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Drabble #5: Left Out
Tucker Foley always thought that his two best friends would get together.
How could they not? They were perfect for each other. The free thinking Goth girl (Sam would kill him for phrasing it like that) and the clumsy boy with ghost powers. People had been calling them "The Lovebirds" since third grade. They would get together on the Fourth of July, when the fireworks exploded in the pitch black night sky. Tucker had been planning that for weeks now. The date was written in deep black text on his calendar in his PDA. He would bring his two friends some happiness, and force them to see what was right in front of their faces.
Tuck hadn't thought about what would happen once Danny and Sam fell in love and lived happily ever after.
Right now, the trio worked in near-perfect harmony. All of them were best friends, and confided in each other. Lately, Sam had been telling Tucker all about her feelings for the "Clueless One." He had listened to her doubts, and he had listened to her rants about Valerie and Paulina. When fighting ghosts, he and Sam assisted Danny. There were no fights; all of them relied on each other.
What would happen after Danny and Sam got together?
The dynamic would change. It would get really awkward sometimes. It was bad enough whenever they had a moment with him around. Danny and Sam would blush and look around quickly. He wished they would get a room, yet he felt happy for them.
Danny and Sam would always act like the lovebirds they really were. Tucker would be the intruder; the third wheel; the tag-along who had been friends with both for a long time. He would be on the outside looking in.
Eventually, it would get bad enough that Tucker would start to drift apart from both of them. He didn't want that to happen. Danny and Sam were his only friends, besides his technology (and that didn't really count). Plus, they both needed a friend that was outside of their relationship.
What would happen if they broke up?
Sure, that last one was a long shot. However, anything could happen. The closest high school sweethearts could break up or drift apart during college. Their dynamic would be even worse then it was before.
Danny and Sam would be hostile around each other at first. Eventually, they would mend their bridge and resume their friendship. Until then, it would be: "Tucker, why do you hang around with him/her? She/he…."
Tucker felt completely selfish for just thinking those thoughts. After all, his best friends' happiness mattered more to him than his doubts. Everything would work out in the long term. It was just the short term he was worried about. He was also worried about being replaced by someone else. Deep down in his heart, Tucker knew that would never happen. That didn't stop him from worrying, though.
Everything would work out, right?
He could only hope that it would. Tucker didn't want to forever be an outsider with his own best friends.
A/N: I wanted to do a drabble on Tucker's feelings about Danny and Sam's relationship. What if Tucker was nervous about what would happen if they got together (while having no feelings for Sam)? This might be how he feels in the back of his mind. Originally, this was going to be longer- but I decided to keep it short. Well, R&R- tell me what you think!