Sam struggled with the weight in her hand, though the object was so small that she wasn't really having a problem holding it. No, it was the weight of what it meant that tugged her to the ground as she leaned back against the wall before sliding to the black carpeted floor. The small cream object was the size of a small pen, but the information on the little screen made her stomach drop and her heart stop. It wasn't what she had been hoping for, not that the result wasn't a pleasant one, but how would she tell him?

"What's that look about?" Sam jumped, her hands tightening around the small object as she looked over her shoulder. The man standing there cocked a brow at her, his green eyes questioning.

"Dan, I wasn't expecting a visit from you," she stated, her hands shifting to hide the small test. "What look?" Before she could blink he was behind her, his hand phasing through her clenched fingers to grab the small object. He pulled it out and the look on his face was priceless as his brows shot up to his hairline.

"But it seems that you are expecting someone," he stated with a look, one that she knew all too well. He was wondering if it was his and she wasn't sure what to say since she didn't know if admitting it would cause her more grief or if the man before her would crush a certain man. "Is it his?" Sam nodded slowly. "Do I want to know how this happened?" he questioned rubbing the bridge of his nose. Before she could answer he held up his hand to silence her.

"It just happened, but I never expected this!" He could hear the desperation in her voice and see the fear in her amethyst eyes. It was a good thing that the Goth was old enough that she didn't have to answer to her parents because he could only imagine what they would have her do in this situation or what they would do.

"I supposed you haven't told the brat, have you?" She shook her head. "And this happened how long ago?" She gave him a response, his brows coming down in clear agitation. "And you're now just taking the test?" He hadn't known too much about the test before becoming who he was now, but in the spare time he had he had read a lot of books. Not much to do when you had taken down most of the town.

"I didn't really notice," she whispered. "With all that had been going on and the fact that I was on the pill, it never occurred to me." Dan's eyes almost fell out of his head and if it wasn't such a serious time the Goth before him would have cracked a smile, but she knew that he would blast her if she did. "I stopped the pill a month ago only because of the sudden cramping and nausea that I was feeling."

"Well, now you need to talk to him," Dan pointed out. Sam turned a little white at that. She had been planning on it when she had bought the test like a month ago, but she found out something that had changed that.

"He's getting married," she stated, her eyes downcast as she relayed the rest of it. "He's marrying Valerie and well, seeing as he is happy I would hate for her reaction to be leaving him at the alter because when she finds out she's going to be livid." The older male knew that the raven haired beauty wasn't scared of the other woman, hell, she had put the dark skinned female in her place several times and yet, he knew she would never hurt Danny. He meant too much to her and if that meant keeping her secret she would do it.

"That doesn't mean he shouldn't find out that he's a father." The Goth had hoped that he would be on her side, but she was beginning to think that he was going to be her Jiminy Cricket and bother her until she did the right thing. She knew he was right and that she needed to tell Danny, but how did one tell a guy who was engaged that he was going to be a father to his best friend's baby? "We can tell him together if you like." She blinked, looking at the tall man before her as he transformed, his eyes noticing the look she was giving him. "I wasn't planning on going like that because he would shoot me on sight."

"I don't know, Dan. I don't think I'm ready to talk to him about this, maybe after I get some courage."

"So, is that going to be after the baby is born or before he's old enough to look for his father?" Sam's eyes narrowed at her partner. "You know that you won't do it unless I push you so why not just tell him now?" She shook her head.

"I think as the mother I have the right to make that choice," was her response. He wanted to shake her because she was being extremely stubborn and this time it was over something truly important.

"I think you are being stupid, but I can't force you." He wanted to teach her a lesson by walking away and making her do this on her own, but the tall male couldn't do that to the one who had never left his side. Sure, his Sam was gone, but she hadn't left willingly. She had been killed. "I won't let you do this alone though." She looked at him in shock. She hadn't been expecting that.

"That's really nice, Dan, but will Clockwork allow that?" He shrugged. "You're going to talk to him, aren't you?" He nodded and changing back to his ghost form he disappeared leaving the raven haired woman in wonder. Who would have ever thought that the man that wanted to kill her several years would be one of her closest friends? Was it because they were so much a like or just because they had been friends before? Sitting down she wondered what she was going to do because as much as she hated to admit it she needed to tell Danny.