Heya all!
I don't know why another plot bunny decided to bite my butt, but it did! I was listening to Adele's famous song 'Someone Like You' and I got an idea for this fic! I also looked back on my recent Danny Phantom fic 'Prom Night' and remembered Valerie's POV in chapter 2 so I decided to do a short fic based on that event she speaks of.
For those of you who haven't read 'Prom Night' I suggest you do before going any further.
Hope you enjoy it!
Someone Like you
Chapter One
It had been over two months since the Day of Disasteroid and Danny Phantom's involvement of saving the Earth by turning it intangible, and people were still trying to get back to their normal lives after so much stress and fear that the planet would be destroyed.
Valerie Grey was one of them.
Sitting in her room reading a Book on Ghost Hunting, she contemplated everything that had taken place before and after the Day of the Disasteroid, or Phantom Planet Day as the US President had declared it.
She had seen the news a week later and saw Danny Phantom shaking hands with the President as he thanked the Ghost Boy for saving the Earth and how that very day it would be declared a national holiday and dubbed 'Phantom Planet Day'
She had also been shocked to learn that the Ghost Boy, the very Ghost she hated with a passion since he ruined her life a year ago, causing her father to loose his job and they had gone from Rich to poor in a matter of weeks, loosing her status as a Queen-Bee girl at High School and the A-List kids that were once her friends had ridiculed her very much like the old losers she used to shun.
It had broken her heart, and she had vowed vengeance on Danny Phantom and decided to hunt every ghost that dared escape the Ghost Zone.
In the year and a half that had gone by, she had relentlessly pursued the Ghost Boy as well as other Ghosts, some ghosts she hunted she was able to catch and defeat, yet the Ghost Boy, she could never seem to get to him.
At the same time, she had gotten to know Danny Fenton, and at the time, she had no idea was The Ghost Boy's human self, finding out she had more in common with him that she thought, they had dated for a while, and Valerie had finally felt acceptance after being shunned by her former friends.
But after a while she realised that her Ghost Hunting was her main priority and she reluctantly broke up with Danny saying they could still be friends.
Now seeing both Danny Fenton, the boy she once dated and almost came to love was also Danny Phantom, she was shocked, but she was grateful that he had saved the Planet and they all could live another day.
Now she was thinking back to the days they were dating, and now that she knew who he was, she wondered if he still felt the old feelings for her.
Placing her book down and picking up her cell phone, she looked for Danny's Number, which she still had.
"I wonder if we can meet?" she thought "There's so much I want to talk to him about."
Her heart pounding and her stomach swirling in both excitement and nerves, she scrolled down and soon found his number.
At the same time, Danny, Sam and Tucker were at Danny's house playing video games, or rather, Tucker and Danny were playing together whilst sitting on the end of Danny's bed whilst Sam was sitting on the pillows with a sketchpad on her lap.
She had had a go on the game but then decided to take a break so the boys could play together.
"Yes!" Tucker yelled in excitement "I win!"
"Aww crud!" Danny groaned "I was so close!"
"Did you see that Sam?" Tucker asked excitedly "I beat your boyfriend's score!"
Sam looked up and chuckled then the boys saw her pad.
"What you got there?" asked Tucker to which both boys scooted over to look.
"Wow!" Danny said as he looked at Sam's drawing which showed a faceless model wearing a gothic outfit "Nice drawing there!"
"Gothic Fashion?" Tucker asked "Wow! And so well drawn too!"
Sam blushed.
"I don't know what it is." she said "But I've suddenly started to enjoy drawing fashion ideas and I'm even thinking of designing my dress for the prom!"
She then felt Danny kiss her head and she blushed.
"I think it looks amazing." Danny said "And why shouldn't you? You're unique in every way!"
"And that's what you love about her!" Tucker grinned.
Danny nodded and was about to say something else when he felt his mobile ring.
"Man, I hope it's not Dad asking me to be his sidekick again because a Ghost is on the loose." he said.
