Summer Home
Chapter Ten:- Aftermath
Okay, one week not two... w/e. I got time on the cruise to type up this chptr so here it is.
Sam opened her eyes to see a bright light. All she saw at first was white, white walls, white lights. Oh no. She thought. I'm actually dead. This is heaven. But as her eyes adjusted more, she saw more and more of what seemed like a hospital room. There were bright lights around and the sun was shining in through the window. There was no one in the room except the boy in the bed next to her.
"Sam?" She heard a voice. She looked over to take a closer look at that boy.
"Danny? Is that you?" She turned her head to see and it was indeed Danny. She smiled and almost started crying. "What happened?"
"I'm not sure." He said. By the sound of his voice, it sounded like he had just woken up too. "How are you feeling? Are you okay?"
"I'm a little dizzy." She said looking back at the ceiling. Their beds weren't far apart and Danny reached his hand out. Sam smiled and reached her hand out to hold his. "I'm sorry." She whispered.
"No, I'm sorry."
"Hey. You guys are awake." Tucker said walking into the room. "You guys scared us there." He pulled up a chair in between their beds and sat down. He seemed to ignore the fact that they were holding hands. "What happened you guys?"
"Last thing I remember is laying in the sand and my arm hurt." Danny told him.
"That would make sense. We found you on the beach right after you passed out. Your arm's broken." He pointed to Danny's arm.
"Everything's a big blur to me." Sam jumped in.
"You know what's strange?" Tucker asked. "You passed out right above where Sam was buried and there was a giant X under you." He shrugged. "X marks the spot."
"So what? You just started digging where the X was hoping to find me?" Sam asked.
"Well, that and some ghost said you were there."
"Crazy french little girl, right?" Danny guessed.
"No. It was a guy." Tucker said. "Said his name was Shawn." Danny and Sam exchanged scared and confused looks. "He said he saw that you were buried there so we took a shot in the dark and you were there. Before we could thank him or anything, he took off."
"Does anyone know it was a ghost?" Danny asked.
"No. Well Travis does, but that's it. Otherwise it was a lucky guess as to where you were."
"Wait, Travis knows-" Sam started but as if on cue, Travis walked in. She tried to pull her hand away from Danny, but he held it tight.
"How are you guys doing?" He asked them. It confused Sam on how he didn't mind the fact that they were holding hands.
"We're okay. I don't think I ever thanked you or anything." Danny said. "Thanks." Travis just nodded. "Your parents just got here a few minutes ago."
"Great. Just what we need." Danny sighed. "My crazy parents yelling about ghosts."
"Actually, all your mom's been yelling about is you." Travis laughed a little finishing that sentence. But all Danny did was groan.
"With a broken arm, I won't be able to fight ghosts. This sucks."
"Danny!" Sam gasped. "Travis is right here."
"Oh he knows already. He knows everything." Danny had a little irritation in his voice as he finished too.
"Yeah, they told me everything. Strange life you have huh?" Travis smiled at her and she smiled back.
"Well I guess it's good I don't have to lie to you." She said looking at him. Just then the nurse came in and asked Tucker and Travis to leave. They left willingly.
"Good to know you're both awake." She wrote a few things down on her clipboard. "I know you'll be asked a lot of questions so I won't bother you with my personal ones."
"Thank you." Danny said removing his hand from Sam's.
"By the way, my name's Janet."
"How long were we out for?" Sam asked.
"Well you were found at around midnight or so... so I guess it's only been a few hours. It's only about seven o'clock now." Janet wrote a few more things down then headed for the door. "There's an officer here who wants to talk to you in a moment." She told them before she left.
"What are we going to say? A ghost took me?" Sam asked him as soon as Janet left.
"Tell them the truth. Not saying they'll believe you but we'll all back you up." He looked back to the ceiling. "Hell maybe they'll believe it after everything that's happened."
"Danny," Sam said making him turn his head. "I-"
"Hello. I'm Officer Smith." A man said walking in and cutting Sam off. "I'd like to ask you two a few things." Sam and Danny nodded and answered all questions.
A few hours later, Danny and Sam were both aloud to leave. They made their way out of the hospital and back to the cabin to collect their things. They wanted to go home. Tucker, Travis, Sam, and Danny took one car while everyone else was already heading home.
"Man... We were only here for what, three days?" Tucker asked in the car.
"Yeah." Danny sighed. "I'm ready for a vacation. What about you guys?" They laughed a little.
"Yeah I think I could use one." Sam raised her hands. "God, this headache is going to kill me." She put her hand to her head.
"Why don't you rest a little? We still have a bit to go." Travis said driving.
"You got time to sleep before we get there." Tucker agreed.
"I can't fall asleep in a car. It's impossible." She said moving around a little. Danny, who was sitting next to her, lifted his right arm, the only good one he had.
"C'mon." He said. Sam already knew what he meant. She scooted closer to him and felt him wrap his arm around her shoulders while she rested her head on his shoulder. She completely forgot that Travis was in the car at that point. All she wanted was peace.
Danny sighed as he felt her breathing steadily which told him she was asleep. He saw Travis and Tucker exchange smiles and he just shook his head at them.
"You know we still have to tell her about all this. She doesn't know." Danny whispered.
"Not like she cares." Travis laughed a little. "She still thinks that me and her are going out and look how comfortable she is with you. She's not going to be able to kill me for having a girlfriend."
"Wake up Sam. We're here." She heard Danny say and she felt him gently shake her. "We need to grab our stuff." She slowly lifted her head and looked around. Tucker and Travis had already left the car and were inside.
"I don't wanna get up." She whined with a fake tone which made Danny laugh a little.
"You feeling better?"
