Trimester 3
Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom
Look at that I haven't dropped off the face of the earth!
This is a cute, goofy, fluffy chapter that I hope you'll all love. I apologize for not posting this sooner, hours at work have increased and well, with there being times when I just don't know exactly how stable life at home is, I've been tired and stressed and that does not do anything, at all, for the creative writer, and hence I haven't either felt energized or motivated enough to type. But, and I hope I don't jinx it, things are starting to settle down a little.
Hope you all enjoy!
January
Danny flies home from another eventful day at work, the cold January air whipping in his snowy hair. Just as he was about to land he gets a text from Sam. He looks at his phone and smiles, rolls his eyes, and turns around to go to the store. Sam's cravings had intensified over the last couple of weeks and were getting stranger by the day. Danny picks up what Sam had texted and waits patiently in line at the checkout. After purchasing the items, Danny flies back home just as a snowstorm kicks up.
"Sorry for making you make an extra stop on your way home." Sam says as Danny walks into the warm home.
"It's alright babe." Danny chuckles as he puts away Sam's craving food. The most recent ultrasound still showed that the baby was a boy so Sam was on the computer making up the baby shower invitations which would be delivered the day after her next doctor's appointment on February 19th.
"You've been cleaning again." Danny makes note of as he look as the drying dishes.
"Shush." Sam says as she makes the final touch on the invitations and then stretches before standing and going into the kitchen and grabbing her food before she sits on the couch.
"You have some of the weirdest cravings." Danny chuckles.
"I blame him." Sam says pointing to her swollen belly. Danny rests his hand on her belly, noting the warmth and the small movements of the growing life within Sam.
"He has some weird eating habits." Danny smirks.
"Gee, I wonder who he could get that from Danny." Sam quips sarcastically.
"No idea." Danny says innocently as a small kick comes from Sam's belly. Sam looks outside, a smile on her face as the snow flies thru the air.
"Snow is so calming." Sam smiles.
"Yeah." Danny chuckles as he feels Sam rest her hand on his.
1 week later
Sam goes out with some friends to help pass the boredom of having to stay at home because both her doctor and over protective boyfriend have taken her off ghost hunting duty from month six and on.
"You ok Sam?" Hanna asks.
"Huh? Oh, yeah. I don't mean seem distracted, but I know that the others are dealing with ghosts and I hate having to feel like all I can do is sit on the sidelines and just watch." Sam huffs.
"It's for the good of the baby. Plus, once the baby is born and you've recovered and spent time with your little bundle, you can start ghost hunting again because your parents and Danny's parents are more than willing to baby sit." Star points out.
"I know that, but still, it's driving me crazy. That's why I needed to get out of the house today. I was beginning to go stir crazy." Sam says sheepishly.
"We like spending time with you Sam, regardless of the reason." Leslie giggles.
"I know and I appreciate it." Sam smiles.
"From what my mom has said, any day now you'll start nesting. You know, cleaning a lot and making sure every inch of the house is baby proof and spotless." Natalie says.
"That's also why I was trying to get out of the house." Sam admits.
"It's only natural." Talia says.
"I know, but I don't know if you know how bad I can get." Sam states.
"I think I know, considering I know you. And considering how tidy your house was before the housewarming party, I can only imagine it would be like that every day?" Hanna asks.
"Actually, it would probably quite literally sparkle." Sam admits sheepishly.
"You are terrible." Star giggles.
"I know." Sam sighs dramatically, making the others laugh.
"And just think, she doesn't even have the nursery ready yet." Emily laughs.
"That will give me something to do. I'll probably reorganize it like seven times before I finally like it." Sam laughs.
"This is the most I've ever heard you laugh Sam. It's nice." Star smiles.
"I'm in a good mood today." Sam smiles back at her friends.
"Yes, the glow around you is so bright I may need my sun glasses." Talia says.
"Anyone else smell the corny-ness in that?" Sam asks.
"I'll be here all week, good night!" Talia jokes.
"Now all we're missing is the horrid drum line and we'll be set for a comedy routine." Star giggles.
"Ok, how much caffeine have you guys had?" Sam asks.
"None actually, we're more or less feeding off of your good mood today." Hanna states.
"So, being leaches." Sam states with a smirk.
"Nom." Star laughs. Sam rolls her eyes at her friends. She felt someone from behind her approach.
"It's just me hun." Danny chuckles, wrapping his arms around her.
"You know I don't like when you do that." Sam argues.
"I know." Danny chuckles.
"You're lucky she didn't deck you Danny." Star chuckles.
"She knows it's me before I have to announce it. She just likes when I do so she doesn't freak out too much." Danny smiles.
"Oh yeah, the link you two share." Hanna states.
"Yeah." Sam smiles.
"You two are too damn cute. Stop with the cute!" Talia laughs. Sam sticks out her tongue before she and Danny get up and head to Danny's car.
