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Chapter 8
"Let's get her inside," Tucker tried to open the main school doors. The handle, however, refused to budge. "Damn, it's locked!"
"Grab my arm," Danny told him, still carrying Sam. Tucker did so, and Danny went intangible. All three phased into the school and out of the rain.
Danny let himself become tangible again, and laid Sam gently down on the floor.
Tucker found the main switch to the hallway lights and flicked them on, so they could see better despite the darkness from outside.
"Sam?" Danny knelt down, grabbed his friend by the shoulder, and shook her gently. "Sam? Sam wake up, please," He shook her harder, but still she didn't stir.
Danny took her hand and felt it. It was cold, and wet with raindrops.
They were all wet. Their hair was dripping, they were soaked to the skin, and puddles of water were forming around them. Tucker came and sat down beside him, frowning. "Anything?"
Danny shook his head and continued shaking her, more desperately this time. "Sam, please..."
Still there was no response; still warmth failed to return to her body.
No. No, this couldn't be happening! It couldn't! Not to his best friend!
"Don't do this to me – to Tucker. You can't!"
Still nothing.
"Please, Sam, no."
No.
Danny felt himself choke.
"Oh Tucker, this is all my fault." He whispered. "I should've been watching. But I wasn't. Sam tried to save me, but...she ended up..." The tears were coming on, he knew it. And it wasn't because his wound was still hurting. Danny buried his face in his hands.
Sam was gone... gone...
No, it seemed too hard to believe. It couldn't be true. Not Sam – his best friend, not after everything they'd been through, everything he'd risked for her...
He couldn't lose her.
That was why he'd been so angry when Sam had been hurt, why he'd chosen to save her, he realized. If he hadn't, he'd never forgive himself. He could never lose her...
He loved her.
But now...
No, no. It couldn't – musn't be – it wasn't true. But deep in his heart, Danny knew he'd have to accept it somehow...
All Tucker could do was to pat Danny's back as he, too, shut his eyes, a single tear sliding down his cheek.
And so it was that neither saw Sam finally stir, neither saw her violet eyes finally flutter open.
Sam sat up, and immediately a throbbing, piercing pain raced to her head. Her hand flew up to it as she groaned.
"Ohhh... my head..."
"Sam?" Tucker's eyes flew open. "Sam! You're okay!" He exclaimed joyfully.
"What?" Danny's head jerked up. When he saw that she was sitting up in front of him, alive as anything, he flung his arms around her in delight and relief. "Sam!" He found himself hugging her as tight as he could, as though afraid she'd leave him again. "Oh Sam, I was so afraid we'd lost you."
"Yeah," Tucker agreed. "You scared us half to death!"
"Well, you will lose me if you don't get Danny to loosen his grip soon," Sam joked.
Danny sheepishly let go of her. "Sorry," he grinned. "Couldn't help it. I really thought..."
Sam laughed and hugged him back before pulling away again. "It's okay. For a moment there I really thought I was done for too. Looks like Electra didn't gain enough power to harm humans yet. Either that, or she intended that blast to hit ghosts only – in this case, you. It was the impact that sent me flying – and that stupid ventilation shaft that knocked me out." She rubbed her head, scowling.
"No major damage done, though," She said when she saw the boys' faces of concern. "Just a little bruising. Nothing like yours," She looked at Danny's arm and cringed.
Danny laughed. "Ah, it'll be fine. It's just a cut." Then he found himself smiling shyly. "Hey, thanks for saving my life. I owe you big time."
"Nonsense," Sam stood up. Danny and Tucker did the same. "I was just returning the favor," She said to Danny. "You save my life, I save yours..."
But was that really it? Even if Danny hadn't needed to save her, she'd have done it anyway. She'd have given her life up for him. But it wasn't just because he was her best friend. No, she knew the other reason why.
She loved him.
Was that why he had also...? No, probably not. She highly doubted it. But... there was no harm in asking, was there?
"Hey, Danny?"
"Yeah?"
"Why did you do it anyway?"
"Do what?" Danny and Tucker both asked.
"Save me. Do you know how much you put at risk? The whole world could have fallen under Electra!"
Danny's breath caught in his throat, his green eyes widening. "Well I... uh... uh..." He stammered, starting to go beet red. He clearly hadn't been expecting her to ask that question. What was he supposed to say?
Tucker could sense that they didn't need him for this. "I'm... uh... I'm just gonna leave you two alone. I need to go to the bathroom." He made up an excuse and quickly slipped away.
But he had a feeling he knew what was finally going to happen, and there was no way he was going to miss it! So he hid himself behind the first row of lockers and peered around from there.
Meanwhile...
"You what?" Danny saw Sam raise an eyebrow at him. No way. No. Way. He couldn't tell her! What would she say? She'd probably flip! But part of him urged him to say it, wanted so much just to confess...
"I don't –" He began. "That is... I mean... I... because I... because..." He swallowed, aware that his cheeks were burning.
Come on, come on, just SAY it! The force inside kept urging him. SAY IT!
It was too much for Danny to bear. "Because I love you, Sam!" He finally blurted.
There. It was out.
Sam looked completely surprised by his answer at first. Then disbelieving.
"Are... you sure? You're... you're not under some spell again?"
Danny shook his head solemnly. "No. I really, really mean it."
And Sam read his eyes, and knew he was telling the truth. Laughing in delight, she threw her arms around him. "Oh Danny, I love you too."
Each then realized what they were doing, and drew apart, blushing and smiling shyly at each other.
And then, on impulse, Danny shut his eyes and leaned in to kiss her.
Sam closed her eyes as well as his lips met hers. Danny's lips were warm, and moist, and nice, just like they'd been during the fake-out-make-out. Only this time, it was sincere, and for real.
