Alrighty, whoopie! 5 whole reviews! yippee! lol im sorry that seemed rude. anyway here is the next chapter, sorry about the suspenseful ending to the last chapter. I made it so it's not rated M... it's cleaner than i made it sound it might be.

Dislaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom or any characters from the show. Just Ben

Guardian Angel

Chapter 4:
A New Kind of Friday Night

"Why Dad… why! What did I DO? Momma… please I hope to see you soon…"

With that said… Ben Harrington took his shaving razor and placed it just underneath the palm of his hand and pressed as hard as he could and ripped down the razor across the backside of his arm. The pain was immense, although he has been through worse… a lot worse. This was a drop in the bucket compared to the Area 51 incident.

His eyes watered from the dull pain and the memories of the past. He missed his mother, and would do anything to see her. His tearful face gazed at the massive cut on his wrist. He cried even more when he saw it stop bleeding before his eyes. He wiped away the blood only to see that the cut was half of the original size.

"Why! WHY CAN'T I SEE YOU MOMMA!" Ben cried in his head. After sobbing for 5 minutes the pain disappeared completely. His gash was almost completely healed, and he stopped crying. He regained his famous optimism and tried to look on the bright side… he was always good at finding sparks of light in the metaphorical dark cave.

"Well…hehe I'm not doing that again… at least I'm alive, and at least Sam, Danny or Tucker, or anyone else will notice this little incident." He put on a little smirk on his face, and went to his closet and slipped on his favorite shirt. Anyone could tell it was his favorite, because he wore it 3 days a week. In reality it wasn't his favorite, he didn't have one, but he only had around 7 shirts to choose from, and didn't want to waste money washing them when they were still perfectly clean.

He put on his Life is Good shirt (copyright by the life is good co.) a shining symbol of his undying optimism and slipped on his jeans. He ran out the door and walked to this bus stop, while crying out "Cya Mom! Bye Dad!" to his foster parents. They found Ben to be a blessing, he was such a good foster son. Did what he was told, no bad habits, good work ethic. In most parents eyes, he could be viewed as almost the perfect child. Ben didn't care about this. He just cared about doing what he needed to do and tried to be happy about it. Ben never liked to see anyone hurt or sad, so often times he could be a pushover, but was wise enough to only let that happem once in a blue moon.

He got on the bus which was about ready to leave the stop with Ben gasping for air trying to catch it. He sat down in the empty seat near the back. He didn't like sitting in the back, because that's where all the kids he didn't like sat. Dash, Paulina, etc. He quietly sat down and tried not to make contact with anyone, attempting not to make conversation, knowing that it would lead to trouble.

Meanwhile…

Danny, Sam, and Tucker were walking to school that Friday morning, because they had the pleasure of being so close to the school.

"So you guys wanna come over to my house again tonight? My parents are going to a business party, and won't be back until.." Sam looked at her watch dramatically, "..late tomorrow.. hehe… we can, watch movies. I just got a new popcorn machine that makes it like 3 times faster, buttery, and fluffier."

"Sure Sam sounds great. I closed the ghost portal this morning so I'm pretty sure we can have a solid night of ghost-free fun." Danny said.

"Why don't you just keep that thing closed all the time?" Tucker asked confused.

"Well, I'd like to but my parents are still looking to catch a ghost and experiment on it…" Danny answered, rolling his eyes.

"Have they even caught one yet? Ever?" Sam chimed in.

"Me… once, but I went willingly though…" Danny snickered back .

They got to school to find Dash, along with the other popular teens laughing. They were in a circle, so Danny and the gang couldn't see what all the hubbub was about. They could hear, however the clear words of "Fight, fight, fight, fight..."

Danny and Sam weaved their way through the crowd leaving Tucker behind the mass of people. Both teen's expression were the same when they saw their recently new friend (compared to the long friendship Danny shared with Tuck and Sam) in the circle along with Dash. Dash had an angry grimace on his face, glaring daggers at Ben, who remained cool with a smirk on his lips, and a raised eyebrow to add to his cocky-ness.

"I'll show you Harring-TOAD! Call me stupid will ya…"

"There is nothing wrong with stating out facts Dash. And here's another fact I'll go ahead and toss at ya, your insults… well, SUCK! Find some new material, you aren't funny, are you really that moronic tonot realize that?" Ben commented while remaining his cool as the angry jock advanced towards him.

"What the hell is he doing?" Danny asked Sam, knowing exactly what her answer would be…

"I don't know Danny, either he fell on his head this morning, or has a death wish…"

Dash reared back his bulky muscular arm, and Ben held up his rather comparatively scrawny fists up for defense. Dash let out a deadly scream of rage as he flung his fist at Ben's face. Sam noticed that Ben let down his fists, letting Dash punch him as hard as he could in the nose.

