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Danny listened intently to every word of Amanda's story, giving her all the time she needed and not interrupting to ask questions as this wasn't the time to do so. It didn't matter how long, even if it takes an eternity. Thanks to Jazz, her therapy sessions, and our long late-night talks. Danny knew that eventually Amanda will open up to him and when she did, he'll gladly listen with an open heart.
"It mustn't be easy for her right now, I know that talking about something like this is a really sore subject and even more so that she's regained her memories before she was Ember." Danny thought.
Danny never would've thought that he and Ember would have similar lives. He guessed after fighting her for almost two years made him forget to not judge a book, or in this case ghost by their cover. Well in his defense she did almost took over the world three times, given that he only stopped two of those attacks. Mom, Jazz, and Sam had to take over since his Dad took him on that really awkward Father-Son bonding fishing trip on Lake Eerie. Then after the Diasterroid she just seemed to not fight him as often and then not at all.
It was eerily quiet in the dawn-touched room as Amanda finished her story, the heartbroken tears that she tried so hard to repress began to form in her once beautiful eyes, now giving them a light crimson tint. She couldn't meet Danny's gaze, as the horrible memory of her death now returned making it difficult to face him.
Danny, on the other hand, was in complete shock and no it wasn't from hearing about her family and friends. Her family sounded like very nice people and he was glad that she had true friends as he does.
No, It was how horrified he was that a monster like that Zach was to her. He didn't deserve to be called a human being, it was a disgrace to all the good samaritans and people left in the world. The very thought of that name now left a very awful taste in his mouth. When he saw the tears start to form in Amanda's eyes something inside of Danny broke in pieces and his eyes shut tightly as a mental image of Amanda dying was now stained in his memory.
Years ago he promised to never use his ghost-powers for his own wicked desires, at the risk of becoming his ultimate nightmare. Danny now had only two things on his mind: REVENGE and RAGE.
Danny wanted nothing more than to find the S.O.B jealous ex-boyfriend and make him suffer for not only trying to ruin Amanda's life but for being the cause of her tragic end. Then he'd go into the Ghost Zone and end his pathetic existence permanently. Danny became so enraged that his eyes flashed not the radioactive green, but a solid icy white as his ecto-aura now began to flare up in the same color.
It took a lot to get Danny this mad and very few had seen him mad before, but this was far beyond his normal level headed anger, and with his powers being more powerful than ever it was getting hard to keep them under control at this moment. That was until he reopened his eyes and gazed at the tears on Amanda's face. He saw them cascade down the sides of her face, ruining the little makeup she had on from the night before.
Seeing her tears began to quell the inner fire of the burning rage within his soul and melt the ice that almost encased his heart. Him losing it wouldn't help Amanda in any way, not yet anyway. He had questions that he wanted answers to, but he'd save them for another time. Taking a calm breath he moved closer to Amanda and placed one of his hands gently on her shoulder.
Feeling a firm hand on her shoulder Amanda brought teary-eyed gaze to Danny's eyes and the smile on his face. Danny took free his hand and brought it up to Amanda's face, stoping as to silently ask for permission before touching her face. When she didn't flinch or move away he gently took his thumb and wiped the tears from her soft cheeks and face, being careful to not get any makeup in her eyes. Once he managed to remove most of the tears and makeup he brought both his hands to her face and looked her right in her beautiful eyes.
"Amanda, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have asked you something as personal as how you died and now having you remember it like happened yesterday. I hope you can forgive me." Danny said.
Amanda felt the sincerity of Danny's voice and how genuine he was with her, there was no deception to his tone. Every word that he said seemed to come from his heart. It wasn't fake like those teen drama shows that she and Kitty would watch in her realm.
"Danny I…" Amanda was suddenly hushed when Danny brought himself closer to her, wrapped his arms around her. Then gently pulling her towards his chest.
Amanda felt the comfort of Danny's hug overwhelm her. Danny was so warm and kind to her, even though they once were enemies in the past, he accepted her. The walls around her emotions finally collapsed and all the emotions she has bottled down outburst.
