I don't own anything Twisted...obviously. lol

Backstory: This story is entirely different than the Twisted show that we have come to know. In this story Danny gets accused of setting fire to his Aunt Tara's house and killing her. The fire is determined to be an accident, however Danny stops talking for 2 years. He is sent away to Arizona for 5 years to live with his grandmother after his mother suffers a nervous breakdown and his dad disappears. And then his grandmother becomes ill and dies when Danny is 16. He is then sent back to Green Grove to live with his mother who is now deemed fit to raise him.

"Look, it's the fucking fire starter!" Someone muttered as Danny walked slowly up the steps of Green Grove Academy. He stumbled a little bit on the top step as he opened the door with a tug. The action blew his shoulder length hair out of his face and it was if time stopped.

All conversation muted down to dull whispers as Danny entered the school hallway. It appeared that a thousand eyes were trained on his face. He suddenly felt sick. He tried to look anywhere but directly at all of those faces staring intently at him. The girls stared openly like they wanted to jump his bones. Their eyes scanned him from foot to head with lust filled eyes. The boys looked like they wanted to fight him as they enviously looked on.

Danny was really starting to feel an anxiety attack coming on. His palms started to sweat and he was praying to just keep his feet moving on the linoleum. Suddenly his eyes spotted a familiar blonde head among the crowd. She came running up to him and soon he was embraced into her arms tightly.

"Oh, my God, Desai! I didn't want to believe it. I didn't want to start thinking that you could really be back after all of these years!" Jo rambled as she stopped to take in this new Danny that she hadn't seen in such a long time. Danny finally let out the breath he just realized that he was holding and embraced her back firmly.

"Jo, you still look the same but different." He took in her straightened blonde locks that fell a little past her shoulders. Her black conductor's cap was pulled low over her blue eyes. She was wearing bootcut jeans and boots with a nice argyle sweater and blazer to match. He couldn't believe this was his Jo.
Jo who used to never comb her hair and wore clothes 3 times too big and clunky brown boots everywhere they went. His Jo had turned into a very lovely young woman indeed. He didn't want to look at her chest but seeing Jo with boobs was disarming to say the least. They weren't all hanging out but he could tell that she had them.

Jo looked at Danny carefully. He was absolutely gorgeous. His black hair was long and loose. He wore a brown leather jacket over a nice pair of dark blue jeans and black boots. His sweater was navy blue. She knew Danny was going to grow up to be handsome. He had those exotic good looks that girls couldn't help but adore. He had one side of his hair pushed behind his ear to reveal a small hoop earring. His long eyelashes covered deep, soulful, brown eyes that were more mocha at times than chocolate. She smiled to herself remembering that saying her and Lacey would say about him from their childhood.

"Welcome to Green Grove Academy," Jo said still smiling. "C'mon shy boy, let's give you a tour!" She gripped Danny's arm and wheeled him down the hallway away from the prying eyes and ears of the students who found Danny interesting but not so interesting that they couldn't resume their lives.

Danny actually felt relief wash over him listening to Jo talk about every area of the school grounds. She singled out the gym, cafeteria, auditorium and where each and every one of his classes were. He shared two with Jo and two with Lacey.

Just the mere mention of her name perked him up slightly. "Where is Lacey, Jo? I didn't see her come in this morning."

"Oh, she's here. She came in with Archie, her boyfriend. He drives that flashy new black Camaro over there." Jo pointed towards the parking lot and sure enough there was a black on black Camaro parked over by the baseball fields. Danny only stared at the car as he imagined what Archie was like. Probably some asshole he thought.

"C'mon, let's get you to your first class. It's with me. Chemistry with Mrs. Dawson. She doesn't like tardiness." Jo took his hand and led him off to class.

"Babe, you know how I like the luscious," Archie exclaimed grabbing Lacey from behind and kissing her nosily all over her neck.

Lacey giggled and swatted at him. "Not at school. I like giving you the luscious but I'm about to be late for Bio. See you at lunch, ok?" She blew Archie a kiss and he pretended to catch it. Sarita rolled her eyes.

"Oh, someone shoot me now. That shit is stupid!"

"And that's exactly why you don't have a boyfriend now, Sarita." Phoebe chimed in with a wink.

"Whatever! You've only been on one date with Chris and you're acting like y'all are serious or something," Sarita shot back with a huff. She walked quickly away from the group of girls to their table in the cafeteria.

"Go easy on her, Phoebe. It's not easy for Sarita…you know being that bitchy all the time and all," Regina cackled rolling her eyes dramatically. "Holy…SHITTTTTTTTTTTT!" Regina muttered all of a sudden stopping in her tracks. "Who is that with Masterson?"

"Who? Let me see?" Phoebe cried pushing ahead so she could see who or what Regina was gawking at. "Oh, my! That's lovely." Phoebe replied excited.

Lacey only smiled as she looked into the direction her friends were looking in. Her heart nearly skidded to a standstill within her chest. "Danny?"

"Who?" Regina asked. She then smacked her head slightly. "THAT Danny. Danny Desai who 5 years ago killed his aunt in that terrible fire that nearly burned the entire block down. I heard of him. Damn, Lacey I forgot that you were friends with him and Masterson way back when. Shit, he's fine as hell now though. Goodness."