"Let me guess, you're going to get home and start cleaning." Danny says.
"You know me well." Sam giggles.
February
Tucker and Val knock on the door at Sam and Danny's place. Danny opens the door and welcomes them into the house.
"Wow this place looks great." Tucker says.
"Thanks, I helped a little but Sam does most of the cleaning. And it's not that I don't offer, it's just, she's nesting and well when she's here alone she cleans…a lot." Danny chuckles. Tucker looks around at the spotless house.
"No kidding." Tucker laughs.
"But it looks absolutely wonderful Sam." Val comments.
"Thank you very much." Sam smiles as she stands up to welcome her guests.
"I'm so excited for the baby shower next week." Val giggles.
"I know, then I can get the nursery ready." Sam smiles.
"And round two of cleaning will begin before the baby is born." Danny chuckles as they settle down for the day. Sam and Val chat about just everyday things while the guys play a couple of video games before they decide on a couple of movies and watch them.
After a couple of movies Tucker and Val stand up and stretch as Sam stands up to prepare dinner.
"We'll stay for dinner and one more movie before we head." Tucker says.
"And I'm making meat for everyone but me." Sam says as she throws together a meal. They all take a seat at the dining table and eat their meal and chat excitedly before finishing up their meal and rinsing off their plates before gathering on the couch and turn on another movie. After the movie ends both Sam and Val yawn before standing.
"This was fun." Sam laughs as she stretches.
"Yeah, thanks for having us over." Val says.
"We need to do this more often." Sam says.
"I agree." Val chuckles. Tucker and Danny just nod in agreement before Tucker and Val say their goodnights and leave. Sam and Danny lock the doors and turn off the lights for the evening and go change for bed. Sam quickly changes into her baggy pajama pants and a tank top before she crawls into bed and almost instantly goes to sleep. Danny smiles as she rests, her swollen stomach rising and falling lightly with her breathing. He peels off his shirt and pants and pulls on his pajama bottoms before joining Sam in bed and turns off the light, but years of fighting in near pitch black have helped his eyes to see clearly in the dark.
He can't help but smile as Sam sleeps, enjoying the peace of the night because he knows that there won't be many night like this in the future.
2 weeks later
The house was spotless, the main bits of food was out, and it was all decorated for the baby shower. Naturally, since the baby was in fact a boy, the color theme was blue, green, and brown. And also, naturally, the guys all planned a guy's day.
"I made sure to look up all sorts of fun games to play." Valerie beams as she, Maddie, Danielle and Emily all await the others to arrive, and, as if by magic, they all showed up at once.
"Just place the presents on the table and then we can begin." Sam says as they all come into the house, smiling and bearing gifts. After they all get into the house and take seats Val gets right into hosting the event, starting with the games.
Meanwhile, with the guys
"So how you handling the cravings?" Dash chuckles.
"It's not as terrible as it seems. She sleeps like a rock." Danny smiles as they hang around the mall. A few pretty girls passed by, giving the guys the look, to which neither of them even notice.
"Hey, my friend wants your number." One of the girls says.
"Happily taken with a baby on the way." Danny smirks smoothly. The girls turn and walk off in a huff.
"To think, little over a year ago, we all would've been all over that." Dash chuckles.
"Yeah, but that's what happens when you find the one challenge you never want to stop." Danny smirks.
"Learning new things every day?" Tucker asks.
"More like she just has a personality that works with me. It's hard to explain, then again, our souls literally are tied to one another." Danny shrugs.
"True enough. You eager to be a dad?" Kwan asks.
"More afraid than eager, but still eager." Danny chuckles.
"She's having a boy right?" Mark asks.
"Yeah. The ultrasound revealed that much. Spread eagle for all to see." Danny chuckles at the memory.
"Any idea on names?" Tucker asks.
"She already has a name figured out and she's not going to tell me until after the shower." Danny says.
"She's a sneaky one." Tucker laughs.
"You don't know the half of it." Danny chuckles.
Back with the women
"So, now that we've played a couple of games, let's get to the presents and food." Emily chimes in as she and Maddie grab the bags and boxes off the table. Sam open the first one and smiles.
"Thanks for the crib and diapers Talia." Sam says.
"There's also sheets in the box too." Talia smiles. Sam takes the next gift, the one from her mother. Inside the neatly wrapped box is at least a years' worth of clothes ranging from infant to eighteen months old.
"Thanks mom." Sam smiles, hugging her mother. Maddie brings over the next box.
"Thanks for the stroller Hanna." Sam smiles at Hanna. Hanna smiles back. The cycle of presents continues for at least thirty more minutes between opening the present, throwing the paper aside, thanking the buyer, and then putting the present in a place where it wouldn't be in the way. By the end of it, she had a baby bag, tons of clothing, a dresser, a crib, a stroller, ten things of diapers, and lots of baby toys that make a variety of sounds. They moved onto the food which was mostly a potluck of what everyone could bring. As they eat, they talk.
