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Also, some of you got it, but yes, this is sort of based of the WB show Reba. Any fans? I sure am.
liFe sUCks anD TheN yoU diE
chAptEr twO
to the moon and back
Sam jumped into his arms, surprising both of them, but his quick reflexes soon showed up and he caught her, holding her tightly. She pulled back, gasping. "Danny, oh my gosh…"
"Hey, how are you?" he asked.
"I'm great," she replied. "You…look great."
He grinned, scratching at his nose. "You do too. I missed you."
She hugged him again. "God, I missed you too…"
"Did I come at a bad time?" he asked.
"No, no, come on in, really," she insisted, tugging on his arm and pulling him inside. "Welcome to the nut house."
He laughed, a sound she'd missed. He hadn't changed much at all it seemed, even though it'd been at least five years since she'd seen him last. They'd kept in contact through email, but she hadn't physically seen him in what felt like forever.
She watched him look around the blue and silver themed kitchen and smiled. "What do you think?"
"It's awesome," he told her. He nudged her playfully with his hand. "What have you been up to lately, Sammiekins?"
She smacked him back. "You know better than to call me that. What have you been up to Mr. Astronaut? I thought you'd be on the Climax."
"Nope, not this time," he said, something flickering in his blue eyes. Even now after he'd been gone so long, she knew there was something he was hiding, but didn't want to talk about right now.
She gave him a smile, deciding whatever it was would be easier if she just left it alone. Besides, she wasn't in the mood to threaten his visit here.
"You've been living nice I see," he told her.
"For the most part," she replied.
"How's the ex?" he asked, smiling.
"Same old, same old," she said, rolling her eyes. Behind Danny, she could see Raven slowly crawl towards him, looking like she was trying to sneak up on him and nodded.
"I know," he mouthed, seeing her and putting a finger to his ear and then to his mouth for "quiet." "Besides, there aren't many--" He whirled around suddenly, laughing maniacally and seizing the small child in his hands, lifting her up above his head. She screamed and then burst into giggles.
"This must be Raven," he said, holding her beside him. "What a lovely little princess."
"I'm not a princess," she argued. "Princesses wear pink."
Danny gave Sam a look. "Why does that sound familiar? Hmm, I wonder who taught her that…"
"Hey, I was hoping I taught her well," she said.
"Mommy?" she asked, staring at Danny and poking at him curiously. He playfully tried to bite her fingers and she laughed. "Who's this?"
"Well, Raven, remember the superhero I told you about?" she asked, smiling. He looked at her with a curious look and then smiled, blushing furiously. "This is him."
"The superhero that's going to the moon?" she asked.
"I've been to the moon," he said, setting her down and then bending at her level. "Twice in fact. And…" He searched around his red coat pocket and finally found what he'd been looking for and handed it to her. "Got you something."
"What is it?" She lifted a solid, grayish-black rock from him.
"It's a moon rock, literally," he told her. "The aliens there told me I could have it."
Sam snorted. "Aliens?"
He stood back up. "What? You can believe in ghosts, but not aliens?"
"Raven, go get your bag and stuff for school," she said, shaking her head.
"Ugh," she grumbled, making a face and stalking very slowly out of the room.
"Well, you can definitely tell she's yours," he told her. "She's just like you. Even looks like you."
"I'll be right back. She'll stall if she think she's going to get away with it," she said. "Sit down, make yourself comfortable."
"Okidokie Sammiekins," he teased. She gave him a look and then walked out of the room, rolling her eyes. He waited until she was out and then snuck over to the fridge, opening it up and looking inside curiously.
He could hear Sam's voice coaxing Raven inside the hallway just a few rooms away and shook his head, grinning. He almost gasped after a moment as he heard footsteps back into the room.
"No way…does Sam Manson actually have milk in her fridge?" he asked, staring into the bottom half.
"How did I know that as soon as I left the room, you would be in the food?" she countered, grinning.
"Because they didn't have this kind of food where I came back from," he replied. "I am starving."
"Mom, do you have any Tylenol or anything?" Lillith asked, walking into the room. Danny looked over at her, smiling and she gasped, smiling back flirtatiously. "Ooh, mom, who's the hottie?"
Sam would have laughed, had it been totally awkward moment at the heavy color that suddenly rose to his cheeks. Instead, she cleared her throat. "Lil, this is Danny. My friend, remember?"
"Oh…" she said. "You never said how cute he was."
"Hi," he said after a moment, blushing furiously.
"I thought you didn't feel well," Sam said.
"I do," she said. "I mean, I don't. I feel sick still. But it's just my stomach."
"Where's Chris?" Sam asked.
"He's upstairs," she said.
"Where upstairs?" she returned.
"Standing just outside the hallway," she said, rolling her eyes.
"Chris is Lil's boyfriend," Sam explained to Danny, who had raised an eyebrow.
"I figured that one," he said.
"There's bacon in the freezer in the porch," she said after a moment. "Help yourself."
His eyes widened. "You're kidding."
"Nope," she said simply.
He walked over towards her and raised his hand, putting the back of it up against her forehead. "Hmm…you are kind of warm. Maybe you're sick too."
She shoved his hand away. "Ha ha." She found it nearly impossible to glare at him even now and found herself grinning soon after.
Danny laughed. "Well then. Anyone else want some bacon?"
"Not in this house," Sam said. "Rich was the only one who ate it."
