5Here's the next addition to A Ghostly Secret. Enjoy!
The next morning Danny woke up, yawned, and smiled as he saw that he was still in the guest bedroom. He looked out the window and saw a small squirrel running up a nearby tree, seemingly looking for something.
Danny gasped quietly as he noticed the squirrel's slightly glowing red eyes, not a usual thing for the average squirrel, and he hid under his covers, hoping it hadn't seen him.
The squirrel noticed the movement and peered into the window as best as it could, but didn't see who it was looking for. All it saw was a lump under the covers and a bunch of black hair peaking out from underneath the covers just slightly. Who it was looking for had white hair, not black, so the squirrel went back to searching, running from tree to tree in search of the one it was looking for.
Danny sighed in relief when he peeked out from the covers and noticed the squirrel gone. He sat up and rubbed his neck and cursed to himself, having forgotten about his necklace, the one his father had given him when he was young.
It looked to be a swirl made out of silver metal and in the center was a blue-green orb. He couldn't take off the necklace, in fear someone would find it and find out that he had run away from home and send him back, so when he put on his white shirt with a red oval and red trim on his collar and sleeves; he tucked the small necklace under it so it was hidden from view.
He finished getting dressed and went down the stairs to get breakfast before heading out to school. There was a nice cool breeze that swept his black hair around a bit, but he paid no mind and continued on his way to school. The sun was shining and he smiled lightly as he took it all in. Besides yesterday, he never really had a chance to go outside of his home and play outside as a kid, or any other time in his life up to this point, because he was always busy with something inside and couldn't go outside.
His father was a loving father, but lately he had been getting more strict than usual. Now that he thought about it, maybe his father was just getting a bit stressed over something and it just so happened that he was right there for his father to let some steam out. Then Danny's smiled faded into that of thinking and then he narrowed his eyes as a thought passed.
My father had no right to yell at me at all like that, no matter how mad he was. I know that when he used to get mad he would yell at one of his employees or even slightly at people whom I didn't know that were in the house, but lately he's been yelling at me for some reason, which was why I ran away. I couldn't take it any more. Besides, this is nice. To be able to feel free and not have to worry too much about others...
"Danny!" Sam yelled over to him, waving her hand as she smiled, getting his attention. He looked up and smiled as he saw Sam and Tucker waiting for him at school, forgetting all about his previous thoughts of his father as he walked with his friends into school.
The day went by nicely and Danny had completely forgotten about his father and similar thoughts...until English, the subject that he had the most trouble with. He got really bored. His teacher, Mr. Lancer, just kept droning on and on about some book called Romeo and Juliet by some author he had never heard of.
Boredom quickly took over and his thoughts drifted back to his father and his face took a slight angry tint to it. If you looked carefully enough, you could tell he was mad, but he was good at covering it up so you would have to look hard to see it.
He subconsciously played with the string of his necklace, and almost tuned out the teacher completely, but he knew better than to not pay even a little attention so he still kept his eyes on the teacher even though he wasn't listening as much as he should be.
Sam was to his left, in between Danny and Tucker, who was right next to the isle. She had a faint look of worry, not an emotion she usually felt for anything or anyone but animals, which she swore to protect in any way she could, hence why she was an Ultra Recyclo Vegetarian and an animal rights activist.
Danny seemed a mix between sad and mad, and from what she heard—Danny having run away from home and staying with the Fentons because he was mad at his dad—it was no wonder he was both mad and sad.
But there seemed to be more to it, more to the reason than he was just mad at his father and sad about it all, like there was more than the simple "I'm mad at you so I'm running away" thing.
The bell rang, ending the class much to the trio's relief, and they headed to lunch. They had been able to avoid Dash and other bullies all day, a record in their books and they planned to keep it that way.
Danny got his bagged lunch and sat at the usual table, waiting for his two friends to return from the lunch line. After a few minutes of waiting, he began to eat and just as he took his first bite, Dash decided to pay him a visit. Coming up from behind the smaller teen, Dash sneaked up and proceeded to put a tray of food in front of his victim so he could push the boy's head into it, but Danny yawned and said in a slightly bored tone, "Get lost, Dash."
Dash looked surprised for a second, but soon his eyes narrowed, an angry frown replaced his shocked expression and he put the tray quickly in front of Danny before grabbing the back of Danny's head by the hair and attempting to push it down into the tray. He noticed that Danny's head was resting on his hands, his elbows on the table. A bored sigh released from the smaller boy's mouth, causing Dash to get really mad, pushing harder than he originally intended.
But Danny's head barely budged; it barely moved an inch even with all that pressure. Dash was the star quarterback so he was one of the strongest people at school, but he looked like a weakling, unable to push a geek's, as many considered the smaller boy to be, head down into a tray. A task so simple a rookie bully could do it.
Everyone was watching now, even Sam and Tucker who were on their way back to their table after getting their lunches. They were shocked at first that Dash was picking on Danny, though they were more surprised at the fact that Dash was trying hard to push down Danny's head into the tray, though somehow Danny was able to resist the forced motion.
To make himself not look bad in front of his peers, he picked Danny up and went to the nearest locker, and stuffed him into it and slammed it shut. Dash wiped off his hands with a triumphant smirk and walked back to the cool table, where he talked with his friends again.
Sam and Tucker both put their lunches down on the table they were sitting at and ran to the locker that Danny was in, only to find the locker open and their friend on the floor...again.
"Gravity doesn't seem to like you, huh." Sam said sarcastically as she helped Danny up. Danny wiped off his shirt and pants, then closed the locker door and walked back to the table with his friends and they ate their lunches.
Later that night Danny was in bed, his PJs consisting of black boxers and a white t-shirt, thinking about his home. He missed his family and friends, the people that he hung around with. But his father had yelled and gotten mad at him for no reason for the last time, and he couldn't take it anymore, so he had run away.
But now that he thought more about it, he began to feel a bit sad, missing his family and friends just a bit more than being mad at his father. But he was going to make sure his dad learned his lesson and not get mad at him again like he had, feeling how much it hurt his son by feeling the pain of regret.
Soon he fell asleep, a bit sad and a bit mad, and the blue/green orb on his necklace that was visible now began to glow very lightly, and Danny began to smile slightly, forgetting about what made him both mad and sad for the time being.
Well, how was it? Let me know so I can improve my writing skills and hopefully my future stories will be even better. I love challenging myself to get better, whether it's in writing or drawing, which I'm...working on. Anyways, Please RxR!