Lacey's head turned slightly to the side and then she looked Danny up and down. He was handsome. His hair was longer now. She thought about the last time that she saw him. It had been years. They had to have been only 11 or 12 then. Gone was his cute cheeks and pouty mouth, the boyish air of him. She took in his clothes and how his body filled them out. She hadn't anticipated how seeing him again would make her feel. She had a boyfriend for goodness sakes. She hadn't realized she was staring at him until he suddenly looked in her direction. He didn't blink. He didn't wave. His eyes slowly perused her frame. He started with her shoes. She had on black Puma wedge sneakers. He eyed them slowly and went from her ankles to her knees. Her legs were encased in black skinny jeans. He then went from her waist to her neck. He took in her black and white sheer poke-a-dotted blouse with the black camisole underneath. She topped that off with a black cable knit sweater with toggle buttons and scarf around her neck. Finally he looked at her face. She had minimal makeup on. Some eyeliner and mascara, blush and lip-gloss. Everything applied was very subtle. She had diamond studs in her ears and her hair was loose with big flowing curls falling like a waterfall down her back. His eyes caressed her mouth and her lips parted as if he kissed her. He noticed her eyes again. She had on square-framed glasses but he could still see the rich color brown of her irises. He blinked then looked away.

"What the hell was that about?" Regina retorted with her arms crossed, tapping her foot.

"Wha—What—What—was about?" Lacey stammered.

"Did you two just have eye sex from across the courtyard? That was intense Porter and before you get any ideas, I'm claiming that for myself. Mama likes and I'm gonna get me some!" She laughed marching herself in the direction of Jo and Danny.

Lacey took a deep breath to collect herself. Seeing Danny again had disarmed her. She didn't realize that he was coming back to school today. She had avoided driving down his street to get to her house for months now. She felt awful about doing it but she couldn't help it. She had distanced herself from Jo because seeing Jo reminded her of Danny and the Three Amigos. That's what they used to call themselves. It was too much for her to handle being an eleven-year-old and dealing with feelings of attraction for Danny and then having him out of her life for 5 years. She realized she was a little hurt and put off about him not writing her either. She wrote him in Arizona but she never got not one letter back. And there was Jo laughing and talking with Danny like ole times. It pissed her off because he left their lives in shambles and didn't even provide an explanation for it. Lacey lifted one eyebrow. Well he was going to get a piece of her mind.

"Danny, this is my buddy Rico. Rico, Danny." Jo made introductions of Rico and Danny as if the two young men would become fast friends.

Rico looked up from his essay and glanced up at Danny and then back to Jo and then back to Danny again. "Hey, Danny," he said shaking Danny's hand nervously.

"I'm…umm studying. I seem to be always studying. We already have a test this Friday in English. I really do need to bring my GPA up this year and…"

"Well hellooooooooo, Mr. Desai. My name is Regina Galston. And you're absolutely breathtaking if I do say so myself. And I definitely do," Regina added looking Danny up and down like she wanted to suck the marrow from his bones. She hadn't even cared that she cut Rico off in mid-sentence. She offered Danny her hand for a shake.

Danny took it and gave her a slight nod with his head. "Nice to meet you," he said dropping her hand. He looked into her too made up face. She was actually attractive but she was done up too much. Her perfume was too heavy, her clothes too short and tight. Heels too high. She had perfectly manicured nails and her teeth were too white. Her hair was in a high ponytail and bounced around her head every time she spoke. Danny didn't like her. He wasn't interested in her touching him or smiling at him, but she kept doing a lot of both. She introduced him to a sullen girl named Sarita Santiago who cussed a lot and who overall didn't seem like that nice of a person. Next was Phoebe Jeffries who just giggled and awed over him and he thought that she was too overly dramatic. And then…

"Hi Danny. Long time no hear from," Lacey sliced into the realm of his vision like a knife. He felt her approach before he saw her. The glasses made her look more studious. Made her eyes more captivating to him. He felt himself staring at her and only her. He knew they were about to get into it.

"Hey Lace," he whispered. His voice came out huskier than he intended but he was the only one in her life who ever called her Lace. "It has been a long time. You look different. Good different," he replied with a genuine smile.

Lacey was taken aback at how beautiful he looked up close. The smile did it. He was staring at her like he was anticipating her every move.

"Hey, Jo. Rico," Lacey looked away to address her former best friend and the geeky guy who she chose to hang out with. "Hey Lacey." They both said in unison.

"May I talk to you for a moment?" she asked Danny.

Danny looked at her in surprise as Regina continued to stare at Danny like a piece of meat.

"Umm…yeah. Jo excuse us for a minute, ok?"

"Sure, Desai. Lacey, be nice ok?" Jo pleaded with Lacey. She knew that look in Lacey's eyes. Her and Danny were about to get into an argument. When it happened when they were younger Lacey would break out crying and screaming at Danny and Danny would get all flustered and want to punch something. And it was always over silly things. Danny would pull Lacey's hair or push her off of the swing. It didn't happen often but sometimes he would do stupid things boys did when they liked you. Jo grew pensive watching her former best friend and other best friend walk off towards the bleachers with a fine distance between them.