Chapter 6
*3 days later*
CARI'S POV
Well today was the first day since the accident that I felt completely better, not counting the boot on my leg for my broken ankle. As soon as Paulina heard about what happened she postponed her party until I was better. I still can't believe she went through all of that trouble for me. Although, to pay her back I had to tell her everything about the 'Ghost Boy'.
I hadn't actually seen any ghosts since Danny, but I was completely okay with that. I was also having an awesome time with Dash, Paulina, Star, and Kwan. All I had to do was occasionally trip a kid in the hallway, but that was the hard part. I tried to be rude as little as possible and tried as much as I could to steer clear of Sam, Tucker, and Danny. They seemed like the revenge seeking type. (I figured that out after Sam and Tucker shoved me in that closet)
I can only accomplish being rude when I'm around anyone popular. When I'm alone I'm my normal geeky self, only a little less geeky than I was at my old school. I've had my moments over not having anyone to talk to about anything that really mattered. Gossip still didn't appeal to me in the slightest. So once one of them would start I would just nod my head and add comments when it seemed appropriate. I honestly couldn't care less is Sue wore the same pair of pants twice in two weeks.
Over all I was enjoying myself.
This morning started off the same way the past few had. Dash was waiting at my locker so that he could carry my books. I kept telling him he didn't need to since I was allowed to carry a bag. He just kept insisting that trying to walk with crutches was hard enough without having ten pounds of books on my back.
We walked to class with him chatting about the perfect touch down he had managed at last night's game. I, of course, just smiled, nodded, and pretended to care.
Sam or as everyone else called her 'Goth Girl' still gave me dirty looks every time she saw me. Danny, on the other hand, kept giving me concerned, almost sorry glances. Although I couldn't understand why. So in the end I tried even harder to avoid them
DANNY'S POV
I still hadn't told Sam and Tucker about Cari. I figured the information would make Sam even more resentful and it would just confuse Tucker. I wish I could tell someone the fact that she was a complete geek. This was killing me.
After running everything through my head about a hundred times I figured she had had a hard time at her last school and she was only hanging out with the popular kids so the same thing didn't happen again. This theory was back up with how I've seen her react to Paulina's gossip and Dash's bragging. She didn't belong with them at all.
The biggest problem was the fact that I couldn't talk to her about any of it without reveling my secret. She was, from my past three days of data collecting, actually pretty smart. Just look at me treating her like a science experiment, but I don't know what else to do.
"Danny?" Sam asked knocking my confusion of thoughts out of my brain, "You still with us? I know you want to be an astronaut and all but save the stars for later."
"Ya Danny you've been a little off" Tucker added sounding concerned.
"I'm fine guys. Just a little tired" I answered.
'Maybe I could talk to Tucker about her tonight.'
"How, the ghost rate has gone down to almost nothing over the past three days" Tucker added as we turned a corner.
'Maybe I should just go talk to her.'
"Ya, maybe you should just go to bed early or something." Sam suggested
'Why did I even care?'
"Ya I guess I'll do that. Is it okay if I go now?" I asked. They both nodded. I checked to see if anyone was around. When I didn't see anyone I said my catchphrase "I'm going ghost" and then flew off.
Maybe I care because little to no people have gotten seriously injured while I was dealing with a ghost. If I hadn't tried to leave the fight she might be fine. Or even though I had left her spine could've broken. I guess in the end I blame myself for what happened to her.
I made up my mind. I flew past my house and down the street trying to remember how I had gotten to Cari's house. I didn't know what I was going to say or do once I got there but I had about five minutes to figure it out.