Aight, I'm working on my other fic, Silent Echoes, but I got this crazy idea in the car! So, here it goes! I know things like this have been done eleventiy gazillion times, but I don't care! (Be prepared, it's a songfic! I don't know if I used the song properly, but whatever... Feel free to flame if the song doesn't fit!) (oh, one more thing-the characters are severely OOC in my opinion, but I tried, so, yeah...)
Disclaimer: I don't own the rights toDanny Phantom, the song The First Cut is the Deepest by Sheryl Crow, or any of the other bands/singers/instrumintalists I list but I do own... I do own...aww crud, what am I sayin', I got nothin'!
italics-song lyrics or Sam's thoughts
underline-Danny's thoughts
The First Cut
A seventeen-year old Danny was making his way home after a fight when a tendril of music caught his attention. It was late on a Sunday night. The summer breeze tugged at his snowy-white, messy hair and his glowing green eyes snapped to alert.
He realized he was near Sam's house, and he had caught her either singing softly or yelling along to her music before (she liked everything from The Gorillaz, to Greenday, to The Fallout Boys, to Nine Inch Nails, to soft songs, to just plain crazy stuff). He paused.
Three years hadn't done the gang much different. Danny was still clueless and fawning over Valerie (who returned the feelings double-fold even though she still hunted his other half with something that can only be descibed as a passion), Sam was still sticking it out on the sidelines (and her parents were almost never home because once she hit the legal age to be left home alone overnight, they high-tailed it, from "business trips" to "outings", but when they were home, they were much happier, if that was possible), and Tucker was still a techno-geek and hitting on every girl in sight. Okay, so the trio was actually pretty different, but not drastically. They were still on the same social rung together, but that rung had moved up considerably. Sam had hit womanhood (enough said, she was pretty sexy), Danny finally got ripped and had the reflexes to make it on almost any sports team (most of the girls thought he was hot!), and Tucker had gotten pretty rugged looking himself so that girls had the horomonal impulse to say yes ('T.F., as in Too Fine!' actually worked on some girls now).
He heard Sam's voice drifting out with the words. It was a song that surprised him, even for Sam.
I would have given you all of my heart The first cut is the deepest, baby I know The first cut is the deepest, baby I know I still want you by my side The first cut is the deepest, baby I know 'Cause when it comes to being lucky she's cursed The first cut is the deepest, baby I know
but there's someone who's torn it apart
and she's taking almost all that I've got
but if you want, I'll try to love again
baby I'll try to love again but I know
The first cut is the deepest
'cause when it comes to being lucky she's cursed
when it comes to lovin' me she's worst
but when it comes to being loved she's first
that's how I know
The first cut is the deepest
just to help me dry the tears that I've cried
cause I'm sure gonna give you a try
and if you want, I'll try to love again
but baby, I'll try to love again, but I know
The first cut is the deepest
when it comes to lovin' me she's worst
but when it comes to being loved she's first
that's how I know
The first cut is the deepest"
Wow, she sang it with all of her heart, like she really felt it... He then heard her as she was racked with sobs. He felt a squeeze at his heart, and it tore him to pieces for some unknown reason. He felt pulled to her room, like he couldn't stop himself.
He phased into Sam's room and watched as she sobbed on the bed, heaving while she clutched at the comforter. He gently sat down beside her. He felt as if her sorrow was his.She looked up somewhat startled and began wiping her face viciously.
"D-Danny! What are you-you doing in he-here!"
"I heard you singing and then you were crying! I came to see what was wrong!" he said worriedly as he transformed back to human. The bright light blinded her for a moment, but she was used to it and her vision faded back. He gently placed his hand on her cheek and went to wipe away some of her tears. "You sounded like you meant it, like you felt every word you said, er... sang..." Her stunned face looked up at him. How much had he heard? and how clueless was he really?
She gulped, still flooded with emotions, and shaky as ever. He was so close... and yet she could never have him...She collasped backwards on her bed and closed her eyes. She felt weak and helpless... She hated this! She wanted to shout out how she realy felt to the high heavens, but her mouth wouldn't move. What if he didn't feel that way back? I've had over 10 years to sort out my feelings! What if he hasn't! She was screaming inside her head.
He leaned over her as she collapsed, so he was lying over her, keeping his weight off of her with his arms. Suddenly he realized how close they were. He savored this moment and took in all sorts of details. Like how smooth her skin was, how silky her hair looked, how she smelt like lavender, violets, and... green apple? How easy it wold be to kiss her. How sweet her skin would taste...No! He shook his head to snap out of his daze.
