Chapter Ten
Sam had the plan in her mind. She had to lure Dan out somehow and the best way she could think of doing that was to take a risk. She was almost sure he watched her every day when she was outside her house. She thought he had been there with her in school, at the Nasty Burger and even when she took Lizzy out to the park. If he still acted like when he was younger, spying on her would be a daily routine now.
When she realized that she wasn't acting paranoid, that was very probable that Dan watched her she stopped talking about him to Danny and Tucker so both boys thought everything was fine again, that she was no longer hurting or even missing her former lover.
"Hey Sam!" Victor called her while she looked for her books in her locker. She lifted her eyes, giving him a smile.
"Hello there." She answered him, quickly looking around to see the gossiping students staring at them. She got used to the rumors and the bets on her supposed pregnancy. "What's up?"
"I was wondering if you'd like to practice our duet after class." He seemed ridiculously nervous about it, it made her grin. "I don't know if you're busy, but… well… we've only got a month left to write and perform it."
"Sure, we can do it after class." Sam's smiled failed a bit when she remembered she didn't have a meeting with her lover after class… after months giving herself to him, she had been without a single affectionate touch for two weeks now. Well… except for that strange thing Danny made her feel in her room the week before. "Oh wait, I have something here to help us start."
"What is it?" Victor asked curiously, seeing her digging through her backpack. Then she gave a small triumphant cry and put a small piece of paper in his hands. "Oh where's the little black haired boy with shining eyes of blue." he read out loud following the musical notes she had written under the lyrics.
"It's just one line, but I thought it was a good start." Sam blushed. "Did you like it?"
"Yeah!" Victor exclaimed, looking at the piece of paper. "Do you have any idea how to continue this?'
"Yes." She grinned, excitedly. "But I'll only tell you after class. See ya." She tried to walk away, but Victor held her hand, spinning her around gently so he could look at her in the eyes. "What is it?" She asked a little confused.
"I meant to ask…" He licked his lips nervously, taking a deep breath. "Are you feeling okay?"
"Of course I am." She gave him a small confused laugh, as if he was making no sense at all.
"I mean… after Danny made you break up with your boyfriend." Victor said, not caring if she was still avoiding the subject.
"How do you know?" She whispered to him quietly, seeing that the students were still overhearing them.
"I was there with him when… well…" He rolled his eyes in an indicative way and Sam's jaw dropped. She didn't know Victor had seeing her with Dan!
"Oh my…" She managed to say, looking away from his deep green eyes. "This is so embarrassing."
"No, it's not." He said quickly, lifting her face with a gentle thumb. "I was worried because Danny said that your boyfriend was someone dangerous. He was a ghost, I mean… I was scared he was haunting you or something. I thought he was some sort of Incubus…"
"Oh no." She gave him a half laugh, trying to calm him down. "He's someone I know… someone I care for dearly. He wasn't using me or anything and when he realized he had to go, he did." She explained sadly. "He's not what Danny thinks he is."
"So he's not around anymore?" Victor asked hopefully.
"As far as I know, he's not." Sam said, giving him a sad smile meaning to comfort her than him. How much she wished he was still around!
"All right." Victor somehow noticed she was sad about the whole thing, so he couldn't help it but hold her close and tightly, surprising her enough to make her drop her books. She was worried it was just going to make the rumors worse. But Victor was a dear and he was there offering comfort. He didn't care if he had caught her in bed with someone else. Normally it would drive a boy's crush away, but he didn't look disgusted. She encircled her arms around him, holding him back very grateful for his sudden display of affection.
Danny stood at the end of the corridor, seeing the whole scene. He was very disappointed that she was seeking comfort in Victor when he was just there, looking forward to be the one holding her while she trembled in his arms once more.
After that day when she practically melted in his arms Danny really thought she was going to give him a chance. And now she was hugging Victor in front of the whole school. His opportunity to make Sam his vanished in front of his eyes. His hopes were replaced by a sudden anger toward Victor.
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"Sam where did you get the idea for this lyrics?" Victor asked her, as soon as she ended the song. They were both sitting on the grass behind the school.
"He was like a young man who left his new and passionate wife behind to go to war and when he went back home he wasn't the same person. Little black haired boy… who lost himself." She said quietly, biting her lip nervously. She had inspired the song in Dan… since he was a boy and lost himself, she thought that now he was slowly walking back to her. "His wife still sees the man she loves in him, but he acts like a stranger. In a way, he's lost and he'll never be who he was before..."
