A Normal Date
It was a Saturday when Danny awoke.
He didn't bother getting up. He just laid on his bed, looking up at the ceiling.
He would've gone out for a flight, but Vlad's cronies, the Masters Blasters, were slowly gaining a lot of attention capturing ghosts. He didn't mind too much since it gave him time to do his homework, spend time with Danielle and see Gwen.
Gwen, however, was what was on his mind the most.
Especially what she said when they were in New York.
''I know we came for that… thing that Pool Guy took with him, but I was really hoping for a little alone time together. I thought some alone time here would help, but if I have to be honest… I was kind of hoping for at least one date of normalcy, without monsters or bad guys involved..." Her words echoed in his mind.
It made him feel guilty.
I need to find a way for us to have a normal date… He thought.
That's when he felt something fall near his feet at the foot of his bed.
Sitting up, his eyes widened when he saw it.
"The Infi-Map?"
Danny immediately got up and grabbed it.
What is this doing here? He wondered before noticing a piece of paper taped to it.
Danny read the note.
Dear Danny, Vlad had attempted to re-steal this and I stepped in. Let's just say you need it more than he does right now, just return it to Frostbite and not just forget about it for the sake of contrivances. From, Clockwork.
Danny blinked.
"I have no idea what that means… but I know what this is going to lead to…" He said as he took the map with a smile.
Meanwhile
At the mall
Sam Manson was eating lunch, all by herself and feeling sorry for herself.
She had spent some time with Chris Morgan the past few days. While she didn't mind him, she also couldn't help but miss the people she's known her life.
All she can think about was how she let her jealousy and impulsiveness destroy her friendships.
All the while, someone just saw her and decided to call out.
"Sam?" He called.
Sam turned around and saw that it was Tucker.
"Tucker?" She asked, almost happy but still cautious. "What's going on?" She looked around. "Is Danny with you?"
"No, he's going to see… well, Gwen." Tucker explained.
"Oh… right…" Sam said before sighing. "Well… I got a salad to finish."
Tucker saw her eating it, somehow looking more down and miserable than usual and decided, despite knowing how those Fentons would disagree, sitting down in front of her.
"Sam…" He said, getting her attention. "The day after that video of Danny Phantom with Lucky Girl was posted, I tried to track the source. The source was someone from Amity Park. With the screen name of "Master of Chaos" and your old Doomed name… I gotta know." Tucker said.
Sam only sighed.
"I was the one who took the video and uploaded it..."Sam said, looking down.
"Why didn't you say anything?" Tucker asked.
"No point…" Sam said bitterly. "Even if Danny believed me, it doesn't change I got him and Gwen into that mess in the first place."
Point... Tucker thought but didn't say out loud.
Still, he is confused about something.
"Sam… can I ask you something?" Tucker asked.
"Shoot."
"Are you really sorry for what you did?" He had a sympathetic, though serious tone.
"Of course I am…" She said, not with her usual tone, but genuinely sad and sorry for her actions.
Tucker blinked.
Even before the incident, Sam was pretty prideful and hated saying she is wrong.
Tucker thought hard.
Despite their differences, he and Sam had been friends just as long as with Danny and Tucker did miss those times.
He knows what she did was wrong and he knew that Danny and the others likely won't forgive her right now, but Tucker could see that she truly regretted what she did.
So, he took a chance.
"Okay… even though none of the Fentons have said anything on it… I am not related to Danny and therefore don't need his say. I… want us to be friends again." Tucker said.
Sam was unable to believe it.
"Y-you mean it?" She asked, surprised.
Tucker smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, besides I think you suffered enough..." He said.
Sam smiled, genuinely smiled, for the first time in a long time.
Gwen stood outside her house, wearing her usual attire of red with black and a pair of khakis, waiting for her boyfriend.
She had just gotten off the phone with him 10 minutes ago when he asked her to wait for him.
"He said today is when we have our normal date. I wonder what he means?" She asked out loud.
"You're about to find out." Danny's voice said.
Gwen looked up and smiled at the sight of Danny Phantom.
"That was fast…"
"Thanks to this." Danny said, holding the Infi-Map out.
Gwen rose an eyebrow.
"And… what is that?" Gwen asked.
It looked like a map, but it was glowing.
"It's called the Infi-Map." Danny explained.
"Infi-Map?" Gwen asked. "I think I heard Grandpa Max mention something about an ancient magical map that the Plumbers once tried to find that leads between our world and the world of ghosts… is that the same one?"
"Must be." Danny said.
Gwen looked at it when Danny landed and was intrigued.
"Where did you find it?" Gwen asked.
"Some ghosts I'm friends with protect it, and another ghost left it with me to keep it out of Vlad's hands." Danny said.
"Really?" Gwen said.
Danny nodded.
"He wants it because it can lead to any portal between Earth and the Ghost Zone." Danny said.
"So… we can go anywhere?" Gwen asked.
"Even some place where we're not attacked by ghosts, aliens or whatever…" Danny said with a smile.
