Taking Over Me
Summary: With Sam gone, Danny has enough to deal with. At the same time he runs into the first ghost he can't beat, and that's Danny Phantom.
Rating: PG-13 for mature themes and language.
Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom, Butch Hartman does. I do not own Taking Over Me, Evanescence does.
Chapter Five
I have to be with you.
The thunder crashed again and Sam squeezed her eyes shut. She used to have been a storm person, before she was raped during one and almost committed suicide during one. Now they just brought back haunting memories, things she didn't want to have to face alone. Another streak of lightning flashed and she curled up further into a ball, mindful of how much stress she was putting on the baby.
She glanced around her 'room'. She had a bed, a dresser and a rocking chair up in an unfinished attic. She had run and extension chord up so that she could have a radio and her laptop, one of the things she had asked Danny to sneak into her house and get. Although, they had put in a space heater for when it started to get cold, she didn't have air conditioning. But if Sam got her way next June she would be back with the Fenton's.
She heard a tiny tap on her door causing her to yelp out of surprise. She closed her eye a took a few deep breathes as another thunder crash shook the floor boards. She opened her door and was literally latched onto by two little boys, knocking the wind out of her. Ryan was crying, tears streaking down his face. Blake was shaking so badly that it almost scared her.
They just stood there for a moment, Sam not sure what to say. "It's scary, Sam." Ryan muttered. He must be afraid, he was actually calling her Sam for once. "Can we sleep with you?"
Another bolt of lightning split the sky and she felt Ryan tense, Blake didn't seem to realize that it meant another thunder clap was coming. She wrapped an arm around the seven-year-olds shoulders and laid a hand on the back of Blake's head, holding him against her leg. The inevitable boom came complete with rattling windows and the slight shaking of the floorboards. Blake screamed and started wailing.
Sam scooped him up and started off towards her bed. Ryan ran in front of her and pulled himself up onto the bed. He looked at her, green eyes wide. Sam sat down but Blake refused to remove his arms from around her neck. She sighed and leaned back against the headboard. This was going to be a long night for all three of them.
Finding the house had been harder than he expected. It was one of those type of neighborhoods where every house looked similar and down to the numbers above the porch. He'd had to fly a lot lower than he liked. But he wasn't entirely sure if being intangible saved him from being struck by lightning. And he was not entirely sure he wanted to find out.
He finally found the house, having memorized the address a long time ago from staring at the envelope with the birthday card Sam had sent Jazz. He sighed and phased straight through into the attic. Sam was sitting upright her hand, resting on the little tousled head resting in her lap. The older boy was curled up against her side. They looked cute and harmless, rather than the two little terrors Sam often complained about.
He turned his attention back to Sam. She had put on weight since the last time he'd seen her but nothing major yet. Her hair was in her eyes a clip dangling from it, as if it had come lose during the night so far. He reached forward and gently took the barrette out. She mumbled something in her sleep but didn't wake up.
Danny gently brushed the back of his hand against her cheek. Her lashes seemed to flutter for a moment before sleep-darkened amethyst eyes opened. "Danny," she breathed.
"Hey," he whispered softly.
She seemed to jump blinking a few times. "It's really you?"
Danny smirked at her. "You say that as if you usually have visions of me when you wake up."
Sam blushed looking away. "You would enjoy that wouldn't you?"
He laughed lightly. "I'm glad to know that seeing me gets you excited."
She rolled her eyes. "Seeing you, Danny, is hardly enough to get me excited," she said softly, both very aware of the sleeping children around them.
He smiled at her raising an eyebrow. "Can I find out what I would have to do? Just for future reference." Sam stared at him slack jawed. "You're to easy to get the drop on." He said laughing lightly. She kicked at him gently through the comforter on her bed.
He looked over at her, all joking gone from his face. "I've missed you." He whispered, he tried to hide the longing from his voice but she could tell by the look on her face that she'd caught it.
"I've missed you too." Scared eyes, looked up at him. "What are we going to do. We still have another nine and a half months left."
He shook his head, wishing there was something, anything, he could say to reassure her. Heck, to reassure himself. "I dunno. I'll think of something. You just focus on getting better."
She leaned back against the headboard, her fingers twisting in Blake's hair. "I'm tired of people telling me to get better. It's like I'm dying or something."
You were, Danny thought to himself, you just didn't know it. He pushed back the morbid thought. "Your already happier."
Sam shook her head. "I'm just getting better at lying to myself, Danny." She looked up; bright eyes brimming with unshed tears. "And I'm not sure if it's a good thing."
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