Chapter Fourteen
Victor had arrived early on the day of the performance, bringing his guitar. His fingers were sore because he had practiced the whole night to not miss a single note of their song.
Sam was already standing in the middle of the empty classroom when he walked inside, gripping tightly on his clutches. He smiled at her, but she didn't return it. She didn't help him sit down on his desk like the day before and her eyes were bloodshot. Either she had been crying or she hadn't gotten any sleep that night. Maybe both.
"Good morning." He said, clumsily adjusting himself on his seat. "Are you ready for the performance?"
"Actually there's something much more important to discuss here other than the performance." Sam said quietly, walking towards him and sitting down two chairs away from his reach. Victor sat there quietly, listening to her. She crossed her arms over her chest and continued. "I don't want to cause any misunderstandings here and since I don't remember anything I'll have to fully trust you to be honest with me."
"Oh…" Was everything that he was able to say. He thought she had no evidence of what had happened the other night since she had no memories of it and he was much glad for it because she still considered him a friend. But how did she remember it so quickly?
"Was it you with me that night in the club?" She asked carefully, making sure he understood her every word. He opened his mouth but nothing came out and so she took the opportunity to hold her broken wrist up so he could see it properly. "Did you do this?"
"Sam… I'm sorry…"
"Was it you who slapped me in the face? The one who kissed me and offered me dope?" She continued, staring at his eyes like a jaguar about to attack the prey.
"I was high, okay? I couldn't control myself!" Victor defended himself; he wanted to stand up and grab her by the shoulder and make her believe that he was a gentle person, not the violent jerk she had seen that night.
"I smoked the same thing you did and I didn't break anybody's wrist." She replied, standing up and walking around the room. "Dope and alcohol aren't excuses. They only lower your inhibitions so you can do things you always wanted to."
"I would never attack you like that!" Victor defended himself, carefully to not raise his voice. The students started crowding the corridor outside and he didn't want anybody to overhear them.
"Actually I'm not concerned about your sudden violent act." Sam continued. "I was surprised that the first thing you did was to make out with me. When I resisted you forced me." She stopped to take a deep breath. "You said we were friends and at the first opportunity you try to get into my pants!"
"I told you-"
"Did you ever think about that before? You know… when I naively trusted you could see me as a friend like Tucker and Danny did?"
"Danny never wanted to be just your friend." Victor spat. "I always thought you were pretty and I always wanted to kiss you. Is that a crime?"
"It is a crime when you force it on me when I'm vulnerable." Sam said, finishing her argument.
"Oh fine. What do we do now?" Victor said, sighing and brushing his hands nervously through his hair. He admitted he was a jerk, but he didn't want to stop being friends with her. She had by far being the best girl he had ever known. "Are you going to take this to court? Are you going to put a restraining order on me?"
"No…" Sam said quietly. "I was planning on letting it just between us. I want to avoid a scandal. I was just going to make you agree to never come close to me again."
"Yeah…" Victor whispered to himself, almost breaking down in tears. "I was a jerk and I deserve it. Actually I deserve much worse from you. I can't even ask forgiveness because what I've done was unforgivable."
"I've forgiven you enough to not turn you in." She replied. "Just please don't talk to me again." And when she was finished he nodded and they stared at each other in silence for a few minutes.
"What are we going to do about the performance?" He asked quietly, uncovering his guitar.
"We can play and sing like we rehearsed. But this is going to be the last time."
"All right. I agree." The classroom door opened and a bunch of students came inside carrying their own instruments. Sam got distracted by them and Victor took the opportunity to take her hand in his, making her look at him with wide eyes full of fear. "I'm truly sorry." He said sincerely.
"So am I."
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The plan was very simple. Tucker would just drop the CD with Sam's song in Danny's room while they hung out in case she couldn't deliver it herself. She had called a musical producer and asked for a quick help and with the right amount of cash he was very glad to help.
She recorded the song in the weekend with a retired singer that lived in town. She didn't want to approach Victor again and she avoided him as much as possible.
"You sneak into Danny's room and drop the CD there. Be careful for him to not see because he'll ask questions." Sam explained to Tucker when they met before classes started.
"Yes, I know." Tucker put the CD on his backpack carefully. "But you know I was wondering how can simple song soft Danny up enough for you guys to talk. You know he's clueless. What if he just listens to it like a normal song?"
