Chapter 4
Danny's POV
I wake up to the smell of bacon, sausage, and coffee. I also faintly smell fruit. It's weird because my house never smells this good in the mornings. I sit up and bed and look around. This isn't my room. Slowly, my memory of yesterday returns. I'm in Andrew's lair. I must have fallen asleep at one point last night, and he carried me to bed. I blush at the thought.
I get up and see the bag that I packed. I pull out one of my black long sleeved shirts, a pair of boxers and dark blue jeans, and my dark grey hoodie. When I'm done getting dressed, I walk out and follow the smell to the kitchen.
My blush returns full force when I see Andrew standing over the stove, cooking breakfast. He doesn't have a shirt on but has on some fleece pajama pants. He may be a bit of a nerd, but he definitely isn't a week one.
"Like what you see?" he asks making me blush even harder. He looks over his shoulder and laughs when he sees my red face and wide eyed expression. "Relax, I'm only joking with you." I stick my tongue out at him. "Are you hungry?" my stomach answers for me making him laugh again.
"Thanks." I say as he hands me a plate piled high with pancakes, and another with meat, eggs, and hashbrowns. On the table is a bunch of fruit and other things to top the pancakes with. I pile fruit on my pancakes, sprinkle some powdered sugar on top of that, and pour on some syrup. Andrew sits next to me doing the same.
"Are you feeling better this morning?"
"Yeah, a little, thank you."
"Don't even mention it. I must admit, it is strange having someone else in here, especially over night, but I think I like it. I guess I never realized how lonely I really was. If you ask me, you're welcome to stay here anytime you like."
"Thanks I really appreciate everything."
"Like I said, don't worry about it. I guess I should let you know that you are welcome to read any books that look interesting to you. I know you're probably not a very big reader, but the option is there."
"Actually, before I got my powers, I read at least three books a week; although it was more like one a day."
"Really? Well now that you don't have to worry so much about in terms of ghost attacks, feel free to pick that back up again any time."
"I think I just might." We smile at each other and finish breakfast in a comfortable silence.
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"Hey Andy." I say to get the attention of my crush away from his latest read. "I heard about this party from Ember. She said that there were going to be tons of dead rockstars playing, and there would be free food and drinks. I was wondering if you wanted to stop by and check it out. She said I was free to bring someone with if I wanted."
"I don't know, parties aren't really my thing." he says looking slightly uncomfortable.
"Come on please. I want to get things off my mind and I would really love it if you came too. I promise I won't leave your side the entire time, and we don't even have to stay there the whole time. Just one hour. Please?" I beg, giving the best puppy dog eyes I can. He looks like he is fighting to look away. When he finally does he groans.
"Fine. But don't you dare leave me alone. You know I don't like being social."
"YES! Thank you, thank you, thank you!" I give him a giant hug. "It starts at five and doesn't get over until three am, but like I said, we can leave sooner if you want."
"That's in an hour, why did you wait until now to ask me?!"
"Because if I convinced you to say yes then I didn't want to give you time to back out." he groans again and puts his book down.
"I'll be ready in fifteen minutes." He leaves and goes to what I would assume is his room.
~~~Line Break~~~
When we get to the party, you can hear the music from the outside. There are ghosts flying around everywhere and I change into my ghost form so that I can keep my sense from going off every time a new ghost gets within range. We walk inside and I immediately get tackled by a blue blur.
"You made it! And you brought a friend! I'm surprised you were able to convince him to come ghostwriter doesn't leave his library unless it's for something book related, or if your dad decides he wants to talk to him."
"Hey! I do to! Just yesterday I went with Danny, Sam, and Tuck to the Nasty Burger to hang out. The only reason I didn't stick around longer was because the stopwatch said to go straight there afterwards."
"Wow. I'm impressed. Hey Danny, maybe he has a crush on you." We both go red.
"S-shut up Ember! It's not like that!" She gives me a look like she doesn't believe a word I'm saying. "By the way, what did my old man tell you?"
