Last night, Vlad took me out for dinner, desserts, shopping for the best clothes – apparently, he wanted to go out before he starts showing and get clothes of his own to be ready for – and brought me a car. I was shocked and Vlad said that he's going to provide driving lessons for me here. My parents gave me a choice to take driving lessons, but I never had any time for that. To think about it, I had all the time in the world right now and Vlad is rich.
He wanted to continue spoiling by giving me a room next to mine as an office. It had all the update technologies like laptop with backup memory that does it automatically for me, personalized wifi – meaning I can go anywhere in the world and not have to worry about the wifi, an automatic updated dictionary tablet, a printer, fax machine (easy to use), and one of those top phones he got me to have. He said it was unlimited anyway.
The office had two desks, two comfortable chairs, a small couch (enough to have two or three people on), and a rug in the middle of the room. He told me that battery can last up to a whole day – knowing it can be annoying that it doesn't last for more than two or three hours a day. To me, he really spoiled me rotten and somehow, it was harder for me to tell him. Vlad said he had to go to work, so I'd be seeing him before dinner hour. After he left, I knew I needed to do a few things before he comes back and my sister needed to know what was going on.
I headed downstairs to the kitchen and looked around, seeing there are plenty of food this time, and lots of option to cook as well. I pressed my sister's number in this new phone while I had promised him to use it for at least a month of try.
"Hello, who is this calling?" My sister answered.
I smiled, "Hey Jazz," I figured she'd know who I am.
"Danny? Since when you have a new number or a phone?"
I chuckled, "Vlad has gone overboard on spoiling me."
"Why is he spoiling you?" I can tell she really wishes to know.
I sat down on the counter, "Well, it's a lot to take in what happened for almost a week."
"What happened? Was there a ghost attack?"
I laughed, "No, but that would have been difficult as it is. No. Thursday was the start of everything and remember I had to take that Paranormal World course?"
"Oh, don't tell me you got kicked out?" I could almost imagine her biting her lips.
I snorted, "I thought so too. Let's say when she was starting to teach about ghost and all that crap, I couldn't stand it and ran my mouth to correct her. I told her what I knew and left the class without even bothering. I was furious when I left."
"Wow, Danny. I couldn't even imagine how you could have stand that class. When you know so much more than they do and how your mind is so conflicted between two lives you're running."
I frowned, "I don't run two lives."
"Oh, come on, Danny, you know you have to have a secret identity with Phantom."
My eyes rolled, "First of all, I'm still me. It's the GIW who makes it obvious to see, so I have to keep them from finding out anything personal." Which I ought to remember when I write the book, "I don't see how I run two lives. I'm still me!"
"You had to pretend you don't know everyone in your Phantom form. You had to make up things for Fenton side so no one would know. You're always yourself when you're with your team. Anyone else, you become someone else." She stated obviously to herself.
I sighed, "Can I continue off what else happened?"
"Right, I am curious how this leads you to a new phone." She muttered.
I shrugged, "Well, I was walking about to the apartment and it was on fire. Almost the whole building was on fire-"
"-What?! Danny, why didn't you call me soon as possible?"
My head shook for an overprotective sister, "I was too distracted. I helped the firefighters to rescue everyone out of that building, took down the fire, and I had to figure out where to go. Vlad was the second option because the first option was the hotel. Vlad took me in and gave me a place to stay. Jazz," My head shook, "I couldn't believe he got clothes for me and I knew he didn't like those kind of clothes, but he brought it anyway."
I knew she's smiling, "Awe, I told you that Vlad can be a man with a heart. It just only takes one person to love him back or someone to care for him."
When she said that, I thought about the dream on Saturday. It made me realize that I was destroying Vlad's chances with to date others. It had nerved me to no ends.
"Yeah, but it got more Jazz. I'm telling up until yesterday had a lot happening and honestly, I think you wouldn't believe me."
She hummed, "Does he know?"
"No…if he keeps spoiling me, it'll be hard for me to tell him." My head shook, "But, before I came to his place. I saw my suite and everything was destroyed. I stood in front of my door and my memory came to me. It was proving that I claimed Vlad as my mate." I covered my face, "I claimed him as a king. Then, two days later, I had a dream where I had felt threaten when Vlad went on a date and I told him he's mine. I told him everything and held him closely to me. He didn't react happy about me being the father of his baby girl."
"-wait, baby girl? Am I hearing this correctly?"
I smirked, "It's a baby girl we're having…I mean, he's having."
She laughed, "Admit it, Danny, you want that baby to be yours too. You know you're ready and accepting this, why such a hold off?"
I sighed, "I don't know…maybe I'm trying to find the right time to tell him."
