Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom or any character related to it. I am just a dedicated fan.

DarkDragonQueen: I hate my muses at this particular moment. Plot I and III were neck and neck when it came to the votes so when I had decide which one to use, once again Drama and Angst had to pop up in my head. They kept arguing that the first story didn't have enough of them in it and they would not be satisfied until I made a good story with them in it. It got so bad that they started to send me different way to develop the plot of the third Plot and not the first when I attempted to develop it, so in the end I relented. Plot III won and all because my muses wouldn't leave me alone.

You know what I'm about to put here so, here's the shortened version. My grammar's not perfect, use of words and spelling make up for that, so don't go tripping about it and so on and so on…

So without further ado I give you the first chapter of the second book of… Trial, Transition, Growth.

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Confessions

By

DarkDragonQueen

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Danny sighed as he opened the door to Sam home later that night with a sleeping Sam in his arms. It was a tough feat, but he managed it. He went to her room and laid her on the bed and sighed as he went to the couch in the living room. It had been a long day that was for sure.

After Sam had started complaining about the pains in her stomach, he had rushed her to the emergency room of the hospital. By the time they had gotten there though the pains in the girl's lower abdomen had subsided and she was crying tears of anguish muttering 'The baby… My baby,' under her breath. After a series of test and being at the hospital all day it had been concluded that she had suffered a miscarriage.

Danny sighed. He had gotten parts of the story, but he had to hear the whole thing from her if he wanted to know what had happened completely. It had to wait until morning though. He sighed as he picked up the phone to call one of the girls that Sam said she had befriended at the school she was going to. Her name was Ayame, he believed. Anyway, the three girls were the only people Sam said were available, and as much as he hated to send Lilith with people he barely knew, she was right.

Aly had left right after dinner the night before. Valerie had gone out of town to see family and everyone else they both knew were busy so it was the only choice they had.

The phone rung three times before the girl with the Japanese accent replied.

"Ayame?" Danny asked

"Oh, Danny?" she asked over the phone sounding as though she was adjusting the phone on her ear.

"I was just calling to check on Lilith."

"Oh," Ayame laughed. "She's just fine. As a matter of fact, you can talk to her right now."

Danny frowned. "She's still up."

"I promised her I would do her hair and she wouldn't go to bed until I did it." Ayame sighed. "Lilith, stop moving your head."

"Tell her I said it's time for bed." Danny laughed. On the other end he could hear Ayame relay the message, Lilith whine in protest, and then the Japanese girl promising to finish it the next day. "So," Ayame whispered once she was back on line. "How is she?"

"Oh, Sam… She's fine. Knocked out at the moment though," Danny shrugged.

"So do you know what happened?" Ayame paused. "The entire story I mean?"

"Not yet." Danny sighed.

"Well, I can keep Lilith for as long as you need so don't worry about her. I've got to go. Take care of Sam, bye."

"Bye," Danny hung up the phone.

Danny got up and went to the kitchen. His mind was too preoccupied for sleep he decided as he took out the coffee maker. It was hardly a secret that Sam liked coffee and any type of espresso, so it was only natural for her to have a coffee pot in the house.

Danny sat at the table when the coffee was done with the half & half and organic sugar. Just as he was about to pour his coffee, he heard a sigh behind him. He turned around to see Sam at the doorway. She had thrown her hair into a sloppy ponytail and was now eying the coffee.

"I don't want to go to sleep. Mind some company?" she asked him crossing her arms.

Danny shrugged. "It's your house. Do what you want." He turned back around about to pour the coffee, but was stopped by Sam who had taken it from his hands and was pouring it into her own mug. She sat it down, went to the table to sit down and put half & half in her coffee before putting barely a half a teaspoon of sugar in it and stirring it.

By the time Danny had poured his she was sitting with her hands wound the mug and was staring at the coffee. Danny fixed his coffee and was about to take a sip when he noticed that Sam was still staring at the brown liquid.

"Are you alright?" Danny asked concerned.

Sam sighed. "You know I'm not." She admitted. "I haven't been completely alright since before I was raped five years ago and I've just now realized that." She looked up at him and then back down at her coffee. "You want an explanation don't you?"

"It doesn't have to be now." Danny said not wanting to push her.

"The longer we wait the more tight lipped I'll become so we might as well get this over with." Sam sighed. "It started around two months or so ago…" And from there she explained all the events that had happened over the last few months including the party she was persuaded into going to. By the time she was done, it was three o'clock and she had drunk five cups of the hot liquid Danny had prepared.

Danny was almost shaking with rage when he heard the beginning of Sam's explanation. She had been through so much already and had just now been starting recover and something else had to happen, but this time there was no child that needed to be prepared for to keep her occupied.

"Oh Danny," Sam whispered and finally she broke as the tears flooded her eyes. "Why did this have to happen to me again? Why couldn't it have been someone else or no one at all better yet?"

"Sam," Danny started.

"I tried. I really did. I didn't want that to happen, but I had to protect Lilith. That was my only thought the whole time and when I realized what was happening I had to do something." She was shaking now. "So what, I felt really disgusted with myself in the morning and I wanted to die, but if I could do it over I don't think I would change anything of it meant keeping Lilith safe. She was my reason for carrying on. If it hadn't been for her, I think I'd be in bad shape or dead. I don't know what I'd do without my baby…" she trailed off as she let out a sob and fell out the chair she was sitting in from shaking so bad.

Danny immediately got up and rushed to her side pulling her close to him and simply holding the shaking woman. When she finally calmed and was drifting off a bit she sighed and spoke once before falling asleep.

"I don't know what I do without you either Danny." She whispered and closed her eyes.

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Sam moaned as she rubbed her head against the warm firm surface of… something. She wasn't quite sure what, but she didn't care she was rather comfortable. When she couldn't get back to sleep she opened her eyes and realized that she was lying on Danny's warm chest. He also had his arm wrapped around her protectively as though he were protecting her from the whole world. Sam sighed. She wished he could do just that. She closed her eyes. Even though they were leaning against the cabinet on the cold kitchen floor, she was quite comfortable where she was.

"You're up." Danny asked and Sam jumped startled. She hadn't even looked to see if halfa was awake.

"Yeah," Sam sighed. "Thank you Danny… For everything." She added.

"No problem." Danny shrugged "I'll always be here for you Sam."

"I know that now." She smiled burying her face in his chest and memorizing his scent.

"You should have known it a long time ago. I've been here with you for the last five years. Where else do I have to go?"

"You better stay here with me." Sam laughed. Just confiding in him last night had helped her and though the girl had a long way to go on the path of healing, as long as she had Danny, she could do it.

"Well," Danny sighed. "I'll be her for another week and then I have to leave."

Sam looked down disappointed.

"But I'll be back for Christmas." Danny added with a grin.

Sam grinned back and hugged him tight. "I love you so much." She sighed and then froze realizing what she had said.

Danny rubbed her back and kissed her forehead. "And I love you more." He said tilting her head up looking into her eyes…

"Hey!" a little voice exclaimed and the couple saw Lilith run into the kitchen. "I want a hug too!"

She pounced on Danny and Sam ruining the moment between the two.

"Where did you come from?" Danny frowned.

Ayame then walked into the kitchen. "I couldn't stop her. She wanted to see her mother and I said I'd take her for a while. She found the spare key before I could knock and burst in to find you. Sorry,"

Sam laughed. "That's alright."

Lilith peered closely at her mother. "Are you alright now mommy?" she asked.

Sam sighed. "I will be… eventually." She quietly added the last part. "All I need to do is take the time to heal."

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R&R.