There was only single word that went through Sam's mind when Danny caught her with her present boyfriend and that was guilt. Don't ask her why that was the only word that came to mind, but that expression that came over his countenance just made the Goth want crawl in a hole and die. There was no explanation for that as they were practically adults and they were equally in committed relationships. Well, this was Sam's third boyfriend if you could call them that. She didn't like them that much and only dated them to see if a spark could grow from nothing. She knew her parents had been set up as infants and had grown to have some fondness for each other. Could she pull off the same thing? The raven haired beauty just didn't want to be alone and with each guy she felt like she was loved, but none of them could stir the feelings that one guy could and he was looking at her at that moment like she had run over his heart. Sam pulled away from the guy holding her much to his own disagreement and turned to her long time friend and love.
"Danny," Sam whispered as the brunette male that she had been holding turned, his shoes squeaking on the white tiles beneath them as he turned to look at the Goth before shifting his green gaze to the halfa that stood just feet away. Realization dawned in his eyes as he turned his gaze back to her, anger and frustration dancing in his gaze.
"I see how it is," he spat as he walked off, his steps thunderous in the amethyst eyed girl's ears even as her gaze never faltered from Danny's own. Walking by the dark haired male the male spat once more, "She's all yours. Enjoy." His green gaze collided with cerulean before he turned from him to head out. The response from the halfa before Sam was so swift that she failed to even see him move, his cerulean eyes flashing green as he knocked the other male into the white metallic door to his left, the brunette male crumpling to the ground on a grunt.
"Fucker," he hissed his voice so different from his normal lightheartedness. She giggled even as she felt a shudder roll through her. He turned those green orbs toward her and she almost fell back at the strong emotions that swirled in those eyes, but just as quickly they were gone. What had that been about? She stepped forward, her heart thumping wildly as she approached him.
"Thanks," Sam whispered. Danny watched as Sam looked down at the man on the ground, no emotion in her voice as she said, "Guess that means we're over." She looked at him and he could see the regret in her eyes. What was that about? "Well, I would have loved to get my kick in, but you know the saying about never kicking a man when he's down and such," she said with a light smile.
"I think that's about good men, not scumbags," the halfa stated.
"Oh," she said with a giggle. "Then I guess I could do this," she supposed as she turned and kicked the male on the floor in his crotch. A whimper escaped the downed male's lips. "Well, now we can't harm him more because you wouldn't hit a girl."
"I don't know about that," the halfa said with a grin. "I might make an exception." Sam smiled now, her eyes glittering with emotions.
"Danny!" a female called out, her voice whiny as she grew closer. Danny groaned as he turned toward the door. When he turned back the smile that had once been on the Goth's face was still there, but it looked like it was being forced into place.
"I need to head out," she said. "Have class to get to. Pretty important," she muttered as she walked off. "See you later." Danny watched his friend leave just as Paulina approached.
"There you are," she said with a pout. "You weren't at our designated meeting spot." The halfa made a face at the tone of his girlfriend's voice. Today for some reason her tone was grating on his ears making him want to silence her. "What were you doing with the freak?" Danny counted to five as he withheld the feeling of screaming at her about calling his friend a freak. They had talked about that and he thought that she understood that, but it seemed that she failed to grasp at what he wanted from her.
"Sam is not a freak," he muttered.
"Oh, you are right," the Hispanic girl stated. Danny smiled. Maybe he was wrong. "She's a whore now." The halfa turned so fast that Paulina squeaked when his face appeared inches from her own. He was not in the mood for this. First Danny had catch Sam in a position that he had never wanted to see, to the guy with her disrespecting said female, and now his own girlfriend calling her a whore when Paulina was the biggest whore he had ever known. With eyes wide he realized that he had just thought that about the girl he was dating and that was a big wake-up call for him. "She has had like three boyfriends now," the Hispanic pointed out.
"We're through," he stated as he turned from her and began to walk down the empty halls as the bell for classes had already rung. Paulina stood there in a daze as she processed what had just happened. She had been dumped! That had never happened to her! She dumped the guy not the other way around! Rushing after him she grasped his arm making the halfa stiffen.
"We are not through until I say we are!" she hissed. Danny shrugged her off and continued on his way. Again the Hispanic girl found herself standing there looking rather dumb with her mouth hanging open.