Sam's eyes fluttered open faintly to see Danny right over her, shaking his head so that his beautiful raven hair fluttered and feathered out and at that moment she had no control. She could only act. She pushed herself up, pressing her mouth against his. She poured all of her passion, her heartache, her lust, into that one kiss. She fell back, ready for the trauma that would most definitely follow. What she wasn't ready for though, was a second round. Danny leaned down and kissed her again, but not as aggresively as she had kissed him. Sam melted into him.
Danny's tongue pleaded for entrance into her mouth and she obligued. They began to battle it out with their tongues. She melted even more into him. They reluctantly stopped for air, giving them ample opportunity to think.
Please say this isn't another one of my exotic drems! Please say it's real! Please say it's real! Please say it's real! Sam repeated over and over in her mind.
Meanwhile, things were slowly dawning on Danny, like a slow, steady trickle of water. So that's why-! And that's why-! That's why Sam-!...He continued on like this for a few seconds, realization flooding over him. He didn't care anymore though, he just wanted more. He leaned back down for another kiss.
Sam was ready for him this time, and instead of letting his tongue come into her mouth, she invaded his, fighting for dominancy. She nipped his lower lip with her teeth, lusting for more. I don't care if this is a dream! I just hope I never EVER wake up!
She pressed into him, arching her back up, and silently begged her to lower himself. He followed her lead and she matched their curves, leaning into him while still holding the kiss. His lips tasted so good! She never wanted to stop! She reached up and intertwined her hands into his soft hair. She pulled and he pressed and she absorbed every detail of the moment. Sadly, however, human capibilities only go so far. They, again, had to come up for air.
"Wow..." he said, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Yeah... umm, this means we have to talk it out now, right? I don't suppose we could just keep at the lusting? You're a great kisser..." She said, trying to fill the void of the awkward silence.
"I think I like the lusting better at the moment, actually..." Danny said with a goofy grin. He delicately moved a strand of her hair out of her face. She grabbed his hand before he could get it all the way back.
"Fine by me, I've been waiting a long-ass time for this!" Sam said as she tugged his hand hard, making him lose his balance and land on her. She straddled her legs around him, so that she was on top. She reached under his shirt and let her hands explore as she discovered new parts of his mouth with her tongue. He, too, let his hands have fun, and reached under her shirt, tracing with his fingers along her back and up to her bra. His finger lingered, as if waiting for permission. She let go of the kiss and nodded, and with the flick of his finger her bra was undone. She slid it off through her shirt and tugged on Danny's shirt.
Danny wrestled off his shirt and began kissing Sam wherever he could. She, meanwhile, was kissing all up and down his chest and tracing unseen figures onto his abdomen. They pressed against each other in a close embrace and both could feel everything. Sam looked into Danny's eyes and felt like she was drowning. The icey-blue closed in on all sides along with reality. She reached her hand to his chest and pushed herself up and apart from him.
"No, this isn't fair to Valerie!" Oh how she hated herself for saying those words! She loathed Valerie and Valerie hated her with a vengence. They had tried to be friends back in 10th grade, but it hadn't worked and Val knew Sam liked Danny, and she took Sam's silence as a challenge.
"Screw Valerie right now!" Danny said as he lifted up to kiss her neck. Sam shoved his chest down again.
"No! I don't want to be on the side-lines forever! I don't want to be second anymore! If I can't have all of you, I don't want any of you!" Oh, she was going to have to kill herself. The other half of her was after the talking half with a knife.
What the hell? This is as much as you'll ever get, take it!
No! I'm second-to-none! I deserve better!
Shut the hell up! Shut up and get back to kissing!
No! No, damnit!
Her second-to-none side won. She scooted to the other side of the bed and sat up, putting space between them.
"Stay over there." She told Danny as he started inching towards her.
"But I'm over here and you're over there, I wanna be over there." He said, making a pouty face at her and acting like a 4-year old.
"Stop it Danny! You heard what I said and we actually have to talk this out!"
"Oh, alright... I don't suppose we can chalk this up to lust and sexual tension?" He said as he rubbed the back of his neck and make a goofy face at her.
"I think we passed that when you took off my bra..." Sam said wryly. Danny just smiled.
"Well, then, umm... Will you start? You kissed me first!"
"Oh, great, real mature Danny. You're the one who kissed me back..." Sam said, starting to blush at the last part. "But anyway, fine. I've liked you for awhile." Awhile! Awhile! Try the first time I saw your face!
"Just liked?" Danny said, looking and sounding a little crestfallen.
"Okay fine, really like."
"That's it?"
