying to keep up with the trio, listening to their conversion. She tried to follow but the horror movie genre just wasn't her thing. She also was nervous about what may happen at Danny's house. She'd heard lots of the rumours and stories about the crazy Fentons.
'They can't possible believe in ghosts...' Star thought in some disbelief.
But she's seen them before from the few times they were in public and knew they were strange to the head. And yet Danny seemed to be normal, so maybe she was just being overly nervous.
'I haven't even gotten to the house yet, what's there to be...'
Star rounded the corner of the street turning into the new street now seeing the ordinary brick houses lined up. Except one of them had what looked like a large ovular UFO sitting on the roof. A large neon sign was attached on the side reading 'Fenton Works' glowing bright and proud for everyone to see.
'afraid of...' Star finished thinking.
The three kept walking but Star stopped and stared for a moment looking at the massive structure.
"You live there." Star asked apprehensively.
"What? Is too unique for you?" Sam scoffed, venom laced in her words.
Star just turned to glare into the goth's purple eyes, not backing down to the moody girl. "No! I'm just surprised that Danny lives there..."
Sam began to retort back at the blonde before Danny beat her too it. "It's alright Sam. She didn't know."
The group began to make their way to the front door of the normal part of the house. Star continued to gaze at the futuristic metal part overtop of the home, astounded that the Fentons were allowed to put that up on their roof by the city.
"I don't remember that neon sign being up there before." Star asked curiously.
Danny rolled his eyes. "My parents put it up a month ago. Jazz and I tried to have them take it down, but they wouldn't budge."
Star nodded. She didn't even want to think of what she'd do if her parents put a neon sign on her house, advertising that they lived there. She and her siblings wouldn't even stand for it.
They eventually walked up to the front steps of the house. Danny opened the door and let them through. At first Star was expecting the inside of the home to be futuristic like the large structure on the roof, instead the home looked like any other. In the front was a sitting room where a coffee table was situated with couches around a TV. A kitchen was seen in the distance where a table was in the middle. On the very right was a lone door that Star guessed led to the basement. Before the hall leading to the kitchen was a stair case leading to what were probably everyone's bedrooms.
Star breathed out in relief, not even realizing she was holding her breath.
Danny led the group to the kitchen where he offered food. Sam and Star declined meanwhile Tucker enthusiastically got himself some chips.
"What do you guys want to do?" Danny asked, as they sat down at the table.
"We could watch a movie" Sam replied.
"How about some video games." Tucker said with his mouth full of chips.
"Don't you ever stop and chew?" Sam told Tucker in a disgusted tone.
"Nope" Tucker stated proudly.
Sam shook her head as Tucker took anything handful of chips into his mouth.
"What do you think Star?" Danny asked, all three of them looking at her.
'I never did any of these types of things with Paulina!' Star thought, slightly panicked. 'All we did was talk about boys, watch TV, and did each other's nails.'
Before Star could answer someone walked into the kitchen. This person looked very strange to Star since they wore a full body suit made out of some sort of strong, thick rubber. The suit was a powerful blue colour that was almost cyan, just a little darker. But the strangest thing was what covered their face. Two big red goggled eyes covered their eyes and wrapped around their nose, giving Star no idea what they looked like but their lips.
"Hey sweetie! How was your day at school?" The blue clad person said with a feminine voice.
Danny face soon turned to a shade of red once the person spoke to them. "It was fine Mom." He responded trying to get attention away from himself.
'That's Danny's mom?' Star thought a little shocked.
"Who's this?" Danny's mother said, turning her attention to Star.
"Oh, this is Star." Danny introduced.
Star didn't know what to do so she just stuck out her hand, "Nice to meet you Mrs. Fenton."
Danny's mother reached to the two red goggles pulled the rubber part of her suit off her head. Her head now showed, revealing neat, short brown hair. Her nose was similar to Danny's, showing the resemblance. Her eyes were a cool teal colour as she smiled shaking Star's extended hand.
"Nice to meet you Star. The name's Maddie, calling me Mrs. makes me feel old." She said shaking Star's hand, smiling.
"Hey Maddie where have you put the screwdriver, causing I'm going to need it to tighten the... who's this?" A masculine voice said from the opening of the kitchen.
Star turned around and saw the biggest man she'd ever seen. Not in fat, but in height and complete stature, though he did seen to have some fat on his bones. He wore a similar rubber suit like Maddie but this one was much bigger to fit the big man and a vibrant orange instead of blue. The man wore a huge grin across his face and the wrinkles on his face showed that he probably smiled often. He had black hair just like Danny as well as the same blue eyes. Though his black hair was starting to thin and grey cause of old age.
"This is Star. She's a friend of Danny's" Maddie answered.
"Jack Fenton." He said shaking Star's hand fast with a tight grip. "Do you know where the screwdriver is, Maddie?"
