Chapter 10

The following day had been amazing for Sam. The conversation she had with her mother, was forgotten for the moment.

Sam, Danny and his sisters went out for a movie. After that they went to catch a few burgers. Well burgers for Danny, Jazz and Dani. Sam stayed with a salad. After Danny's prompting, she added some french fries to her diet. After that, they hung out at the park. Eating ice creams, talking about completely nothing and everything, all at once.

But the trip to the beach, was promising for Danny. By beach, it wasn't a trip to the place where old geezers tanned their butts, or where girls acting like total doormats, and boys being drooling idiots. But it was actually back at the Fenton's Mansion. Their own private pool. Sam had one as well, but this one was bigger. Jazz had told Sam that once, when their parents weren't home, Danny threw a pool party with plenty of booze. He was 13 then.

And when the girls tried to pull a prank on another girl. Well lets just say that, that prank made Danny blush, and operate many wolf whistles from boys. Snickers from girls. The point being made clear here. When Dani told on Danny to their parents. Danny was not only grounded. But was also forced to not even make eye contact with any thing with ovaries. He was pushed into the no girl zone. He had to stay like that for a month.

Sam felt sad for the girl who was humiliated. Who was home schooled from there on out.

The memory alone made Danny hide his face with guilt and embarrassment. The rest of the day went nicely. Danny and Dani having a water gun match, as Jazz just read a book by the umbrella shade. Sam being on Dani's side.

Eventually, Dani won. And Sam and she, high-fived. Danny just huffed.

The evening went down this way. Jazz went back inside for snacks, Dani leaving, and taking Sam with her, to the kitchen. Leaving Danny to his own.

He just sat on the tiles beside the pool, then he pulled his one foot up and placed his head on his knee, the other foot dangling in the pool water. He was content. Everything in his life was content. He didn't have a thing to worry about. The things that worried him in high school, were far away. He didn't have to worry about grades, or ghosts or popularity. His entire family was supporting him.

His grades were good enough, for him to get a real job. Ghosts weren't that much of a problem.

But the only thing that worried him, was Sam. He didn't even know when he started to like her. As in Like-Like her. She was special to him, and he knew it wasn't a crush thing like before. She could read him like a book. She could even see the parts of him that his own family, and even Tucker couldn't see. It had been proved to him at the hospital, when he was worried that the person, who meant so much to him, was falling in darkness.

When he was a shuddered mess. And he was the support for everyone, and he had no support of his own. Which made it harder for him to keep standing. But she supported him. And she didn't even know it.

She was smart, wonderful, funny, amazing, and so very beautiful. Inside and out. She knew more about him, then she let out, and he knew almost a lot about her. What worried him, was that she didn't know the other part of him. He was half-dead. She had to know. But he didn't know how he was going to tell her. He didn't know about her reaction. That was the part of her, he didn't know. And he wanted to know.

This attraction of his was increasing, and he knew that time will come when he would blow up.

He just hoped she wouldn't reject him, like she did. She, as in Valerie. It wasn't that he was still pinning after her. She was happy with Tucker. Both of them deserved each other. But the way she had reacted, when he told her. When he had thought that she was the one for him. That was the time, those were the words that had made him want to destroy himself.

"You're a freak. You're dead. I can't believe I even went out with you. You freak."

It was when he was 16, and now, after 4 years. They had become good friends. Eventually, after the whole break down on both Valerie and Danny's parts. Tucker went to calm her down. And she let him. They blew it off well, and after a few months, they started dating. Valerie apologized to Danny, he did the same. That was why Valerie had never mentioned Danny in front of Sam. They weren't on good terms then. But now, everything was good.

But, he didn't want that type of words from Sam's lips, for him, that would surely kill him. He couldn't bear that though, he just couldn't.

The tapping of feet from behind her, broke him out of his musings. He turned around, and saw Sam, with a self-satisfied smirk on her face. He smiled warmly at her, and stood up from his position.

"It looked like you were using your brain, and were actually thinking," she placed her hands on her cheeks in a disbelieving manner, "Oh my gosh, Danny Fenton was actually thinking."

He just laughed softly, the pulled his tongue out at her, "Thanks for the ego boost. I appreciate it," he said, and turned to face the water with his arms crossed. Showing mock hurt. She just giggled softly, then traipsed towards him, and stood a few feet away from him, "Penny for your thoughts," she asked softly. He just shrugged. She titled her head, "What? No cheesy pick ups?" she said, as she crossed her arms as well.

He turned to face her, eyes wide, "Your actually looking forward to them?" he asked in an incredulous tone. She shrugged, mimicking his earlier act, "Maybe." Okay, so Sam Manson, was actually flirting. Danny just couldn't think when she wiggled her eye brows at him, then tip toed towards him. With half lidded eyes, a smirk dangling from her lips, that Danny just wanted to kiss off, because she looked incredibly sexy. His brain was completely shut down, when she placed her perfectly manicured nails on his naked chest.

He just gulped, when she tip toed upwards, and stood in front of him, her lips only inches away from his. Her hands rubbing his chest up and down, making him heat up.

She just whispered, didn't kiss, just whisper, "Maybe, I like them," he was going to kiss her. She just looked so...so...delicious? Well that was a cannibalistic thought. But it was enough for him to try to close the distance between them. But the hands on his chest prevented him from coming closer. Because the next thing he knew, he was being pushed into the pool. And a splash was heard, followed by a fit of laughter and giggles.

He poked his head out of the water, to see Sam laughing so hard, with a hand on her belly.

She couldn't believe he fell for that, but she was more surprised at her boldness. But, oh well, it was worth it. She just laughed as he looked at her with wide eyes and gaping face. She shook her head, and went inside.

It took a minute for him to realize what happen, and another minute to understand that Sam was flirting heavily, then another to realize that the water was cool. Too cool for his comfort. He got out of the water, and smirked. Oh, she was going to pay for it, and he knew how to do it. All he had to do was make her fall for the bait.

Okay, this was pathetically small.

Anyway people, I want to ask a question. Up for it?

Why did Star act all stoned in the last chapter?

Answer thy question, and thou shall, thou shall...I don't really know what will be the gift. Well maybe it will be the oppurtunity of being called a winner.

So answer!

Oh and, I also showed that Val knows his secret, that was why she never told Sam about Danny until the party.

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