(A/N: Sorry it's been a while, After I got better I had a lot of school work to make up and now I have star testing last week. I'll do my best to get a few chapters up soon. Oh and I got a brain storm for a new story that I was tinkering with but I'll concentrate on this one for now.)

Disclaimer: Once again I don't own Danny phantom, or do I? No.

Runaway Cruise: Dry Dock

Chapter 13: First day

Sam cooked a vegetable soup for Brittany, she ate three huge bowls. Danny watched in wonderment, even Tucker didn't eat that much! Finally she sat the bowl down and smiled, "Thank you very much, it was delouses"

"Your welcome Brittany, want to go watch a movie?" Sam asked with a smile.

"Yea!" She ran back into the living room.

Sam smiled, "Sometimes she acts like an adult and other times she's just a little kid."

"Well she is only eight" Danny shook his head, "I can't believe what some people will do."

"Well no ones going to do it again, Brittanys staying here with me."

"You sure?" Danny asked, it seemed like it would be hard for Brittany to stay here.

"Of course I am! Do you think I'd send her back to her father or something?"

"No, I was just making sure."

Brittany ran back in and grabbed their hands, "Come on!" She pulled them along and made them sit on the couch. She sat in between them as Sam started the movie. It didn't take long for Brittany to lay her head on Sams lap and fall asleep. Danny got a blanket and covered her. Brittany mumbled a muffled 'thank you' before curling tighter against Sam.

"I better be getting home, so should I pick you up tomorrow for school?"

"Yea, see you around seven thirty?"

"Yea" Danny bent down and kissed Sam before turning invisible, he lingered watching Sam stork Brittanys hair and humming lightly for a few minutes before lying home. On the way he thought about how much Sam looked like an older sister to Brittany, I reminded him of when he had been little.

Danny had been nine and there was a thunder storm outside, his parents had blown out the power to the house and Danny had gotten scared and tried to find his parents but couldn't find them. He sat down on the bottom of the stairs and started crying. Then Jazz had walked down to him in her blue pajamas and knelt next to him, "Danny, what's wrong?"

"Its scary and I can't find Mommy or Daddy."

Jazz had lead Danny back up stairs and let him sleep in her bed that night, she had tucked him in and hummed a lullaby to him for an hour till he finally feel asleep holding her stuffed bear.

Danny smiled as thought about this, it was one of his fondest memories ghosted straight into his room and collapsed on his bed, he hadn't realized how tired he was till now, without even changing his clothes he fell asleep.

The next morning Danny woke up late and had to rush to get ready and pick up Sam. He flew to her apartment and ghosted in to the living room not bothering with knocking. Sam was sitting at the kitchen table with Brittany who was in a long pink apron, she smiled when he landed. "Hello, I helped with breakfast"

Danny smiled and gave her a hug before kissing Sam, "Pancakes?" he guessed.

"Pervert." Sam tried to act angry but with Brittany laughing her little head off it wasn't to easy. "I guess we need to be going. Brittany be good while were at school ok?"

"Alright"

Since they were so late Danny flew them, "Will Brittany be ok by herself?"

"Yea, and if anything comes up Matt will help her, I told him she was my cousin."

"Great, I'm in love with an evil mastermind."

"I'm not that evil and you know it." Sam would have hit him but he would probably have dropped her. Danny landed behind the school and changed back before they walked the last few feet into the halls of Casper High. The first thing they did was run into Tucker and Marry. "Marry! What are you doing here?"

"Don't you remember Sam? I said I was transferring here?"

"Sorry, I guess I was a little distracted."

Tucker started imitating Danny and Sam making out Danny made sure no one was looking before he shot a blast at Tuckers belt causing his pants to fall down exposing his 'STUD MAN' boxers. Marry started laughing at his blush.

Sam elbowed her in the side, "Come on its not like you haven't seen those before" Marry blushed as much as Tucker was now. When Sam and Danny stopped laughing the four of them walked down the hall to their lockers, as they passed the library they heard someone calling from down the hall "Oh Danny! Wait up!"

Sam turned to see a girl in a tight pink shirt and even tighter blue jeans running towards them, "Danny! I've been looking for you!" She stopped next to him and batted her eyelashes in a flirty way. "I was wondering if you wanted to come over later and hang out, my dad won't be home."

Sam stepped between Danny and this new girl, "And how are you?"

"I'm Paullina, who are you?" Paullina seemed to be having trouble believe someone didn't know her.

"Sam Manson, Dannys girlfriend"

Paullina took a step back like she had been slapped. "His what!"

"His girlfriend, got a problem with that?"

She looked between Danny and Sam in first disbelief then disgust before walking away. Sam turned to Danny, "Ok who was that?"

"That was Paullina, she's the most popular girl in school. I used to have a crush on her and then we went out for a few days, it was like a dream come true but then I found out she was just trying to get me to set her up with Danny Phantom"

"So she tried to use you to get to yourself?"

"Yea, she keeps coming after me trying to get me to set her up on a date with Phantom. Its gotten to the point where she's almost stalking me."

Marry smiled at them, "Isn't it every guys dream to have a girl like her stalking them?"

"It used to be, then I realized how shallow she was, given she is really good looking."

"Come on lover boy lets get to class." Sam dragged him off towards the first period class. Nothing much happened, Danny and Tucker pointed out Paullinas crowd which included a girl named Star and some football players. One tall blond one named Dash gave Sam an odd look.

Between second and third period Paullina pulled Marry away for a few minutes, when she came back she had a large smile on her face. Sam raised and eyebrow, "what was that about?"

