The flight afterwards was quiet, both to ecstatic or to busy on the moments before to speak a sentence. When Danny landed them both on solid ground, Sam stepped away, clutching her jacket close. Raising her head she eyed the new area. "I thought about having a birthday party but couldn't decide where I wanted it. Thanks Danny, this is perfect."

Danny raised his eyebrows and looked at the abandoned back alley of a quite plain run-down looking building. "Very funny, Sam. We're not here to cut the cake though."

Sam snickered, walking to the dead end before turning back to the white haired ghost and raising an eyebrow of her own. "So what then?" She gave a fake gasp and lifted her hands to her face with an impression of fear. "Oh no! Is Danny Phantom going to mug me, rape me, and kill me? Whatever shall I do?"

Danny ignored the word rape since he had berated himself for almost doing that back in the moonlit clouds. Instead he gave the best roguish grin he could and stalked toward Sam. She kept the little act going, gasping and shaking but not resisting the small laugh escaping her lips. Once the 'stalker' got his 'prey' cornered he lunged at her, enveloping her in his arms and turning intangible. A flash of dark solid and then they were solid themselves. He released her as she laughed still.

"No, I don't think I'll mug you today. But this…this is your birthday present." He smiled. And looked past her shoulder.

Sam turned slowly, absorbing the not so different surroundings. It was no alley, but it was no palace either. She didn't even recognize this area of Amity. The building was a large twenty-three levels, white, bare looking office building. There was no windows ad it gave a feeling of a hospital or something like…."You took me to an Insane Asylum?"

Danny slapped his palm to his forehead. He gave a sigh and glare. Looking at her irately before grabbing her hand. "Don't tell me you think so little of me." He murmured while dragging her behind him. They made it to the front of the 'Asylum' and Danny pointed a finger at a small gold chipped plate next to the double doors. "Government Lab Testing."

Sam gave him the once over. "Danny your idea for Birthdays…sucks." It was only the understatement of the year, after the kidnapping at night, dropping through the sky…twice, she didn't know if she could handle a Government Lab.

Danny was going to make sure this worked. He had thought so hard about it, planned it out and damn it, it was going to work! He pulled her through the wall again, staying invisible so he could spot where the guard and camera's were. The lobby was as basic as the outside and the guard with a bored look on his face proved it further. He pulled her up to the second floor, peeking in before finding himself in a utility closet. Perfect.

Pulling them up and returning to normal state he turned to her, who was now busy shoving a broom off her shoulder. "We're in a government building so…help me out and try not to make so much noise?"

Sam immediately stopped pushing the brooms and mops off her shoulders. They leaned straight up precariously before falling back down to swap her in the face, she dodged, and they clattered to the floor noisily. She gave him a nervous smile. "…Can we..?"

"Starting now."

"Thanks." She whispered as they stood for a bit before she pressed on. '"So…what does this have to do with the celebration of my life?"

Danny nodded and looked around the closet, ruffling through cleaners, supplies, folders and finally found what he needed. "These blueprints should do." He spread them out of the floor and Sam picked out a flashlight from the supply chest, flicking it on. "Alright this is the second floor so we are here…" He traced his finger up the floors from their current location. Financial, research, laboratory, office and then experiment storage. "We need to get there."

"Look Danny…I know you forgot my birthday and…I am Goth, but I'm not one of those crazy Gothics who love to watch pain and do odd things to themselves and—"

"Oh come on Sam!"

With his shouted whisper he snatched her hand and dragged her through more concrete floors. Sam resisted the urge to faint. Solid, new room, solid, new room… she would never get used to it. Being inside something rock-hard felt like drowning and watching the new rooms zoom by added to the nausea.

When they stopped she gratefully slumped on Danny's shoulder. "Will you look now Sam? I thought since your parents gave you one…I had to top that some how so…how about 2 dozen?"

Sam's eyes were wide with awe for the 3rd time that night. Metal cages, some empty but most of them filled, surrounded her. Black, white, brown, spotted, patched, big, small, fluffy, slick, young, and old rabbits stared back at her in all their glory. Sam's smile grew big and she lunged to the nearest cage. "Bunnies!" She exclaimed and poked her fingers through the cage, brushing the soft noses of a pair of white ones.

Danny smiled as Sam let them nibble on her fingers, not for the first time realizing how odd of a Goth she was. But then, any Goth that was an ultra-recyclo-vegitarian slash humanitarian was bound to be odd. He walked towards her, brushing his bangs back and kneeling beside her. "They were being used to test new medications and drugs that were killing them because they were too strong. They're aren't many left but…I'm sure we can carry them out."

"You mean it?" She asked, looking at him with delight filling her pale purple eyes. Disbelief also written there, Danny never gave in to her with his powers before. Not wasting time on saving the animals when he had ghosts to fight. "You'll help?"

