Chapter Six

"You can use my bathroom; I'll go to my parent's." Sam said, opening the bathroom door for Danny. "Are you sure you won't rather go home?"

"I'm going to stay here with you tonight." Danny said. He was still scared because of her sudden disappearance that afternoon. He had called his parents and said he (and Tucker – a small lie) would spend the night at Sam's house for some horror movie section.

Sam handed him her father's pajamas and left the room, getting her own clothes before going. Her kitty entered in the bathroom with him, watching while he showered quickly. Ten minutes was enough feel refreshed. He slipped out of the shower, dried his hair and tried Mr. Manson's clothes. Well, it wasn't that big on him, besides he had never had silk pajamas, he was really enjoying it.

He sat down on Sam's bed, waiting for her. The kitty sat down beside him. He scratched the cat until both of them grew bored. Sam was almost thirty minutes in the shower. How can a girl take so long showering? He stood up and walked to her parent's bedroom. It wasn't his intention to sneak, but he saw the bathroom door opening he couldn't help it. He turned invisible and watched the girl walking out of the door only on her panties and bra.

He had never seen her in so little. He couldn't take his eyes off her. He watched as she rubbed her hands on her arms, shivering. He forgot that the temperature dropped when he became a ghost. He couldn't help, but walk closer to her.

Sam gasped when she felt a cold invisible thumb running across her bottom lip. Others fingers touched her neck slowly and torturously. She whimpered softly, already knowing that her lover ghost was there with her. She felt his lips on hers and she opened her eyes in time to see his form materializing in front of her eyes.

Danny wrapped his arms around her; he kissed her all the way back to her room, barely breaking the contact. When he felt the edge of her bed behind his knees he brought her down with him, pressing his hands on her hips until she straddled him. Whatever they were heading now, they couldn't go back.

She pressed herself to him until he fell on his back, bringing her down with him. Without warning she slipped her hands under his shirt nearly driving him mad. He grabbed her by the waist, changing their positions; he took his time to take his shirt of before bending down to meet her lips once again. He didn't ask for permission to reach up and put his hands on her breasts and she didn't protest.

He let his lips to tease her neck. She was wriggling beneath him, her mouth hanging open for not reason at all. If Danny was excited by her sight, when she wrapped her legs around him he lost it completely. It would mean the end of something really good if she didn't want him to touch her like that, but Danny had to try or else he would die. He put a hand on her thigh, slowly reaching up. He reached her knickers and she still didn't give him any sign that she didn't want this; instead, she seemed to be enjoying it a lot. Gathering his courage, he touched her. She jerked against his hand, crying out.

He was scared he had done something wrong at first, but when he saw her hazed eyes, he knew that instead, he had done something very right. She smiled at him, reaching behind her and unclasping her bra. Danny's eyes widened in surprise. He didn't expect her to do that. She bit her lip, waiting for him to remove it from her. He gulped and reached for the fabric, slowly taking it from her.

The sight before him was too much. He had never seen breasts so close before. He might have been frozen there, staring at her for a whole eternity, before she reached up to him bringing his lip softly to hers, tucking his pants urgently.

"Promise me you'll be gentle." She whispered, devouring his lips hungrily.

"I promise." He whispered back, laying her down on the bed once more.

The sun entered in the room the next morning, waking the two young lovers one hour early. Sam slowly opened her eyes to the blinding light. She tried to move away, but she felt an arm wrapped around her very naked waist. She remembered what she had done the night before with her best friend. She smiled to herself. She had never felt so happy before. She moved under his arms so that she was looking at his sleeping face.

The movement was enough to wake Danny up and also to make Sam realize how sore she was. She hissed painfully the same time Danny opened his eyes to look at her.

"What's wrong?" He asked, groggily.

"Nothing." She smiled. "Just a bit sore, that's all."

Danny looked at the clock. "Gosh, we're early."

"I know." Sam studied his face as he yawned and turned up so that he was facing the ceiling, deep in thought. "I really enjoyed it, by the way."

He looked back at her, as if it was what he was expecting her to say. "Are you okay with it?"

"Yea," She grinned, sitting up, suddenly feeling timid and covering her chest with the blanket. "I'll take a shower; if you want you can go ahead and have breakfast."

"No, I'll just wait for you..." Danny said, smiling at her, as she stood up and walking into the bathroom. Danny laid his back on the pillow once more, thinking if what he and Sam shared would change anything. Who was he kidding? It would change everything!

