Danny's POV

I woke up slowly, my head still hurting from my last battle. I groaned as I sat up only to be pushed back down gently. "Not so fast mister, we need to make sure you're alright enough to even stand up," a familiar voice scolded playfully.

I looked to the side and saw Talia sitting on the bed beside me, a cheeky grin on her face. I raised an eyebrow at her, "Since when did you become my personal nurse?"

"Since you can't seem to take care of yourself," she replied smartly.

I laughed, "You got me there."

Talia rolled her bright green eyes, "I swear, if I wasn't around you wouldn't know what to do with yourself."

I mocked hurt, "How you wound me with your words madame."

In return I received a light tap on the head. "Hey!" I cried out.

"That's what you get," she said.

I smiled at her, "Keep this up and you'll be just like Sam."

Talia's eyes instantly brightened at the mention of Sam. I had brought Sam, Tucker and Jazz to the castle a few times in the past year and during those times Sam and Talia had grown close. Sometimes when we went to the castle Dani 'coincidentally' visited Talia and the three of them would hang out. Sam had become like an older sister to Talia in a way. And though she will never admit it, I can tell she sees Talia as the little sister she never had.

"That reminds me," Talia said, reaching behind her. From behind, she pulled out the book of pictures from my 15th birthday. "I found this under your pillow, with this picture sort of bookmarked."

Talia pointed to the very first picture. The one of Sam, Tucker, Jazz and me. I stared at Sam's smiling face.

"So?"

I looked up at Talia, "So what?"

"Are you two dating yet?"

I blushed furiously, "What? N-no, we're just friends."

Talia laughed at my stupid reaction, "Danny, I may have only known you for two years, but I know how to tell when you like someone."

I frowned, "We're just friends."

"Keep telling yourself that," she sang as she walked over to the wardrobe and placed the photo book inside it.

"You've been spending too much time with Tucker," I tell her causing her to laugh again.

The door creaked open, "Ah, good to see you awake and well Master Danny," said a maid that I thought I recognized.

I concentrated hard, "You.... were in here last night. You helped calm me down."

She nodded, "I am Nina. And I also have a message for you."

I sat up slowly, "What is it?"

"It's from Clockwork. He told me to tell you he's sorry that he couldn't see you this morning but he had some urgent business to attend to. Also that you're going to be late for school," Nina told me.

I gasped and tried to quickly get up off the bed, but Talia held me back, "Not so fast. Nina has to check on you first, then you can race through the Ghost Zone to get to school."

I sighed and flopped back onto the bed as the two girls smiled. "Is he always this dramatic?" I heard Nina whisper.

"You don't know the half of it," Talia replied.

I groaned as they giggled at their jokes. Lancer was going to kill me.

I AM THE MIGHT LINE BREAK! BEWARE!
Box Ghost: Hey that's my line!

"And why are you late this time Mr.Fenton?" asked Mr.Lancer as I ran into the classroom.

"Uh...... traffic jam?" I replied, shrugging.

Mr.Lancer sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose, "Just take your seat Mr.Fenton."

I walked through the aisles to my seat and promptly sat down as Mr.Lancer continued to teach the lesson. Someone tapped my shoulder. I turned around to face Tucker, "Dude, what happened last night?" he asked.

"I'll catch you up at lunch," I whispered back.

"Now I expect you all to take these last few minutes of class to work on your assignments with your partners," Mr.Lancer's voice boomed. I turned to look at the board, and was greeted by Scarlet's smiling face.

I nearly flew out my seat in surprise, "H-hi, Scarlet," I stuttered. Today she was wearing a red shirt and navy denim jeans. Her fiery orange hair was pulled back into a high ponytail. She wore black mascara and eyeliner and she had a black wristband on.

"Hi-ya," she replied as she pulled her chair beside my desk. I looked around the room for Sam and Tucker. Tucker was in the corner of the room trying to talk with Paulina, while Sam was almost right beside me, visibly trying not to strangle the jock.

