Fears: Chapter Four

Danielle's POV:

"Danielle, listen to me-" Danny started again.

"No! You listen to me. I came to you after I found those files and showed them to you! You're the one who freaked out! Not me! I tried to fix things then and there, and when I told you I loved you, you told me that you hated me! You were no better than Vlad. I have no family, and I don't need one!"

"I am your family. You're my daughter."

I narrowed my eyes and glared at him, "Never call me that again. I wanted to be your daughter then, but I don't anymore, and I know you don't want me to be your daughter anyway."

"I made a mistake, Dani. A huge mistake, and I've regretted it ever since. Please, please, forgive me." He was practically begging, but I wasn't ready to forgive him yet.

"Go to hell," I said. And with that, I ran off down the hall, into the first door on the right. It seemed to be Danny's room. I slammed his door shut and locked it. In the center of the room was a king sized bed with a dark brown comforter and decorative pillows, which I collapsed onto, sobbing my eyes out. Finally, I rolled over and looked at my surroundings. His bedroom was fairly boring, other than a photo of himself, Sam, and I on his fifteenth birthday. The day that everything was brought to light.

I closed my eyes and let the flashback wash over me for what had to be the billionth time in the past three and a half years.

"Say cheese!" Jazz said, snapping the photo of Danny, Sam, and I.

I smiled, my heart thumping wildly from what I was about to reveal to Danny. After the photo was taken, I asked to talk to Danny alone. Everyone else went upstairs and we were left in the lab alone.

"What is is, Dani?" he asked, sitting down on the sofa.

I fiddled with my hands, then reached into my pocket to pull out the folded piece of paper that I'd found in Vlad's lab; the paper that proved that Danny Fenton was my biological father. "Here, read this," I said, shoving the paper into his hands, avoiding his gaze.

He unfolded the paper and I watched his face carefully as he read over the words. He was silent for an agonizingly long moment, then finally whispered, "Is this true?"

I nodded, "I found it in Vlad's lab. I just thought you should know."

"I'm fifteen, Danielle."

"I know, but you're my father..."

"I'm too young to be anyone's father,"was his response. "Is that why you came here? To show me this?"

"Well, yeah. I just thought you should know..."

"Danielle, I can't be your father!"

"I'm not asking you to be-"

"Why would you even bring this here? You're my cousin, at best. You're a clone." His words were stabbing like knives and hurting way worse than anything Vlad had ever said to me.

"I'm sorry- I just...I love you."

"Go away, Danielle. I hate you."

I'd taken off and gone into the Ghost Zone, which is when I ran into Kitty and Johnny. They'd been at Danny's party and had only met me for a little bit, but they were nice. I didn't really explained what had happened, but they took me in for awhile, until I told them I wanted to be alone.

A few weeks passed and Walker found me, telling me that Danny had apparently been searching everywhere for me. That was the first time I'd been in Walker's office. I had lied then, telling him that Danny was crazy and that I wasn't his daughter. Walker didn't make me stay and wait for Danny to show up. However, I'd made the mistake of leaving the paper with Danny. After he showed that to Walker, and explained the whole situation, Walker came after me again.

No one knew what really happened between Danny and I. I didn't tell anyone because I was still hurt over it, and I assumed that Danny didn't tell anyone because he was ashamed. I roamed around the Ghost Zone, hiding and lying. The last time I'd seen Walker, a few months ago, he'd asked where I was staying. I told him I was staying in the Far Frozen; long story short, he checked with Frostbite and then came to find me. I was hiding out in a cave. I knew he was getting sick of having to worry about me, but I didn't think he'd call Danny without at least letting me know.

I knew it wouldn't be long before Danny came to try to talk to me again and I was right. He rattled the doorknob and realized it was locked. "Danielle?" he called.

"Go away!"

"Please, Dani, talk to me?"

"No!"

He didn't respond and I hoped that he'd just leave me alone, but I knew I couldn't be that lucky. It was a moment later that he phased through the door and stood over me. He looked down at me, reaching down to touch my cheek. I batted his hand away. "Why won't you just leave me alone?" I asked.

"Because I'm your father...and an idiot." He sat down on the end of the bed and I sat up to look at him. "Will you please talk to me now?"

I looked down, away from him, but I didn't say no. He grasped my chin lightly between his thumb and forefinger, forcing me to look up at him. "I love you, Danielle. And, somehow, I'll find away to prove that to you."

I couldn't respond; I was too scared that I'd start crying again. He continued, "I'm not letting you leave again, and you can hate me if you want."

"I don't hate you," I said finally.

"But you have every right to. I was an idiot and I hurt you. You didn't deserve that, Danielle. I'm begging you to stay here and be my daughter."

"Danny, I-I...don't know..."

"Please."

I looked at him, his blue eyes, the exact same shade as mine, were filled with pain and hurt. I couldn't just turn him down, but I was scared to get hurt again. I wanted to open up to him, to tell him about my feelings, but I wasn't ready to yet. "I'll...I'll think about it, okay?"

"Fair enough," he said. He opened his mouth as though he was going to say something else, but someone rang the doorbell. "Damn, I forgot Kitty and Johnny were coming over."

"Kitty and Johnny?" I asked.

He nodded. "Wait here."

He got up and went down the hall to open the door. I heard him talking, but I couldn't make out what he was saying. A few minutes later, all three of them appeared in the doorway.

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