The Eternal Matchmaker

By: Aniecä, Girl of Light Writter

This is my Danny Phantom fic. It is all about the unfair realm of love and when ghosts get their hands in Danny's relationship with Paullina, Valerie, and many someone else what happens. His secrets revealed? His dreams destroyed? People hating him? Someone's affections unlocked? Protection or hate? Sam and Danny Fic- Eventually

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Chapter 1: My Newest Enemy or Friend

(Danny's Viewpoint)

I sat in my chair as bored as ever watching Sam attempt to solve an algorithm that I would soon ask her for her help to do later. "Danny, watch it Mr. Lancer."

"Mr. Fenton, I see you're having problems with this algorithm like Miss. Manson is. I guess you won't be able to seek her help. So you'll have to figure it out all on your own." I sighed, he was right. Sam was talented but when I made her help me she wasn't doing as well and as fast. "I'll guess I'll have to call your parents to call a tutor for you." He sighed, why was he so upset by this, I don't know.

"No need, I can figure it out on my own." Tucker and Sam burst out in laughter. "Thanks for the support."

"I'm sorry Danny but if I can't with all my tutors than there is a ghost of a chance you can get it?" I pouted and her use of the term ghost. I could us my ghost powers to see the answer.

"I so can Sam, watch me." She replied with a simple okay to it and I went to the board and scanned for an answer that was once erased from and earlier class. I found an answer it was A equals C divided by M squared.

"Funny how all my slack-off students get the same answer to different problems. Right Mr. Fenton?" Great, I messed up again. "Anyone dare get an answer that wasn't tried three times today." Sam stood up and wrote, A equals C multiplied by M radical 8 on the board.

"It's correct, right?" Sam said very smart mouth-like to Mr. Lancer.

"Yes, finally a correct answer that no one has gotten today." I whispered 'show off' to Sam and she replied 'it's easy if you'd try'.

"Excuse me?" A girl with a blonde pigtails and red bluish eyes walked into the room. "Professor Lancer's Class?" She asked shyly.

"Yes, now what would you're name be?" Mr. Lancer asked.

"I'm Katelyn Laired from England. I just moved her today and wanted to start on a class and I was told that this is the AP class." She smiled with her pink shirt and pink mini skirt. I could tell that Sam already would hate her because of the pink.

We went down to lunch and I as usual sat with Sam and Tucker. I as normal got in a fight with Sam about copying her work. "Why do you always need to copy my work, Danny? If you'd try you could do it?"

"If I wanted to do it I would. Why can't you just agree and let me copy it?" I said trying to convince her to let me copy it.

"You really shouldn't do that." I heard a girl's voice from behind me.

"Thank you, someone who actually is smart enough to do their own work." Sam said looking behind me from her work to all of us noticing Katelyn standing behind me.

"May I sit with you three? Everyone here isn't as friendly as you have been in the last five seconds by not telling me to shove off. Thanks for that." She said smiling.

"Whatever Katelyn, I don't think the guys will mind some company to help them with their work." I stuck my tongue out at Sam and Katelyn looked discussed by my attitude. "Sorry about him, he's just a bit more rambunctious than normal."

"Thanks, Miss?" Katelyn said looking for the term by which to call Sam by.

"Sam, Sam Manson, this is Danny Fenton, and Tucker…

"Foley, yes, I've heard much about him from my little brother. He's in the youth computer group for computer learning. He thinks Mr. Foley here is a technical genius." Sam laughed at this. "My name as you heard was Katelyn Laired. But please call me Kate."

"You can cut it on the formalities with us Kate. It's not like we'll judge you on it or anything like Dash and Paullina." She looked confused by my statement.

"Danny, she's from England proper and sophisticated is how most people are there. Maybe you should learn to be more like her instead of the other way around?" Sam stated harshly. Kate laughed.

"Fine, Hello Miss. Laired, I'm Daniel Fenton. It's a pleasure to meet you this fine class day." I took a bow and shook her hand and everyone was laughing as I made a fool out of myself.

"No need for that much formality though. It's creepy when you do it." I laughed.

"And you think it isn't when you do?" I stated very harshly. Sam was shocked and smacked me. Kate puffed air and then walked away.

"Nice Danny, insult her culture and her why don't you." Sam ran off to follow poor Kate who I had unfairly insulted.

