1(A/N: I had a bit of an emergency this morning so I'm home and thought I'd write the next chapter, I know some of the chapters are a bit short but I write most of this story at school. I'll try to make them longer. I hope everyone likes this chapter,Sam finally tells Danny that she told his secret. How will he take it? Let me say he isn't happy with what he hears.)

Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom, honestly how many of you thought I did?

Family is always there

Chapter 6: Truths

Right after Dannys parents left the phone started ringing, he ran in to the kitchen to answer it. "Hello?"

"Is this Danny Fenton?"

"Yes, who's this?"

"Sams uncle Earl, you meet me at the docks. I want to have you come over for dinner, to discussion Sam."

"Alright, where do you live?"

"Haha, thats funny, Sam lives at my house. So just pretend your going to see Sam and you'll end up here." He hung up the phone before Danny could say anything. Danny didn't like the way Earl had called Sams house his, Sam had more right to her parents house then he did.

Danny walked to the door, "Hey Jazz, I having dinner over at Sams house, alright?"

"Alright" Jazz called from her room.

Danny walked down the already darkening street, he hadn't bothered to change his clothes, he wouldn't waist the effort for Sams uncle.

The rain let up just enough so Danny didn't get soaked walking to Sams, it only took him about ten minutes to get there. Earl answered on his first knock, "Danny my boy, good to see you!" Earl put on a fake smile. As soon as Danny had stepped in the rain came crashing down outside like a waterfall. Danny couldn't even see across the street.

Earl lead him to the dinning room, "Have a seat my boy!" Danny sat on one of only two chairs around the table. Earl rang a bell and the kitchen doors opened, Danny gasped.

Sam stood in the door wearing a maid outfit, her eyes got large and Danny was sure that she would start crying. Sam managed to compose herself and walked to the table, she set the plate down and turned to leave.

"Sam makes a great maid don't you think Danny?" He took a huge bit of chicken. Dannys brain couldn't seem to grasp what was happening. Sam turned to leave and made her way back towards the kitchen doors.

Earl grabbed the plate, "Catch Sam!" He threw the plate at Sam like a frisbee, she didn't have a chance to catch it. She barely had time to turn around and see what was coming before it slammed in to her shoulder.

"Agggghhhhhh" Sam slumped to the floor.

"Sam!" Danny lumped over the table to help Sam.

"Freeze Phantom" Earl said pointing his chicken leg, Danny turned to face him. "Why help her? She told me your little secret and I didn't even have to threaten her or anything. Isn't that right Sam?"

Sam started to cry, more from the pain in her heart then from her shoulder. She looked up at Danny, his head was hung low and his fist were clenched. He slowly lifted his head, hatred burned in his eyes. He looked at Sam and it was almost more then she could bare, then he slowly turned his head to Earl, "I don't believe you"

"Don't believe me? Why! She an't denying it!"

"I don't believe you, and I don't care!" The ring appeared around his waist as he went ghost. That was to much for Sam, he didn't hate her! He should have but he didn't. She had told his secret and he didn't care. Sam ran to her room sobbing, she didn't deserve to have Danny helping her.

Danny lunged at Earl pinning him to the wall teen feet in the air, he pulled back his arm to punch Earl

"Wait, don't you want to know why Sam put up with this?" Danny stopped his punch inches from earls face. "She didn't want me to tell your secret, all the pain shes suffered is because she wanted to protect you, its all your fault." Danny punched him so hard he doubled over, Danny let him drop to the floor// I have to find Sam/ He flew threw the ceiling.

Sam was hunched over in her room arms pulled tight across her chest. She couldn't stop the burning tears from falling. A second pair of arms hugged her, "I'm sorry" Danny whispered an inch from Sam ear. "You shouldn't have suffered because of me Sam, you shouldn't have suffered because of my secret."

Sam shoved him away and stood up, "Whats wrong with you!" Sam shouted, "I told Earl your secret! Now he'll tell everyone and you'll be hunted no matter if your Danny Phantom or Danny Fenton. You should be yelling at me, you should hate me!" Tears were streaming down her face.