"I don't where it is dear." Maddie answered with a sigh. "Did you look in the lab?"
The two parents soon went off looking for the workshop tool. Once they were out of sight the group then turned to face Star once more.
"So... what do you want to do?" Danny asked, expecting an answer this time.
"A movie...?" Star said hesitantly, her fingers twitching at the thought that she'd made the wrong choice in front of the trio.
Danny smiled. "OK, but we'll pick the movie. You need to be educated in some master horror films!"
"Yeah, the fact you haven't seen Sorority House of Horror is a practically a crime." Tucker told Star.
"Great..." Star said softly, as the group now made their way to the living room Star saw when entering the home.
The trio then decided on the movie to watch, Broadway Massacre. A horror film where a killer was slowly killing the cast of a Broadway play while the crowd watched, thinking it was part of the show.
Just as the movie had begun someone stepped through the front door. Standing on the welcome mat taking off her shoes was teenage girl with long red-orange hair drawn back with a turquoise hair band. She looked to be sixteen years old with more defining facial features and developed body. Star recognized the girl to be Danny's older sister, Jasmine, or mostly known as Jazz, the smartest person in Casper High.
Once Jazz put away her converse like sneakers she turned her attention to everyone sitting around the television. She looked over everyone before she set her gaze on Star.
"Who's this?"
Danny just rolled his eyes, obviously tired of introducing Star to his family. "Jazz, this is Star."
"You mean the popular girl who saw that floating boy?" Jazz asked Danny.
Danny nodded, looking over to Star, obviously concerned by how Jazz had spoke of a sensitive subject for her.
Before Star could even beginning to think of how people saw her as crazy, someone came bustling beside her on the side of the couch.
Crouched at Star's side was Jack Fenton with the most stricken and shocked face he could possibly manage. "You saw a ghost!" He asked eccentrically.
"What?" Star asked confused, looking at everyone else for help. Danny, Sam and Tucker all looked worried and downright terrified meanwhile Jazz looked at the blonde with a sad look that seemed to say 'I'm sorry...'
"What did he look like? What powers did he have?" Maddie asked, joining Jack's side.
"Uhhh" Star said as she looked hopefully over to Danny. The boy looked at her panicked and gave Star a sad look.
She knew there was going to be no way to get out of this one.
And so began one of the most uncomfortable hours of Star's life. Jack and Maddie were relentless with their questions as well as the massive amounts of detail the two wanted on the octopus and white haired boy. She didn't dare mention her first encounter with the boy or the time with the meat monster, not wanting to be seen as more crazy in front of her peers.
The Fentons thanked her graciously over all the information, she didn't acknowledge it, still a little annoyed and exasperated at them. Though they could hardly notice as they read over and talked about everything they had written down. Danny, Sam and Tucker watched from the side, looking as though they were deer looking at an oncoming car.
Once the older Fentons left down into the basement, an unsettling quiet overcame the room.
"Sorry about that...they can be a little but eccentric sometimes..." Danny said scratching the back of his head, worried about how she'd react.
"A little?" Star laughed. And the awkwardness seemed to lift as everyone started to laugh at Star's little comment.
A few days passed since the visit to the Fentons. The weekend came and went in a flash or in Star's case. A good time spent watching multiple horror movies. She was very anxious about it at first, and truly was scared in the first few movies. A curled up position with fidgeting fingers became her trademark.
Soon she started to find the clichés that seem to pop up in any horror film.
'Like the couple making love always gets killed in the act, and the virgin is usually the last one to go' Star thought to herself, giggling to herself at just how ridiculous it was.
It was lunch time in Casper High, a beautiful day in Amity Park as the sun shined with pleasant warmth. Wind was active, creating a counter for the sun's beating rays. Everyone had gone outside for lunch to enjoy this perfect weather while it lasted.
"It sure is hard to enjoy" Star grumbled to herself as she struggled down the school's front steps. Luckily she had gotten Danny to carry her tray for...then coming down would've been a nightmare.
"Want to go to the dance with me?"
"No."
"Want to go to the dance with me?
"NO!"
Star looked over to the side and saw Tucker standing by the steps, asking any girl that came through the doors to the dance.
"That's not going to work, Tucker. You're showing yourself as desperate." Star said with a smirk.
"Yes it is, you'll see!" Tucker said, very determined.
"No, it won't. Trust me; I used to be part of that crowd." Star said, finally getting to the bottom step. "You need to pick one girl and try to show that you care. That they are your world."
Tucker gave a dazed look as though he wasn't even listening, "Will you go to the dance with me?"
He smiled looking hopefully towards the blonde, using a puppy dog look. It just made him look pathetic.
"As much as I want too." Star started sarcastically. "Do you really think that I can dance with this?"