"Ha! Call me stupid will ya…" Dash said defiantly.

Ben took his thumb and ran it under his nose. He looked at it and saw a tiny trace of blood. He sniffed up any remaining blood into his sinus and just smiled. Knowing that it would take just seconds for his chemically enhanced blood to heal up. He felt hardly any pain, but more than he expected.

"I'm ready Dash.. You gonna punch me or just stand there and look retarded?" Ben said gaining more confidence. Dash just stood there in awe… He had knocked out Kwan in one punch before, and now this kid was taking it like it was nothing. Dash let out 2 more jabs, Ben caught the first one with his palm, and he ducked his head to the left, letting the second punch slam into the nearby locker.

Ben wanted to do this since 7th grade. He took his hand with Dash's fist inside of it, and slammed Dash's fist into his mouth, making bleed a little. Dash stood there, no, he fell to his ass in shock.

"If you say you're not a moron, then why did you just hit yourself?" Ben said to the easily defeated jock laying on his back on the cold hallway.

The crowd had grown a lot since the fight started. And erupted in cheers after Ben had knocked Dash on his butt.

"Holy cow Danny! Did you see that! I never knew Ben was that strong, I could never tell…"

"I know Sam… wow, I mean I couldn't even do that… well the other half of me could… and did you see him take that punch. That would have knocked almost anyone unconscious!" Danny replied to Sam with the same enthusiasm as her. The crowd has dispersed, except for a few girls, mostly Paulina and Star, flirting with Ben.

Ben was happy that girls were noticing him, but wasn't too glad that they were Paulina and Star. "Wow Benji, I never you were so brave, and strong." Paulina cooed while running her hands across his chest.

Star was playfully running her fingers up Ben's arm and said flirtatious lines similar to Paulina's.

Ben was embarrassed as was glowing a slight shade of red. He noticed Sam and Danny walking down the hall, and wanted to talk to them. He politely left the 2 girls, it was hard due to their grasping of shoulder's and wrists… He finally budged free, and apologized for leaving. He caught up with Danny and Sam and asked how they were doing…

"Oh, no complaints… you"

"Same here, just dandy… heehee, how about you Sam? What's up?" Ben said turning his head to the beautiful goth girl.

"I'm just peachy, Ben." She said with a giggle. "And not much, just planning my night at my place tonight with Tucker and Danny… you wanna come?"

This got Danny's attention. It was always just the three of them, it was tradition. Having a fourth would change things. It might not be as fun. He got a discouraging look on his face but didn't change anything.

"Really? You mean it? Wow that would be great! Thanks Sam!" Ben said shooting her an affectionate smile.

"Hey can you bring your guitar tonight? I've never seen anyone play it live… except at concerts… 'and Ember unfortunately…' " Sam said smiling back with hope in her lilac eyes.

"Sure no problem! I mean… if Danny and Tuck don't mind."

Danny shook his head no andwas about to ask Ben about his fight with Dash, but thought it could wait till lunch or tonight if it needed.

The bell had rung and everyone went to their classes. Sam, Danny, Ben, and Tucker who just met up with them walked to English. When they got there, the class went silent as everyone turned up and stared at Ben. He stood there a little anxious, not sure what was going on.

"Well, well Mr. Harrington, it seems like you had a little incident with a Mr. Baxter this morning…"

Ben's head dropped, knowing that he was going to get detention, he raised up again and told Mr. Lancer, "Yea… and I know I deserve detention, but let me tell you first that Dash started it by calling me names and picking on me all morning, I was just defending myself, he was the one that punched me."

"He punched you? Where you look clean as a whistle from where I'm standing, now Mr. Baxter on the other hand…" He gestured towards his empty seat, Ben assumed he was in the nurse's office.

"That's three days detention Ben… and I'm writing to your parents"

This made Ben hurt worse than the detention or the name calling Dash had put him through. He hated to make his foster parents upset, he tried his best to be a good son to them. He was a great one, but he strived for perfection, since he knew he was capable of reaching it.

He sat down and was downtrodden the rest of the day and during detention, when he found out Danny had it as well. (surprise surprise!) They talked the entire time, without Lancer's permission of course, and that cheered Ben up a little bit.

Danny really wanted to bring up the subject about the fight, but just wanted to wait till later that evening. Danny was just in awe about Ben's strength. He didn't think that Ben could be so strong. But to give a fair chance, he has never seen his muscles, Ben always wears incredibly loose-fitting shirts and couldn't really tell from his pants. That made Danny wonder if he had any muscle. He had been fighting ghosts for over a year now, and well he must have been to busy to notice any sort of improvement.

Later that night.