'What the hell have I done?'

"Look! It's the tutor and the student!" Paulina said loudly once Danny and Sam walked into the school. They had been careful not to touch each other since they left her house.

Danny in other circumstances would have admired Paulina's beauty and completely ignored what she said, but he knew what she was talking about and he remembered very well that Dash had called Sam a slut the day before. Sam was the one reaching forward to face Paulina, she lifted her hand dangerously close the girl's face. Danny frowned when he saw Sam's wrist. It was deep purple.

He wondered if he had done that accidentally, but decided that it was best if he just concentrated on not letting her kill Paulina in front of the whole school. He put a hand on Sam's shoulder, persuading her to step away.

"I swear, that girl infuriates me!" Sam said, entering in the classroom with Danny on her heels.

"There you are!" Tucker said when he saw his two best friends arriving.

"Good morning Tucker." Danny smiled.

"I can't take Dash anymore." Tucker said, gritting his teeth. "He can't keep his mouth shut!"

Sam blinked twice. She was suspicious Tucker knew about what she was Danny had been doing and she noticed that he knew also that Dash found out somehow and now he was pestering the three of them.

"Have you told Tucker about our… practicing?" Sam asked Danny. The poor ghost boy gulped nervously. She didn't seem mad at him, but somehow he knew he should have kept it a secret.

"Yes… once." Danny answered, nervously.

"Where?" She insisted.

"I don't know… in the locker room?" He looked to Tucker for backup.

"Yes, yesterday after Gym class. Why?" Tucker asked.

"Oh, please!" Sam smacked her forehead with her hand. "Boys are so stupid!" She sat down on her chair. "Dash was probably still there when you two talked about it." She explained. "He heard it!"

"You know…" Tucker started. "Now that you mentioned it, there's no other way that he could have found out."

"Great." Danny rolled his eyes. "Now we'll have to deal with the rumors."

"And my 'slut' reputation." Sam said, not really blaming them. "Let's just hope they will forget about it."

Danny spotted her wrist again. He didn't want to ask in front of Tucker, but…

"Sam, what happened to your wrist?" Tucker asked first.

"Dash…" She complained. "It's not that badly twisted I think."

"I'm going to kill him." Danny said, standing up ready to go ghost, but Sam shot him a warning glance that made him change his mind. "And I think you should get it checked. Let's go to the nurse."

"Actually I already made an appointment with my doctor for this afternoon." Sam said, "I'll deal with it, don't worry."

Danny didn't know what to say. He was almost sure she was talking about something else than her wrist. He didn't insist on the matter, instead he engaged himself in a conversation about the third version of the Doomed videogame with Tucker and they said they would spend the rest of the day playing it online.

A whole week passed, they had tests every single day which kept Danny's mind busy. He spent the day with Sam and Tucker like he always had. He glanced Sam all the time to see if she gave him any sign that she wanted to be with him again, but she never did anything other than smile.

The rumors seemed to be worse than ever. They always were together, because they found out that if they walked alone they could end up in a fight or humiliated in front of the whole school. Even Tucker got caught up in the rumors, being called the 'third wheel' and being constantly shoved inside a locker.

Sam had the worst times inside the girl's bathroom where Paulina and Star seemed to follow her every time and she always walked out without actually fighting them. The only problem of 'no fighting' was that Sam was getting really frustrated.

Danny didn't mind being shoved into a locker, what was eating him alive was the fact that it seemed to be over between him and Sam, just when he thought it was just starting.

Friday night he was laying on his bed, thinking of his best friend in a way he now knew it was permitted. He had to get out of his house and ask her if it was really over, he had to see if she wanted it to be over.

He tiptoed out of his room to make sure everybody in the house was asleep before going ghost and flying three blocks down in the mansion of the powerful Manson family. He didn't know if her parents were back already so he flew directly into her room.

Sam was lying down on her stomach, reading a book, while holding her pillow. Danny had to smile at the girlie sight in front of him. She was tough, but she was still a very charming girl. He held back a laugh and turned himself visible.

Sam immediately looked at him, surprised. She sat up, holding a hand over her chest to calm her racing heart.

"You scared me!" She said in a loud voice, confirming Danny's suspicious that her parents were not home, yet.