Gwen's smile widened.
"Then let's go."
Danny grinned.
"Alright..." He said as he open the map. "Infi-Map! Take us to someplace we can have a normal date!"
In a flash, Danny and Gwen found themselves in a mall of some kind.
"Huh… interesting choice of normalcy." Gwen said.
"Yeah… which mall is this?" Danny asked.
Gwen took notice of a mall cop.
"Excuse me, sir?" Gwen asked.
The security guard gave her a suspicious look.
"What is it?"
"Where are we?" Gwen asked.
He rose one eyebrow.
"You're at the Galleria Mall in Toronto…"
Canada, huh? Danny thought.
"Thanks..." He said.
"What are you two up to?" He asked suspiciously.
"Huh?" Danny went.
"Sir, I assure you-" Gwen started but was cut off.
"The name's Ron, Officer Ron." He said. "I don't trust punks like you…"
"Punks?" Gwen asked, feeling insulted.
"I got my eye on you two..." The mall cop said before walking away still sending them a suspicious look.
Danny and Gwen frowned.
"What was with that guy?" Danny asked.
"He didn't seem to like teenagers." Gwen said.
"Not that, why'd he talk like a blend of Christopher Walken and Clint Eastwood?" Danny asked his real question.
Gwen shrugged.
At first, it was fine for a few minutes.
The two walked around, looking for places to try when Danny admitted he felt hungry.
"I think I saw a burger place on our way past here…" Gwen said.
''What is it called?" Danny asked.
"Burger McFlipsters..." Gwen answered.
"Aren't they the one where the employees sing to the customers?" Danny questioned.
Before they could go, someone spotted them.
"Danny?"
A voice he found familiar was heard.
He turned around and saw a familiar red head in a blue hoodie
"Jen?"
The Canadian girl smiled.
"No way!" Jen said with a smile. "I didn't think I'd see you again."
Gwen sensed the emotions this girl had and sighed.
"Another one…"
''Uh, yeah." Danny said sheepishly.
Jen noticed Gwen.
"Is this that sister you mentioned?" Jen asked.
"No, this is Gwen Tennyson, my girlfriend." Danny said politely.
Jen's smile faltered a little.
"I… see…"
She examined Gwen.
She's pretty...
Gwen decided to be polite.
"A pleasure to meet you." Gwen said.
Jen's smile became genuine.
Good, she's at least nice.
"Likewise… So, the dating service?" Jen asked.
"He was my third date and my perfect match." Gwen said.
Jen felt slightly sad but she still sent a smile to her.
"Well, congratulations. Danny is a great guy and you are a lucky girl..."
Gwen smiled at that.
"You have no idea… I'm guessing you chose him too, right?" Gwen asked.
Jen blushed.
"Yeah…" She said. She remembered Danny was there. "Oh… uh…"
"It's okay." Danny said. "I'm sorry if seeing us is a bother."
"Oh no, it's not…" Jen said.
Well, slightly… but you deserve to be with whoever you fell for. Jen thought.
Gwen could sense that Jen felt a bit sad, but also that she didn't have any hostility towards her.
"Anyway, what are you guys doing here?" Jen asked.
Before Danny could say anything, they heard another female voice.
"Danny?"
Gwen sighed.
"Another one…" She muttered.
Danny saw who it was.
"Emma?" He asked.
"Emma?" Jen asked as she saw another red-haired girl.
One that smiled when she arrived, at Danny to be clear.
"Danny? I didn't know you'd be here." She said.
"I'm actually here with my girlfriend." Danny said with a smile.
For a brief moment, Emma felt a slight stab at her heart, but she went on, happy to hear he's in love.
"Oh?" She then took notice of the two girls, also with red hair, standing next to him. "Which is she?"
"That's be me, Gwen Tennyson." Gwen said with her hand up."
Emma smiled.
"Dating service?" She guessed.
"Third." Gwen said.
"Eleventh." Jen said. "I'm Jen by the way."
"I'm Emma, I'm his fourth, actually." She said. "You're lucky, Gwen. Danny helped me see the boy I liked isn't worth my time if he won't look at me as more than a casual friend."
"So, you two didn't get together?" Danny asked.
"No, I've been giving a friend of mine Johnny a shot when I realize we aren't better as just friends…" She said with a blush.
"Really? Because even when I was making it clear I wasn't feeling it on our date, he helped me prank this jerk at the hockey game who was rude to us." Jen said, remembering it fondly.
"Lemme guess? Dash Baxter?" Gwen asked.
"Bingo." Jen said.
Gwen smiled.
At least they like him for genuinely good reasons without his powers.
That's when she remembered something and she whispered to him.
"Do they know?" Gwen asked.
Danny quickly knew what she meant.
"No, they don't." He whispered back.
"Hey, Jen!"
They turned around and saw a tall, Latino boy with a cocky look on his face.
Jen looked annoyed and Gwen too, for some reason.
Oh no, not this guy... Gwen thought as she tried to think if she could make a graceful exit.
