Danny Fenton Football Captain and the East Coast Vampire
Epilogue
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The Amity Park airport was small, it only had eight gates and one lonely Mcdonalds stand that waited for its passengers behind the TSA checkpoint. At the checkpoint stood an overweight and shabby TSA guard. He stood there watching the Fenton family as he picked a booger out of his nose, before he flicked it to the side. Jazz looked sick and tried not to gag.
Meanwhile the whole situation made Danny want to vomit. He had only been out of the hospital for a day and his parents were already dragging him to see him . Vlad Masters stood a foot smaller than his father but his ego was larger than the empire state building. He wore a pitch black casual suit, with a gold handle umbrella in his right hand. In his left Desiree was wrapped around his arm, her long black hair had been moved to hide her black eye. She gave Danny a kind motherly smile. Danny just rolled his eyes, shifting his weight to a leg that wasn’t currently hurting.
“Well V-man! It was nice to see you again,” Jack said.
“Yes, it was a pleasure to see the both of you again. Hopefully we can meet again soon,” Vlad replied.
“Of course, and hopefully there won’t be another fire alarm prank next time. Maybe we can spend a nice night together. You know just the four of us?” Maddie said.
“Yes! We will have to goona double date next time. Won’t that be fun Vlad?” Desiree said. “Maybe next time you can visit us and we can take you to that restaurant we liked. The one with the deconstructed sushi with the gold flakes?”
“That sounds amazing! Isn't it Jack?” Maddie said.
“What the heck is deconstructed sushi?” Jack stated.
“Oh Jack, I’ll have to show you. It has to be one of the best things I have had in a while,” Vlad smoothed the mood over. “It was also nice to finally meet your children.”
“Yes. It was great to get some advice for college and meet someone like Mr. Masters” Jazz said.
“You don’t need to call me Mr. Masters, you can just call me uncle Vlad,” Vlad said.
“Maybe someday Mr. Masters,” Jazz gracefully put it.
“That is okay. Take your time,” Vlad then turned to Danny.
Danny sighed “It was nice to meet you sir,”
“It was nice to meet you to Daniel, I hope we can meet again soon. I see bright things in your future,” Vlad said.
His parents kept the conversation up with him before he was forced to go to his private Jet. Right before Vlad turned the corner to his gate, Danny could see his blood red eyes.
. . .
It was a few days before Danny could go back to school. The teachers and students had created a get better soon card for him and several students bombarded him with questions and well wishes, making it difficult for him to traverse the hallways. During Mr. Lancer's class he was handed another note, this time with a sticker of a bat pushed on it as a sort of seal. It had in it very set instructions to meet Sam in the library classroom.
The library classroom was used for computer storage nowadays and was rarely used, but rumor had it that one could book the room. And for Sam it seemed it was possible. In the room were old mac desktops and boxes of floppy disks, all shoved in the corners collecting dust. The wallpaper here looked the same poisonous one, as the rest of the first floor.
Tucker and Star were on a modern gaming laptop. He was clicking through documents showing her something. Danny assumed it had to be nerdy stuff that he wouldn’t understand. Across the room Sam was teaching Kwan self defense. She was holding a mat and having Kwan kick it at different heights.
“Hey guys,” Danny said.
“Danny!” Star rushed over and hugged him. “How are you feeling?”
“Ah, a little pain. The doctors say I can’t play a game for a month, but I should be back by the end of the season,” Danny closed the door behind him.
“That’s good! At least you’re not dead,” Tucker said, still at his laptop.
“So Danny,” Sam began, “Can you tell us what happened between you and Vlad?”
“Yeah, but it’s gonna be a long story so sit down.”
. . .
The school day came with a chaotic close with half the school body asking about Danny’s health and football ability. He was only able to get away by phasing through the boys bathroom and walking around the school. At the end of the sidewalk Paulina stood there with a sour look on her face.
“Hey Paulina,” Danny said. He opened up to say something else but Paulina shaved a card into his chest.
“I’m sorry!” Paulina said.
“What?”
“I’m sorry for causing drama. I wanted you to ask me out and I got pissy when you asked Valerie out and I took my anger on you. I also didn’t mean to spill the punch. That was an accident!” The words spilled out of her mouth like a stream.
“Woah, woah, woah. Paulina it’s okay,” Danny said.
“No, I want to make sure I make it up to you. While you were in the hospital Dash and I talked and I don’t want to lose any of you as friends. So I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay Paulina. I forgive you. Really I was never really mad at you.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Oh thank god.”
A silence fell between them but not a heavy silence. It was one of understanding and forgiveness. “Hey Danny, do you want to go to Nasty Burger with me? I’ll buy you an apology burger,” Paulina said.
“Thank you, but I’ll have to take you up on that later. Right now I’m running late to see someone else,” Danny hopped on his bike.
“Okay. Call me later?”
“Yeah! See ya later Paulina!” They waved goodbye to each other as he rode down the street.
. . .
Danny biked up the park path, his wheels crushing all the dead leaves below him. The brown and black leaves littered the ground like a thin blanket, tucking the earth in for a long sleep. Above him the trees were barren without a soul in sight. The songs of birds that he had heard only a month ago were replaced by the distance cries of crows.
He rode past the playground, the yellow caution tape now broken and flying in the wind and saw a small patch of sunlight on top of a hill. Valerie sat on a pale knitted blanket, her body covered in heavy coats and thick leggings. A bright red scarf hung around her neck like a medal. Her bright smile made a fire light up in his chest. She had gotten them some containers of soup and grilled cheese, each of the items fogging up their closed take out containers.
He huddled close to her taking in the scent of her sweet perfume and the warmth of her body as they watched the last autumn sunset fall below the city lights.
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You don't even know how hard it is to let it go. I didn't want to be so toxic for you, i wanted just to know you because I liked you so much. I cry for you and it hurts like hell. I wanted you in my life for a little longer in my life, to hug you when the night was coming, i wanted to see the world with you, i wanted us to be happy, but is better like this, is better for both of us to come to an end.
I didn't want to make you to feel like that, i wanted for you to be a safe place, to feel safe with me, not to reach that point to feel like that.
It hurts but is for the best.
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