This is slightly based on experience (and wishful thinking, but let's not get into that.). Anyway, this won't be updated for a long time, so I as an author suggest you don't put it on your favorites list or alert list until the second chapter is up. And that's assuming you like it at all.

"Yeah, I know. Man…. She's such a bitch…."

"Yeah…." Danny said laughing. The rest laughed with him. It was obvious they had been waiting for confirmation that the story was, in fact, funny.

Danny and his crew were hanging out in Cold stone. Right in the middle of Amity, Cold stone offered everything teens needed. Sugar, the opposite sex and music upon request.

Dash Baxter, the biggest wanna-be of them all raised a finger to his lips and pointed to the door. "Hey, check out the Goth freak."

A girl Danny had never seen before walked in. It was clear she wasn't here for the social life; she was just getting ice cream. Her shoulder length hair fell across her face, obscuring her features, but her porcelain skin peeked out through her belly shirt.

"I wonder if she's a vampire." Paulina said. Paulina was Danny's on again off again girlfriend. Danny smiled slightly, never taking his eyes off the girl.

After hearing Paulina's comment, the girl raised her head defiantly. Her purple eyes blazed, yet she raised an eyebrow at them before ordering. "Mocha with gummy bats in a like it, please."

This in itself was odd. Nobody ever really talked to the people behind the counter. They just blurted out orders. The kid on duty smiled gratefully at her, as if astounded to have his presence recognized. "Sure thing, miss."

The girl leaned against the counter, exposing more of her stomach. It seemed the she had a tattoo on the small of her back of a-…

"Danny? Are you… checking her out?" Star asked. The whole group was staring at him. Paulina had hate burning in her eyes.

Danny's face burned. "Nah." He said. "I was just seeing if she was burned from the lights hitting her skin."

The group laughed, relieved the tension of the moment had lifted. Paulina slung an arm over Danny's shoulders, smiling proudly at him.

But the girl sent him a death glare. Apparently she had heard him. She brushed a strand of her silken black hair out of her gorgeous eyes before accepting her ice cream. "Thank you." She said. She slid a dollar in the tip jar, before telling the guy behind the counter. "I'll put an extra five in if you promise not to sing."

The man sighed with relief. "Thanks."

She grinned. "Don't mention it." Then she headed purposefully over to the group, a determined expression on her face.

Everybody looked almost scared and wary. She walked into the middle of the circle, before turning directly to Paulina. She said in a condescending tone. "Honey, I wouldn't be so loose with the term 'vampire'. I have a lot of connections that could get you in deep shit." Paulina's eyes got so wide, her lashes touched her eyebrows. She turned to Danny and stood on her tiptoes so she could look him in the eyes. "And their skin is burned with sunlight, not electric lights, doll face." She settled back on her heels and thoughtfully picked a gummy bat out of her sundae. She put it in his open mouth and said sweetly, "Happy Birthday!" With that, she walked out.

The group stood there, stunned. Paulina was the first to recover. "That bitch. Who does she think she is?" She pouted and then said, "Let's go Danny." She dragged him through the exit and down the sidewalk. The group followed.

"Hold on." He said. "I forgot something. Wait for me?" She batted her eyelashes and nodded. Everybody else mumbled good-naturedly. Danny jogged back down the sidewalk, but instead of going inside Cold stone, he kept going, in the direction he saw the girl go.

The girl was walking with a spring in her step. "Hey!" He called.

She stopped and turned around, one elegant eyebrow arched. "What? Did you think up a retort?" She asked.

He came up to her. Right up to her. She had to tilt her head back so she could look him in the eye. She was more than a little creeped out. "Look, I don't now who you are, but-"

"Please." Danny said, desperate. "Tell me your name at least."

She scoffed and took a step back. "I'm not the romance-novel type. If you're looking for that, I'm sure your girlfriend is waiting for you a bloc away."

Danny took in a deep breath. He needed to find out more about this girl. "Please." He said, slightly hoarse.

She looked at him thoughtfully, putting a spoonful of ice cream in her mouth. She removed it and said, slowly, "I don't know why I'm telling you then, or even why you're asking, but I'm Sam Manson."

Danny grinned. "Sam." He said, trying it out. He pulled Sam in for a short kiss before jogging away.

Sam stood there, stunned with her hand to her lips. Then she yelled, "I could charge you for sexual harassment!"

Danny laughed and turned around, still running. "Yeah, but you don't know my name. And she's not my girlfriend!"