"I decide when I am done with any and all relationships. No one decides that for me." Paulina said nothing at the stiff tone of his voice. Danny continued on and headed for his class, but as he passed the music room he heard the teacher call Sam forth so he stopped. He knew that Sam loved to sing, but he had never heard her sing. This was actually her first year in music that he was aware of and it was their last year of high school. How ironic.
"Okay, so Sam this isn't the song you are going to sing for the competition but it is for the last of your grades before graduation."
"Yes, ma'am."
"What is it entitled?"
"Best Friend," she stated as she handed her CD over to the teacher. The older woman placed it into the player as Sam went back to her spot. "I will be singing it with the aid of a few people," the Goth stated.
"Who will be accompanying you on this?"
"Kwan, Star, Valerie, and Dash," the raven haired girl stated. Danny almost fell over in shock. Those were all jocks and cheerleaders not to mention the fact that Valerie didn't come off to him as a singer. Valerie was Tucker's girlfriend now and it seemed that the two girls that had hated each other only months ago were getting along rather well now as if they had never had strong animosity between them. Looking in, the door to the left of the class where Sam couldn't see him he watched as the respective people stood together. Dash stood next to Sam with Kwan, Star, and Valerie standing behind them. Was it a couple's song? The title didn't sound like it was.
Music began, the beat upbeat
(Kwan/Dash) Who ha! Who ha!
(Star/Valerie) Na Na nanana nanananananaaa!
Na Na nanana nanananananaaa!
"Have you ever been in love?" Dash inquired of Sam who smiled as she nodded.
"He's my best friend best of all best friends
Do you have a best friend too?
It tickles in my tummy he is so yummy yummy
Hey you should get a best friend too?" Sam sang out, her voice peppy and so unlike Sam, but she was smiling and although her smile didn't reach her eyes, not that Danny could see her from his vantage point, he could hear it in her voice as she sang.
(Kwan/Dash) Who ha! Who ha!
"Hello, baby, can I see a smile?" Sam sang as she looked into Dash's face, his smile wide.
"I'm going to a party, and it's gonna be wild!" the blond male sang shocking Danny like the fact that she had chosen the jock. The male had a nice voice and he looked like he was having a good time. The halfa could see this from where he was standing, but the look in Dash's eyes is what confused him. What was that emotion that was shinning from the usually dense male? The pair continued to sing and with each word Danny felt like his heart was breaking. As the song ended the group dispersed as the class broke out in applause.
"That was a great job. Nice job Baxter and Manson. Are you also going to sing with her at the competition." Dash shook his head. "Sorry to hear that."
"I will be singing a song that she wrote though," the male stated proudly as he showed off his white teeth.
"So what of her music will you be singing?"
"Monster, she told me that she wrote it about someone, but she won't tell me who..." The voices faded as a hand clamped down on Danny's should making the halfa turn quickly to find Lancer.
"Do you want to sing, Fenton?" Danny just stood there in shock. That was the last thing that he thought the balding teacher was going to ask him. "Well, Fenton?" Without thinking about it first he nodded and that's when Lancer took his arm and escorted him into the now quiet room. "Miss Mop, I have someone who though not part of your class would like to participate in the upcoming competition." The white haired woman smiled.
"What would this student's name be?"
Sam turned to look at whom they were talking about only to utter, "Danny!?" Miss Mop looked to her best student, her smile growing large.
"So, it would seem that Miss Manson knows him so I will make an exception and allow it." She turned to Danny now. "Danny, is it?" He nodded. "You have until tomorrow to give me a song that you can sing."
"I have one," he stated. Miss Mop's eyes opened wide in shock.
"Well, what will you be singing for us?"
"Loser like me," he said without hesitation.
"Interesting choice," Miss Mop said as she wrote it down. "Particular reason for that song?"
"Um, because I was a loser," he said as he kept his eyes on the teacher. She nodded and dismissed the class as the bell rang. Sam walked over to him, her expression one of curiosity.
"Why were you brought in here?" she whispered. "I have never heard you once say you wanted to sing." Danny didn't know what to tell her because the truth made him look like a stalker.