"Damnit! You want the truth! Fine! I LOVE YOU! There, I said it!" Sam shouted finally, panting slightly afterwards from her explosion.
I guess her parents are still away...
"Good, 'cause I love you too, I just never realized you liked me..."
"And that's where you picked up clueless."
"Oh! It makes sense now!" Danny said, smacking himself in the forehead.
He's still so much a boy... Sam smiled to herself.
Well, a boy with super powers, an extreme ego, and a huge sense of responsibility that likes to pull a quick disappearing act...
"Nice job Sherlock. Tucker's gonna be so excited, plus all the other nerds are gonna owe him money." Sam laughed to herself.
"Wait, Tuck knew? And he made a bet on when we'd get together?"
"Yes, and probably, but I don't know for sure about the bets." Sam wrinkled her nose at that thought.
"He better give us a share! Or atleast me!"
Yep, still a boy... Will he ever grow up?
Doubtful...
"But seriously, what about Valerie? I know you still have feelings for her! And isn't she going to be atleast a little suspicious if you break-up with her and suddenly are totally into me? I mean, think about it. She's not dumb..." Sam was trying to break through his thick head, but she was pretty sure she was completely and utterly failing.
"So..." Danny obviously hadn't followed her train of thought. His eyes were raving over her body, looking in places he hadn't dared let them look at before.
Damnit! I guess we do this the hard way... and the completely slutty way... I can't beleive I'm letting myself take the Paulina approach...
Sam moved over to Danny and got eye to eye with him. He looked at her hungrily. She licked her lips slowly. She had his full attention.
"Hey," She whispered in his ear, "do want this?"
"Yes..." his voice was husky and he looked at her with longing.
"Then I need you to pay attention. And then you can have. All. You. Want." She let the last three words hang in the air after they dropped from her tongue. Something must have clicked in his head, because he looked up at her with understanding. "What are we gonna do?"
Danny was thinking hard. "Well, really don't want to hurt Val's feelings, so maybe we could take it slow..." he pouted as he said this last part, knowing that meant he would have to back-off. They couldn't even kiss yet!
"Well, we could alwaysmake-out insecret...?" Sam said. She didn't like the thought of not having Danny at all. She moved over to Danny and sat on his lap. He shifted and moved his arms around her. He began kissing the back of her neck and giving her playful love-bites.
"Hey hey!" Stop giving me hickeys Danny! Do you know how hard they are to explain?"
"Aww..." He set his chin on her shoulder. She looked at her watch. 2:19 AM... joy... I'll never get to sleep now... A soft noise caught her attention. It sounded like... snoring?
"Danny? Danny? Don't tell me you fell asleep. There was only silence for like, 3 seconds! Oh well..." Sam sighed. She removed herself carefully from his lap and laid him on his side. She moved his sleeping form to one side of the bed and pulled the covers over him. She then changed into her pajamas (they consisted of a black tank top and lime green shorts), and slipped into the other side of the bed. Danny rolled over and grabbed her, like she were a life-sized teddy-bear.
Great, he's trying to make a move on me in his sleep... Oh well...
She yawned and rolled towards him subconciously. She was out like a light in 7 seconds flat.
Sam awoke to the warmth of another body in bed with her. She almost screamed until she remembered the events of the night before. She didn't open her eyes but instead grabbed at Danny. To her disliking he was out of the covers and had his shirt back on.
"Damnit, I was almost out Sam! Mom is gonna freak if I'm not in bed! Jazz isn't at home to cover for me, you know that!"
"Mph 5 more minutes...? Pleash?" She hated how sleep disfigured her words.
"I can't. It's already 10. Mom knows I sleep late, but she might check-in on me." Sam pulled herself up. She stared at the digital watch still on her wrist. 10:03 AM. Damn...
"Alright, but you have to get your butt back over to my house as soon as you fake waking up and all!" She was up. She wasn't a morning person, but she wanted to be with him.
"Fine fine! Now lemme go!" He pecked her on the lips once, went ghost, and left in the blink of an eye. She sighed to herself. Not a sad sigh anymoe though. A happy sigh.
Alright my first freakishly long attempt at fluff... Yeah... I might continue about the "affair" and breaking up and all if there's intrest... Otherwise I'm leaving this at my first pathetic attempt at fluff... So yeah...
Oh, incase there's any confusion about why I picked the song, Danny was the "you", Valerie was the "she" and Sam was the "I"... I need sleep now... I'm sleep deprived at the moment, so I'm leaving the hidey-hole (GASP) to go to bed...
BYZEZ!
-psk