"I really like this story." Victor smiled at her, copying the lyrics and the notes on his notebook. "We need to practice again. It needs to be sung with the right expression and tones."
"I agree. It's going to be a hard job, but… I think it will be worth it." Dan was worth that song. She stood up, gathering her things. "Well, I have to go. I need to get ready for a party."
"A party?" Victor asked, surprised. She didn't look like someone who would have many party invites for a Friday night.
"Yeah, well…" She smiled mentally, happy that Victor seemed concerned about her, but she couldn't tell him where she was going. She had to lure Dan out by herself and she was going to do it that night. "I have to go."
"Be careful." He said louder at her while she turned her back and ran away from him, waving her hands in a cute way, gesturing him to chill out. He grinned and returned to his notes.
He really loved that song. Had she come up with that all by herself?
"Hey, Victor." Victor turned around to see an annoyed Danny walking slowly towards him. "Have you seen Sam?"
"Yes." Victor stood up, looking as annoyed as Danny. It was a matter or marking territory between both boys now. Both wanted Sam and even if they wanted the best for her, they still hated each other enough to start a fight. "She just left."
"Did she tell you where she was going?" Danny pressed on, eyeing Victor suspiciously. For all he knew Victor could be the one who was going to hurt Sam, like Clockwork had warned. He was the only person with enough strength to harm her and he seemed very interested on her.
"Some party." Victor shrugged, reaching for his pocket to grab a pack of cigarettes and a lightener. "I have no idea, I'm not her babysitter."
"Stay away from her." Danny warned him between gritted teeth, turning around and not giving Victor a chance to reply before dashing away in the same director Sam had gone to.
Victor couldn't believe Danny's nerve to talk to him like that, but he didn't press on the matter. He wasn't the type that would get threatened by Danny's hate glance. If he wanted Sam he would get her even if Danny got pissed off about it.
Valerie stood a few meters away from both boys, having heard the conversation by accident. It just gave her a brilliant idea. She couldn't help but smile at herself.
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Sam finished applying mascara over her eyes and studied her work in the mirror with a smile. She wasn't a prep girl, but she knew how to apply a good stylist make up. Her work was done and she looked at least three years older, with the new hair cut she just did herself and the whole golden make up she applied to her tanned skin (yeah, the Goth girl got a tan).
The final touch was the dress. A small green dress she had on her wardrobe for a while and she thought she was never going to wear (her mother bought it in the last Spring Fashion Week in Paris because it was especially designed by Jean Paul Gautier or one of those famous stylists Sam didn't pay attention to). Golden sandals and golden purse were the final touch.
In the mirror, instead of herself, Sam saw a very grown and desirable young lady. She knew it wasn't with her looks that she was going to lure Dan out, but when the boys in the expensive underground club she was going to go looked at her, she knew Dan would come out, dying of jealously just like when he was younger. Hopefully, he'd show up even before she stepped into that horrid club.
With one last glance to what she had become, she left her room. It was past midnight so she went straight to Lizzy's room to see her baby sister sleeping peacefully. She placed a soft kiss on her sister's forehead, not wiping off the red lipstick that marked the baby.
She left her house, locking the door behind her. She didn't see a shadow moving right behind her, watching her carefully. Valerie was dressed in her fighting suit, floating on her board following Sam's steps. She was blind with jealousy. She couldn't understand why Danny would defend such an uninteresting girl like Sam so much.
In the dark of the night, the only noise heard was the echoes of Sam's high heels on the sidewalk in a slow rhythm. Green and gold, she was completely shinning in the streets, draining attention from people who came out their windows to see her pass by.
She made her way to a famous underground club where the rebels' daughters and sons of the high society usually hung out. It was a dark place for socialites. The perfect place to find a bad boy and make sure she was saved by Dan himself.
Sam took a deep breath before entering the club. She really hoped she was right and Dan was following her or else she'd get in serious trouble. She wasn't wearing her boots and it slightly worried her how she could really hurt a guy in case she had to defend herself.
Valerie stood, stunned, in front of the club's door, in a dark alley. Sam was alone in the most dangerous club in town. It was her chance to show Danny how low Sam was. Valerie picked her cell phone and dialed Danny's number.
