Danielle sat on her bed in her new room inside Fentonworks. They had converted the guest room into Danielle's bedroom once the decision was made for her to become part of their family.
It was still pretty plain. She didn't really know what interests she had besides astronomy, Dumpty Humpty, and ghost fighting. But she was interested in all of those things because of Danny. She wanted to find something that was her own thing. Danny, Sam, Tucker, and even Jazz all had their own thing they were known for. Danny was an astronomy nerd. Tucker was a techno geek. Sam was a goth. And Jazz was a psychologist in training.
Danielle wanted her own thing.
She wanted to be known as more than just "Danny's clone".
Today was Danielle's first day of eighth grade. News had spread about Danielle and how she came about and rumors were flying. They knew something was up with her, and she wanted to seem as much not like Danny as possible.
Not that being Danny was bad, but she was Danielle.
She had some clothes laid out on her bed. Various articles of clothing were different styles. She wanted to have as many options as possible for her to choose from so she could discover what she liked.
Most of it was based off of what her friends liked. Sam's mom even brought some things over for her to try on. They looked like things bought for Sam that she refused to wear, but Danielle still appreciated the sentiment.
The minutes were ticking down until Danielle had to leave, so she started picking pieces of clothing off the bed and trying them on.
She finally settled on what she was going to wear. She was going with a gray-blue pullover with black shorts. For footwear, she was going with a pair of Sam's old combat boots. The last thing she added was a pink headband from Sam's mom.
She picked up her backpack and headed downstairs for breakfast. Maddie-mom- was in the kitchen serving pancakes. She looked up when Danielle walked in and walked up to her.
Her mom placed her hands on Danielle's shoulders, tears pricking in her eyes.
"I know parents always say kids grow up so fast, but this is a little ridiculous." Maddie said, smiling.
Danielle chuckled at the statement. "At least I skipped the poopy tantrum ages."
Maddie laughed, eyes crinkling, at Danielle's joke. "I supposed. But you better not expect to get rid of us as soon as you graduate." Maddie pointed jokingly at Danielle. "We missed out on twelve years of your life. We gotta make up for it somehow."
"Lot's of movie nights." Danielle said, smiling.
"I'll take you up on that."
Then they sat down to eat and soon it was time for Danielle to leave.
"Okay, I'm heading out now! Bye!"
"Bye! Be safe, love you!" Maddie yelled towards the door.
Danielle smiled.
"Love you too!"
Danielle walked outside, and all the way to school, with a smile on her face.