Hey guys! Sorry that this was a day late. One of my Best Friend's 21st birthday was this weekend and well, yeah. So I think you all are either going to love me or hate me for this chapter and I want to know if you do or don't in your reviews.
By the way thank you so much for all the reviews from: CaptainDorito (always love your loyalty), Great, ShinyMudkipGal, Randamwriter, Savirox, Krusher, Danny Phantom Overload, SamXDanny, Guest and FowlFandKid13. Apparently that threatening thing works! Haha well I think I'll keep this up. I won't update this chapter unless I get a minimum of 7 reviews. And TRUST ME you want me to update the next chapter lol.
**Notes to Reviewers are at the end!** CaptainDorito Great, Randamwriter, Savirox, and FowlFandKid13.
**Important for further story reading!
This story is slow going for a reason because it expands over a long period of time that has many intricate details. I've been planning this story for a long time and it will probably end up in three or four different parts all with about 75 – 100 chapters or so each seeing how it's taken me 11 chapters to only get this far. I have everything planned out; it's just the matter of writing the chapters. So if you are not ready for the long haul then I guess you shouldn't be reading my story? But I would love it if you did! By the way, season 3 has happened. PP is the only thing that hasn't happened. PP was bad and this is my way of going around it because Vlad would never be this stupid and his plans are way more intricate and laid out then that stupid stuff he did in Phantom Planet.
Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom or the lyrics to Halsey's song 'Drive'
All we do is drive
All we do is think about the feelings that we hide
All we do is sit in silence waiting for a sign
I Walk the Line: Losing Control
Word count: 4,520
11/23/15
September 10th, 2014
Wednesday
Amity Park, Park
7 p.m.
The trio spent the rest of the afternoon searching for Seraphina. But after four hours of searching the entire city and suburbs, escaping the GIW and Danny's parent's, they weren't able to find anything on her.
"We really shouldn't be that worried guys. It's not like this hasn't happened before." Danny said as Sam drove them all home.
"We're never going to find her." Tucker said somberly from the back seat.
Danny shrugged, "Eh, we will. No need to worry."
"I don't know, Danny. This Seraphina ghost is making me a little nervous. Emotions? That's a big deal." Sam tightened her hands on her steering wheel.
"We'll look for her tomorrow with a fresh set of eyes." Danny tried to ease her nervousness as she pulled up to Tucker's house.
"Bye Tuck." They both said. He gave them a grunt in acknowledgement before getting out and going inside.
The car was filled with silence as Sam continued on to Danny's home. She was continuously tapping her fingers on the steering wheel even as she pulled up in front of Fenton Works, "I think Tucker's right Danny."
"It'll all be fine. We have to wait for her to come to us. No use in fretting over something that isn't dire."
"I guess you're right." Sam sighed. "See you tomorrow."
"Bye." He leaned over and kissed her cheek before hopping out of the car and making his way up the stairs to his front door.
He was shocked to find his parents sitting at the kitchen table. A pot was going over the stove and it smelled like chicken and dumplings. "Hi Danny-boy!" His father called as he shut the door.
"Hi sweetie." His mother echoed waving at him with a screwdriver in her hand as she worked to fix a problem with the Fenton Bazooka.
"Uh, hi guys. Is that chicken and dumplings?" He felt relaxed around them for the first time in a long time and he wasn't sure if he liked that.
Maddie smiled and looked up from her work. "It is. And it'll be ready in a few minutes. Why don't you go wash up and set the table?"
"Okay." He set his backpack down at the bottom of the stairs before making his way into the kitchen. He washed his hands before pulling out bowls and spoons.
When the timer beeped Maddie got up and turned off the gas and began filling the bowls with one of Danny's favorite dinners. He sat himself down next to Jack and across from Maddie, taking the lesser of the two evils. Dinner flowed well considering Danny thought it was going to blow up in all of their faces. He finished his food and told his parents that he had to go upstairs to finish his homework.
They let him go, no matter how much Maddie wanted him to stay downstairs and talk with them. "We need to be home more, Jack." She gazed at the stairs where she had watched Danny go.
"We are home Mads."
