(A/N: Hello again everyone! I'm back with another chapter of this story for everyone. Review and let me know what you think of this chapter alright? Oh I made one little change, Thoughts will now be written like this, in italics.)

Disclaimer: I will not own Danny Phantom till I own him, so never.

Family is always there

Chapter 10: Dancing in the snow

There was one week left till school let out for winter break but Sam insisted that she was well enough to go. She had been able to walk around by her self for a few days and seemed to be getting stronger by the day. Danny had started back at school a few days after Sam was let out of the hospital, as soon as he knew she would be fine while he was gone.

Of course he always set the ghost shield before he left and flew to and home from school to save time. Most of the time Danny was home he was with Sam, Tucker and Valerie came by a lot to see her too. The mostly just sat around watching movies and played video games, since the Fenton lock kept the ghost from causing trouble.

On Monday morning Jazz offered to drive them to school but Sam insisted on walking. Tucker and Valerie had gone early for some reason, Sam and Danny didn't bother asking why. They left a little earlier then normal so that they wouldn't have to rush. Sam blew on her hands, "When did it get so cold?"

"About a day ago, forget you gloves?"

"Yea, my hands are freezing." Sam kept rubbing her hands together.

"Maybe this'll help." Danny took one of Sams hands and put it in his pocket lacing their fingers together. Sam felt warmth threw out her body, weather or not that had been what Danny had planed it felt really good to Sam. As they walked a few snowflakes began to fall around them.

By the time they reached school Sam looked a little pale, "You alright Sam?"

"Fine" Sam reluctantly pulled her hand out of Dannys pocket. Everyone was very excited about the dance on Friday and didn't pay attention to Danny or Sam. Their classes went well till lunch, Sam was sitting at their normal table when Tucker and Valerie walked over.

"Hey Sam, no lunch? And, um, where's Danny?"

"I don't know, Danny told me to wait for him here and he'd take care of lunch." Just then Danny walked over to the table caring a bag that he set in front of them, on the side of the bag it read Bonsai Gardens. Danny couldn't hide a smile. Sam smiled, she loved Bonsai Gardens food, it wasn't all vegetarian but they had some of the best food she had ever had. But Bonsai Gardens was on the other side of town and nearly impossible to get into. "Danny, where did you get this?"

"I called last night an ordered lunch then I flew over and picked it up for you." Dannys smile faded when Sam just starred at the bag. "Something wrong?"

"No, I just didn't expect this. Thank you." Sam opened the bag, inside were two small salads and a few other spicy things she liked. Sam began to eat and was stuffed by the time lunch ended, she had been full a while ago but ate everything because she knew Danny had been worried that she wasn't eating enough to get her strength back. Sam had to admit the food had been really good, but it kind of made her sleepy the rest of the day.

When school let out the snow was really coming down. Tucker and Valerie had a date so they walked out of school hand in hand. Tucker had pulled Danny and Sam aside earlier and told them that he planed to ask her to the winter dance on their date.

The snow was three inches thick already when Danny and Sam walked out, "How about I fly us home?"

"Ok" Sam placed her arms around Dannys waist, he pulled her closer as they rose into the air. Sam watched as the falling snow circled around them, flying was even better with a light snowfall. Danny set them down in his room and they walked down stairs and in to the kitchen.

Earl stood just outside the city limits, he didn't know how but Sam was still alive and that made him very angry. "How? She should be dead! Hmm, that might work." Earl changed in to his wolf for and went to Dannys house, he made sure to keep low so Danny wouldn't sense him. In the Fentons lab he walked over to the ghost portal, "Lets make sure that all of Dannys friends can come have some fun with him and Sam." He slashed the Fenton lock to pieces.

The next day the snow was still falling but the school was open. Danny flew them to school to keep Sam from wearing herself out, but he also liked being so close to her. Tucker came running up to them, "She said yes! I got a date to the dance!"

"Way to go Tucker!" Sam said.

"Yea. Mind if I talk to Danny in private for a minute Sam?"

