It's raining outside. I LOVE this song. And I felt it fits with a lot of people in DP. Yes, this chapter is sad.

Sam sighed. She leaned her forehead against her cold window, watching the raindrops drip down the other side. The day was slowly getting darker and darker with the on coming night. Danny and Tucker had gone home over half an hour ago, and her parents were on a cruise to the Grenadines. The servants had gone home hours and hours ago. She couldn't even see people walking home in the rain. She was the only person in the world, and it stung. The pit of her stomach ached with loneliness, just like it did whenever Danny looked at another girl.

Sam clenched her fist on the window ledge as she thought of Danny. She wanted to yell at him. She wanted to hate him. She wanted to tell him and realize he liked her back. Unfortunately, Sam rarely got what she wanted in the romance department. Sam sighed again and looked out the window. She could pretend Danny was standing behind her, or was somewhere near as Danny Phantom.

But he wasn't… She was alone.

And now I'm all alone again

Nowhere to turn, no one to go to.

Without a home, without a friend

Without a face to say hello to

But now the night is near

And I can make-believe he's here

Paulina Sanchez, the most popular girl at Casper High, was walking home in the rain. She had forgotten to bring an umbrella to the party and her dad forgot to pick her up. Probably with his new girlfriend. She thought sadly.

Out of habit, Paulina scanned the skies for Danny Phantom. Her Superman. He seemed unflawed, perfect, her protector who could save her from anything and everything. His scarcity in her life just made her yearn for him. She just wished he would take her seriously. He seemed to direct her toward Fenton, which she could not understand for the life of her.

On better days, she would often take walks around Amity, hoping to run into him. Or perhaps to be attacked by a ghost, simply so her Phantom would feel the need to rescue her.

Her friends couldn't believe she liked the ghost boy so much. He's DEAD. How would that work out?

But she would keep walking, keep searching for his attention.

Sometimes I walk alone at night

When everybody else is sleeping

I think of him and then I'm happy

With the company I'm keeping

The city goes to bed

And I can live inside my head

The two girls ached, from their incredibly different worlds. Thinking about the same boy, the same attention, the same love, unrequited.

On my own

Pretending he's beside me

All alone

I walk with him 'til morning

Without him, I feel his arms around me

And when I lose my way, I close my eyes and he has found me.

Valerie Gray was searching the skies from her hover board. No ghosts were around. Or people. Even Phantom seemed to take refuge from the rain.

Phantom… Fenton… Her thought always led her back to Danny. Valerie felt like he was all she thought about nowadays. She felt so guilty about turning him down. She wished she hadn't had to. It would have been great to be his girlfriend. He was so sweet and kind… Nothing like Phantom.

Her eyes narrowed. It was all Phantom's fault she couldn't be with the guy she liked. Or any guy.

In the rain

The pavement shines like silver

All the lights are misty in the river

In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight

And all I see is him and me forever and forever

Sam watched as a car passed under her window. She was back to playing the game, pretending Danny was next to her. Talking to her even.

Hey Sam. He would say, wrapping his arms around her.

Hi Danny. A grin spread across her face thinking about it.

Do you think we could go out some time?

You mean as friends, right? She would say, completely cool.

No. More than friends. I mean like a date.

The fantasies always ended there. To finish that scene was so out of reach; it was hard to imagine. So for now she rested in Danny's arms, watching her fantasy slowly trickle away.

And I know it's only in my mind

That I'm talking to myself and not to him

And although I know that he is blind

Still I say there's a way for us

Paulina brought a hand to her dripping hair and sighed. She was soaked. She would probably be coughing tomorrow. But she didn't feel like going inside ye. Going inside meant that another day had gone by without Phantom professing his undying love for her.

She pouted and stopped for a minute to search the skies again. They were still clear. Still Phantom-less.

And in the morning, Phantom wouldn't be seen again. And it would be back to messing with boys heads.

I love him

But when the night is over

He is gone

The river's just a river

Without him, the world around me changes

The trees are bare and everywhere the streets are full of strangers

Valerie brought her board down in an alley near her apartment.

A group of three teenagers passed the mouth of the alley. She ran to catch up with them. "Hey guys!" They turned. It was not Danny, Sam and Tucker. It was three kids she didn't know. "Sorry," she said. "I thought you were someone else.

The kids continued on, throwing looks back at her and snickering slightly.

Valerie was frustrated with herself. She was jealous of Danny's friends. They were completely normal kids, I you counted being Goth normal who led completely normal lives. It pained her to see how easily the three meshed. Without her.

It pained her to see Danny's life go on.

I love him

But every day I'm learning

All my life I've only been pretending

Without me, his world will go on turning

The world is full of happiness that I have never known

Sam sighed. Time to stop pretending. She pulled the curtains closed and closed herself from the rain and entered her empty reality.

I love him

Paulina sighed. She wrung out her hair and ran across the street to her house. Phantom wasn't coming. It wasn't likely he ever would. At least, not for her.

I love him

Valerie sighed. She walked over to her apartment building and entered the lobby. She would catch Phantom another day. She would make him pay for her loss.

I love him...

But only on my own...

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This is EASY guys. You can't say you are Broadway savvy if you don't know this.