Danny Phantom in: The Ultimate Ending

It was the next day at school and Valerie walked casually up to Danny. ''Hey, Danny. How ya doing?''

''Ehm, I'm fine. Thanks for asking, Val,'' Danny said awkwardly smiling. ''How are you?''

''Great. Couldn't be better…'' Valerie said.

There was an awkward silence.

''I gotta go,'' Danny said. Then he turned around and walked back to his locker.

''Okay, that was weird,'' Tucker said, who was standing there with Sam.

''What's weird?'' Danny asked, getting some books out of his locker.

''Valerie just talked to you.''

''Why is that weird?''

''Because you kinda haven't talked to each other in ages,'' Sam said.

''I wonder what she wants,'' Tucker added.

''I know, but maybe she just wanted to say 'hi' to me. There's nothing weird about that.''

''If you say so,'' Sam and Tucker said in unison.

Danny gave Tucker and Sam an annoyed look and walked to his next class.

The bell rang and that meant that the school day was over. Danny walked outside looking around for Sam and Tucker. Instead of finding them, someone else walked towards him.

''Hey, Danny!''

''Hey, Valerie. What's up?''

''Nothing, I just- ehm, do you have any plans for today?'' Valerie asked, stuttering and blushing.

''You mean this afternoon? Sure, Val. What would you like to do?''

''I don't know. Maybe just going to the Nasty Burger or something?''

''Okay, let's go!''. Danny, completing forgetting that he was waiting for Sam and Tucker, just smiled at Valerie and walked with her to the Nasty Burger.

Sam and Tucker walked outside and looked around for Danny, but they couldn't find him. They were confused because they both clearly saw Danny walking outside before they did. Then they saw him walking together with Valerie in the direction of the Nasty Burger. Tucker looked worried at Sam, knowing that she probably didn't like Danny walking with Valerie.

''You okay, Sam?''

''Of course I am. Why wouldn't I be? Let's just go,'' Sam said, obviously angry, but she tried to consume it.

''So, I just sat there and then, completely out of nowhere, a kid sprays water on me with a watergun! Valerie said.

''What happened then? Were you angry?''

''Of course I was. So I just turned around, completely wet and really pissed off, and I said that if he didn't cut it out he would regret it.''

''But he didn't quit, right?''

''No, of course not. He was like 8, he only thought that it was funny. So he sprays me again and…''

''You kicked his butt?''

''No, I called his mother.''

''You called his mother?'' Danny asked really confused.

''Yep, that's the worst for a little kid. His mother lectured him and bought me a doughnut later. End of story.''

''Well, that was less exciting than I thought it would be, but still a great story though.''

''Did you really think I was going to hit an 8-year-old?'' Valerie said laughing.

''Okay, well maybe not,'' Danny said while eating his burger and smiling.

It was the next day and Danny was having lunch with Tucker and Sam. ''So, Tucker and I were playing videogames together yesterday. What did you do, Danny?'' Sam asked.

''Danny? Danny..?" Tucker said while waving his hand in front of Danny. But he couldn't hear him. He was just staring in the distance. And 'distance' was Valerie.

''DANNY!'' Sam screamed.

''Aaahhh! Huh, Sam? What is it?''

''What is it? Seriously? Danny, we've been talking to you the whole time. What is so darn important that you didn't listen to us?'' Sam said quite irritated.

''Ehhm,'' Danny stuttered while looking in Valerie's direction.

''Oh, I get it…'' Sam said, now even more irritated.

''Come on, Sam. So I hang out with Valerie. It's not a crime. Why are you getting mad?''

''I'm getting mad, because it looks like that you've forgotten that she wants to blow off your head almost every day!''

''That's Danny Phantom. Danny Fenton on the other hand, is her friend whom she doesn't want to blast,'' Danny said, now getting a bit annoyed by his friends.

''I'm only trying to protect you, Danny. But if you don't care then I don't do that either.'' Sam stood up, grabbed her bag and walked angrily away.

Danny stared at Tucker. ''And you? What do you have to say?'' Danny asked.

''You know that I'm always on your side, dude. But this time, I'm with Sam.'' Tucker grabbed his backpack and walked away as well, trying to catch up with Sam.

''Fine then!'' Danny yelled. ''Oh, who am I kidding. I just pissed off both of my friends. Good job, Fenton.''

''What was that all about?'' Valerie, who sat next to Danny asked.

''Oh, nothing. Just a little disagreement. It will be fine, I hope.''

Danny sighed. Valerie saw the sad look on Danny's face. She didn't know what was going on, but she did know that Danny needed to be cheered up.

''You know, Danny. I'm having trouble with my math homework and I thought that maybe we could do it together this afternoon.''

''But I'm terrible at math. And I thought you were quite good at it,'' Danny stated.

''You're probably better than you think. Let's go to my place later and then we'll see if you're really that bad,'' Valerie said while putting a hand on his shoulder.