She glanced over at me and we locked eyes. Her expression read anger and..... something else. I couldn't tell what. Sam turned her head away and someones hand lightly grabbed my chin, forcing me to turn my head.

"Hello? Were you listening to me?" Scarlet asked releasing my chin.

I blinked, "What? Oh, n-no sorry. I get distracted easily."

Scarlet looked behind me and frowned. I didn't even know she could do that, the girl was always smiling. The frown was quickly replaced by her normal smile. "So, where do you want to get started?" she asked.

I titled my head in confusion. Scarlet giggled, "The assignment silly. We're analyzing the Shakespeare play 'Romeo and Juliet'." I felt my cheeks go hot and my heart pounded in my ears.

"R-Romeo and Juliet?" I asked.

She nodded, "Yep, we have to choose a scene and try to find the underlying theme of that scene."

I nodded, "Alright, which scene do we have?"

Scarlet flipped through the book resting on my desk, "Act 1 Scene 5."

She showed me the page. I read it to myself. Once I was finished, a blush rose in my cheeks. "We, uh, we aren't acting out these scenes right? Because I've never been much of an actor."

Scarlet laughed, "Relax Danny, we aren't acting them out. Just analyzing."

I sighed in relief. I wasn't sure what would happen if we had to act these out. Especially since there was that part where Romeo and Juliet kiss.

The bell rang. "Remember, these projects are due Wednesday next week," Mr.Lancer said as everyone began to pack up.

I stuffed my things into my bag. "So, we still hanging out after school?" Scarlet asked.

I looked up at her, staring right into her deep blue eyes. "Yeah, of course," I replied almost automatically.

She grinned, "Great, see you next period." And with that, Scarlet walked out of the classroom.

My lips twitched upwards in a smile. "What's up with the weird smile?" I heard Tucker ask.

I looked over to my friend and shrugged, "Nothing." The smile was still on my face as I slung my bag over my shoulder.

"I don't know how anyone can stand that obnoxious, loud, jerky-" Sam ranted until she paused to stare at me. She leaned towards Tucker, "Is that supposed to be a smile?" she asked Tucker.

I frowned at the two of them and turned to walk out of the class. They caught up to me. "Sorry Danny, you know we were kidding right?" Tucker said.

I raised an eyebrow and let the corner of my lip turn upward in a smirk. The warning bell rang, signaling that we had less than 5 minutes to get to our next class."Guess I better get going," I told them.

"Hey don't forget about our 'debriefing' at lunch. And don't leave anything out this time got it?" Sam warned.

I nodded and turned to walk to my next class. Sam's hand brushed against mine as I walked past her. I looked over my shoulder and so did she. We both blushed and turned away. After I moment I heard Tucker yelp in pain. I snickered, he must have made the 'lovebirds' joke again.

I entered the room just as the bell rang and rushed to my seat beside Scarlet. She flashed me a quick smile as I sat down. The tips of my ears felt hot.

This was weird. Did I 'like' Scarlet? I've never felt like this before. No I can't like Scarlet, I barely know her. Yet somehow.....

I looked at her from the corner of my eye.

It felt like I'd known her forever.

A/N: Hey peoples, hope you liked the latest chapter.

Danny: I did

Sam: *punches Danny in the arm*

Danny: Hey!

Sam: *gives him a evil glare*

Me: Stop it you two! Anyways, on a different note I have decided to turn my 'I'm Adopted?' one-shot into a story. It's not gonna be a big story, maybe two or three chapters, but I'm gonna do it. The (first? second?) chapter may possibly be up in about an hour or tomorrow at the latest (hopefully). It would mean a lot to me if you would check it out!

Danny: *whispers* Hey writer! Don't forget about that other thing

Me: Oh yeah. Shout out to @LaceForest for drawing everyone's favourite OC badguy, STEVE! The link to the artwork is on my profile! Check it out! It's awesome!

Sam: See you all in the next one!

Me: Hey! That's my line! See you all in the next one

Sam: Really?

Me: Yes really