Chapter 6

"Dude, was that one fun week or what?" asked tucker, getting into the van just as they were leaving New York.

"Totally, but I miss Sam. It would have been way more fun with her as well." Complained Danny, while happy at the same time.

"Ah well, I guess she wanted that as well. That's probably why she was calling all the time. And probably because she didn't want you to fall in love with a New York girl. Listen Danny, you have to set something straight with Sam. Tell her you are NOT interested in Valerie or Paulina. She thinks you want to go out with them instead of her." Tucker informed Danny.

"Does she? She should know I'm over them. I must tell her. I don't want her to think I like them and break up with me in fear of getting her heart broken." Danny worried.

"Yeah." Agreed tucker.

Just like the other car ride tucker spent all his time on his PDA. But Danny, was talking to Sam on the phone for about an hour. They would say how much they love each other and all that sort of stuff. Until Danny had to hang up because it would cost too much money. They were about half an hour away from Amity Park when Danny's ghost sense went off.

"Oh no. tuck, I need you to tell your parents I'm asleep in the back and make sure they don't find out I'm gone. There is a ghost. I will be back in time though, I will catch up with you later, for now I have a job to do." Danny whispered in tuckers ear.

"Go do what you have to do, man. I will make sure no one can tell you're gone." Winked tucker.

Danny jumped up in the air and in a flash he was a ghost. He went intangible and flew out of the car. He looked around for a ghost and found one. Another he had never seen before. Luckily he had the Fenton Thermos with him.

"Hi I haven't met you before, my name is Danny Phantom and you are?" asked Danny, in a polite voice.

" I AM RECKNA the girly ghost who can control shoes." Shouted the ghoul.

"Yeah, a girl ghost who can control shoes. I so don't have a chance." Squealed Danny, sarcastically.

Danny punched the ghost who called herself Reckna and popped her in the Fenton Thermos. She reminded him of the box ghost. Lame and pathetic. They were actually quite alike. Also both very easy to beat. This battle only took ten minutes so Danny flew around trying to find the car. About five minutes later he saw the car pull into a parking bay at the shops.

"I had better hurry! Mr. and Mrs. Foley might find out I'm not there." Danny thought, racing towards the van.

He raced into the van and changed into a human.

"You were just in time. I was scared they would find out." Tucker was telling him later on.

" I am glad I noticed the car and reacted instantly. I could have been dead meat. So could have you. For not keeping an eye on your passenger and letting him apparently roll out the back door." Laughed Danny.

Tucker found it hilarious and had a long fit of giggles. Just at that moment they pulled over outside Danny's house.

"Oh, I have got to go now. See you later. Probably tomorrow. Thanks for all the fun though." Said Danny.

"No problem. Talk to you ASAP." Yelled tucker.

When Danny hopped out of the car, there was Jazz, giving him a smile with teary eyes, his mom also with teary eyes and his dad grinning uncontrollably.

"Hey Danny! Glad your back! We missed you" cried Maddie.

"Danny! Good to have you home." Yelled Jack.

Danny gave them all hugs of welcome one at a time. Jazz then followed him upstairs and into his room to tell him what had happened when he was gone. She, knew what Danny had been doing because she had a conversation with Sam earlier on.

"Danny! You will never believe the great time I had catching ghosts. Seriously. For the first few days there wasn't ANY ghosts. Then over the last few days a couple appeared. One who called herself Reckna, looking for you and the other skulker. When they heard you were on vacation the both just went into the ghost zone. Amazing huh? Oh and Sam wants you to ring her back. She told me all about your week. Fancy running into Plasmius again!" squealed Jazz.

"Wow! So they do enjoy trying to hunt me. I knew it. Yeah, though Plasmius was awfully weak. OK, well can you please leave my room now so I can call Sam in private." Mumbled Danny, tired and in need of sleep.

"Uh… OK." Jazz screamed, dashing down the hall.

Danny went to his bedside tabled and picked up his house phone. He was thinking of what Sam wanted to talk to him about. Danny sat down on his bed and closed his eyes. He thought of what he and Sam would do for the rest of the holidays. It was only a week until school started and Danny still needed a break. He wished that he could take a break from ghost hunting for a long time and be an astronaut. That was his dream. Danny suddenly remembered he was meant to be ringing Sam so he dialled her number and waited for her to answer.

"Danny? Is that you?" asked a familiar voice.

"Yeah, hey Sam." Said Danny.

"Oh hey Danny! I'm so glad to hear from you. I was beginning to get a bit worried. Listen… are you busy tomorrow?" asked Sam, curious.

"Uh… I don't think so. No, I'm not." Answered Danny, dreaming.

"Cool, I was wondering if you want to go bowling. You and me." Sam asked nervously.

"Sure, I'd love too." Grinned Danny.

"Oh, great! Well I will see you tomorrow. Get a good night sleep. I miss you. Bye." Sam whispered into the phone because her parents were in the room.

"Bye, I love you." Danny also whispered.

Then he hung up the phone. Danny was in heaven. He lay back and closed his eyes, daydreaming. Danny must have been so tired because when Jazz came in to tell him that dinner was ready, he was asleep. So Jazz just let him sleep. He had had a very long week and he really needed the rest.

Birds were chatting outside and Danny could hear little kids laughing. The sound of the holidays, and fun. Danny slowly opened his eyes and got a shock to see him still in his clothes from yesterday, except now he was tucked into his bed. "Jazz!" he thought. Danny hoped out of bed and headed downstairs, looking forward to the day that was ahead of him.

"You're finally up Danny. Didn't want to wake you. By the way, Sam called. She said that she booked a bowling lane at half past twelve. You had better hurry, that's in half an hour." Called out Jazz from the living room.

"IT'S LUNCHTIME ALREADY?" screamed Danny.

