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-WriterGirl713

Chapter 3: Day 2, Valerie's Interrogations

(General POV)

Sam yawned as she grabbed her backpack and threw it over her shoulder.

"Late night, Sammikins?" Her mother asked kindly.

"Yeah. Couldn't sleep." And with that she walked out the door.

"Hey Danny." Sam said, completely ignoring Tucker, who had decided to wear sunglasses to cover up his bruised eyes.

"Hi Sam." Danny said. He seemed to have also been giving the techno-geek-with-no-tech the cold shoulder. He walked ahead of the two and they let him go.

"Do you know why he'd do such a thing?" Sam asked, referring to Tucker's ridiculous wish.

"I have a feeling he wants to hear us say something truthfully, but I don't know what." Danny answered, sighing.

When they made it to the Casper High, now chatting about recent ghost attacks, Valerie came up to them.

"Hey, Danny. Hey, Sam." She greeted. Sam glared and Danny returned her greeting.

"Sam, can I talk to you for a minute?" Just then, the bell rang.

"Later!" Sam said, not bothering to hide her joy that she didn't have to deal with the girl, not that she could hide it anymore, thanks to TUCKER! She grabbed Danny and dragged him to class.

Once Lancer had finished lecturing the class about late homework and failed grades and had sat down at his desk with a book shoved in his nose, Danny leaned over to Sam.

"Do you think Val's suspicious of yesterday?" He whispered. Sam sighed.

"I know, Danny. She may be thick, but unlike some people I know, she's not clueless."

"And what's that supposed to mean?" He countered. Tucker, being brave, leaned over and whispered,

"Tell him!" He got an elbow in the nose and an eye roll from Sam.

"Okay! I get the point already! I'll leave you alone!" Tucker said nasally, pinching his nose in case of blood and pulling a tissue out of his desk. Sam ignored him.

Sam and Danny spent most of the rest of the day avoiding Valerie and speaking at all for fear of mouthing off all of their secrets, but during lunch, the inevitable happened.

"Hey Sam, can I please talk to you?" She asked, slightly annoyed with the Goth constantly avoiding her. Sam sighed and got up.

"For your sake, wish me luck." She muttered to Danny as she left for the hall with Valerie. Danny gulped and decided to watch the conversation. Diving under the table and going ghost, Danny flew after the two girls.

"Sam, I need to know how you know the Ghost Kid." Valerie said, making sure no one would be able to overhear them. Sam sighed.

"Well, first off, his name isn't the 'Ghost Kid', it's Danny Phantom. And second, I knew him before he died." She pulled her gaze down to the floor, hoping Valerie would pity her and drop the subject. She didn't.

"Before he died? Who was he before he died?" Sam bit her tongue, but knew she would be forced by Desiree's spell to answer. Danny's eyes widened in shock when Sam looked up, about to answer. He accelerated and slammed into Sam, taking her up and out of the school building. Valerie gasped and immediately donned her red ghost hunting battle suit. She jumped on her hover board, shot a hole in the ceiling, and flew after Sam and the invisible ghost who had taken her.

"Okay, Sam. Answer her now, so she can't hear you." Danny said, helping her stand. Holding back the truth was making Sam physically ill. Her face had paled and she was a bit wobbly from keeping it in for so long.

"Danny Fenton." She breathed, and then collapsed into his now visible arms.

"Damn, this is gonna look bad." As soon as the words left his mouth, Valerie came through roof and saw the unconscious form of Sam in the guilty phantom's arms.

"Some friend you are!" She said hotly.

"So, Sam knew you when you were alive, did she? No wonder she didn't want to see me knock you into oblivion! But you've changed, haven't you? You're not her friend anymore; you're just some ghost who likes ruining people's lives!" And with that she shot forward and made a grab for Sam, but Danny went intangible.

"Valerie, listen to me! I never did anything to Sam! She's my best friend! A ghost called Desiree made her like this!"

"Oh yeah? So you just came to finish the job, didn't you?" The red-clad hunter said fiercely, turning her hover board to face Phantom and Sam.

"No! I'd never hurt Sam! And I don't want to hurt you either! I never meant for that dog to get loose in Axion Labs!"

"Yeah right!" She spat, shooting her stunner at the ghost. It hit him right between the eyes and he fell backwards off the roof with Sam still in his arms.

Valerie gasped as she saw the phantom she'd been hunting for months transform back into none other than Danny Fenton.

Ooooooooo! Cliffie! I'm really sorry about the length, but that's all I've got right now and I promised to update, so please review and tell me whatcha think!

-WriterGirl713, the Devil's Angel