Week later

Sam hadn't talked to me since she ran after Kate. I admit I was a little harsh but it was meant to be a joke, that's it. I thought Sam making a friend who was a girl and was wearing pink was a big improvement and a good think. I though Kate would become our friend but I think she's becoming our newest enemy.

"Tuck, I miss Sam, don't you?" Tuck looked a me kind of freaked out by what I had to say.

"I see how it is. You miss arguing with her, copying her work and getting her into danger. Well don't take it out on me." Tucker said while walking off with his lunch.

"Great, leave my why don't you?" I said standing up and yelling across the room.

"You won't be alone long Fentino, you'll meet Mr. Dash's fist." It was of course Dash and friends who had to come at the low point of my life.

I had run to the back ally to hide from them and I was beaten up and too weak to change or fly home. I feel asleep there at midnight.

"You poor dear, Sam, come here it's your rude little friend." I couldn't hear any voices I recognized but then I did.

"Danny," It was Sam, always there to same me when I'm down or hurt.

"I do hope he's okay but according to me. He deserved it." Sam sighed.

"Kate, go on ahead I'll take care of Danny. This happens all the times. I'll be fine." I opened my eyes to find Sam laying her head on my chest. "It's good that you're finally awake. You're most likely internally bleeding from the sight of your chest and your breathing."

"You think it's fair punishment for what I did to her, Sam?" She smiled.

"No, you deserved worse. You were a total jerk back there Danny. This happens to you normal. If I was her I'd have beaten you up while I had the chance just now. It's just a good thing she didn't. You okay?" I smiled too.

"I'm glad she didn't too. I might be fine, you tell me?" She was about to playfully smack me but realizing my condition she stopped herself.

"Danny, you're a ghost, you've been hurt worst than this. You'll be fine. Let's get you home." I nodded hoping to get some more sleep.

I awoke a few hours later. My shirt was off and my leg, forehead, and chest were all bandaged up. "Hm, where am I? Who bandaged me up?"

"Well Sam came here with you're mangled body son, she said you were beaten up while you were at school and she took care of everything herself and left. She insisted she take you to a hospital but we told her that she had done enough and she went home. Nice girl Sam, isn't she?" My mom asked and all I could do was nod. She was more than nice, she was amazingly caring and smart. Maybe getting beaten up wasn't too bad, I wished I could have been awake because these bandages are crushing my ribs, if they aren't already crushed.

(Lunch) "So she just saved you, bandaged you up and left? That doesn't sound like Sam. Sam would yell at you for not doing something to get out of the situation in the first place." Tucker said making me feel I must have messed up big with that Kate girl.

"Why do you think she changed so much, Tucker?" I didn't know.

"Maybe Sam is just tired of hanging out with you and me." Tucker said making me feel as though I had to stop whatever was messing up our well, friendship.

"You miss her don't you?"

"No, what would you think that?" I said stuffing food into my face as fast as I can then realizing that he was right. I nodded.

"See, now don't you feel better." I swallowed hard.

"No, because I ate way too much and I think I'm going to be sick." I said as I ran out of the lunch room.

Sam's Viewpoint

"Sam, you okay? You've been acting pretty funny since you found Danny yesterday." I just kept picking at my salad. I really missed talking with Danny and Tucker. It was one of my must normal habits.

"You know you should go over and check to see if he's okay. He was hurt pretty badly. It would just be like a neighborly thing to do. If you want to keep pretending you're mad at him you can but I won't." Kate said harshly. She grabbed my arm and my lunch and pulled me over to their table.

"Hey Sam, we were just talking about you." Tucker said. I just glared at him.

"Stay Sam, talk and do your normal things. I'm fine by myself." I sighed and Kate just walked off.

"Danny is in the bathroom by the way. He ate the meatloaf all at once and it made him sick." I sighed.

"I told you meat was bad for you." Tucker laughed. He must have missed my obsession of meat hatred and I missed tormenting him about his love of meat. I nibbled on my salad and then Danny came back. This would be so awkward.

"Sam, well, thanks, you know for helping me. When I was hurt." He said very shy and careful not to get me to hurt him. I just made sure he didn't act up; I never meant to hurt him when I playfully smacked him so he would stop. I did some times hurt him.

"Yah, I know, you feeling better?" I said. I don't know why but I was feeling very awkward around Danny, more than normal.

"Yah, a lot better, thanks to you." Danny said trying very hard to stay on my nicer side.