All the anguish and grief that she has had over the years pouring out of her, tears began to fill her eyes once again, her chest became tighter, and her breathing ragged. She quickly wrapped her arm's around Danny with a tender hug of her own, her new tears mixed with remaining makeup on her face and fell onto Danny's shirt.
She grasped the back of Danny's shirt tightly, her nails gripped into his back and latched on with little resistance of letting, her knuckles turning snow-white from the unbreakable vice grip she had on it. Danny felt the piercing sting of pain hit him hard. It may have hurt him doing this, but it doesn't compare to the pain and suffering that she has gone through. Luckily his ghost-powers helped with the healing, but even when they fade away he will still feel them. There was no way in heck that he is going to forget this day.
The two continued this moment for about half an hour, by this time Amanda's tears had stopped and now left red tear stains on her face. Her ragged breathing was also calmer. Danny opened his eyes to see Amanda's face looking a lot more calm as well, she almost looked content where she was at.
Here he is holding one of his ex-ghost rivals in his arms and she returning his embrace. Danny smiled that he is able to give the comfort that she needs now and probably in the future in event of emotional relapse. He didn't know what it was that gave her the courage to tell her story to him, but he was grateful that she did.
Amanda felt the warmth of Danny's body wrapping around her like a security blanket. She felt safe being in his strong arms. She could feel every defining muscle of Danny's chest and back. She wondered how the rest of him would feel under her touch and how far it would get to. Her face turned bright red at the thought.
"No,no,no,no,no. I can't be enjoying this, but why does it feel so wrong not to." Amanda thought.
Danny saw that Amanda's face was now bright cherry red, he wasn't as dense now as he was when he was younger. He was making her blush or she was thinking of something making her blush this bad. Not wanting to get her riled up, he thought playing dumb would be better.
"Amanda, are you okay. You're looking a bit red, are you getting sick?" Danny said with a fake worried look on his face.
Amanda pulled away from Danny and turned her back towards him. Already regretting it as the warmth she got from Danny had left her once she let go.
"I'm fine baby-pop, it's just hot in here that's all," Amanda said with a little bit of false anger behind her tone.
"Alright, whatever you say," Danny said in mock-defeat.
It wasn't too long when Danny and Amanda heard both their stomachs growling at the exact same time. Danny now was the embarrassed one, here they were just a few minutes after their little moment and he has to ruin it by being hungry. Luckily he wasn't the only one. Looking at his alarm clock, it read 6:47 am and since he was up anyway, having breakfast sounded really good right about now.
Standing up and stretching a bit, he turned back towards Amanda. A genuine smile on his face.
"I don't know about you, but I could seriously go for a bite to eat right about now. What do you think?" Danny said.
Amanda turned back to Danny, her blush no longer visible. She reached out a hand towards Danny as it was kind of hard to used to being alive once again and gravity once again being her worst enemy.
"A little help here baby-pop," Amanda said.
"She must be feeling a little bit better for her to start calling me by that nickname." Danny thought as he reached his hand out towards Amanda's.
However before he reached her hand, Amanda's hand became intangible, then invisible and finally see-through.
"What's happening, why can't I control my ghost powers as I should?" Amanda asked looking at her hand.
Danny felt nostalgia as he brought his hand back towards him. This was exactly what happened to him when he first became half-ghost. Well apart from being a full ghost-like Amanda had been.
"Amanda, I think your ghost powers are now hindered because of your human half. Your body isn't used to handling ecto-energy like from when you were a full ghost. So your powers may be a bit spotty at first." Danny said.
"It's not like you had any trouble from when you fought me or any of the other ghosts in the Ghost Zone," Amanda said.
Danny just laughed at this, holding his sides a bit.
"What's so funny?!" Amanda said with a pout.
"Oh, you have no idea. If it wasn't for my friends, I would've probably not have made it this far.I cannot tell you how many times used my powers by accident and almost exposed my secret to my parents." Danny said wiping a fake tear from his eye.
