(A/N: Ok, well everyone seems to really like this story so heres another chapter, but I want to see how much you really like it so I'll hold off putting up the next chapter till I get seven reviews. Also, now is where things really start to get different from paper hotel, thanks to everyone who's reviewed so far. Also if there are some spelling mistakes I'm sorry, or wrong words, auto spell check seems to do that a lot.)

Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom, if I did there would be a lot more new episodes out right now.

Runaway Cruise

Chapter 3: A kiss in the rain

Sam stretched her arms out under the covers, she was surprised when they touched her bare skin. Why the hell am I in my underwear! Oh wait, its my swim suit, for a second I thought, no bad thoughts. Sam sat up and looked around, the blinds were practically open and she could see the ocean rolling by outside. I guess I should take a shower before Danny wakes up. Ugg, I'm all sweaty, why was I under the covers? Marry must have covered me before she left. Sam grabbed some clothes and walked in to the bath room, she took of her swimsuit and stepped in to the shower.

Danny woke up when Sam turned on the shower, he stood up and stretched, he looked over at the clock, 9:35 am. I should call tucker so he doesn't freak out Danny picked up the phone and dialed tuckers number, he waited a minute before Tucker picked up. "Hello?"

"Hey Tucker, hows it going?"

"Danny! Are you ok? Jazz called and said you ran away."

"I did." Danny said in a tired tone, he didn't want to talk about it but knew Tucker wouldn't let it rest till he found out why Danny left.

"Why, where are you now?"

"Because Jazz found weed in my room. I'll tell you about it later, right now I'm on the Spectrum cruise liner."

"Wow, Danny, were are you going?"

"I'm getting off in a week, I don't know where we'll be by then thou."

"Ok, the ship will be in Lincon later today, I'll come on board then. Wait, did you say we? As in your there with some one?"

"Umm, yeah, I'm kind of sharing a room with a girl named Sam." Danny mentally slapped himself, why did he tell Tucker that?

"Danny! I didn't know you were like that man." Tucker was smiling like crazy.

"Get your mind out of the gutter Tuck, she not interested in me, were just splitting the coast of the room."

"Ok, ok. I'll see you later then. And don't worry I won't tell Jazz where you are, but call her so she will stop freaking out, ok?"

"Ok, and thanks" Danny hung up the phone. He heard the water turn off and a minutes later Sam came out full dressed with a towel wrapped around her head.

"Oh, hi Danny, did I wake you?" Sam set down in front of the mirror and started to dry her hair.

"Nope, I'm used to getting up earlier this." Danny picked up some clothes and walked in to take a shower.

Sam finished drying her hair and then lay out on her bed. She picked up the remote and turned on the TV. The first thing she saw was a news report about herself, "It is currently unknown what happened to Samantha Manson, thou police suspect she was kidnapped early this morning. Only her mother, Mrs. Manson was available for comment." A picture of Sams mom appeared on the screen, "Oh, please, give my little Samantha back"

The picture switched back to the reporter, "They believe that Samantha is being held some where near Lincon, thou it is unclear why they believe this." Sam frowned, I'll get off for a few minutes at the next stop and call her so she can call this stupid search off.

The water shut off and Sam turned of the TV so Danny wouldn't hear any of the report. He walked out in blue jeans and a white shirt, his hair was wet but he didn't bother drying it before lying down. Sam felt odd with the silence in the room, "So Danny, want to watch a movie?"

"Sure" He picked up the remote and flipped threw the menu screen.

Ding Dong, "This is your caption speaking, were heading in to a bit of a storm, nothing to worry about but we might hit a little rain and some rough seas." As his voice cut off the sun was hidden by thick black clouds. Sam hugged he knees, I'm not afraid, this is just more comfortable.

"How about this?" Danny asked stopping on a movie.

"Your not serious are you?" Sam turned and faced Danny, "you are aren't you?"

Danny smiled, "Come on, its just a movie? Don't tell me your, scared?"