"Well, I hope he at least recognizes my voice." Sam answered sarcastically. She sat down in a chair and rubbed her eyes, obviously tired. Tucker knelt down next to her and put a friendly hand on her shoulder. "I tried to compose the lyrics as a metaphor of what happened between Dan and me, at least the way I saw it, but the description of the guy in the song fits in Danny's. I hope he realizes that I saw Dan as a helpless fourteen years old trapped in a much older body. I hope Danny realizes that in the end I'm in love with him, it doesn't matter if he's younger or older."
"If you tried to say all that using metaphors he won't catch a single word of the song." Tucker teased. He suddenly frowned when Sam smiled up at him tiredly. "What's wrong with you? You look pale."
"Yeah…" Sam sighed and rubbed her eyes again. "I sort of have a confession to make."
"What is it?" Tucker asked worriedly. He feared that she was sick and that maybe he would have to carry her to the nurse's office.
"On the day Dan died we were together one last time." She bit her lip nervously, staring at Tucker's face who stared at her unbelievingly. "I stopped taking my birth control pills for months now and… well, when we did it I was about to take a morning after pill, but…"
"But? Holy crap…" Tucker's eyes were about to pop out of his face. He caught up with what she was trying to say before she even finished it. "You're pregnant with Dan's baby!" He sat on the floor heavily because his legs had gone weak. "Danny's going to lose his mind."
"No, Tuck, that's not it." Sam explained carefully. Her eyes filled up with tears and he sat there quietly, listening to her. "I didn't take the pill because I wanted to keep a part of Dan with me. I was late two weeks and I was so sure I was pregnant that it made me so happy." She wiped her tears and continued "But today when I woke up I had gotten my period, so… the symptoms are just my normal PMS, not pregnancy signs."
"Oh…" That was a very awkward situation for Tucker. He wasn't used to be talking with a girl about her period, not even Star had ever mentioned it to him. "So… you're not, right?"
"No." She answered sadly. "I just wanted to be, so badly."
"Hey, don't cry." Tucker reached out and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "It's not like you can't keep a part of him. You said yourself you saw him as Danny. You don't have to keep anything to remind you of him because Danny will always be here. Get it?"
"Yeah, I get it…" She whispered quietly, giving Tucker a small smile.
"You will have another chance to have Danny's baby, just wait and you'll see." He grinned.
"Normally I'd have hit you for such perverted comment." Sam said in a mix of laugh and cry. "But I know you're right this time."
"Not just this time. I'm always right." Tucker laughed and helped her to her feet. "You still have your sister to practice for when it's your turn to have babies and I know you'll do a wonderful job."
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Sam was feeling a lot better when she found Danny that same afternoon. She had to deal with the horrible cramps, but emotionally she was much better.
Danny looked very pissed off, writing furiously on his notebook. He might be on the road to become evil, but he still was far from becoming a good student and making his homework. She let a small smile touch her lips at the usual sight; that made her gather her courage to sit down next to him, in the outside table far away from the other students.
Danny immediately lifted his red eyes to meet hers in annoyance. She bit her lower lip as she stared back for a few seconds. He was completely unreadable. There was no way she could see beforehand whatever move he was going to make and it scared her a bit, remembering to be very cautious with what she said to him.
"I'm sorry to intrude." She said quietly, offering a small smile that wasn't returned.
"Then just go. We have nothing to talk." He replied in an emotionless voice. At least he wasn't threatening her, yet.
"I wanted to explain to you my relation with Victor. You misunderstood what you saw-"
"I'm not mistaken, Samantha." Danny said, leaning towards her to speak in a low and deadly voice by her ear, making all hairs in the back of her neck stand up in a mix of fear and pleasure. "He wasn't the first and he won't be last."
"What are you talking about?" She whispered back with a wavering voice. She felt him smirk against her neck when he realized that she was just a scared sinful rabbit.
"I was too naïve to realize you were so found of guys. Elliot…" He lowered his head to press a kiss on her neck, making her tremble. "Alex…" Another kiss. "Maybe even Dash. You said he trapped you in an alley, but why should I believe you?" He was becoming angrier and angrier. He reached up his right hand to grip her hair firmly, to prevent her from moving her face away from his. "… in an alley, just like how I found you with Victor." He was quiet for a few seconds to give her time to reply, but she was too shocked to even move. "You seem to like dirty games against the wall, uh?" He chuckled silently and completed "And Clockwork said you were in danger… how silly of me to believe it."