"Sure" Sam walk to their class leaving them alone.

Tucker was still smiling, "So Danny are you going to ask Sam to the dance?"

"Well, I was thinking about it but…"

"But what? Don't you think it would be good for Sam and you to have a little fun."

"I guess, I just don't want to push Sam."

"Danny, Sams not made of glass, she not going to break if you give her a little push."

"That's just it, I've seen her broken, I've seen her dead." Danny walked off to their class.

I guess Danny's still freaked out about that, I wish there was some way I could help get those two together. Tucker followed them to class.

During history class Danny dozed off and fell out of his chair, unfortunately they had a very strict substitute teacher. "Well Mr. Fenton, if you do not wish to learn now I will have to give you a private lesson after school."

After class Danny walked up to the desk, "Uh, Mr. Mischon. I can't do a detention after school today, I have to walk Samantha Manson home."

"Really? I have heard some very, what's your children's word for it? Oh yes. I have heard some very lame excesses before but you have come up with the worst, I'm tempted to give you detention tomorrow for it. However I found it amusing so I will not."

"I'm telling the truth, Sam was attacked by a ghost and nearly died! She just lost both of her parents."

"That truly is a sad story or at least it would be if it were true. I do not for a minute believe any of this." He picked up the roll sheet. "Hmm, it appears both you and Miss Manson have accumulated quiet a few absents."

"Yes, those were right after Sam was attacked and in the hospital."

"And were you attacked as well Mr. Fenton?"

"No"

"Then why, may I ask, were you out these days as well?"

"Because I was with Sam at the hospital."

"Why were you there if you were not hurt?"

"Because Sams my friend."

"No, a friend would come by after school to see her. You said she lost her parents? So where is she staying?"

"With my family."

"So if I understand your story, both of her parents are dead and she was recently attacked by a ghost and nearly died, she also lives with you?"

"Yes."

"I do not see why even if that was true you would need to walk her home."

"Because we're worried that she might be attacked again."

"You are, perhaps the worst liar I have ever heard. I am not stupid, I do not believe any of this. I do believe that you and Miss Manson have a relation ship that teenagers should not have and will personally see to it her parents are informed. You will come here when school is out."

"But"

"No butts."

"Fine, then can Sam come so I can walk here home when detentions over?"

"No, if I find her on school grounds twenty minutes after the bell rings I will suspend her."

Danny walked out defeated, he went to what was left of lunch. He set down next to Sam and told her what had happened.

"Don't worry I can take care of myself, how about I wait for you at the park? I could use some fresh air."

"Ok, but I could call Tucker and have him walk you home if you wanted."

"Danny, I can walk myself home." Sam smiled and Danny forgot what he had been talking about. When school let out Danny walked to detention, he had tried to call Tucker to ask him to make sure Sam was alright but his phone wasn't working or something. Mr. Mischon was sitting behind the desk.

"Hello Mr. Fenton, please have a seat, on your desk you will find a packet of state laws and rights with several mistakes in them. Your detention will be over when you have found all of them. If you truly are worried about Miss Manson then you should finish it as fast as you can." He went back to copying notes from a book.

Technus was the first to find that the portal was open again, "Oh yes! His is my chance" He flew out in to the lab and into the computer that was humming near the stairs. "Now to put my plan into action, I shall not fight the ghost boy but his friends. I shall us his own emotional attachment to them to cloud his mind and weaken his spirits!"

Technus opened the e-mail program and selected Tuckers PDA, then sent himself. A second later he was there, "Oh what luck, it appears most of this devices attention is focused else were."

Virus Detected

"Oh fudge nuggets" Technus turn to disable the virus scanner but it was to late.

Tucker was just finishing up a few things when his PDA found a virus in itself. Then Technus appeared on screen, "Hello human, I would love to stick around and, wrap, with you but I have to start my master plan! Muah ah ah."

Zap

"Wow what was that, why am I still in this device!" Technus looked around trying to find a way out of Tuckers PDA.