"Of course I'm not scared, I just thought it might be to scary for you." Nice Sam, that didn't sound lam at all.

"Trust me I've seen far worse then Black water." Danny smiled but Sam could tell he was serious.

"Fine" Sam folded her arms. Danny pushed enter and the movie started. Soon Sam was in to it to much to notice the weather, till the ship lunged and she rolled out of bed on to the floor, "Ow!"

Danny leaned over the side of his bed, "Are you alright?"

"Just fine" Sam said, but when she tried to get up her side felt like someone was stabbing a hot knife in to it, "Shit!"

"Here let me help you" The ship lunged again and Danny fell on top of Sam. "Sorry," He helped Sam up and somehow they both ended up lying on Dannys bed. As the movie continued Sam slowly moved against Danny, Why am I moving closer to Danny? Why does it feel so good to be close to him like this? I never was interested in guys before, whats so special about Danny? I mean he is the hottest guy I've ever seen, he seems so nice, and mysterious, and I feel safe around him but why?

The movie ended and Danny turned off the TV, "So what do you want to do now?"

Sam stomach rumbled, "I guess go get something to eat." The stood up and walked out into the hall, it took about ten minutes for them to find their way down to the main deck, mainly because they tried to go a different way from last night incase someone recognized them. When they reached the main deck Sam dragged Danny to a restaurant called the Green Steak.

"Wait, isn't this that vegetarian restaurant? As in only surveys vegetables?" Danny asked as Sam pulled him threw the door.

"Aww, come on Danny, don't tell me you scared of little green vegetables." Sam said joking as she pushed him in to a seat.

"No of course I'm not" He looked around uncomfortably, when the waitress came by Danny ordered some kind of vegetarian chilly and Sam got a large salad with everything. The waitress walked away to give the kitchen their orders. Sam tried to think of something to say, "So Danny, what do your parents do?" Yeah, that's a great thing to ask him. Come on couldn't you have done better? Anything?

"There both ghost hunters." Danny said,

"Really?" Sam expected him to say "No, just kidding"

"Really" The way he said it made it clear he had answered that question a hundred times before.

"Wait, your parents hunt ghosts?" Sam asked. I guess that would make seines , Amity Park does have a lot of ghost hanging around.

"Yeah, they even built a ghost portal" Danny looked up as the waitress set their food down and left.

Sam took a bit out of her salad, she loved this place but her parents said it was stupid of her to only eat plants and she didn't get a chance to eat here to often. "Whats a ghost portal?"

"It's a machine that connects the really world with the ghost zone, where most ghost live." Danny took a hesitant bit of his chilly, "This isn't that bad."

"Of course its not bad, just because theres no meat in it doesn't mean it had to be bad. Now that ghost portal, what do your parents do with it? Seems kind of dangerous."

"It is, when they first built it I had a little accident in it and wound up in the hospital for a week. As for what they do with it, they mostly use it to send the ghost home."

"Why don't they just get rid of them?" Sam had finished he salad but was to interested in what Danny was saying to move.

"Because, how would you get rid of a ghost?" Danny finished his food and they stood up to pay.

"I don't know, get them exercised or something?" They paid and walked out on to the deck.

"That doesn't really work you know. Theres no real way to get rid of a ghost." They leaned against the railings of the ship. The clouds were thick and dark and the ocean was almost as still as glass as they moved threw it.

The wind blew Sams hair around her head, "So if they can't get rid of them what do your parents do?"

"They capture them and put them back in the ghost zone, ghost can't be killed but they can be hurt. If you hurt them enough they get scared and don 't come back." Danny was watching the storm, it was almost as dark as night.

Sam moved a little closer to Danny because it was getting so dark out. "But what about the ones that keep coming back? Like the Box ghost?" Sam had seen the box ghost a couple of time.

"Some are just stubborn, and some are to strong to keep in the ghost zone forever."

"Like that one, Danny Phantom? Hes always around"

"Yeah, but hes one of the good ones." Danny knew a lot of people thought he was a bad ghost, he hoped Sam wasn't one of them.