"But we're usually down in the lab." She looked over to him as he fiddled with the Ghost Gabber. He still wasn't sure what was making it misinterpret things ghosts were saying. "I'm worried about Danny."
"He's doing fine Mads. Mr. Lancer told me he was doing better in school this year than previously."
"I know. But without Jazz here, he's never here."
Jack looked up, noticing his wife's sad serious face he reached across the table and grabbed her hand his own. "He's gonna be fine Mads. I promise. Things are looking up for him."
Maddie gave him a small smile. "Thank you, honey. Now," She shook herself out of her stupor, though the sadness never left her heart, "What are we going to do about this Ghost Gabber?"
September 10th, 2014
Wednesday
Manson Household
9 p.m.
Sam currently sat in her room going over notes for her mythology class, wanting to make sure that everything she had read was in order for the test she was going to have next week when there was a knock on her bedroom door.
"Who is it?" She called.
"It's me Bubeleh."
"Come on in grandma!"
Her door opened, her grandma drove in and closed the door behind her. "How are we today, Sam? You seemed to be far away during dinner time."
"Oh, it's nothing." She closed her notebook. She could focus on it later. "Danny kissed me on the cheek when I dropped him off tonight."
"Oh really?"
"Yeah. How was your day?"
"It was okay. Nothing compared to that kiss though."
Sam chuckled, "It was nothing, really."
"Are you sure?" Ida Manson cocked her head to the side.
She pursed her lips as she thought about. "No I'm pretty sure."
Ida shook her head at her granddaughter. "Sam, I know that this young man loves you. Sometimes you just need to be the first one to say something. I had to when I came to," She looked down, "Well you know." She looked back up into Sam's lilac eyes. "You need to take charge. I'm so envious of you that you have this great opportunity to be with the one you love and you won't take your chance. Be happy for yourself. Have what I could never have, Sam."
Her voice rang with final clarity throughout Sam's room. Sam herself looked down at her bedspread and played with the fringe at the end of her black blanket.
"You're right."
Ida looked at her granddaughter in shock. "What?"
Sam looked up, meeting her grandma's eyes, "You're right. I'm gonna go right now."
"It's nine o'clock at night."
"I know." She smiled. "Thanks grandma." She got up, kissed her on the forehead and grabbed her keys on the dresser. "If mom or dad asks, just cover for me." And she was out the door.
Ida just shook her head. If she had known she was going to react like this she would have told her that a lot sooner. She wasn't sure why she chose tonight to tell Sam that, but it felt right.
Sam couldn't help smiling too herself. She couldn't believe she was going to do this. She was finally going to tell Danny that she loved him. Danny Fenton. Her Best Friend since they were 6. She really couldn't believe that this was going to happen. She was able to make good time to Danny's house considering she was walking. She hadn't wanted to drive in case she woke her parents or Maddie and Jack. And being out this late didn't bother her considering she could defend herself incredibly well.
As she rounded the corner of Fenton Works she spotted him phasing through his bedroom wall. She felt warmth spread through her body and was quickly gone again. She smiled as she saw him stop just outside his house, look up at the sky and take a deep breath.
"Danny!" She called.
He turned around quickly, his own smile lighting up his face. "Sam." He lowed himself to the ground a couple feet from her. "What are you doing here?"
"I uh," Oh gods, she couldn't do it. Butterflies were bouncing all around in her did all her confidence go? "I thought you might be going out tonight to try and find Seraphina and I figured I'd help."
He reached forward and tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. "You didn't have too."
She shrugged her shoulders, "I wanted to."
"Well, all right then." He stepped to her side and wrapped an arm around her waist. He waited for her to wrap her own around his waist and then they were off.
The warm air hit her face and she took in a deep breath letting its freshness fill her lungs, "I love it up here."
"Me too." Danny sighed, Sam looked over at him to see him staring at her, "I like it when you're up here with me."
She squeezed his side and kissed his cheek before looking out across the town. "So, where are we looking first?"
"I figured that we'd do a fly-by through the park, then a trip around the school. That seems to be her center."
"You want me to look anywhere else on the ground while you fly?" Those may have been the words that came out of her mouth, but she hoped that he would say 'no' to her idea.
