Sleepover
Chapter four: Birthday Stars
A/N: CONGRATULATIONS to Sam Manson Rules and SamPhantom. The answer is Star gazing! And for that, you get DOUBLE the fluff, unfortunately since this is prewritten, there is only one fluff in this, but in the next chapter BAAAAAAAAM you get my normal fluffy funny that I have in my other stories! I know I said that I would update at midnight, but I'm going to bed early today since it's Sunday and I start school Tuesday so I have to get used to turning in early…
Next order of business then! This is a long chapter (7 pages) so be happy because normally they are anywhere from 3 to 5 pages long. So read on, and tell me who you love!
"Open mine next!" Tucker said, shoving a brown paper bag in Sam's lap.
She stared at it. There was the bottom of a paper bag at the top of the paper bag on top. "What did you do? Shove a paper bag upside down into another paper bag?"
"Actually I did it three times."
"Greeeeeat…" Sam said laughing. She began to rip open the various paper bags then smiled when she came to plastic bags. She handed the paper bags to Tucker. "Put these in the recycling bin while I dig through these plastic bags…"
After a few moments of ripping apart various plastic bags Tucker Finally returned, just in time for Sam to come acrossed the final bag. "Is it a CD?" she asked, guessing from the obvious shape. Tucker didn't say anything so she picked at the tape on the bag until she had a hole to pull it out of. Her eyes light up. "Thousand Foot Krutch!" she grinned, hugging Tucker to her side with her right arm while her left held up the Cd for her eyes to examine. "How'd you know?"
"I hacked onto your computer and saw you had their music page under your favorites."
"I'll look over you hacking into my computer." she laughed. "Thanks."
Jazz cleared her throat behind Maddie, who was currently sitting at the table along with everyone else. "I got you something too, Sam." she smiled.
Sam looked surprised. "You did?" she asked.
Jazz handed her a black gift bag with purple gift paper sticking out. "Awe, it's so pretty… I don't want to ruin it…" she said.
"I got that!" Danny said, sliding behind Sam and taking a picture of the gift. "Okay, you're good" He said, sounding strangely like a marine.
Sam laughed and dug through the paper pulling out another CD. "SHOWBREAD!" She grinned. "Thanks Jazz!"
Jazz smiled. "No problem!"
Sam smiled as she looked over the tracks on the back. So far today was actually going great! When Jazz and Sam had returned from the movies they where greeted by Tucker and Danny who were armed with Silly String. Jazz imminently grabbed two bottles from the side table where she normally placed her keys and ran outside with Sam where the teens had a Silly String battle.
All this time she had thought Danny forgot about her birthday, when really he was planning a party for her the whole time. Sam had almost, almost hit her head when she realized how obvious it was.
Lead on where a Ghost is hiding
What's a joke. He was always a bad liar so how did she fall for it?
Danny looked at Jazz like she had grown another head. "Wait, since when have you known what type of music Sam likes?"
"Since we bonded today!" Jazz huffed. "Maybe Sam wants to hang out with a girl everyone once in a while, it is possible Danny!"
Danny lowered his head, pretending to be examining the camera while he thought. What if Sam liked hanging out with Jazz more than Tucker and him?
"Danny?" Sam asked.
He snapped out of his thoughts and smiled at her, taking a picture. "Is it time for a picture?" he asked.
Sam laughed and held a hand out in front of her face as if saying, 'no more pictures'. "No," she laughed. "I was going to ask if you wanted to come to the table? We're gonna cut the cake."
"I'LL CUT IT!" Jack suddenly piped up. He pulled out a mechanical tube and pressed a button. Suddenly, a laser popped out of it the size of a butcher knife. "WITH THE FENTON KNIFE!"
The teens in the room jumped up. "NOOOOO!" they shouted but it was too late, Jack had slammed the laser into the cake, causing it to spray icing and chocolate ice cream everywhere.
"Ha ha! Look at that! It smashes ghosts and cake!" Jack said proudly.
No one moved, they all sat there while the cake burned a cold spot on their various limbs that were unfortunate to get hit. Maddie smiled and pulled out another cake. "Lucky I bought a spare! It helps to expect anything Jack may do."
Mr. and Mrs. Manson sighed and pulled out a handkerchief to wipe the icing off them in perfect sync.
Maddie placed a black cake on the table. It had a picture of Sam with Danny and Tucker laughing. Sam was in the middle with her arms around the boy's shoulders. Tucker had his eyes closed and Danny had his head turned, looking at Sam. Sam was the only one looking at the camera.
Sam laughed at the picture. "I remember that picture!" she said, looking at Maddie. "How did you get a picture of us three anyways?"
"Well I had to go through Danny's photos, that was the only one with all three of you that had you facing the camera." Maddie smiled then put out a hand to take the knife from Jack. "How about we use a normal knife?" she asked.
Jack frowned and put the Fenton Knife on the table.
