I would like to thank Hellbreaker again for reviewing. Yes, Danny is beginning to regret his decision, but if you remember Sam was the one who always encouraged him keeping the powers and the most adamant when he gave them up. He needs her to keep him in a good frame of mind.
"Sam is not a hoe!" he hissed as his eyes flashed green at the distraught female. "You might be pointing your finger at her, but you are calling yourself that three times! You're just mad and shallow enough to be mad that someone is a lot more gorgeous then you !" At this the teen female's face feel and she slumped down on the ground as tears dripped down her face and landed on the floor in front of them. Danny felt a little bad, but then he thought of all the things that Paulina had done to him, Tucker, and mostly Sam. He turned from her and walked away. Whoosh! Danny didn't move as the shoe flew through his body that had become intangible. He continued to walk away. Maybe this place wasn't worth protecting if there were more people like her around.
Sam sat outside with a very enamored Dash to her right as her mind worked through a few things.
"So, what's eating you?" the blond star inquired. Sam looked at him in shock. She had always thought that the jock was brainless and selfish. "I know I come off kinda dumb, but I can tell when someone is bothered by something." The dark haired girl smiled.
"It's nothing really," was her response. "Just life in general." Dash didn't look convinced, but he let that subject drop after assuring her that if she ever wanted to talk that he would listen. "What's up with you and Paulina?" The jock blushed, his cheeks a dark red.
"Well, I was dating her, but after the whole Danny Phantom thing she seemed more interested in the ghost boy so I let her know that we were done. I can't date a girl with another on her mind." Sam nodded. She knew how that felt all too well. "What happens when the one you like likes someone else?" Sam looked at him in shock. "I know you like Fenton and everything. I think that the whole world knows it, but he seems pretty oblivious." Sam blushed. "We don't have to talk about it, but I just kinda felt that you would know, ya know?" Sam nodded. No, she was not ready to breech the topic about her love for the halfa, but she could help Dash with his problem.
"Well, you can continue to like them. Who says that girls and boys can't be friends?" Dash nodded. The bell sounded harsh as it echoed in the courtyard. Dash stood up and helped Sam to her feet. "Guess we need to head to class," she said as the pair headed inside.
Danny had left the school after lunch to think about why he saved his hometown. He had done it because it was right to do and because of Sam. Truth be told he had always enjoyed saving the Goth from her many times as captive of one ghost or another. There were times that she handled herself real well and times that she had been caught off guard. Just then his ghost sense went off, his breath clouding before him.
"I am the box ghost! Fear me!" came a voice as the heavy set ghost appeared before him with several boxes floating around him. Danny scowled at the inferior ghoul. He was sooo not in the mood to fight a stupid ghost! Turning his back on the ghost as he sat on the roof of his family home caused the ghoul who normally haunted him to scowl. "I said fear me!" the apparition to throw a box at the teen. The halfa turned to him and with a quick flick of his wrist blasted the irate ghost across town. He didn't even give it much thought as he turned away again, his blue eyes closing. Why should he save the town? No one had had much appreciation before and the only reason that they liked him now was because of the Phantom Planet. Otherwise they had all done their hardest to defeat him. Tucker had been jealous of him while Sam had pushed him to fight for good. She had also tried to make him use his powers for her benifit. With another sigh he sat in silence. He was no longer going to fight for Amity.
Days later found Danny sleeping in his room when he heard some whooping. Glancing at the clock and finding that it was midnight. With a groan he sat up and looked outside his window to find a sight that he never thought he would see. There was Dash, Star, Kwan, and... Sam! She sat in the back of a very nice convertible with Dash next to her. Dash had a fifth in his hand. All of them were looking rather drunk as they talked loudly. He went intangible and floated over the car. He didn't know what he would do, but he needed to find out what was going with his former friend. With another hoot the car sped off. Danny followed them for what seemed like hours, but was really only minutes as they came up to what was known as Lusty Lane. As Danny hovered above the car he watched Kwan and Star start making out making the pair in the back cringe as they hopped out and headed for the woods surrounding the lover's spot. The halfa followed. He didn't like how this was beginning to look. Would she date Dash? Were they going to a place where they could make out as well? Danny shook his head. Sam wasn't his responsibility and here he was again spying on her! Just as he got ready to turn and leave her Dash made a comment that stopped the halfa in his spot.
"So, can we talk about Him now?" The pair sat down on the ground, the area around them clear of leaves and twigs. Sam's eyes widened. "I know I said I wouldn't push you, but I am kinda curious." The dark haired girl looked down, but she was a little tipsy so she was kinda feeling loose.
"What do y-you want to know?" the former Goth inquired as she took another swig.
"How 'bout what do you feel for him? It's good for you to get it out and I promise that I won't tell no one." The teen looked over at the female, waiting.
"Well, I love him. I knew that it was a crush at first, but then-n it became so much more. I felt like if we were apart that my heart would break." Dash pulled her close, the former Goth fought for a moment before letting him comfort her. Danny watched in shock, his eyes watching the pair as Dash did what Danny had done when Sam's parents had made her feel bad for who she was. "He is my life and I did try to make him do some horribly wrong things. Told him not to be mean to others because I could never see him as bad, but then for my own causes I tried to force his hands. I am such-h a damn bitch!" Danny floated closer to her, his form making her shiver. "I was wrong and even after apologizing to him I couldn't make myself sit there with him. He was mad at me and I was at him, but I never realized that this was one fight that would change our feelings." Sighing she sat up. "You're right though about talking about it. I do feel better. I just wish that I could know how he felt from all those times that he had to deal with so much. All we did was take the fall for all sorts of stuff."
"You also put yourself in harm's way," the jock stated.
"I would do it again. Only for him." Danny couldn't take it anymore so he headed home, all the words from Sam's mouth echoing in his mind.
"Is that how she feels? I never thought that I made her feel that way, even after all that I have put her and Tucker through." Now he was torn on whether he could stop fighting. Sam was happy he was around and had never minded putting her life in danger, but he didn't want her to do that, but he knew that even if he stop that she still would be in danger! What could he do?
The next morning found Danny even more torn as he headed to school only to find that most of the class, the preps and jocks, gone on a trip to a wealthy man's house. As he sat in class he thought about all the things that had happened from the first appearance of his powers up until this very day. Tucker sat next to him, his eyes on his game before him. Since most of the class was gone they had a study period for the rest of the day. With a sigh Danny turned to look out the window.
Hope that you like this! You will find that I have a very special surprise. Know this. There is going to be some action. This will not just continue in this fashion.