"No, that's okay. It's getting too late, wouldn't want you anywhere by yourself without the Fenton phones or weapons."
Sam rolled her eyes, "Like I couldn't take care of myself. I can whoop your butt any day of the week."
"True." He chuckled, "Doesn't mean I still don't worry."
"You're like a mother hen." She didn't see him roll his eyes, but she could practically hear him.
"You ready to search the park?"
She chuckled, "Let's go."
Sam found it interesting how the rest of their night went. She always felt close to Danny. They had always been close, even when they were little. But tonight. She knew tonight that they had reached their peak. She could feel it. Like energy buzzing all around her. An unstoppable current; not that she wanted it to stop.
In the way they touched, which was almost any given moment. They took every opportunity to kiss each other's cheeks or foreheads. And the way they talked to each other. Sam couldn't believe some of the things that had come from her mouth; she could have sworn she was flirting. And Danny had flirted back.
But even through all that she never once confessed her feelings and they had no luck finding Seraphina. They had searched long and hard, well into the early hours of the morning before deciding to go to bed.
Danny flew her back to her house; she could barely keep her eyes open. She must have gone out of consciousness because one second she was flying over Downtown and the next she was in her bedroom, Danny's voice whispering in her ear.
"Sam. Saaammm. Sam."
"Hmm?" She was too comfortable to move from her position against him.
"You're home."
"Okay."
"Let's get you into bed." He set her down on the floor and held her against him as he pulled back the covers. He picked her up and set her down again and pulled the cover up over her. She snuggled into her pillow already missing the feel of Danny against her.
"Are you good?"
She nodded, but stopped suddenly. She reached behind her with one hand, up her T-shirt and unhooked her bra. She huffed in annoyance as she had to shift from her comfortable position to pull the straps down below the sleeves of her T-shirt. She pulled the left one off first, before taking hold of the right strap and pulling her entire bra out through her sleeve. Sam tossed it to the other side of the room, missing Danny's baffled look. She snuggled back down into her bed, closed her eyes and whispered, "Okay, I'm good now."
Dave gave a breathy chuckle, "Goodnight, Sam." She felt his cool lips kiss her forehead for a few seconds before pulling away. "Love you."
"Love you, too." And then she slipped into a peaceful sleep.
September 11th, 2014
Thursday
Danny's bedroom
Morning
The next morning Danny knew that something was off. The happy feeling he felt last night while he was with Sam, felt as if it was a distant memory. He furrowed his brows. Was that real? Or was that a dream?
The way they both acted was typically how he was in his dreams with her. And plus Sam's never been that flirty normally. He swung his legs to the side of the bed and leaned forward on his forearms and stared at his wooden floor. It had to be a dream. What else could it have been? But he could have sworn it was real. He groaned and ran a hand through his hair. Maybe he should just wait and see how Sam acted. Then he'd know.
When he got in Sam's car though, she was acting like herself. The only one acting different was Tucker. He had gotten in the back and had given them a monotonous hello.
"Are you all right?" They both turned around and asked him.
"Yeah." But it was the same blank tone that greeted them.
Sam and Danny shared a look and Sam said, "Seraphina."
"I'll say. I've never seen him like this."
"It's kind of creeping me out."
"When I find her he'll be back to his emotional self."
Sam laughed and something stirred inside him. He wanted to make her laugh again. He wanted to be the only one to make her laugh like that.
"Maybe we could ask her to keep him like this sometimes."
He chuckled, "Yeah, maybe."
The morning moved slowly for the group. But just because it was slow moving, did not mean that things were not happening.
Danny watched them all like a hawk. No matter where he looked when he was with Sam, he could see guys leering at her. He wanted to punch anybody that looked at her twice. But he wasn't sure why he felt this so hard now. Actually he did, but he couldn't choke it down. It took everything in him to hold himself back from getting in their faces. Though, he made sure to give anyone who looked at her, like he wished he could look at her, the fiercest glare he could. A shudder of satisfaction went through him as each one would shrink back and avert their eyes.
But his patience ran out at the end of gym when everyone was changing back into their regular clothes. He had just pulled on a shirt and was about to close his locker when he heard two basketball players walk by. Talking about Sam. And not in the good way.
