*Danny Phantom and all things related to it do not belong to me.
After they Thanksgiving break was over Sam found herself probably a few pounds heavier and a wardrobe full of new clothes.
I really should hit the gym soon.
Sam looked at herself sideways in the mirror with her shirt above her stomach noticing a small bulge.
I should totally freak Danny out and tell him I'm pregnant.
"Don't even think about it."
She pulled her shirt down and crossed her arms at the boy sitting on her bed.
"The key word here Danny is privacy."
He waved his hand in a 'so so' way at her while crossing his arms behind his head.
"Where's Tucker?"
"He had a student council meeting. I guess they're going to be discussing graduation plans already."
Sam frowned at the thought of growing up.
"Hey cheer up Sammy; we haven't even picked colleges yet."
"I know we really should get together and start applying."
"Speaking of hurrying, Sam shouldn't you be changing?"
Sam looked down at her pajamas and went into a frenzy trying to grab something out of her closet and into her bathroom.
She pulled her hair back and dressing in a tick pair of black leggings and wore a purple thick strapped dress. She found her diamond heart necklace and a pair of cute calf length boots and rushed her and Danny out of her room.
After school they all decided to grab a snack at the Nasty Burger.
"Danny, do you mind not drooling on my tofu burger?"
She followed his gaze to Valerie who has working at the Nasty Burger as a cashier. She rolled her eyes and pushed her tray away, no longer hungry.
"Seriously Danny, you need to just let it go."
"Yeah, I know, but do you guys know what it's like to like someone who doesn't even know you exist?"
Tucker gave a pointed look to Sam, but she gave a threatening look back.
"Maybe we do dude."
"All I know is that you'll never catch me getting oh la la."
Sam found herself looking at the most gorgeous guy she's ever seen.
He had white hair, and a black button down t-shirt, white pants, and a white vest. Sunglasses covered his eyes and Sam felt a heat spread to her nether regions at the sight of the sexy mystery man.
Lancer came up behind him.
"Here you are children! This is Greggor, an exchange student from Hungry."
Tucker held up his half eaten Jumbo Nasty Burger.
"No thanks, I am already eaten."
Sam giggled a bit at his way of not forming sentences in proper English.
"Yes, you see there are very opening lines you can make when you are from Hungry."
"Great, glad you all are getting along. See you in class tomorrow." Lancer left and a group sigh was heard around the table. No one likes it when a teacher infiltrates your favorite spot.
"So, d-did you actually eat?"
Sam felt herself blush at herself for stuttering.
"Yes, but not here. I am afraid that there is no food here I can eat. You see, I do not eat anything with a face on it."
Sam has never felt her heart flutter so heard.
But wait, there was that feeling of jealousy in the back of her mind; it was a lot stronger now.
He grabbed her hand and kissed the back of it.
"What is your name beautiful?"
"You can call me Samantha Manson."
"Charming, beautiful, and a great dresser. Tell me, where have you been all my life?"
He sat across from her and looked at her with sincere interest.
Sam had to hurry and cover her mouth as a mint tasting breath escaped it.
She saw Danny and Tucker rushing to take care of it and a ghost swooped passed them.
"Ghosts!"
Sam gave a small chuckle.
"Welcome to Amnity Park!"
They all decided to take a walk and Tucker and Greggor were talking about their PDAs and Sam zoned out. When they started talking clothes Sam's attention caught when she heard him say he was a Goth.
"Wait, you're a Goth?"
"Yes, in Hungry, white is the new black."
The next day Sam found herself spending more time on her appearance today. She felt the room drop ten degrees and rolled her eyes.
"Danny, why do you always-"
He kissed her, again. This time however, it was more desperate, longing, and angry.
She found herself wrapping her legs around his waste and the feel of her bed sheets on her back. Her hands flew threw his hair grasping and pulling as he bit on her neck.
"D-Danny?"
She found her nails skimming his back, digging her nails when she felt his teeth graze her collar bone.
He groaned in her ear and she could've sworn she was in heaven.
But her phone rang in the silence, Tucker asking her where she and Danny were, he and Greggor were waiting outside her house.
She quickly got up and changed into a pair of jeans a slouchy midnight blue t-shirt which she pulled her hair over her opposite shoulder to cover up the mark Danny left her.