"Sorry Technus, that would be my new fire wall. Your stuck in there till I let you out."

"Nonsense! I can easily hack my way out of here." Zap Zap Zap Zap ZZAAPP. "Ok, maybe I can't hack my way out of here that easily. You let me out now!"

"No way, wait, maybe I will. If you help me and don't try anything evil, Deal?"

Technus looked over to one side of the screen, a small icon appeared saying incoming call. He pushed it in to the trash with out Tucker seeing. "Deal. So what do you want me to do?"

"I'll tell you later." Tucker stuck his PDA in his pocket.

Sam walked the few block to the park, the snow made her walk even slower then before but everything looked so nice. Little kids were playing in the snow, sledding and having snow ball fights. I wonder if Danny will take me sledding soon. I remember when we were little and the three of us had the biggest snowball fight every.

It had been the first really snow of the year, Sams parents were mad that their limos were snowed in. Sam had gone to the park by herself, he parents never even noticed she had left. At the park she found Danny and Tucker starting a snowball fight, Sam had joined in and even the two of them together couldn't beat her. They had kept it up for hours running all over the park. When it was to dark to see anymore Dannys mom took them out for a nice hot dinner. They were laughing all night, when Mrs. Fenton dropped Sam off at her house she just walked in the front door. Her parents were in their offices and no one had wondered where she had been, but it was still one of the happiest memories she had.

Sam was tempted to join in on one of the snowball fights but decided not to push herself. She wasn't sure how long she had been sitting there when three shadows feel on her. Sam looked up to see three middle age men in dirty overcoats that had been very expensive at one time. "Hello dear, would you care to come with us? Its not safe for a lovely lady such as yourself to be out here alone."

"No, I'm here with my boyfriend Danny, he said he had a surprise for me and to wait here for a minute. He should be back soon."

"Its not very nice of him to just leave you here all alone."

"I bet what ever he is going to show me will be worth it." God I hope they leave.

The second man stepped forward. "Stop lying you little whore. We've been watching you and you been sitting here for over an hour by yourself." He grabbed Sam by the arm and pulled her to her feet. "You're coming with us."

Danny sat looking threw the packet, he hadn't found any mistakes and it had been nearly two hours. Then his eyes settled on a law, this will work. "I think I found one" He handed the paper to Mr. Mischon. "It say that a teacher cannot hold a student after school for more then an hour and a half for punishment."

"No that is right, you're free to go." He smiled as Danny left, I thought he'd never find that.

Danny flew as fast as he could to the park, he found the bench where Sam said she would be, she wasn't there.

Sam tried to fight them but didn't have the strength to. Then someone punched one of them in the nose and they went down. The legs were swept out from under another and the final one just seemed to fall and let go of Sam.

Sam looked up and saw the outline of someone against the setting sun, "Danny?"

"Sorry, my names Teddy. Are you alright?"

Sam stood up, the guy who had saved here was a little taller then Danny with black hair that hung around him like he had just gotten out of a pool. He wore a black shirt and baggy black pants. "Yea, thanks. I'm Sam."

"So…. Interesting friends you have here."

"There not my friends."

"I know, I was just trying to make a joke. Sorry I guess it wasn't that funny."

"That's alright."

"So did you mean what you said about meeting your boyfriend?"

"Kind of."

"So he isn't your boyfriend?"

"Well, I really like him and I think he likes me."

"Maybe, so why did he leave you here by yourself?"

"I was waiting for him to get here because he had detention today."

"Oh, one of those bad boy types?"

"No, not really."

"Misunderstood?"

"Yea you could say that."

"I'm not sure its safe to wait for him here, how about we go across the street to the restaurant. I'll buy you something to eat and you can keep an eye out for your friend."

"Well" It is getting dark and cold, and he did help me out. "Ok."

"Great" He grabbed Sams hand and pulled her into the restaurant. They ordered and started talking, mostly it was Sam talking about Danny. "Danny sounds like he really cares about you. I'm kind of jealous that he has some one as great as you."

