AN: Takes places right before Flirting with Disaster

Chapter 1

"This is the life." Tucker sighed, sitting down his smoothie on the side table before laying back on the deck chair with his arms behind his head and his chocolate bare chest warming in the sun.

"You got that right." Danny said from his seat next to him.

"Hey, where's my cape?" Sam's voice said, getting the two boys to open their eyes.

Danny lifted up his sunglasses as he took in Sam's wet form standing in front of him in just her bathing suit. Trying to cover up the fact that he felt something for his best friend's body, he laid back, dropping his sunglasses back to his nose, and said, "It's under Tuck's chair."

"Ew, it'll have meat sweat on it." Sam mock whined, pulling out her bat winged cape and draping it over her shoulders.

"How's the pool?" Tucker asked, knowing the girl was just pushing buttons.

Sam stretched out in the chair next to him and said, "Great, as long as you stay away from the A-listers."

Danny looked over at the pool and noticed the group had taken up most of the main pool, splashing anyone that came within shot so they could have a good portion of the deep end to themselves. The boy sighed as he leaned back in his chair.

"Hey Danny." A voice cooed, getting the boy to look over as Valerie and Star walked by in their bathing suits. He noticed Valerie's tikini looked more like a hostler shirt and short shorts, but looked good on her well fit body. Stars bikini didn't even register in his mind. "Why don't you take off your tank top? You'll get a farmer's tan with it on."

Danny blushed as he watched the two walk away, not a single coherent word forming in his mind. He just knew he couldn't take off his tank top, not without it arousing a few questions he didn't want to answer.

"Are you two still at it?" Tucker asked as soon as Valerie was out of ear shot. "Ask her already."

"I don't know…" Danny sighed. "What if my powers act up again. I really don't want to lose my pants at the moment."

"Good point, though I'm sure you'd get a lot more girls after that." Sam commented, dripping with sarcasm. "Oh no, look out. Mia's coming over again."

"Hey guys." The girl said, walking over with a pad of paper in hand. She pulled over a deck chair and sat in it so she could see the three friends. "Can I ask you some questions for the Raven Review?"

"We have a newspaper?" Tucker asked, knowing it would tick off the brown haired girl.

"It's more turned into the A-lister's magazine, but I'm not complaining." Mia said, keeping a smile on her face. "So, what do you think about this strange cruises?"

"Strange?" Danny echoed, sitting up.

"Well, you know," Mia started, pointing her pencil at the teen, "how Mr. Sanchez paid for our entire class to have a free cruise to and from the Bahamas for Spring Break."

"They're a rich family." Sam said, shaking her head. "They can do whatever the heck they want."

"I just don't know many rich people willing to do this type of thing without there being repercussions." Mia admitted. "But what could a man who earns his millions from buying and selling stocks online gain anything from teens?"

"Maybe Paulina wanted to take a few of her friends and her mother convincer her to see if the whole class wanted to go." Danny suggested. "Didn't I hear something like that from Star anyway?"

"Ya, that's the rumor going around…" Mia sounded like she wasn't convinced. "But who would pay for thirty-seven teens, plus three teachers and not themselves?"

"Look, you're asking the wrong group of people here." Sam said, trying to get the girl to leave. "We don't exactly hang in the circle of people who would know anything."

"You're right." Mia sighed, standing up so she could place the chair back next to Danny. "Thanks for your time."

"Cannon ball!" a shout came, getting everyone's attention back towards the pool in time to see the youngest person in their class jump into the water only for Dash to take advantage of the spiky haired boy. Dash held his hands on the younger teen's head, keeping him under water longer then he should be.

"Dash, I think that's long enough." Star commented from the side of the pool.

Dash let the kid grab some air before dunking him again. He glanced at Star and grinned. "Johnny here's just gotta learn this isn't a kiddy pool."

"Where on earth is the life guard?" Danny mumbled, ripping off his sunglasses as he jumped to his feet. "Dash, you're going to drown him!"

"What's that, Fentard? Drown him? Ok!" Dash smiled as he pushed harder against the boy's struggles.

Danny dived into the pool and swam quickly over to where the bully was keeping John underwater. He quickly grabbed the younger teen around the waist and pushed his feet into Dash's abs to swim away. Using some of his ghostly strength, he lifted John above water and pulled him onto the deck. He checked his heart and lungs only to cry out, "He's not breathing!"

"I'll find the life guard." Star said as Danny started preforming CPR.

One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Danny counted, pressing on the kid's chest before holding the kids nose and breathing into his mouth. He'd gross out later, after the kid was alive to be embarrassed. He listened for a moment before going back to pounding John's chest, trying to get his heart pumping on its own. Around him he felt people rushing by him or around him, he wasn't really sure, all he was concentrating on was John.

Finally, after the fifth time John started to cough. Danny helped turn his head so he could spit out the water that had ended in his lungs. John opened his eyes to see Danny leaning over him.

"Dash Baxter, what is the meaning of this?" Miss Tetslaff's voice called out, getting everyone to turn to the three teachers walking over with the captain of the ship.