She found Danny and Tucker in the hallway and jogged over to them.
"Hey guys, I've been looking all over for you."
"Where, in Greggor's locker?" Danny crossed his arms and looked away.
"Whoa, hostile much?"
Sam put a hand on her hip.
"Look," he said turning to her "all I'm saying is that I don't trust the guy."
Greggor walked up behind him and put his hand on her lower back.
"Sam, would you mind showing me around school?"
She smiled up at him.
"I thought you'd never ask!"
That night Sam had Greggor over for a movie or two. Halfway through the movie Sam felt the room drop ten degrees and she rolled her eyes. She felt Greggor's arm wrap tighter and she leaned in closer. When the movie was over she brought Greggor to her room to watch TV but he had other ideas. The moment his lips touched hers she felt Danny enter the room. Greggor kissed a bit sloppy for her taste but she dealt with it to make Danny watch. The feeling of jealousy was burning in the back of her mind now and she felt Greggor's hands roaming up her stomach and she felt herself panic, along with the room raising ten degrees.
"Whoa Greggor, I don't think I'm comfortable with that just yet."
She felt him tense, probably in anger, but he complied and they quickly said good night.
She sat with Danny and Tucker the next day at lunch.
"So Sam, did you do anything fun last night?"
Sam looked up from her salad to give him a look.
"Oh, you know, just hung out."
"You mean with Greggor?"
Sam glared at him from across the table.
"I don't see how that's any of your business."
"So, how were those movies last night?"
Sam pretended to look confused.
"You used your ghost powers to spy on me?"
"I wasn't spying on you, I was spying on Greggor!"
"Whatever Danny, you do what you want, and I'll do what you want."
From then on it seemed whatever time Sam wanted to have with Greggor, it also included Tucker. After a while it was annoying, but as Greggor started seeming weirder and weirder, having Tucker around was almost a blessing.
"Hey guys there's a new moon, you want to see?"
"Actually Tucker, I wish to have a word with Sam in private."
She felt him grab her hand and lead her away from Tucker, silently pleading at Tucker to intervene.
"I will not mix words Sam, I like you, and I would like to go steady."
"With me?"
"Yes you, and not your loosing friend Tucker."
Sam instantly felt angry.
"It's 'loser'."
"So you agree?"
Tucker came and found them.
"Guys you have to go see-"
"No, I do not agree! He's a part of the package."
"Uh, am I interrupting something?"
He waved his hand in front of Greggor's face.
"Greggor? Dude, hello?"
"Dude!"
Greggor surprised them both by sounding completely different, accent long gone."
"Do you ever stop talking? Do you know how obnoxious you are, with your lame jokes and stupid technology?"
He froze and cleared his throat.
"It's nothing, I uh, dang it."
"You were faking it! You lied about your accent, liking Tucker, just to be with me!"
"Uh hello, I'm a guy! I really like you, but I mean" he gestured to Tucker "come on!"
Sam crossed her arms and glared at him.
"We're uh through, aren't we?"
"Danny was right about you-"
"Fenton? I still can't believe he hasn't made a move on you! I thought I was stealing him from you as an added bonus!"
He walked away from her looking around for a new girl.
Sam rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"I can't believe Danny was right."
"I can't believe you kissed him!"
Sam smiled slightly.
"Well, he was a better kisser than Danny!"
The one mentioned shouted a 'hey' in complaint while walking up to them.
"I was just kidding."
They gave each other a smile and decided to walk home.
Sam woke up feeling colder than what she's been used to.
It's December already? Let's see, that's 17 more days until Christmas vacation, 15 more days to buy presents, and 19 days until my birthday.
Suddenly, 'The Girl's A Straight Up Hustler' rang through her room and Sam's hand snaked it's way from under the covers to feel for her phone. With no luck she reluctantly poked her head up from under the covers to find her phone had fallen to the floor.
"H-"she yawned "Hello?"
"Sam?"
She stood up.
"Elliot?"
"Yeah, hey Sam, listen my Dad told me your parents invited us over?"
"They did what?"
"Yeah, well we're outside the door now. I guess we're both excused from school but no one's answering the front door."
