Chapter Two

"Did you hear?" People started gossiping in the corridors between classes. "Fenton and Manson are dating and he faced the billionaire Kyle Miles for her."

"Grrr. I can't take all this gossip!" Sam cried out in frustration, sitting on their usual table for lunch.

"I'm sorry, Sam, I didn't mean to make it worse." Danny apologized for the fourth time that day.

"I already said its okay." She gave him a small smile and squeezing his hand gently. "At least Kyle didn't try to talk to me yesterday. I think he's finally leaving me alone."

Tucker had just joined their table, bringing all the meat he could carry with him, he was staring back at the door of the cafeteria slightly uncomfortable.

"You just said that Kyle guy is leaving you alone?" Tucker asked, pointing at the door where Kyle, himself was standing, chatting with a couple of seniors students.

"What is he doing here?" Sam hissed, angrily.

"He's sponsoring the school's dance, which gave him free access in here." Tucker said. "I just happened to hear him saying something about a 'Valentine Ball' and a fancy buffet."

"He's stalking me!" Sam clenched her teeth, slamming her fists loudly on the table, making Tucker's meal jump half feet in the air.

"He wouldn't dare." Danny said, eyeing Kyle dangerously. His eyes flashed green for a moment of two. "Not after what I said yesterday."

"Guess what, genius." Tucker continued "He's asking the students about your relationship."

"WHAT?" Sam stood up. "He crossed the line!" She marched up to the boy who was smiling broadly at her, illuminating the whole room with his bright and perfect teeth.

"Sammy, are you having a good time?" He asked politely.

"Don't call me that and what are you doing here?" She put her hands on her hips, tapping her foot impatiently. Danny and Tucker, along with almost every student in the cafeteria, turned their heads to watch the couple fight.

"I heard the school never threw Valentine Ball because of lack of sponsors, I just thought it would be a nice thing to do. This is your school after all." He smiled.

"Don't lie to me." She lowered her voice so that nobody would hear her but Kyle. "You're stalking me."

"I'm not." He replied, offended. "I'm just doing good deeds. In the way…" He grinned. "I heard some very interesting gossips about you and your boyfriend. A girl named Paulina told me you aren't dating Danny because he's in love with a girl named Valerie."

"Paulina is not my friend so she doesn't know about Danny and me." Sam answered fast, hoping she'd be a good liar.

"Your teacher, Mr. Lancer, said you two were never together, just close friends." Kyle smiled even more, realizing he was cornering the girl even more.

"You're investigating me?" She said, unbelieving her ears.

"No, of course not. But I still don't understand why you deny me a date."

"Please, just understand this: I don't want you." She said, considering spelling it out for him.

"I understand, but I really like you." He insisted. "You don't have to pretend to be with him, because even if it is true, it's just a teen crush, right? I can wait my whole life for you." He tucked her hair behind her ear, smiling gently at her.

Sam couldn't believe what he was saying. She was surprised that he saw through Danny's lie (he had sounded very possessive of her the day before, nobody would doubt his words that moment), but was furious that he was so insistent. He was very polite and cute, true, but his words were awfully annoying.

"I am dating Danny!" She practically shouted it, making the whole cafeteria go silent, as if frozen by her words. "Whether you believe it or not, I love him and he loves me; we're together and happy in the present time and I don't give a damn about the future!"

Kyle looked surprised and hurt at the same time. Sam turned around and stormed out of the cafeteria. Kyle looked around and immediately noticed that he had just been put down in public and that soon the gossip would be out in the papers.

Danny stood up quickly, feeling all the eyes turn to focus on him. He ran out of the cafeteria, looking for Sam, who he feared might me punching a wall, or worse.

He saw her in the end of the corridor, entering the girl's bathroom, her beautiful face set in a scowl. He knew he was in danger of being murdered in the spot if he faced her now, but he wouldn't let her alone after that fight.

"Sam?" He tentatively pushed the door open. He saw her sitting in a corner, hugging her knees while crying softly. He stepped inside and closed the door behind him. "I can haunt him if you want me to." He said, happy that he managed to make her smile.

"I'm sorry I screamed that we were together." She apologized. "I ruined your chance with Valerie."

"Don't worry about her now." He kneeled in front of her, putting his hands on top of hers. "I'm going to help you get rid of that cocky punk and then we can fix everything." He smiled.