She now pointed down to her foot, still with a cast on her leg.
Tucker frowned. "We don't have to dance or anything..."
"No thank you Tucker. I don't plan on going to the dance; I'll just be laughed at. And I try to avoid that" Star answered glumly, sad that a few weeks ago she had looked forward to the event.
The two of them walked down to the table that Sam and Danny saved for them. With some difficultly in bending her knees, she finally sat down when Danny pulled her tray to her.
"Thanks Danny, I really appreciate it."
"It was no problem." Danny answered before he turned his attention to Tucker. "No luck huh?"
"As much as a beached whale." Tucker said with his hands around his cheeks, looking glum and disappointed.
"I don't know what the big deal is, I don't need to be asked to some stupid dance to know I'm special." Sam said coldly.
"It's not about that, it's to have fun..." Star said going quiet under Sam's glare. She continued to glare at her before she looked over to her right, noticing both the boys having dazed looks in their eyes.
"What?"
"Paulinaaa..." Danny and Tucker said in a daze.
Star looked behind her and saw her old best friend walking down the pavement walkway. She walked perfectly straight while still moving her hips side to side. Her small pink shirt showing her great figure with skin tight jeans were worn around her legs. Her face was pretty with the necessary make up around her smooth feminine features.
Every guy in the park looked at her with a slack jaw and eyes wide.
'Why does she always get all the attention?' Star thought angry.
"Oh please, she's a dime a dozen" Sam told the two stricken guys.
The boys quickly searched through their pockets taking out any of their available change. "How much you got?" Danny asked Tucker.
Star barely held back a large laugh as she laughed into her hands holding back her laughter. "Oh very funny." Sam said with a fake laugh and disapproved look.
"Just remember, you can't judge a book by its cover."
"And there's only one way to find out. Go on Danny, go to that library and check out that book." Tucker said pointing to Paulina, who now sat down at the side of the tree.
"I can't, I get weak kneed when I talk to cute girls." Danny said downtrodden.
Star and Sam instead stared at Danny. Sam gave him a glare that looked as though it could melt an unfortunate soul's face off. While Star looked at him angry, trying not to show how hurt she was by the comment.
"And what would that make us?" Sam asked the now panicking Danny.
"Well...ah. I've been friends with you so long and Star, her situation was-"
"Skip it. Give your knees some exercise" Sam told the black haired teen as she pulled him out of the chair and pushed him towards Paulina.
Danny slowly stepped towards Paulina, slow but steady cutting the distance between them. Star refused to look at them interacting with each other.
'So Danny doesn't think I'm pretty? And what situation was he talking about?' Star thought downtrodden. 'And why does Paulina have to steal everything from me!'
Star decided to gather the courage and look back to see how Danny was progressing with the witch. When she turned and saw Danny's pants had fallen down past his knees, showing his red pokka dot boxers clearly. Everyone seemed to have turned in Danny's direction at that moment. They laughed as Danny hastily pulled his pants back on before anyone else could see his boxers. Danny's face was a perfuse red as tried to turn away without making a scene.
Sam met him halfway though, as she marched up to Paulina. "Congrats Danny, you've probably set the speed record for drowning in the shallow end of the gene pool."
Paulina looked confused for a moment before she caught on. "Ah no, you did not just call me shallow!"
"If you mean I can't stand in a puddle full of you and not get my feet wet, then yeah." Sam retort quickly.
"I'm not shallow." Paulina pleaded to Sam, who just ignored her by dragging Danny back. As Star watched the argument unfold she couldn't help but respect Sam more for standing by Danny as well as stick it to Paulina.
Star then put her face in her hands, covering herself up. 'Paulina takes everything. My popularity, my friends, and now she's humiliating my new friends.'
Star shook her head at just how unfair everything was. It was though the universe was still bent on destroying her, and she couldn't fight back.
"You ok?" Sam asked, as though she couldn't care less.
"Yeah I'm fine." Star answered coldly, looking up to see that Danny and Tucker had now left, leaving Sam and her alone.
"Did I deserve that?" Sam answered coldly back, staring at her unhappy.
Star groaned as she shook her hand unhappy. "No, it's just. Paulina just acts as though she could do whatever she wants, just because she wants too.
Sam just looked at her sceptically. "I thought you still wanted to be friends with her at any chance you can get."
"Not at chance. After she told everyone about what I saw." Star told the goth. "I rather be friends with a slug than her."
Sam chuckled at Star's comment. "You really hate her?"
"More than anything at the moment."
"Then we should give her a taste of what's been coming to her for forever." Sam said, an evil grin stretching across her face.
Star was nervous as she looked across at the smile. "What do you have in mind?"
Done chapter 3!
Hope you liked it! Hopefully the next chapter will be up soon than the last one.
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Until next time,
Prophet =P