Chapter Seven
Dan stood on top of a building, watching Amity Park full of life right under his feet. He lifted his hand and looked at his palm. He frowned and tried to work on his Ghost Ray, but his hand wouldn't even start glowing.
Along with his hate he was losing his powers. His skin wasn't as cold as before and he felt his eyes change colors again this time, from green to blue. Was it possible that he was recovering his humanity? Even thought he killed his human half was it possible that his human body was going to come to life again?
If he kept changing that fast soon he'd fade into a halfa again, or maybe he'd become a mere human.
A human.
Just like Sam.
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Victor was happy that Sam let him walk her home. She even invited him over for cookies to thank him for his kindness. Sam didn't doubt his word that boys would chase her around. Indeed, she spotted two joggers following them half the way back to her house.
Once he got inside her house he knew how wealthy she was. He looked around, but didn't let her notice he was somewhat marveled about everything that he spotted inside her house.
She guided him to the kitchen where she knew cookies and milk would be waiting for her, thanks to her wonderful maids who cooked better than any gourmet she had ever seen. She invited him to sit on the table by her side.
"Help youself." She smiled, giving him a cookie and pouring some milk in his cup.
"Thanks." He said. "So... about the rumors, what do you think we should do?"
"I think we should just let people talk, in a while they'll find something more interesting to talk about right?" She tried, but he didn't look like he was taking it as joke.
"No, actually, I think we should put an end on it soon." Victor was going to suggest they didn't bump into each other for a few days, but a baby cry interrupted him. He frowned and looked at her questionably.
"It's my baby sister." Sam said, standing up. "She somehow knows the time I get home and start crying for me to go and get her. I'll be right back."
Sam ran up to Lizzy's room, checking the clock on the way. She had half an hour to put Lizzy to sleep again and somehow get rid of Victor so she could go and meet with her lover. When she picked Lizzy up the baby smiled and immediately stopped crying, giving a small giggle instead.
"You little devil, you know I always come to get you, don't you." Sam said, smiling at herself. She returned to the kitchen and Victor completely melted at the sight of her holding Lizzy.
"She's beautiful." Victor said, helping Sam to sit down next to him. "But you don't look alike at all."
"Yeah, I wonder..." Sam smiled. "She looks more like my dad when I look exactly like my grandma did when she was young."
"Aren't you going to feed her?" Victor asked, gently picking on Lizzy's hand to play with her, but Lizzy didn't seem to like him much. She put her hand away and buried her face on Sam's lap.
"She's not supposed to be fed for another half hour." Sam said. She had memorized all the nap and meal times for Lizzy. "As soon as she eats she falls back asleep so I better hold her up a little longer."
Victor tried again to play with Lizzy, but when she saw his hand coming her way she started crying.
"She doesn't like you." Sam laughed, rocking the baby gently in her arms to calm her down.
"So I've noticed." Victor smiled watching Sam interaction with her sister. "You're very good at this."
"Danny told me the same." Sam smiled, looking back to Victor to see his smile flawed a bit when she mentioned Danny. "I think I played too much with dolls during my childhood."
"You're a natural." Victor said, standing up. "I guess I should leave."
"So soon?" Sam asked to be polite, but deep inside she was screaming in joy that he was going already, that she could feed Lizzy quickly and run to the arms of her beloved.
"Yes, I want to drop at the hospital and see how Dash's doing." Victor said.
"I'll walk you to the door." Sam stood up with Lizzy in her arms, who had gone quiet once again. "Thanks for walking me home; by the way, you weren't kidding about those brutes."
"We'll be careful." Victor said, standing on the front porch. He stared at her too long, Sam realized. It was like he was debating with himself if he was going to kiss her or not.
"We will."
"And Sam?"
"Yes?"
"You're beautiful."
He quickly turned around and left. Sam watched him for a few seconds before returning inside her house, her cheeks burning hot. She tried to forget the sudden compliment. She went to the kitchen and prepared Lizzy's milk, making sure it wasn't too hot. Ten minutes later, Lizzy was sound asleep in her crib.
Now, she was off to meet with him.
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"I'll tell you today, Sam." Her lover told her as soon as she entered their dark room. She stopped on her tracks when she heard those words. "I admit I'm scared of your reaction." She saw his now-permanent green eyes softening up, really worried about the situation.
"Don't worry about it now." She whispered, reaching out and embracing. "You can tell me later. I've longed to kiss you all day." She said, stepping on her toes to kiss him hotly on the lips. He had surprised her with his sudden words and she was scared to find the truth. She quietly hoped he wouldn't notice the despair in her eyes.