''You see? I told ya that you're better than you think. You got almost everything right.''

''After you constantly explained what I needed to do,'' Danny said. ''But I gotta go home, it's getting pretty late. Thank you, by the way. I'm probably gonna get a decent grade for once.''

''No, problem. See you tomorrow.'' Valerie said while giving Danny a 'friendly' kiss on the cheek. Danny blushed and smiled. Then he waved at her and walked towards his house.

''What am I doing? Why did I give him a kiss? I'm only supposed to make sure that he doesn't suspect me, not fall in love with me.'' Valerie sighed. ''Oh well, I guess that it doesn't really matter now anyway. And he smiled, so that's a good sign. Guess I need to follow him now, to see what is planning to do the rest of the day.'' Valerie changed into her suit and flew slowly in the direction Danny went.

Danny was walking home, oblivious of the fact that Valerie was following him. He saw someone walking out of 'The Skulk and Lurk'. It was Sam.

''Sam!'' Danny screamed while waving to get her attention.

Sam saw Danny. At first she wanted to wave back, but then she remembered that she was mad at him. Instead of waving back she gave him an annoyed look, turned around and walked away.

''Sam, wait up!'' Danny screamed again, while running after her. ''Sam, I'm sorry. I wanna make it up to you. Just stand still and listen to me.''

Sam stopped and turned around facing Danny. He was closer than she thought, so when she turned around his face was only a few inches away. She stepped back, her face slightly turning red. Danny reddened as well.

''So ehm, how are you doing?'' Danny asked.

''Seriously? That's your apology?'' Sam said (with sass.)

''No, it's not. I'm sorry, Sam. You know you're the last person I want to be mad at me. I hate fighting with you. Can't we just forget this all happened?''

''Yeah. Apology accepted.'' Sam said smiling.

''Great. There is just one more thing I wanted to ask you. Why did you care so much that I hung out with Valerie?"

''Because I was afraid she was going to blast you in your ghostly butt.''

''I know that, but I've been alone with her before. I can take care of myself. Why did you care so much this time?"

Then Sam was silent for a while. She didn't know what to say. Why did she care so much?

''Sam?" Danny asked, waving his hand in front of her. Still no respond. ''Was it because you were jealous?'' Sam's eyed widened. Danny noticed this.

''Was it?"

''I-uh…'' That was the only thing Sam could get out of her mouth.

''Why would you be jealous?'' Sam still didn't say a word. ''Sam? Could you answer me, please?" Danny demanded.

''To be honest, I indeed was a bit jealous.'' Sam said, while nervously playing with her hair.

''Why?" Danny asked again.

''Because I kind of like you or something…'' Sam mumbled.

''What was that? I couldn't hear you. What did you say?''

''Because I really REALLY like you, okay!'' Sam screamed. Danny's eyes widened.

''You mean like-''

''Yes.''

''So you actually-''

''Yes''

''And you-''

''Yes, Danny. Yes.'' Sam looked the other way, looking a bit ashamed.

''Why didn't you tell me?'' Danny asked, while putting a hand on Sam's shoulder.

''I don't know. I guess I didn't want to ruin our friendship. But I think that I already did that.

''No, Sam. Why would you-''

''Here, take it.'' Sam gave Danny the ring he was going to give Valerie. Danny looked Sam confused in the eyes. ''Take it. I'm sure Valerie will love it. Even though I kinda had the feeling that it was really meant for me'' Sam said, while turning the ring upside down. The inscription on the ring that was 'WES' turned into 'SAM'.

''Yeah, about that…''

''Doesn't matter. Just give it to Valerie like you intended to do. Alright?''

''But Sam-''

''See you later, Danny.'' Sam gave him a hug and walked in the direction of her house. Danny wanted to say something, but there were no words coming out of his mouth.

He just stared at the ring and put it away. Danny lowered his head and put his hands into his pockets. He walked down the street. Some people said 'hi' to him, but he didn't respond. He just walked.

In the meantime, Valerie saw everything that happened. She couldn't come to close to them, so she didn't hear anything. But seeing the looks on Danny and Sam's faces she thought that it probably wasn't any of her business.

''That's enough for today. He's probably not going to do anything special anyway.'' Valerie flew back home, leaving Danny walking down the street on his own.

Wazzzaaap!

No, seriously. Hey guys!

It took me a while to write this episode. I wasn't really happy with it at first, but eventually I think it came out pretty nicely. I just really like writing the 'cute scenes' between Danny and Sam. :) Even though I ship Danny and Sam, I think the scenes between Danny and Valerie are cute as well.

Hope you liked this chapter. I want to post on a weekly basis. I'm trying to keep my promise, but it's going to get tough. I'll probably have a lot of schoolwork, but I think that if I just write as much as I can in the weekend everything is gonna be alright!

Again, I hope you liked this chapter and….. until next week!

Bye!