"Danny? I just saw something you'd like to know…"
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Dan couldn't believe his eyes when he saw Sam entering that Club. He had followed her since she left her house because he had seen Valerie and was suspicious she might try to hurt Sam. It didn't make much sense to him, since Valerie was a good person, but he feared a brokenhearted girl could be more dangerous and unpredictable than he could give credit for.
He remained invisible, watching her as she called his younger self to the club. Indeed, she was up to something, maybe ruining Sam's reputation so Danny would loose his interest on her. Dan didn't really care about the teen's heart problems; he was more concerned about what could happen to Sam inside that club.
Sam was hurting since they stopped seeing each other, he saw in her eyes the same desperation he was feeling, the urge to touch each other again, but he couldn't show up in front of her like that. She might be feeling sad, but that was for her own good, after all who would be a ghost's lover? There was no way that story could have a happy ending. It was good it was over soon.
Dan realized she was already searching for someone to replace him. Victor was a good option; he was more like the person who would give Sam the happiness she deserved. She was in the club that night to look for a mere distraction, someone she could be with without caring, for a quick make out section and then say goodbye and never see him again. She was just looking for someone to satiate her for the night, wasn't she?
Dan didn't like that side of her, it was too different from the Sam he had known, but she had surprised him many times since they started their relationship and she still managed to enchant him with her independent and carefree attitude.
It didn't matter how many times he had taken her, deep inside she remained innocent and that's what was beautiful about her.
He sighed heavily when he realized what had happened through all those months. At that moment he was hurt that she would seek someone else to get over him, he was jealous other men would get the chance to look at her.
Somehow the heartless Dan Phantom had fallen in love.
Valerie's suit suddenly warned her that she was dangerously close to a ghost, right after she ended her call to Danny. She looked around, trying to trace the ectoplasmatic energy on her radar.
She found him floating a few feet above her and she gasped when she read how strong he was. The best way to attack a strong ghost was to catch him with a precise shot when he wasn't prepared for it. She had to knock him down fast or else she wouldn't stand a chance to defeat him.
Valerie quickly aimed her ecto-gun at his chest, since he had a human form that was a good place to hit. She took a deep breath and shot.
Dan was hit full in the chest. He was distracted looking towards the club when Valerie shot. He wasn't hurt, it would take much more than a mere weapon to hurt him, but he was caught by surprise and that gave Valerie time to fly around him and give three more shots.
He went flying towards the ground where he sat for a few seconds to catch his breath. He didn't want to fight a human girl. He wasn't in the mood for fighting. All he wanted was Sam!
Valerie aimed at him once more, but he moved away quickly so the shot ended destroying the wall behind him. He looked at the damage on the club's wall and frowned. If she kept shooting like that she would make the club fall down on the people inside. Sam would be hurt.
Dan tried to shoot a small and harmless ghost ray out of his hands, but somehow he couldn't bring out any kind of ghost energy so he flew towards the sky, avoiding her attacks. Valerie wouldn't endanger anyone there. When Valerie stopped following him he looked down at her, confused when he saw that she was standing on the ground, looking at some other direction.
"You!" She shouted angrily.
Dan followed her gaze and saw his younger self, in his ghost form, quickly flying towards the club. Dan smirked and phased inside the club. He was going to let Danny take care of Valerie while he found a way to drag Sam out of there.
"I don't want to fight you!" Danny said quickly, avoiding three blows at once. "I'm not going to do any harm!"
"Yeah, right. Neither will I." Valerie answered, shooting again. There was no way Danny could escape that fight.
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Sam walked around the club, dancing with the hip hop song that was playing loud enough to make her completely deaf the next day. She looked at everyone in there, feeling very attractive as men stared at her as she passed by. She already had two shots of tequila and was waiting for the effect to kick in.
Two hands encircled her waist from behind and she was spun around without a chance to hold herself. She ended in the arms of a tall handsome blonde who's face she couldn't see. He grinned at her stunned silence and slowly took the cigarette out of his mouth before crashing his lips on hers without giving her time to push away.
When he spun her around, Sam completely lost her balance, finally feeling the effects of her drink. She realized she liked it. She liked to feel someone's arms around her again and some lips teasing hers. Even if he wasn't who she wanted, she could always close her eyes and pretend.
