Goodbye to You
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Chapter 5: To be with him.
"She came to your house?" Tucker voice asked through the phone's receiver. "Yeah," Danny began," then she trained a gun on me and was going to blow my brains out." It was about an hour since Valerie had left Danny's room after she had told him to be in combat. It had taken Danny that long to think over what was pretty much his only option. Sure, he had forgotten about his homework, but at least tomorrow was Saturday. Besides that point, there were more important matters to discuss. He would have to fight Valerie tonight. Danny decided to call Tucker and Sam as to notify them to the problem.
"She came to your room and not to mine. My dream had been ruined," Tucker remarked. Danny shouted into the phone, "Tucker! I'm serious!" "Sorry, man," Tucker said with a slight laugh," Anyways, are you going to fight her?" "Looks like the only choice I've got. Reasoning wouldn't do much good now." "Appears that's the case," Ticker said. Danny identified the worry in Tucker's voice and asked, "What's wrong?" "Look, Danny. I know that Valerie has threatened you and everyone else. The ting is I believe we can try and make her come to her senses." "You still have faith in her making the right choice?" Danny asked. "You bet," Tucker stated, "if we can get her to do away with her hatred towards you, then maybe she can trust you and we can all be friends." "All right," Danny began," I'll try to knock some sense into her during the fight. "Cool. Thanks Danny," Tucker said. "What are friends for?" Danny replied.
"By the way," Tucker replied," do you want me to come to the fight between you and Valerie?" "No. She threatened nearly everyone I now. I don't want any casualties." "I am going to go," Tucker replied. "I don't need anyone getting hurt because of my problems," Danny stated. "Hey, I always helped you even when you didn't need it. I also care for Valerie even if she has me as a potential target. I am going to help settle this whether you like it or not." "That's what I always expect form you," Danny remarked. "You know me," Tucker stated. "Okay. I have to go. I need to call Sam and give her the heads up on this dilemma." "Fine, later Danny," Tucker began," I wouldn't want you and your girlfriend to have to wait."
"She is not my girlfriend!" Danny yelled into the phone, but he heard only the other line clicking off. He turned the phone off and started to go ahead and place the phone back on the charger. He stopped suddenly and asked himself, 'Wasn't I going to call Sam.' "I shouldn't worry her." But he then thought that that wasn't the right thing to do. She was also a target on Valerie's list of possible hits. She could be in danger. He didn't want her dead; especially her. 'Why did that just cross my mind? Why do I care for her the most?' His mind then shot back to when she had been on him when she had knocked him out of the way of the attack. Her warm body had felt so good. He wanted to feel her again. 'We could be together.' He thought. His mind then remembered how she had told him that she wasn't sure about her true feelings for her. "Right, we're just friends," he said as he began to dial her number. Yet, the possibility of them loving each other still raced through his mind.
Sam was on her bed doing her homework when the phone next to her bed rang. She picked it up and asked," Who is it?" "Hey Sam," Danny's voice answered on the other line, "you got a minute." "Sure, what is it?" Sam asked with concern in her voice. "You know, the same thing. I go to school ,come home, and then find Valerie in my home with a gun pointed at me," he replied. "What! You're okay, right!" she yelled into the phone. "I'm fine. Aside from getting a very disturbing talk with her, she didn't do anything potentially dangerous to me." "That's a relief," Sam stated," but what did she want to talk to you about?" "Well, at first she wanted to finish me, but know she wants me and her to engage in combat over in the park. You know, the spot where we first did battle," Danny said. "Okay. Are you going to do it?" Sam asked. "I have to. She you, Tucker, and my family. I can't let her cause anyone harm because of me."
"But, Danny-" Sam said, but was cut off as Danny stated, "Sam, this is between me and her. If it's a fight she wants, then it will be a fight she gets." "If that's what must be done, then I guess it is the only way," Sam said. "Sam, I'm not going to kill her," Danny began," you see…well…do you think Valerie might still have some sense in her?" "I can't say I enjoyed being around her, but I guess there could be some reasoning we could do with them." "That's what Tucker said when I talked to him. He thinks we can get rid to try and come to the point that those instances where her life got screwed up were just an accident. Maybe then me and her could settle our differences and we could fix the dilemmas we have with her." "That would be great," Sam began," maybe then you can have one less enemy to worry about. Danny laughed at this comment and replied, 'You're right. Anyways, I better get ready. In a few hours, the battle commences." "Wait Danny. I want to come and help," Sam began. "I can't have you come. I guess Tucker will most likely come since there's no stopping him. I know you probably will ignore this, but please, don't come to the battle site." "Why not Danny?" Sam asked. "I know this is your battle, but if you have your friends we you-" she was cut off again as Danny yelled into the receiver, "Because you're too important to lose!" Sam's face developed a shocked look upon hearing these words. "Fine, I know I can't stop you. But, please, I don't want you to die," Danny finished as the receiver clicked on Sam's line, signaling that he had finished the call.