"But isn't he the number one most wanted ghost?"

"Yeah, but he helps get the bad ghost. Even my parents haven't been able to catch him." Danny felt something one his side, Sam had moved so she was pressed right up against him.

"I didn't know there were good ghost." Sam wanted to change the subject, talking about ghost in the dark wasn't a good idea. "You said you had an accident in the ghost portal and had to stay in the hospital?"

"Yeah, I got electrocuted in it. The doctors said I might not make it, a week later I was the healthiest person in the hospital. They never figured out why either." Great Danny, why don't you just tell her your half ghost? How does she get me to say these things to her, Tucker and Jazz are the only ones I ever talk to like this, how is it she makes me feel like I can tell her anything?

"I'm glad you're alright." There was a noise behind them and the rain started pounding on them. "What!" Sam covered her head and Danny pulled her along. He pushed her under something, the rain pounded on the roof.

Danny climbed in after her, they were both soaking wet. Sam looked up and realized they were in a life boat, it was pretty big inside, just enough for them to sit up. Sam started shivering, partly from the cold and partly from her fears. It seem like everything in her world was suddenly coming down around her, it was dark stormy and she was on the ocean. All her worst fears had suddenly hit her.

"Sam? Sam are you ok?" Danny put his hands on her shoulders.

"Yeah, I'm fine, I just don't like the dark or storms much." Sam said in a shaky voice, she leaned in to Dannys open arms. He wrapped them protectively around her as she pressed in to his chest.

"Don't worry, I won't let anything hurt you." His warm breath blew on her ear and sent shivers down her spine.

"From anything?" Sam asked, God, I've never been this weak in front of anyone before, Why ma I being weak now? And in front of Danny! And why does it feel ok?

"From anything and anyone, especially whoever hit you." The ship lunged and Sam tried to shrink in to Danny.

"I told you I fell, tat all." Sam tried to make it sound like the truth..

"I don't believe you, but I wish you would trust me enough to tell me who did this"

"Have you told me your secrets? All of them?" Sam asked while her mind was screaming, Tell him!

"No, I haven't, I can't" Sam felt a slight sting at her heart.

"Then Danny, I can't tell you mine" Danny felt the same sting in his heart.

"I guess you can't, and it wouldn't be right to ask you to. I don't even know your last name yet."

"Manson, yours?" Sam turned her head so she could look at Danny.

"Fenton" Danny leaned forward some, " Manson, I've heard that name some where before"

Sam was inches from his face, an inch, a centimeter, "May-be" His lips touched hers and it felt like fire surging threw her. This feels so right! Sam pushed into Danny a little harder and turned around so she was facing him. Danny still had her wrapped in his arms and she placed hers around his neck. Danny leaned back so he was lying down, Sam was on top of him and pushed harder on his lips.

Danny lightly brushed Sams lips with his tongue and she opened them allowing him to enter her mouth. What the hells going on! I have my tongue stuck in the mouth of a girl I haven't even known twenty four hours! Who care! Danny moved one of his hands down to the small of Sams back, Sam gasped and Danny took his tongue and circled hers.

Danny felt Sams tongue slide along his, it felt like electricity running threw his mouth. Wait, what the hell am I doing! This is going to far! I need to stop. Danny broke off the kiss, hey both lay there panting. "That was new"

Sam was lying against Dannys chest, she was still half dazed from her make-out. She felt like she could fall asleep right here with Danny.

"Umm, Sam? The rains stopped, should we get out?" Danny said sitting up.

"Not right away, I mean, it could start up again or something" Sam just didn't want this moment to end, she had never felt like this before. Half an hour later, after simply lying around, they got out and walked back to there room. Danny said he was going to go and check out some of the shops on the ship, "Ok, I think I'll take a nap."