"You think I brought you here to feed the lab pets carrots?" He asked with a grin. He stretched out his hand, making it intangible and placing it in the cage. He ruffled the fur on its head before picking up the rabbit by the scruff. He pulled it out and handed it to the eager young Manson. She held it lovingly, the pink nose moving at one hundred sniffs per minute as she flopped its ears around.

Danny stood and looked around the area, spotting what he was remotely looking for, a large company duffle bag. He snatched it up and returned to her as she looked up from the floor, the cottontail doing the same "I know it's a tight fit, but they'll be out soon."

She nodded and put her new friend down for a minute.

The process was easy enough. Danny reached through the cages and grabbed the rabbits and handed them to Sam, who proceeded to put them in the duffle bag, nice and comfy. They had gone through most of the cages now, the bag was half full, just one more batch and they were done.

The bag was constantly moving; little faces popping up to look at their rescuers, as if they could feel the excitement in the air. Sam was putting the heads back in non-stop and the first bunny Danny handed to her, the one with snow-white fur and bright green eyes, was jumping back and forth between the ghost boy and his new owner. Fantom, as she had named him, was instantly her favorite.

"Okay last one." He announced, giving her the final brown-patched rabbit. She took it happily, placing it in the bag with his relatives and neighbors alike. She zipped the bag closed, leaving some space for air, and then picked up Fantom, putting him in her coat pocket.

"Ready."

Danny wore a smile as he leaned to pat Fantom on the head before directing the smile to Sam above him. "Nice choice." He murmured and stood to his full height.

She nodded. "I think so too…I know this isn't the first time I've said this but, Thanks Danny. For everything." He expression was genuine. Truly thankful for not only her Birthday gift, but for him simply being there when she needed him, ghost or no. His lips twitched to smile but he seemed to resist it, his eyes deeper than that. A gloved hand caught the corner of her eyes before she felt it on her face, caressing her cheek and drawing her in to him. Her breath hitched and she made no attempt to protest.

The color of bright green enveloped her sight. Her view became hazy with the color and she saw his own eyelids close a second earlier than when his lips met hers. Sam learned quickly that their kisses would never be tender, sweet and slow. They were fast, aggressive, possessive even. It seemed as if they feared they would lose time, like they only had one chance to get the most of it. But then…until tonight… their kisses were all fake.

Sam never saw this part of Danny…ever. He was so passionate it almost frightened her. He had never been this way before…before the incident with his future self? She trembled, and not because of his drop in temperature.

Danny begged her to respond to him and when she shook in his arms he immediately regretted it. What am I doing? Let her go…let her go! But he couldn't. He didn't want to. He chose to ignore her rejection and pressed on, not realizing he had been walking forward with her until her back met the cages gently. The small bump seemed to knock some sense into the girl and he felt her press against him as well. She lifted her own hands to his cold cheeks, warming him and slowing him down from his strong emotions.

Danny allowed her to soothe out the act, savoring each sweet second. He nipped at her lower lip lightly, bringing his hands to her waist. He tried to speed up, but Sam wouldn't have it, taking her time to simply linger there. When they drew apart, Danny leaned his head on hers and breathed heavily. His fingers danced across the side of her hip, caressing her there and he opened his eyes.

Sam was looking up at him with deep, wide amethyst eyes. Shock was clearly her expression along with her friend embarrassment at the new awkward moment. There was something else there, something Danny didn't catch. No…please no, don't let it end yet. To stop reality from crashing down, the hybrid rushed another kiss, his arms encircling her fully.

Sam's gasp was cut short when another rush of heat raced to her lips. She forced her eyes shut as Danny hugged her close. Was this happening? She felt Danny's icy breath into hers as her opened her mouth with his tongue. No…this was no dream. She closed her eyes and returned the favor.

Meanwhile the little creature in Sam's pocket grew restless, Fantom poked his head out from being squashed between the oblivious couple. The poor rabbit needed space, or at least to get out of the confining space he was currently in. Shifting out a furry white paw, he lopsided halfway out, his unclenching claws digging into something for leverage, he lifted to jump, but his claw stuck into the cloth.

Unfortunately, the leverage was Sam's poor leg. The pain made itself known immediately and Sam's eyes jerked open and she squirmed beneath the ghostboy. She placed her hands on Danny's shoulder and tried to jerk him away, which only succeed to encourage him to move to nibble down her neck. While this was a very nice feeling, the claws in her leg were not. "D-danny..." She squeaked

He emitted a small growl of sorts. Sam mentally shrieked and slapped herself at the pure awkwardness this was going to cause later. "Danny…s-stop!" God it took her a lot to say that.

Danny stilled, but it was already to late. A familiar feminine shout emitted from the lab doorway and everyone was put to a complete standstill.

"GHOST BOY!"

Valerie.

This one is even shorter but when I wrote it, it ended like a cliffhanger so... Cliffhanger! Hahahahaha...

By the way the rating has changed to Teen and Danny is 16, Sam just turned 16, and Tucker is 15 and a half.

Valerie is 16.