Disclaimer I do not own Danny Phantom. I am just a dedicated fan.

DarkDragonQueen: Here I am again with a new story. I know, I know, you're asking me hey aren't you working on the Black Phoenix? Well I am and I'm way ahead so you'll still get your update. This is different from my other stories. It's more of a drama/angst story, which is something I've never done before... well I have but I didn't like it and took it off. Anyway, it's a very high Rated T on the brink of M, but not violent enough for that. It contains mentions of rape and graphic birth at the end.

Excuse my language, but damn… Seventeen reviews! Was it that good. Well… some people review more than once but still it would have been about ten. This is more popular than my first story which isn't doing so well… Well nothing more to say but thank you!

Yeah, you read this next part from me all the time. Grammar is not my best subject. I can apply it well to writing but I'm not perfect people. If you see a few mistakes here and there dismiss them. Luckily my spelling and use of words makes up for that.

Without further adu I give you the second chapter of Trial, Transition, Growth: Book I.

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Valerie

By

DarkDragonQueen

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Sam groaned as she tugged at the purpled cotton hooded shirt. Four months pregnant and now her stomach was starting to show so that if you were looking for a bump it was there. She had stopped wearing her bellybutton shower shirts and took to wearing the hooded shirts. Her hair had grown as well and gotten thicker. She had read it was common during pregnancies and that in some women their nail grew longer, but her nails were already long. He strawberry blonde locks of her hair were starting to show and attracting attention which she really didn't want.

She walked through the halls of school. She was done with lunch and it was around thirty more minutes till the beginning of class. She decided to go outside and get some fresh air. It was a bit cold out but not too cold as it was the middle of February. Just as she was about to head outside someone ran into her.

"Oh sorry." said the voice.

"No, my fault. I should watch where I'm going." Sam smiled at the African- American girl with long wavy black hair.

"Hi, I'm Valerie. You're that girl that moved in with the Fentons right. I heard Jazz say something about you being disowned."

Sam rolled her eyes. "Unfortunately, yet fortunately." she replied. "I'm Sam by the way."

"Valerie," she stuck out her hand and Sam grabbed it.

Valerie looked her over for a minute and then frowned. She looked hesitant for a moment and then spoke up.

"You're pregnant aren't you?" she asked a bit bluntly.

Sam gasped. Was it that obvious? "How did you kn-?" Sam blinked when the girl laughed.

"Don't worry. It's not that obvious and your hooded shirt disguises it pretty well, but I just notice details and I sometimes volunteer at the hospital and have seen a few pregnant girls trying to hide their pregnancies. Relax though. I won't tell."

Sam let out a sigh of relief. "Thanks, I really don't need the rest of the school finding out about this especially not that girl Paulina. She had a grudge against me and seems like the type who couldn't keep a secret if her life depended on it."

"Know what you mean." Valerie laughed. "I gotta go and grab some lunch before school's over. Nice meeting you."

Sam nodded and pushed the door open, now more aware than ever about how her clothes were fitting, but like Valerie had said it was well hidden... at least from the people she didn't want to know about it. The rest of school breezed on by and Sam found herself headed to a fast food restaurant called the Nasty Burger... well actually she was being dragged there by Danny and Tucker.

"Now tell me again why anyone would want to eat at a restaurant called Nasty Burger that implies that they have a nasty burger?" Sam asked as she was pushed along to the place.

"Well actually it has a pretty good triple thick cheese burger and..." Sam cut Tucker off.

"If you don't shut up I'll take your whole mouth and dis- attach it from the rest of your body." Sam glared.

"Shutting up now." he said promptly.

Danny laughed. Tucker was now afraid of what Sam would do to him because she threatened once to throw his PDA in pot of boling water. Of course he didn't believe... that is, until she actually did it.

Sam looked around the fast food restaurant they were now in and scowled. The smell of meat was making her sick and the fact that it was a bit crowded was making her feel a bit claustrophobic. They found a more secluded area to sit in and the two boys went to go order. She stared into space thinking for a moment and the she saw Valerie approach her table.

