Danny Phantom what happened next

By ~PrennCooder

Danny asks someone special out on a date

Chapter 8: The Importance of Dates

"Oh I get it." Tucker got the hint and stood up. He looked around the lunch room until he spotted a lone goth girl eating a salad at a faraway table he sat down next to her. Valerie gave Cecelia a look too and Cecelia followed Tucker.

Valerie decided to begin her conversation with small talk to Danny.

When Cecelia approached Tucker and Sam, she felt rather awkward but they didn't seem to mind.

"Hi Cecelia." Sam said.

"Are you okay?" Tucker asked Sam.

"Yeah, yeah, never better." Sam said.

Cecelia couldn't help but feel a little sorry for Sam, now that she understood her side.

"Cecelia what are you doing over here?" Cecelia looked up to see Paulina standing a foot away, blinking her long black mascara eyelashes. "Come sit with me and Dash and the rest of our friends."

Cecelia went along with her friend Paulina, because Paulina had been her friend longer than Sam or Tucker, if Cecelia could even consider herself their friend. Every now and then Cecelia looked back over at them. Now that she had left, she could see that Sam was more comfortable showing just how upset she really was.

Cecelia frowned, knowing that Sam really must care about Danny and now her heart's broken. Cecelia wished in her heart that Sam could find somebody to love who loved her back just as much.

"Why were you sitting with those two?" Paulina asked Cecelia when they sat down at their own table. "They're in our grade, but that doesn't mean you have to sit with them. At lunch, it's always best if you sit with your friends, like Dash, Star, Kwan, and I. You and I have so much more in common than you do with those two."

"Hi." Said Dash.

"Hey, Cecelia." Greeted Star.

"Hello." Kwan waved slightly.

"Valerie wanted me to keep Tucker and Sam away from Danny so that she could make her move." Cecelia confessed.

"Aw, you're such a good friend." Paulina said. "Valerie's liked him forever and now it looks like she's finally going to make her move! Isn't that great?"

Cecelia couldn't help but feel guilty because of what happened to Sam. "Yeah…great." Cecelia assured herself that there was nothing more she could do for Sam because Danny broke up with her.

Danny and Valerie were catching up on each other's recent lives and sharing a few laughs and Valerie couldn't stop staring into his big blue eyes. She was remembering how cute she though he was back when they used to hang out at places like theaters and carnivals. They used to see each other over the summer before sophomore year. Valerie missed those days. All those dates filled with laughs and light kisses and sunny afternoons of walking on the beach.

"Danny," Valerie couldn't hide her smile when she looked at him. "For a while now, I've been wondering what happened to our friendship. I haven't seen you very often anymore since that day I told you I couldn't handle a relationship. But, that was a long, long time ago. I've definitely changed, and so have you."

"Are you saying that you…miss me?" Danny looked confused.

"Well, uh, yes, that's part of it, but I also miss hanging out with you as a friend. Ya know, since we were such great friends."

"Um, yeah, I miss that to. I think we stopped hanging out right after…"

"After you started going out with Sam."

"Actually, I think it was before that. Do you remember that day when that red suit attacked me?"

"It's clear as crystal. I remember telling you to run so that I could stop it by myself."

"And since it was being controlled by an evil ghost, I'm glad you stopped it." Danny knew it wasn't Valerie who did the job.

"Actually it was that Danny Phantom ghost who destroyed the suit."

"Right. But how did you know that?"

"I…saw the whole thing through one of the windows at school, yeah."

Danny smiled nervously. "That Danny Phantom guy is pretty cool, isn't he?"

"He's a ghost. All ghosts are evil."

"But Danny Phantom is a hero!" Danny argued.

"Have you ever met him?" Valerie challenged.

"I can't say that I've exactly…met him…entirely." Danny admitted.

"Well, he sets all sorts of chaos on the very town we live in!"

"He does not! He's only trying to stop the evil ghosts and make Amity Park safe again." Danny argued.

"Really, Danny? You're going to argue the side of a ghost?"

"But you've just been misunderstanding him this whole time." Danny settled down. "You just have to give him a chance. And then you'll see that he's not such a bad guy."

"Danny, I shouldn't have gotten all mad like that and I'm sorry. I should have just told you what I came over here to tell you instead of dancing around the subject."

"Huh?"

She leaned in and lowered her voice to a soft undertone, "I never stopped liking you, okay? And the only reason I told you I wasn't ready for a relationship then was because I had a lot on my plate and I was just beginning to learn how to deal with it. But now I'm much older and…well-handled."

Danny smiled slightly. "I'll confess that I was a little heartbroken. It was a letdown that I wasn't expecting. I'm glad you told me the truth now. this changes a lot of things. I miss you too."

"So maybe later we can…"

"Go out?"

"I was going to say "hang out", but I like that better." Valerie and Danny shared a golden laugh.

People from neighboring tables turned their heads to see what was such a big deal. Most people liked what they saw. Sam and Tucker knew exactly what that laugh meant. Tucker was very happy for Danny because he knew Danny needed Valerie. But Sam only put her head down, too embarrassed to show the whole school her red shriveled face.

Back at the A-List table, Cecelia leered unbeknowedly when she saw Valerie and Danny getting along smoothly. Paulina smiled approvingly when she learned what had just happened.

Danny Fenton walked from his house to Nasty Burger for his work shift. It was the next morning. Working at that fast food place wasn't exactly the best job, but it was easy to manage and it earned him a smidgen more than minimum wage. He didn't need the job, but if he was looking to go to college to become an astronaut, he'd need the extra cash.