Danny looked up at who was standing around him and saw Dash had come over, almost looking worried for the kid's life. "It was an accident." Dash started. "I…We were just fooling around."

"Your fooling almost got this poor boy's life taken away." The captain said sternly before leaning down next to Danny. "How's he doing, son?"

"He's breathing, but someone needs to check him over." Danny admitted only to look at the captain with a stern face. "Where is the life guard anyway? He should've stopped this before it got this far."

"I've got my men looking into that." The captain admitted. "I've also got the medical staff alerted, they should be sending someone up any minute."

"Here, sir." A voice said, pushing his way through the crowd of students.

"Alright everyone, give them space." Mr. Falluca ordered, getting Mr. Lancer to help him get everyone off the front deck.

"What's your name, kid?" the EM asked, sitting down his kit as he knelt down on the other side of John.

"John Macintosh." He looked towards Danny, who was still sitting so that John's head was propped up over his knees. "Thanks, Danny."

"Don't." Danny smiled. "There was about six others about to jump in."

"But you saved him." The captain said, putting a strong hand on Danny's still damp shoulder.

"It really was nothing." Danny said, starting to blush.

"Nothing?" The captain scoffed. "Son, you save a human being's life. I call that something. If you and John would, I'd like to offer you a place at the captain's table for dinner this afternoon."

"That'd be sweet." John said, sitting up with the EM's help.

"Could I bring my friends?" Danny asked, glancing back at Sam and Tucker who had also been forced to stay a few feet away.

"Sure, the more the merrier." The captain laughed. "How many friends you got?"

-.-.-.-

"You're kidding?" Tucker asked after Danny had told the two the news.

"Oh, that's so going to make Paulina mad." Sam said with a smile.

Danny smiled as he walked through the halls of the cabins, heading to the one he and Tucker shared. "I've also gotta find Valerie and Star. I said I might have four friends coming."

"Oh, great." Sam said sarcastically before stopping at her doorway. "I'll see you two at dinner, I gotta get ready."

"See you." Danny smiled, not hearing the sarcasm in the girl's voice.

"Why Star?" Tucker asked. "I mean, I'm not complaining, but…"

"She's Valerie's only close friend." Danny said, stopping at the door of their room. He checked his pockets only to look down at his empty hands. He turned to Tucker and asked, "You got your key on you?"

"You said you had yours." Tucker said, almost panicking. He turned towards the door and said, "Don't worry baby, we'll get you out."

"You and your PDA." Danny shook his head. "I must've dropped mine in the pool. Don't worry, I've got it." He gripped the door handle and quickly made it intangible before pushing it open.

Tucker pushed past his friend and ran straight for his side of the room, pulling out his PDA from the pile on the table. "It's ok, you're safe." He whispered to it as he held it close.

Danny smiled, knowing his friend could be a little weird sometimes, but that's how friends are. He went over to his dresser and pulled out his jeans before checking what time it was. Seeing it was almost six already, he looked over at Tucker and asked, "Do you dress up to sit at the captain's table?"

"You're asking me?" Tucker asked, carefully laying his PDA on the table before turning towards his friend. "Ask Sam, she's been on more cruises."

"Ok, I'll be right back." Danny said, opening the door.

"Better text Val and Star so they know." Tucker reminded.

"Oh, right." Danny pulled out his phone as he walked into the small hallway. He quickly punched in Valerie's number and sent her the information as he headed back to Sam's room. Hitting send he looked up and smiled as he had timed it perfectly to the goth's room.

He knocked on the door only to hear a quick "I'm coming."

Sam's door opened to the girl standing in a robe as if he had caught her while she was about to wash the pool chlorine off of her. Danny's mind almost went to the burning question, but instead he asked, "What exactly would you wear to the captain's table?"

"Casual formal." Sam said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"That's an oxymoron."

"No it's not." Sam said. "Do you have like a polo or something?"

"I think Mom made me grab one." Danny shrugged, not really sure.

"That with jeans should do." Sam shrugged. "Now get out of here so I can get cleaned."

Danny found the door being shut in his face but not before he noticed red around her cheeks. He slightly smiled, wondering what that could mean before heading back to his and Tucker's room. He checked his phone only to see Valerie had sent him a message back.

R U kidding me!?

Danny rolled his eyes before texting back.

No dinners 6

AN: After reading A Phantom Marooned by Lord Pugsy and Stranded with my Class by RedHeadsRock1010 (both of them you should check out) I found myself wanting to write in my version of being stranded so here it is. Or at least, that's what it started off as.

DANNY: You're a terrible writer.

AN: Why this time? *Eyeing the ghost boy*

DANNY: You let your creations run amuck in your brain. I thought writers could control their creations.

AN: Why would I want to? It's more interesting to let you run amuck. Anyway, would you want to be controlled by me?

DANNY: Aren't I already? *scratches head in confusion*

AN: You just said you weren't. While Danny tries to figure out if he really does have any free will, Read and Review please. *whispers* between you and me, we all know he doesn't. Why else does his life get flipped every time a new story comes out.

DANNY: Help me! She's playing god again!