Sams POV

I turned around from the refreshments table and suddenly Danny was in front of me.

He wore a slim black suit that was very flattering and made him look incredibly handsome. He didn't look mad at all, he looked like he was in awe?

"Hi" He said almost breathlessly. I could feel my heart beating faster.

"Hi" I responded, completely forgetting my plan to ignore him.

"Hi" He said again.

Despite the loud sound of adults mingling and light strings in the background it slowly all tuned out until it was just us.

"Sam-"

"Danny-"

We said at the same time.

"You go-"

"You can-"

"No it's-"

"No I-"

We both smiled nervously.

"You can go first" I offered. Which made him look even more nervous.

"Sam…" 'There were so many things I needed to tell her yet I had never been more speechless.' he thought.

"Look about the other day…. what I said….. I wasn't thinking right, god, I actually believed something Paulina told me." He hung his head.

"Danny, it's o-"

"Don't say it was okay Sam," His head shot up and he looked me in the eyes.

"Don't, please, I hurt you. I upset you and I made you cry. That is not okay." He said sternly. .

"All because I believed what Paulina made up." He sighed, his eyebrows furrowed.

"Look Danny, I was mostly upset because I thought you never wanted to see me again…. but also because I didn't know it was Paulina… I thought it was... something else…" I trailed off nervously, I wanted him to know I wasn't upset about that but also I hoped he wouldn't pry too much about the other thing.

"About that Sam, whatever it is," My heart stopped.

"I won't pry at you about it but if you ever want to tell me, I promise I will be here for you. That goes for anything" He said then realized what he said and began blushing.

My throat closed up a bit and I could feel the warmth on my cheeks. I really wanted to tell him but that would have to wait until everything was normal and then I would still have to see if I could tell him.

"Thank you Danny." I said with a smile. It was crazy how yesterday I felt like such a mess but at this moment everything was fine. Although a small part of me was mad at him for believing her, more than anything I just wanted things to be back to normal.

He sighed and dropped his head, I could see the relieved smile on his face that he was trying to hid with his messy dark hair.

"Also Sam…" He looked back up at me.

"You're beautiful" He said breathlessly. It's a good thing I didn't wear blush or my face would look like a firetruck about now.

"I- Well- you- look quite handsome yourself" I responded lamely hoping my face wasn't the shade of a firetruck.

I looked at his eyes which were like little puppy dog eyes and I was hit with dejavu. I had seen that before, that expression in his eyes but I couldn't remember when….

"Would you like to walk around the halls? It's much quieter out there." Danny asked.

I smiled and nodded.

We walked around the halls for about an hour and a half then decided to go back for more food and drinks.

We were by the refreshments table when we were approached by my mother and Mrs. Fenton.

"Samantha! There you are I have been looking for you." She said irritated.

"Sam! You look absolutely stunning!" Mrs. Fenton said pulling me into a hug. My heart warmed, she was such a sweet person.

"Thank you!" I said with a huge smile. I looked over at Danny, his face was getting red which made me smile and laugh internally.

My mother's face softened up.

"Both you and your mother both gorgeous! And where did you both get such stunning dresses? " My mother blushed at Mrs. Fenton's kindness.

"I think this is my cue for a bathroom break" Danny said awkwardly with a smile.

I had forgotten what it was like to like someone so much and have so many butterflies in your stomach. After about five minutes of listening to my mother and Mrs. Fenton discuss the gowns and such I excused myself to get water.

I was pouring myself a glass when-

"Samantha, how great to see you, you look lovely." Vlad said brightly and yet creepy. My mother's years of telling me how to be polite actually kicked in for once just to end this interaction as quickly as possible.

"Thank you Mr. Masters, this is a lovely party." I said with a fake smile.

"Don't worry about being polite it must be rather boring to spend your Saturday night at a party with a bunch of old people."

Where was Danny? He should be back by now. I started to think worried.

"Don't worry I am used to these things with my parents." I said waving my hand trying to sound normal.

"Well then why don't I make it more interesting for you? I could give you a quick tour of the labs like we discussed." I could feel myself start to panic about being alone with him. Where the hell was Danny?

"No thank you, anyways I am waiting for someone and it would be rude to leave them waiting." I said politely.

"I insist, anyways hasn't it been a while? It is rude to keep one waiting for this long." He said eyes narrowing. I looked around for Danny and then out of nowhere something clicked in my head.

Danny and I were the only people under the age of 40 here.

Was Phantom trying to protect me? But how would he know I needed protection?

Then suddenly my deja vu from earlier hit me.

I hadn't seen that look in Danny's eyes before, I had seen it in Phantom's eyes.

But that had to be impossible. It couldn't be-

"I didn't want to reveal this upstairs Samantha but if it is the only way to give you a tour of the labs then I guess I will just have to inform you that you will be waiting a very long time for someone who will be unavailable to return to you." He said leaning down to look at me face to face.

"What did you do to Danny" I managed to get out, my blood had run cold.

Vlad began walking out of the ballroom and I had to follow him. What did he do with Danny? Was there a chance Danny was Phantom? It had to be impossible but deep down I'm pretty sure I knew the truth.

I am so sorry i lied to you all saying i would finish it like months ago.

you can thank the user Gamerbox for writing a review to finish it, hopefully i can but i hit a block bc i am really really bad at writing fight scenes so yea...

in case you are interested in my life college and relationship stuff and anxiety about random things make this kinda go to the back of my mind but i have a super long winter break so maybe i can get a few chapters out. I wish i could do like one chapter a day to make it more like whats gonna happen next!? but i think the months hiatus is enough of that so I'm gonna put out a few chapters up right now just to get it done with, sorry for spelling, grammar, or anything that is inconsistent, i wrote stuff a while ago and just kinda put it out there bc i know I'm not very good at writing but I've always wanted to tell a story well and all idk. enjoy and thank you all for your support!