Sam lay down as Danny walked out of the room. What the hells wrong with me! I was never interested in hot guy before now I was just making out with one. I've never lost control like that before, I'm not one of those girls who goes crazy over ever guy they can get there hands on. I don't know whats going on with me anymore. I need to talk to Marry. Sam dialed her number but got voice mail, then she felt the ship stop. Sam looked out the window, the ship had pulled up to the docks in a small city. I guess I should get off and call mom so she can call off the police hunt. Sam stood up, "I'll write Danny a note so he doesn't worry."

Danny

I went out to do a few things, I should be back in an hour or two.

Sam

"That should do it" Sam set the note on the table in between the beds. Sam walked off the boat and made her way down a few streets, why to go?

Tucker pack a few thing, he didn't plan to be gone long but with Danny you never knew what was going to happen. He grabbed some extra cash and opened the door, Jazz was standing in front of it about to knock. "Tucker, have you heard from Danny yet? I'm really worried, he could be lying in a ditch some where or doing who knows what!"

"Relax, Dannys fine" Tucker realized his mistake a second to late, "I mean, he has his ghost powers so theres no reason to worry."

"Tucker, you know something, now spill! Danny doing drugs, he needs help."

"No, I don't know anything, and Danny says hes not doing drugs!" Second mistake.

"Tucker, if you hadn't talked to Danny since he left then how do you know he says he's not doing drugs. Also if you weren't going to see him why do you have a bag packed?" Jazz folded her arms knowing she had won.

"Well, umm, fine. I talked to Danny earlier and I am going to see him to find out whats going on" Tucker pushed his way past Jazz, "But I promised him I wouldn't tell you where he is"

"Why doesn't he want me to know where he is? Something has to be wrong"

"Its because your always trying to protect him even when he's the one who as to protect everyone else. You never trust him enough, that's why he doesn't want you to find him. I'm sorry Jazz but that's the truth." Tucker opened the door to his car and threw his pack in.

Jazz put a hand on his shoulder, "I understand Tucker, just try and keep Danny out of trouble, ok?"

"Don't worry about it Jazz" Tucker started his car and drove off heading for the highway. Ok Danny, lets get this straightened out. I wonder if the girl hes with is hot? I hope so.

Jazz watched Tucker drive off. Sorry little bro but I can't just trust you, I have to protect you. Now lets see where your going.

Danny walked from shop to shop not looking for anything special, just wondering around as a hundred thoughts ran threw his head. I can't believe I was making out under a lifeboat! I've never even kissed a girl before and I was making out with the hottest girl I've ever seen! It felt so right for Sam to be so close to me like that. Stop there Danny, it doesn't matter how much you like her, she'll be gone in a week and theres nothing you can do about it. But if she loved me to, wait, no theres no way she could, theres no way I could. Even if she did if she found out about my powers she'd hate me like everyone else in the town.

Danny looked around for another hour before something caught his eye, it was a necklace with a snake on the end. The snake was twisted into an S shape and had a round Black stone in its mouth. The stone had undertones of purple and they seemed to move in the swaying light of the ship, I bet Sam would like that, and its not to much. Ten minutes later Danny returned to their room with the necklace in his pocket. He had wanted to give it to Sam right away but found her note, so instead he hide it in his bag.

I should probably call Jazz now so she will stop worrying. Danny picked up the phone and dialed his house, after the tenth ring he hung up. He lay own on his bed and turned on the TV to see what was on. A little while later the captions voice came on the loud speakers, "We will be leaving sooner then expected, in one hour you need to be on the ship or we sail with out you."

Danny looked over at Sam note, he was starting to get worried. I'll go looking for her, if she gets back before I do no harm done. He stood up and walked out onto the deck.

