Though I had been sleeping for hours and hours the past day, I took a short nap after arriving home and was finally feeling okay. I finally looked at my phone for the first time since two days ago, I had about 50 missed texts and calls from Val and even Tucker. I invited the 3 of them over so Danny and I could explain what happened.
"I cannot believe! I am so sorry, if you need to talk about anything, anything, Sam let me know." Valerie said when she had first arrived. I looked over at Tucker who looked conflicted. I sighed.
"Let's go up to my room and just chill there until Danny gets here." My voice still sounding a tad raw. I was thinking of what needed to happen, I sent a text to Danny as we walked up to my room.
Sam: we've gotta talk before we explain to Tucker and Val…. Valerie knows about me.
We walked into my room and Val and I sat at the top of the bed by the pillows and Tucker at the bottom of the bed with his legs crossed looking very awkward so he just pulled out his PDA.
Danny: I just had an epiphany, and uh I think Tucker might also know about you?/ (he also was there when I was turned into a ghost so he knows about me but also I am kinda the reason Val isn't popular bc of ghost stuff… I'll explain when I get there in 5.
Sam: WHAT!? TO BOTH THINGS!?
Danny did not respond.
"Hey Sam, you okay? What did Danny say you look kinda funny right now?" Val said, I looked up from my phone.
I took a second.
"Uh yea…. I just have to talk to Danny real quick when he gets here…." I trailed off Val looking concerned.
I heard the doorbell ring and my head shot up.
"I'll be right back" I said to Val and Tucker who were both surprisingly quiet. I walked towards the staircase and waited at the top.
My mother had just let Danny in.
"They are right upstairs in her room so you can just go on up there!" she said.
"Thanks Mrs. Manson!" I heard Danny reply, as he started up the stairs facing me. His face broke into a smile which confused me.
"What?" I asked stubbornly.
"Nothing." He said biting back a smile. I rolled my eyes.
"We need to talk. What do you mean Tucker might know about me already and what the fuck did you do to Val?" I questioned arms crossed staring him down.
"Well speaking of Tucker and Val where are they?" Danny asked confused.
"Were in Sam's bedroom!" Tucker yelled. I shook my head. I took Danny's arm and led him into the bathroom where we could talk in private and not be overheard.
"Where are you-" Danny started as I dragged him over and shut the door.
He looked at me slightly blushing.
"Why are you making that face?" I asked then it hit me.
"I- I just thought- No- like- we could just talk and not be overheard!" I said quickly looking away.
"What I mean is don't you think it's an issue…." I trailed off.
"What's an issue?" Danny asked confused. I sighed.
"Well that Val knows I'm part ghost, but doesn't know you're part ghost but Tucker may or may not know that I am part ghost and also the fact you may or may not have fucked up Val's life as a ghost?" I took a second to breathe as Danny processed this.
"Also the fact that we both almost died but how am I supposed to explain the story if I don't know who knows what and whom it might upset or hurt!?" I said fast starting to get really stressed. I loved all of my new friends and the idea of saying or withholding something that could potentially hurt one was something I never wanted to do.
"Sam, hey, it's going to be okay." Danny said putting a hand on my shoulder.
"Sam" He said again, I looked up into his eyes as he stared back at me.
"Tucker and Val both love us for who we are, it's been years since the incident with Val and I plan on explaining it in full to her so she understands I never meant to hurt her or her family. And Tucker thinks you're cool and might already know you're half ghost so he can keep a secret." Danny said then pulled me into a warm hug. I fit so well into his embrace with being small and him being so tall.
We broke apart when we heard a knock on the bathroom.
"So are you guys like going at it in there or something? Cause Val and I wanna know what really happened and I gotta pee" Tucker said, I could feel my face burning. I stomped out of the bathroom with Danny trailing behind.
"We needed to talk without you two overhearing thank you very much! Go pee then we'll all talk."I told Tucker, my face still bright red.
A few minutes later we were all sitting on my bed, Val and I at the top again and both Danny and Tucker at the bottom.
I looked at Danny who was looking at me, we didn't know where to start.
"Soooo what do you guys want to know?" Danny asked awkwardly. Tucker sighed and shook his head.
"Okay since you and Sam are both Captain and Lieutenant clueless in this situation I will start it off." Tucker announced, Danny and I looking confused at each other.
"First I assume Val knows that Sam is Spectra because she is here already or Sam was just about to tell her." Tucker stated.
"Tucker!" I hissed throwing a pillow at him.
"Well, did you know?" He asked Val who looked surprised.
"Yeah, she told me not too long ago. When the hell did she tell you?" she asked confused looking from Tucker to me.
"She didn't which brings me to the next point: Sam I know you are half ghost and Spectra, it hit me when Danny was whining about the stupid Paulina thing, I asked him if he had looked at you and I said you were as white as a ghost and then I put together the time period of you getting here and Spectra showing up and possibilities of what you might be hiding. Also as a daughter of people involved in the ghost business it just made more and more sense. It was mostly a hunch until recent events." Val, Danny, and I all stared at him.
"And now to our last reveal which I do know will come as a shock to one person." Tucker took a breath and moved closer to Val, any tone of joking gone.
"Valerie,-" Tucker started.
"Wait Tucker." Danny interrupted getting off the bed walking towards Val.
"Let me, it's my secret." Danny said, Val looking between the three of us confused.
"Valerie, I am so sorry for what I did and that I didn't tell you and explain sooner." Danny said.
Two rings formed around his waist changing him into Phantom. Something I was not used to at all.
"I'm Phantom, I am the reason your dad lost his job, I am the reason all your friends deserted you, It is my fault you lost everything." He said with a thick voice.
"I never, ever meant for it to happen, there was this ghost on the loose and while trying to capture it I made mistakes that cost you the life you had." Danny's eyes were glassy as he looked into nothing. I had no idea what had happened and how guilty he felt. Danny then changed back to his human form. Still something I was not used to.
"You've become one of my best friends and I feel so terrible for hurting you. If there is anything, anything I can do to make it up to you, I know it's been a few years and I am so so so-" Danny was interrupted by Val standing and wrapping her arms around him in a tight embrace.
"I forgive you Danny." She said softly.
He wrapped his arms around her and I saw a tear fall down his face to the carpet. They let go of each other and sat back down on the bed with us.
"I know I should be kinda mad but I can't find it in me. If my dad didn't lose his job I would have never realized the people I called friends never cared about me. I would have never learned what real friendship is with all of you." Val said smiling with a few tears falling down her face.
"Group hug!" Tucker announced flinging his arms around all of us even though we were sitting on ends of my huge bed, basically slamming our faces into the bed.
After that Danny and I gave them the short version of what happened because with Vlad still in a coma and my mother going after him if he woke up and Danny and I together, he seemed so small in comparison to what mattered to me most: my friends.