"Then how do I control my powers again," Amanda said.
"I think that all you need is a good training session to help you get back in control of your powers and even possible new powers that you may have." Danny said.
"New powers, what do you mean by...wait my core is no longer a flame core. It was what an Ice Flame Core, that must mean I can use Ice-based attacks as you can." Amanda said.
"Yeah, but we won't know until your powers develop more. But for right now, let's just keep your body solid. It helps if you think of something solid for a while and then once you get the hang of it your body will do it on command." Danny said.
"Something solid huh, like Danny's chest." Amanda thought.
Her face turned slightly red again, but not as noticeable since her face was still red. Surprisingly her hand came back to being solid as did the rest of her body, she felt more whole than before.
"Great Amanda, it looks like you got the hang of it. Out of curiosity. What are you thinking of?" Danny asked.
Amanda wasn't prepared for that question. She knew the answer, but it was too embarrassing to admit.
"It was...um, a...a tree. Yeah, a tree. That was it." Amanda lied.
"A tree, makes sense. Alright, just keep thinking of that tree for a while and you'll be alright. Now, how about that breakfast?" Danny said reaching out his hand again.
Amanda's face was still red, but she grasped Danny's hand. That warmth and comfort were brought back to her as she stood up on her own two feet and closed her hand around Danny's. She was a bit unstable, but Danny helped her get her balance back.
"There you go. You got it?" Danny said still holding Amanda's hand.
"Sort of, I still feel a bit uneasy," Amanda said.
"Don't worry, we'll take it nice and easy. I won't let go until you tell me to alright." Danny said.
"O-okay, thanks," Amanda said with a stammer.
"No problem," Danny said beaming a smile.
Danny looked Amanda all over to make sure she wasn't shaking or uneasy, trying again to not stare too long at her more, womanly parts. That's when he realized the both of them could use a good shower, they were still a mess from last night.
"Hey Amanda, do you want to take a shower," Danny said, then instantly turned a very dark red.
"What?!" Amanda asked in shock, her face turning even red.
"Wait, that's not I meant. I mean do you want to take a shower by yourself, not with me obviously. I just thought that we both are a mess and….I uhh." Danny rambled on nervously.
Amanda giggled at Danny's attempt of chivalry. It was cute seeing the Ghost Hero ramble on like a nervous wreck. So to silence him, she placed a finger up to his lips.
"It's alright baby-pop, you don't have to try so hard. A shower sounds really great, but I don't have any other clothes to change into and from your face, I don't think you can handle the clothes I have on much longer. Was this apart of your big plan, you naughty boy Daniel Fenton." Amanda said teasing pulling her hand back down.
Danny couldn't come up with anything quick enough, his face turned even darker and her even using his full name threw him off. Amanda started busting out laughing at his face.
"Hey!" Danny said.
"Oh come on baby-pop, I'm just teasing you. You really need to loosen up once and awhile." Amanda said.
Danny took a breath and tried to bring his red face back down. He really needs to step up his game in order to keep up with Amanda and her teasing or else he may eventually faint from all this. If she thinks she one this war, she was far off, and how he was going to get her back he didn't have a plan for.
She was right though, she didn't have any other clothes with her. So he started leading Amanda towards his older sisters room, which was mostly barren except for her twin-sized bed. Jazz took most of her things to Yale. Dany opened the door and led Amanda to the bed and have her sit down.
"Well, for now, my sister's clothes should fit. Lucky she didn't take all of her clothes with her just in case she wanted to visit me. If they don't then we'll go shopping later to buy you some new clothes." Danny said walking over toward the dresser.
"Don't you mean to visit you and your parents, wait where are they?" Amanda asked.
While Danny was looking for some comfortable clothes for Amanda to wear and not trying to imagine what they'd look like on her without blushing.
