First, she kicked him in the left shin. "That was for calling me by my middle name." He stared at her blankly, barely comprehending what she was saying to him. She got his attention by kicking his other shin. "That was for taking so long to realize your true feelings, blockhead."
"So, what's your answer? Do you love me back?" He asked.
"Daniel Jack Fenton, I love you and I always will," she said, pure joy radiating from her amethyst eyes. Then, without pausing, without thinking, they kissed. In that moment, each of them felt complete, as though a part of themselves that had eluded them for the last eighteen years had finally returned to them. The kiss was long and passionate. When Sam opened her eyes, she looked into a universe of bright green. She was floating a few feet off the ground, in the arms of the man she loved.
"Sorry…" he apologized, landing softly on the grass. "I'll have to watch that."
"I think that you'll get over it eventually. All you need is some practice." With that, they kissed again.
This time, they were punctuated by a chill that ran up Danny's spine. All of a sudden, Sam broke away, coughing like mad. She gave an especially loud cough, and a wisp of blue smoke came out of her mouth. "I've always wondered what that felt like," she mused. Suddenly, they heard the oh-so-familiar cry of "BEWARE!" Sam turned around and followed Danny's gaze to behold the Box Ghost, who was holding an envelope.
"I, the Box Ghost, all-powerful master of all things cardboard and square, hereby present the halfa with this!" He said, thrusting the envelope into Danny's chest. Then, he disappeared with his signature cry of "Beware!"
Danny opened the envelope to reveal an invitation. He read it aloud, "You are hereby invited to witness the joyous union of the Box Ghost and the Lunch Lady in holy matrimony..."
"WHAT!" They both exclaimed at once.
"No way…there's no way on earth or the Ghost Zone…" Danny said, still in shock. "C'mon, it'll be fun," Sam pleaded, "besides, how often do we get to see a couple of ghosts get married?"
"Wait a minute, we? The invitation is just for me."
"Yeah, but it says here that you're allowed to bring a date that's your own species. And since you're human, well, half human, then that means you can bring me!"
"What if it's just a trap? What if it's the ghosts trying to lure me into the Ghost Zone so that they can imprison me there and rid the world of the ghost kid that keeps interfering with their plans? I don't want to bring you into any unnecessary danger, Sam."
"Danny, do you honestly think that the Box Ghost could think up something this complicated?"
"Yeah, I guess you're right." They kissed again and walked down the hill, hand in hand.
There was uproar the next day at Casper High. Everyone was relieved that the geek and the Goth were finally an item, and practically everyone ended up a few dollars richer or poorer, depending on which side of the debate they were on. In their first period English class, Mr. Lancer practically cart wheeled into the room. "Thanks to you two lovebirds, I just won $1000 from Ms. Tetzlaff. To show my gratitude, I'm giving you both an A+ on that term paper due next week." Sam and Danny both blushed, though whether it was out of shyness or gratitude was uncertain. Unfortunately, not everyone was too happy about Sam and Danny coming together. "FENTON!" Dash's voice could be heard from across the cafeteria. "I'm out twenty bucks thanks to you and your girlfriend!"
"It's not my fault you made a bet on me, Dash."
Yes it is! And to make up for it, you're going to be giving me twenty bucks' worth of bruises!"
"Or I could just give you the twenty dollars you lost." Dash stood still, blinking stupidly.
"That would work." Danny gave him the money, and the bully went back to tormenting freshmen.
It was lucky that Sam and Danny didn't have to worry about their term paper for Lancer, because it freed up their whole weekend. That allowed Danny and Sam to prepare for the wedding. They decided to take the Specter Speeder, so that Danny wouldn't have to fly around the Ghost Zone carrying Sam around forever. It wasn't that he didn't want to hold her for as long as he possibly could; he was just worried about getting tired after a few hours. When the day finally arrived, Danny Phantom flew into Sam's room, and he saw the dress she was wearing. His jaw dropped. She was wearing a black strapless that hugged her slender form and went down to just below her knees.
"Wow…you look…" Sam just smiled mischievously. He put his arm around her waist, turned them both invisible, and flew her into his parents' lab.
"Did you leave your folks a note?" he asked.
"What, saying that I went into a parallel dimension with my boyfriend, who, by the way, they're in the process of getting a restraining order against? Nah. I told my grandma, though, she understood."
"She understood that we were going into the Ghost Zone?"
"She understood that you were driving me to a wedding, and weren't sure when we'd be back."
"Nice."
Danny opened the Fenton Portal and phased himself and Sam into the Specter Speeder. He fired up the ignition and shot the hovercraft forwards into the parallel dimension. The scenery immediately changed from chrome to green. Everywhere they looked, all they could see was blackness interspersed with green spirals of varying degrees. Purple doors tinged with green auras floated around the Specter Speeder. Then they saw the ghosts. Ghosts of all shape, sizes, and colors all flying in the same direction. Danny and Sam followed the trail of spirits until they reached a massive throng containing what appeared to be every ghost in the Ghost Zone. Looking beyond this ghastly group, they beheld the bride and groom.
"Oh, my God…" Sam said.