"You've saved Tucker and me a lot of times, you were unconscious. I couldn't leave you there; no matter how upset I was with you. I owed you and you are still my friend, right?" I said, I was starting to loosen up.

"Of course we're still friends Sam. I shouldn't have been mean to Kate like that. I should apologize; shouldn't I?"

"That would be the nice and proper thing to do wouldn't it."

"Okay, I'll do it. Where is she? Where is Tucker?" Danny asked looking around I got up and looked around. I hadn't realized that Tucker left.

Danny and I walked out to the front lawn and saw… What I thought to be the most disgusting sight to ever behold. Even ghosts weren't as disgusting and disturbing as this. Tucker was making out with Kate.

"Tucker!" "Kate" "What are you doing?" Danny and I yelled in unison. I looked at Danny who was also greatly disturbed by their actions.

"Duh, we're making out Sam, or are you blind now?" I stared a very solid stare at Tucker.

"You know you should try it sometime? It's quite enjoyable. You know you two would like to?" Kate stated very much out loud and in the open.

"With 'him' 'her', no way!" That deeply hurt me emotionally. She was completely and utterly correct but couldn't she accuse us of thinking that in private.

"No, I meant with someone else, not each other. But I think you two both desperately want to kiss each other." Kate said and she high fived Tucker and he was laughing. Danny and I made a very loud ewe and they laughed more.

I grabbed Kate and Danny grabbed Tucker and we walked away. We finished the day of class and returned to our houses. On our home as normal for the last week I walked home with Kate.

"You do like Danny, don't you?" I looked at her harshly. "It was just a simple question, sheesh."

I began to whisper. "Yes I like Danny but did you see how he acted today. It's just not going to happen, Kate. Not now, not ever. He's a super cute, half ghost, half human, hybrid. I'm just Sam Manson, Danny's friend." I said a little more depressed than normal.

"Danny is just like you on the inside. Did you hear how you acted today? I guarantee he feels the same way. He's probably as depressed as you are because of what you said." I was confused.

"What did I say? I don't want to upset Danny. He has a hard enough life already." I said feeling sad for poor Danny.

"Quoting you is easy. 'With him, no way,' He's probably pretty upset with you too Sam. He is probably thinking that he'll never have a chance with you and stuff like that; that you probably think he's some creepy jerk, or something. I think I feel bad for both of you two, Sam." I wanted to break down in tears and I did. I ran off to the alley where Danny, Valerie and I always went to escape from everyone. Danny escaped from Dash. Valerie escaped from that geek from the chess club. I from my mom.

I sat there and cried myself to sleep in that very spot. I awoke to a very farmiliar ghostly face. "Hi there Danny Phantom. Danny!" I jumped up realizing where I was and why Danny was there, I don't know.

"Hi to you too Miss. Manson. I think we need to get you home." I nodded and Danny picked me up and carried me home and put me to bed at home.

"I'm in big trouble, aren't I?" Danny laughed.

"No, well not anymore. They thought you ran away but now that you're back they think well let's not mind that. You're not in trouble but maybe the Fenton kid is."

"Danny," was all I could mutter before he left.

"Night Miss. Manson," I nodded, waved good-bye and fell asleep in my soft bed.

I woke up in the morning and called Kate. "Kate, why every time I try to admit my feelings for Danny either he, someone else, me or something stops me? I think I should give up. It's too hard." I heard her laugh.

"Love's not easy Sam, no one said it was and it never will be. Sorry for you. So go back to sleep and hope that you realize how to say it perfectly." I was upset and wished Danny would carry me again like he did last night.

"Sammy dearest, you're home. I'm happy you're alright." My mom said hugging me and then I ran off.

"It was just a simple ghost kidnapping. It's a good thing that Phantom brought me back, huh." I said turning around.

"Yes, I guess it is a very good thing that Phantom brought you back. But I though, well never mind. Tell that Fenton boy I'm sorry for falsely accusing him of something, Sam." I nodded and left to see Danny, and thank him.

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I have to tell you than this is going to be the average length of every chapter. It's 8 pages on Microsoft word at size 11.5 type and that's pretty long for me or anyone don't you think. I think my other stories went a bit longer.

Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom, Danny Fenton, Tucker Foley, Jazz Fenton, Maddie Fenton, Jack Fenton, Sam Manson, Paullina, Dash, Valerie, or any other characters from Danny Phantom. I do however own Miss. Katelyn (Kate) Laired. She is a imagined person by me and this is and was chapter 1.