Here we go with another installment. Sorry about the wait stuff gets in the way sometimes. By the way we're going to pretend Jenny's car had an extra seat for Danny okay? Okay

Episode: Lars and the Cool Kids

"So it's a pizza place, but every pizza has anchovies on it?" I questioned as Steven led me down the boardwalk, having asked if I wanted to get lunch with him. The place we were going being Stew Fish Pizza which I had only been to once when I had first arrived in beach city and it had only been to introduce myself.

"Yep, I know it sounds weird but it's really good I promise," Steven reassured me as we walked towards the establishment.

"Well it's a good thing I like trying new things," I replied to which Steven beamed.

"Lars!" Steven suddenly shouted as he noticed the Big Donut worker who was leaning against a building. A quick look at the sign revealing it to be the building we were heading to.

"Got a high five for ya! Way Downtown!" Steven called, returning my attention to him as he ran at Lars.

"No Steven, no high fives," Lars spoke as he ignored the raised hand. Steven ignoring his words as the boy simply landed the hand on Lars' chest to which he swatted it away.

"So how come you aren't at the big donut?" Steven questioned as I came up behind him.

"I don't spend my whole life at work, I do other things," Lars answered with a dramatic pose.

"Dramatic much?" I muttered to which Lars glared at me slightly as he turned his head before Steven managed to reclaim his attention.

"Like leaning against this wall?" He questioned innocently, his smile unwavering.

"What does it look like!" Lars yelled as his glare was then directed at Steven.

"Looks like you're doing a whole lot of nothing," Steven continued.

"That's the plan Steven," Lars finally relented as he relaxed slightly, "just playing it cool today."

"We are so much alike," Steven suddenly interrupted, causing me to stifle a laugh at the face Lars threw Steven at the boys comment.

"Excuse me?" Lars questioned, his teenage attitude shining through.

"You want to get a fresh pizza right out of the oven, but you don't wanna seem too desperate right?" Steven questioned slyly, causing me to lose any composure I had as I busted out laughing as Steven continued, "well there's no need to be ashamed, just walk right in and ask! That's what I always do."

"Steven don't go in there right now!" Lars yelled as I regained my composure, my laughs dying down as I joined Steven byy the window.

"Isn't that Kiki's sister and her friends?" Steven questioned as I noticed the group of teens who were sitting around the counter of the pizzeria, or in Kiki's sisters case, on it.

"Jenny, Sour Cream, and Buck Dewey," Lars interrupted as Steven and I both returned our attention to him.

"So you know them?" Steven questioned as I quirked an eyebrow.

"Not quite, but I'm sure we'll hang out at some point," Lars corrected as he crossed his arms.

"Maybe if you talked to them then you'd have a better chance of hanging out with them than simply waiting outside the building they're in," I suggested.

"That's not how things like this work Danny!" Lars yelled before he calmed down, "I just have to play it cool and let them come to me."

"Here they come," I spoke in a sing-song voice as I watched the teens get ready to leave, slightly teasing as Lars freaked out.

"Both of you turn around and act natural," Lars commanded as neither I nor Steven listened.

"I don't think they saw you," Steven spoke slowly as their group walked away.

"Steven!" Lars yelled, "you were blocking me with your big hair!"

"Or they simply didn't notice you because you aren't' being noticeable," I argued, "who looks for a random teenager leaning against a wall?"

"No one asked for your opinion Danny!" Lars ground out.

"Well good because I didn't ask for permission to give it," I rebuked as I smirked.

"I know!" Steven yelled in an effort to get us to stop arguing, "I'll go tell them to look over here."

"Good idea Steven, I'll go with you," I suggested as Steven and I walked over to the teens group despite Lars' efforts to call us back.

"Hi!" Steven yelled as we approached the group, causing the teens to turn to us as Steven held his hand up for a high five, "I'm Steven and this is my friend Danny."

"Buck Dewey," Buck spoke as he gave Steven a high five.

