Puppy Love
Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom, Butch Hartman does. But I do own Lilith, and the story.
(Hey everyone! Sorry this chapter came a little late... I had a bit of a hard time writing it. The next chapter should be up tomorrow (Monday), or the day after. Thanks again for reading! Plz review and tell me what you think! I'm all ears!)
Chapter Four - The Party
When Sam, Lilith and I went downstairs, we were relieved to find Mom and Dad in the kitchen, sweeping up a single glass plate.
"Is anyone hurt?" I asked, my protective side showing.
"We're fine, Danny. Your father was just smart enough to try and use a plate as a frisbee." Mom told me. My dad chuckled nervously as he rubbed the back of his neck. "What were you two doing up there, anyway? I thought I heard something break."
"Uhhhh..." I didn't really know what to say. What! I couldn't tell my mom that I was kissing Sam senseless... then she'd suspect things. I definately didn't want another one of those "talks". My dad always found a way to humiliate me. If awkwardness were a crime, my dad would be the bare-foot bandit!
"Lilith knocked over Danny's table." Sam cut in. "It was nothing, Mrs. Fenton, really." We both paled. My parents gave us a "not so sure" look, but then dismissed it, as if it had never even happened.
"Alright then." My mom smiled. "Jazz! You have everything set over there!" she yelled as she walked towards the living room.
"Yes, mom!" Jazz called back.
"Jeez, girls are so loud." I groaned. Sam looked at me, an eyebrow raised. "O...k... except for you... most of the time." I laughed nervously, rubbing the back of my head.
"Danny, Aunt Jess and Uncle Freddie are coming to the party too, so be on your best behavior. And remember... no matter how rediculous their gifts are, you should-" I cut her off.
"Always thank them, and accept the gifts." I finished the sentence. My mom nodded, and walked toward the living room.
"What's so bad about your Aunt Jess and Uncle Freddie?" Sam asked me as she sat up on the counter-top. "I always thought you liked them."
"Well, yeah. But their presents aren't always the best." I admitted, sitting up on the counter aswell.
"We'll see when we get there." She smiled. Before I could reply, my dad came running into the room, laughing like an idiot, my mom chasing him with the Fenton Anti-creep Stick.
"You come back here, you!" She yelled. Dad obviously made her very angry. She chased him down to the lab, where you could here him begging for mercy.
"Oh, c'mon! It was only one taste!"
"Yeah! But that "one taste" smeared the cake!" Mom yelled. In the background, we could here the sound of handcuffs being locked, and my dad weeping softly like a little baby trying to not cry. She came walking out alone, an angry frown on her face, her eyes almost red with anger. Closing the door that led to the lab, she walked away, satisfied, as Dad would no longer get in the way. Sam and I looked at eachother after she left the room, and laughed.
"Wow. My mom makes my dad sleep on the couch when she's mad at him... she doesn't handcuff him to ghost equipment-" Danny's mom cut me off.
"It was the Fenton Stockades!" she corrected me from another room.
"O...k. So she handcuffed your Dad and threw him inside a medival containment device." We both looked at eachother for a moment, just staring, then burst out laughing. It didn't take long for us to stop, though.
"Hehe." I stopped laughing. Lily started to squirm in Sam's arms. We both had forgotten she was even there.
"Oh, sorry Lily." Sam said, putting her down. The pup immediately rushed to the back door, and started scratching it.
"Danny, I think she needs to go to the bathroom."
"Probably." I replied. We both walked up to the back door aswell, and I opened the door. Lilith immediately ran outside, and went behind the bushes.
"What's with girls and privacy?" I muttered. Sam glared at me.
"Well excuse us!" she scolded. "Atleast we keep the toilet lids down!" That made me stop arguing. I realized I couldn't win. I couldn't ever win fights against Sam.
"Alright, you win. Now shall we once again enter the household of the yelling ladies, and the icing-stealing dads, malady?" I asked her, taking her hand and kissing her knuckles.
"Only if I can do this, kind sir." She almost giggled, then kissed me on the lips. Once again, Lily barked.
"I'm gonna have to work on that." I chuckled nervously, and rubbed the back of my neck.
"We're gonna have to work on that." Sam corrected me. I looked up at her. "She's both our responsibilities, right? After all..." she buried her head in my neck. "She is our little Lilith, right?"
I smiled and kissed her forehead. "Right." I have her a hug, and picked up Lilith. Opening the door, I allowed Sam inside first, as all gentlemen should.