'Ooh I just can't wait for tonight… I hope Ben has fun, I mean of course he will right, he's hanging out with his friends right? That's better than being alone on a Friday.'

Sam was preparing for the night all alone with her 3 teenage hormonal male friends. From an outward point of view, one could see this as a very uncomfortable night for Sam. But she knew that they didn't like her like that, and would trust her life with them… well maybe not Tucker…

Sam laid out the movies so they could easily make a selection. She fluffed the pillows on the massive couch and polished the lens of the projector. She never took these precautions before, but that's probably just because they are having someone new over.

They had been friends for Ben for about 3 months and have gotten very attached, he fit right in with them. They shared all their secrets with him, and vice-versa, even just a couple weeks ago, they explained Danny's huge secret about his powers. Ben was impressed and promised to keep it secret. And that was good enough for Danny, Sam, and Tucker.

Sam knew she had a little crush and Danny, and lately maybe even more. She was sure that Ben noticed it too, and even started acting a lot like Tucker, making some jokes that only Sam, and for some reason Danny didn't understand.

And lately, she started to feel something towards Ben too. She loved Danny though and kept on having to make those thoughts to convince herself. Although that incident where he beat up Dash without even trying impressed her greatly. It was about time he had what was coming to him. It made her feel a feeling similar to what she had towards Danny. She felt as if she could be safe with him.

"No, Sam, Bad… Danny is the most sincere sweet person on the planet. You know that! Why do I think those things about Ben, he's just a good friend that's all."

Ben's House…

Ben had to explain to his parents about the incident at school. He told the truth and how he was just defending himself. He rarely got in trouble so his foster parents took it easy on him and only grounded him for the weekend, starting when he gets back from Sam's.

Danny told him in detention that these things last all night so he should be some PJ's or something.

Ben took this to heart and packed up a dark purple duffel bag with some pajama pants and a spare shirt. He put his toothbrush in one of the pockets along with his retainer that he never wears, just incase he decides to wear it.

Just before he left, he remembered that Sam requested that he bring his guitar. He was glad she did, because he really wanted to show his friends and have them learn more about them… hell, he might even let out some of his past if they got into some serious secret giving…maybe…

He had a magnificent acoustic guitar. He had saved up for years and paid half the difference with his foster parents for his only birthday present last year. It was an Ovation (sorry about product placement) it had a beautiful rounded body, with comfortable curves and a radiant wooden face. There was a shimmering mother of pearl design around the sound hole in the body, along with mother of pearl circles on the mahogany neck. He polished it thoroughly and carefully placed it in its velvet-lined case.

Ben then gathered the rest of his things and started to walk out the door. He yelled good-bye to his parents as he crossed the threshold and started down the path to his friends house.

Danny met up with Tucker outside Sam's front door and saw Ben one or two blocks away carrying some stuff. They saw him and waved as they walked into her mansion. Ben finally got to her friend's house and opened the door, the aroma of fresh pizza captivated him. After he was done marveling the scent of the pizza, he took in his surroundings and nearly dropped his guitar case on the floor. His eyes were wide and he mouth a little ajar. Ben placed his stuff carefully on the ground and looked back to Sam who was chewing on some pizza.

"This is where you live? This is where we are staying tonight?" Ben said with a smile.

"Yes, and you betcha…" Sam replied, returning the grin back to Ben.

They all had made some small talk and wandered to the theatre. Ben really wasn't interested in watching movies, and knowing Sam, he definatly didn't want to watch what she was going to offer. Ben would rather watch a bad comedy with only 4 good jokes in the entire 90 minute showing than watch a horror where little boy's head's are chopped off and little girls are raped and stabbed in the eyes.

He mentioned this to Sam, she only chuckled and tried to reply something witty.

"First off Ben, it's not rape… it's surprise sex…"

Tucker then chimed in behind him startling Ben, "SURPISE!" (A/N: this is just a random joke from some of my friends it's not supposed to be offensive in any way, so if I offened anyone, I truly am sorry.)

This gave everyone a good laugh and made Ben to start to make himself at home. He took his stuff to the theatre.

He was behind Tucker, Danny, and Sam who only had small draw-string bags with a pair of pants. Ben only smiled as she saw Danny play around with Sam, and she playfully punching his shoulder in response to a joke he had told her.

"Why aren't they together yet? Heh, well I guess cluelessness and shyness don't work very well I suppose." Ben said quietly to himself as he walked down the steps to the theatre where he could clearlyhear abad joke Tucker had just made…

A/N: well that's a better ending that last chapter's lol. so anyway summary of the next chapter right here: Ben plays guitar andaccidently swoons Sam. Ben reveals what happend that day with Dash, and talks about his incident with area 51.

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