Pre-story A/N: THERE IS AN IMPORTANT NOTE AT THE END OF THIS CHAPTER! PLEASE READ IT!

~Chapter 13~

It took weeks, about a month and a half actually, for Danny to: one, overcome his anxiety about knowing how Sam felt about his body; and two, start calling her 'dove' without feeling weird. Danny's relationship with Sam was becoming a little more intimate...physically. They got up closer to each other when they were alone, they kissed more now that Danny was no longer bound to his promise, and Danny held her tightly against him at night, to the point where she was too close to back into him. The twins usually went down for their two-hour nap around the same time Danny and Tucker were let out for lunch, during which time Sam started visiting.

Nobody quite knew what changed that night, but it seemed as if something strenuous had been lifted off the young couples' relationship, something that had been holding them back for some time now. And now there was nothing standing in their way. They could kiss in front of everyone and neither of them would get too shy about it.

"Hey, Sam," a geek greeted.

The goth waved to him, setting down a bagged lunch as she stood beside Danny.

"So how are the twins doing? I haven't seen them in forever," Tucker said.

"Well," Sam replied, "they're learning to climb on things. Junior's in on it now, so we've got our hands full."

Danny turned around. "I thought they were sleeping."

She nodded. "They are. And thank God for naps..."

The boys chuckled and Danny patted the seat beside him. No sooner than the goth sat down, a spy appeared from behind a tree truck. Only natural that it would be a girl. Even more natural that it would be Star, the top blonde of the social grapevine.

"Tuck, Mosquito," the halfa pointed out, his voice monotone as he pointed his thumb at the girl behind him.

Mosquitoes were what they'd come to call the pests who were overly determined to get the dirt on Sam and the 'baby', being as the Mosquitoes didn't know about Sam's 'baby' turning out to be twins. And Sam still wanted to keep it that way. It was actually pretty funny to watch everyone so desperate to get news like this; news about someone who, before the twins were born, they thought so lowly of. The only real downside was having to constantly shoo them away. Another reason they were called 'Mosquitoes'.

"Get outta here!" Tucker yelled, throwing his hands up.

Star turned around and ran the length of the school grounds to talk to her friends, the popular people that seemed to become less and less popular with each day that had passed since Sam started visiting for lunch. Paulina probably wasn't liking her downfall.

Once the Mosquito was out of sight, Sam moved closer to Danny. He wrapped one arm around her as he continued to eat the disgusting substance that the cafeteria dared to call food. It tasted like goop filled with nothing but empty calories. Sam had brought herself an apple and two clementines.

"Aw, you two look so cute together!" the techno-geek teased.

Sam smirked. "At least we're humans." She stopped to look at her boyfriend. "...Uh...mostly. Anyway, why don't you find yourself a girl? A real girl."

"Uh, tried that!" he declared, as thought they were dumb. "Didn't work out. Back to technology."

Danny rolled his eyes, a move normally made by Sam. "Tuck, you can't seriously be in love with a machine."

The geek's lips curved upward. "Says the ghost who loves a human."

"Pfft. Tell that to Twilight," he muttered.

"At least we're alive," Sam chimed, deciding it was her turn to jump in.

"Alright!" Tucker gave. He lowered his voice. "I do have a girl I like...but she doesn't like me at all."

Danny winked at Sam, giving her the impression that he'd known all along. And that wasn't really weird. The boys went to school together every day and had been best friends since preschool.

"Who is she?" Danny asked halfheartedly.

He shook his head. "No. You guys won't like her. Besides, it's probably just a puppy love phase."

Danny opened his mouth to reply, but spotted a girl walking toward them. Paulina, of all people, was surrendering her popularity, although she could easily regain it, to join the Mosquitoes in pestering Sam for information. The girl had some nerve to strut up here like that, given how she was the one who forced Sam to admit to being pregnant. She had practically started the miserable school life the goth had been forced to endure. So walking straight up to them was a bad idea. Then again, Sam had been right about her being shallow. Apparently she had been right about her being stupid as well. The 'goddess' Paulina was about to get the disappointment of a lifetime. She was one of the dwindling number of girls who had yet to directly ask about the twins.

Sam clenched her jaw and unknowingly tightened her hold on the side of Danny's shirt. She was ready to rip Paulina to shreds. Thankfully Danny was there to stop her before she did something stupid.

"Hey, Danny," the Latina greeted, her voice laced heavily with sweetness.

He didn't have time to get one word out before she sat down next to him.

"How are you today?" she chirped, as if he didn't know what was going on.

"Fine," he said stiffly. "We are doing fine."

She smiled. "Oh, of course. I've been meaning to ask how your baby is doing too. I love kids and I just want to know if it's okay."

Sam audibly cleared her throat and craned her neck around Danny's chest. "What makes you think you deserve to know?"