Unfortunately, he approached them.
"Yes, Jonesy..." Jen said.
"Think you can spot me a $20 while I'm off on my lunch break for my new job?" He asked.
"Job you're gonna lose by the end of the day…" She said under her breath.
"Who is this?" Danny asked.
"Danny, this is my step brother, Jonesy..." Jen said.
"Hi..." Danny said.
Jonesy shrugged.
"Whatever, Kid…"
"Don't be rude!" Jen shouted.
"Why? He's just some kid…" Jonesy says.
"I happen to thing he's pretty mature." Emma said with her arms crossed.
Jonesy saw Emma and now sported a suggestive grin on his face.
"Hey babe, what's your name?" Jonesy said flirtatiously and Emma just looked uncomfortable. "I'm Jonesy…"
"I'm… taken." Emma said fast.
Before Jonesy could say anything, he noticed the other red-haired girl who was apparently trying to hide behind Danny.
"Gwen? Gwen Tennyson?" He asked with a sly smile.
"Oh no…" She muttered.
Danny's eyebrows rose.
"You know my girlfriend?"
"Girlfriend?" Jonesy asked in disbelief. "Come on, seriously? You pick this dweeb over me?" He asked.
Danny was about to argue, but Jen socked Jonesy in the shoulder for that.
"SHUT UP!" She shouted.
"Ow!" Jonesy went, nursing his shoulder. "That hurt!"
"Good! That was my intention!" Jen shouted.
Jonesy was about to say something, until he realized something.
"Wait, Danny? As in Danny Fenton? This is the guy you picked?" Jonesy said in disbelief.
"Yeah, so?" Jen said, daring him to say anything.
"Can't believe you're so desperate you'd pick a kid..." Jonesy said insensitively.
To his shock, Emma stomped on his foot in anger, both for what he said about Danny and feeling insulted herself.
''Ow! What's your problem?!" He went.
"You are!" Emma said.
Usually, she is pretty shy but she did not accept someone being rude about her friends, even if said friend turned her down before.
Meanwhile, Gwen was sending him a disgusted look.
"Jonesy, this is why I didn't pick you." Gwen said with her arms crossed. "Danny might be a year younger, but he's clearly more mature than you."
"Seriously?" Jonesy asked before inching to Danny. "Dude, how'd you get three babes older than you?"
Danny rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, not sharing after that…" Danny said flatly.
That's when a loud whistle went off.
One by a certain mall cop.
"What's going on here?" Officer Ron took notice of this.
Jonesy groaned.
"Great, it's Ron the Rent-a-Cop…"
''This guy was bugging me and my boyfriend..." Gwen said as she pointed to Jonesy.
"Not to mention this girl." Jen said, pointing to Emma.
"Is this so?" Ron asked, sending a dirty look to the trouble maker.
"It's not my fault!" Jonesy whined.
"Alright, you're coming with me..." Ron said as he dragged Jonesy away.
"Oh, come on! I'm on a lunch break from my new job at the new video store!"
"The one just opened up by Wayne?" Jen asked.
Jonesy stopped resisting when he heard that.
"Huh… actually, this might be a blessing in disguise…" He said as Ron continued to drag him away.
Once he was gone, Jen turned to Danny and the others.
"I am sorry about my step brother..."Jen said, embarrassed.
"Hey, I know what it's like having annoying relatives..."Gwen said.
"Oh… I forgot!" Emma said. "There's a reason I'm here…"
"What is it?" Gwen asked.
"I gotta go pick up some goggles and a new pair of trunks for my friend, Fin..." Emma said.
"I better get to work. I work here on weekends." Jen said. "Later."
''Bye Jen. Bye Emma." Danny said.
"It was nice meeting you, Gwen." They both said at once.
Gwen smiled.
"Thank you."
Once Jen and Emma were gone, Gwen rolled her eyes at Danny, who held his hands up defensively.
"I swear I didn't intend for that… the map has a mind of its own." He said. "This is the kind of place for a normal date, didn't specify if we knew anybody here…"
Gwen shook her head.
"I guess that makes sense…"
"Do you wanna… go somewhere else? In case that Jonesy guy comes back?" Danny asked.
"Yes, please…"
The two walked to a corner, going behind a large potted plant before using the Infi-Map.
Once they disappeared, however, only one person saw them.
Jude had his jaw drop, though he still had his blank expression.
"Dude..." He said, blinking. "What was in those tacos?"
Danny and Gwen were in McWizards dining on the food.
"What do you think?" Gwen asked after Danny took a bit.
"Not bad, pretty greasy..." Danny said.
"I'm guessing you'd prefer Nasty Burger?" Gwen asked with a smile.
"To be honest, yeah. At least there, I'm not surrounded by picture and stuff of this Wizard Guy's success." Danny said, pointing to all the basketball memorabilia and imagery.
"Yeah…" Gwen nodded in agreement. "And I thought Ben had a big ego…"
"Danny?" A feminine voice said and they saw a pretty African American girl approach them.
