*Danny Phantom and all things related to it do not belong to me.

Tucker stretched his arms above his head.

"Man I love this indoor water park! Girls, bikinis, water, and did I mention the bikinis?"

Danny looked around, "Hey, have you seen Sam?"

"Hey guys, how's it going?"

They both turned around to find Sam in a matching zebra print two piece bikini.

"Whoa Sam, you look-"

"H.O.T. hot!" Tucker finished, clearly not ashamed of his boldness.

Sam just grinned when her ghost sense went off and Johnny 13's ghost showed up. Her and Danny looked around and found a billboard to change behind.

"Wait, Sam this is too easy. Rock paper scissors?"

Rock vs. Paper

Paper vs. Paper

Paper vs. Rock

Scissors vs. Paper

Rock vs. Scissors

"I win!" Danny exclaimed as he went ghost and quickly defeated the ghost. He changed back right then and their and heard a slap and a voice call out "Danny, you're the ghost boy?"

He turned around to see Sam's hand on her forehead and Paullina looking at him expectantly.

Later that day Paullina approached them claiming not to tell his secret.

"After all Danny, it's now our secret." Paullina said, poking his nose.

"So wait, you think it's cool that I have theses powers?"

Sam had heard enough and went to go sulk by the pool's edge.

The next day at school she rolled her eyes as once again Danny was freaking out about Paullina seeing him.

"But she's a girl, you can't trust girls!"

Sam cleared her throat in annoyance.

"Well except you, you're different.

"Well, the good news is, Paullina's kind of dim, as long as nothing weird happens, she'll probably forget about it."

"Mr. Fenton, you were due to smack the dust out of the erasers."

"Sorry Mr. Lancer, I was uh-"

"He was with me!" Paullina walked up to them. "We're dating!"

The whole hallway went dead silent.

Paullina hooked her arm through his and they walked away as poor Tucker was left to clean the erasers.

"Hey Sam," he looked over to her "you going to be okay?"

"Of course I'm okay, why wouldn't I be?"

Sam grit her teeth as she walked away.

She sat on her bed listening to Evanescense's 'Bring me to life' on her iPod while reading 'Hush, hush.'

Stupid Danny, how dare he kiss me then just go out with Paullina.

Does he not care at all?

What if I'm just a joke to him?

She flipped the page not even noticing what she was reading. With a frustrated sigh she marked her page and threw her book on the floor. The song changed to 'Broken' and she became nostalgic.

She got up and opened the window feeling the cool November breeze. She grabbed a sweater and climbed onto her roof overlooking the rest of the town.

"The worst is over now, and we can breathe again. I want to hold you high, you steal my pain away. There's so much left to learn and no one left to fight. I want to hold you high and steel you away." A mint tasting breath escaped her mouth and she turned her music down.

"I know you're there Danny."

He materialized beside her and just continued looking up at the stars.

She turned her head and looked at him. She analyzed everything from his glowing green eyes to his soft lips. She smiled and noticed he missed shaving today.

"What's so funny?" His head was turned in her direction, his eyes locked onto hers.

"Nothing, you know Danny, you don't have to be a ghost when you're around me."

"I know." And yet, he hadn't changed back.

"Shouldn't you be going to Paullina?"

He turned on his side and it was then that she noticed how close he was. His head was rested in his hand.

"I have a question for you."

"Okay."

"Do you like me?"

Her expression never faltered as she responded with her typical answer.

"Of course, you're my best friend."

"Sam, you know what I mean."

"Danny, can we not talk about this now?"

He reached over and kissed her again, this time she responded almost immediately, soaking in the feeling of his lips moving against her almost painfully, as if he needed this too. His hands skimmed the skin underneath her navel and she moaned as a tingle of excitement reached her nether region. But suddenly she pushed him off of her in anger.

"Whoa Danny, you have a girlfriend."

"No, it was Kitty."

"What?"

"Kitty overshadowed Paullina to get Johnny jealous."

Sam let out a frustrated sigh at the situation and the feeling of happiness flowing through her.

"Danny, I'm not a rebound."

"No one said you were."

"Then why did you, you know, kiss me?"

"Because, I wanted to. I love the way your lips feel on mine."

He stood up and extended his hand to her. As soon as she held his hand she felt a warming sensation and suddenly she was transported them both to the tallest mountain outside town.

"Sam, how did you do that?"

"I learned that last year. This is my favorite place to think."

And suddenly she shot out an ecto-beam out of her finger to wrap around his wrists. He pulled against them and gave her a dirty look.

"Sam, what the hell are you doing?"

She turned around and took a deep breath as she sprinted off the cliff. Her arms were held tightly to her side and her eyes glued shut.

Maybe I'll wake up for once.

She heard Danny scream out her name from the edge. She couldn't tell how far she'd dropped already but knew that she'd have to end her secret thrill soon. She felt a tingly sensation of two silver hoops around her body and she hovered in mid air. When she met Danny at the peak of the cliff his eyes were full of fear, anguish, anger, and tears. Wait, he cried. She released him from the ecto-rope. Almost as soon as she did that he grabbed her and pushed her off with him.

"Why is this a thrill for you?"

"You wouldn't understand!"

"Try me!"

"Close your eyes!"

"What? Are you crazy?"

"Just do it!"

She closed her eyes with him and she felt him flip them over as they landed.

"What did you feel?"

He took a moment before answering her. A part of her mind noticed he still hadn't let her go.

"Freedom, I felt free, like I had no worries."

And for the second time that night he kissed her. But it wasn't as needy. It was soft, passionate, and dare she say, loving.

Reluctantly she pushed him away.

"Danny, what are we? Why do you keep doing this?"

"We're best friends Sam, just like you said."

"But why do you keep kissing me?"

"I like the feel of your lips against mine."

Sam through up her hands in frustration and grabbed onto his wrist as she transported them both into her bedroom. She put her hand to her forehead as her world felt like it was spinning. She felt arms lead her to her bed. With a sigh she saw Danny Phantom look scared above her and that was the last thing she remembered.