He went into the fridge and got out the milk. Same old breakfast again, cereal. He got out the cornflakes and poured himself a bowl. Danny grabbed a spoon and started eating. It wasn't the hottest days, but it was quite warm. Danny liked this weather because it wasn't too hot to wear jeans. He was thinking about what would happen when he and Sam went bowling, when he remembered the time Paulina and him went out. How Paulina had asked for some invisible help. He hoped Sam wasn't like this. Well, it wasn't really Paulina; it was Kitty, trying to get back at Johnny 13.

Danny raced up the stairs because it was quarter past twelve and Danny still had to have a shower and get dressed before Sam would come over and walk him to the lanes. Danny wanted to look his best for the love of his life. He washed his hair properly, got it passable looking and wore his usual clothing. Except for the shoes, which were bowling shoes. They were just white. The girls' bowling shoes were black boots. Sam was allowed to wear her normal boots because they were almost the same type, but not exactly.

The doorbell rang and Danny raced towards the door. He opened it slowly and saw Sam standing in the doorway in her usual, Goth clothes.

"Hey Sam." Smiled Danny.

"Hey." Blushed Sam.

The two walked down the street, hand in hand. They didn't mind if people knew them. People would out one time or another they were dating. Danny and Sam had two games of bowling and then they decided to go to the park. Danny remembered tucker wanted to see him today. Thinking of tucker, Danny remembered what he said.

"Look Sam, I love you, not Paulina. Or Valerie, for that case. I would never love them again. I love you, and I always will. My heart belongs to you." Danny whispered.

"Oh, Danny. I am so happy you said that. I was worried that you might go off with them. Please, never leave me. I love you too." Spoke Sam, in almost a whisper.

They park was silent, except for the occasional tweeting of the birds. The two looked into each others eyes, and kissed. Not for very long though, because Danny's mobile started ringing.

"Uh… excuse me for a second." Groaned Danny, moving to the other side of the bench.

"Hello?" answered Danny.

"Danny it's me, tucker. Listen, I'm at the nasty burger. There is a ghost attacking, it has all locks all over it!" screamed tucker, terrified.

"Locks? That's unusual. I'll be there in a second." Shouted Danny, confused.

Danny hung up the phone and looked at Sam, who looked upset because Danny had to take off.

"Sam, come with me." Called out Danny, rushing off.

Sam followed Danny to behind a building where no one was to be seen. Danny was transforming into a ghost. Sam couldn't do anything but watch. Danny took her hand and flew her over the building and towards the nasty burger.

"Sam, I'm sorry I have to rush off to fight a ghost. But I swear when I'm done, I will be back. It is another ghost I haven't seen before. Tucker said it had locks all over it." Shouted Danny, over the roaring sound of the wind.

"Oh, that's OK Danny. Besides, flying is nice." Smiled Sam, looking into Danny's now green eyes.

Sure, flying was nice to Sam, but she would rather be having fun with Danny, dancing to music with him and playing video games with him. Like they used to, before Danny got ghost powers. Except most of the times they were hanging around with tucker, as well. Sam had liked Danny ever since she met him, in the fourth grade. Sam moved from a new town and tucker and Danny were playing ghosts and asked Sam if she wanted to join in. She knew from that moment, they would get along fine. Who knew that when Danny had been playing ghosts for all his life that he would turn into one? Well a halfa. It was a shock to them all.

So here Sam was, flying with Danny remembering the moment they met. Remembering how she convinced Danny to go into the ghost portal. Remembering how this is all her fault. Remembering that she was the reason everything in her life went terribly wrong.

Flashback

Come on Sam, I have shown you the portal, can we get out of here now? Besides, my parents say it doesn't work.

Come on Danny, aren't you curious what is on the other side? You've got to check it out.

Yeah, who knows what cool dimension lies on the other side of this portal. Alright, I'm ready.

Hang on, you can't go walking around with that on your chest. There you go.

Thanks. Here goes. Ahhh!

End of Flashback.

And she knew what she had to do.

"Sam? Sam? I will be back in a couple of minutes." Shouted Danny, flying off to fight the ghost with apparently, many locks on it.

"Hey Sam. Sorry to interrupt your little date. It was really important though. Everyone is completely in terror. Sam?" said a voice.

"Oh, tucker. I need to have a word to Danny when he is done. It is all my fault." Cried Sam.

"Sam? What's your fault? Are you OK?" asked tucker, worried.

"Oh, just about everything. I'm fine. At least I will be when I talk to Danny about this." Muttered Sam.

Danny flew around to the back of the nasty burger, which was still standing, unlike in the future. They had fixed the damage so The Nasty Burger was still running. Danny had a look out for locks. And then something caught his eye. A human, with clothes made of locks. Unusual as it was, Danny wasn't surprised.

"GET AWAY FROM LOCKMAN! I MIGHT HURT YOU!" screamed this really ugly beast.

Danny ignored what it said and got closer. He was about to give him a powerful kick when Lockman hit him with a lock which made Danny crash against the wall of The Nasty Burger. Danny was now getting angry. He was so frustrated that he let out his horrible, ghostly wail. Windows shattered, humans covered their ears. Danny knew instantly this was a mistake. He just couldn't help himself. He quickly got out the Fenton Thermos and shoved Lockman inside before something worse could happen. Danny floated to the ground where tucker and Sam were standing. In a flash Danny was human again. But he was looking very guilty.

"Whoa dude! Seriously, you didn't need to do that." Grinned tucker.

"I didn't mean to. It just, I don't know, came out. I feel so ashamed." Danny looked at the floor.

"Oh don't worry about it. No one got seriously hurt so everything will be alright. Which reminds me. Uh… Danny can I talk to you? In private." Stuttered Sam.

"Uh… sure." Answered Danny.