Tucker pulled up to the docks and got out, it took him only a few minutes to find the building where he could by his ticket. Luckily some people had gotten off here and they had one bed room available. He went to his room and sat his bag down, "This place is pretty nice, especially the girls"

Jazz drove down the highway glancing at the screen of the Fenton tracker, she had slipped a bug on to Tuckers shirt and was following him. I'm sorry but I have to help Danny even if he doesn't want me to. She found Tuckers car parked near the Docks in Lincon. Don't tell me Dannys in some kind of drug house! Her mind calmed when she saw Tucker buying a ticket for a cruise liner. Funny, why would Danny be on a cruise? Jazz waited a minute before going in and buying a ticket her self. Her room was right next to Tuckers but neither of them knew that.

Mrs. Manson was sitting on the couch worrying about her poor baby girl, Mr. Manson had disappeared again but he did that a lot so she wasn't worried about him. Two officers sat on the other side of a little table with a phone on it. She had been sitting there for hours and nothing had happened, so everyone in the room jumped when the phone rang. Sams mother grabbed it, "Hello?"

"Hey mom" Sam was in a phone booth near the Lincon docks.

"Samantha! Are you ok? Did he hurt you? Where are you?" Same old mom, always worrying.

"I'm fine, I just left for a few days, no one kidnapped me"

"Then tell us where you are and we'll come get you" The policeman was typing on his laptop as fast as his fingers could.

"No, I'll be home in a few days, a week at the most."

"Please Samantha, tell us where you are!" She pleaded with her daughter.

"No mom, I ca," there was a thudding noise, "Danny?" The line went dead. Sam's mother turned to the officers.

"We got it! A pay phone near the Lincon docks, I'm calling it in now. We also have a name to go with the kidnapper, Danny."

Danny had been looking for Sam for almost an hour, if he didn't find her soon he'd miss the ship. He could fly to it but if Sam missed it they were in trouble. Danny was about to go back to the ship when he saw Sam a block away in a phone booth. He started jogging towards her. When Danny got to her he knocked on the door, Sam turned to him then hung up the phone. "We need to get to the ship now Sam. Its about to leave."

"What! Already?" Sam was running next to Danny, did he come out here to get me? Sam didn't see the puddle of oil in front of her, her feet slipped out from under her and she came crashing down on the sidewalk hitting her head.

"Sam!" Danny knelt next to her, she was out cold. He heard the whistle of the ship as it pulled away. What now! Only one thing to do. No one was around, there was a flash as he became Danny Phantom. He picked up Sam and flew them, invisible, to the ship which was already half way out of the docks. He could hear police sirens speeding threw the city and the wind funneled between the tall buildings fade away behind him. He ghosted them in to there room and lay Sam down on her bed. He checked her head to make sure it wasn't bad, then wrapped it in bandages to stop the small amount of blood that was seeping from a cut on the side of her head. If she didn't wake up in an hour he would take her to the ships doctor.

Twenty minutes later Sam's eyes fluttered open, "Ow, what the hell happened to my head?" She reached up and felt the bandage. Danny walked in to the room.

"Hey Sam, glad to see your awake." He sat down on her bed, "How are you feeling?"

"My head hurts a little but other then that I'm fine. What happened, last thing I remember we were running to catch the ship."

"You fell and hit your head, I had to carry you back to the ship, and I bandaged your head because it was bleeding a little."

"Thanks, but didn't have to carry me back thou." Sam had moved closer to Danny.

"You would have preferred that I left you unconscious on the docks?" Danny was smiling but also completely serious.

"No, thanks" Sam leaned her head on his shoulder. No one had ever really helped her out like that before, she hadn't felt like this before, like no one could hurt her while Danny was here, not even her father. She felt that even he, with all his money and hitting, couldn't lay a finger on her.

The police had shown up at the phone booth in less then a minute but no one was there. They did find a small puddle of blood a block away and took a sample to test it against Samantha Manson's. "How could they just disappear?"

The inspector looked around and off in to the distance, "They couldn't have, but maybe we know were they did go" The setting sun cast light off the ocean and the lone ship slowly passing threw its waves.

(A/N: Ok, I hope everyone liked this chapter, I told you it would go a lot differently from Paper Hotel. Happy New Years to everyone! And please review so I can get closer to making this story better.)