Disclaimer: Danny Phantom doesn't belong to me, it belongs to nickelodeon.

A/N: this chapter is shorter than the rest, but it doesn't rely in the original series. Ultimately this chapter has the following objectives or purposes:

It begins to involve Jazz a little earlier than the series.

It is also the beginning of the plans I had for Val.

It begins to show Sam her high ridiculous standards for Danny. So she will support him a little more in some…amoral decisions in the future.

On an unrelated note, someone mentioned the possibility of involving Star. So far they hadn't been in contact, so that will make it a bit difficult. It will be easier to integrate Paulina than Star; however there is a… way I could do it, but it will require some "logic flexibility", like the one with memory blank that ignored what should or could have happened if Danny didn't get his powers (Jack´s death, Ember conquering the world, Spectra killing Jazz, etc), or the one in the million dollar were Val somehow didn't hunt Danny.

So, tell me if you want me to involve either her, Paulina or someone else in the reviews. With 5 or more I will begin to involve them, but different from Val or Sam (whose situations are complicated) don't expect a great…explanation of how. I would probably just do it in one chapter.

All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people.

Alexis Carrel

Days later after the ghostly virus.

Amity park´s mall

"I really wish to win the lottery" said a middle aged man throwing a coin into the fountain

Unknown to him certain ghost hear his wish

"So you wished so…tttttt… damn it is the 9 wish I have tried to grant since I left the GZ. Why the hell can´t I grant their wishes. I need to either grant a wish to recover my energy or find a portal to go to the GZ soon, I have been in the human world for almost a week by now." really worried by now.

She was about to leave when a voice interrupted her.

"Desiree, what are you doing here? I sent you to the ghost zone the last time I saw you." an annoyed Danny Phantom asked her

"That you did child, but your exact words were: I wish for you to return to the ghost zone.You never said for how long. Now if you don't mind I need to go somewhere else, maybe to a Kentucky fried chicken, I hear that nowadays humans make wishes to chicken bones. Why, I don't know" trying to leave, because as weak as she was she really didn't want to fight the ghost child.

"I am not going to let you Desiree, I don't want to have chickenzilla in my town. I wish for you to enter to the thermos."

"Your wish is my command. It is working? It is working! Finally I am granting a wish." Really happy to finally being able to grant a wish, until she realized what wish it was.

With that problem finished Danny went to the bathroom to transform in his human form. Outside Sam and Tucker were waiting for him.

"Who was this time Danny? Skulker, the ghost box?" Sam

"No, it was Desiree"

"You know it almost two weeks since we saw her. And I was beginning to miss her" Tucker

"You were missing her" Sam and Danny in a deadpanned voice.

"Well she might twist wishes to cause havoc, but she is an eye candy."

Sam hit Tuck in his ankle

"Ouch" rubbing his ankle

"Tucker, that is sexist." Sam

"No, that is me appreciating the feminine body. Just because she is evil, doesn't mean she isn't hot."

"You are right in that one tuck. Actually come to think about it all the hot girls and women are evil: Ember, Spectra, Desiree, and Paulina. Although only Sam thinks she is evil." grinning

"Yes they are hot. Can you imagine all of them in bikinis?"

They imagine them all sweaty and running in the beach while wearing nothing but bikinis. Sam gets really angry at seeing Danny´s expression. Suddenly an idea occurred to her and decided to get revenge.

"So all the evil women are hot right? What about the lunch lady? Will she look hot in a small bikini? " With a malicious grin

Both of them stop dreaming as said image enter their heads, and with horrified expressions go to the bathroom to barf. When they return five minutes later, both of them are green as ghosts and with a haunted look that only a veteran of war could have.

"Sam that wasn't funny" an annoyed tucker said to her

"I agree with him Sam"

"Oh, I don't know your expressions were really funny." Laughing

"Oh? You think that was funny? What about this: your parents were having kinky sex in the kitchen." Danny

Suddenly Sam wasn't laughing anymore and become as green as them.

"Danny don't say things like that! It wasn't funny!"

"Well last time I went to your house invisible I saw them in the kitchen and it was fun for them."

"Please Danny just stop" greener than before

"What if we agree this entire conversation never happened." Tucker said wanting to stop this conversation before it escalates.

"Deal"

"Deal"

"So, now that Desiree has been taken care of, what do you want to do guys?"

"Well, I want to go to Apple store"

"I will got to the Goth Empire"

"Well you will have to go whiteout me guys it´s 4:30 and there is something I have to do"

"What is it Danny?" Tucker

"I will just say it involves a date and a girl. That is all I will say" thinking it is right thing to say although not knowing why.