He sighed against her and held her tight. That could possibly be the last time they were going to be together, so he was going to make it the best. He didn't give her time to think. He walked her back to the wall, where he held her off the ground, making her give out a small yelp in surprise.
He had always been gentle with her, aside from holding her down, he had never hurt her because he knew how fragile she was near him. He had to hold himself back, he always had and she had no idea of it.
"I want you here forever." She told him, huskily, holding herself up in his arms. "I don't care who you are." She said desperately, lost in passion.
"Don't move like that. I don't want to hurt you." He said, his ethereal voice almost broke down and showed his emotions.
"You can't hurt me." She said, wrapping her arms and legs around him as soon as he ripped her shirt and skirt to pieces. His tongue assaulted her mouth forcing her to let him in with raw groans and moans. Just when she thought he was going to asphyxiate her with his kisses he moved away from her mouth letting her breathe and trailed hot kissed down to her breast and she trembled weakly in his arms.
She was completely at this stranger's mercy.
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Danny was beyond furious. Now he was sure that his best friend had been keeping things from him and worse, she was going out with Victor - the great- when he had just realized he loved her. He wanted to have a small chat with her, make her understand how upset and how disappointed he was at the moment.
Damn, she wasn't supposed to be someone else's. She wasn't supposed to be carrying another man's child! She was just a kid!
He had completely forgotten to go ghost. He was running towards Sam's house to demand answers from her immediately. They were best friends; they were supposed to tell each other everything!
He didn't have the time to see someone running his way. He was knocked down with a quick punch and hit the floor, dazzled, wondering where that punch had come from in the first place. When he looked up he saw Victor towering him, looking as furious as he was.
"You owe me some explanations, Fenton!" Victor spat angrily, pushing Danny from the floor by his shirt. "What did you do to Dash?!"
"Dash?" Danny asked confused. "What the hell as you talking about?"
"Dash just woke up from coma, you idiot." Victor said, still angered. "He said the one who beat him up looked exactly like you."
"Like me?" Danny had never been more confused in his life, but still getting a punch from the man who stole Sam from him was utterly infuriating. He pushed Victor's first away from him and stood up in front of him ready to fight back. "I never touched Dash and you're the one owing answers here."
"Me?!" Victor also prepared himself to dodge Danny's moves in case he started a fist fight.
"You're taking advantage of Sam!" Danny accused, "You misguiding her to take her to bed!"
"That's repugnant." Victor said, but the accusation made his anger lower a little. He relaxed his muscles and stood up straight, deciding against the fight. "You must have heard the rumors. I thought you were smarter than that."
"Explain it." Danny said, still angry. "I'm through with rumors and I want to know where Dash got the stupid idea that I put him into coma."
"I'm not sleeping with Sam; as far as I know she's not seeing anyone." Victor said quietly. "And Dash just said the one who knocked him down looked exactly like you."
"I didn't do it." Danny said. "And Dash should be charged, he was stalking Sam when it all happened. She told me."
And then it clicked. He understood what was happening. Sam had said she was having an affair with whoever saved her from Dash, who he thought was Victor, but Victor thought he had beaten Dash up so it couldn't be Victor who was with Sam.
He frowned and thought deeper about the situation. If Dash said he was beaten by someone who looked like Danny... Danny's eyes widened. No. It couldn't be! Was it possible that his older self has escaped from Clockwork? And if he had why Clockwork didn't say anything about it?
His older self was evil. He would never save Sam... would he? Not unless it was a plan to hurt her.
Panicking, Danny ran past Victor, continuing his way to Sam's house. Sensing his panic, Victor ran after him, wondering what was going on in the first place.
"When did you last see Sam?" Danny shouted as he ran.
"About an hour ago at her house." Victor shouted back, running a little behind Danny. "What happened?"
"She may be doing something really stupid now." Danny said to himself.
It wasn't long before the boys reached Sam's house, knocking like mad, completely forgetting that there was a baby in the house and it might be asleep.
The butler answered them shortly, asking them kindly to be quiet.
"James, please, this is an emergency, where is Sam?" Danny asked, breathing heavily from running.
"She left to visit a friend." James answered calmly. "Would you like to come in and wait?"
"No I can't." Danny said quickly. "Do you know where she may be?"
"I'm not sure. Maybe the same place she goes every day at this hour." James said. "Once in a rainy day she asked me to drop her downtown. I think it's where she goes."
"Downtown? Can you give me any directions?" Danny asked, anxiously.