"Clockwork?" She tried to move away to look into his eyes, but he held her tighter by the hair. Sam suddenly felt desperate to get away from him. She wished the students even far away from them would notice something strange happening and would come to her rescue. Ironically, someone did see them, but it was the only person that could make things worse.
"Danny! I can't believe you chose her over me even after you saw what she was up to in that club!" Valerie walked towards them with her hands on her hips, ready to teach both of them a lesson about humiliating her in public.
"Piss off, Valerie." Danny said through gritted teeth. He moved away from Sam's neck to stare at Valerie with such hate that she even stepped back, very intimidated.
"I demand answers. We didn't even have a proper break up!" She insisted and Sam realized that the fury that Danny was feeling suddenly was aimed at Valerie. He even relaxed his grip on her hair a little. It was her chance to escape.
While Danny was distracted, Sam pushed him away from her with all strength she had and he fell back on his butt, giving her enough time to run across the school grounds and to the streets.
When you run from a wild dog it will only chase after you and that's exactly what happened. Danny completely ignored Valerie and ran after Sam with an inhuman speed even if he still was in his human form. He didn't even think about his secret identity anymore.
Sam ran across the streets and avenues, bumping violently into people, phone booths and whatever she came across. She looked over her shoulder and only saw Danny getting closer. Her feet started hurting, but she couldn't stop. He had been her best friend and now she was afraid of him more than she had ever feared Dan.
How could she end in that situation when she was only trying to help him? She had been scared of Victor, but in the end it was Danny chasing after her like a madman. Was it too late to help him control his temper? Oh no, it wasn't. She was sure she could make him come to his right mind if only he stopped to listen to her. She had saved his older self who had been blind with rage much longer so it was possible to save Danny, too.
But first, she'd have to save her own neck.
In her rush, she didn't see where she was going and her feet automatically recognized the street she was running in and led her across the mall and into an old abandoned mansion. She dashed up the stairs, completely breathlessly and entered the first room she found with the door opened. It was the room she had had her lover in the dark.
She tried to calm her racing heart and tried to catch her breath, too. She was as silent as possible, while sitting with her back on the door, hoping Danny wouldn't find her there.
"Let's stop this game at once." Danny materialized right in front of her, in his ghost form. She couldn't run anymore. She was exhausted and she never could run or hide from a ghost. She just hoped he'd calm down too seeing that she wouldn't put up a fight.
Maybe if she let him do the talking, or even let him kiss her he would become gentle again just like he was when he took care of her on the day she found out that her lover was Dan. Maybe all it was required was for him to feel that she still needed him there.
"You like it rough don't you? You said so once and I've seen the bruises." Danny said in that same deadly voice sending chills all over Sam's body. She couldn't see much of him, just his silhouette, but she closed her eyes and turned her face to the opposite direction getting her strength to stand whatever was to come.
He grabbed her by the arm and not very carefully he guided her to the bed in the middle of the room. He climbed on top of her and pushed her legs apart with his knees. She bit her lip and didn't mutter a sound.
"I wish you wouldn't flirt with them. I wish there was only me." He whispered and thankfully Sam couldn't detect any sign that he was angry in his voice. There wasn't any sign that he was being kind, either but it was enough to make her wrap her arms around his neck hesitantly and hug him warmly.
"I told you once and I will repeat it: I never betrayed you, Danny, and I never will regardless what you believe." She felt a single tear drop on her cheek. Danny was still out of control, but he was crying.
"He held you like this, didn't he?" He asked, his voice was weak and it indicated that he was about to burst out in sobs, but he also pressed himself harder against her in a way that was at the same time intrusion and bliss.
"YOU held me like this and nobody else." She answered, reaching up and kissing his wet cheeks. She was winning that battle. She was making Danny listen to her. "Even if you see him as somebody else I was only with him because I saw YOU there all the time, just as desperate to be loved as you are now."
"You're lying." Danny said, finally letting himself cry freely, but his hold was still tight and bruising. "What about Alex? And Dash? And Victor? Did you see me in them, too?" He pinned her hands above her head to keep her from holding him again. "You like it in the dark, don't you? So you can fantasize about someone else, isn't it?!"
"You said you understood my reasons to be with him, to want to help him." She whispered sadly. Danny didn't answer her. "It's you that I adore. You're the one I've been dreaming of…" She said to herself, her voice was so quiet that he didn't hear her.