"Yeah, man." Said Tyler, the taller of the two guys with brown hair. "Have you seen Manson lately? I'd definitely tap that."
Danny was on the move, he heard Tucker get up and follow him.
"Don't do it Danny." But the emotionless voice that cut through his thick skull did nothing but reinforce his reasoning to tell this guy exactly where he could shove it.
"I don't know man," The second guy sounded incredibly nervous, "Isn't she Danny Fenton's girl?"
"And even if she was, what would Fenton do about it? The wimp."
The shorter guy wrung his hands together as they made their way through the door out into the small alcove before it joined the main hallway. Dany close on their heels, he wanted to hear that fear in the guy's voice again.
"He looks so intimidating now. He even towers over you! And I don't know about you man, but with how deep his voice dropped…" he shuddered, "I wouldn't want to cross him."
Danny smiled as he made his way out the door. He was so close to them.
"Whatever man. I still want that feistiness in my bed."
That was it, Danny reached forward, grabbed Tyler by the back of the neck and shoved him face first into the wall and growled, "You wanna say that to my face?"
"Wha–" Tyler tried to push away from the wall, but Danny held him there, gripping his neck tighter. "Okay! Okay!"
"You're never gonna talk about Sam that way again."
"Dude it was just talk I wasn't…" Danny pulled him away from the wall, spun him around, leaving one of Tyler's arms behind him and grabbed him by the front of his shirt and shoved him back into the wall. Tyler winced at the bite in his arm and Danny stared him down. Out of the corner of his eye he could see Tucker standing close by on his PDA and Tyler's friend standing by him practically shaking with fear.
"You will never speak about Sam again. I hear one word. One word." He emphasized his point by pushing him further and tightening his hold on his shirt, "You'll be sorry. She's mine. You got that? Mine."
Tyler nodded his head quickly, "Yeah, yeah man. I gotcha. She's yours. I won't say it… anything again. I swear." Danny could hear the hysteria in his voice and the look of fear in his eyes. He loved this feeling. Why didn't he do this more often?
"Go." Danny growled and let him go. Tyler and his friend ran from the little hallway, not looking back.
"What the hell was that?" Sam's voice startled him. He whirled around to see her standing next to Tucker.
"I had to set a few things straight." Danny folded his arms across his chest.
Sam walked to him and poked her index finger into his chest. "You scared them half out of their wits. And you," She poked him again, but he only just stared down at her, "don't need to be doing anymore knight in the shining armor acts. Especially for me."
Danny went to open his mouth to respond but two girls walked into their part of the hallway, heading towards the girls locker room. The blonde friend locked eyes with Danny.
"Hey, Danny." She winked and waggled her fingers at him.
"Uh, hi?" Danny said, very confused as to why they were talking to him. Then they were both gone.
Sam growled, catching Danny's attention again. "Gods, I'm getting so sick of that."
"What do you mean?" He furrowed his brows, uncurling his arms.
"Of course you wouldn't have noticed." She scoffed, rolling her eyes. "Girls have been looking at you all freaking day." She paused, "I don't like it."
"Yeah, well, I'm not a fan of what guys are saying about you. And no one should be talking about you like that."
They stared the other down; unconsciously Danny reached up and placed his hand on her cheek. Sam's hand that was still on his chest, curled into his shirt and brought him down closer to her.
And then they were kissing.
It definitely wasn't a fake-out make-out. Their lips moved together softly and unsure at first, then fierce and bruising. Their breaths flowed across the other as they kissed with open mouths. Danny's right hand reached down to wrap around her waist and brought her closer. Sam relished in the coolness of his lips, his cooler touch. Both getting lost for a moment in the other.
It wasn't a long kiss, however. The bell rang loudly in their ears startling them apart.
"You're mine, too." Sam whispered, eyes locked with Danny's blue orbs, iris's wide, almost swallowing the blue.
"You heard that?" She smiled and nodded
"We're going to be late." Tucker interrupted in a monotone voice.
"Let's go." Sam leaned up and kissed him once more and he had to restrain himself to not keep kissing her. He took her hand and they all started on their way to their afternoon classes.