"Don't wait too long, little brother. That baby is expecting both parents and if Vlad claims you as an uncle or something, then it will complicate things. You need to think of her first." She pointed out.
"Well, still have time and right now, I have my own things to deal with. Anyway, the dream me had told Vlad I'd do anything to keep them both happy and he admitted that I didn't love, so why I'd do this for him. I couldn't even understand this myself at all." I muttered about never drinking again, "Then, Monday came and I passed my Royalty test. Vlad decided to order some Italian pasta and chocolate cake because of his craving and to celebrate my achievement." She'd probably be hungry now, "As of yesterday, I figured to go to class as normal as possible and see if I got kicked out or not. Instead, everyone in that class clapped for me and the teacher was telling me that she was wrong and that I was right. She had me take over the class and everyone asked so much about ghosts. I made sure I kept it in another point of view. At the end, the teacher had given me a graduation diploma with my completed degree. I was so happy and shocked when all of my teachers wrote their own recommendation letters to the president of our university and he approved. I was so happy, Vlad took me out to eat, got me new set of clothes, and my own office in his house. He gave me the latest technologies. I told him that I have a starting idea for a book. So, I'm betting tonight he's going to spoil me some more."
I finally told her what she needed to know before anymore interruptions. Her gasped were something else to hear, but there were times she would only do that if something was a serious case.
"Danny! Stop holding the truth and you should know that a pregnant person who are single and don't know who the father is will be more than likely to be afraid of someone taking advantage of them. You are beginning to remember more and more of that day alone. He doesn't because he's pregnant. Say something so it can comfort him and he knows you too well. He knows how you are with kids." She pointed out.
I groaned, "But what if it's going to complicate things?"
"No 'what if's, it's only going to cause problems that doesn't even exist."
I muttered, "If you say so, but I'm just saying what if he does?"
"Then, you take one day at a time and handle it calmly and logically about everything." She pointed out, "I'm giving you one week to tell him. I will call you when the time is up."
I hated it when she's involved like this. If I don't do it and pretend she'd forget, oh, it's like she's taken control at her own hands and make sure it happens whether I like it or not. I rubbed my hair and thought back about the dream. I could have ruined his life without trying because the king of me would take over no matter what. There was no way I'd let that happen…Vlad deserved better than that.
"Jazz," I huffed, "He wants someone to fall in love with. In the dream, I didn't like it when he went out on a 'date' and I told him absolutely not to date because it's forbidden. He was hurt that he won't be able to do that." It was the truth.
"Danny, he's going to be spending most of his time for his little girl and dating isn't going to be on his mind anyway. To him, his daughter is going to be the first love he'll ever have." She explained, "Even I know that. Dad told me that when he first saw me as I was born, he was so happy more than anything else and that I'm his little girl and always will be to him. Dad is so happy that I'm the love he gets." She stated, "But with you, he loves you as well as he does with me. He loves the bond he gets and he's passing all the good father role down to you. A father will love their children whether they're in a relationship or not. The kids will come first above all." She sighed, "Stop scaring yourself. Vlad is financially stable, he's powerful as any ghosts you came across to, and he's capable to have emotions like everybody else."
I nodded and hadn't thought of that before in my life. When dad found out, he was shocked and used the same advice Jazz did. As they say, all fathers have the right to know of their child. She's trying to do this easier for my daughter's life and understand she's a born Halfa, not twenty-five percent halfa.
"Alright, alright. I see your point. You just want to come and see how big Vlad is getting," I chuckled.
"Is he now?"
My eyes rolled, "He's small at the moment, but the bump is coming in slowly. I think about a month or two he will be."
"I guess so. Danny," She sighed, "Just let him know you're the father. For the king, you can tell him when you're ready. Right now, my niece will want you to be there for her birth and everything else."
"I know. She's going to be spoiled rotten, but she will have the best education and both side of the world." I knew that much.
She had to be grinning, "I like that sound of it."
I snorted, "Yeah, but she will not be fighting ghosts until she's old enough."
"How about let that drop for now until she begins her interests into fighting ghosts?"
"Good point," If I had brought that up now, it would make it even sooner for her, "But don't tell mom or dad about the gender or my sudden graduation. I'll come home on Monday and maybe Vlad will come too."
She might be jumping from the sound of it, "Oh, my gosh! My baby brother is coming home early! Yay! Does that mean…oh, right. Your apartment is destroyed and it would make it easier for mom and dad not having to move your things and how long is Vlad going to be living over there?"
I hummed, "He said for a few years, but I think he's going to call in a few months' vacation before he starts to look like he's pregnant."
"He will need a month and a half off after he gives birth, considering-"
"-I know," I interrupted, "But, as halfa, he'll heal quickly and the birth canal will vanished within two or three days after being cleaned out. He won't need to take more than a half month extra."