Danny shook his head, "No matter what you do I can't hate you"

Sams knees buckled and she fell forward, Danny caught her in his arms. She slowly looked up in to his eyes, "Thank you, can we leave now?"

"Sure, but I can't fly us in this weather."

"No problem, I'll call a cab." As Sam got up she winced.

"First I better take a look at your shoulder." Sam pulled down the shoulder of her dress. Danny blushed, he was the reddest ghost she had ever seen, even his white hair seem to have a hint of red to it. He leaned over and looked at her bruised shoulder. "I don't think its broken, just bruised."

"Thats good" she took out her cell phone and called a taxi. Then they walked out in to the hall, "Hold on a sec Danny" She stepped back in to her room and closed the door.. She threw off her maids uniform and put on her blouse and black top, then stuffed a few more pairs in to her black bag, she had no intention of coming back. She put in Phanty and the wooden box from her night stand. She also stuffed in a picture of her, Danny, Tucker and their parents. It had been Dannys idea and he had even got her parents to agree somehow.

Sam looked around her room one last time to see if there was anything else she would need. "Oh yeah" She dove under her bed and pulled out a black purse, "I'll definitely need you"

Sam walked back in to the hall, "Ready?" he asked.

"Yeah, Lets go" There walked to her front door, as they were leaving she grabbed her thick black coat. The rain was coming down so hard that even under Dannys umbrella they were getting wet. As they were standing out side waiting for the taxi a gust of wind slammed in to them and Sam fell backwards in to Danny. He put a arm around her shoulder to steady her then kept it there.

The taxi pulled up and they got in, Danny told the cabby where to go then sat back in the seat. The contrast from the near freezing rain outside and the warm inside the cab began to make Sam feel sleepy. So she leaned her head on Dannys shoulder, she didn't mean to fall asleep but she did.

Sam was jerked awake when the cab hit a pot hole. She stretched her arms, "How long was I asleep?"

"About forty-five minutes" Danny said staring out the window.

" Shouldn't we be there by now?"

"Can't get any where!" The cabby took a sharp turn, "All streets flooded" It took another twenty minutes to get to Dannys house, in which time Sam dozed on his shoulder. Finally thou they pulled up in front of his house and the cabby turned around to face them. "That'll be 98.62"

Sam threw him a hundred. Despite the umbrella and only having to walk a few feet they were both half soaked.

Jazz looked up from the tv when they walked in, "Sam what are you doing here?" Sam told her everything that had happened with Earl. "Ok, I'll go make the guest room, stay as long as you want." Sam had to borrow a pair of pj's from Jazz because she hadn't packed any. They were ice blue, a lot like Danny's eyes, and despite being a few years old they were still somewhat big on her.

"Oh, I forgot, the school called" Danny moaned thinking think it was about the lockers. "Theres no school tomorrow because of the rain."

"YES!" Danny and Sam shouted together.

Later that night Danny lay on his bed flipping threw the late night shows, when someone knocked on his door, "Come in"

Sam opened the door a crack, "Mind if I come in and hang out for a while?"

"Sure" He scooted up on his bed till he was resting against the headboard with his legs crossed. He flipped back a few channels to a goth show Sam liked. Sam walked over to his bed, but instead of sitting at the foot or next to him like she normally would she sat in front of him and lay back in his lap. "Sam what are you doing?"

"I'm sorry Danny but it's the only way I can feel safe right now." Seeing that Dannys brain wasn't able to think of what to do next she took his arms and wrapped them around herself. Finally his brain got it and he shifted so Sam would be more comfortable.

"Good, now I know your safe too." They got threw two and a half goth shows before Sam fell asleep in his arms. The door was still open when Jazz walked by, "Thats so cute" She leaned on the door frame arms crossed. "She must really feel safe with you to fall asleep in your arms, especially after all shes been threw."

"If you can't feel safe with the guy who saves the town who can you feel safe with?"

"Thats not what I said, I'm not saying she doesn't feel safe with Danny Phantom. I'm saying she feels safest with Danny Fenton." Danny would have thrown a pillow at Jazz but he would have had to let go of Sam and he really didn't want to do that right now.

"Want me to help you get her to her room?"

"Na, I'll take care of it." Jazz nodded. Danny was going to take Sam to her room, he really was but he suddenly felt like he couldn't keep his eyes open any longer.