"I don't think we can do anything about him." She said, sincerely. "He's staying at my house for a while… I don't know how long it will be, it can be months."

"Of course we can!" Danny grinned. "I can pretend to be your boyfriend until he's gone if you'd like." He blushed.

"You're kidding me." Sam's eyes widened; "Danny, we can't, what about Valerie? And the Ball? Don't you want to go with her?"

"I'd love to," He sighed. "Do you think he'll go before the ball?"

"I doubt it, if he's sponsoring it…" Sam shrugged. "Really, we'll think of something, you don't have to sacrifice yourself because of that idiot." And feeling a little better to know she had Danny by her side, she hit his arm playfully. "And weren't you supposed to meet Valerie before lunch is over?"

"Oh, crap, I forgot it!" Danny stood up, but was reluctant in letting Sam by herself.

"You can go, silly. If Kyle comes after me he'll get a date with my boot." She grinned.

"Fine I'll go, but please be careful." He said, kissing her temple before leaving the bathroom.

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Later that night, Sam was in her room finishing her Math homework hearing the Radiohead CD when someone knocked on her door. She held her breath fearing that the person outside her room might be Kyle.

"Who is it?" She called, walking closer to the door, but not unlocking it.

"It's me, dear." Mrs. Manson said through the door.

Sam breathed again, opening the door, working on the best annoyed look she could.

"What is it?" She crossed her arms over her chest.

"I just wondered if you'd like to have dinner with us." She said. "You've been here since you arrived. It's like you're avoiding us."

"Bingo." Sam said, sarcastically. "I'm coming down and join the family again as soon as those men leave this house."

"Kyle is in love with you, dear." Mrs. Manson said. "And you can't run from this arranged marriage forever. He said you're dating that Danny boy." She looked very displeased. "It's obvious who the better match is."

"Why are you doing this, mom?" Sam asked, almost breaking down in front of her mother. "You know I don't want this. This is my life you're messing with."

"Dear, I wasn't pleased when I married your father either, but today I know it was for the best. One day you'll look back and thank us for doing this. We're thinking of the best for you."

"Mom…" Sam closed her eyes, taking a deep breathe and keeping her tears from falling. "I'm going to tell you this just once: I'd rather die than to get married."

"You have two years to think about that." Her mother said. "I'm not going to force you, but I will do everything I can to convince you of the right choice." Mrs. Manson said, walking out of the room and slamming the door shut.

Sam dropped on her bed, feeling exhausted and ready to cry like a little girl for hours. She buried her face on her pillow when she heard her door creaking open and someone tiptoeing into the room. She froze when she realized she forgot to lock the door.

She was going to stand up, when she felt someone breathing down her neck. Her hair was standing up in shock. She thought of the worse that moment. She tried to move around, tried to roll on her back, but someone was trapping her against the bed with their body.

"Sam..." Kyle whispered on her ear, kissing her neck gently. "You don't have to play the rebel with me." He said. "I can see right through your heart."

"If you don't back away right now, I'll scream." She threatened.

"Too bad your walls are soundproof." He grinned, but let her go anyway.

"How do you know that?" She rolled away from the bed as if it was on fire.

"Your mom was talking about how annoying your taste in rock music is." He half laughed.

"But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here"

The song 'Creep' played in the background. Sam noticed that she couldn't reach the door, because Kyle was standing in the way. She was trapped.

"She's running out again
She's running out
She run, run, run run
Run"

"What are you going to do with me?" She asked, looking for anything that she could hit him with, cursing herself for taking out her boots.

"Nothing." He said simply. "I just wanted to talk. Why are you so scared of me?" He looked hurt, as if she had misunderstood him for a low life vermin.

"I'm not used having man lying on top of me on my bed." She said, sarcastically.

"I couldn't resist." He smiled. "You looked so cute."

"Stop it, please." She said, almost desperately. "Don't insist."

"I'm not insisting. I'm just here to ask for a deadline." When Sam looked puzzled at him without replying he continued. "Give me a month to win you over."

"Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You're so fucking special
I wish I was special"

Sam looked at the boy standing in front of her, looking completely harmless. She put down her guard, thinking that maybe talking wasn't a bad idea.