"Oh she just told me I was to cool to hang out with a bunch of losers."

Tucker looked a little worried, "and what did you tell her?"

"That I was to good to hang out with a bunch of losers, that's why I'm with you guys and not her. She got mad and tried to slap me so I gave her a wedge." They all started laughing.

Sam was the first that could speak again, "I'm not sure what surprises me more, that you gave her a wedge or that she was wearing underwear."

"Well it was a tiny thong but it got the job done."

"You got to grab her thong? Lucky you" Tucker said pouting.

Marry wrapped her arms around him, "Maybe you'll get to do something like that some time."

"Enough! You two can get a room if you want to keep that up, come on Sam gyms this way." Danny lead Sam down the hall, "I never thought Tucker could find someone as weird as he is."

"As Marrys friend I should hit you, but its to true for me to." Sam went into the gym while Danny went to his class. They were playing Volleyball today and Sam was one of the best players on any of the teams, finally the coach told Sam to set out the rest of the class so the other students had a chance.

Sam walked behind the belchers and stretched out on one of the mats. Sam was just starting to drift off to sleep thinking about Danny when a strong had grabbed her arm and hoisted her up.

"So you're Fen-toads little girlfriend?" Sam was now face to face with Dash.

"Yea"

"Why don't you lose that loser and come with me?"

"Because I like Danny a lot more then you, now let me go."

"I don't think you understand what I'm asking."

"No I do, I don't think you understand me answer. Let me use smaller words for you. Not on your life." Sam tried to pull away but Dash tightened his hand one her arm.

"No girl tells me no."

"Well I did" Sam clenched her fist and slammed it into his eye. "Bet no girls ever done that to you either have they?"

"Why you, I'll"

"You'll what? Tell a teacher and let the school know some loser girl decked you?" Sam walked away before Dash could answer. She didn't see him again till lunch, her, Danny, Tucker and Marry were sitting eating the most of the chatter of the munch room died away. They turned to see an angry Dash walk in with a black eye, he didn't do anything but grab a freshman's lunch and walk to the popular table.

Danny and Tucker looked at each other in pure shock, "What happened to him! I've never seen Dash with a black eye before."

"I did it." Sam said not looking up from her lunch.

"What!" Danny turned to Sam, "You did? Why? How? Why?"

Sam shrugged, "He was giving me problems in P.E. so I decked him."

"Way to go Sam!" Tucker said giving her a high five. By the time school was out everyone knew Sam had decked Dash, most people were now in aw of her, not only did she turn him down she hit him. Unfortunately that meant any guy who could get Sam would automatically be bumped up a few levels on the social ladder. So they naturally swarmed outside her sixth period class, as soon as she got out people were pushing against her asking for a date or even a kiss, all of them willing to risk a black eye.

She was pulled out the door into the hall were what felt like a million hands started to pull her in several directions. "Can we go out for dinner tonight? Want to come over to my place? Wana go make out behind the gym? Let me and you catch a movie later" All these questions and more were messed together by the now forming mob. Then a strong arm wrapped around her waist and pulled her backwards into the classroom.

As soon as she was in the door was locked and the arm let go, Sam turned around to punch whoever had dragged her back in here but stopped when she saw Danny. "Sorry but it looked like you could use a little help out there." He said panting a little from having to fight his way through the mob.

"Thanks, I didn't think hitting Dash would have caused all this." She motioned behind her to the closed door.

"Yea, guess I'll have to fly us out." Danny had just gone ghost when they heard a voice outside the door.

"Great Lord of the flys people, out of my way." My lance came in just after Danny had returned to his human form. "What in the world is going on in here?"

"Sorry Mr. Lancer but Sam was kind of mobbed so I pulled her in here."

"Well this really shouldn't surprise my Mr. Fenton, weird things seem to follow you. I'll tell them you're not in here so you'll be able to leave soon." He went back to the door and opened it a crack, "They aren't in here, they climbed out the window."

Danny and Sam heard a rush as people tried to get out of the school and find them, "Don't any of them realize we're on the second floor?" Sam asked

"No, sadly they don't Miss Manson. It appears the coast is clear if you would care to leave now." Mr. Lancer said before sitting down to grade papers. Danny and Sam snuck out, it took a little while to get back to Sams apartment because she didn't want to fly.

When they got there Brittany was sitting on the couch reading one of Sam poetry books. "Hello!"

"Hey Brittany, have a good day?" Sam asked setting her bag down.

"It was ok, I like you book." She said holding up the book of gothic poetry. Danny stayed to get help with his homework but spent more time staring at Sam then on the math he had originally needed help with.

"Well today was interesting" Sam said finally giving up on teaching Danny anything.

"It could have been worse."

"I beat up a jock, got mobbed, meet Paullina who I hate."

"Well you could have run into the lunch lady."

"I did, they seem nice."

"No I mean the Lunch lady ghost, she uses meat as a weapon."

"That's disgusting!" Brittany said looking up from her book.

"Yea." Danny said getting up, "Well I better be getting home." He walked to the door deciding to walk for a while more, he had forgotten how nice it was to just walk and enjoy the world.

He opened the door, "Um Sam? I think there is something here for you." He bent down and picked up a dozen black roses.

"Danny, are those from you?" Sam asked taking them.

"Nope, what's the card say?"

To the thief as black as night, who stole my heart in mid flight.

Brittany looked up from the book, "That's both poetic, and creepy"

(A/N: Ok Kind of a lame chapter but its what I have for now. Also I'll try and update more but I'm busy packing thing for when we move this summer so if I disappear for a while I'm sorry!)