A look of hurt flashed across Paulina's expression and she once again turned to Danny, hoping he would quiet Sam down and tell her whatever she wanted to know. Her little fantasy dreams of being utterly irresistible were going to be shattered here in a second if she didn't stop. Apparently she hadn't yet figured out that she had to be very careful about what she said around Sam.

Danny took a breath, knowing Sam wouldn't hold back forever. At least she didn't know that Paulina and a ton of other girls had been flirting with him on a day-to-day basis. If she knew that... It sent a slight chill down his spine.

"Anyway..." Paulina continued, brushing off what Sam said. "I bet it's hard raising a baby. And you're so young..." She gently took one of his hands in hers. "I could come over sometime and help if you want."

Not wanting to be rude, Danny didn't pull his hand back. "Thanks, but Sam's an excellent mother."

Sam's grip on his shirt went slack. He sighed in relief. He'd hoped that compliment would settle her down a bit. The last thing this school needed was a catfight.

Paulina lifted herself just enough to where she could whisper in his ear without being heard by others. "You know...I think we should take this somewhere else."

He shook his head. "I don't think so. If you have something to say, you can say it in front of my best friend and my girlfriend."

He felt Sam lean into him. Whether she was relaxing, snuggling, or trying to keep a closer watch on her sworn enemy, he didn't know. But right now, as long as she wasn't trying to strangle Paulina... Thankfully Sam wasn't the type to get jealous, but she knew what Paulina was doing. If he saw another boy flirting with Sam, even if she wasn't complying, he knew he would begin acting the same way Sam was.

Paulina huffed and pouted just slightly enough to make herself look cute. Danny went unfazed by her charm.

"I only want to help," she offered, falsely.

"No you don't. You only want information, and unless Sam says it's okay, I won't tell you anything," the halfa replied.

The Latina growled in frustration, but quickly regained her composure, cleared her throat, and turned to Sam. "Is it okay to let Danny tell me?"

Sam smiled slyly, taking great satisfaction in knowing how upset she was making Paulina. "Maybe if you hadn't made my life so miserable, I would've told you myself."

Paulina flipped her hair, pushing it behind her ears. "You can't keep secrets from me. I'll find out sooner or later."

"That's what you said in the classroom when everyone found out I was pregnant...no thanks to you," Sam muttered.

"The least you can do is tell me its name!" she shouted, attracting the attention of nearby students who had previously been minding their own business.

"Uh, the least I can do? The least I can do?! I don't owe you anything! You don't deserve anything from me! What right do you have to be so demanding after you pulled me down so low?!" Sam yelled, her voice high-pitched and shrill.

Danny stood up at that point and exchanged a quick glance with Tucker. "Tuck, Mosquito."

The halfa pulled Paulina out of her seat and, breaking Sam's grasp on him, escorted her to the other end of the schoolyard. Their conversation continued privately, and was something Paulina liked even less than being treated so 'horribly' by Sam.

"Look," he said as he locked his eyes onto her, "you have no right whatsoever to even speak to Sam after what you did to her. I don't care how popular you are, or how attractive you think you are. Sam's already been through enough, she doesn't need any more of your crap. Now you listen, and you listen good. If you ever, ever speak to her the way you just did back there, we're going to have a very serious problem. Understand?"

She reluctantly nodded and huffed in displeasure.

Danny turned around and made his way back to Sam and Tucker. Sam didn't lean into him, didn't peck him on the cheek like she still did sometimes, and didn't grab his shirt. He didn't know if she was upset with him for leaving her, or if she was just...something. She was hard to figure out sometimes.

"You alright?" he asked her, moving one hand over hers.

She nodded and looked up at him. "What happened over there?"

He smirked. "Let's just say Paulina won't be messing with you anymore."

"Hey, what about me? I get attacked just as much as you do," Tucker complained.

"Yeah, well, we're gonna get nailed wherever we go. Sam has the freedom to leave whenever she wants," he pointed out.

The goth didn't talk anymore. She was hungry and the boys would be hearing the bell ring in about fifteen minutes. There wasn't much time left to sit and talk considering none of them had taken one bite of their food yet. Apparently what they told her about the Mosquitoes was true. They were annoying little bugs that constantly had to be shooed away and even swatted at if necessary. Seemed like Paulina had received a swat just now.

"Danny?" Sam murmured as the two laid in bed. She heard a noise that told her he was listening. "Do you still find her attractive?"

He pulled Sam onto his shoulder, never having been tired in the first place. "Paulina?"

Sam nodded.

"You were right about her. She's shallow. Furthest thing from perfect," he replied.

"Do you still find her attractive though?" she repeated.

He chuckled and turned his head. Sam's hair was tickling his face and neck. He was fine with that. He actually liked it. It let him feel closer to her physically. And physical contact had done wonders for them. Now if only he could bring himself to call her his dove out in public. Right now he was still stuck at calling her that only when they were alone and out of earshot.