"Sour Cream," Sour Cream said as he too gave Steven a high five.

"I'm Jenny," the only girl in the group spoke as she finished Steven's round of high fives.

"It's nice to meet you," Steven spoke, "see I was wondering if me, Danny, and Lars could hang out with you for the day."

"Sure I don't mind," Jenny spoke with indifference.

"Sounds cool," Buck Dewey spoke

"Meh," Sour Cream spoke with a shrug.

"Great! I'll go get Lars then," I spoke as Steven's efforts to get his attention didn't result in anything.

"Hey Lars!" I called out as I walked towards the teen who seemed to be sweating.

"Yo!" Lars spoke as he struck what I assume he thought was a cool pose.

"They said we could hang out with them for the day," I informed him as I motioned to Steven and what I had deemed in my head the group of cool kids.

"What! You guys just got lucky! Steven better not ruin this by being weird," Lars grumbled, refusing to accept that all it had taken was talking to them.

"How about you don't ruin this by being rude," I retorted as we both walked towards Jenny's Car, getting tired by now of Lar's teenage attitude despite still being a teenager myself

"Oh yeah! Middle Seat!" Steven yelled as he slid into the car next to Buck as I took up his other side and Lars sat next to me. Sour Cream and Jenny sitting in the front.

"Where'd you get that rad shirt Steven?" Buck questioned as the four of us settled into the backseat.

"I have no idea where any of my clothes come from," Steven answered honestly as he pulled at his shirt so he could get a better view of the yellow star on it.

"Yeah man living free, I like it," Buck complimented with a small smile.

"Hey check out my shirt," Lars spoke in an effort to be noticed as he pointed at the snake on his shirt.

"Oh that snake is nasty," Buck spoke with a monotone voice.

"Oh yeah, I hate snakes!" Lars spoke with a fake laugh.

"Oh what? That's too bad, some snakes are pretty cool," Buck spoke before turning to me, "I like your shirt Danny, the red oval is a nice touch,"

"Thanks," I spoke honestly as Jenny adjusted her mirror.

"Looks like it's time to buckle up!" Steven yelled.

"Quit being lame Steven," Lars chided him.

"Hey man, there is nothing lame about seat belt safety, Sour Cream spoke as he turned around to look at Lars.

"Car does not move until we are all buckled up," Jenny spoke.

"Yeah, now let's gets some spaced out beats up in here," Sour Cream spoke as he turned on the radio, "yeah, I can rave to this."

"Hey, this car's really cool Jenny," Lars complimented.

"It's just the pizza delivery car from my dad's lame shop," Jenny spoke, "it always smells like pizza, where too y'all?"

"You're trying too hard," I whispered to Lars, a smug smirk evident on my face as his efforts to get on the group's good side kept backfiring.

"Shut it," Lars whispered back with a glare.

"Can we stop by the big Donut?" Steven questioned.

"That old place?" Jenny questioned him as we drove past.

"That place is a drag," Buck spoke up.

"That's where Lars works," Steven suddenly as Lars attempted to tell him to shut up by covering it with a cough.

"Do you need some water?" Steven questioned him instead, causing his plan to backfire once again.

"Hey it's Danny's bakery," Steven suddenly spoke, switching his attention as we passed my home/workplace.

"You own a bakery?" Jenny questioned me.

"Yeah, I like to bake, why not turn my hobby into my career?" I explained to the group with a small shrug.

"Man, that's cool you're doing what you love," Buck complimented me.

"Buck isn't that your dad?" Jenny interrupted as we came to a stop next to the mayor's van, the mayor being seen behind a podium as he gave a reelection speech.

"Man he never kisses me like that," Buck spoke as we watched the mayor kiss a baby.

"That's rough bro," Lars spoke sympathetically.

"That's not rough, the lack of daddy kisses in my life made me who I am," Buck explained with indifference.

"Ooh guys, we should check out dead man's mouth," Jenny suggested as we drove on.

"What's dead man's mouth?" Steven and I questioned.