"Yeah. My headache's gone." She slowly climbed out of the car with him closely behind. "Danny. Before we go in, I have something to tell you." He nodded and looked at her with a hopeful look. "I-"
"C'mon guys. I'm not packing for you!" Tucker yelled out the window.
"That's happened twice now. Oh well. We better get going." She turned and went toward the door but Danny pulled her back.
"They'll understand." He said before pushing his lips to hers. It was a slow kiss, one that lasted only a few moments but felt like a lifetime. They closed their eyes and just stood there almost in shock. He did pull away though. He opened her eyes in time to see her eyes slowly flutter open. "I've wanted to do that for years." He smiled.
"What's going on?" Travis asked walking out of the house to see them.
"Oh god Travis..." Sam gasped. "Oh god I'm sorry." She turned to him. "Travis, I-I..." He held up his hand and stopped her.
"I know." He smiled. "He knows I know. Everyone knows I know they know but you."
"Okay I didn't understand that." The guys laughed.
"C'mon, Cupcake. We'll explain." Travis said leading her into the house. Once she was seated on the couch they started explaining.
"Okay... So... You were paid by Tucker to take me out, make Danny jealous, and somehow get us together?" Travis nodded. "All while you have a girlfriend?" He nodded again. Sam stood up and walked over to him. She reached a hand to his cheek gently and smiled. She stroked it once with her thumb then pulled her hand back a little bit. She pulled it back just enough to slap him, and she did. She slapped him.
"Ouch!" Danny said while Tucker just stood there with his mouth open.
"I guess I deserved that." She nodded then walked over to Tucker.
"Oh no! No way!" Tucker started backing up but she just smiled. She jumped forward and hugged him. "Umm... Ok. This isn't what I expected."
"I know." Just then, she dug her nails into his back just enough to cause him a little pain.
"Ow!" He shouted. "I helped you! Why do I get pain?"
"Because." She stated simply. "Oh by the way Travis, sorry, but it was needed." He nodded understanding a little.
"Okay Sam." Danny said. "Your turn."
"What are you talking about?"
"Who was that guy?"
"Oh." She sighed. "Well his name was Shawn. I met him last year a little before I met Travis. We decided to go out for the summer at that goth camp but we both knew it would just be for the summer because we lived so far apart. Well he started off like a normal person but after awhile, he became more stalkerish. He would panic when I'd go out at night with friends without him and things like that. When the end of the summer came, he said that he'd stay with me. Go home with me and not get on the plane home. Well I told him it was only a summer fling and he needed to go home. He got on the plane and about twenty minutes after the take off, it blew up with him on it." They all looked at her with a somewhat sympathetic look. "Well now, he said he had met some ghost named Malcolm who helped him see that all women are evil and sinful. So he took his revenge on me and spread it to every woman on earth. He tortured them with their worst fear which eventually killed them. He thinks he's doing all men a favor."
"That's what he meant." Danny said aloud while everyone looked at him funny. "He told me he was saving me from you and your ways. He kept asking me why I wanted to suffer and be tortured by you." Danny went and sat beside Sam then put his arm around her again. "But you're not torture at all. Not to me." She smiled up at him.
"Alright." Tucker spoke up. "One more story that needs clearing up." They all looked up at him. "What's with the cupcake thing?"
"Well, there was a food fight at camp and while we were throwing food around," Travis explained. "Sam here, got hit with a cupcake that after hitting her chest, slid down her shirt and got caught in her bra." Danny and Tucker laughed only to get a groan from Sam. "Hence the name Cupcake."
"Oh he didn't even tell you the best part." She told them. "As I'm scooping frosting out of my shirt, the head master walks in and sees me with my hand in my shirt." The boys couldn't help but burst out laughing.
The ride home was quiet and boring. No one really spoke and everyone but Tucker, the driver, slept. Travis stayed back at the house and waited to catch a plane. Danny and Sam were curled up in the back sleeping. Tucker looked in the review mirror and smiled at the sight.
When they got to Danny's house, Jack, Maddie, and Jazz were standing outside waiting for them. The moment Danny got out of the car, Maddie ran up to him and hugged him.
"Okay, broken arm here, pain." He told her and she backed off a little.
"You know Mom's not letting you leave the house ever again?" Jazz told him and he just laughed. "Good luck with ghosts with that thing too." She whispered to him.
"Yeah, I'll need it." He smiled.
It took hours before Danny and Sam got another minute alone. When they did, it was getting dark and they were standing outside on his front porch. They didn't say anything for a few moments.
"So you uhh, wanted to tell me something." Danny spoke up.
"Oh yeah. Hopefully I won't get interrupted this time." She smiled then looked down. She took his hand and held it. "Danny, I love you and I don't mean as just a friend. I mean I'm in love with you."
"I love you too, in the same way." He leaned down and went for that one kiss, the one that sealed it all. His lips touched hers and enough electricity went through them to light up the neighborhood. Their eyes closed and she wrapped her arms around his neck. His one good arm was wrapped around her waist and pulled her closer. She melted into him careful not to hurt his broken arm.
When they did pull away, their eyes stayed closed for a few more moments. She looked up into his eyes and smiled softly.
"I better be going." She said turning away.
"Do you want a lift? I'll fly you over there."
"Danny, your arm's broken. You won't be able to carry me" He gave her the 'try me' look. "Besides, you should rest. I'll be fine. Night."
"Night, Sammy-kins." She turned and glared at him.
"Watch it ghost boy." She smiled and left him smiling himself by his front door.
Okay, so what did you guys think of the ending? I'll put an epilogue up real soon... actually it's already done I just want to wait until I get more reviews for this chptr so it should be up in a few days.