ShadowDragon357, ^O^ Um... I was thinking more along the anime nudiness... lol. As for novels there are a lot of ones that I read that are a little more graphic in nature and are free. They come free on my Nook anyway. I don't do underage stuff which is why my stories stay to where they are seventeen since they are a mature read. I know in some states that sixteen is legal, but I try not to make them that young. Hellbreaker, you are right. She would notice, but what girl going through what she goes through, plus is in the time of puberty, doesn't want that one person to think she is beautiful no matter what happened? Most girls are like that and I can imagine that Sam sees Danny liking all the popular girls as a slap in her face so what does she do? She finds someone she can imagine is him with those similar traits...halfa...and take that attention instead. sammansonrepilica, thanks. I hope that you like this story.

Danny thought for a second that he heard voices, but he couldn't be for sure over the sounds the doll was making as it wailed in his ears, but within seconds of his comforting the doll began to quieten before officially stopping. By then his ears were ringing so he couldn't really hear squat. Frowning he stood up and headed for the door, but as he grew closer to the door he could swear he heard Sam's full name being said. Knocking he heard a sniffle as Sam moved around.

"Come in," she called out. Danny stuck his head in to find his female friend curled up and a look in her eyes that he was sure he had seen only one other time.

"Are you okay?" he inquired as he moved to sit next to her on the bed, the mattress under him sinking with his weight. She nodded, but he could see it in her eyes that she was lying to him and it hurt. He felt like he was being shut out of her life, like she didn't want him to be apart of if. "Sam, you should know by now that I know you well enough to know when you are lying to me." She looked at him, her amethyst eyes shimmering with so many emotions. "You know how much I care about you, right?" She said nothing as she turned from him. He balanced the doll on his side as he reached out and taking the Goth's chin forced her to look at him, his touch gentle yet firm. "You are the constant in my life and I don't want that to change." Sam looked hopeful and then she though about all the secrets, mainly the one that no one, save for the halfa whose name she didn't know, knew. Could he care about her even as a friend after that? Sighing she turned away from him again.

"I know that you care about me Danny, but I just...I don't know how to explain it. I just feel kind of overwhelmed right now and I..." she faded off as she looked at him again, her expression clear. "I am sorry that I blew up at you. Can you forgive me and forget that I ever did that?" Danny didn't know what to say except that he would do as she had asked of him.

"I forgive you, Sam, but know that we need to talk at some point. I feel that we aren't who we were before." Sam mentally rolled her eyes.

"That's an understatement," she muttered after turning from him. "We will at some point when life doesn't just foam at the mouth to kill us or maybe that would be the perfect time," the Goth said without emotion Danny frowned at her as she sat up. "I guess I need to make something for us to eat tonight." With that being said she headed out of the room past the pissed off male. He was getting tired of her attitude. What was wrong with her? She wasn't acting anything like the Sam he knew! "Anything in particular that you want?" she called out, her tone neutral as if none of what had just happened even mattered to her. This was definitely not the Sam he knew.

"Whatever," he muttered as he got up and headed toward her where she was in the kitchen of the OP center. It was nothing fancy, but it would do for them while they formulated a plan. Sam paid him no mind as she began to cook a meal, the smells making his stomach gurgle causing the angered male to blush in embarrassment A giggle was heard and Danny looked up to find Sam still had her back to him, but he was sure that she had just laughed. Another gurgle happened just seconds later and he saw her tense up, her hand flying to her face and he knew that she indeed was laughing at him. "Are you laughing at my misfortune?" he inquired with a smirk, the mood in the room lightening. Sam shook her head, but when she turned around a few moments later with a omelette the meat smell of the bacon and ham filling the air making his stomach growl so loud that Sam could no longer hide the laughter that bubbled forward.

"Guess all that healing really did a number on your hunger," she said with a smile as she reached over to take the now sleeping doll. The doll had been so quiet that Sam checked to make sure that it was still on and surprised when she found that it indeed was still on. That was weird. The babe had been so active and now it was almost as if it had gone back to the way it had started. Shrugging she took it back to the makeshift crib before coming back to make her own meal.

As they sat there, the silence filling the air Danny took the initiative.

"Sam, I still want to get to know you better." Sam looked up at him, no words uttered from her mouth.

"Danny, you know all there is that you need to know. My favorite colors are black, purple, and blue. I am a vegetarian and a Goth. I can be outspoken and I have parents that are morning freaks as well as a little overprotective." He shook his head.

"Those are just the small things. I want to know what you think about. What you dream about and what your plans for the future are. Those are the things that I don't know and that I want to know." Sam felt a warmth in her chest. It was true that he didn't know those things about her seeing as she knew so much about him. "You know what I think about and what my plans for the future are."

"Not really Danny. I know that you wanted wanted to be an astronaut, but after those space adventures that we have had I thought you had changed your mind."

"That is true, but I thought that I told you about wanting to take over for my parents in the ghost hunting business." She shook her head. "Really? I thought I had told you about that." Had he really been that out of it that he had started to neglect his closest friend. Sure, he and Tucker had been close for a long time, bu the male had seemed to show that he could be just as ruthless as most of the ghosts that they battled when it came to him and his own needs.

"That would be a great job for you, but Danny you are a hero and that is your true calling with your caring personality."

"I don't know about that, Sam. I mean I was so engrossed with other people that I failed to see that you were being neglected." A blush rose on Sam's pale cheeks as she looked down at her hands as they shuffled. The halfa sitting across from her leaned over and placing his hands on her clasped ones continued, "I am sorry that I didn't-" He was cut off as the building shook and Sam was knocked back, her head striking the ground as Danny was thrown forward onto her now prone form. "Sam," he whispered as he felt the OP center lean more, their bodies sliding. A cry from the other room drew his attention to Dani, the doll still in the other room. Pulling the unconscious female close to him he turned Phantom before phasing through the wall and into the room to grab the baby before the whole center fell, the baby flying out of his grasp. Knowing that Sam wanted that grade made him swoop down to catch the doll before any damage could be done. As he turned intangible again he flew out of it just as the large part of the OP fell to the ground, the shield keeping him close to the wreckage as it fell on them. Holding the two females close he held his intangibility as he waited for the shield to crash. Within seconds it did just that, but at the same time his home caught on fire. As Danny flew off he thought about all the pictures and memories he had in his room of him and Sam. The girl in his arms was still out cold and Danny could feel the warmth of her blood seeping through his uniform. Panic rising in Danny he rushed as far from his home as he headed for her home in the distance. Would they be safe here? His answer was when he was blasted from behind. With a grunt he forced himself to stay airborn. He needed to get them out of here, but where could he go? Then it hit him! He knew of one place, but that meant he had to hurry to where they were since they were using it at that moment. In a flash of light and power Danny zoomed off into the skies, the clouds hiding him as he rushed for his destination.