She hummed, "Right, I forgot about that part. To think of our lives will be normal is impossible, isn't it?"
To think about it, I had that thinking moment of my normal life when dad came to visit me and how normal runs for me. There was no way I could stand the idea of being normal any longer than necessary. I love being a halfa more than anything in the world.
"Sorry, I think I mixed up your normal with mine." I grinned.
"Haha, very funny. You knew what I meant."
I hopped off the counter, "Uh huh. By the way," I went to the refrigerator for one of those soda cans, "How's Danni doing?"
"She's doing well. She recently had to put up with Skulker. Apparently, he managed to trap her down for almost ten minutes and she developed the same symptoms you had with your core. She sneezed and ended up with fire."
I frowned, "Jazz, I sneezed ice. How the heck does she have fire?"
"I don't know. Although, I don't even know how she kept her grades up. She practically spent so much of her free time to do homework and studying."
I shrugged, "She's a female clone, Jazz. If anything, she got the brain side of me. Vlad may have cloned me, but he wasn't exactly in the right angle on genetic. He might have triggered the intelligent that led to her to be serious on her studying."
"Maybe, but with the whole twin genetic factor, she should be exactly like you."
"Like I said, Vlad might have changed the DNA coding to intelligent level. I mean, boost it up so he could have a smart son originally." I pointed out.
"No, I meant, she looks different. A clone is much like a pair of twins. I know there are fraternal and identical twins, but the way she is absolutely nothing you have done at her age."
"Are you sure it's not because she's more mature than I was at the age?" I threw it out.
She groaned, showing me her way of frustration, "Danny, you matured faster because you held responsibility. You didn't have anyone to trust, not even Vlad. Danni remained immature until she's sixteen. I know she's seventeen now, but seriously, clone means a complete identical, regardless of gender."
Jazz wasn't planning to let this topic go on Danni. She needed to know for sure, but she studies way too much on her account. In a way, she wants to be sure before complication arise.
"I'll look into it. Although, she may know how to shift into a new look or form? I did deal with a ghost who can imitate people's look. He's able to do that and I think she could do that."
"Then explain the fire core she has. It's a complete opposite!"
She just wasn't giving up. Wow…Vlad would better be into this conversation tonight.
"Alright, alright! I'll talk to Vlad and get that back to you." I huffed, "But it's not called fire core. She might have the Kindle core. Vlad, I know for sure, has Pyrokinesis core because he's-"
"-Wait. Vlad has Pyrokinesis? How come I never see his power before?"
"That's because it lures into lightning and it can kill people with one touch. He rarely uses them."
"Oh," At least she's calming down, "I would have never realized that."
"Of course you wouldn't realize, no one does unless they studied closely to their enemies, friends, and all." I sighed, "Tell Danni to find someone to train her Kindle core."
"What core does she have, Daniel?" I heard a voice entering into the kitchen.
I glanced up, "Oh, hey Vlad. Hold on," My voice turned to my sister, "I'll talk to you later, Jazz."
"Oh, okay. Keep those two promises please!"
I groaned, "Just don't pressure me!"
"You better be!"
My eyes rolled and said my see you later to her. I hung up and put the phone away, seeing I needed to realize that entire conversation dragged on for three hours nearly.
"Danni has Kindle core," I told, but I wasn't expecting his blue eyes snapped open so huge.
"What?" He didn't believe me.
"Jazz told me that she sneezed fire and-"
"-oh, no, oh dear…" His head shook and rushed out of the kitchen to the hallway.
I followed him into the hallway, he took the closet from next to the staircase and went downstairs that way. I hadn't realized there's a way to his small – okay, half the size he had back in Wisconsin, there were similar equipment, but not as much he left behind. At least it is easier to walk over to and less of evil reminder. He was heading up to the main screen computer and typing something up.
I came up by his side, knowing he's pregnant right now, and have to watch out for him. His eyes were reading all over the places on the screen and several files appearing. It was difficult to keep up, but he was muttering something I couldn't even hear him. Then he was typing up so fast that had led the computer into summarizing result within a matter. His hand held up by his mouth and fingers tapping his lips. Something was going on and I wasn't too sure what it could be this time.
The screen popped up bright in red and green. In red, it had stated S.E.M.1 and in green had E.P.A.1. Which, neither of them had made sense and Vlad looked ill from the sight of this. On the bottom was stating in blue wording of D.P.0.5 and I had no clue other than DP had meant Danielle Phantom to his file.
"Daniel, there is something you might know of Danielle." Vlad was struggling to be calm as much as possible.
I looked at him and waited patiently as I could be. He turned his head directly at me with expressionless behaviour. This was a sign to be very important he must say.