Danny didn't want to talk. He phased them both out of their clothes and not even his own sobs stopped him from doing what he wanted to. She didn't resist him either.
To Sam, it all was too confusing because she knew his every touch and every kiss, she knew he liked to hold her by the waist and that he liked to press lips together before entering her mouth. She kissed him back and when he stared down at her in confusion she reached up a hand to push his hair away from his forehead so she could lay a kiss there.
His intense stare didn't bother her. She embraced him with her arms and legs and reached up to kiss his lips. She saw that Danny's face was straighter than she remembered. It was a sign that he was growing up.
"You know…" She said quietly, finally feeling that she was safe to make conversation again. "I think I've just realized why Dan was changing and looking more like a human." She didn't wait for Danny to say anything and continued. "He is your future, not your alternative future. He changed because you changed your future. It's simple like that."
Her heart was swollen with joy. Even if Danny didn't believe her, she had saved his future! She had helped him change his tragic fate and would have another chance to grow up to be someone good. She had brought the lost boy back.
Danny stared down at her happy face in confusion. She wasn't supposed to look that happy while he tried to assault her like that.
Clockwork's words suddenly started buzzing around his mind. "There weren't many options to save her from heartbreak," and "You can't save her now." He realized what that what Clockwork said was true, that she would be raped to death and only Dan could stop it from happening because it was Danny who was going to do it.
He was going to kill his best friend and nobody was there to stop him because Dan had disappeared!
He sat up quickly, as if Sam burned him. She stared at him, puzzled. She tried to reach up for him, but he stood up and walked to the other side of the room where their clothes had landed and started dressing up. There was something in his mind screaming at him to go ahead and have his way with her because she would never be his if he didn't force her, but he strongly fought that desire.
"Danny…"
"Don't come any closer." He said, stepping back. "Don't come near me or I'll lose control of… this…"
"What are you talking about?" She asked, but she sat where she was. Was he actually fighting his temper? Was he winning over his jealousy?
"Stay away for a while, okay?" And then he flew away.
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Tucker entered Danny's empty bedroom after school and dropped the CD on his night table with his other favorites. He waited for about fifty minutes for Danny to arrive so they could hang out like they usually did, but then Tucker gave up waiting and headed home, leaving the CD there hoping he would listen to it before he lost his mind.
The CD laid there for hours. The Sun set on the horizon, giving space to the Moon to come in. Only when it shone brightly in the middle of the sky Danny arrived in his bedroom, floating in from the window and changing back to his human form before he collapsed on his bed.
Sam's tears had been imprinted on his mind as he walked away, leaving her in that dusty room. How could he treat her like that? She was even willing to give herself to him, but little did she know that if he hadn't stopped himself she'd be dead by now. He'd lose control and she'd be forever gone.
There was still some nasty part of his mind saying that she had done it a million times with several guys already so it was his turn to lay a claim on her. Now torn between guilt and rage he felt completely lost and the only thing he was sure was that he had lost her forever.
How could he face her after what he had just tried to do? How could he risk standing in the same room as her without losing control and killing her?
And how could she lie to him saying that she had only been with his older self? How could she say that the only reason she had been with him was because she saw them as the same person! How could she defend that bastard and say he had been a victim of a series of misfortunate events? How could she love him so much?
Danny didn't even glance at his night table. He picked the first CD in the pile and stood up to put it in the stereo. He turned it on and lay back on his bed, waiting for a stressful hardcore rock to start playing.
Instead, he was very surprised when he heard a soft guitar playing some notes he had never heard before.
"Oh where's the little black haired boy with shining eyes of blue
Where's the little black haired boy that bid my heart adieu
I wandered in the valley and swam across the sea
I prayed the good Lord's mercy would bring him back to me
Oh where's the little black haired boy with shining eyes of blue
Come home now little black haired boy my heart belongs to you
Be joyful little black haired girl your boy's not been untrue
Be joyful little black haired girl for since we bid adieu
I toiled in the valley and drowned beneath the sea
I prayed the good Lord's mercy redeem and rescue me
Be joyful little back haired girl your boy's not been untrue
For though my spirit's heaven bound my heart belongs to you
Oh where's the little black haired boy
Be joyful little black haired girl
Oh where's the little black haired boy."