"Ah, I see…" he replied, looking around.
"Out on the porch you idiot," she said again, pointing towards the door to the right. "Just don't leave a greasy mess like I know you will anyway."
"Have I ever made a mess?"
"Have I ever looked stupid to you?" she challenged.
He laughed and didn't answer, crossing over to the door. Just to mess with him, she grinned and cast a sideways glance at her daughter. "Hey, Dan, your fly's unzipped."
"What?" he exclaimed. In his distraction, there was loud thud and he walked right into the door hard. "Ow…"
Sam burst into laughter. "Yeah, you haven't changed much at all."
"You did that on purpose," he said, turning around and rubbing his forehead.
"Duh," she replied.
"No, it's not," Lillith said suddenly, looking over in his direction.
Danny looked down and gave her an odd look. Sam, however, stared at her daughter. "Lil, what to explain to me why you're looking?"
"Oh…" she said after a minute. She laughed nervously. "I'm going upstairs now."
"You're no help at all, you know that?" he asked.
"Oh, but you're so fun."
"Glad to know," he retorted.
"Go get your bacon," she said.
"That didn't sound right," he called, opening the door this time and going onto the porch.
"Sicko," she muttered. She looked up. "Raven, come on! You're going to be late!" She sighed and walked back into the hallway just as the door opened again to the porch and Danny stepped inside the kitchen, carrying a package of bacon.
"I never thought I'd see this day," he said.
The door suddenly opened and a woman walked in, talking nonstop before she even had the door closed.
"Sam, I almost forgot to tell you something," Leann said, rushing inside. "What if I add cheese to it instead?" She looked around and saw Danny standing there. "Oh, hello!" she greeted.
He was almost about to reply when she suddenly gasped and screamed very loudly. "Sam! SAM! Stranger, stranger, stranger! There's a robber in your house!"
"What?" Danny exclaimed. "No, no, no, no, no…I'm not a robber."
"ROBBER! IN YOUR HOUSE!" she screamed.
"Wait, no!" he insisted.
She suddenly picked up the pan that Sam had dropped and stalked forwards. "I've got him!" She backed him into a wall and he threw his hands up in defense.
"Hey!" Sam suddenly said, running back into the room along with Lillith, Raven, and Chris. "Drop the pan and nobody gets hurt!"
"I've got him Sam," Leann said again.
"Sam…a little help here, please," Danny pleaded, cornered.
"Leann, drop the pan. He's my friend. He's not a robber," Sam said.
"I've got—what?" Leann stopped and looked back at her, her eyes wide. She looked back and forth and Sam stared at her. "Oh…"
"Put the pan down and back off please," she said through gritted teeth.
Danny stood up fully after a moment as Leann stepped away from him, setting the pan back down on the stove.
"I thought he was a robber, I'm sorry," she said.
"Leann, why would he steal bacon?" she asked.
Leann's eyes glanced down at the cold package in Danny's hands and he set it down on the counter, still holding his arms up in defense.
"Oh…" She blinked several times. "Have we met before?"
"No," he replied honestly.
"You look really fam--"
"Leann, what can I do for you?" Sam cut in sharply.
"Right," she said excitedly. "I was wondering if instead of meat, I could add cheese?"
"In vegetarian lasagna?" Danny wondered.
"Yeah—how did you know?" she asked.
If Sam weren't so stubborn to admit it, she would have agreed, giving a sideways glance over at him. His cheeks went a fair shade red.
"I…kind of guessed," he said. "I mean, if you can't have meat in lasagna, I guess you could have cheese and since Sam's--"
"Danny," Sam said.
"Shutting up," he said quickly.
"Leann, it's vegetarian lasagna," she said slowly as if talking to a kindergartener. "Meaning. No."
"I was just wondering," she said. "I'll see you later Sam." She walked back out of the house and Sam sighed loudly.
Danny, however, burst into laughter to the point where he was nearly on the floor with hysteretic. She raised an eyebrow and walked over to him, shoving him onto the ground.
"So…that was Leann?" he asked, looking up at her from the ground.
"Unfortunately," she grumbled. "What are you laughing about?"
"She's like…either really stupid or unobservant. You looked like you were about to kill someone," he told her.
She put her foot on his chest to mess with him and he surprised her by taking it and knocking her to the floor, right on top of him hard.
"Ow," he said after a moment. "That was not my intention."
"So…how did you know about my lasagna?" she asked.
"I didn't know you cooked," he replied.
"That wasn't my question," she retorted, putting her elbows into his chest.
"I'm aware of that—hey!" he said as she moved her arms down slightly lower.
"A little paranoid aren't we Dan?" she teased.
"Just a little, yeah," he replied.
"So…what does Mr. Fenton have up his sleeve that he doesn't want me to know?" she asked with a smile.
"I…I can read minds," he said after a minute.
"Oh."
Too bad things were only to get a bit more complicated…
Hee hee; You gotta love Danny. He's so cute and it's so funny. Next chapter? Things are getting a bit twisted…
Please R&R! Here's your sneak peek!
Chapter Three: Unwanted…Expectancies
"Finally! I have a guy in the house who doesn't glare at me every time I walk in the door," Chris said.
"Okay, okay, can't breathe," Danny choked out.
"Sorry dude," he said, pulling away.
Sam smirked. "He's a hugger."
Danny massaged his shoulders. "I noticed."
Lateraina Wolf