"It was somewhere across the shopping mall." The old man said and in a blink of eye both Danny and Victor were running across the street, all the way downtown. James sighed, muttering something about the kids today and closed the door.
Danny was angrily shouting in his head how to miss Victor, if he lost him somewhere then he could turn ghost and get to Sam quickly, but Victor was athletic and kept up with Danny just fine.
To go downtown they had to pass by school and Victor, seeing this, caught up with Danny, passing in front of him and leading him to across the street.
"Danny, my car is parked right over there." Victor said, pointing at an old mustang that was one of the reasons the girls always asked a ride from him.
"Why did you walk Sam home if you had a car?" Danny asked, already knowing the answer.
"To last longer." Victor shouted back, getting inside the car with Danny, sitting at the driver's seat and quickly pulling over, screaming tires. Danny buckled the seat belts, seeing that they were going over the speed limits and grateful for Victor's help at the moment. "So, are you going to explain to me what's wrong?"
"Sam may be involved with someone dangerous." Danny said. "And she has no idea of it."
"Is it that serious?" Victor asked rhetorically. So, Sam wasn't as innocent as he had thought she was.
"That stupid girl is so naive sometimes!" Danny shouted angrily.
They made it to the mall and Victor parked in the first vacant sport he found. Danny got out of the car and they ran to the street again, looking around. There were three hotels near them, several shops and one abandoned mansion.
Danny's ghost sense went off and he ran to the abandoned house. His ghost sense went off twice as he approached it. Victor ran next to him giving him a questioning look.
"She wouldn't be here, Danny." Victor said.
"I think she would." Danny quickly answered.
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"That was amazing!" Sam said, still pressed up against the wall, but completely boneless wrapped around her lovers arms.
"I'm not through with you, yet." He said and it was the first time she felt him actually tremble under her fingers. He wrapped his arms around her tightly and carried her to the bed, taking her completely by surprise that he was ready for another go so soon. He sensually licked her neck. "Do I hear someone begging?" He teased her, making her shiver.
He had never teased her like that before and it completely drove her nuts. His body tightened as he lay on top of her and she bit her lower lip closing her eyes and enjoying the delicious sensation on having him like that. It felt like he had stopped holding his emotions back, believing it was the last time he could experience such a feeling.
He found his way home, making her scream in ecstasy under him. That lovely sound was like music to him. He wished they could go on forever like this. He took his chance to go wilder than ever before and that drove her completely crazy, screaming out incoherent words since she had no name to call him.
But their joy didn't last long. It ended before they even had a chance to understand what was happening.
"Sam!"
Sam opened her eyes as a blinding light made her realize they weren't any longer the only ones in the room. Her lover's movements stopped and she looked up to him, still a little dazzled from the sensations he was giving her.
The face before her startled her. From every ghost she had expected him to be, the last one on her list was Dan Phantom, Danny's older self. It all made sense to her now. That's why he had felt so familiar. That's why he smelled like Danny and knew so much about her.
She had been with Danny all this time...
While she was completely spaced out, Danny saw the most horrible scene of his life. His older self on top of Sam. She had screamed in joy before he turned the lights on! She liked what his ultimate enemy was doing to her!
It was wrong in so many levels.
"You piece of shit..." His older self said through gritted teeth, looking straight into Danny's eyes. Despise his anger to be interrupted his eyes remained in the green color. He looked behind Danny where Victor was standing, a human who had nothing to do with their fight. "I'm not going to make you reveal your secret, brat."
Dan looked down at Sam who hadn't moved, or even blinked, when she saw him. She was frozen underneath him, as if in shock. He smiled sadly, not minding their audience, bending down and whispering softly on her ear.
"I didn't want it to turn out this way."
"Get away from her you bastard!" Danny ran towards the bed, ready to strike Dan with his fists, but before he made it halfway Dan had already gone invisible and completely vanished from the room. Danny sighed, angrily. He didn't notice his eyes were pooling tears out. He walked to Sam and covered her with one of the sheets.
She didn't say a word. He was so angry at that moment that he bit on his lip to restrain himself from trashing the room. His lip started bleeding, but he didn't notice. He pushed his shocked friend up and held her tightly against him, swearing revenge.
Tee-hee... who wants to kill the author?
I'm back from my trip! I'm sorry I couldn't update before I left, but I was caught in last-minute Christmas shopping. My trip was horrible, family trips always suck and I ended badly sunburned. That wasn't a happy holiday for me. Thankfully I've read the reviews I've gotten last chapter and that made my day much brighter inspiring me to write sooner than I had intended. Thank you and I hope you guys had a wonderful Christmas. appy New Year everyone!