His pulse was racing at a million miles per hour, Danny was sure of it, and it was causing his wound, and his whole arm, to throb like crazy, but it didn't matter.
Until, of course, he felt himself go human against his will... The twin blue rings were enveloping him, changing him back to human form as they kissed and his pulse rate increased – not the very best of signs. Fortunately, Sam didn't seem to notice.
It was then that he felt his pants go intangible.
Oh no... no, not now! Concentrating hard, Danny managed to make them stay on. But as the kissing grew more passionate, it wasn't long before they were threatening to fall again...
This time he wasn't so successful.
Sam felt something drop near her feet and pulled away from Danny, looking quizzically at the ground, only to see him frantically pulling up his jeans.
"I thought you promised to keep them up," She laughed, teasing him.
Danny went red in the face, but said defensively, "No I didn't! I said I'd try my best, remember? And I did! Honestly!"
Sam smiled and slid her arms back around his neck. "Of course," she murmured, before bringing her lips to his again.
And this time, Danny's pants didn't fall down.
She felt her own heart pounding more fiercely now, felt Danny's thundering against hers as his arms slowly encircled her waist and pulled her closer. She tightened her grip around his neck in return, enjoying, savoring every moment of their first real kiss.
Outside, thunder rolled and the storm continued to rage on, but neither took any notice.
Tucker watched in silence from his hiding place behind the lockers, grinning so hard he thought his face would split. It was hard enough trying to suppress his laughter at the part where Danny's pants fell off, but oh! This was just marvelous.
Well, granted, it was the mushiest thing he'd ever seen, but he didn't care. Sam and Danny were finally together, and that was all that mattered.
"Man, they look so perfect," He said to himself, still grinning. Then he clapped a hand over his mouth. Oops! He'd said that a little too loudly!
Danny and Sam jumped at his voice, hastily pulling apart and whirling around in the direction of it, their perfect moment together broken – yes, the pants were only a minor interruption compared to this.
"TUCKER!" They hollered in exasperated unison. Make that very exasperated.
Tucker pressed himself against, the wall, praying that they hadn't seen him. "And they are so gonna kill me," He whimpered.
Yep. He was dead meat alright.
"But oh well," He shrugged and grinned. "Guess it's worth it."
THE END
Oh man! It feels SO good to finally be able to type that :) (Runs around house screaming: I FINISHED IT! YES! YES!)
Ehm... Although, on the other hand, I'm kinda sad it's actually over...
But oh well, I really enjoy writing this, and I hope you guys did too! (Esp. the last part - I wanted some major DxS, but I also really wanted something funny - oh, and besides, it has to sound like a real episode and I can't really have Danny and Sam kissing for more than ten secondsat a time can I? winks )
Okay, so, firstly I'd like to thank all those who reviewed the last round:
Kenastar101, Wolf-blades-wings, sugarontop1, rikagirls, Gijinka Renamon, divalady963, person, Spiffy McFloogan, brianna, Snea, sam manson rulez, Danny x Sam 4eVa, ana calderin,and guitargirl.
Guinivere Sage: Guinivere! You're back! Yay! I thought I'd lost you or something. As for the fluff, well, I had to take it out for awhile to make way for the action, but there you are with the last chapter! Hope you enjoyed it :D
Mental Mess: Whoa, okay... sumthing is nothing and nothing is something... you really got me confused! Fits your name, though! (No offense there) Thanks for reviweing!
Riverfox237: (Mucnches on hot popcorn shrimp her good buddy Riverfox237 sent her as she's typing this - hey, that stuff's nice!) Thanks for all the compliments! Appreciate you taking the time to actually analyze all that! hope you enjoyed the last one! Oh, and THANK YOU so much for that long e-mail, I'll get back to you on it when I have the time, but WHOA! Long, detailed description of RS! Thanks! I actually just watched it and it totally rocked! Welp, thanks anyway! More on that in my e-mail.
cakreut12: Thanks for your faith in me! Hope the ending was great as you expected, and just as "flippin sweet" as the rest!
Frimm: Yes, you certainly did! Thanks for the advice. Though why I probably didn't even think of doing that for Jack was becauseI wanted it to be a more serious incident, which calls for more seriousness... Thanks anyway!
emera-fire22: Thanks for making that request! Though you'll have to read on later to find out what I have to say about doing a sequel...
PhantomAL: Thanks for reviewing! I just don't get what you mean by "mentioning you"... Ah, anyway, if Iinterpreted it correctly, then here's hoping you like having a review response even better! Oh yes, and I forgot to say to your previous review: Welcome back! (Sorry that took so long)
pirate mai: Ehm... no, I wasn't implying that you Americans were stupid - though if it sounds like it please point out which part it is to me so I can make the neccessary changes. Thanks!
Steph and Kaylee: Ok, thanks so much for the links... though I just saw Reign Storm yesterday, so I do actually understand more now - thanks for your help, though! I'll go look it up when I next have the time.
And SECONDLY: Do watch out for a final author's note from me within the next 2 -4 weeks, which will contain acknowledgements and such.
THIRDLY: I am sorry to announce this to all of you who made the request or are going to, but no, I shall NOT be doing a sequel, as I feel that the story is already complete enough. I will be including a concluding paragraph (you know, like "so and so went on to achieve blah blah blah and got married etc. etc) like a short epilogue in the final Author's Note, just for those who really want more. Otherwise, I like leaving it how it ended :D
So except for that little epilogue, I shall leave the rest to your imagination! Yes, it meanswe have finally come to the end... won't you be nice now, esp since it is so, and REVIEW! (grins)
Other than that I have only one thing left to say:
DANNY AND SAM FOREVER!