"You are going to leave us to see a girl?" said Sam angry

"Well…there is nothing I want to see in the mall and you don't need me for anything right now; I mean the ghost problem has been taken care of. And bring you with me will be awkward to say at least. You just enjoy your free afternoon and I will see you tomorrow." It is early so he leaves walking.

"Bye Danny"

"Bye guys"

When they were completely alone Sam began to speak.

"I-I can't believe that he left us to go into a date with ..."

Follow a 5 minute rant about him being a jerk, calling the unknown girl names with hussy being the most kind. Asking why he didn't told them about it and finally why the hell did he just leave them.

"Well you hear what he said, he doesn't want so see anything right now and it has been calm of ghost attacks lately."

"That is not the point. He abandoned us to flirt with some unknown girl. A girl he hasn't told us about." Jealous

"Maybe he forgot about it?"

"Tucker! How can you be so calm? Danny left us. We, his best friends to see a girl we don't know anything." Angry at him

"Of course he left us Sam, he can come to the mall with us any other time, but going into a date with a girl? Why wouldn't he take that chance? Hell if it was me I wouldn't even have bothered to come with us in the first place. The only thing I am angry is that he didn't tell me, but I will ask him later."

Taking Danny´s side on this one. Even he forgot to tell him about his date. He could ask him later to know if she is hot.

"WHAT!?, tucker I cant believe you guys, the two of you would leave your friends for just a pretty face, that is sexist and…" Sam was starting a rant

"YES!" Tucker yelled cutting her rant.

"What?" she didn't know what else to say.

"Sam you are my friend and I love you, but you really need to lower your impossible standards –and highly ridiculous -, otherwise you are going to get in a lot of fights with either of us. Honestly I don't see the problem, he is going to go into a date, yes he forgot to tell us, but is not like he has to tell us everything he does anyways."

"Impossible standards, what the hell are you talking about?" getting angry

"Do you remember the incident in the girl's locker room?"

"Yes I yelled him for hours. I mean he violated the privacy of all the girls. He deserved it, he said he stopped but I am pretty sure he still does it, he only stops when I am there"

"That is exactly what I am talking about."

"What? Are you saying that I should let him act as perverted pig?" angry

"Is he a human?"

"What? Of course he is" not understanding the sudden question

"Then I don't understand why are you so angry, unless you are jealous or something" he knew she was jealous, but it was always funny seeing her in denial.

"I AM NOT JELAOUS!, and you are probably just giving him the reason because he gives you pictures of them naked or something " in denial

"Sam I will not deny he has given me some..Material (a link to the spy cameras he installed in the lockers). " dreamily.

"Aha" getting angry again

"But that is not the only reason" getting serious at seeing her face.

"And what reasons are those?" impatient to heard what ridiculous excuses he will gave her.

"Number one: he is a healthy teenager; he is going to have a sex drive. All guys have porn in one way or another. Magazines, videos, pictures, in their dreams, written or just a website. It just happens that his porn is in the way of real girls"

"Number two: I don't know if you have noticed but he has a lot of problems. He needs and outlet and some way to relax from all of them."

"Problems, what problems?, I haven't noticed any of them" suddenly worried for his friend, he might be insensitive jerk but she still cared for him.

"Where to start?. School troubles, Family troubles, personal or ghost troubles?.

lancer hates him and doesn't make his school life any easier, don't gave me that look Sam you know I am right, if he ever did something like I don't know cheat in a test to get an A –which he doesn't because Lancer will question how someone who sleeps in class did get it, not that he doesn't cheat to get B or C -, he would probably made an appointment with his parents in the nasty burger rather than school to tell them that a cheater like their son will end there"

He is Dash´s favorite punching bag, why I don't know, but he has to ignore it because he is an A list, if he defends he will get a detention.

We are his only friends. Sam you might like to be an individual and not care about that, but not everyone is like you. Some people want the acceptance of others. Otherwise Face book, twitter and social networks wouldn't exist.

Everyday he listen his parents say how much they hate that ghost scum.

He has a lot of enemies either ghost or humans that want him dead. Enemies he has to fight them every day.

And all that is just the tip of the iceberg."

"Fine, I see what you mean. But still, why do you think is a good idea for Danny abusing his powers to violate the privacy of the girls? Or better yet him going to a date without telling us?" getting angry again.

"Sam about not telling us about his date: maybe he forgot, maybe he didn't want to see your reaction or he feared we would have followed him? It is not like he has to tell us everything he does anyways. I mean we aren't his parents or anything. And unless you are his girlfriend he is free to date anyone he wants."