Danny left Sam at her mythology class with another kiss and smiles on both of their faces. So far this was the best day of his life. He told Tucker this, but he only gave him a blank stare and said, "That's only because you and Sam kissed. This day sucks otherwise."
Danny chuckled as he took his seat with Tucker in their government class. "Yeah. Man, I can't believe that actually happened." Tucker only shrugged and the bell to begin class rang.
Danny didn't get to enjoy his happiness for long as his ghost sense passed up from his chest and out his mouth sending shivers up his spine. Thankfully his teacher let him go without hassle. He flew out of the school roof from the bathroom and was instantly hit by a large owl ghost. He went flying to the other side of the building, his vision getting turned all around until he was able to right himself in the air. Damn, he had hoped it was going to be Seraphina.
It didn't take long for him to weaken the owl ghost and suck it up into the thermos. It felt too easy for him truthfully. He wanted to sink his teeth into something deeper.
Luck seemed to be on his side today though, as Seraphina appeared no less than a minute later. "How are we today ghost boy? Well," She paused. "boy isn't exactly the correct term for you now is it?" She folded her arms and smirked at him.
They were hovering down the street from the school. Danny floated a few feet off the ground, thermos still in hand while Seraphina floated a few meters higher in the sky.
Danny clipped the thermos to his belt, folded his arms across his own chest and crinkled his nose, "Are you hitting on me?"
She shrugged, "More like appreciating what's in front of me."
"Okay, gross." He shuddered.
"Well, if that's all there is. I'll be on my way." She waved her fingers and with the other hand reached for the edge of her robe, about to disappear. But Dany couldn't let this opportunity pass and quickly shot an ice ray at her hand, freezing it just before her fingers touched her robe.
"You wanna fight?" She growled, her eyes glowing fiercely green as she stared into his own. "I'll give you a fight."
September 11th, 2014
Thursday
Casper High: Mythology classroom
1:32 p.m.
There were 13 minutes left in Sam's mythology class when a green wave encompassed their entire classroom, coating everyone in the light. Her teacher paused in their reading of the myth of Apollo's Stolen Cattle. It was interestingly quiet as the green wave rolled through. After 30 seconds Sam began to feel that familiar warmth roll through from her head to her toes. She felt the jealousy that had been eating away at her all day flow from her with the warm feeling.
She felt normal again and the green wave rolled through the classroom again and was gone. And everything came flooding back to her like a hurricane. From the night before and how her and Danny were flirting back and forth. How her grandma told her that she was envious of her and Danny's relationship. How Tucker was so unlike himself that it was freaking her out. How Danny had looked when he was threatening Tyler. Her and Danny's kiss. Everyone that had looked at him today. There were only a choice few, but she remembered the intense jealousy she had per each one.
She sat staring straight at the blackboard. Her teacher began going over the myth again and student discussion was going on, but it all became background noise. All she could think about was Danny and her kiss. A blush crept up her neck and to her cheeks, a small smile coming to her lips. She couldn't believe that they had kissed like they had. And in front of Tucker no less! Oh gods, she was going to see them both next class. Butterfly's stirred in the pit of her stomach.
What if Danny didn't want to be with her? She frowned and mentally shook her head to rid that thought from her mind. Of course he would want to be with her. Why else would he kiss her? Unless they kissed because of the emotion that Seraphina was making them feel. That thought made the butterfly's shift into grasshoppers. What if he still couldn't…
"Sam?" She was interrupted from her thought process as her teacher appeared in front of her, snapping their fingers in front of her face.
"What?" She blinked into clarity and noticed that the classroom was now being filled with new students.
"Class has ended. You need to get moving to your next one, Sam."
"Oh. Oh right." She packed up her belongings as quickly as she could and rushed out the door practically bumping into Tucker.
"Finally!" He cried. A smile lit up her face at hearing his normal tone of voice. "I thought I was going to have to send in search dogs."
She rolled her eyes, but noticed quickly that Danny wasn't with him as they started making their way to Ghost 101. "Where's Danny?"
"Oh, his ghost sense went off last period. I'm guessing he found Seraphina because I know I'm all back to normal now."
"When have you ever been normal?" She couldn't help the jab; it was nice to feel like herself again.