"He told me, that I would know when it's time to tell you. And I can definitely tell you that now isn't it." He says. I cross my arms and pout.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Hey Em, what's a guy gotta do to get somethin' to eat around here?"
"Good question. Follow me. Open bar tonight and the food is to die for. Well, you know what I mean."
She leads us to a long table with a mountain of food. Right next to it is a bar with a bunch of ghostly versions of alcohol. We all grab a plate and pile it high. Ember orders three drinks called a 'time in', and we find Johnny and Kitty sitting at a table and we decide to join them.
"No way! You got Ghostwriter to actually leave his library! I think I may have had one two many plasma shots." Kitty says.
"Why doesn't anyone think I'm capable of leaving?"
"Maybe because I had to beg you to come and you still tried to back out five times on the way."
"I'll show you I can have a good time. We aren't leaving till the party's over! No excuses!" I hold up my drink. "Here's to one wild night."
"To a wild night!" we all yell in return while raising our drinks. Then we all started chugging. We were in for a wild night.
~~~Line Break~~~
Ember's POV
Danny was on his fifth Phantom blast. He was a little uncomfortable with having a drink named after him at first, but then he tried it and didn't even care. Apparently, it's the most ordered drink here. True to his word, he hasn't left Ghostwriter's side. I think he has a crush on him and wouldn't leave even if he hadn't promised.
It turns out that Ghostwriter can be a lot of fun if you can get him to take letting loose as a challenge. I think he's had almost as much to drink as Danny. Unfortunately that is a lot and I am not entirely sure it is safe for them to fly home from here.
"Hey Danny, I have a room set up for you guys if you want to stay here tonight. I don't think it's a good idea for you to fly home like this."
"Thanks ssisss! You the besst you know that?" He says, slurring his s's. "Yo Andy!" Who is Andy?
"What'ss up man?" Ghostwriter replies, also slurring. I wonder why he calls him Andy.
"My amaazzing ssisster here, ssays we can ssleep here tonight!"
"Thank'ss Em! That iss sso nicce."
"Maybe you two should go now. I know Danny has school in the morning and probably doesn't want to explain to his human friends where he went to get so drunk last night."
"It doessn't matter girl! Yesterday, I told them I'm a ssuper hero!"
"You told them?!"
"Yyeppp."
"You sshoulda sseen im'. He wass sso ssure, they'd hate im', he jusst, flew away." He starts laughing. "He came to me, and told me everythin'. But not meee."
"Alright, let's get you two to bed." I grab both of their arms and drag them to their rooms. Their names are on their doors so no other drunks wander in. I send them both in. As I turn to leave, Ghostwriter opens his door, sticks his head out and giggles. "I thought I told you to go to bed."
"Y-yeah, but I wanted to tell you a ssecret. It'ss ssomethin' ssuper big. But I can't tell hottie. I mean Danny." he blushes. I sigh.
"Fine but make it quick."
"Danny'ss my mate." he half whispers half yells. My eyes go wide. "Don tell im' cause' the sstopwatch said that'ss a no no." he says. "Good night!" he pulls his head back in and slams the door. I stand there in shock for another ten minutes before heading to bed myself.
~~~Line Break~~~
I groan as I feel my throbbing head burst into existence, and light filters through my already tightly closed eyelids. I barely notice a hand gently shaking my aching shoulder, trying to bring me out of the safe confines of darkness I was in before.
"Go away." I mumble, each word sending another flare of pain through my head.
They grab my head gently, even though it still hurts like hell every time they try to move it. The person puts a glass to my lips and tips it so the cool water slips into my mouth. I gulp greedily at the cooling sensation it brings to my throat that I didn't realize was burning before. Instantly the pounding in my head shrinks, though not entirely.
"Come on babypop, you're going to be late for school." I hear my adoptive sister say. Slowly it registers in my mind that it's Monday, and the last thing I remember, was making a toast with Johnny, Kitty, Ember, and Andy.
"Shit!" I open my eyes and jump up only to fall back to the ground as pain fills my head and body. "Ow. How drunk did I get last night?" I ask her.
"Very."