Maddie stuck the candles into the cake and lit them, then slid the cake over to Sam. "Is it okay if I just make a wish? I think the birthday song's been a bit over used." she smiled.
Mrs. Manson frowned but didn't say anything so Sam closed her eyes and after a moment blew out all the candles.
While everyone watched Maddie cut the cake Danny moved over next to Sam and leaned over, whispering in her ear. "I'll give you your present later."
She turned and smiled at him. "Okay." she said. "How about tonight when we go up to try out the telescope dad got me?" she asked.
Danny nodded. "Sounds good."
Sam nodded and turned her attention to the piece of cake that was placed in front of her.
"Okay guys." Tucker sighed, standing up and stretching. He looked over at Sam who pulled her head away from the telescope she was using to look at the constellations. "I'd better get going; it's way past curfew for me." He walked over to Sam and hugged her into his side. "Hope you had a good birthday."
"I did, thanks for the CD." she smiled.
"See ya." Danny said, sitting down where Tucker was previously sitting.
Once Tucker was out of sight Sam walked over and sat down next to Danny. "Good news," she said. "I just checked the sky and there is no sign of pirate ships."
Danny laughed lightly then reached in his pocket. "Here," he shrugged handing her a small box. "It was supposed to be a present from me and Tucker but at the last minute he told me he already got you that CD."
"So it's just from you?" Sam asked, turning the box in her hands before ripping open the wrapping paper. "Heh…" she smiled. "How'd you find wrapping paper this small?"
"It wasn't easy." he said. "And yeah, it's just from me."
She opened the box and her eyes light up. "Oh wow…" she breathed, pulling a small ring out from the box. She turned it over in her hands. It was a simple silver thin ring with a red jewel in the center. "It's beautiful…" she gasped, putting it on and turning it in the moonlight.
"I thought you might like it." he shrugged and looked at the stars to avoid eye contact.
Suddenly her conversation with Jazz popped up into her head. It's just a birthday present. She told herself. It doesn't mean he likes me.
She looked at the ring. "I don't like it." she said, he looked at her. "I love it." she smiled.
Danny smiled back at her then looked back at the sky. "I guess I'll have to get you a matching necklace or something for Christmas."
Sam laughed lightly. "Already thinking of Christmas? Man, I'm not even that far yet."
Danny smiled, not really knowing what to say now. He stood up and walked over to the telescope, trying to find the constellation he was looking at earlier. He tried to think of something smart or witty to say to clear away all the stupid fog that had fallen over them, but it was getting into his thoughts and suddenly he was beginning to get shy, which wasn't him at all.
Sam grabbed the book of constellations that came with the telescope and flipped through it, standing up and walking over to Danny. "See anything in here yet?" she asked.
"I thought I saw something but the stars all look the same to Me." he said.
Sam frowned at him and reached for the telescope, her ring glinted in the light the moon was giving off. "You need to open your mind more and look-" but she stopped. When she grabbed the telescope the stand was knocked off balance and fell on its side, then started to slide towards the edge of the roof of the op-center. "Aah!" she cried diving for it and also loosing her balance.
"SAM!" he cried, flying out to grab her before she hit the ground.
With her free arm that wasn't clutching the telescope she wrapped her arm around his neck for a better hold. "Danny!" she gasped. "What if someone saw you?" she asked, panicking.
He touched down on the roof, setting her down. "It's 2 am, I doubt the neighbors are watching us."
Sam let out a breath and backed up a bit more from the edge so she was more in the center of the roof. She fell to her knees and set the telescope on the ground. Her heart was still pounding from the fall. She set a hand on her heart and closed her eyes. "Wow, I bet I won't be able to go to sleep tonight after that…"
Danny walked over and sat down next to her, setting a hand on her back. "You okay?" he asked, rubbing her back lightly then stopped, wondering what compelled him to do that.
She nodded and smiled at him. "I've fallen off taller things." she tried to joke, but her voice wouldn't let her. She picked up the telescope. "I saved the telescope." she said hopefully.
He laughed. "You would have lost more than a telescope if I didn't catch you."
"Yeah, thanks for that… never a dull moment with us is there?"
"No, I guess not." Danny said slowly then looked at the ring on her finger. He took her hand gingerly. "You know, I'm kinda glad my parents wreaked your house." he laughed.
She smiled and tilted her head to the side. "Really now? Maybe you should fly in my window more often then."
He looked down at the ground, smiling then looked back up at Sam. "Speaking of that, Tucker wants to know what we're doing when I visit."
Sam rolled her eyes. "Think we'll ever tell him?" she asked.
"Well, I think we're gonna have to sooner or later. Preferably later." he said.
Sam smiled then looked down at her hand in his pretending to be looking at her ring again. "So how'd you know my ring size anyways?" she asked absentmindedly.
"You told me a long time ago. Remember when your cousin got married and the ring barer had a crush on you?"
