I know that I've been taking you for granted

For the longest time

As soon as Danny came home he did the first thing that any person would ever do in his case. Call his only other friend.

"Hey Danny, what's up?" Tucker asked in his cell phone as he took a bite out of a chocolate chip cookie.

"Tucker, do you know what Sam's getting ready to do?" Danny asked and Tucker could detect the urgency in his voice so he dropped the cookie unto his desk and gave Danny his full attention…by picking up the milkshake instead.

"Nope. What, did you guys have another fight? Did you talk about Paulina in front of her again? Danny, you should know better than to do that by now, I mean-"

"TUCKER! Listen!" Danny shouted cutting Tucker off and Tucker sighed.

"Alright Danny, tell me what Sam did this time," Tucker said as he took a large gulp of the vanilla milkshake.

"She…I…well…to put it short, she's going on a date," Danny said unable to tell Tucker the rest. Tucker snorted causing some milkshake to come out of his nose.

"That's it? I mean, come on Danny, just cuz' she's goin' on a date doesn't mean that it's the end of the world-" Tucker said while wiping off the milkshake and then he took another gulp.

"She's going on a date with DASH!" Danny shouted and he could faintly hear Tucker coughing. In truth, Tucker was choking.

"Yeah right Danny, like I was really going to fall for that," Tucker said and Danny realized that Tucker wasn't choking, he was laughing!

"TUCKER! THIS IS SERIOUS!" Danny shouted into the phone and Tucker gasped. He thought he was having a heart attack!

"Oh…my…GOSH! What did you do to her Danny? It had to have been bad," Tucker said, recovering from his near death moment.

"Well…I sort of over heard her and Dash talking and…yelled at her," Danny said meekly. Tucker just gaped at the phone for a minute.

"WHAT THE HECK WERE YOU THINKING!" Tucker shouted into the phone so loud that Danny had to take his ear from the phone, fearing that he would become deaf.

"Hey! I didn't think when I was doing it at the time and-"

"Your darn right you weren't thinking! What happened the last time you yelled at Sam Danny?" Tucker asked and Danny shrunk himself. Tucker didn't even wait for an answer. "That's right, she punished you didn't she? That was the time when you were limping for three days…I thought you'd learned your lesson man," Tucker said shaking his head and Danny stood upright in his bed.

"Alright, alright. I shouldn't have yelled at her. But let's stay on topic," Danny said trying to change the subject. Tucker grinned. Now was the time to make Danny feel guilty…then maybe…he might get guilty enough to confront Sam, admit his feelings for her, and Tucker would be swimming in cash. It's a win, win situation.

"Danny, do you think that maybe Sam left you because you've always been ignoring her?" Tucker asked, a small plan beginning to form.

"What do you mean?" Danny asked. Tucker smirked, he was hooked.

"I mean the fact that nowadays whenever she wants to talk to you you're always paying attention to another girl, thinking about another girl, or just plain ignoring her," Tucker said, sighing. 'I'm really good at this' he thought and Danny's eyes widened.

"I…I never knew that I was…hurting her," Danny said, his voice strained. Tucker's smirk turned into a smile, Danny was caught, hook, line, and sinker. Now, all that he had to do was fill him with total guilt, admit his feelings, and get his butt over to stop Sam.

"You should have realized this a long time ago Danny! I mean, didn't you know how much you were hurting her? How would you feel if every time Sam tried to talk to you she'd just ignore and pay attention to some guy?" Tucker asked and Danny rolled around on his bed.

"I'd…hate her," Danny said and he winced as he said those words. Tucker lost his smile. He was hurting Danny…but it was for the sake of money.

"Exactly. Now, how would you feel if-"

"She acted the way I did when I saw her? I…might have done the same thing," Danny said interrupting Tucker and Tucker sighed.

"You know what you've been doing to her don't you?" Tucker asked and held his breath, waiting for the answer. Danny paused thinking and then he gripped the cell phone.

"I've been taking her for granted," he said and Tucker took a breath. Maybe Danny wasn't so dense after all.

"Now what are you going to do to show her that you've changed?" Tucker asked and Danny opened his mouth, and then shut it.

"I…uhh…," he stuttered and Tucker sighed. Then again, maybe he was dense.

"You have to stop her!" Tucker shouted and Danny shook his head.

"Tucker, I've already tried that and what did that end up in?" Danny asked and Tucker again sighed, shaking his head in remorse.

"Come on Danny! You have to do it!"

"What happened last time?" Danny asked persistently and Tucker stopped shaking his head.

"Well, maybe this time you could at least try to be nice about it. Don't just rub it in her face and not hear her side. Actually talk to her," Tucker said, his voice seemed to be filled with knowledge. Danny gaped into the phone.

"Tucker…when did you learn to give good advice?" Danny asked and Tucker leaned back in his chair.

"Maybe it's because it's between my two best friends who NEED to make up soon or else I'll get stuck in the middle and have to choose sides," Tucker said but inside he thought, 'Or maybe it's because of the money…yep, it's the money.'

"I guess you're right Tucker," Danny said and Tucker smirked.

"You got that right. Now what are you still doing in your room? GO GET SAM!" Tucker shouted into the phone and Danny got up.

"I'm goin for her right now! I-OUCH!" Danny shouted as he tripped over his bed. Tucker groaned as Danny stood back up and told Tucker he'd call him back. Then, he started walking out the door of his house.

"I'll never take you for granted again Sam," Danny said as he started walking off in Sam's houses' direction. Suddenly, a scream pierced the air.

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I'M REALLY, REALLY, REALLY SORRY THAT I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN FOREVER…see, I've been kind of going over EVERYTHING in Inuyasha. Yes, I think I've become a fanatic. INUYASHAXKAGOME FOREVER. Alright, now that that's out, I hope that you guys will forgive me for the long wait and I hope that you liked the chapter!

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- Val