Maybe he noticed she was drunk or he simply thought she would go with him wherever he chose. He took her hand, gripping it firmly to not let her slip away, and then he guided her towards the back exit that was a small door in a dark alley. As soon as he closed the door, he held her against the wall. Sam's drunken eyes still couldn't see who the man was even in the small light of the street lamp.
"Is it your first time here? I never saw you here before." He asked, pretending to be interested, while he lightened another cigarette.
"Yes." She said, taking the cigarette from his mouth and taking a drag. She didn't ask his name, she didn't want to.
"It's nice to know you like alternative clubs." He answered, grinning when he saw her taking a professional drag. "Would you like to smoke something else?"
It didn't take more than two seconds to Sam realize, even in her drunken state of mind, that he meant to give her drugs. Even if it scared her, the excitement of doing something completely new and forbidden encouraged her to accept the offer. After all she was a Goth and she wasn't afraid of anything.
He opened a new cigarette pack and searched in the middle of it until he found a handmade one, looking a little torn and old. He lightened it and took three huge drags before passing it to her. Sam had never done it before, so she just did exactly what he had done taking three drags before giving it back to him.
To her disappointment, she didn't feel a thing; she didn't get high or anything else. She felt completely normal.
"Is it your first time with dope?" He asked her, noticing that she was still sane enough.
"Yes." She answered, taking the drug from his fingers to take a few more drags, desperately wanting to feel something that could encourage her through whatever was going to happen. She had a feeling that something bad was about to happen.
"Usually people don't get high at the first time." He explained, grinning at her. "If you try it again within a few days you'll have quite a trip, but I'm sorry to inform you tonight you won't feel a thing."
"What a shame." She joked; passing the drug back to him, since she wasn't feeling anything, then there was no point smoking it anymore.
"There are other options..." He said, leaning close and kissing her desperately on the lips, forcing his tongue in her mouth without giving her a second to breathe. The loud music inside the club didn't even let her hear her own thoughts. The sane part of her mind was screaming at her that it was wrong, that she should walk away from that man because her point was to lure Dan out with dignity, but her body was desperate for a touch. The loud music didn't let her hear the battle going on just above her head, ghost rays and shots flying in the air as Danny and Valerie aimed each other.
She wouldn't regret to surrender to that stranger. She couldn't. It wasn't a mistake, it was a new experience. His hands held her against the wall, exploring the length of her tights and crawling at her panties like a thirsty lion.
He picked her up and she instinctively wrapped her legs around his waist. While he licked and teased her hair with careless abandon she opened her eyes and stared at the night above her. The stupid stars looked so bright they seemed to be mocking her while she was trapped in the dark of a moral dilemma.
And then she saw it.
A ghost ray flew across the sky and she narrowed her eyes to see better who was fighting up there. The man sucked at her neck with passion now, biting and hurting her. She pretended to not care, biting her lower lip to keep herself from moaning. Her attention was focused on the sky, trying to see whoever was there.
And then she saw him.
Danny was battling Valerie. Sam closed her eyes, hoping he wouldn't see her in the awkward situation she had willingly put herself into. Danny wasn't supposed to be there! It had to be Dan! Danny couldn't see her like that!
But not even the strongest prayer could have stopped Danny from glancing down, towards the club and like a magnet connecting his eyes straight to hers in a glance that hurt them both more than wounds ever would.
He saw Sam pressed against the wall, but unlike what Clockwork had said, she wasn't being raped, she was willingly giving herself to that guy. He saw her hands holding his blonde hair and she didn't object when that man's hands disappeared under her skirt.
Sam saw tears in Danny's eyes as he floated several feet above her. She could almost see his heart breaking in disappointment. He saw her as a whore now and there was no way she could explain to him that she wasn't, because she was really feeling like one.
She had done all this to see Dan again. Where was he? She had just broken Danny's heart, deceiving him and making him think she was something she really wasn't.
She wasn't a whore, she was just some stupid girl in love and desperate to get her lover back. She was someone who had crossed the decency line to get who she wanted, but failed miserably.
Just one look at Danny made her remember how much she loved him in the first place. That she had ended in Dan's arms while she was trying to get over him, only to realize she would love him even in his darker older version.
She loved him and she broke his heart.