"Uh, thanks." Sam was blushing.

Danny landed by the bench, he looked around for her but couldn't see any trace of her, "I guess I better call her." Danny took out his cell phone and dialed Sams cell.

We are sorry, the phone you are trying to reach is not available at the moment. If you feel you have reached this message in error please hang up and try your call again.

Danny shoved the phone back in to his pocket, he went ghost and flew into the air really getting worried about Sam. Then he saw some guys lying in the snow not far from where Sam said she'd be. Danny flew down and uncovered on of them, "Did you see a girl here a little while ago?"

"Uh, Black hair, skinny really hot?"

"Yea, where is she?"

"I don't know, me and my friends here wanted to have some fun with her but some guy stopped us, though for a ghost he shouldn't be a problem, mind if we have the girl when your done with her?"

Dannys eyes glowed green and he threw the three of them into the lake. He took to the air and scanned the area for Sam. He was about to leave when he saw her in a small restaurant across that street laughing with a guy Danny didn't recognize.

Dannys eyes started to glow bright green again, he flew behind the building and became human again. He wanted to go in there and find out what was going on but decided to just wait out side and talk to Sam when she came out.

Sam was still laughing from when Teddy nearly choked on a bite of her salad. "That is the last time I eat something that not red inside."

"Beats are red inside."

"Fine that the last time I eat anything that didn't have a muscle tone, and the last time I use that comparison around you."

Sam smiled, she looked across the street, she still hadn't seen Danny. Maybe I should call him. Then she saw him standing near the front door of the building. "Thanks for the meal, but I see my friend, see you around."

Sam left throwing some money on the table for her food and Teddy's, a kind of thanks for saving me. When Sam walked out she smiled at Danny, "Hey Danny."

Danny frowned, "Hey Sam, have fun with your new friend?"

"Can I explain before you get mad?"

"Go for it."

"Three guys tried to kidnap me and Teddy stopped them, then he asked if I wanted to get something to eat. He knew I wasn't going to date him or anything."

"Yea, I know. I found the three guys. I'm just glad you're alright." They started walking threw the park. Danny took Sams hand in his as they slowly walked threw the new fallen snow. "Uh, Sam. There something I want to ask you."

"Ok, what is it?" Sam had moved closer to Danny.

"Do you, want to, go to the Dance with me?" Danny looked away with embarrassment.

Sam didn't believe it, she had been sure he would ask Paullina. Sam smiled, "Of course I will Danny! But I didn't think you could dance."

"You will? YES!" Danny actually jumped into the air. "Wait what was that about not being able to dance?"

"I've never seen you dance before, at least not well."

"I'll have you know that I'm a great Dancer."

"Oh really?"

"Yes" Danny put his hands around Sams waist and they slowly started to dance. Some where off in the distance soft music played. Sam laid her head against Dannys, she looked down and saw that even though they were dancing on the snow they weren't leaving any footprints. I guess Dannys using a little magic of his own tonight.

They slowly dance towards the lake then onto it, Sam gave a little yelp when Danny pulled her on to the water but Danny kept a tight hold on her and they danced out into the middle of the lake. Their feet didn't even skim the water as they moved over it, snow was once again lightly falling around them. This is like a dream. Danny, I never want this to end.

This is like a dream. Sam, I wish we could stay like this forever.

Tucker crouched in the bushes watching as they started to dance. "Nice work with that music Technus."

"Thank you. It looks like we are the lonely ones tonight."

"Speak for yourself, I have a date to get to." He stuffed his PDA and the still trapped Technus into his pocket.

Sam looked around, they were now dancing about three feet off the water, "I wonder if we could dance above the clouds?"

"Probably but I think right now we should get home So Jazz won't worry." They danced back to shore, then Danny went ghost and picked Sam up. They flew off as Tucker left the bushes to meet Valier.

(A/N: Well I didn't think I would get this up till Wednesday but since I was home sick today I had a lot of free time to write, please review and let me know what you thought and what you liked. I hope everyone out there is well tonight.)