"In order, it's just me living here. My parents left me the house, lab, and opscenter when they left for washington a few months back, they do still check in and visit like Jazz sometimes. They set me up with a trust fund to help keep me financially secure and not living on the streets. I used part of the money to start investing in the stock markets with Tucker's help and I also have royalty rights with all Danny Phantom merchandise. I earn about half a million alone with merchandise and about another twenty-thousand from stock monthly." Danny said.
"You're rich!" Amanda said.
"I am, but I put most of the money I make goes into helping people and donating to worthy causes. It still leaves me with more than enough to get buy." Danny said.
"Like what?" Amanda asked.
"I'll tell you later, but first let's get you some clothes," Danny said grabbing one of Jazz's short sleeve, light red, v-neck shirts, and faded blue jeans.
The only things he didn't grab was her underwear and bra. It was embarrassing as it was disturbing. Danny handed Amanda the clothes, they weren't exactly her style but the were clean and not torn. She did notice it wasn't the complete set.
"I think you forgot a few things," Amanda said.
"I know, I these are kind of my sister's clothes and it's kind of weird for me to go through her underwear drawer. Picking out a shirt and jeans is easy, but it kinda weird when you touch someone else's underwear without their permission. Since your a girl, it's kind of alright. I'm sure Jazz will understand that's for a person in need of a change of clothes." Danny said.
"That does make sense, besides t's only temporary right. It's not like I'm going to be wearing nothing but your sister's clothes all day." Amanda said.
"Can you stand up?" Danny said.
"I think so, Danny," Amanda said.
Amanda got up slowly and after a little wobble and regaining her balance, she stood and walked over towards Jazz's dresser. Danny moved out of her way with his back turned.
Amanda opened the drawer and saw that the older Fenton had quite the selection to choose from. All in an array of different colors and designs, when she went more towards the back. She found some more adult modest looking underwear. They were simple black, lace underwear and a matching bra to match.
"Wonder how Danny would react if he saw these?" Amanda thought.
"You found the ones you like Amanda?" Danny asked.
Amanda decided to pick out the more modest underwear and picked the matching bra to match. She was amazed at how a gentleman Danny was for respecting his sisters privacy and her own.
"Yeah, I got them. Tell your sister thanks for me will you?" Amanda asked.
"No problem, I'll show you to the bathroom. My mom and Jazz used the one up here so it should have all the soaps and whatever you need." Danny said as he reached his hand back towards Amanda. He knew she could walk, but he liked holding Amanda's hand.
Amanda took his hand as he led her towards the upstairs bathroom, just two doors down from the room. Danny opened the door to reveal the dark bathroom. When Danny flipped the light switch, Amanda walked in awe.
The bathroom itself was done in small white and gray tiles arranged in a diagonal pattern, the cabinet was all gray with two white doors and the counter was done in polished blue marble. The sink was metal as were the fixtures. The privacy glass shower made the room complete.
"This is just the upstairs bathroom!" Amanda said.
"As I said, this was only used by my mom and sister so my Dad went all out for it. Don't know why the privacy glass though, must've been my mom's idea." Danny said.
"This is just amazing," Amanda said.
"Glad you like it, so the towels are under the left side of the cabinet and the soaps and shampoos are on the right side. There should be a few extra toothbrushes, toothpaste, and hairbrushes there too so help yourself." Danny said walking away from the bathroom and back to the hallway.
"Where are you going?" Amanda asked.
"Back to my room to grab a change of clothes, your not the only one who needs to take a shower you know. I'll be downstairs when I'm done and when you're done I'll meet you in the living room." Danny said.
"Alright and Danny?" Amanda asked.
"Yeah?" Danny asked.
Amanda approached Danny and gave a warm hug.
"Thank you, for everything. I know we didn't exactly get off to the best foot, but I'm so glad I met you." Amanda said giving Danny a quick peck on the cheek, walked back from him, and closed the door. Leaving a very stunned Danny behind the door and an embarrassed Amanda on the other side.
"Did I/she just kiss him/me." Danny and Amanda thought.
Well, it looks like feelings between the two are being shown, let's just hope they realize their feelings before it's too late.
Next Chapter: Chapter Seven Rekindled and Reunited
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