"So we have one more game to play." Maddie says with a smile as she eats another bite of food.
"Ah, yes, the name game." Danielle smiles. This game was like hangman, but different. Sam stands after she eats and goes to the large whiteboard that her mother had brought for at least two of the other games and wrote out the alphabet and then made the lines for the name. She handed out the cards with ten boxes.
"Alright, I know it may seem odd, but the boxes represent how many chances each person gets. When you max out your chances you have to sit there as quietly as you can until the name is complete, and no giving hints, Star." Sam mock threats as Star puts her hands above her head, making them into a halo. It's quiet for a moment before Danielle speaks up.
"Z?" Danielle asks. Everyone looks at her oddly as Sam shakes her head and Danielle x's out a box. Another minute passes.
"A?" Hanna asks. Sam smiles and puts an A as the first letter of the first name and the second letter of the middle name. The women continue to guess letters for at least another twenty minutes before getting the last name of Fenton and most of the middle and first name before Emily puts her hand up.
"Yes mom?" Sam asks.
"M?" Emily asks. Sam smiles at writes down an m on the board.
"I?" Maddie asks. Sm again smiles.
"Aiden Matthew Fenton!" Emily shouts and Sam fills in the last two letters of the name.
"That's such a cute name." Hanna giggles.
"It's also the name my mom picked out for her first born son if she had one." Sam says. Emily smiles at Sam at the sound of the name. Another hour passes before the guys arrive back and the girls get ready to leave. Valerie and Danielle help Sam get all the baby presents into the baby room.
"Do I want to know how many presents the baby got?" Danny asks as he walks towards the bedroom.
"Didn't bother to count but you can cross off what we have with what we may need or want!" Sam laughs as Danny rounds the corner into the room. His eyes go wide as he looks around and takes inventory.
"I'll do that a little later." Danny chuckles.
"Translated, once everyone leaves I'm going to tinker with everything until it's put together." Sam quips.
"You know me a little too well." Danny chuckles.
The next day
"Did you read the instructions?" Sam asks as Danny continues to look over the discombobulated parts of the crib.
"…no, didn't think I had to considering it's a crib." Danny says sheepishly. Sam rolls her eyes at him as she finds the box with the instructions in it and hands it to him. As Danny reads it he starts to pull it apart and then reconstruct it, having Sam hand him the necessary parts and help hold parts in place. After finishing the crib they put together the other furniture, which includes and baby changing station, dresser, high chair, rocking chair, and toy chest where they place all the noisy toys for when the baby is older. The closet in the room has all the diapers and the baby bag.
"Ok, now let's get the load of laundry going with just baby clothes, and while that is going we can call the land lord and see if he'll let us paint the baby room." Sam says as she starts to open and cut the tags off the baby clothes. Danny calls the landlord and asks about the paint.
"I don't have a problem with it. As long as at some point I can come up with a paper stating that when you guys decide to move out that you'll paint the room white again and I do so hope that you put down some plastic as to not get it on the floor." The landlord says.
"Of course." Danny says before they end the call. Sam puts the colored clothes into the dryer and then the light colored clothes and whites into the wash.
"Landlord gave us the ok." Danny says as Sam walks into the living room.
"Good, so we can go get the pain today and the plastic tarp." Sam says.
"Yup, but I'm painting the room." Danny says.
"I know. Fumes and such. At least let me help move the furniture and put down the tarp." Sam whines.
"I will." Danny chuckles.
3 hours later
Danny finishes painting the room, making sure the window, despite it being very cold, is open to let out the fumes. The walls were now light blue, with pastel green trim on the bottom and cream color trim on the top, the ceiling was the same shade of white, with sponged places of snow white paint. Danny still didn't understand the difference between the two shades of white, but he knew better than to argue with Sam at this stage in her pregnancy.
"Alright, it should be ready in about two hours." Danny says as he walks out of the room, paint drops on his shirt and in his hair.
"You are covered in paint." Sam chuckles.
"I'll shower after we put the furniture back." Danny says with a shrug.
"And how long do you think that'll be?" Sam asks.
"I don't know, maybe two hours." Danny says as he sits on the couch.
"I'll grab a movie then." Sam says as she goes over to the movie shelf and looks thru the titles before settling on one. As the movie plays Danny rests his hand on Sam's swollen belly and smiles before he rubs it gently a couple of times.
"I'm excited to meet him and raise him with you." Danny says as he kisses the top of Sam's head.
"So am I." Sam smiles, nuzzling into Danny's chest.
Had to end it on a cute note! So, now to work on the next chapter. It's probably going to be a long chapter because it's well...dramatic. I'm also working, best that I can, on 2 request fics. So, until the next chapter is up, please R&R!