As the song ended, Danny's heart shattered in a million pieces just like the glasses on his window as he flew off to Sam's house.
A/N - Yep! No baby! Who said I was going to become a good girl and make a happy sappy ending? LOL. There's still one more chapter to go and Danny and Sam will finally talk, but will she forgive him?
Oh and like I said some chapters before, the lyrics and the song belongs to Sam's voice actress Grey Delisle.
Here are some review replies: frumkin - Ha! I hope you think it's better now. Lol, you didn't think I was going to make the ending that obvious when there were still two chapters to go, did you? I like twists and turns! I hope you liked this one. Even though it was written before your review, I dedicate this twist to you. ;)
Amber-Phantom - Don't pull your hair! I've updated!
Froggy33856/blackrose33856 - Yep, it was Victor. Who did you think it was? Some random guy?
Ninaleoliona - I'm so glad! Thank you so much!
b4k4 ch4n - wow, I love your reviews and the way you write them, it's almost like you're reflecting about it while you write. And yep, the lyrics are in the text. Like I said, it's a metaphor. Let's just hope Danny will get the message .
mah - Hello to you brazilian friend! I'm from Sao Paulo! Thank for the review! I'm glad I'm not the only brazilian Danny's fan who reads fanfic.
hamanor12 - really you didn't like TUE? I liked Dan a lot, but for things the episode didn't show. What exactly did you like about him in this fic? The fact that's I made him be a grown up Danny?
Crazy Freckles - I know! I yell at the TV and at the computer, too! Lol. But don't worry the mess will be completely solved and there will be no more headache.
Japanese-Fanatic - I've updated faster, like I promised! Lol.
RedRoseRebel - I'm glad you still like the story! I've updated as fast as I could.
Kats02980416 - That was an amazing review! I loved reading it, thanks! And now we're reading for the talk part, but I can't tell you if there will be reconciliation. Danny was kind of a jerk in this chapter, wasn't he? Just wait and see if Sam will forgive him. And again, thanks for you review, I loved it!
fantasy phantom - I think this site had a problem with story notifications for a few days, many people missed it. But I'm glad you could read it and see that indeed it was Victor. There will be some explanation on his part in the last chapter. Wait and see!
Remember The Darkness - I'm happy you think it's original, I tried my best. I never saw anyone writting Dan as a someone who had been Danny once. I felt a bit of angst for him when I saw the TUE, that's why I ended up thinking of this plotline. Thank you for sticking with the story to the end!
starrobin4eva - I have a surprise for you, if you have nothing else to read after this story is done. I'm writting a new fanfic! That's why I'm in a hurry to finish posting this one, so I can work in the other exclusively! I hope you'll like that one. I'll post a teaser in the next chapter for you!
Scarlett Ward - wow I didn't you liked this story that much! I should update it more ofen then! Well, there's only one more chapter to go and I promise you it will be very special and make it easier to face Dan's departure. He was a nice guy in the end and he deserves some happy ending.
Maguffin2 - Yay! Thank you for reviewing!
flarey phoenix - Here's another chapter for you! I hope you're reading this while nobody is asleep so you can dance around the room like you wanted. Lol.
Vampiressa Avril - I hope you liked the song. Like I said it's a metaphor. I wrote the whole fanfic waiting to get to this song. It inspired to be stick with the plot!
Rishi-Rishi - yep! I'm 'cereal' about the two chapters. See? I've updated already! You didn't have to wait too long this time!
cutereviewgirl - My loyal reader. It's amazing how you manage to always write a cool review for me! I can't thank you enough for that. I've updated faster this time. So I hope you're happy with that. The last chapter will be up shortly, too.
Kozumy Disgrace - Lol, I'm going to make Victor suffer for what he did. I wish Sam's character would accept violece in this case, I'd love to write about her kicking his butt for what he did, but I'm trying to stay in character so I can't write that, lol. And thank you for liking this story so much and thank you for reviewing my other stories, too. I've read the reviews, but I couldn't reply properly. I just would like to tell you how much I apreciate them.
luv2bamom - Yay you're still reading this! I'm so glad! Actually, recently I've been wondering when you'll update your own story Love by Deception. I'm a loyal reader!
So! There's one more chapter to go, guys! I hope you've enjoyed the story so far and let's hear what you expect from the ending! I wanna know who I'm going to make happy and who I will disapoint, Lol. I'm feeling particularly evil today. Cya!