"Let me guess, another blind date?" Gwen asked.
"Yeah." Danny said as he got up. "Hey Penny, long time no see..."
Penny smiled.
"Hey to you too." She said with a smile before noticing who was with him. "And… this is?"
"Penny, this is my girlfriend Gwen..." Danny introduced.
"Oh…" She said. "I see…"
What is with me meeting other girls who picked him? Gwen thought.
"I'm Penny Proud, it's nice to meet you..." Penny said.
"Likewise..." Gwen said to be polite.
Before anything else happened, someone saw this.
"PENNY!" A loud voice shouted and Penny flinched when she heard it.
Danny did too.
He turned around and saw Penny's dad glaring at them and a woman, who he assumed was Penny's mother, who was sitting next to him.
This guy… I almost forgot… Danny thought.
"I already told you! No boys!" He shouted to his mortified daughter.
"I wasn't doing anything!" Penny said.
"And you!" He pointed to Danny. "Think I forgot you?! You're the punk who was messing with my daughter in Amity Park. You come back for more?! Well, forget it! She's too good for you!"
Before Danny could answer, Gwen did for him.
"Sir, we did not come for your daughter." Gwen said.
"Who are you?" Oscar asked once he noticed the other girl.
"Gwen Tennyson, Danny's girlfriend..." Gwen said.
Oscar suddenly lost his glare.
"Girlfriend?" He questioned.
"Yes." She said.
Oscar dropped his attitude.
"So… you're not hitting on my daughter?" Oscar asked.
"No. I'm not a cheater." Danny said.
The woman, Trudy, walked up to them.
"See, Oscar? Not everyone is like you…" She said with her arms crossed.
"Uh… sorry about that." He said as he walked back to his seat, with his wife following him.
"He's so embarrassing..."Penny said and Danny and Gwen felt sympathy for her.
They knew what it was like having parents embarrass you, Danny especially.
"I'm getting you met him, right?" Gwen asked Danny.
He nodded.
"I'm gonna go get us some refills, Gwen..." Danny said.
As he left to go get them, it gave Penny and Gwen a chance to chat.
"So, you and Danny?" Penny asked.
"Yeah?" Gwen asked.
"I was date 22 from what he told me, you?" She asked.
"Third." Gwen responded.
"Huh, I guess you made a better impact than me…" Penny said.
"Listen, Penny?" Gwen asked. "I'm sorry, if-"
"I will admit, I'm a little jealous, but you seem like a cool girl and Danny is a great guy, so treat him right..." Penny said.
Gwen heard this and smiled.
"Don't worry, I will..."Gwen said.
"Cool…" Penny said. "Y'know, my dad doesn't like me dating."
"I noticed." Gwen said.
"So Danny made it look like he was harassing me so I can avoid being grounded." Penny said.
"He did that?" Gwen asked.
"Yeah. That's why I picked him." Penny said. "That's why I hope you treat him right, someone like that deserves a good girl."
"I agree…"
"I better go, before my dad thinks I'm trying to talk you out of seeing Danny or something…" Penny said.
Soon Danny came back with their refills and Penny decided to go to her own table before her dad came back and made more wild assumptions.
After they ate and drank, Danny and Gwen decided that they need a change of scenery.
"Should we… use the map to go somewhere else?" Danny asked.
"You mean to get away from Penny's dad?" Gwen asked with a smirk.
"Well… yeah…" He admitted sheepishly.
Gwen sighed happily.
"Finally… a good hour of no monsters or bad guys or past dates…" Gwen said as she and Danny walked together.
Danny looked worried.
"Are my past dates really that big a problem?"
"Not really." Gwen said. "I see that all of them at least like you for being a good guy, not like that idiot jerk, Jonesy."
''I still feel sorry for Jen..." Danny muttered.
"Me too..."
She sighed.
"Gwen?"
"Though… if I have to be honest…" Gwen said.
"What?" Danny asked.
"Danny?" A girl's voice went.
They stopped and Gwen groaned.
"Again…" She muttered.
She saw that it was a girl with curly red hair and a shy look on her face.
"Ginger?" Danny asked.
"Danny, what are you doing here?" She asked with a smile.
"Oh… just a sort of short vacation, with Gwen." Danny said.
Gwen smiled.
"Hello there."
"Hi, I'm Ginger Foutley..."
"Gwen Tennyson."
Ginger then pulled some hair out of her face.
"So… are you two-" She began to ask shyly.
"We're a couple." Danny said with a smile.
"I see…" She said.
Gosh, she sure is pretty. Ginger thought.
"I wanna thank you again for listening to what happened with Darren…" Ginger told Danny.
"Who is Darren?" Gwen asked.
"Her ex before joining the dating service." Danny explained. "So, anything happened between you two?"
"As soon as I had my last date, he came knocking on my door. Turns out Simone and he didn't really connect as well as they thought they did. He… got on his knees and asked for forgiveness…" She said.
Danny rose a brow.
"Did you-"
"I forgave him, but I didn't renew a relationship with him. I made it clear he had a lot to do before earning my trust back…" Ginger said.