"Like you would know?" He arched a brow and though she was a little worried about Danny she laughed loudly.
"Oh, I'm so happy you're back."
Tucker laughed himself, "Can you repeat that?" and cupped a hand behind his ear.
She nudged his shoulder with her own, though it was more his upper bicep, "I said it once and I'm never saying it again."
"Eh, it was worth a shot." He shrugged. "So, anymore kissing I need to know about?"
"Tucker!" She looked over at him with wide eyes.
"You were the ones kissing in front of me!" He complained loudly, throwing his hands in the air and barely missed smacking the kid in front of them over the head. "I need more blackmail."
"Need I remind you how much I have on the both of you two?" They walked into their classroom and took their seats in the back. Sam placed her book bag in the seat to her left for Danny.
"Which is exactly why I need more on the two of you."
She only sighed and rolled her eyes in response. She wanted to tell him about how she was nervous that there might not be a 'two of them', but when the warning bell rang and Danny had yet to show she was growing more worried about him by the second.
"He should have been back by now." Tucker whispered.
"Unless he's hurt."
"Yeah, but typically he's calls or texts us."
"True." Sam pursed her lips, "Or he's hiding from his parents, or fixing himself up, or he ran into another ghost." She shrugged her shoulders, but the worry did not dissipate. "We don't know and it's too late to call him with class starting."
Tucker started to pull out his phone to text him when Agent Z stood up from his desk chair and walked until he stood in front of the class at the most center point. "Class I have some great news to tell you." His smile was too wide for Sam to think it was good news for everyone involved and he stood too straight to be in teacher mode. Her stomach sank. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Tucker slide his phone back in his pocket.
"A few minutes ago I received word from another operative. We have captured Phantom and he is being transported as I speak to our facility."
September 11th, 2014
Thursday
Casper High: Ghost 101
1:55 p.m.
So? What did you think? I know that Seraphina didn't get a lot of screen time but you'll just have to stay tuned to see what happens with her lol. Also! what about DxS! huh? where are my hardcore DannyxSam shippers out there?
Please let me know what ya'll thought because there are so many people who view this story. The past two chapters together have gotten over 3000 views, so i know there's a bunch of you reading it. If you're going to say something mean please say it in the way of constructive criticism otherwise it will not be tolerated (like flames).
Anyway i'm sure a few of you or more are wondering what's going on at my school and with my car. I'll start with school Things have totally settled down, but I have never been more embarrassed to attend my university. But thankfully there are no more threats and such. Now onto my car! My car has been officially totaled. I'm okay now, my back still hurts however things are much better than they were. We are waiting on a check from our insurance company since we sold them my car and we are going to use that money with a little of our own to get me a new car. We've found a couple in our price range and they're so nice! I really hope i can get this one white 2006 G6 GT hardtop convertible with sable interior and it only has 80,000 miles on it! It is so pretty and hello! who doesn't love convertibles? haha but we still have to wait for the check first.
**Review responses!
CaptainDorito: You were the only one who wanted to know about the lyrics and chapter titles, so I'm going to put it up on the next chapter since I waited to see if anyone else would comment but they didn't. No matter what I'll put that up with the next chapter though.
Great: I don't want to give away anything too much about ghost language however I am creating it by pulling the English word and the German word for it and then creating it myself. There will be other rules that I have made that the words follow such as plurals and he, she it, they, our, your, my and whatever else. But that will come with time :)
Randamwriter: I'm sorry that you don't like Seraphina, could you tell me why? Btw I sent you a PM but you never responded. I'm not sure about what all you're saying in your review. But at the end when you talk about Danny and Sam, well I don't want to spoil anything but I'm a hardcore DxS shipper and this story is slow going for a reason because it expands over a long period of time that have many intricate details. Thanks for your review though!
Savirox: Yes, this is at the end of season 3. Everything has happened except for PP. Sorry that I didn't make that more clear! I kinda forgot to say that in the first chapter lol
FowlFanKid13: Thank you for being concerned about me with my crash. I am fine now. However, they have officially totaled my car which sucks, but that means I can get a new car that's even better than my last one. Thank you so much for your compliments! I really appreciate that and it totally made my day!