We didn't do much while the party was being set up... we just sat upstairs in my room, chatting about Lilith and all. When it came near three o'clock, we stopped the conversation and got to our feet.
"Ready to go to Murphey's?" I asked her, as she picked up Lilith.
"As ready as I'll ever be." She admitted, looking a tiny bit nervous. I picked her up bridal style, and transformed into my alter ego, Danny Phantom. Lily didn't seem disturbed at all by it. Infact, she acted as if she was quite farmiliar with this halfa. She didn't even look surprized. Instead, she had more of an "I knew it" look on her face.
"Ready to take to the skies, you two?" I asked them. Sam nodded, and Lilith wagged her tail, so I flew us through the roof, and into the skies.
We took a shortcut through the park, which resulted us in running into a photographer. I smiled at him, and he smiled back, and took the picture.
"Hey Danny! I see you have a new dog!" He called out. Danny stopped, and flew downwards, floating just high enough in the sky so we could talk to the man.
"Hey Jeff! And yea!" I replied.
"Her name's Lilith." Sam told him. The man smiled at her, then at me.
"You three look like the perfect little family."
"Thanks!" I smiled. "Well, it's been nice to see you again, Jeff!"
"You too, kid! Take care, now!"
"Goodbye!" Sam and I called out to him as I flew us higher into the sky. Jeff smiled, and went back to his photographing.
It didn't take us long to get to the jewelry store, since we took the shortcut. When we arrived at our destination, I put Sam down, and took her hand. Then I changed back into Fenton. Her other arm was holding Lilith. As we entered the store, the first person I saw was Murphey.
"Hey, Danny!"
"Hi Murphey." I smiled. He was a roundish man, in his early 50's, with gray hair and a mustache.
"And you must be Sam." He smiled at her. She smiled back, and nodded. "Danny's told me so much about you." I could see her blush a bright pink color. "You must be a very lucky guy indeed." I blushed too, and rubbed the back of my neck (one again), with my free arm.
"Yeah... hehe. Thanks." I blushed an even deeper shade of red.
He just smiled and looked over at Lilith. "So this is your new puppy." He reached out his hand, and Lily started to lick it. The man chuckled the rubbed her head softly. "Such a sweetie."
He walked us to the showcase of rings; everything from diamond rings, to silver necklaces. Sam spotted a beautiful black diamond ring. It was cut in the shape of a heart, surrounded by pure 12 ct. gold.
"This one?"
"Yeah."
"The cost is $2,500, Dan." Murphy told me. Sam took out her wallet, but I stopped her dead in her tracks.
"I got this." I told her, as I reached into my pocket and pulled out an envelope. I handed it to Murphey, and he counted the bills inside.
"Well... you've got $500 change then." He smiled, then handed me the $500.
"How did you-" Sam asked me.
"I've been saving up for the past few years to buy a car. But this is way more important to me." I kissed her on her forehead, and not to any surprize (actually, much to my annoyance), Lily barked. Sam smiled up at me, and returned the kiss, this time, her favorite way... right on the mouth.
"Okay, Danny. What'd you like the ring to say on the back?"
I looked at Sam, smiling. "Forever and Always, Danny and Sam" I gently squeezed her hand.
"Alright." He smiled, writing it down. "You know, I'd usually think a bunch of kids comin' in here and buying a twenty-five hundred dollar diamond ring would be crazy. But you... you two are meant to be. Anyone can see that."
"I just don't know how my parents are going to react." Sam said worriedly. I let go of her hand and pulled her into a close hug.
"Don't you worry... I'll be right there with you the whole time."
"Awwwww... well... the ring would be done in two days, Danny, so come back then, alright?"
"Will do Murph. Bye!" I said as I picked Sam up again and transformed. "Thanks again!"
"No problem kiddo!" he called out as I phased through the door and flew out into the open sky. It was only around 3:30 pm, so my party would start in about a half-hour. As I phased back into my room, and changed back into my human-self. I gently put Sam down, and gave her a huge hug, but careful though not to crush her.
"I love you, Sammy." I said, giving her the millionth kiss that day. Surprizingly, Lilith didn't bark. Sam and I both looked down at the puppy, still curled up in Sam's arms, in a deep sleep. Sam handed her to me, and I walked her to her fluffy purple bed and tucked her in with a just-as-purple blanket.
"Our little girl." Sam said.
"Yeah..." I sighed, holding Sam close. "C'mon, let's go downstairs... the party's about to start in a few." I took her hand, and led her downstairs.