"I just wanted to explain that this marriage thing that our parents settled is a religious tradition in our family." Kyle explained. "I don't know about you, but I don't want to disappoint them."

"I don't care." Sam shouted. "I don't want it, I won't do it. You can be the nicest guy on earth, Kyle, but I do not wish to get married."

"If I was Danny Fenton, would you say the same thing?" He raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, I would." She tilted up her chin, defiantly. "Now, please, get out of my room." She pointed the door at him, but instead of living he took the opportunity to crush his lips on hers.

He pulled away quickly, looking down at her as if he had down something horrible (well, he had.) She looked at him completely stunned for about five seconds.

"GET OUT!" She screamed, not being able to control her tears. Her first real kiss. He had just taken her first kiss.

"I didn't mean to-"

"Get out!" She repeated, biting her lip so hard it bled.

Kyle looked frightened. He apologized and left her room. Sam quickly locked the door and fell on her knees; her legs were shaking so hard she didn't have the strength to hold her weight up.

She searched for her cell phone, dying to hear Danny's voice and tell him everything that had happened, but when she reached it and dialed his number she realized how unfair it was to put him in the middle of her family problems.

She threw the cell phone back in the bed.

"But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here"

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Danny hadn't seen Sam the whole day. They had just two classes together on Friday, but she always showed up so they could chat between classes. She hadn't even showed up during lunch.

He pocketed some cookies when lunch was over and headed for the classroom ten minutes before the class started and was glad to see his favorite girl sitting there, even though she didn't look very happy to see him.

"I thought you didn't come." He grinned at her, placing the cookies in front of her. "I was going to call you and ask if you're sick." He noticed she was hiding her face and immediately got worried. "Sam, look at me." He ordered.

To anybody who knew Sam enough it was obvious that she was not the kind of person who would be ordered around, but those who knew how close she and Danny was wouldn't be surprised to see that she obeyed him and lifted her face to let him see her.

"What happened to your mouth?" He asked, holding her chin to look closely at the bruised lips. He saw a cut on her lower lip and his eyes flashed green in fury.

"I was clumsy yesterday, don't worry." She smiled at him, wearing a mask of boredom that she confused him so well.

"He touched you." He said, grabbing her hands and squeezing them gently, to show her he was there for her. "He's dead."

"He kissed me." She finally said. "But you won't get in the middle of this." She declared, seeing that he was in the process of going ghost to murder the pompous jerk.

"I won't? Yeah, right. Watch me!"

"You sit down!" She yelled dangerously, making the ghost turn human again and sitting down obediently like a trained dog.

"He hurt you." He said, still looking ready to murder.

"He kissed me and I bit my lip after that, he wasn't rough with me." She explained, patiently. Danny shut up and heard her. "He's going to stay for a month. We established a deadline." She explained. "He has a month to win me over, if he doesn't he's never coming back."

"And you're going to watch your back a whole month? Sam, that jerk is inside your house! He broke into your room and forced you to kiss him! Who knows what might happen next!" He stood up, pacing around the classroom, furiously.

"He's not a jerk." She said. "He was very polite, actually, but I admit I don't know him well enough to trust him… I didn't want to trouble you, but…" She trailed off, making Danny look at her expectantly. "Would you pretend to be my boyfriend until it's over?" She asked, her eyes pleading him. "I swear I'll help you get Valerie after this."

"Fine." Danny sighed, relieved. "It's a whole month… but it's better than see another bruise on you."

"We can break up at the ball so that you can dance with Valerie." Sam suggested, making Danny chuckle.

"Is he going to be around school?" He asked.

"I'm afraid so. I saw him leaving the principal's office this morning." She said, sadly. "We'll have to fool the whole school if we want to make him believe us."

"It won't be that hard." Danny grinned. "We are best friends after all. We're comfortable around each other to put up a show."

"Thank you so much." She said, hugging him. Danny buried his nose in her hair, smelling her sweet perfume. They were into their own world when the bell rang and the students started entering the classroom.

They only noticed they had an audience when the teacher cleared his throat loudly near them, making them break the hug blushing madly and sit back to the class to start.

That's it, one more chapter done. Special thanks to my friend Rae for proof reading it to me. Next chapter will be out soon with more 'action' if you know what I mean. See ya.