"It's a lake where some dude died and it looks like a mouth," Buck explained, "I forget specifics.

"Creative," I spoke simply Jenny sped up.

"Sounds good," Steven said as I shrugged.

"That was quick," I spoke a few minutes later as we all hopped out of Jenny's car.

"You know what, I know this place may seem cool but it's actually a lot less cool than you think," Steven suddenly said as I looked at the caution tape that surrounded the entrance sounding nervous as he tried to get us to turn back, "why don't we just go have more fun at the boardwalk?"

"Steven stop being lame," Lars growled out at him before moving towards the cool kids, all of them completely ignoring Steven's words, "let's check this place out."

"Steven what's wrong?" I questioned him, knowing that there must be a reason for Steven to try and change their minds.

"Me and the gems were here earlier, it's not safe," Steven informed me as he explained the moss.

"Then come on, let's go convince the others of that," I spoke as we too walked towards the lake as we noticed the group had simply torn off the police tape rather than let it change their plans.

"Who wants to go for a swim?" I heard Jenny question.

"Wait! Don't go in there! It's dangerous!" Steven yelled.

"Steven are you trying to scare us?" Jenny questioned.

"Building up an atmosphere, I appreciate that," Buck spoke.

"No guys, he's telling the truth, it really isn't safe here," I backed Steven up.

"Please," Jenny spoke as the three teens jumped into the water without another second of hesitation, Lars being stopped thanks to Steven clinging onto him.

"This cannot end well," I remarked simply as I yelled at the three, "come on guys get out of there!"

Yet I was too late as I watched the moss swallow the three of them whole, all three teens being sucked into the lake as the moss grabbed them. Their bodies disappearing into it as they were sucked in with a scream.

"Ahh!" Steven suddenly shouted and as I turned to look I saw him looking at the moss that had attached itself to his leg from when he had been pushed into the water protecting Lars.

"What is going on!?" Lars yelled.

"It's the magic moss my mom planted," Steven explained.

"Wait, your mom?" Lars began to question before they were interrupted as the teens came up from the lake gasping. Moss covering half of their bodies as they made it to shore before they collapsed, unable to move any further.

"Hold on!" I yelled as Steven, Lars, and I began frantically pulling the moss off of them, only for any moss we pulled off to regrow just as quickly, "this isn't working!"

"I know what we have to do," Steven suddenly spoke up as we all realized what we were doing wasn't solving the problem.

"This is all your fault!" Lars suddenly yelled at Steven as he stood up, "I knew that if something went wrong today it'd be because of you, now I'm never going to be friends with these guys."

"The only reason you even got your chance with them is because of Steven!" I yelled back at him as I stood in between him and Steven, "if it wasn't for Steven they wouldn't have even known you existed! Seriously what is your problem!"

"My problem? He's the reason we're even in this mess, him and his weird mom!" Lars fired back, anger in his voice as he glared at Steven.

"What do you know about my mom?!" Steven yelled before I could retaliate as he stepped out from behind me to face Lars, "I didn't even get to know my mom! But I do know she saw beauty in everything, even in stuff like this! And even in jerks like you! Now help me get them to the car.

Nodding, Lars and I both said nothing as we grabbed the teens and started hauling them to the cars. Each of us grabbing one of the teens as we quickly got them into the car. Situating the teens in the back as we buckled them in.

"The moss belongs at the top of that hill," Steven informed me as we all got into the car, "come on Lars."

"I don't know how to drive a stick shift!" Lars yelled as he still hadn't started the car up.

"Move!" I yelled as I switched places with him, tuning on the ignition as I put the car in gear, "years of Fenton driving genes don't fail me now."

Stepping on the gas the car shot forward as I steered the vehicle towards our destination as I got us from the lake and onto the main road. Urging the car to go faster as we got closer to the hilltop.

"Steven what's going to happen to the moss on the hill?" Lars questioned.

"I don't know!" Steven answered back.

"You don't know!" Lars yelled incredulously.

