Summer Home

Chapter Five:- First Night, Hot Night

Danny came up from under the ground and turned human then landed on the floor by Tucker.

"Anything?" Tucker asked moving over to sit on the couch.

"Nothing that I can see. Of course I'm no mechanic or anything." He sat down by Tucker.

"Go down to the store and pick up a lot of ice and I'll call someone to fix the AC." Danny looked at him with a confused look.

"A lot of ice?" He asked.

"Do you know how hot it's going to get in here without air? It's already like 100 degrees outside. Imagine how hot it'll be in here." He explained. "I'm gonna want ice to cool me down."

"Then you go get it. I don't want to get up."

"Yeah but you can fly there so it'll be quicker and the ice won't melt." Danny groaned and got up.

"Fine but you owe me." He got up and went ghost before flying off to the store.

"Ahhh." Tucker sighed laying down. "I love that he's half ghost. It gives so many excuses." He turned on the tv and relaxed.

Meanwhile, Danny was flying around a little and passed the store a few times. He was just floating, thinking, enjoying the alone. He knew Tucker wouldn't mind if he was gone a few extra minutes, he probably wouldn't even really notice. He was floating around with his back to the ground when he heard a few screams and shouts. He looked down ready to spring into action but he noticed it was just a yatch full of people partying. He then realized that Sam was probably on that yatch with Travis, having a good time, flirting... He closed his eyes and tried to ignore that thought. He tried to think of anything else but what always came to mind was Sam. Especialy now that the AC was out, she'd be wearing even less around the house. God he hoped someone could fix it soon. If not, he might go insane.

He thought about going down to see what Sam was doing but changed his mind and landed behind the store. After he changed back into his human form, he walked into the store. Danny was looking down at his feet lost in thought when he felt someone bump into him.

"Oh sorry." He said looking up to see a guy about his age looking back at him.

"No problem." The guy responded. Danny went to the back to grab a few bags of ice. He then walked up to the counter and put the bags on it. The girl behind the counter rung them up.

"Six twenty five." She told him. Danny was suprised at how cheap ice was here and reached into his pocket for his wallet.

"Shoot." He said still searching. "I must have forgot it."

"Sorry. No money, no ice." The girl said then went back to reading some magazine.

"Here I got it." The guy said from behind Danny. He turned around to see the same guy he had bumped into before.

"Oh, thanks." The guy gave the girl the money and Danny took the ice. "I'm Danny by the way."

"Shawn." Shawn held out his hand and Danny shook it. Danny's ghost sense went off agian.

"Nice to meet you but I gotta go before this ice melts." He made up and excuse and ran out changing into ghost form once outside. "Alright where are you?" He asked into thin air.

"Qui?" A little french girl floating in the air asked him.

"Oh just a little ghost."

"Pardon?" She walked, well flew, up to him. "Où est la centre commercial?"

"Uhhh... What?"

"Tu parle français?" She asked him.

"See this is where Sam comes in handy. She knows french." He started gesturing. "I. Have. To. Go. Ice. Will. Melt." She looked at him confused.

"Je ne comprends pas." She tilted her head but he just sighed and flew away. He passed the yatch again but once again desided not to torture himself more by seeing what she was doing. It was better not to know for him.

"What took you so long?" Tucker asked once he got in. So much for him not noticing. Danny thought.

"Little ghost girl speaking in french. Confused the hell outta me."

"You get the ice?" Danny held the bags up. "How? Your wallet is still here?"

"Some guy paid for it for me."

"Nice people they got here."

"Yeah." Danny sighed a little. "I'm going to go put these in the freezer. Did you call anyone?" He asked going into the kitchen.

"Yeah, someone will be here tomorrow." Tucker called back to him. "Which means we'll have no air tonight."

"Great." Danny said sarcastically. Then he started talking to himself quietly. "That means I have to sleep in the same bed with Sam while she's probably wearing next to nothing. I am going to go insane."