Danny smiled.
''Glad to hear that..." Danny said.
Ginger deserved more.
"Like you said, if he was willing to leave me for her, it was his loss."
Gwen smiled.
She doesn't even know about his powers, yet sees the same thing I saw… Gwen thought fondly.
"So, where were you off to?" Danny asked.
"The book store, then I saw you and wanted to say hi."
"Still writing poetry?" Danny asked.
"A little…" Ginger said.
"You write poetry?" Gwen asked, interested.
"Yes." Ginger answered shyly.
"I'd love to read it." Gwen said.
"Do you like poetry?" Ginger asks.
"I happen to enjoy it from time to time…" Gwen said.
"Gwen loves Shakespeare." Danny explained.
"Really?" Ginger asked.
"Not just him…" Gwen said before placing a hand on her chest and closed her eyes. "He who binds himself to joy… Does the winged life destroy… He who kisses the joy as it flies…"
"Lives in Eternity's Sunrise!" Ginger said happily. "Eternity, by William Blake."
"That's right." Gwen said.
"She's a keeper, Danny. Be good to her." Ginger said.
Danny chuckled.
"I'll do my best…"
Ginger then looked at her watch.
"I better go…" Ginger said.
"Okay then." Danny said.
''Bye Danny..." Ginger said.
"Bye Ginger..." Danny said
"Take care…" Ginger says.
'"You too..." Gwen said.
After Ginger left, Danny and Gwen spoke when the former realized where they were.
"I guess this means we're in Connecticut if she lives her…" Danny said.
"Wow…" Gwen said. "Should've tried to see where we were first…"
It would be roughly 2 hours later since then as the two enjoyed their walk, and their time talking, did Gwen start to feel better, though feel something is missing.
"You okay?" Danny asked.
Gwen smiled.
"Yeah…" Her smile dropped. "Though, I guess that is kind of the problem."
"What is?" Danny asks.
"It's just… we're supposed to be… I don't know, doing better than okay. I'm right, aren't I?"
"You're not wrong." Danny said.
"Well… it's been a while, maybe we try eating somewhere else?"
"Any requests?" Danny asked.
"Maybe… somewhere where nobody we know lives?" Gwen suggests.
"Good idea." Danny said.
Danny and Gwen suddenly find themselves outside a town, noticing a water tower with the name on the side.
"Arlen?" Danny asked, reading the writing.
"I think that's a town in Texas…" Gwen said. "At least nobody we know lives here."
"Neither do I…" A voice they found familiar said from behind.
Both turned around and-
WHAT?!
"Sup…" Deadpool said, leaning on a tree.
Oh… no…
Danny remained expressionless while Gwen groaned.
This guy… She thought in exasperation.
"Hi, uh… Deadpool right?" Danny asked, being friendlier than his girlfriend.
"Got it." Deadpool said with the gun motion with his hand. "So, you and Gwendy here on another date?" He asks.
"First off, don't call me that." Gwen said with her eyes narrowed. "Second, why are you here?"
"I got finished with a job eliminating a target while also humiliating Stan Smith." Deadpool said. "Figured, eh, may as well grab a bite when I found the closest town here…" He said.
"I… see…" Danny said.
Danny and Gwen almost afraid to ask who his target was. Before they could say anything, Deadpool spoke up.
"Anyway, I'm gonna go get some chimichangas, wanna come?..."DP asked.
"Uh, no thank you..." Danny said.
"Okay…" Deadpool said as he got off the tree and headed down the hill. "Laters…" He said, waving his arm at them as he left.
Once he was gone, Danny shook his head and Gwen frowned.
"Well… like he said… he doesn't live here…" Danny said.
"Let's just go..." Gwen said.
"Okay…" Danny said.
After about 20 minutes, they noticed it was close to dinner.
"Hmm… where to?" Gwen asked.
Danny saw a grown, bald man walking past them and decided to ask.
"Excuse me, sir?" Danny asked.
The man stopped and turned his head.
"Are you… talking to me?" He asked, sounding happy.
"Uh, yes."
"Me? Bill Dauterive?" He asked again.
"Uh… sure, Bill."
Bill smiled.
"Oh, happy day. Not many strangers wanna talk to me…"
The teen couple shared a confused look before continuing.
"You wouldn't happen to know a place we can eat, would you?" Gwen asked.
"Try Sugarfoot's." Bill explained before pointing forward. "About a few blocks that way…"
As the two walked to this "Sugarfoot's" for lunch, they took notice of a family entering. A father, mother, and their son.
The man, who was tall and wore glasses, opened the door for them.
"Here ya go." He said.
"Thanks." Danny said as he and Gwen entered.
The man noticed they name in alone.
"Where are yer parents?" He asked.
"We're on a date, sir." Danny explained.
The man just stared at Danny, then Gwen, then looked to his son.
"Bobby, I can only hope you grow to be the kind of person this young man is." He said.
Danny raised a brow at that.
