Chapter 7: part 1

~~~SARALYN'S POV~~~

That night, I kept dreaming of Danny. I couldn't help it. Until finally, it was morning.

"Sara, wake up! Time fo-" Carmen said. My eyes shot open and I jumped out of bed.

"Whoa!" Carmen cried, trying to keep her balance. "What are you so jumpy about?"

"Uh... uh..." I said quickly. "N-Nothing..." I ran into the bathroom.

I quickly got dressed, changed forms, and flew to school. I saw Sam and Tucker there. I found a place and changed forms.

"Hey, guys." I said.

"Hey." Sam said.

"Where's Danny?" I looked around. No sign of him.

"Danny was up really late fighting ghosts, so I'm pretty sure he'll be late... again..." Tucker said.

Just then, Danny walked up next to us.

"Hey, guys." Danny said.

"Hey, Danny." I said quickly.

He's so cute. I thought. Whoa, hold up, girl! Ugh, it's only been a day and I'm acting like a lovesick puppy!

We entered the hallways. The first thing that greeted us was Dash. He was standing in the doorway, blocking our path.

"Hey, move it, Dash!" Sam said. Dash cackled.

"We mean it Dash!" I said. "Move it, or... I'll make you!"

"Move me, eh?" Dash said, standing straight and attempting to size me up. "And how do you plan on doing that?"

Dash raised his fist and punched Tucker and Danny in the chest. My emotions started to flare up again. Dash laughed and started walking away.

"Hey! Tall, dark, and stupid!" I cried. "Get your butt back over here!" Dash stopped in his tracks. He whirled around, his eyes glowing with rage.

"Ex-CUSE me?!" he cried, walking back over to us.

"Why don't you pick on someone your own size?" I cried. I kicked him hard in the shin. Dash yelped in pain and bent down, grasping his knee. I measured. "See? Now we're about the same height."

I turned him around and gave him a hard shove. Coincidentally, there was a man painting the walls of the hallways. Dash fell, headfirst, into the paint bucket. When he removed his head, beige paint was all over his face and his hair was sticky and tangled. We all started laughing. Mrs. Tetslaff stomped up to the incident scene and a voice in my head screamed, "WARNING! DANGER!". She eyed me, her face as red as a tomato and her ears were practically billowing steam.

"Uh oh..." I whispered.

"SARALYN MATTHEWS!" Mrs. Tetslaff screamed. The hallways almost started shaking from her booming voice. "My office, NOW!" She stormed off.

I looked at my friends. They had worried looks on their faces and Carmen did the three-fingered Hunger Games sign. I sighed in frustration and walked to Mrs. Tetslaff's office.

"WHAT?!" I cried, jumping up from my chair. Mrs. Tetslaff sat in her big, spiral chair. Probably daydreaming about making babies cry or breaking bricks with her face.

"You heard me!" She said. "Two days of detention!"

"But... but it wasn't my fault!" I said. "Dash started it! He punched my friends, and I-"

"NO MORE EXCUSES!" Mrs. Tetslaff boomed. "Your detention will start today, after school!" She stood up and proceeded to walk out of her office. "DON'T BE LATE!"

I slumped my shoulders and sat down. I remained in the chair until I saw something glowing from the window. I gasped. I looked around and changed forms. I slowly crept up to the window. The green glowing burned brighter. I cried out when I saw bright, glowing, neon green eyes.

"Danny!" I cried. I opened the window. Danny smiled and laughed. "You blockhead! You scared me!"

"Oh, well." Danny said, shrugging. "Want a ride?"

"Danny, I have detention in two hours." I said. "By the way, thanks for the back-up."

"At least you can survive getting a monster like Tetslaff." Danny said, reaching out a hand. "Come on, what do you say?" He wiggled his fingers temptingly. I blushed a little and I slowly took his hand. Danny's eyes lit up. I climbed over the windowsill and floated next to him. He squeezed my hand and we took off.