Chapter 8:The Graduation, the Speech and the Dance
On Friday morning Danny Fenton woke with butterflies in his stomach. He was going to graduate today and he had worked on his valedictorian speech all that night. When Danny was finished getting ready for the graduation and the dance, he went downstairs to find Jazz and talk to her about the drawings. When he found his sister he was glad that once again she was the only one downstairs in the kitchen.
"Hey, Jazz. Are Mom and Dad in the basement again?" Danny asked her.
Jazz answered, "Yeah, why did you want to talk to them or something?"
Danny replied, "Yeah, I wanted to talk, but not to them. Jazz I know what you did."
Jazz asked, "What did I do?"
Danny rolled his eyes and said, "I know you did the drawing of me and Sam."
Jazz sighed and asked, "You know I did those two drawings?"
Danny nodded and asked, "Why did you do it, though?"
Jazz answered, "I did it because I know that you like Sam, and I know she likes you, too. I thought that if you found the drawings than you and Sam would try and find the person who did the drawings and eventually admit that you guys like each other."
Danny smiled and said, "Jazz, ordinarily I'd be mad, but I'm not because I know you did it to help me. Just do me a favor and don't do it again."
Jazz grinned and said, "Deal, good luck at graduation Valedictorian."
Danny smiled when he heard the doorbell ring, "That must be Sam and Tuck." He said to Jazz as he headed to answer the door. When he opened the door Sam and Tucker was smiling big grins.
Danny asked, "What are you guys so happy?"
Tucker and Sam said, "It's the last day of school!"
Danny smiled and said, "You guys maybe happy, but I'm really, really nervous."
Sam said, "It'll be O.K. Danny, you should be happy that you're the valedictorian."
Tucker added, "Yeah, I mean, so what if you have to give a speech, you'll be great!"
Danny smiled and said, "You guys are the greatest, and I fell a lot better now."
When the three friends were halfway to the school Sam asked, "So, is your speech ready, Danny?"
Danny answered, "Yea, It took all night but it's ready."
Tucker said, "Well, just remember that whatever happens the three of us will always be friends and we'll always be there for you."
Sam smiled and said, "Yeah, always."
When the trio reached the school they heard Mr. Lancer say, "Mr. Fenton, may I have another word?"
Danny replied, "Sure, Mr. Lancer," then he paused for a little bit then said to Tucker and Sam, "You guys wait here and I'll be right back."
When Danny reached Mr. Lancer he asked, "You wanted to see me?"
Mr. Lancer replied, "Yes, Mr. Fenton. I just wanted to see if you were ready for the graduation."
Danny nodded and said, "I am, I have a speech, and I'm definitely going to the special dance with a date."
Mr. Lancer smiled and said, "Very good, Daniel. See you tonight." With that he was gone.
When Danny was back with Tucker and Sam they stared at him and asked, "What did Lancer want?"
Danny answered, "He just wanted to see if I was ready for graduation."
Sam smiled and said, "I just can't believe that this is the last day of high school."
Danny and Tucker smiled thinking of all the weird, crazy, and humiliating things that happened to them in school.
"Remember the day when you first fought Valerie?" Tucker asked Danny.
"Yea, and remember the time when you had to dress up as Sam so she could skip first period to see Freakshow?"
Sam, Danny, and Tucker started laughing at that incident.
"Remember the time when Danny's pants fell down when he was trying to ask Paulina to the school dance?" Sam asked.
Danny rolled his eyes and said, "Remember, Sam, broom closet."
Sam started laughing until Tucker asked, "What did he mean by 'broom closet'?"
Danny replied, "I told Sam that if I ever get another crush on Paulina then she has to lock me in a broom closet and she can't let me out until I come to my senses."
Just then Sam said, "Oh, I got to go to homeroom, I have to talk to Mrs. Romano, Later!" Then she left.
When Sam left Tucker smirked at Danny and asked, "Remember what happened after you got that amulet back?"
Danny looked at Tucker and asked, "You mean, when I started to dance with Sam?"
Tucker nodded said, "You guys looked like you had a lot of fun."
"Yea, it was fun" Danny said. Actually, Danny had a lot of fun when he was dancing with Sam. He remembered that night well; he remembered when he had to fight Sam to take the amulet off her. He remembered how beautiful she was when they were dancing together when she was her human self.
"Danny, Hello!' Tucker yelled at his best friend who was lost in thought
"Huh… what?" Danny asked as he was pulled away form his thoughts.
Tucker looked at Danny and asked, "What were you thinking about?"
Danny sighed and said, "O.K., you caught me. I was thinking about what happened after I got the amulet back."
Tucker smirked and said, "I knew you liked Sam!"
Danny blushed and asked, "What am I going to do?"
Tucker shrugged and said, "I don't know, but if I were you I'd make my move tonight."
Danny thought about what Tucker said all day. Now that he was at home he knew what he had to do, he just didn't know when. Finally, Danny knew what he was going to do and when, but just as he was going to call Sam, Jazz came in his room and said, "Danny it's time to get ready for the graduation." When Danny was finally ready for graduation, he went downstairs to find Tucker and Sam waiting for him.
"What are you guys doing here?" Danny asked his two best friends.
Sam answered, "What did you think we were going to make you go through this yourself? We told you, Danny, we got your back."
Danny couldn't help but smile at his two best friends. When they got to the graduation Mr. Lancer came up to Danny and asked, "Are you ready, Daniel?"
Danny nodded and answered, "Yeah, I'm ready."
Mr. Lancer smiled and said, "Good, now when I call your name please go to the stand and say your speech."
The graduation seemed to go on forever when finally Danny heard Mr. Lancer say to the audience, "Now, may I introduce our valedictorian, a young man who has really improved throughout the years, Daniel Fenton!"
Danny walked to the stand and said to the audience, "Thank you Mr. Lancer. If you have ever seen my grades when I was a freshman here, you'd think that I wouldn't be here before you today. I was a 'C' student; I was barely doing enough to pass. Then one day I woke up and realized that if I was ever going to succeed in life then I was going to need to get more serious about my grades. There are so many people who helped me get this far, I want to thank all my teachers, especially Mr. Lancer because he believed in me. I want to thank my mom and dad, for always supporting me. I want to thank my sister Jazz, because she has made a lot of sacrifices to help me in life, and most importantly, I want to thank my best friends Tucker Foley and Sam Manson, for always being there for me and supporting me. I thank you all." While Danny had stepped off the stage everyone in the audience gave him gave him a big round of applause.
When Danny reached Sam and Tucker, they both smiled at him and Sam said, "Danny that was an amazing speech!"
Tucker grinned and said, "Yeah, dude! You were great!"
Danny replied, "Thanks guys, I'm so glad that's over with, I was so nervous!"
After the graduation and after everyone was talking Mr. Lancer told all of the seniors, "Everyone it's time to go in the gym for the last dance of the year!"
Sam and Danny went inside together and when the dance started they talked, drank punch, and even danced to a couple of songs together. Then after a couple of hours Mr. Lancer said to the seniors, "Please make way, for the valedictorian and his date so they can start the last dance." When he finished speaking a slow song started and Danny took Sam's hand and led her to the middle of the dance floor. When the song was halfway done, everyone started to take his or her dates and dance, Danny knew that it was time to tell Sam how he felt, so he had to come up with an idea. Suddenly, he had a thought. When the song ended, he said to Sam, "Come on. I want to tell you something." Then he took Sam outside. When Danny and Sam went outside Danny turned into Danny Phantom. He held Sam by the waist and took her in the air. Sam didn't know that this would be the most memorable night of her life.
The End
What will Danny do next? Stay tuned!