Danny stared at his friends with a stone face for several seconds before they finally snapped out of their shock.

"Danny! What are you doing here?" Sam literally yelled. Danny didn't answer her, but moved around to the front of the chair and sat down, his arms folded, and his face still emotionless. His head was bowed slightly, and he was looking down, so she couldn't see his eyes.

"Where else was I supposed to go?" he asked quietly. Sam stared at him for a moment before speaking up again.

"Look, Danny...Whatever happened with your parents...why didn't you come to us?"

"Did you read the note I left Tucker?" Sam glanced over at Tucker, who shrugged, and shook her head.

"The police took it before I could read it."

"And he didn't tell you?" He shot Tucker an angry glance.

"I thought she'd already know!" Tucker defended, taking a step back.

'What?" Sam looked between the two.

"I told him what happened," Danny stood and began pacing, unable to keep still any longer. "After my parents kicked me out, I went to your house." He glanced at sam, and shook his head sadly. "I thought I would always be able to go there if I needed help...but I got there...and you slammed the door in my face. You told me our friendship was off, and you left me on the porch." He glanced at her, "What was I supposed to think? Everyone but Jazz had turned against me." He shrugged, "So I left."

"Hey," Tucker spoke up. "You didn't give me the chance!"

"I told you to talk to Sam about it," He rounded on Tucker, "I asked you to in the letter. Don't you think that might have been a little important? Nice to see that our friendship ment so much to you that you forgot." Tucker opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out. Danny watched with a cold, empty satisfaction as his fromer friends stared at him in shock.

"Danny, I" Sam started, but he cut her off with a glance from his dull, lifeless eyes.

"Samantha," she winced at the sound of her name. He only called her that when he was really angry at her. "You weren't there for me when I needed you. Why should I think that you would be again?" He shook his head and turned his back on them. "Don't tell mom and dad I'm here."

"But Danny..."

"Just leave, okay?" he glanced at them, and two rings of light appeared at his waist. A few seconds later, Danny Phantom floated above them, and they could only watch, trying to digest his words. "Don't come back," he said as he floated through the roof and into his room. He didn't see the two people he had counted on since Kindergarten walk numbly out the door, staring ahead in shock. Nither of them remember the butler showing them the way out, but Sam suddenly found herself walking back towards the local bus stop that would take them into town.

"Tucker..." she said softly, "We failed, didn't we." She said it as more of a statment than a question, and Tucker didn't answer. Depressed and gloomy, they reached the bus stop and waited for the vehicle in silence. As they sat there, Sam felt tears start to run down her cheeks. She had never failed before, especially when it came to her friends. She didn't like the feeling.