"FINE!. But he is still abusing his powers. He shouldn't do it" angry at having to concede defeat over Danny not telling them about his date.

"Sam as someone who has had ghost powers in the past, I can easily tell that he is not abusing them, not by a long shot."

"Tucker the incident with desire doesn't count, you weren't yourself" realizing what he was talking about.

"Sam while it is true that she twisted my wish and made me a monster, at first it was all me, I really let them get over my head. But that isn't the point, second Sam Danny is human, he isn't perfect and sure as hell he isn't a saint, he needs an outlet to his problems. Otherwise he will snap, I mean you have gardening, his parents have ghost hunting, his sister has books and I have technology."

"But, but seeing naked girls in the lockers is "getting angry

"Perfectly normal, Sam I know you are jealous but"

"I AM NOT JELAOUS" yelled

"Yes you are, he sees other girls and that annoys you. But that is something both of you lovebirds are at fault and need to work out, I mean at this rate you aren't going to kiss until marriage" stating a fact.

"Tucker he is seeing naked girls, how is that a good outlet?" ignoring the last part, especially because of how wrong he was.

"Sam first of all I am sure if you begin to date him he will only want to see you naked, is not about that, is about letting him use HIS powers for himself rather than just help others or for what you think he should use them, damn you are acting like your parents" he said

"I act like my parents?." she stopped cold

"yes, you do Sam, I know it is a low hit, but you need to understand, they want you to be more like them, to like pink clothes, to be more feminine, they want you to be like Paulina (at this Sam shudders), you want Danny to, no you want us to be more like you. Sam you are our friend, both of us respect who and how you are even if we don't agree completely, please respect that we might not like the same things like you."

"I am actually that bad?"

"Sam you changed the cafeteria menu without even asking all the students, the small group of vegetarians doesn't count, not to mention us, your friends, hell I have avoided vegetables for more than 10 years as much as I can, for all you knew there was a medical condition for that, Danny has tried to befriend the A list to become popular, you said they are sallow persons and that he shouldn't waste his time with them, maybe you are right with that maybe you aren't, but that is for Danny to decide and not for you to force him. Hell you are acting a lot like Paulina, but rather than trying to make people abandon their individuality, you try to force them to be individuals, not everyone wants that, some people just want to play along."

"And what should I do?, play along like others?"

"Of course not, you are a strong individual that fights for what you believe, you just need to realize that not everyone believes the same, otherwise like said before you are going to be in a lot of fights with us."

"I-I would think about it tucker. But I am still angry with Danny for not telling us about his date." realizing that tucker might be right

"Of course you are. You are in love with him after all" smirking

"Tucker." Glowing at him and preparing to kick him again.

"Anyways I am going to the apple store, I will see you later Sam" running away at seeing the boots of doom.

"I will get him later. Right now I have so much to think. I wonder who the bitch that is with Danny. Probably he just got a date with her in his ghost form."

Fenton´s house the "date"

Danny was in his "date" floating invisible in Jazz´s room.

"Tell me Valerie, are you comfortable?"

"Y-yes I am, although a little nervous."

"Don't worry, that is perfectly understandable."

"So, I have never been in therapy. How is this exactly going to work?."

"Given the fact that it is our first session, we will begin with the basics, tell about you please."

"Well… my name is Valerie Gray, I am fifteen years old, my favorite food is fried fish…"

For the next hour or so, she told Jazz about herself, her likes, dislikes, family, school, basic things that anyone who knows or stalks her will know. Jazz also asked her a few questions now and then, and took notes about her answers, especially her body language.

"Well, I think this should do for now, we should program the next session"

"We have finished?, but it has been only an hour and we haven't talked about anything."

"Ms Gray…"

"Please call me Val, Ms Gray was my mother."

"all right Val, this is only the first session, I only want to know the basics about you, I don't expect for you to tell me the story of your life or your most intimate secrets in just one session. That will be absurd; therapy takes moths and even years before it can help the patient."

"Years? But I need help now, I am having nightmares and can hardly sleep."

"Val I can program our sessions to have them every two or three days, to help you to get better sooner, but even if I did that, like I told you before, therapy takes moths and even years. It not something that resolves your problems in a few weeks."

"Can you explain it a bit more please? Why does it take so much time? Please?"

"All right, I will try to explain the duration of therapy, if you have any questions wait until the end please."

"As I have told you before, the duration varies depending on many factors and especially of the case. Generally speaking, a brief therapy can go 10-20 sessions and some can last years."