"If you're talking about her looks...I like yours better," he said, planting a kiss on her forehead.

"Don't lie. I'm not as pretty as her."

He smiled. "You are to me."

"You're just saying that because you're my boyfriend," she stated.

"No I'm not. You're beautiful. Probably the prettiest girl on the planet," he whispered against her forehead, where his lips remained.

"And you're probably the best liar on the planet," she whispered back.

"I wouldn't lie to my dove."

"You just did."

"I'm not lying, I swear. You're just too hard on yourself. So what if Paulina has good looks? Yours could blow hers out of the water. And you know where all the water's gonna land?" He grinned.

"Where?"

"On her head."

She giggled. "Corny."

"Pretty."

"Cheesy."

"Gorgeous."

"Cliche."

"Beautiful. Glamorous. Amazing. Captivating. Attractive. Cute."

"You can't keep going forever."

"Lovely. Stunning. Surreal. Unbelievable. Graceful. Magnificent."

"Danny..."

"Fair. Perfect. Alluring. Magnetic. Enchanting. Elegant. Breathtaking."

"Seriously..."

"Radiant. Ravishing. Bewitching. Angelic. Dazzling. Mesmerizing."

She giggled again. "Okay, enough about my looks already."

"Funny. Smart. Sweet. Caring. Charming. Wonderful. Loving. Willful. Strong. Independent. Unique. Brave. Determined-"

In an effort to shut him up, Sam quickly kissed him on the lips. It worked and he was finally quieted. It was weird how she ended up using her lips as a muzzle, but...whatever worked. She didn't need to tell him she liked the compliments; he already knew. Which was the reason he really could go on forever.

A/N

*IMPORTANT NOTE AFTER THE REVIEW REPLIES!*

lol I LOVED writing out their little argument. So cute! As promised, next chapter will be 3,000+ words. :) I'm really trying to get back into my 3,000+ wpc zone. And my idea for the next chapter will be AWESOME! ...I hope...

Anyway, I'm a little pushed for time and since it's a Friday, I know this is the perfect day to update since everyone will be returning home tired from school. What better way to relax than reading a story? :) Seriously though, I'm just gonna get to the point and hope you all forgive me for it.

New review thingy is...and I'm SERIOUSLY pushing it here...one hundred seventy-two (172) reviews. Ten more than I have now. And I'm pushing it because 3,000 words is a lot to write and during FWB I got really motivated to write because I got so many reviews.

Your review replies:

BrittneyluvsChrist- Oh, no, don't worry. I knew it wasn't a jab at my writing. :) I only wanted to know what you meant, that's all. Wow...that's so cool, I futurized Sam! :D AWESOME! Thanks. :)

Inuyuke- lol More love. 'Kay. :P The last chapter of FWB, if you can remember me saying this, was not only an epilogue, but it was a chapter that contained events NOT TO BE SEEN in this story. Ever. So it's both an epilogue and a bonus chapter. ;)

JaymieKAY8- Thank you. :)

Looka'sMagicHell- Oh, there's more to come. But I'm glad to know that there's finally a fan favorite in here. There were a few in FWB, the most popular being chapter 11. I also remember everyone flipping out when he attacked Sam the third time and Danny was cutting off the cloths. Not sure if that was a fan favorite but it sure did raise one heck of an upset. :3 But everyone loved chapter 11 except Samara, who never seemed to LIKE any of my chapters. Anyway, I hope you like this cute chapter, because next one will be a little more actiony and a little less cute. I think it'll turn out well though. And thanks! :) It means a lot to me!

smallvillephantom14- ;) Poor Sam and Danny? lol After this chapter, who's poor now? (*COUGH* Paulina *COUGH*)

Sammi- That's the thing; this is a sequel. Some people are impatient and don't want to read 33 chapters of FWB just to get through 13 MORE chapters of FWG. 46 chapters is a lot to read. :/ Although I'll admit people are STILL binge-reading FWB even though that old thing was published in 2010 and finished sometime in 2011. Bottom line, it's a lot to read and some people will find it too much work and skip it.

Favorite Daughter of Hades- I updated. :3 And I'm glad you enjoy it. Hopefully you'll enjoy the rest of it.

TheNinjaKitty13- lol Tootsie Pop man. I can't tell you. ;)

Thunber- :) Wow, thanks. I care a ton and it really does mean a lot to me. :D Thanks again! You're very good at English, whether you think so or not. As for your spelling, grammar, and punctuation...most native English-speakers can't do what you do. Sad, I know, but true. Thanks, I love knowing what people think and feel about each chapter. It tells me how much more or less of an emotion I should put in the next one, and it oftentimes influences what HAPPENS in that chapter, so reviewing is important if you want the story to lean a certain way.

*IMPORTANT NOTE BELOW!*

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