Welcome To Our Masquerade Chapter Four - Danny Phantom

The weekend went by quickly, but quietly for Divina and her family. No sign of the evil ghost, and no sign of Danny Phantom. Divina sighed, as she opened her locker to set her things inside.  She couldn't figure out why it was so hard to find the town's hero.  Divina hadn't even pulled her text books out for her first class when Dash and his group walked up. Dash of course, wrapped an arm around Divina as he gave her his
'charming' look.

"Divina, we missed you at the party Friday night."

Divina gave him an apologetic smile. "I'm sorry I missed out. We still had some unpacking to do. Maybe next time?"

Dash chuckled giving Divina a friendly squeeze. "Of course! No need to apologize! Perhaps we can hang out after school today?"

Dash had leaned in towards Divina when he asked her this, which caused Divina to lean back away, but
kept her smile. "Sure, that sounds awesome."

"Great! Meet us out front when you're ready."

"Okay Dash."

With that, the group walked leaving Divina to herself again.  Divina pulled her books from her back, along with her small pencil box, and shut the locker.  She jumped when shutting the locker Danny was waiting to talk to her.  Her hand flew up to hold her chest above her heart, and took a few deep breaths.

"Danny. You scared me." She chuckled after recovering from the surprise.

Danny chuckled, as his hand rubbed the back of his neck. "Sorry about that. I was just wondering if you had a good weekend?"

Divina raised a brow, but answered him. "Yea, it was a quiet weekend. My parent's and I are offically moved in! We got everything unpacked."

"That's good to hear." Danny laughed at Divina's excitement.

Divina nodded smiling wide to Danny, but the smile soon faded. Danny caught this.

"What's wrong?" Danny asked giving her a worried glance.

"Well, I was wondering..." Divina started shuffling  her feet a bit. "You seem to know Danny Phantom well. "

"That's right." Danny said nodding his head.

"Well Danny, I don't mean to put you in the middle of this, but could you ask him if it'd be alright to talk to him? I need to ask him something."

Divina gave Danny a look that he couldn't quite read. She looked as if she was trying to hide something. She almost looked... Afraid.

"It's no problem. I can tell him for you. Where would you like him to meet you at?"

Divina quickly pulled a blank page from her journal, and wrote down an address, then handed it him.  "Tell him to meet me at this address when he can."

Danny stared down at the paper, before turning his attention back to Divina. He nodded to her. "No problem."

"Thank you Danny." Divina gave him a small hug, before rearranging her books. "We better get to class."

"Y-Yea. I'll see you later."

"Bye Danny!"

Danny watched Divina race off towards her classroom, as his two friends walked up beside him.  "Did she just give you her address?"

Tucker asked, trying to see what was on the paper. Danny turned to his two friends.

"I think so. Maybe now we can figure out a little more about what's going on."

"Right. Let's hurry to class then." Tucker said, as he turned on his heel to head to the classroom.

Sam and Danny rolled their eyes, not wanting to go to class. They'd rather be somewhere else, enjoying the nice weather.


After school Divina, and the others went to Nasty Burger for an after school snack or meal. Divina sat by the window, while Dash sat on her other side, blocking her way. Star, Kwan, and Paulina sat on the other side of the booth, all five of them were waiting for their food or drinks to come out. Divina had busied herself with homework, while the others gossiped about happenings in school. Dash glanced over to Divina, noticing she was quiet.

"Why are you doing homework here? Why not wait till you're home?" Dash asked, leaning over her shoulder to see what she was writing down.

"Well, I figured it was a good oppurtunity to get some of it done while I wait. I'm not appearing rude, am I?"
Divina asked Dash blinking up at him.

Dash laughed placing an arm around Divina again. "Of course not! I was just curious!"

"Oh." Divina said blushing a bit.

"You look so cute when you blush!" Dash complimented Divina, who just blushed more.

"T-Thanks."

The waitress comes back to the table with all of their orders, and passes them out to everyone. "Enjoy!"

Divina took a sip of her Coca Cola, as she stuffed her homework away so it wouldn't get messy. She sat back and listened in to their conversations this time, every once in a while adding a comment or two.

"So," Star started to say. "Who here thinks Divina and Dash look like the perfect couple?"

Paulina and Kwan quickly agreed, though Paulina had to mention about her dates with the football player.

"Wait-" Divina starting blushing again. "You aren't trying to hook us up, are you Star?"

"No! Of course not! We are going to hook you two up! You're better with Dash than with that Fenton boy."

"Fenton boy? You mean Danny?" Divina asked.

"Uh, yea." Star said flipping her hair out of her face.

"No, you got it wrong. Danny is with Sam. I am only friends with him. He's helped me out, the same with
Dash. But, that doesn't mean you have to hook me up with Dash!"

"Are you rejecting him?" Paulina asked, a bit of attitude in her tone.

Divina wanted to slap her palm to her forehead. This was getting ridiculous.

Dash, his arm still around Divina, pulls her closer to his chest. "Alright, will you go out with me, Divina?"

"We-We just met Friday! Why would you ask so quickly?"

"There's no problem in going out on a harmless date. Right?"

Divina bit her bottom lip, as she stared up at Dash. "Well, I guess it'll be okay. You guys are just full of surprises." Divina laughed nervously.

"Don't tell me you never dated any boys back where you use to live?" Star asked Divina, sounding horrorfied.

"Well, I dated one guy before. But, that relationship ended not so well." Divina said, as she nervously played with the bottom of her shirt.

"Don't worry, Divina! I'm sure I'm the perfect guy for you!" Dash said, throwing his thumb at his chest proudly.

'Right.' Divina thought. "Well, okay. I'll give us a try. When would you like to have this date?"

"You pick, when and where would you like to have our date?"

"How about Wednesday night? I don't know any good places to go on a date around here, so I'll let you pick it out."

Dash grinned. "Sounds like a date!"

Dash and his friends started laughing, while Divina wanted so desperately to disappear from this situation.

Later that night; it was about eight o'clock when Danny came through Divina's window. Divina sat at her desk, scribbling at her homework, as she worked on it. Feeling a presence in the room, Divina glanced over her shoulder her eyes widening as they laid upon Danny Phantom's form.

"Sorry for not knocking, but I was told you wanted to talk to me?"

Divina turned around in her chair, and nodded. "Yes. I have a few questions to ask you."