Sam couldn't believe what he had said. He thought of her as being too important to lose. Everything in her mind began to be pushed aside. She didn't think of her homework, her parents, or even the phone that was still grasped tightly in her hands. Right now, she only could think of Danny. He had said it to her. He did care for her strongly. But, could she tell him the same thing? She knew it still in her head. They had been friends since they were little kids. Both of them had been only friends. He probably just said that to get her to stay home. 'Yeah, he kid with feelings.' Sam thought. Danny would never try to hurt her. Danny considered her a very close friend. Why can't you just face it, he loved her and she did too? Sam shock her head and said to herself, "I don't know anymore. I'm just as confused about this as anyone could be in my situation. I care about Danny, but I don't know if I do care about him to the point that I truly love him." Sam then remembered that Danny had said he was heading to where he first encountered Valerie as a ghost hunter. She had to go to him. 'I have to be with him,' she thought as she headed to the door,' not as though I love him, but as a friend. Good thing my parents aren't home.' But, as she walked out here room and towards the house door, her mind still thought of the same idea: That her and Danny could very much love each other.
The sun shank into the horizon early that day as a moonless night sky blanketed Amityville. The cold air also returned to the city as the night sky came into play. As the streetlights illuminated the sidewalks and streets, Danny was beginning his walk towards the park and his coming battle against Valerie. As he walked these streets, the hood of his sweatshirt pulled over him and his breath coming out in visible puffs, he thought back to his phone call with Sam. What did he say? He told her she was too important to lose. That was a fact to him. But, he had said it with such feeling. Sam could get the impression that he loved her. Not that is a bad thing. The thing was they were just friends. "Sam could never show feelings for me like that," he muttered to himself as he came to the entrance of the park and started to trek down the path. 'I can't tell her things like that. If I do, what will she say?' Danny thought. Danny did enjoy being we her. He liked her a lot. But love is hard to come by for him. He didn't know what Sam thought of him. She may or may not love him. "Now's not the time," Danny said," I have to fight Valerie. I hope Tucker and said at least heard me out and didn't come." He had then made it to the spot when he stopped suddenly. There, up against a tree with her hands crossed in front of her chest, was Sam.
"What are you doing her?" Danny asked her as he walked over. She turned her head to him and replied, "Hey, I can't just stay in my house while you stay here and get hurt. You need your friends support." "I don't want you to get yourself injured as well. I told you-" Danny began. "I know and that's why I had to come here," Sam stated. Danny then saw that she was shivering. "You cold?" he asked. "It was just that I didn't expect it to be this cold, kind of stupid," she replied. Danny then took out of hoody and handed to Sam. "Here," he began," you'll need it." She looked at what Danny had offered him and said, "Thanks." As she pulled it over her head, she then felt the heat from Danny's body came off of the inside of the clothing and flow over her body. For one minute, she felt like she could go on forever feeling this. She quickly knocked herself out of this as she thought, 'Stop this! I need to just tell Danny how I feel. But, that was just…"
She then turned to Danny and said," Okay, Danny. I understand what you told me." "Yeah. What I said on the phone," Danny said with a worried looked on his face." 'Great,' he thought,' she probably is going to hate me know because I got her upset.' "I'm glad you care about me," she began," and the thing is, well, I just have had you in my head lately. And…the thing is-" "Well, well, well," Tucker said as he appeared came up to the two from down the road," I see what's going on." "What are you talking about?" Sam asked. "Its obvious. Danny didn't want me to come because him and you wanted…you know," he stated with a laugh. "That's not true! Valerie is coming," Danny shot back. "And she is here." Valerie's voice then stated from out of no where. The three then looked towards the hill to see Valerie on top of it, on hand on her side and the other on the handle of Ectoplasmic grenade launcher.
Valerie had arrived. The final battle between her and Danny is to commence. Yet, a secret battle over Danny and Sam's feelings for one another has all ready begun. What will happen? Find out in Chapter 5!