The man must have felt her tears, because he looked up at her in confusion.
"I'm sorry." She managed to choke out. "But I can't."
"Yes you can. Just forget him, Sam." He replied, not looking very sympathetic towards her tears. He started kissing her neck again, but this time he managed also to rip her panties apart, giving her a few bruises on the process. "You can't stop now." Her heart was beating wildly inside her chest, fear slowly crawling its way up and making her breathless. She didn't even notice he had called her by her name when she hadn't even introduced herself.
"Stop. I don't want it anymore." She said seriously, trying to push him again, unwrapping her legs from his waist and succeeding on putting one feet back on the ground, but he held her other leg up, not letting her walk away that easily. "Stop, you're scaring me!"
But he didn't answer, as if he was trying to make her still feel something that would convince her to stay, or maybe he was just thinking of himself, not caring about her feelings at all.
Sam put both hands on his chest and pushed him away with all the strength she had, making him lose his balance, stumbling backwards. That gave her time to run five feet away from him before he caught her again by her left wrist, twisting it around to stop her, but breaking her wrist in the process.
She cried out in pain, tears immediately spilled from her eyes. In automatic reaction, her body gathered its entire straight and she slapped him across the face. That was her fist mistake, because he was much taller and much stronger than she would ever be, so when he returned the slap it hurt much more.
With a broken wrist and bleeding lip, Sam didn't have much more strength in her to fight what was about to come. He unzipped his pants and she felt herself go limp, ready to pass out.
"No, please don't do it... please..."
Sorry for taking so long to post this chapter! I had a busy month! Between job interviews (I'm gonna start writing that sitcom series next month!), my parents' 25 years anniversary, Brazil's carnival, trying to finish my short animation film and a mind-blowing romance with a German I had almost forgotten about my dear fanfics and readers. I just remembered because I've received more reviews alerts on my email and I was like 'oh shit! I forgot the fanfic! I'm torturing the readers!' So, to redeem myself I'll reply to all reviews to chapter 9, okay?
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Flame of Chaos/ Elyn– I'm glad I got the job too! I can't believe I'm actually a screenwriter! OMG! But anyway, stay calm about Dan/Sam romance. She does love him, she just realized she loves him as much as she loves Danny because they're the same person, but from different times.
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the wicked end – Thank you! I'm so glad you like it so much! Now I'm feeling really bad to make you wait so long for an update. I'm a horrible person X(
Scarlett Ward – Well, we don't have a title for the sitcom, yet, but unfortunately it will air only in Brazil for now (maybe in Portugal if another channel buys it). And now about the fic: nope, Dan and Danny don't feel each other emotions or anything of the kind. They are the same person, but from different times, so I'm working on them as two different people. They just happen to have a few things in common like their endless possessive feelings for Sam. And you see? Your theory was right!
cottongirl619 – Yep, it's a new one, at least we never had a big sitcom produced here in Brazil, just one 'til today and now the channels want new shows so they decided to invest in sitcoms.
Black tears – I should have updated sooner, shouldn't I? I swear I won't make you wait another month!
Frumkin – The sitcom is still unnamed and the channel is Globo Digital, unfortunately I don't think anybody outside Brazil will have access to that. And you know what? I didn't know a girl could orgasm from that small touch but I had a living proof – author runs off blushing madly-
cutereviewgirl – Hello there! You're amazing you review all chapters! I love you for it! Well, I think you weren't much surprised for what happened in this chapter were you? Just you wait to see what's coming for Danny!
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Chaos Dragon – You know what? My dream since I was a child was to work in a cartoon series. Who knows? Maybe someday I'll work in something like that! They say the first step is always the hardest and maybe now I'm walking towards DP shows (if it's not cancelled…) but… nah, I'm dreaming too much.
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Fire Nymphe – Oh so you read my home page! You're the first! Well, now, to answer your question: really I don't like children, they make me mad as hell I really don't have any patience with them, also I don't want a relationship because I don't think a relationship can last. I never dated the same guy three times because I get bored with the same face and the same kisses, I don't know. BUT I write for the others, not to myself, I write what people like to read and what they like to believe. I'm a story teller and even if I have to tell a story about fairies it doesn't mean I believe in fairies. It's just a nice story and in the imagination everything lives, even my non-existent belief in everlasting things. Does that make sense?
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