"I'll take the bed if you want." Tucker said from behind making Danny jump a little.

"Tucker!" He yelled at him.

"Why won't you just admit it?"

"Admit what?"

"That you like Sam!" He shouted at his friend.

"I do NOT!" Danny knew it was useless to try to fight it but he still did.

"Dude! Come on!" Tucker rolled his head. He was getting sick of his friends' denile. "You know you do, I know you do, just admit it already you half ghost hybrid freak in denile!"

"Hey!" Danny started yelling at him. "Talk about cheap shots you nerd."

"I am a techno geek!" Just then Sam walked through the door.

"Uh-oh. What'd the geek do now?"

"Arg!" Tucker was just frustrated now. "You two are so in denile!" He walked into the bedroom and shut the door.

"What did he do?" She asked as Danny walked into the living room. "Whoa!" She said just now realizing the heat. "Is he responsible for making this place so hot?"

"No. I don't think so." He sat down on the couch. "The AC's just broken. Someone's coming to fix it tomorrow." He took a look at the clock and saw it was still pretty early. "What are you doing home so early?"

"A little too much drinking on that boat for me." She said sitting beside him. "I asked Travis to take me home."

"And he did?" He asked a little shocked.

"Well I'm home aren't I?" She looked at him with a smart ass look on her face.

"He didn't ask you to stay?"

"No, he's really nice, Danny. He didn't pressure me or anything he just put us in a rowe boat (A/N: Rowe or row? i can never remember) and he took us to shore and walked me home." She sighed a little at the memory. She really was starting to like him and Danny really didn't like that.

"Oh so uhh..." He wasn't sure what to say. "So you have a good time at all?"

"Yeah I did. I mean there was dancing, food, punch. It was pretty cool but all the people were a little too wild for me."

"Too wild for you?" He raised his eyebrows at her. "What's too wild for you?"

"Those people... well those drunk people."

"Yeah well you're smart for walking away." He smiled a little but looked the other way.

"Thanks." She looked over at him and smiled but he wasn't looking at her. "Something wrong?" She asked

"No. Why?"

"You just seem... I don't know." He looked over at her. "Do you not like Travis?"

"No, he's fine. He just seems a little, strange to me."

"He's my friend and Tucker even likes him. Why don't you?" She questioned.

"He just gives me a bad vibe I guess."

"Well can you at least try?"

"Yeah I can." They smiled lightly at each other then she leaned over and hugged him.

"Thanks Danny." She hadn't pulled away yet and it was more like she was whispering in his ear. He gently moved his hands onto her back. But she pulled away. "Okay it's too hot in here."

"Yeah I know." He blushed a little wanting to believe she meant something else. Tucker came out of the bedroom just then.

"So you guys want to order a pizza?" He asked them.

"I already ate a lot but you guys go ahead. Besides, that way, you can get meat." Sam offered.

"Yes!" Tucker pumped his arm in the air. "Sausage and peperoni here I come!"

"You sure Sam?" Danny asked her.

"Yeah go ahead. If I get hungery later, I'll just go through the fridge." She stood up and went into the bedroom. "I'm gonna go change. It's too hot in here for jeans."

"Why were you wearing jeans to begin with?" Tucker asked.

"Because that's me." She answered then shut the door.

Later on into the night they were sitting on the couch with a fan blowing on all three of them. Danny was sitting there, sweat dripping down his face with a bored look on his face, Sam had a paper fan she was waving, and Tucker was sitting there just like Danny.

"Okay it's really too hot in here." Tucker said.

"I KNOW!" Sam yelled at him.

"Wow. Sam gets cranky in the heat." Danny said looking at her.

"Sorry. I think it's hotter inside than outside." She told them. "I'm going to bed."

"This early?" Tucker asked.

"It'll take me forever to go to sleep and sleep will pass time quickly." She explained.

"I think I'm going to go to sleep too." Danny stood up.

