Sam made her way carefully down the slope into the wooded area. She tripped on roots and twigs. She could see Jade shaking the figure. 'What is he so frantic about?' Sam thought.

Then it hit her. Jade's little brother was a motorcyclist. Perhaps the mystery rider was really Smith. Sam hurried over, she was getting a closer look and noticed the man didnt have brown hair. It was black, the same color as a moonless midnight. The same endless black that seemed oh so familar. Black hair is common, but this seemed to a have a certain raven like sheen.

Sam's heart skipped a beat as a sudden realization washed over her. Danny. She sped up into a run and stopped at Jade's side. Her purple eyes traced the figure's outline. Scrawny, but muscular, pale, a small nose like herself, and a pair of lips drawn into a recognizable frown.

"He looks like..." Jade began as Sam stared down.

Sam shut her eyes for a second to calm herself. "We cant be sure." She muttered. "This isnt real."

"Well, did you call?" Jade asked and was answered by approaching sirens.

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"Well well well. If it isnt Danny, no last name." Greeted a nurse when Danny opened his eyes. He groaned and rubbed his head with his left hand and pulled back.

"Yeah, looks like a bullet got you in the arm." Said the plump brown haired woman, who was in her forties. "So that makes about what, seven bullet wounds."

"Gerdy please." Danny said looking into her green eyes. "Why are you keeping count?"

"Well I figure someone should." She smiled. "Now Danny what have I told you about coming here?"

"I do it too often." He answered annoyed. "I know I know."

"One day you'll end up down the hall. And I dont want that to happen."

Danny knew what she was talking about, she was talking about the morgue in the hospital. He knew the woman only lectured him because they'd grown close, they were great friends. She only cared, she was like an older Jazz. 'Jazz.' He thought quickly. He really missed his sister.

"What are you my mother?" He joked.

"I'm not that old. Look do you have a place to go, cause you can always come to my home." She offered.

"Nah, I feel bad for always mooching off of you. I got a place downtown."

"You mean that old abandoned building. You cant stay there Danny. It's a run down old apartment building."

"It suits me fine." He answered.

"Well I'm not sure why but you have some people waiting outside for you.A young woman and her gentleman friend." The nurse sighed.

"Really, people to see me?" He asked looking surprised. "Who are they?"

"I dont know. But you can go home or whatever you call it. So please be careful." She said as she walked him to the door.

"Will do Gerdy." Danny said with a quick wave of his hand.

He walked down the hall wondering who on Earth would come to see him. He really didnt have friends anymore, just aquaintances. He wasnt excited though, if they knew he was here they probably were trouble.

Sam rubbed her knees nervously, Davey put his arm around her shoulders. "Sam you need to relax. I'm sure it's ok."

"But Davey what if Jade was right, what if it is him. It did look an awful lot like him." Sam said nervously in protest. "And if it is what should I say, should I say hi, or..." Davey silenced her with his finger.

"You'll know when he shows. Ok? But stressing over it wont help you."

Sam relaxed and looked up and saw a familar face. He was dressed in a black t-shirt a pair of black jeans and gray tennis shoes. Sam immediately recognized those blue eyes. She pulled away from Davey and approached the figure cautiously. She was afraid that if she ran to him she would wake up from what felt like a fantasy.

"Danny, is, is that really you?" She asked standing in front of him.

Danny looked down and drank in the young goth woman. She was much more beautiful then he remembered. She had deadly curves, pale skin, and her black hair was longer than it had been, but it was still fasioned in the DevilLock style.But her eyes, he immediately remembered, they were just such a strange yet enchanting color that held all the saddens and beauty of the world in them.

"Sam? You look, you look..."

"Diffrent?"

"No. Beautiful. You've grown up so much." He said stunned.

"Well you have too." Sam said looking up, he was a at least three inches taller than her. But she had always been used to him being her height. "Danny where have you been?"

"Long story." He answered quickly.

"Care to elaborate?" She asked. "Look you can come back to our apartment and you can tell me everything."

Danny didn't resist, not like he had any other place to be. He sat in the off white couch in Sam and Davey's house. Daney offered to make them coffee and Sam said down beside Danny and stared at him. "It's been so long." She muttered.

"I know." He returned.

"I dont understand you at all." Sam said. "You just up and left Amity without any fair warning.You know everyone was looking for you. They think you're dead."

"Oh man. That's kind a bad huh?" Danny said with a nervous smile.

"You think?" Sam stated. "Why didnt you just tell people?"

"I dont know. Just one night I was thinking about you and what you said and what I didnt say. I was stupid Sam really stupid. I always was after someone else I was always after the wrong person and I realized that there was only one girl I should've let in. It was you Sam." He said.Sam stared at him she didnt know what to say so he continued. "I dont know what I was thinking maybe I should've told someone. But you just meant so much to me, and I just had to find you right away. Had I known it would've taken this long I would've planed it better." He laughed.

"This was all because of me?" Sam asked looking him in the eyes.

"Well you and other stuff." He answered. "I guess I did run away. Things were just so complicated." Danny said. "I feel like a coward though."

"Now, now, running away does not make you a coward." Davey interrupted as he brought in the coffee.

"Oh yeah, how so?" Danny asked.

"Well." The man began."For one the way you make it sound was that you were not only looking for Sam but you were trying to escape something, what that is I dont know. But I doubt you left because you hated life."

"Geez you are so smart." Danny remarked, "Sam I didnt know you were living with a genius."

Sam giggled and Davey smiled. "It's true." Davey smiled. "I am the next Einstein."

"Oh your so full of it." Sam laughed and pushed him gently and playfully. "Look I'm ging to the bathroom, I'll be right back."

Once Sam headed upstairs Davey leaned in closer to Danny, "She's something special isnt she?" He asked with an eyebrow raised.

"Well yeah she is." Danny said.

"Look I know you like Sam and I do too, but I know she likes you back. So you should make a move, before I do."

"Is this a challenge?" Danny asked looking Davey in the eyes.

"It doesn't have to be, but if you really want her, you better make it clear soon before somebody else does."

yay i've finally updated. Tell me what you think.