"Okay, Dad..." Bobby said
Danny and Gwen both shared an uncomfortable look at hearing that.
As they waited for their table, Gwen spoke up.
"I remember this place." Gwen said. "I read about it, or at least when it was temporarily under new management by someone named Peggy Hill." She didn't notice the mother of the boy Bobby was behind her and overheard her. "I saw the photos… it looked gaudy…" She said with a disgusted look. "It lacked charm, looked way too corporate and the lady had her face on a toy train driving around."
"Really?" Danny asked, looking ready to laugh.
"Talk about ego…" Gwen said.
"Excuse me?!" The woman behind her got up and put her fists at her hips. "I happen to BE Peggy Hill!"
Gwen turned her head and looked apologetic.
"Oops…" She said before smiling. "I mean, to be fair, you have no restaurant experience…"
"For your information, I read Dave Thomas's autobiography!" Peggy shouted.
"And… that gives you experience?" Gwen asked. "I mean… nobody goes in thinking a place like this should be a chain. Places like these become chains because they attract people with marketing and good food…" Gwen said.
Peggy became far livider.
"Oh, and I suppose you think you can run a restaurant?!" Peggy shouted, getting everyone's attention.
"No, of course not. But at least with time and proper knowledge, I wouldn't end in an article online that reads How NOT to Run a Restaurant." Gwen said, getting annoyed with Peggy now.
As Peggy grinded her teeth, growling in anger, Deadpool watched from afar and chuckled.
"She ain't Kim… but she's perfect for Danny." He said to the author.
Wait… you're eating here too?
"They ain't got chimichangas around the town…" Deadpool said with a shrug.
Danny and Gwen soon went to an open table, ignoring the glare Peggy sent them. Soon, a waitress arrives to take their order.
"I'll have a salad..." Gwen said as the waitress wrote it down before turning Danny.
''And you?" She asked.
"I guess I'll have the steak." Danny said as he looked at the menu.
"How would ya like that, Hon?" The waitress asked.
"Well done." Danny said.
This caused a collective gasp from everyone in the restaurant, including Hank Hill, who shook his head.
"I knew that boy was too good to be true…" He muttered.
Danny and Gwen were weirded out by these reactions.
What is with everyone? They both thought, awkwardly.
"I'll… wash up." Danny said, really wanting an excuse to avoid the eyes on him.
As he left, Gwen sighed.
I don't get it… I don't feel any different, so why doesn't this feel right? She thought.
"Sup, Gwen?" Deadpool asked, sitting next to her, causing a gasp.
"How'd you- nevermind…" She said. "I don't wanna talk to you."
"Well, a shame, because I'm thinking something's bugging and you don't wanna talk to Danny about it.
''How did you-"
"Pretty obvious..." He cut her off.
Gwen sighed, before realizing that he is not going away and got it over with.
"Is it so wrong for us to want to do something… normal?" Gwen asked.
Hank, overhearing her, nodded.
However, Deadpool shook his head.
"We all have our own version of normal." He said. This earned a frown from Hank. "Normal is relative anyway, I think what you really want is to spend time together without dealing with some creeps bugging you or past dates..." DP said. "I mean, you two aren't exactly the most normal people, right?"
"Right…"
"Maybe you forget that you two have your own normal and just enjoy each other's time… I mean, look at me. I'm insane, near indestructible and Wonder Woman, Black Canary, Shego and Ms- I mean Captain Marvel all can't see how awesome I am. This is my normal."
"What?" Gwen asked, realizing what he was talking about.
"The point is… you and Danny don't have to try to have a "normal" date. Not because normal is overrated, but because you two are normal in your ways and you two should just enjoy each other's presence, regardless of what you do."
Hank heard that and frowned even more.
What is that man talking about? Hank thought.
Gwen smiled.
"For a crazy and annoying person… you're pretty smart."
"Heheheheh… She called me smart." He said. "Eat that, narrator."
Shut up, Wade…
"Make me…"
Gwen rose an eyebrow at this.
"Okay… maybe not that smart…" She whispered.
Gwen decided to nod and Deadpool grinned under his mask.
Deadpool got up.
"Well… I'll leave you and Danny be…" Deadpool said.
"Thanks." Gwen said.
As he stepped back and saw Danny arrive and sit back down, Deadpool smiled approvingly.
"Wonderful…" Deadpool said. "I'm sure she and her new gal pals are gonna be like the Golden Girls… Boy, I love Betty White." Deadpool said as he observed the two.
Hank, getting up to use the restroom, only shrugged.
"I'm sure someone loves her. But she's just an old woman from California… She's not as precious as the Dallas Cowboys…"
Instantly, Deadpool had a look on his face, one of pure hatred and rage that was clear even on his mask. He turned around and grabbed Hank by the arm, pulling him back and glaring at him in the eyes.
"WHAT'D YOU SAY?!" He shouted.
This caught everyone's attention.
Hank, quickly, stepped back and held his hands up.
"Look… I'm just saying. She's an old woman. The Dallas Cowboys are a Texas football team."