"Oh, the servants are on December vacation and grandma probably doesn't have her hearing aide in."
"Sam?"
"Yes?"
"It's a bit cold out here."
"Right, okay give me a minute."
Sam closed her phone with a sigh and found her fuzzy robe and slippers.
When she reached the front door she opened it to find a very grown up version of Elliot standing with the real Elliot on her front steps, both in business suits.
Sam fixed coffee while they sat in their family room by the fire.
"If you two will excuse me to go change I'll only be a few minutes."
She never heard a reply instead she hurried upstairs to turn her computer on, noticing it was only six in the morning. With a sigh she signed into Skype and sent a text to both Danny and Tucker to get online. Within minutes they both did looking tired and irritated.
"Sam, what's the emergency?"
"Yeah dude I was having a great dream about-"
"Sorry guys, but Elliot and his dad are here!"
"Elliot?" Danny said rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"Dude, that's 'Greggor's' real name."
"So he's at your house?"
"Guys, focus!"
"Whoa, I sure am!"
Sam forgot she had thrown off her t-shirt to put a bra on. She covered her chest with her arms and stood to hurry and find a nice deep purple button up shirt. As she was buttoning the buttons she continued speaking.
"Guys, he said my parents invited them over for some business arrangement."
"Maybe they'll set you up in an arranged marriage!"
"Tucker, I could slap you."
"What? It could happen you know!"
"No, my parents aren't into that sort of thing. It's probably to merge companies after graduation."
"Well I just accepted a football scholarship to the University of Amnity Park and majoring in physics." Danny said with a smug look on his face.
"Dude! I just got my letter of acceptance for their Bio-Tech program!"
Sam looked up smiling.
"And the brilliant Sam Manson is set up for a business degree with a minor in marketing as of yesterday."
They all smiled and Sam remembered to put on a short, but not too short, black skirt and matching heels. Pulling her hair up into a messy bun she checked her reflection in her computer screen.
"Sam, what's with the get up?"
"Well I have to go entertain my guests Tucker, if my mom knew how long I left them there, I'd never hear the end of it."
"Wait, aren't you going to school?"
She looked at Danny and the familiar sense of jealousy on the back of her mind and was starting to wonder if it was Danny's emotions all this time.
"Yeah, that's what I wanted to tell you guys. My mom called me in sick so I'm guessing something big will be going down today. I have to go, I'll text you guys at lunch okay? Later boys, don't be skipping class, cheating off Tucker's work, using hard words to trick girls or using your ghost powers to sneak into the girls locker room."
Sam signed off instantly feeling alone.
As she walked down the stairs she heard the front door open and her parents made their arrival known.
"Sammy! You look gorgeous sweetie, I assume you've met our guests already."
Sam formally shook both of their hands, her businesswoman mask in place, careful not to show any emotion.
They want to merge both companies. Sam's eyes grew a bright green tint to them as she instantly became defensive. Her grandfather worked hard to keep their creation tightly under lock and key when it came to other companies. If he wouldn't let anyone near it, neither would she and her father. She looked across at both of her parents. They were sitting backs straighter and more tensed than usual. Elliot's dad was making some good points in his arguments but when Sam saw flaws, she pounced on them. They went out for a lunch date at a nearby Olive Garden and while Sam ate her salad and breadsticks she turned her phone on deciding to send a double text to Danny and Tucker. Tucker's never sent and Sam rolled her eyes knowing that he got caught with it again.
'Hey Danny'
'Hey. How's business?'
'Lame. You know how I feel about people trying to get their paws on my grandfather's money.'
'Yeah Sam, I know. What are they offering?'
'A fifty-fifty share.'
'Are you serious?'
'I said I'm settling for no less than a seventy-thirty.'
'Way to go Sam! :)'
'Thanks! I settle for no less ;)'
'Yeah yeah I know lol'
'How was school? God I have such a headache.'
'Boring, Tucker and I were so lost without you.'
'Aw :)'
'Yeah :)'
"Sammie sweetie we're heading back to the house."
Sam looked up at her mother with a small nod.
'Hey looks like fun time's over. We're heading home to finish up. Skype later?'
'Yeah.'
Sam turned off her phone and followed her parents out the door, Elliot's dad keeping the door open for all of them.
