Perspective

Part One:

Tucker.

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I peered around the back of the shed, seeing stand up and face me, shrugging. I shrugged back, and then she turned around, gazing towards the other end of the Pier. A figure was running towards her, and it looked strangely like…

Parker Thompson? I was right? Hell yeah. I was totally going to rub her face in that!

I saw Parker smile, and his mouth moved as he talked, his eyes shining. This guy was in deep. And I don't think Sam knew what she was getting herself into. They shook hands, and I wished I could see Sam's expression. I also wished I had a camera, so I could capture said expression. I snickered.

They talked some more, and I edged more towards them, risking the fact that Parker might spot me. Oh well. He seemed to entranced by Sam to even look my way.

Then, I saw Parker lift his hand, touching the side of Sam's face. Wow. Getting that close so soon, huh, Parker. I instinctively reached into my pocket, taking out my cell phone and just holding it in my head. I was serious when I had told Sam that I would call Danny if something happened. Parker looked like the kind of person who worked out…and Danny hunted ghosts. Those two would make an interesting fight. I grinned, and shook my head.

I thought it would be hilarious if I called Danny and he saw Parker with Sam, and seeing him get jealous. I knew Danny was in love with Sam, and Sam was in love with Danny, but getting them to admit it was the problem. Paulina was a minor obstacle in my little plan of getting the lovebirds together. I had to rid of her, soon. But Danny and Sam both would have to cooperate…

I paused, my grin freezing on my face as I heard Sam yell. Her posture got stiff and I saw the slightly panicked and amused look on Parker's face. What was going on?

I flipped open my phone and found Danny's number, pressing the green call button.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Danny." I turned my back to Parker and Sam.

"…Tucker? You're actually talking to me?" He sounded surprised.

"Not exactly. Listen, I have a slight problem. Well, technically, it's Sam's problem, but -"

"What? Sam? What kind of problem?" He sounded angry and panicked.

"Calm down, dude. We're at the Pier -"

"What happened? Is she hurt?" He interrupted.

I sighed, frustrated, and glanced back at Parker and Sam cautiously. "No! Listen, Sam has this guy after her and we sort of need your help." I winced, knowing that Danny would take that the wrong way. Now he probably thought that Sam had gotten raped or something.

"I'll be there." And then I heard a click. Shit! Danny was going to do something dangerous and probably risk his identity, and it would be all my fault.

And then, I smiled, and flipped open my phone again.

Time to call Dash.

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Dash had gotten to the Pier quicker than Danny, even with Danny's un-godly ghost speed. He had been taking a walk, or something, near the Pier and had hurried over when I explained Sam was in slight trouble. But, by the time I had stopped talking to him, I quickly realized that Sam and Parker seemed to be getting along just fine.

I was in big trouble. Calling Danny back would be futile; I knew he was probably almost here and not anything I could say would stop him anyways. I was doomed. Doomed.

"What's going on?" Dash appeared behind me suddenly, and I jumped.

"Sam's meeting her secret admirer." I said simply.

I heard a slight whoosh-ing sound and I turned my head and Danny was standing there, in full ghost-form.

Hence the reason I called Dash.

He couldn't just reveal his identity in front of him - just the fact that Dash was there would stop him from doing something reckless. I was such a genius.

"Took you long enough," I muttered, trying to stall for time.

"Phantom?" Dash asked, confused. He glanced from Danny to me, and I shrugged.

Danny ignored us, and brushed right past me and towards Sam and Parker. "What is he doing?" Dash hissed to me. I shrugged again.

"Phantom's a complex…ghost." I said, smiling at me own ridiculous comment.

Dash still looked confused as we followed after Danny, trying to keep up with him. Parker and Sam turned towards us just as we walked up to them, and Sam's pleased expression fell away into a horrified one, her eyes looking at all three of us. She looked overwhelmed, for a moment. Parker looked at Sam, dumbfounded, "Did you invite people here?"

Sam looked at him. "Well, I told Tucker to come so I wouldn't get kidnapped," She explained, pointing at me. "But it looks like he invited the other two." She glared at me.

I shrugged for about the hundredth time that day. "You yelled! I thought he was trying to drag you away, or something." I lied a little. I didn't think that situation was that desperate.

Sam looked towards Dash and Danny, and she looked like she was going to say something, but Danny beat her to it, "Who are you?" His voice was cold and fierce.

"This is Sam's secret admirer." I glared at Dash. He was not helping the situation. I looked at Sam hesitantly, and noticed Parker staring at her.

"No, this is Parker Thompson." She said dryly, and I smirked. I was psychic and a genius.

"You have a secret admirer?" Danny asked her. Then, I saw Sam finally look Danny over, and her eyes widened. We both knew the consequences of Danny revealing his identity. Too bad Danny just seemed to forget them in his bout of jealousy.

Parker looked at Danny, too, and said, "Oh, Phantom! I've heard many stories about you. This is the first time I've seen you up close." I chuckled darkly. Poor Parker didn't know that he was probably going to get injured if he didn't shut the hell up.

Danny glared at him, and Dash said suddenly, "Yeah, um, what are you doing here, exactly?" I kept forgetting that Dash didn't know the Danny-Phantom deal.

I saw the rebellious and angry look in Sam's eyes, and she smirked at Danny, "Yeah, Phantom. What brings you here on a night like this?" She was trying to make him say that he was jealous. Or maybe she was just trying to make him mad.

Danny's hard stare visibly softened as he looked at her. "Sam -"

Then, Parker had a dumb moment and decided to cut in. He was a little clueless. Kind of like Danny. That kind of sucks for Sam, doesn't it? "Actually, Sam and I were just leaving." Sam looked relieved at Parker's interruption, but I knew what happened next wouldn't be good.

Danny glared heatedly at him. "She's not going anywhere with you." He growled.

Dash scoffed. He was almost as bad as Parker. "So what, she's going with you then? I don't think so." This whole thing was pretty damn funny. They were all fighting over Sam. This never happened!

"Well, she's certainly not going with you," Danny nodded towards Parker, and then looked at Dash. "Or you."

I glanced over at Sam, and she looked severely pissed of. I just sat back and waited, knowing that she would interrupt soon and probably lash out on Danny (and probably Dash, too). She probably couldn't take much more of this, knowing Sam. And of course, me being the wonderful psychic I am, she did what I predicted.

"Actually, I am going with Parker, and since when are you my boss?" She was fuming now. "Why don't you just go back to your girlfriend, Phantom?" I winced as I noticed her almost slip-up. Sometimes we got so used seeing Danny in his ghost-mode that he forgot that no one else knew his secret. "I'm sure she needs you more than I do." She frowned at him. Then, she grabbed Parker's hand, squeezing between Danny and I in an attempt to escape.

Then, in one swift movement, Danny's hand shot out and grabbed Sam's wrist, forcefully pulling her away from Parker and into him, and I could see Parker just staring at them, Dash was fuming, and I practically had a heart-attack. That was something new. Since when did Danny get so bold?

"Sam, don't do this."

At first, I had thought that Sam would give in, just by the strange look in her eyes. And then, as she pulled away slowly but firmly, I realized I mistook the look in her eyes for something else.

She was about to cry.

"You're a little late, Phantom." Her voice was barely above a whisper as she moved towards Parker. "You had your chance."

And then she walked away.

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I hope you all liked it!

Of course, for the people confused, go read confessions of a teenager in denial. This story goes along with that.

I've decided to do the same thing for Danny, Dash, and probably Parker, too. Does that sound good to you?

Review!