Summary: To her, Danny always seemed like the lucky one.
Characters: Jazz and Danny
Prompt: Jazz
Day Twenty-Eight
"You can do it," Jazz cheered as she knelt on the floor, clapping her hands then spreading her arms wide as she grinned at the little boy with his wispy blond hair in a tangled mess. The boy took one tentative step closer to her, little arms flailing as he tried to keep his balance. "That's it. Just a little more," she said, her fingers curling in a gesture of encouragement for him to keep walking toward her.
He made it two more steps before he fell over backwards on her rear end, and a pout appeared on his chubby little face. Her nephew only just recently learned how to walk, but he still had trouble keeping upright for more than a few steps at a time. Jazz moved closer to him, placing her hands under his arms to pick him up again. But her hands didn't enclose around solid flesh, instead grabbing right through his body. She blinked a few times as she stared at her hands then at the toddler.
If she didn't already know her brother's secret about being half ghost, that little mishap would have seriously caused her to freak out. "And that, Lex," Jazz said, pointing a stern finger at the boy, "is exactly why we never let Grandpa and Grandma babysit you." She really didn't want to find out what would happen to the toddler if her parents ever learned that he inherited Danny's ghost DNA. They still didn't even know that Danny was half ghost.
She sighed when she thought about all the secrets they were keeping from her parents. It wasn't only Danny and Lex's powers they were hiding. It was Vlad, Elle, and Dan's powers too. It was the fact that Valerie was a ghost hunter. It was all the crazy scheme that Vlad pulled in his fruitless attempt to win Maddie's heart, and sometimes even kill Jack. It was the fact that Elle was actually a clone of Danny. It was Dan being an evil future version of Danny that was once bent on killing them all and annihilating the world. It was so many secrets piled on top of each other that sometimes she really thought it would be easier on all of them just to tell her parents the truth. But she would never betray any of their trust in her by going behind their backs to reveal the truth to her parents.
"Sorry that took so long," Danny said, sighing in exhaustion when he entered the house. "I know you have work and I tried to get out of there as quickly as possible, but you know Betty." He rolled his eyes as he walked into the front room. "She just likes to talk and talk. It's like there's no end with her." He dropped his blue eyes to his son, placing his hands on his hips. "I hope our little Tyrannosaurus Lex didn't give you too much trouble." The toddler giggled at his father, small hands reaching out for the man to pick him up.
"No trouble at all." Jazz rose to her feet, a smile on her face, as Danny picked up the young boy. It made her a little jealous to see Danny fall so easily into a domesticated lifestyle, settling down and having a child while still being so young. Meanwhile, she still had trouble finding a decent boyfriend, let alone a man she would want to marry and have a child with. She always felt like Danny was the lucky one between them. She might have outshone him in academics, but he had everything that really mattered, and she envied that. But she at least got to share in some of that, so her life wasn't all bad. "I'm a bit concerned about when he goes off to school though."
Danny glanced her way and sighed. "Yeah, I didn't think he'd start showing powers at this age." Dark circles colored under his eyes, and a weariness was etched into his body language. "I've been trying to teach him to control it without much luck so far. He doesn't really have much conscious thought when he uses them. It just happens." He laughed, thinking back on old times. "It's like when I first got them. I thought for sure Mom and Dad would catch on whenever I suddenly vanished or walked through a walk by accident."
"Maybe you should home school him," Jazz suggested. "Just until he gets the hang of his powers."
"I think Sam would only agree to that if you agreed to be the one teaching him." Danny chuckled as Lex rested his tired head against his father's shoulder. "You know I was never all that great in school, and Sam works too many hours in the day to focus on schooling Lex too."
It was very tempting to say yes. Jazz loved spending time with her nephew, and she always enjoyed tutoring other students in high school. "I have my practice though." She frowned at her brother. She also loved psychology and helping people deal with their problems.
"I know. And I would never ask you to give up your dream." Danny turned to his son, poking a finger gently at a pudgy cheek. "So somebody's going to have to keep his powers under control when he's not at home." He gave the boy a stern look, but Lex merely yawned tiredly. "Do you want to stay and eat?" He glanced back over at his sister.
"No, I really need to head back now. My one o'clock will be waiting, and he has abandonment issues, and if I turn up even half a minute late, he has a break down." Jazz stepped over to them and rubbed a hand over the toddler's head. "You be good," she told him. Then with a grin, she ruffled her brother's hair. "You stay out of trouble too." After their goodbyes, Jazz left the comfortable house that Danny and Sam bought together. As she walked to her car, she wondered when she would have that kind of life too.
midnight: Maybe~ XD I was leaving it open so people could guess at who it was if they wanted. XD;;; Though still kind of made it fit for Danny.
maltese: No~ D: *throws a phoenix down to revive you* Originally when I thought up that prompt response, at the very beginning ( XD ), I was going to have it be Kwan, but then I thought I'd just make it sound like Danny. XD;;
Just Will: I like witch!Lancer. XD;;; So I thought he would work really well for the rituals prompt. It really wasn't meant to be part of A World Unseen. The idea was sort of, like, if Danny died in the Portal accident and no one knew, and he was trapped there, and only Lancer, with his witchiness, could reach him and talk to him. D: ;;;