The Boy I Found (A Danny Phantom Fanfic)

Chapter 6: Meetings

I'M ALIVE! I ASSURE YOU, I AM ALIVE!!! I did not die, I promise. I kind of just...disappeared I guess?

Anyways, I am so SUPER DUPER SORRY for that freaking long unannounced hiatus! That was absolutely awful of me! DX

I feel really bad. I honestly didn't mean to take so long. A lot of junk happened, including family trips and things, and then there was some serious family business that happened and left me feeling pretty down for a while, and THEN school came back and threw lots of homework at my face. I tried to write a couple of times, but I just wasn't feeling it and I'm pretty sure most of what I wrote was rubbish.

But, now I'm back and I've got my creative juices flowing again! And they shouldn't (hopefully) be running off anywhere anytime soon! 

But I also wanted to just say, I FREAKING LOVE YOU GUYS! While I was off doing who knows what, I come back to find that my story has OVER 900 VIEWS?! WHAT?! I don't deserve you all! I never expected to get so far! Thank you all so much!

Also, I'm, again, super sorry, but I don't think I'm very great at keeping to writing schedules. ^-^' Once a week hasn't really worked out for me, because I always get hooked up in something and run out of time, and then I leave all you poor readers without an update. Then I feel super guilty for lying to you all, and it goes on and on. I honestly can't imagine how long some of you have been waiting for me to update (I'm SO sorry guys!).

So, I think I'm gonna switch it to once a month, at least. This way I can update early as a special surprise if I finish a chapter early, and I won't have to sweat it if I'm too busy one week because I'll have other weeks to write. Then, once I get the hang of this, I should hopefully be able to work up to updating once a week. I hope this works for you all. :)

Once again, thank you for being patient with me! I'm still trying to figure out how to update less sporadically, but I think I'll get the hang of it. In the mean time, what're you all doing here still? Go read the chapter you've been waiting so long for! ;)

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The entire morning was a bleary blur.

Of course, that was all completely her fault because she was the one going around accepting dare offers from idiotic, jerky jocks and spending most of her night exploring an abandoned house instead of sleeping. But, hey, she was willing to gloss over that fact and take her sleepiness as an excuse to glare grumpily at everyone. Besides, it's not like she ever really was  much of cheerfully chipper person in the morning anyway. 

Mornings suck. End of discussion.

Besides, she usually stayed up late anyhow. Being a night owl/goth'll do that to a gal.

Thus, the morning all blurred together, and before she even fully took in what was going on, she realized her feet were already trudging through the front door of the school.

And, of course, that was when the bell decided to ring. A very useful thing when it comes to snapping sleepy girls out of their half-dead zombie trances. A very awful thing for students not already in their seats for first period. Sam only just happened to be both.

Jumping at the sudden blaring alarm and snapping back to attention with a start, Sam felt panic jolt through her as the awful truth dawned on her. 

She was late. On her second day. For Mr. Lancer's class, no less. 

The world must hate her guts.

"Dagnabbit."

Ignoring the school rules and sprinting down the hallway, she managed to make it only a few minutes late. Taking in a deep breath and gathering her courage, she turned the handle and entered the classroom.