"The sessions usually are an hour in length and frequency can be weekly, biweekly or even monthly, depending on the agreement or "contract" established between the individual, couple or family that goes to therapy and the person doing therapy"

"Although I can not tell you what exactly the average of sessions, it usually is between 10 and 30, depending basically in three things:

1- The specific features of the problem you want to solve and / or goals you want to achieve.

2- Your level of involvement in therapy: commitment to regular attendance (mostly), providing homework between sessions and maintain a committed and active role throughout the process.

3. The level of depth you want. Not the same "put a plaster on the wound" which is to vent or find some compression after a breakup; to follow a more serious treatment, for example, try to understand what happened, identify patterns of problematic relationship repeating in you, explore emotional deprivation, try new ways of relating, etc.; or to make a "complete checkup", which is basically explore other problematic areas of your life, try to increase your level of self-knowledge and overall satisfaction, etc."

"Do you have any questions Val?" asked Jazz

"So, basically if I know my problem, the level of depth I want and really involve myself it would short a lot?" she was already thinking how to shorten her sessions.

"aah, Val it is not that simple, it takes few sessions just to indentify the problem, even more to see the level of depth you want (or need but don't want it) and that is not even considering your level of involvement. As I said I can see you every two days, that doesn't mean you want or can see Me." exasperated

"But I already have a good idea of the problem, I now the depth I want and I am ready to come anytime you tell me. Please just tell what I would need to finish the therapy in just weeks. Think of this like a project to create a new branch of psychology, one that focuses on the fast help or something."

Jazz thought about it. It will be an interesting thesis. But no, the idea of therapy becoming something akin to McDonalds wasn't something she wanted to be responsible. On the other hand this girl looked as stubborn as her little brother and she didn't want to lose her first patient (even if unofficial). So an idea occurred to her to make her abandon the idea.

"Fine, we could try to do some express therapy, like say 7-12 sessions of an hour. It couldn't be worse than going to the school counselor." Murmuring the last part.

"Thank you. I really appreciate it" grateful with her until she saw the smirk forming in Jazz lips.

"But, if we are going to try this we are going to need to put some conditions."

"Like…" wary

"For starters you can´t miss a single appointment."

"Okay…"

"Second, I will not sugarcoat the questions I ask you. And I want the truth. No matter how embarrassing or humiliating you will have to answer."

"Eeh, could you give me an example, please."

"Well, what about a question now? If you don't answer truly then we can forget about this."

"Fine, bring it on" confident that nothing could faze her. She was wrong

"When you were a child, did you ever see your parents having sex?"

"WHAT? WHY WOULD YOU ASK THAT?"

"You were supposed to answer, not asking back. But I will make an exception this time. You see if you had a trouble with your relationships, having seen something like that in the past not only would have given you nightmares, but will also make difficult for you to be in a relationship." it was BS but hopefully it will stop Val of her idea of an express therapy.

"I didn't, but I discovered a dildo when I was 8" she interrupted her thoughts.

"W-what?" stunned by her answer

"Granted I didn't know what it was back then. I just thought it was some toy or something like that."

"Y-you know it was just a BS question to dissuade you right?"

"Yes I know, your smirk was a give away. But I still answered you truly, what does that tell you?"

"You really want this don't you?"

After she answered her question, what else could she say.

"Yes"

"Fine, but I will really ask you invasive questions. I hope you understand that."

"Yes, I do. But I know you wouldn't tell anything I tell you in private" and she really meant it.

"Fine, what if we see us in two days at the same hour?"

"Good for me."

Jazz escorts Val outside of the house. While Danny left to his room.

"Well that was disappointing. I was expecting something different. Hopefully it will be more interesting in the next sessions. Well there is nothing to do right now, so will just watch some videos in YouTube or play some games"

He spent the next few hours watching videos and doesn't notice the pass of time, until he fell asleep.

Small Dream

He was in a hospital that smelled funny with his daddy. He didn't know why they were here, no one told him anything. He only understood that his mommy was here. So maybe they came for her?

"Daddy where is mommy?"

His dad was sad. He had been crying.

"Danny your mom has…has been called."

He blinked not understanding what he was talking.

"Called, called by whom?"

"By god Danny, you see god needed an angel so he called for her. She is going to go with him."

"Oh, we are also going with her." He asked innocently.

"No, Danny, we are not going with her. I am afraid we aren't going to see her in a long time"

"But..But then she is going to visit us?"

"No, Danny she is not going to visit us. "

"But..But.." crying by now

"Danny your mom is in a better place now, you are going to need to be strong."

Both of them hugged each other and cried. This was one of the worse days of his life.