"Hi Sam, did those two boys drag you here?" Valerie asked.

"And I'm a vegetarian too, so all this consumption of oily meats is making me sick." Sam almost gagged.

Valerie laughed. "Well then I have no clue how you can stand being anywhere near Tucker."

"I couldn't for a whole month actually." Sam admitted just as the Tucker came back.

"Hey Tucker," Valerie greeted.

"Hey Val,"

"Where did Danny go?" Sam asked noticing the blue eyed boy was missing.

"He had to go make a phone call. He'll be right back." Tucker said his eyes going everywhere except to meet Sam's eyes and she immediately knew he was lying.

Just then a crash of plates or something of the sort could be heard coming from the kitchen and then a chef running out and yelling.

"GHOST!" he exclaimed and as if on cue something was thrown right past Sam and into the wall. It looked like a lunch lady. Panic ensued and people began to run out the restaurant.

"Uh come on Sam let's go. It might get dangerous." Tucker said pulling Sam up out her seat and pulling her in the direction of the exit.

Sam looked back. "What about Valerie and Danny.?"

"I'm sure their trying to look for cover now." Tucker said as they began to walk away.

Sam narrowed her eyes. She wasn't backing down this easy.

"I think I ought to go home then, but first I need to make a stop at the doctor's office for something." Sam said as she went in the opposite direction of her home. "You're going home too right?"

"Uh... yeah." Tucker agreed and turned the corner.

Once the girl was sure the techno geek was out of sight she went back in the fast food restaurant. She hid behind an overturned table, out of sight from the battle. Danny Phantom was just sucking a ghost that looked like a lunch lady into the Fenton thermos. He dusted his hands and sighed.

"Can't a guy get a break?" he asked himself and Sam was just about to make her presence known but quickly went back behind the table when she saw a ghost hunter in a red and black suit come through the window (the new suit).

"A guy can but not a ghost." she responded and shot a gun that was held up on her shoulder.

Danny dodged it. "Dammit," he cursed.

"Are you still upset about your dad's job...? Honestly I told you it was an accident. I didn't mean-" Danny was cut off by the ghost hunter who had shot her gun.

"It's not about that. You're a ghost and ghost like you live to hurt people and can't be trusted." Sam frowned. She had heard that voice before.

Danny groaned and moved out the way as the ghost hunter, who Sam assumed couldn't be any older than her, charged at him.

"Valerie, I don't want to fight you!" Danny exclaimed.

Sam's eyes widened. Valerie as in Valerie Gray, the girl she had met earlier today? Just then a beeping noise went off and Valerie looked down at her arm and then groaned.

"Dumb curfew," she muttered and then glared at Danny. "We're not through here ghost boy." she said taking off.

Sam finally deemed it safe to come out just as Danny came down to the ground.

"Does she have some kind of grudge against you or something?" she asked and Danny sighed.

"It was my fault her dad lost her job." Danny then blinked and turned around surprised to see Sam standing behind him. "Sam! What are you still doing here?"

"Good to see you too ghost boy." Sam said sarcastically as she looked at the surprised ghost.

"How long have you been here?" Danny asked floating towards her.

"Long enough to know who that hunter is." Sam replied.

"You know who she is?" Danny asked seemingly alarmed.

"Well you did call her Valerie." Sam countered and Danny sighed.

"Just try to keep it to yourself. She's already upset I reveal her identity to her father. I don't need her thinking I'm revealing her secret to random strangers." Danny sighed.

Sam rolled her eyes. "Relax Phantom. I'm no blabbermouth unlike Paulina who would have it spread all over Casper in two hours."

Danny laughed. "I guess you're right, but you really should be going home. No telling when a ghost might pop up when I'm around."

Sam nodded as she began to walk towards the exit, then she turned around to ask the ghost one more think but he was gone.

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I know boring. I'm spicing things up in the next chapter and then it gets more dramatic. Hope you like. R&R.