"SO WHAT?!" Deadpool shouted. "WHO CARES IF THEY PLAY SOME STUPID SPORT?!"
Hank sighed.
"Let me start over. My name is Hank Hill. I sell propane and propane accessories."
"I DON'T CARE!"
Hank gulped.
"Sir, I'm sure you're upset, but I'm only telling you the tru-"
"YOU SHUT UP! IF IT WEREN'T FOR THIS AGE RATING…"
"Age ra-?"
"I'D BE MAKING HANK HILL STEAKS COOKED WELL DONE WITH CHARCOAL!" Deadpool shouted.
Hank gasped in horror.
"You wouldn't dare!" He said, trying to steel himself.
Deadpool stopped himself, not wanting to make a scene.
"What? But I really wanna-"
Wade…
"Ugh… fine!" Deadpool then pointed at Hank. "For your disrespect to Betty White… I will destroy you…" He turned around and left, whispering to the cashier along the way.
Once their dinner was done, Danny got up.
"So… head home?" Danny asked.
Gwen smiled and shook her head.
"Actually… I have another idea."
Danny smiled.
"Shoot."
As they talked, Hank shook his head.
"Those two and that man in red ain't right…"
"I know!" Peggy said. "The things she said about me…" She whined.
"I kinda like that man in red…" Bobby said.
As Hank glared at his son, one of the waiters walked up to him.
"Excuse me, Mr. Hill? That Mr. Deadpool says you'd pay his bill or else he'd dent your truck."
"What?!" Hank went before groaning. "How much…?"
"$100 in ribs." The waiter said.
Hank groaned.
In Amity Park
Danny and Gwen were soon back as Gwen changed in alley, away from prying eyes so nobody can spot her without her disguise.
"Done." She said.
Danny smiled and looked back.
"Cool."
Before they could do anything, they heard the sounds of a gun and people screaming.
Both of them got worried as they looked down the street.
it was the local bank and saw many people were being threatened inside by a bank robber. They also saw the Masters Blasters at the end of the block, not doing anything about it.
"Best find out why they're not doing anything…" Gwen suggested.
"Right…" Danny said as he ran down the block and knocked on their window. "Hey, there's people in trouble there!" He pointed to the bank.
"Hey, we get paid to fight ghosts, nothing else..." Vid said in an uncaring tone.
"Let's go, nothing important here…" Download said.
They drove off.
Danny narrowed eyes at that.
In the car, Thrash couldn't help but think back.
"Did that punk look familiar?"
"They all look familiar…" Vid said.
Once they were gone, Danny's eyes glowed green.
Inside the bank
A masked bank robber pointed a gun to a bank employing, forcing him to hand over all the money they had.
"Be glad I aimed for the roof and not you." The robber said. "Now, however much money you can store in this briefcase better leave this place with me."
As the bank teller did as instructed, she stopped and saw someone behind him and gasped.
The bank robber stopped when someone new entered.
'IT'S DANNY PHANTOM!" Someone shouted.
"And Lucky Girl..." Gwen, as Lucky Girl, added.
The robber rubbed his eyes.
"What the- what are you doing here? I ain't no ghost!" He said.
"Put the gun down if you don't want to give us a reason to fix that…" Lucky Girl said.
"Why don't we make this easy and put the gun down and go home? Nobody has to get hurt." Danny suggested.
The robber answered by pulling out his gun.
"Eat this, freaks!"
He started shooting bullets at them, only for Danny to grab Gwen's hand and became intangible and the bullets flew harmlessly through them.
Geez...how stupid is this guy? They both thought.
Once he ran out of bullets, having only three, he dropped his gun and pulled out a knife.
"You stay away!" He demanded.
Both Danny Phantom and Lucky Girl shook their heads.
"How long have you been at this? Much less in Amity Park?" Danny asked.
"What?"
Before the robber could get his answer, Lucky Girl fired a stream of pink mana, wrapping a bubble around his hand with the knife.
"He's all yours." She said to Danny.
"Thank you." He said before flying straight to the robber and, with his superior strength, flicked the man in the forehead to knock him out. "Held back, but that was like getting hit with a basketball throws across the court."
With the robber no longer being a threat, the entire bank started cheering for them.
"WE ARE SAVED!" The employee shouted as they all started cheering for the heroes.
Before they could say anything, a siren blurred.
They saw it was the Masters Blasters
"Yeah… now they show up…" Danny said.
"It must be you they're after…" Gwen said. "Let's go."
They left, leaving the robber unconscious on the floor.
Later
Outside
Once the bank robbers was apprehended by the authorities and taken away, Gwen and Danny decided to watch from above and sat on the edge of the rooftop.
"That… was fun." Gwen said as she stretched her arms.
"Yeah…" Danny said with a small laugh. "Feel better?"
"Actually… yes…" Gwen said. "I think… this IS our normal. We should just have fun and enjoy our time together regardless of what we do…"
''Sounds good to me..." Danny said.
As they shared a kiss, a siren went off.
