Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom.
A door creaked open behind him, and he knew without knowing how that it was her.
"Hey."
"Hey yourself. What're you doing out here in the Zone?"
"Nothing."
"Nothing my foot. What happened?"
A sigh escaped his lips. "Ember and I broke up."
He didn't have to turn around to see the sympathetic light in her brilliant eyes. He could feel it.
"I'm sorry, Daniel."
He felt her step closer and hug him from behind. Her arms encircled him, and he drew comfort from her embrace. Shifting in her arms, he turned around and hugged her back. He buried his face in her hair (he was taller than her now) and sniffed.
"I just thought she was going to be the one…" He muttered forlornly.
"Obviously, you thought wrong. Nothing new there." Her words stung, and she must have realized it, because she followed up with a quick "Sorry."
He chuckled. "S'okay. Sometimes, though, I'd just like to be right for once."
She sighed. "If there's one thing I've learned,, Daniel, it's that the thing that you desire and need most of all is usually right in front of you. You just have to look extra- hard to see it."
He snickered, then lifted her chin up to meet his gaze. He looked deep into her surprised eyes.
"Danny, what the- mmmmMPH!"
She was the one who broke away first. Her lips were in a pout, but her eyes were twinkling with joy.
"So… Did I look hard enough?"
"Nowhere near enough." She muttered back, before pulling his lips over to hers.
Danny's eyes snapped open in surprise. His hand flew to his lips.
"What the hell…?"
Danny shook his head and vowed never to touch his Dad's "special" fudge ever again.
"Freakin' fudge is giving me weirdo dreams…" The memory drifted back to him, and he smiled in spite of himself.
"I wonder if she's that good a kisser in real life…?"
Shrugging, Danny pulled the covers tighter around him and drifted back to sleep.
"Play your cards right, young halfa, and you may find the answer to your question… sooner than you think…"
Desiree headed back into the Ghost Zone, smiling to herself.