"It doesn't matter right now, we'll figure out what it does once we get up there," I interjected before Steven could reply, "oh no."

"What, oh no? Why'd you say oh no?" Lars questioned before letting out a shout along with Steven as they realized what I had. That the moss was spreading, having already taken over the back of the car it now covered my legs, Lar's back, and Steven's arms.

"We're almost there," I spoke as I struggled to keep the car from swerving due to the moss having now grown onto my arms, "we're here."

"Quickly, we need to get the moss to the top," Steven instructed as we all jumped out of the car, "hurry!"

Each of us grabbing a teen we all quickly started dragging whoever we grabbed towards the top of the hill. Going as fast as we could even as the moss spread onto our bodies.

"I'm stuck!" Lars cried out as he fell, the moss claiming him as Steven fell down as well. The moss claiming me as well as I could no longer move, the algae having spread everywhere except my face. My legs stuck in the position they fell in as the three of us were not stuck to the hillside along with the cool kids.

"Steven," Lars suddenly interjected, looking like he was about to apologize before he suddenly yelled, "this sucks!"
Taking a deep breath I waited as the moss covered my face, the feeling reminding we of having a heavy blanket draped over you, never feeling as glad as I did then for my ghost half as it allowed me to hold my breath longer. Waiting to make sure the others couldn't see before I would try going intangible. But before I could try I was suddenly aware of the sounds of gasping coming from my right. My eyes flinging open, unaware as to when I had closed them, to the sight of the moss turning into flowers. The pink flowers flying easily off of our bodies as opposed to the moss which had clung to us. The sight was breathtaking as I watched the flowers swirl into the air as they seemed to float in the air.

"The moss was just trying to bloom," Steven spoke up, reminding me that I wasn't alone upon the hillside as I turned, him and Lars coming to stand with me as we all looked at what had once been moss.

"Uh what happened?" I heard from behind me, turning to look at the three teens who had been the moss' first three victims, all of them appearing fine as the sat upright.

"I think I died," Sour Cream spoke as he rubbed his head.

"Guys look," Jenny interjected as I watched the teens who had now noticed the flowers as well. All of them coming up to stand and watch the flowers as they descended upon beach city.

"You can see all of beach city from up here," Sour Cream spoke breathlessly.

"How come we've never been here before?" Jenny questioned.

"Well Steven and Danny," Lars began to speak before I interrupted him.

"Lars drove of us,"I interjected before he could finish turning to look at said teen as I gave a small smile.

"Go Lars," All three teens spoke in approval before Sour Cream began raving.

"Thank you Danny," Lars told me as we all watched Sour Cream.

"Don't mention it," I spoke, "just give Steven a high five next time alright?" And to my joy Lars did just that. Though it did turn out being Steven;'s weird chest high five from earlier, I was still glad.

Well that happened. Oh and don't forget about this fanfics tumblr blog. I have no explanation for it not do I want to think of one. Now, onto your lovely reviews.

Gamelover41592: I'm glad you enjoyed it! At first I wasn't going to have the bonding part but then I thought it'd be nice so I kept it.

HateIsRealAndItIsMe: Awww, I feel honored. I'm really glad my fic had that much of an impact on you.

Kimera20: Garnet knows lots of things.

Guest: If all goes as planned, next chapter.

Drift219: Thank you! And yes Cat Fingers is a good episode but I've already done that one in a previous chapter.

DP-Observant69: No it will not be DannyxEmber, the hug was because if you were banned from something you really enjoyed and someone lifted the ban for you wouldn't you be really happy? As for Babypop it's a common nickname Ember uses in Fanfics where she befriends Danny and as she was trying to convince him she had changed she wanted to be nicer to him by not calling him Dipstick. Danny was simply surprised by the sudden change. As for the cake I did specify the flavor, the direct quote from the chapter being "Pearl's being vanilla, Amethyst's having chocolate and Garnet's is strawberry." I think maybe you just read too fast to catch it.

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