"Woops, almost forgot." Sam pulled out a remote-looking thing from her pocket. It had my face on it, with a bunch of hearts with balloons and a 15. She pressed the red button, and put it back in her pocket. "Any minute now." She smiled.
Then the doorbell rang. I opened the door, and in came three men, two of them carrying about twice their body-weight in presents. The third man was carrying a giant blue box-shaped present. Man, I was flabbergasteted! I couldn't believe my eyes! I nearly shrieked when I saw how many presents Sam had gotten me.
"...What?" She asked.
"So...many...you didn't have to get me any presents, Sam."
"But I wanted to." She smiled at me. We talked for a little while longer, until the doorbell rang again.
"I'll get it!" I called out to my mom. When I opened the door, I saw my grandparents on my mom's side; Grandma Sarah, and Grandpa Phil. "Hi grandma, Hi grandpa!" I greeted them as they walked inside.
"Danny, honey! Oh, come here!" yelled my grandma, and she and my grandpa pulled me in for a group hug. "We missed you so much! Boy, have you grown so." She nearly started to cry.
"Mom! Dad!" My mom called out as she came into the living room. "How are you?"
While my mom and grandparents were talking, I decided to go sit on the couch next to Sam. She rested her head against my shoulder, while I also sat their peacefully. I didn't dare fall asleep, though, since my 15th birthday party was going to begin in a few minutes.
Within about a half-hour, everyone was at the party. Sam had woken up maybe ten minutes before then, when the last person had arrived. We had eaten the delicious chocolate fudge cake, which was made by Mom and her cooking skills... a Danny Phantom cake! I gave Sam my head, because... you know. No, not my real head... the cake head!
We were down to the present-opening. I was about to reveal what Aunt Jess and Uncle Freddie got me. As I opened the blue-colored wrapping paper, I saw... A set of Pajamas! Not cool! I thanked them for the gift anyway, and went to opening my grandpa Phil's present. It was a gift bag, so opening it didn't take any effort at all. As I reached into the bag, I pulled out a Harley Davidson leather jacket with sunglasses. Good one, grandpa! I love Harley Davidson, so did grandpa. Sometimes I swear it's the only thing I got from him.
Sam's present... I mean, presents... were all awesome! Video games, CD's, a radio-control car, a gift card, too many things to name, but all of them I loved because they were from her. But if I had to choose my favorite, it would be the one she spent the least amount of money on... a recordable birthday card.
As I opened the card, it said:
"Hey Danny. Happy birthday to the best and sexiest boyfriend in the world. Love you!"
I couldn't help but smile. My heart absolutely just melted. I gave Sam a huge hug, and almost cried at that. But since I had almost my entire family over, I didn't dare to.
"Thanks, Sammy." I said softly, then kissed her tenderly on the lips. She smiled into the kiss, and the entire family went "Awwwwww," and those who knew, whistled. It all turned to chit-chatter after that, and I heard somewhere in the different conversations,
"They're so perfect for eachother", "Such a cute couple", "Meant-to-be indeed", "Do I hear wedding bells in the future?"... That last one stopped me from listening to any further talking. Without any further thinking, I immediately made the crowds quiet, and asked for their attention.
"Uhh... Danny? What are you doing?" Sam asked me, slightly nervous.
"This." I told her. "I'll be right back, everyone." I said, then changed into Phantom, flew up and phased through the roof. There was complete and utter-silence for the next few seconds. Without warning, I flew through the roof again, and landed on the ground, changing back into Fenton. I walked over to Sam.
"Everyone... I'd like you to know something." I told them, then turned to Sam, who was, by then, obviously freaked-out. I looked her in the eye, and said,
"Sam, I can't wait two more days. I need to know now. Your real answer." I said it loud enough so the entire room could hear. I knelt down on one knee, causing most of the people to gasp lightly in surprize. I reached into my pocket, and took out the class ring. "Samantha Manson... will you marry me?" I asked her. Wow. If I had said the room was quiet before, it was even more-so now. You could hear a needle drop it was so quiet. I anxiously waited for an answer from the only girl I ever loved, and ever will love.
A smile crossed her face, as she nodded. "Yes. Ofcourse, Danny!" She started crying, and the room errupted into applause, screaming, yelling, whistling, almost every happy sound you can imagine. It got so loud, I sware I felt the house move an inch. I gently took her left hand, and slid on the ring.
Wow... this really was the best birthday ever!