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Author's Notes : Summer Vacation means that I'm ahead of you readers by a few chapters. I hope I did the awkwardness in each situation, truthfully, I've only had 1 breakup to draw information from and it wasn't a hard breakup like this one.

December 24th

Jimmy throws the last few touches on the lab. There. There were no signs that it was anything but a party room for a bunch of teenagers. He was starting to regret this whole party thing. Sam and Danny's 'breakup' was the cause of a deep rift in the group. Overnight, it had become a dividing issue as to whose side they would be on, Sam's or Danny's. Only him and Timmy remained staunchly neutral, having seen both sides of the very complicated story.

"Hello? Neutron?" Cindy is waiting outside the door. Jimmy lets her zip down the tube with her large shopping bag with presents. "Hi.." this time she looks at him shyly.

The next people to come down are Sheen, who gives him a psychotic smile and Carl, who just walks in, giving no attention to anything.

Soon everyone has come in and is making mild party chatter, Except for, Sam and Danny who are either glaring at each other's or sneaking peeks when nobody else is looking.

"You have to stop that." Cindy and Libby frown at Danny and give Sam gentle looks, as they shake her . "You are not to blame for this."

"Yes I am" insists Sam "I should have been more careful. It was my own dumb fault"

"It's not your fault" Libby rephrases. "It's really not."

"Here" Sam rifles through her black shopping bag to distract herself. "These are for you two"

Cindy and Libby exchange a quick glance. "Sam, you didn't really have to..."

"But I did" Sam watches them as they open it. "Do you think I should still give him his present?"

Cindy and Libby look up from their presents, necklaces with gems of their favorite colors in it, Libby's was red and Cindy's was a cool green.

"No!" They look up and shout unanimously.

"Should I give her what I bought her?" Danny asks Tucker.

"No." says Tucker firmly.

"But it's not like I bought it as a girlfriend present" Danny protests.

"Too bad" sigh Tucker. "Any kind of gift now means that you wanna get back together. Which you so do"

"What do you mean, get back together? We were never really together" Danny scowls at Sam's direction, where she's in a heated conversation with Cindy and Libby.

"I sense a flimsy rationale here" Tucker gives him a half smile.

"This is..." Danny puts his face in his hands.

"Sucky?" asks Timmy, who has appeared in front of him, seemingly out of nowhere.

"Yeah." Danny looks up at him. "What am I saying, I'm mad at you especially, Danielle and Jimmy."

"Well, Danny, you're going to have to forgive us sometime" Timmy bites his lip. "Jimmy dissected the robot yesterday. Before we trashed it, it was recording readings of our strengths.. and weaknesses."

Danny gives him a leery look. "Why doesn't Jimmy come over here and tell me this himself"

Timmy jerks his finger in the direction where Jimmy is sitting, clearly sucking face with Cindy. "As you can see, he's a little... distracted."

"I'll say" says Tucker , chuckling a little.

"So, Jimmy thinks that we should all brace for attack" Timmy hands Danny a present. This is for you."

Danny rips the Christmas- colored paper off the package. "Tucker told me that you get hurt a lot." The package contains a stuffed-to the gills first aid kit. Danny searches through the aid kit, at the bottom is a 'crimson chin' comic book. "He also told me that you need to read more comics. This can help with the recovery process."

"Thanks Timmy" Danny thanks him half heartedly.

"Which one is that?" asks Tucker eagerly.

"#1" Timmy replies, sparking a rousing discussion about if Crimson Chin could kick the N-Men's butt.

Danny wanders away. He doesn't feel like he fits in with this party. "Maybe I should just leave" he mutters under his breath.

"Don't" Sam is standing next to him. "You're the only person here who isn't talking to somebody."

"Yeah... Sam, please." Danny looks downcast. "I can't do this over and over again with you. It hurts already"

"I wanted to give you this present." Sam looks away. " You can do whatever you want with it, but it would just be going to waste if I kept it."

"Okay." Danny looks at her. He digs in his pocket. " I got you something, too. "

They exchange them, and start to rip it open.

"Oh Danny.." Sam inspects the present, an small old-fashioned book on ghosts.

"Sam..." Danny looks at her present, the NASA schematics in fascination.

They both snap out of it, blinking. "Well, thanks." Sam says awkwardly.

"Yeah. See ya, Sam." Danny turns around and sniffles a little bit. Danny, you idiot. Tell her you're sorry and get back together. It's eating you away. Speaks the internal voice.

"Told you not to do it." Danny whirls around to see Tucker giving him a condescending look.

"I thought you would listen to me!" Cindy glares at Sam. "Look, you can't kill yourself over this"

"Cindy, have you ever wanted something so bad, and when you finally get it, it's taken away from you?"Sam looks at her mournfully.

"Actually, I have, with Jimmy" Cindy stares at her with sudden understanding.

"So.. did you give Timmy his gift?" questions Libby, who recently rejoined the group, interrupting.

"The Crimson Chin/Cat-Man crossover book? Yeah" Sam looks flatly in Danny and Tucker's direction, who are flailing their arms in her direction, obviously talking about her.

Timmy and Dani are standing in the corner, making commentary on the scene.

"Pretty good haul this year, eh?" Timmy sifts through the stuff that he got this year.

"I don't really have a thing to compare it to." mock-complains Dani.

"Poor Dani" Timmy punches her in the arm, and she yelps in surprise.

"I'm really feeling bad for Jimmy and Cindy" Dani observes.

"Why? They are together and happy. Unlike your 'dad' over there who's screwing up in every place but ghost fighting" Timmy responds.

"He's not my dad! He's a source of genetic material" Dani protests.

"Which is a dad, father,pop, whatever you want to call it. Give it up, Fenton, you lost this round. What were you saying about Jimmy and Cindy?" Timmy folds his arms, waiting for a response.

Dani smiles mischievously "Their lips must get very tired from all that kissing"

"That is true" howls Timmy in laughter.

Suddenly, Jimmy turns around and glares at Timmy and Dani. "Don't do that"

"Do what?" questions Timmy innocently.

Danny waves his hands fanatically. "Tuck, it's agony, being here, pretending that it doesn't pain me to see her here."

Tucker grimaces. "Who's fault is that anyway?"

"Mine, I know..." Danny sighs. "I want her to be alright. I've read the stories as to what happens to a hero's girlfriend, they get hurt."

"Yeah, Danny, but.." Tucker falters. "Look, just heed my warning. Only talk to her when you wanna get back together"

"When?" Danny gives Tucker a dark look. "Maybe never."

"Buddy, believe what you want" Tucker walks away.

Danny watches him leave, with a feeling of impending doom floating in his head. Perhaps he was a prophet of doom, or maybe he was just crazy.