"Where's Andy?"
"He's in the room next door why?" I look at the clock and see we have an hour before we have to get to school.
"Cause we're going to be late. And I don't think either of us want detention today."
"Wait. Ghostwriter goes to school with you?"
"Yeah. It was dad's idea. He still won't tell me why though."
"I guess I'll go get him up too. Come on, he's your boyfriend." she says walking away.
"We aren't dating!" I yell, instantly regretting it. She smirks like she knows something I don't and walks out of the room.
I follow her and we go to the room next door. She knocks but doesn't wait for a reply. She walks over to the sink in the attached bathroom and opens the cupboard. She pulls out an unopened package dumping the contents into a cup, and filling it with water. She mixes it up and does the same thing to Andy that she did to me. Then I realize that I called him Andy in front of her and she didn't question it. Maybe she already knew his real name.
She calls a cab which surprises me considering I didn't know the ghost zone had public transportation. We get to the Library and get ready for school quickly, adding a pair of sunglasses and a hoodie to our outfits, and hop back in the cab which takes us to the Fenton Portal. By now we only have ten minutes to get to school. We both agree that we are in too much pain to care and will settle for a tardy.We walk into class and immediately, everybody is looking at us and laughing.
"How nice of you to join us today boys. I suspect you can find your seats without getting lost?" Mr. Lancer greets us.
"Yes sir." we grumble.
"And don't forget to come in after school. I wouldn't want you to be late to detention too." we groan and start heading towards our seats in the back.
I freeze when I see Sam and Tucker in the back. Finally remembering why I hadn't been at home last night in the first place. I feel a hand on my shoulder and turn to see a look of encouragement on Andy's face. 'Thanks' I mouth to him. He nods only to wince at the pain in his head. Finally, I walk back and sit in my seat. Lancer starts droning on again and I put my head in my arms and try to get some more sleep.
"Hey Danny, Andrew, are you guys alright?" Tucker whispers.
Unfortunately I have no control over my enhanced hearing and wince when it is as loud as a jackhammer going right next to me. Apparently Andy is having the same problem.
"Shh. Could you be any louder. In case you guys didn't realize, ghosts have enhanced hearing. You sound like you're yelling to us." Andy complains.
"We asked you a question." Sam says. I grab a piece of paper and start writing, deciding that this is the best way to keep the volume down.
You guys obviously didn't hear him but Andrew said that you need to be quieter. You may sound quiet to yourselves, but we have enhanced hearing since we are ghosts. You sound like you're yelling.
I pass them the note and they read it going wide eyed while Tucker writes something down. He passes it to Andy who takes it grumbling and writes his response. He passes it back and Tucker passes it to Sam who writes something down and hands it to me.
You're half dead too?
No. Danny is half dead but I am completely dead. That's why you guys can't come to my house, it's in the ghost zone.
Are you guys alright? I know we need to talk about what happened Sunday but I think this is more important right now. You guys look like hell.
We will be fine by tomorrow. We've just got a massive hangover. I'm just glad we got medicine to keep us from puking.
I pass it back and they give us a weird look and leave it at that. I put my head back in my arms and sleep for the rest of the period.
~~~Line Break~~~
"Okay spill. You've been gone all weekend after dropping that bomb on us, and when you finally bother to show up at school, hungover, and complaining about enhanced hearing. We gave you time to calm down, but we're your best friends. How could you guys keep something like this from us?" Sam grilled, making me rub the back of my neck with guilt.
"Yeah, about that, I'm really sorry guys. I knew it was a bad idea to drop something like that on you. I should have just kept my mouth shut." I say. Luckily, the headaches have gone down to the point where we at least have control of our enhanced hearing again.
"Dude, did you completely mis the part where she said that you should have told us SOONER. If I remember correctly, that is not another word for never." Tucker says.
"Danny, I think that it's about time we came clean about everything." Andy tells me. I sigh and look at him helplessly. He puts an arm around my shoulder from where he is sitting next to me to show that he has my back. I smile gratefully and take a deep breath to prepare to tell them everything.
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