"Of course you are." Tucker teased.

"Would you shut up?" He walked into the bedroom.

"Don't you knock?" Sam asked laying down on the bed. "I could have been changing."

"Sorry." He blushed at the thought of that, him walking in on her, her walking in on him. He got onto the bed and kicked the covers off the bed. "Won't need those."

"Nope." She turned to face him. "Night Danny."

"Night Sam." Eventualy they both fell asleep. Danny woke up around two in the morning to find Sam in her bathing suit grabbing a towel. "Sam?"

"Oh sorry Danny. I didn't mean to wake you." He sat up and shook the sleep out of his eyes.

"What are you doing?"

"It's so hot in here. I'm going to go for a quick swim."

"Mind if I join you? I'm already up."

"Sure why not. Hurry up." He got up and went to the bathroom to change. When he got out, Sam threw a towel at him. "C'mon." They left a note for Tucker just in case he woke up then walked out the door. Sam started running once they hit the beach.

"Hey wait up!" He yelled after her. He jogged behind her and saw her laughing and couldn't help but laugh along with her. He didn't know why they were laughing. They dropped their towels just out of the tide's reach and ran into the water.

"Nice and cold." She sighed once she was waist deep. Danny wasn't far behind her.

"It does feel nice." He said to her. "If I wouldn't drown, I'd fall asleep here."

"Yeah well you can just be intangible and then you could. I on the other hand, would drown." He got closer to her.

"No you wouldn't." She looked up at him confused. "I wouldn't let you." They smiled sweetly at each other and he still moved closer to her.

"I know you wouldn't." She felt his hands wrapped around her waist and she felt a warm electric shock run through her body. She didn't even realize it but her hands found their way to his shoulders and rested there. Sam's back was to the shore and Danny looked past her when he saw two glowing eyes looking at them. "What?"

"Look." He turned her around but the eyes dissapeared before she could see them. "Where'd they...?"

"What?" She turned back toward him. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah I just saw..." His ghost sense went off before he could finish his sentence. "I"m goin'-" He started but was cut off.

"Sam!" They heard someone shout from shore. They saw Travis walk into a clearer view.

"To go insane." Danny finished his sentence quietly. Sam ran up to Travis and hugged him which made Danny have to look away.

"What are you doing out here so late?" She asked him.

"I could ask you the same thing." He told her pulling out of the hug. Danny was walking out of the water. "Hey Danny."

"Yeah." He replied a little coldly. Sam glared at him giving him that 'you promised' look. "We just came out for a swim. It's really hot in our house."

"The AC is broken." Sam explained further.

"Yeah I know." Danny heard Travis say.

"How?" He asked.

"Well I heard that someone's air was broken and I kinda figured it was yours once you said it was hot." He explained but Danny still looked at him funny like he didn't believe him. "If you guys ever want a place to stay that's not that hot, you're welcome to stay at me and my friend's place just down the road."

"No thanks it's getting fixed tomorrow." Danny said grabbing his towel.

"What he means is, thanks for the offer but someone's fixing it tomorrow." Sam corrected him.

"That's what I said." Sam just kept glaring at him.

"Well can I walk you home?" Travis asked her. Sam nodded, grabbed her towel and started walking. "I'll be right there hold on." He walked over to Danny. "Look I really like Sam so try not to get in the way." He told him then walked up to Sam. Danny stood there in disbelief as the two walked into the dark. Danny swore he say those glowing eyes look back at him again where Travis had just been.

"I must be really tired." He said to himself then walked alone in the darkness back to the house. When he got there Sam was already inside and Travis was no where in sight. He turned into the kitchen to see Tucker pop out at him.

"So! Went for a little swim did you?" Tucker smiled at him.

"Not now Tuck. Harass me in the morning."

"It is morning."

"Geek." He muttered before going into the bathroom to change again.

"I don't think that went the way I planned."

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