The next morning Sam's alarm woke him up with a start. He was tired and groggy never really a very good morning person but somehow he managed to drag himself to the shower and get ready for school. He grabbed a granola bar and some juice for breakfast and he was out the door without waking Dean, who had returned sometime in the early morning and was passed out on the couch.

The walk to school seemed to take forever and it was drizzling rain dampening Sam's sweater and is mood. He didn't see why it was necessary for him to go to school they would just be moving on in a few weeks anyway and then he'd have to start again at another new school. But Dean and John insisted that precious Sammy needed to get good grades so he went to school miserable every day. Walking onto the school grounds was like walking into hell. Everyone had their own cliques and Sam was left alone, not that he really wanted to be part of their petty little groups but it would be nice to fit in for once. Sulking to himself he went to sit on the steps away from the other groups until the bell rang, hoping that this day would pass fast and he could just get it over with.

Danny was hanging out with Tucker before school, Samantha was sick that day and she couldn't come to school and truth be told they were kind of bored without her.

"Man what do we do?" Tucker asked him and Danny just shrugged scanning the school yard for anything interesting. He spotted a stranger walking over to the school steps and sitting down. A dark green plaid hoody hid the kids face but something about him struck Danny as familiar.

"Hey Tucker look a new kid." Danny whispered pointing in the direction of the steps.

"Yeah so what?" Tucker mumbled pulling out his PDA to look over his schedule.

Before Danny could reply the kid pulled back his hood and shook out his hair.

Sam? Danny thought a smile breaking out on his face, so he wasn't the only one with a duel life here. Leaving Tucker to his electronics Danny made his way over to the steps and sat down beside Sam.

"Hey there." Danny greeted with a smile.

Sam mumbled a greeting but didn't really look up, he just wanted to be left alone.

"So you're Sam right?" Danny ventured not wanting to press his luck to far. Same looked up at him confused.

"Yeah but how did you know that?" Sam asked his face suspicious.

"Oh news travels fast around here, I'm Danny nice to meet you." He smiled at Sam.

Sam looked at him for a moment before smiling back. At the mention of the name Danny, Sam's mind immediately went to the ghost boy but he pushed the thought away.

"Nice to meet you too." Sam smiled before looking back down, letting his bangs fall in his eyes.

"So you want to come hang with me and my friend Tucker?" Danny offered. He didn't want Sam to have to sit here by himself, besides the boy looked to cute to just leave in the rain.

"Yeah sure that would be nice." Sam said standing up and grabbing his book bag.

Danny lead him over to the table where Tucker was fooling with his device and sat down patting the bench beside him in a motion for Sam to take a seat.

"Tucker this is Sam, he's gonna hang out with us." Danny told him.

"Hey Sam." Tucker muttered more involved in his techno geek stuff than the people around him.

"Hey." Sam greeted quietly to shy to really interact.

"So you're obviously new here, tell us about yourself." Danny prompted hoping to get Sam involved in the conversation.

"Well me and my brother are staying in a motel right now. We move around a lot for Dad's work." Sam explained, "There's not a lot to me."

Danny nodded as the bell rang for class, "C'mon guys lets go." He said before getting up and motioning for them to follow.

Sam watched as the two friends made their way to into the school as he trailed a little bit behind them. Soon the hallways began to unclog and he found his way to his first class, sighing he braced himself for the rest of the day.

As Sam's luck would have it he didn't have any classes with his new friends and he spent the rest of the day by himself. He didn't even get to go out for lunch because of a mess he made in the science room by knocking over some plants that they made him stay in and clean up. When he finally got back to the motel he was tired and grumpy and didn't want to do anything but rest and maybe grab a snack.

"Hey Sammy!" Dean called over the blaring music that met Sam when he opened the door.

Sam didn't say anything just looked at Dean with distaste, he was so tired of his brothers 'rebel without a cause' attitude.

"I'm going out again tonight, probably gonna bring Amy back here." Dean told him not leaving room for negotiation and Sam new what that meant. That he was on ghost patrol again.

"Whatever fine Dean, I'm going out have fun with your slut." Sam hissed before turning on his heel and walking right back out the door.

Dean didn't come after him, or yell at him, and part of Sam wished that he would. His life was to hectic why couldn't they just be a normal family that did normal things like not hunt supernatural creatures. He knew Dean was a good brother and he did his best to take care of him and that Dean had a lot of weight on his shoulders being the oldest son. It didn't really help put Sam's mind at ease though.

Sighing he made his way through the park to sit under a tree. At least the rain had cleared up, maybe he could get some studying done before he had to start patrol. Opening his bag he pulled out a text book and started flipping through it, he was going to need to do a lot of studying if he wanted to pass this year. Slowly though the words on the page lost his interest and his mind wandered once again to the ghost boy. He wondered what he was like and if he'd get to know him better, or if he'd ever get to see him again. The Phantom had said that he protected the town so chances were he would see him soon enough. Maybe even tonight. That thought lifted the boys spirit a bit, if he was lucky he could ask Danny if he could tag along and learn the city better. Sam smiled and stretched focusing his attention back on the book, now he just had to wait until nightfall.

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