"He was outside the door," Lancer spoke up as he walked past. "Seemed like he wanted to watch the class so why not include him in the class?" The Goth turned her amethyst gaze on him.
"The truth?" she questioned. He nodded.
"I was walking to class and heard you singing." Sam's pale face flushed. "Can we get out of here?"
The pair headed down the halls with Sam just staring at the halfa at her side until he finally shot her a look of exasperation.
"What?!" he practically yelled. "Do I have something on my face?"
"Just wondering how you came to walk past my class when you should have been in yours?" The people around them conversed loudly as the two teens walked past cliques and couples. "I mean you have never really been late to class because of something not ghost related and if I remember correctly I left you with your girlfriend." She smirked at him. "Did Lancer catch you doi-"
"Oh, fuck, Sam," he growled. "That is not something I would do on school grounds."
"Tucker informs me otherwise," she said with a hint of disgust. "In fact I think he has some footage of it too." Now Sam had hold back the laughter and disgust at the sight of his face. Yeah, she had seen some of that film by accident and promptly after seeing it had gone to throw up. No one wanted to watch their best friend fuck the queen of Casper high, their enemy. "Tucker has video footage of me doing-"
"Fucking," Sam clarified. "I do believe the words she used were fuck me Danny! Fuck me hard!" Danny had the good graces to turn red at the way she said that. Little did she know that he was thinking of her saying it and not Paulina. His pants became a little tight so he moved a little faster to make sure his friend couldn't see how her saying that make him feel.
"I need to talk to him about that because contrary to popular belief I actually wasn't doing her at all." Sam stopped as Danny continued walking. Then who had been screwing little miss prom queen? Danny realized that the Gothic teen had stopped following him, but he wasn't stopping until he got to the table.
Tucker was already there with Valerie at his side and just as Sam approached the techno-geek inquired, "Dude! Do you have a hard-" He was cut off as Danny smacked him over the head and Valerie stepped on his foot. "What the fuck?" he hissed as he looked at both ghost fighters. His girlfriend whispered something in his ear and he nodded. "Okay." Valerie smiled at Sam.
"Thanks for allowing me to participate in you song. I loved it."
"Song? Sam?" Tucker questioned.
"Yeah, Sam writes songs," Danny stated to the shock of everyone at the table.
"How did you know that?" the Goth in question asked of him. "You had to have been there as soon as I was called up..." she faded off as she realized she was on the mark as Danny's face began to color. That was how she knew she had the right answer. "You were outside the door from the beginning!" she accused. Tucker looked to his girlfriend for answers for which she said I will tell you later. He nodded as they watched the couple began one of their regular arguments, but before it could escalate a shadow fell over the group. Everyone looked up as Dash sat down next to Sam. The Goth smiled.
"So, I was wondering if we could practice at your house this time," the blond said without so much as I "hi, how are you" to the group.
"I don't see why not," she replied. "Tonight work for you? My parents will be there, but they won't bother us." The jock nodded as he got up again and headed for his table while three pairs of eyes looked at her in shock.
"What the hell is that about?" Danny inquired. "You two sure are getting along great." Sam smiled at him, her eyes betraying her frustration as his accusation.
"Dash and I found out we have a lot in common. You won't believe how much I have taught him in the weeks that we have been over at his house. That guy isn't as rough as he seems with all the practicing we have been doing he is getting better." Tucker's teal eyes grew wide like saucers. "He knows all the right moves and has perfect timing. He didn't know the exercises that he could use to warm up, but now he does so he can go for hours now." Valerie blushed and Danny's mouth dropped open.
"When have you been going over to his house?" Danny managed to ask.
"After I leave your house."
"At night?" She nodded.
"No one in the house to bother us," she explained. "Last time his mom kept coming in and interrupting us before we could get through the exercises so we kept having to start over. Learned that it is better to do when she is at her night job."
"Was she just checking up on you two?" Tucker inquired as he leaned forward.
"Wanted to listen to how it was coming. She was just so happy that I was working with him. She always said he had potential for more, but he never took the steps to do anything more fulfilling."
"Are you having sex with Dash?!" Danny inquired in shock as he stood up, his eyes wide. Everyone stopped talking at that moment. The only thing that could be heard was the sound of a plastic tray hitting a skull before crashing to the ground before boots were heard clomping off.