"You'd be able to sense it if there was." Sam said "And your ghost sense hasn't gone off."
"True that!" Danny agreed before bringing the phone to his ear.
"Hello?" he said.
"Danny?" Valerie's voice came on the other side and Danny's eyes widened to which the others looked at him and he mouthed 'Valerie' causing Tucker to look awkward and Sam to frown slightly as well as bit her lip.
"Oh hi Valerie." Danny said in a forced cheerful tone "Been a while."
"Yeah, it has." Valerie said "How you been keeping?"
"Oh it's been alright." Danny said "Well, since the whole world knows I'm the Ghost Boy, it's been a little, well...crazy!"
"I can imagine." Valerie said "Anyway, I was wondering, can we meet? There's something I want to talk to you about."
Danny's eyes widened and his stomach lurched, meanwhile Sam and Tucker listened intently as they could hear Valerie clearly.
Danny chewed his lip, both worried as he didn't know what Valerie wanted to talk to him about, especially since it had been so complicated when they had dated for a brief period as well as hide that he was the Ghost Boy, whom she hated and wished to hunt and bring down.
But he also didn't want to upset Sam if he agreed to meet Valerie, since the two of them had declared their love for each other on that Hill after the Day of the Disateroid and had decided to become a couple.
Sam sighed and looked sympathetic and she placed her hand on Danny's and nodded giving her blessing.
Danny smiled softly at his girlfriend then looked back at the phone.
"Sure Val!" he said his chipper voice becoming less forced "Where did you want to meet, and when?"
"At the Nasty Burger?" said Valerie "Tomorrow afternoon, I got a shift there till 4pm."
"4pm tomorrow?" Danny asked "Sure! I'll see you then!" he then hung up the phone and looked at his two friends.
"Well, this is gonna be awkward!" Tucker said "After you and Val's history together."
"Yeah." Danny scratched the back of his neck "It's gonna be tricky, well she knows who I am now after all that happened and she hasn't tried to hunt me down since then, so I guessed she has some respect for me now, but then again, she and I have hardly spoken, I don't know whether she hates me for lying to her back then, or what."
Sam looked saddened and squeezed Danny's arm.
"You did what you had to do." she said "And try not to worry, I'm sure everything will be alright, and you two need to clear the air."
"That's true." Danny said, "I'm also worried she might want to rekindle our old feelings back then, but I've moved on..." he looked in Sam's eyes and gave a small smile "I know I was flirting with danger back then, but now I'm with the girl I was meant to be with."
As he spoke the last words he lifted Sam's left hand up and kissed a ring that she had on her fourth finger making her blush.
It was a Class ring that he had intended to give to Valerie when they were dating,, that was before Valerie decided to end it, and he had asked Sam to look after it until he hoped that he and Valerie would rekindle their love.
At least, that's what he had hoped.
But in-between then and the day of the Disasteroid he had realised his feelings of love for Sam as well as knowing that she of all the girls he had been with, loved him whether he was Danny Fenton, or Danny Phantom, and he gave the ring to her and she wore it with pride.
"You two should be in a romance movie, you know!" Tucker commented as he watched his two best friends gaze at each other "The way you look in each other's eyes with love! Forget Romeo and Juliet! Or Jack and Rose from Titanic!"
He was then silenced as Sam threw a pillow at him and Danny laughed.
He then looked at Sam seriously.
"Listen Sam," he said "You know I love you, and all I wish to do is clear the air between Valerie and I..."
"I know." Sam stopped him placing her fingers on his lips "I trust you."
Danny smiled softly and kissed Sam's nose making her giggle. He could feel his confidence growing within knowing that Sam trusted him enough to talk to his ex-girlfriend without her worrying and that she wouldn't be jealous.
"And if you need us to be there, well not there in person, we can always be nearby, just in case." Tucker offered holding the pillow that had hit him in the face.
"Thanks guys." Danny said with a smile "You're the best."
And that was the first chapter!
I wonder how Danny and Valerie's meeting will go?