Since Danny did not have a car of his own, sometimes he carpooled with Tucker. Danny just felt like walking today and he wanted the exercise. Danny had the same 4:30 to 6:30 shift every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Whereas Tucker worked Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday. Today was a Friday.

Danny went to his employee locker and threw on an apron. He and Tucker were lucky to have the same job. All it required them to do was put the food on a tray or in a bag and include straws and napkins. As they were doing their job, Danny wasn't focused and he mixed up a few orders and customers scolded him. "Sorry." he said.

"Danny, are you allright?" Tucker asked his best friend. "You just gave a mother and her little kid nine cheeseburgers."

"No, I'm not allright, Tuck. Valerie talked to me yesterday and I found out that she still has feelings for me and I told her I had those feelings too."

"I'm not seeing the problem here."

"I'm so nervous, man! I even asked her out and it was like, so perfect and I'm just afraid I'm gonna mess this up. And on top of it Sam probably hates me more than ever now."

"No, she doesn't. She was just a little sad. But she can't stay mad at you for long. And you just have to calm down and tell yourself you can do this. This is your life, and you can't build your relationships based on other people's choices. You're not mad at Sam at all; she's the one who's choosing to stay upset. You need to make your own choices, and you chose Valerie." Tucker gave Danny this good piece of advice while also doing a good job. The manager complemented Tucker as he walked past. "See?" Tucker smiled. "You just have to think positively."

"You're right, Tuck. I can do this. I'm going to go out with Valerie tonight and I'm going to kiss her."

"Now you're talkin', man!" Tucker encouraged him.

After their shift was over they grabbed a quick dinner to go and then went to Danny's place to play video games. Their favorite game was Mega-Action Doom. Sometimes Tucker would win and he'd brag to Danny and when Danny would win, he'd stand up and do a silly dance on the couch. But there were some days when neither of them would win because Danny pulled the plug on their game system.

"Aw, come on!" Tucker whined.

"Danielle, no!" Danny protested.

Danielle stood in front of the two boys with her arms crossed. "Danny, there's a dragon outside." She said fearlessly.

"Who?" Tucker asked as he and Danny went to the window to get a better look. It wasn't Garth and it wasn't Lyon either.

The blue dragon ghost screeched and wailed. Danny could hear his parents in the basement and he told Tucker to keep them down there so they wouldn't see the ghost. And then Danny and Danielle transformed into their ghost halves and phased through the wall.

"Don't you have somewhere else to be, dragon? Anywhere but here will do just fine!" Danny took the thermos off his belt but while he was doing that, the dragon shrunk down into a person.

"Wait, Danny! It's me, Princess Dorothea!" she said.

Danny apologized and he and Danielle went over to greet her.

"Danny, my brother, Prince Aragon is re-organizing the balance of power throughout the medieval realm in the ghost zone. He and those under him are finding all sorts of loopholes in our laws and he's banished me from the kingdom! And he's preparing Lyon to become the most terrible leader the kingdom has ever seen!" Dorothea said. "And that's why I had to change the way I looked because I didn't want Aragon to find me."

"Don't worry, Dorothea. I know someone who's going to challenge Lyon for the throne on December 31st." Danny said.

"And right now he's probably training himself for the task." Danielle assumed.

"You have brought me a message of hope, young ghost children. I thank you." Dorothea said. She changed back into dragon form.

"Where are you going now?" Danielle asked.

"To tell my brother that Lyon is going to fail." Dorothea said with pride.

"Oh please don't!" Danielle said.

"Yeah, we kinda wanted it to be a surprise. We don't want them to see it coming." Danny explained.

"That makes sense." Dorothea said as she flew away.

Danielle and Danny went back into the house.

Danny looked at the clock. "I have to get ready for tonight!" Danny said in a panicked voice.

"Relax, bro, your date is in an hour and ten minutes." Danielle said calmly.

"Dad set that clock wrong at daylight savings time, remember? That one's an hour behind!"

"Oh, well, in that case you have…I really don't think it matters anymore."

Danny rushed into his bedroom to put on his fresh clothes and deodorant and comb his hair and such. Tucker came up from the basement.

"Is the ghost gone yet?" Tucker asked cautiously.

"Yes."

"Good." Tucker relaxed on a recliner. "I don't think I could stand a few more minutes of "quality ghost lessons" with your parents. They tried to get me involved in the business! And I've already seen too many ghosts." Tucker was referring to the times that he battled ghosts with Danny.

Danielle gave Tucker a weird look.

"Oh not you! I meant the other ghosts—not you. You're a friendly ghost. I like you."

Danielle laughed at his nervousness and then went to her own bedroom to listen to music.

Danny came down the stairs in his black hoodie, and his hair was neatly combed so that it shined, and his teeth were sparking white, and he smelled very manly.

"How do I look?" Danny asked Tucker. "Ready to go on a date?"

"The top half of you looks okay but I don't think I'd go for the green underwear."

Danny looked down to see that he had forgotten his pants. He gasped. Tucker laughed. He ran upstairs and put them on and then came back down the stairs.

"Danny, you need to chill. I haven't seen you this nervous since—"

I want reviews, people and thank you all for reading. Hope you enjoyed it. I enjoy all types of feedback, but please don't ask me why I broke up Sam and Danny because I think it's rather obvious. XD