Chapter 10:

All That Matters

Danny, Sam, and Tucker were walking down the sidewalk one afternoon.

"So how's the girlfriend thing coming along Tucker?" Sam asked.

"Ashley and I broke up," Tucker said.

"Why?" Danny asked.

"Well you see…she saw what I really looked like and she didn't want me anymore."

Danny and Sam laughed. "What did the picture look like?" Sam asked.

Tucker pulled out his phone and showed them the picture. They laughed even more when they saw it. He had photo-shopped his head onto a picture of Drake's head.

"Wow, that's really bad," Sam said.

Tucker closed his phone. "I don't get it. Why do girls like you but not me?"

"Because he's Danny Phantom," Sam said simply.

"Well why do you like him so much?"

"Because he doesn't try to be anything that he's not. He's real and honest with me and he doesn't photo-shop his head onto a rapper."

All of a sudden the little kids playing in front of them started screaming. "Ahh! A ghost!"

"Do you man," Tucker said to Danny.

Danny turned into Danny Phantom and flew towards them to see what the trouble was. But when he got there he was disappointed. "Oh no, not you again."

"I am the box ghost!" the box ghost exclaimed.

"Yeah, we all know who you are man," Danny said rolling his eyes.

Sam and Tucker came around the corner. "Danny, who is it…? Oh you," Sam said just as disappointed as Danny had been.

"Why do you not appreciate me?! I'm just as bad as any other ghost."

"You think you are anyway," Danny said.

"I command you to fight me!"

Danny rolled his eyes. "Whatever." He shot plasma beams out of his hands and sent the box ghost slamming into the wall. "Tuck, you've got the thermos, right?"

Tucker tossed it to him. "Here you go man."

Danny sucked the box ghost into the thermos.

"Beware!" he exclaimed before he was completely sent back to the ghost zone.

Danny landed on the ground and those kids came over to him. "Danny Phantom, you saved us!"

"It was no problem," Danny said with a shrug.

"Alright Fenton!" some other teenagers said as they walked past.

A reporter seemed to appear out of nowhere. "You saw it here folks. Danny Phantom saves kids from the Box Ghost!"

Danny changed back into a human and headed back down the street with Sam and Tucker. "Stay safe," he said to those kids.

"You're okay with all this now?" Tucker said.

Danny nodded. "Yeah totally. I'd rather it be like this than have everyone hate me anyway. It doesn't matter anymore." He had a smile on his face. He had taken to heart his conversation with Danielle. The overexposure with the press and people didn't bother him anymore.

Danny got the last basketball in the basket at the carnival game. A light flashed that said he won. "Alright!" he exclaimed.

"Pick your prize," the guy running the game said.

Danny turned to Sam. "What do you want?"

She looked over all of the prizes. "The panda."

The guy handed him a panda stuffed animal wearing a black skull shirt. Danny handed it to Sam. "It's yours."

She smiled and kissed him. "Thank you."

An announcement came on. "The carnival will be closing in 15 minutes."

"One last ride?" Sam said.

He put his arm around her. "Whatever you want baby."

They ended up getting on the Ferris wheel. The stars were twinkling above them and they were sitting close with their arms around each other. It set a very romantic scene.

"I love being with you like this," Danny said looking into her violet eyes.

She was blushing. He was too. "Danny I…" She was afraid to say it. She wanted to, god did she want to. But she couldn't get them past her lips. "I've never felt this way about anyone…I…"

Danny knew what she wanted to say. He felt the exact same way. Before she could say anything else he covered her mouth with his. He looked into her eyes again. "I love you Sam."

"I love you too Danny."

The End.

I hope you enjoyed this. Until next time.