She started silently laughing. "Yeah, and he tried to sneak the ring on my finger but it was-"
"-A size to big." Danny said with her.
She smiled and swayed a little bit, leaning into him. "I really do love it." she said.
"I'm glad." he whispered.
Sam turned to look at him; since she was leaning on him it didn't give her much room to move her head, if she could just move a little closer then--
--she pushed the thought out of her head and smiled then pulled away. A sudden rush of cold hit his chest where her back was previously sitting. She scooted over a few inches and lay down on her back, using her arms as a pillow.
Danny followed suit, looking up at the stars. "You know…" he started. "I wonder how people could make a picture by connecting the stars. I mean they have pictures of people fighting lions and stuff made out of a few tiny stars."
"You just have to have an imagination I guess." Sam yawned.
"Or really good at connect the dots." Danny added.
She gave a small laugh. "And stars aren't Tiny. Their huge." She felt her eyelids get heavy. "We could be looking at dead stars right now… because it takes years for the light to get to earth, so one could have died and we wouldn't know…" her last word died off in her mouth and she turned over on her side so her back was facing Danny.
"Really? Did we learn that in school?" he asked. "I fell asleep through the astronomy unit…" he trailed off then noticed he was talking to himself.
Danny looked up at the stars trying to figure out which ones were dead. He was probably looking at the stars for 10 minutes before Sam spoke up. "Danny…" she mumbled.
"Yeah?" he asked. When she didn't answer he picked himself up on his elbow and leaned over her side to look at her face. Her eyes were closed, telling him she was asleep. "Sam?" he asked.
She hugged herself and shivered. "Danny…" she mumbled again.
"I'm right here." he said, wondering why she was saying his name in her sleep. Suddenly Sam turned and shot up, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him. His eyes widened but gradually, after a moment he began to kiss her back, setting a hand on her back.
A brief few moments of bliss and Sam suddenly let go of the lock falling back limply. His eyes widened again. "Did she just kiss me in her sleep?" he asked slowly, then sighed. He knew Sam would never kiss him if she was fully awake and aware of what she was doing. "Come on…" he sighed, turning his back to her and with a great amount of effort, stood up with her on his back. "Sam want a piggy-back ride to bed?" he asked.
"Mmmfffffhhhh…" she mumbled into his neck, sending shivers down his spine.
"Get your arms around my neck." he told her, even though she was asleep.
But Sam actually got her arms around his neck…
…and began to squeeze the air out of his lungs. "NOT THAT TIGHT!" he gasped, then took in a breath when she loosened her grip.
He reached for the door handle, to go inside when the door opened on its own. Mrs. Manson stood in front of Danny. "Hey Mrs. Manson." Danny yawned. "I'm taking Sam to bed; she fell asleep on the roof."
Mrs. Manson blinked for a moment then a small forced smile came on her face. "Okay." she said. "I'll grab the telescope."
"What time is it?" he asked, as she passed him to get to the roof.
"Around 4:15, I was coming up to tell you two to go to bed." She said, frowning at the thought of her only daughter up on the roof alone with Danny for that long.
"Okay." Danny yawned, and started down the hall to Sam's room. He walked in and turned his back to the bed, so he could sit her down. After a moment of wriggling out of Sam's grasp. He picked her up bridal style and scooted her over to the center of the bed then pulled the covers over her. She reached up at him and pulled him down into a hug. "N-no," Danny said, trying to pull away from her. "You need to let go, come on, let go." he tried to coax her from letting go; finally he just grabbed a pillow and placed it in between him and Sam. It worked; she grabbed the pillow instead of him.
He sighed and walked to the door, flipping the light off as he walked out. "Goodnight." he said, Sam mumbled something and hugged the pillow closer.
He closed the door and leaned against it, looking at the ground, frowning. That wouldn't have happened if she was awake… he thought sadly, then started to drag his feet to the op-center where a nice airbed was waiting for him.
Inside Sam's room she opened her eyes and looked up at the ceiling. Did I go too far? Was he upset about the kiss? She licked her lips and sighed quietly, her mind reeling over various options to why he acted that way.
She was beginning to regret taking Jazz's advice and kissing him. At least she was 'Asleep' at the time and things wouldn't be weird the next morning. Would he talk to her about it?
I guess my wish came true. I got the strength to kiss Danny.
And that is where this chapter ends. I know you're all going, "NOOOO! GIVE ME MORE!" Well, wait until tomorrow.
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This time, I can't think of a hint to put for the next chapter, there isn't really a certain thing, buuuuut you can make my day for me and go to Thousand Foot Krutch or Showbread's website then tell me your favorite song they play on it!
Just because! And remember, when you make my dad you make me feel compelled to write FLUFF!
Maybe I should just make a one shot that's COMPLETELY full of fluff. Just Fluff, nothing more. So much it makes you choke! Any ideas for a one-shot?
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