Sam wandered around Amity Park in a daze. Something about Eric was so strange, and yet she couldn't ignore the feelings she had felt towards him. He was almost too nice, but after what Danny had said to her at lunch she wasn't quite emotionally stable.

Her love for Danny had grown so much that it was hard to keep in, and when Danny had started talking to her on their walk to school she had felt her heart soar. For a moment she had hoped that maybe he had felt the same way about her; until lunch that is.

Adding Eric into the jumbled mess was too much. He seemed sweet, and Sam had felt better after talking to him, but he also had confessed his love after a few minutes, and people like that usually end up being psychopaths. Well, on TV anyway.

She continued wandering, totally unaware of what was happening back at the school she had left.

In the dark hallway Danny's eyes were glowing and he was glad that one of his powers was the ability to see in the dark. He looked over at Tucker who was standing still with a terrified look on his face.

Danny turned to confront the ghost and saw it streaking towards him. He turned intangible and fell through the floor seconds before the ghost would have collided with him.

When he floated up above the floor he saw that the ghost was gone and the lights had turned back on. Danny changed back to normal and looked at Tucker, who twitched slightly and said, "I'd better go find Sam. She might not be too happy to see you, but after I've talked to her she should be fine."

Before Danny could say anything Tucker walked off. Danny opened his mouth and closed it, then changed back into his ghost form. Maybe he could find Sam first and tell her what he had wanted to tell her since he had woken up this morning. He flew through the wall and began searching for Sam.

Sam had decided that she should go back and talk to Danny. He hadn't acted like his usual self, and she was wondering if the ghost had done more to him than he would tell. As she was nearing the school she saw Tucker walking out of it. He spotted her and ran over.

"Sam there you are! I was really worried about you." Sam noticed something strange about Tucker but couldn't put her finger on what it was.

"Where's Danny?" she asked, and Tucker blushed and looked embarrassed.

"You probably don't want to see him right now. He said that the only reason you left the cafeteria was because it was that certain time of month for you and-" Sam looked like she was about to kill the certain halfa that was floating above their heads invisibly listening to their conversation.

"He what? Ugh, you know what Tucker, I was going to give him a second chance but that is the last straw!" She shoved past Tucker and stormed into the school. Danny watched her leave and then watched as a smirk spread across Tucker's face; the same smirk that had been on Danny's face when he had insulted Sam at lunch…

Danny was fuming. He appeared and launched himself at Tucker, who gasped in surprise and… phased into the ground. Danny crashed into the grass and watched as Tucker floated back up. Tucker shook violently and Danny watched as the same ghost that had overshadowed him floated out of Tucker.

Tucker fell unconscious to the ground. The ghost laughed and then glared at Danny. "Sam will be mine!" he screamed, and then he vanished into thin air. Danny stood up and then flew towards the school as fast as he could.

Sam stormed through the school looking for Danny. She was going to wring his skinny neck. Someone stepped out of a doorway in front of her and Sam walked straight into him. She looked up straight into a pair of silver eyes.

"Eric!" she said, jumping away from him. He looked down at her and smiled.

"Your eyes are a lovely shade of purple. Don't worry about crashing into me; it seems to happen a lot when you walk out of doors without looking." Eric raised one eyebrow and cocked his head questioningly. "Who put you in such a bad mood?"

Sam sighed. Why were her emotions so easy to read? "I'd… rather not talk about it right now." She said, and Eric didn't ask any further. His reply was much stranger.

"Hmm, I was wondering if you would mind showing me around town. It wouldn't be a date, although I wish it was, but I could really use your help." Sam gasped at how straightforward Eric was.

Suddenly Danny landed beside her. She jumped in shock and then looked at Eric. His face was blank. Danny looked at Eric and said, "Um, I'm a ghost, shouldn't you be running away?" Eric shook his head.

"Sorry, I'm new here." Sam would have laughed but she was too angry at Danny. "Can I ask you something?" he said, and Danny was so shocked by the question that he nodded. "Are ghosts able to take on human forms?"

Danny shook his head and Eric half smirked. "Ok, sorry to have bothered you. Sam and I were just leaving." He walked over to Sam and lifted her up in his surprisingly strong arms. The strange thing was, Sam didn't care. It would probably do Danny good to have his ego deflated a bit.

Eric walked out the door with Sam in his arms. Danny watched them go and felt his heart break. Sam didn't even say anything about being pulled away, and Danny never had a chance to explain what had happened.

"I'm so stupid!" he said out loud. Danny knew that if he had talked to Sam earlier then none of this would be happening. Was everyone against Sam and Danny's relationship? First that ghost shows up and makes Sam hate Danny and then the new kid whisks her away…

Danny's eyes widened as realization hit him. Eric had smirked when Danny had said that ghosts couldn't take on human forms, and Danny also remembered that there were a few ghosts who looked convincingly like humans except for the eyes. Then the faint hope faded as Danny remembered something about Eric that was hard to forget; his eyes were silver.

"Maybe I'm just meant to be alone." He said to the empty school. "After all, who could care for a thing like me?" Spectra's harsh words came back and stung now more than they had before. Danny flew up through the ceiling and into the cloudy sky.

Sam squirmed in Eric's arms. "Please put me down Eric. I'm sure that were safe from Dan- I mean, the ghost now." Instead of doing what she had asked, Eric tightened his grip.

"Sorry Sam, but putting you down would allow you to leave if you wished to, and I can't let that happen." For a second Sam waited for Eric to say, 'You look cute when you're shocked.' But he said nothing, and Sam wondered what she had gotten herself into.

Eric smirked and Sam tried not to look scared. "You know Sam, you really should be careful when you talk to strangers." Chills went up her spine and she suddenly remembered the evil voice the night before.

"You're him aren't you?" Eric looked at her out of the corner of his eye. "You're the stalker from last night!" He smiled almost regretfully and nodded. "Oh… my… God. Help! Danny!" Sam screamed as loud as she could until she felt a hand clamp around her mouth.

"Shut up!" he hissed, and all kindness had left his voice. Sam was helpless as she was dragged into a darkening world.

This chapter is donated to Missmeliss4251, who guessed ahead of time that Eric was touched in the head. There is a major hint to a little bit of Eric's history here and I'm wondering how many reviewers will notice.