"Sorry." Danny grinned. "I was just passing by and couldn't help but notice how cute you looked hugging you pillow. "

"If you mention it to Tucker, you go FULL ghost, get it?" She said, angrily. He knew he had to be careful when he threatened her reputation.

"I won't say anything, I swear!" He answered, laughing and sitting down by her side. "What are you reading anyway?"

"Ulysses." She said, smiling at him, returning to her good mood.

Danny widened his eyes, surprised. He had heard of that book before, but he knew it was very hard to read and understand it and by the number of pages, he knew HE wouldn't read it in a million years.

"Isn't it a book that only college students can understand?" He asked.

"It's not that difficult." Sam laughed. "The first pages are confusing, but once you get the pace it becomes addicting. I just finished it, by the way."

"Really? Read your favorite lines to me, then." Danny was trying to buy some time. He wanted to test the atmosphere first. It was obvious that Sam was in a good mood, but until now she gave him no indication she was acting in a more than friend way.

Sam blushed. She opened the book on the last page, once again lying on her stomach, letting her feet on Danny's lap, who didn't complain a bit. He hadn't realized how cute her toes were. He immediately grabbed her foot and started playing with her toes. Sam gave no sign that she didn't like it, instead she just started reading.

"He kissed me under the Moorish wall and I thought well as well him as another and then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes." She finished, turning around to look at him with a slight blush on her cheeks. "Like it?"

"It is confusing…" Danny complained. "It sounds like…"

"Thoughts, I know…" She smiled, turning around to watch him play with her toes. "Do you like my toes?"

"They're fascinating!" He laughed, making her heart swell with anticipation. Danny looked at her and saw that she looked sad when her laugher subsided. She looked at his hands on her foot, smiling a very small smile.

Danny realized their mistake at that moment. That was no way they would be comfortable around each other after what happened. He didn't want it to end like that. The last few weeks they were practicing showed him a whole new light, a whole new reason to have Sam by his side for a stronger need than just friendship.

He didn't want to lose her like that.

But at the same time, he felt really bad for crossing the friendship line. She looked sad! She wasn't smiling like she used to, she was uncomfortable next to him! Maybe it was better not to go closer to her with other intentions anymore. As much as he wanted to keep kissing her, he didn't want to risk the consequences it could bring to their friendship.

He stood up, quietly and pretended to yawn. "Well, I better just go home."

Sam looked ready to say something, but she just shut up and smiled at him, muttering a gentle goodnight. He turned around and went ghost, he was ready to fly away when she held his hand.

Danny turned around and saw Sam struggling to keep her tears from falling. It broke his heart.

"Danny I just wanted to say that I had a great time." She smiled, letting the tears fall, looking away ashamed. "I heard Valerie talking with Star on the bathroom, yesterday. She's really falling for you. It's your chance." She brushed her tears away angrily. "If you want I can arrange a date."

"That won't be necessary." Danny said in a low voice, staring at her back. "I'm not interested in her anymore." And after saying that he flew out of the window, returning home sadder than he was when he left.

I'm so sorry I took so long to update! I'm finally working on my final project to graduate and never return to college again (ok, I might… so I can get a PhD, lol). I'm so clumsy in that university and I have to tell you what happened to me last week. In the campus there are five huge buildings, two of them which Film students (me!) have classes in. I had a project to show my teacher on building #5 with a friend (who was having class on building #1, which is also a museum) and the teacher gave me 5 minutes to find her and bring her to the classroom or he would fail us both! I ran through the buildings like crazy and climbed about 5 thousand steps (I'm not kidding!) to find her and when I was already on building #1 I decided to take a shortcut through the museum (which was closed because it was about 7am)… it was completely dark and I almost decided against going in there, but I had only 2 min left! I saw a light in the end of the museum (which is where the classrooms are) and ran for it, I ran and ran and bang! I hit my head straight in the wall! I fell backwards with a huge bruise on my forehead! Instead of thinking I might have a concussion (or that I might have ruined an artwork), I thought 'OMG! I need to find my friend!' and ran again. I found her and brought her to the classroom… while I was talking about my project in the front of the whole class everything started to spin and when I looked up I saw how swollen my forehead was… I understood at that moment why everybody was looking at me worriedly. As soon as I finished speaking my teacher said 'ok, now please someone take her to the nursery.' I spent the rest of my day there… and ouch, it still hurts.

(I'm going to post it in my other fic 'Torn', too, it was too funny to waste…)