Tucker showed up early the next morning, "Hey Jazz, Danny up yet?" Tucker asked walking up the stairs.

"He's still asleep in bed, don't wake Sam"

"Sam's here again?" He paused at the foot of the stairs.

"Yeah, she can tell you why later"

"Ok, I'll just go to Dannys room then" He walked up the stairs.

"Don't wake Sam then"

"I won't, I won't" Tucker walked to Dannys room, "Sam may have good hearing but waking Danny won't wake her" he mumbled. He opened Dannys door and saw why Jazz had been saying don't wake Sam. She was curled up in to a small ball on one side of Dannys bed and he was sprawled out on the other side, one of his arms and legs hanging over the edge.

Tucker took out his PDA and flipped threw the screen till he had selected the camera option selected, "And they said this was just like my old one"

Sam opened her eyes a crack, she was lying on something hard. She turned her head a little to see what she was lying on, it was Dannys arm /Oh my God, what happened! Ok, calm down, Danny wouldn't do anything to me/. She took a deep breath and got up,

Down in the kitchen Jazz was cooking breakfast as Tucker dug in to a plate of sausages. Jazz turned to Sam when she walked in, "Hey Sam, can I get you something?"

"A vegetarian omlet please" She sat down on a chair.

"So" Tucker stopped his massacre of his food, "going to tell me why your here?"

"Sure, I ran away, and I'm never going back. Earls a pig, he spit beer and cigarets on me. He even hit me" Sam moved her shirt so Tucker could see her shoulder. "The only reason I endured it was because I accidently told him about Danny being half ghost and he said if I left he'd tell everyone"

"Oh man, Sam, you have to tell Danny"

"I already did, well really Earl told him last night. Danny said he didn't care, then he punched Earl in the stomach and brought me back here. He wasn't mad at me or anything."

"Well duh, you two were made for each other."

"He was just being a good friend, thats all" Her heart sank a little at saying it because she knew it was probably true.

"Thats not what this says." Tucker took out his PDA and brought up the picture he had taken earlier and handed it to Sam. First her face went pale then bright red.

Tucker you can never show that to anyone!" Tucker reached out and took his PDA back from Sam, he wouldn't help but laugh at it. Big mistake.

"Whats so funny?" Before Tucker could hide his PDA Jazz had grabbed it. She looked down at the picture.

Sam held her breath waiting for Jazz to yell at her, to call her a slut and kick her out.

"Wow, Tucker your new PDA takes great pictures.

Sam looked at Jazzed confused, "Your not mad?"

"Of course not, you've been threw a lot. Its only natural that you wanted to be near someone you trusted." There was a loud thud from upstairs followed by Danny yelling "Sam!"

Danny charged down the stars in to the kitchen "Jazz Sams g" He saw Sam sitting at the table "Never mind" He sat down on the other side of Sam.

Jazz set a plate of eggs in front of him, "Mind telling us what that was about?"

Danny bit in to his eggs, "I had a dream that Earl showed up with a ghost wolf to get Sam back"

Sam smiled, "I don't think Earl could train a puppy, let alone a ghost." If only they knew how close to the truth Danny was.

It was early morning when Earl finally came around. His stomach was killing him but he stood up, "That brat! He was supposed to hate her! Break her! How could he just shrug it off like that" He went and got the thermos "La baba, get out here!" She uncoiled in mid air. "I want ghost powers!"

"Ghost powers?"

"Yeah, like that ghost kid Danny phantom. But I want more." Earl grabbed a DVD from the table, " I want to be a ghost werewolf."

"So you shall wish it, so shall it be!" Earl screamed as the ghosts energy streamed in to him, he crumpled to the ground. La baba picked up the Fenton thermos and flew out into the pouring rain, she had things to do and she didn't want to be around when Earl woke up.

Later that night Earl did wake up, the house was completely dark but earl could see fine, "Nice" he growled.

(A/N: Ok sorry this took so long to get this chapter up but I had finals and I've been tinkering with a new story so you might see that soon. Let me know what you think of this plot twist. Now that earl has powers to I think you all know what hes going to do.)