They parted and saw where the sirens came from and smiled.
"Ready for more action?" Danny asked.
Gwen smirked as their eyes glowed their respective colors, Danny with green and her with pink.
"Absolutely…" Gwen said.
End of the chapter
So, I guess-
Uh uh! Hold it!
What- Wade?! What are you-
Ooh, the wall's fixed...
No thanks to you...
Tell ya what. I got cash right here. I'll pay you back for the repairs if you add this one little epilogue to this chapter.
Uh... what?
You'll see... *grins*
In Arlen, it was morning.
Hank Hill, the man who angered Deadpool, awoke.
He got out of his bed and walked to the window. He smiled.
Now... to enjoy the look of the morning light and my lawn...
However, as he parted the curtains, he was horrified.
"BWWAAAAAAAA!"
His scream echoed throughout all of Arlen, waking everyone in the town up, including his neighbors.
"WHAT?!" Peggy went awoke.
"Dad?!"
"Uncle Hank?!"
"Hank?!"" Bill went.
"Hank man what's going on there it's all bright and early up man..." Boomhauer went.
"Hank's being abducted!" Dale went.
"Hill?!" Khan went.
However, the neighbors all came to his house and saw what happened.
His lawn, which he loved more than anything else, was gone. All that was left was uneven pules of dirt.
"MY LAWN!" Hank shouted in agony as, after getting dressed, he dropped to his knees. "WHAT HAPPENED TO MY LAWN?!"
Peggy, before trying to console him, noticed something on the dirt.
"Is that an envelope?"
Hank saw it and picked it up, reading the side.
"Hank Hill, if you want answers, read this out loud until you read the word 'sucks' and make sure people are recording you..." Hank looked up and saw some people getting their phones out and recording him. He did as the envelope instructed when he opened the note inside and read out loud. "I told you that you'd pay for disrespecting Betty White. Your stupid little lawn is the first of many things I plan to destroy for actions that I know some consider disproportionate, but anyone who thinks a bunch of idiots kicking and throwing that thing you claim is a ball is more precious than the Great Dame of American TV Comedy is my eternal enemy. Even though Soccer, the actual football and is more accurate since they actually use their feet, has a ball that's actually round." Hank frowned at being forced to read that. "Never cross me again... PS. Propane sucks..."
Hank gasped at having just read that out loud.
To say that out loud was blasphemous to him.
Even worse, that was recorded by so many people.
Angered, Hank crumpled up the paper and threw it to the ground, screaming in anger.
He was unaware someone saw what just happened on the other side of his house.
Someone who was "handsome", funny, and won't let anyone diss Betty White as he turned way, leaning on the wall as he chuckled to himself.
...
Wade?
HE HAD IT COMING!
Is this going to be like Itchy and Scratchy? Where you do increasingly awful things to him?
Maybe...
...
You know what? Don't care... just give me the money you owe for the repairs.
Gotcha...
Can't believe that gu- oh, uh...
New chapter.
Reunions with old dates.
Special thank you to Flower princess11.
Who are the next dates to reappear? Let's find out.
And Tucker has decided he wants Sam to be his friend again, so things are starting to look up for her.
More soon... ish.
Menatron the Angel of Ideas: I do plan to use her.
DVMStarblade: I have the app though hardly use it.
Major Simi: Thanks.
One for Inspiration: Well, they already met Kitty.
danifan3000: I had assumed that was a dream of some kind. Also, I might give Zim a cameo.
TheWhiteTitan: No time travel. Not gonna have them go back to before the dating service.
Invader Johnny: They've found they have their own normal.
Starlord Master: Yup.
61394: I wouldn't call him unlucky.
Luiz4200: You were close. Ginger and not Other Gwen.
Ultimatrix bearer: Maybe, I wanna stick with villains from Danny and Ben 10. Also, not fond of that reset.
Runeion: I mostly stick with canon couples unless I either don't like the pairing, I think this other pairing is interesting, or I'm just ship crazy :)
Jebest4781: The "normal" date turned out wasn't as exciting as they hoped.
BeConFuzzled Writer: Indeed, there is.
Leonardo: ALL of them will appear. Also, I got something for Sam kind of like that.
williamescobar608: Normalmente no lo está, pero ver a demasiadas chicas interesadas haría algo. Si. No, no es normal.
Jay the Average Fanboy: Indeed, I will cameo.
qazse: Yup.
kombatant88: Indeed.
pokemon fan 1991: I guess they realize their normal is more fun.
DJ Rodriguez: I'll give it a look.
Dreams Come True 996: 1) Yes. 2) Not sure. 3) Probably just feeding her. 4) Most likely. 5) Yes. 6) The AF-UA era. 7) I think they CAN work... if done right. 8) Not sure, probably the ones who tell Vanellope off for leaving her game for one she wasn't approved of. 9) Not sure. 10) Probably lead better lives. 11) Not likely. 12) Most likely.
Game-Watch: Glad you liked it.
ChrisZilla18: Cool :)