Danny Phantom in: The Ultimate Ending

It was Monday, the next week. Danny hadn't seen Tucker, Sam or Valerie this weekend. He was pretty nervous. What would Valerie say? Would she even say anything? Danny had been thinking about this for the whole weekend and was kinda pushing himself to the limit. One day you're a secret ghost-like hero and the next day you could be lying on an examination table. It was stressful and Danny couldn't handle that many stress.

Jazz noticed this though. She could always tell when something was wrong with her little brother. She also knew when she needed to say something and when she had to could keep her mouth shut. This time she wasn't sure. Sure, when Danny was anxious or nervous she said something, but this time Danny acted different. He wasn't just nervous, he was incredibly nervous. It wasn't like he had an important test or something, it was like he was waiting for something to happen. And whatever it was that needed to happen, was life changing.

''Danny, you okay?'' Jazz asked carefully, while still eating her breakfast.

''Hhm, hhm,'' Danny nodded, trying to swallow his cornflakes. Jazz saw Danny's hand, that was holding the spoon, was shaking. Even though he said he was fine, she knew something was up.

''Danny, I can sense something is wrong. You can tell me anything, you know that. So, what's up?''

Danny put his spoon back in the bowl and was silent for a few seconds. Before Jazz wanted to ask him again what was wrong, he opened his mouth. ''It's just… complicated, okay?''

Jazz rose a brow. She then smiled and put a hand on Danny's shoulder. ''Complicated is fine. I can handle complicated stuff, so spit it out.''

Danny smiled at his sister's response. She could be so nosy and meddling, but he knew she meant well. ''Well, a lot happened. Valerie found out I'm…'' Danny looked around to see if his parents were near. They weren't, so he went on with his story. ''….Danny Phantom and I fought her. Luckily, Sam and Tucker were there to help me. She's probably really angry at me and I'm not sure what she is going to do today.''

''Oh, wow. That's a tough one,'' Jazz said. Normally, she always had some advice for Danny when he was in trouble. This time though, she was silent. She didn't know what to say. Sure, someone finding out her little brother was Danny Phantom was one thing, but Valerie finding out he was Danny Phantom… this was a situation where Jazz didn't know what to do.

''See? Told ya that it was complicated. Now you're even silenced,'' Danny jokingly said, putting his empty bowl in the dishwasher.

Jazz wanted to talk back to her brother for making that comment, but she closed her mouth again when she noticed that Danny made a joke. He was silently grinning at his own joke and Jazz didn't want to ruin this moment, before would he think about the situation and be bummed out again.

''It's good to see you laugh.'' That was the only thing Jazz said, before she put her plate in the dishwasher as well. Danny smiled at her. ''So, other than that, is there good news? You didn't do anything fun this weekend?'' Jazz asked.

''Nah, not really,'' Danny said.

''Really? Didn't see a movie? Play a video game? Didn't do anything fun with Tucker and Sam?''

Danny froze when Jazz said the name of his girlfriend. Jazz didn't know yet. Did he want to tell her already? Without realizing it, Danny was silent for a long time and even reddened a bit. Of course, Jazz noticed this and grinned.

''Aha, so there is something! What is it?'' Jazz asked getting more and more excited.

''No, nothing. After that whole thing with Valerie I brought Sam and Tucker home. Then I went home myself and I didn't see them after that,'' Danny stated. ''Except, that I later went to Sam's house, but other than that, I didn't do much.'' Danny's eyes widened when he realized that he said he went to Sam. Why was he so stupid…. why did he have to let it slip…. why….

''Really?'' Jazz said with a grin. Danny knew what she was getting at, but he just breathed deeply to calm himself and made a pokerface.

''Yeah,'' Danny responded.

''And didn't do anything with her?'' Jazz asked, walking closer to Danny.

Danny walked backwards, but eventually hit the wall. He couldn't move and Jazz was getting closer with her questioning eyes and her mischievous grin. ''Ehm,'' Danny mumbled, while innocently smiling.

Jazz took a good look at her brother. Then she smiled even more mischievously and her eyes widened. ''Oh my gosh, I knew it!'' Jazz yelled. She then danced and sang. ''I'm right, aha! That's right, I'm right. Aha, it's my birthday, aha!

Danny rolled his eyes. ''That's enough, Jazz.''

Jazz stopped singing and gave her brother a hug. Shen then looked at him and smiled. ''I'm just happy for you. To be honest, I always knew you two would end up together.''

''Wow, first time I heard that,'' Danny sarcastically said.

Jazz laughed and then looked at her watch. ''Oh, look at the time. We've got to go to school.''

Danny gave his sister an irritated sigh. ''Do I have to?''

''Yes, you do. C'mon, Danny. I understand that you think today will be horrible...''

''Not helping….'' Danny replied.

''…but I think that everything is going to be fine. Just believe me, okay?'' There was a short silence. ''You need a ride?'' Jazz asked with a wink. Danny nodded and followed his sister to her car.

Then both siblings smiled at each other and went to school. Danny resisted coming out of the car when they arrived at school. Jazz tried to pull him out of her car by his legs, but Danny held tight to the seat.

''Danny, cut it out! Don't be such a child!'' Jazz said.

Eventually Jazz tickled him and Danny unwillingly let go of the seat and ended up on the ground. Jazz grinned at him, pulled him up and pushed him to the entrance of the school. Danny so did not want to go to school, but he knew that he couldn't hide forever. Oh well, it couldn't be that bad, right?

Danny was looking for Sam, who was standing in the shadow of a tree. He waved and walked up to her. He gave her a side hug and wanted to put an arm around her, but Sam pulled his arm away and shook her head.

Danny looked confused at her. ''What's wrong?"

Sam pointed at Tucker, who was waving at them and running towards them. Danny gave Sam an understanding look and chuckled.

''If we don't say anything, how long do you think it'll take for him to figure out?'' Sam said grinning.

''I dunno, Jazz figured it out in a few minutes'' Danny replied. Sam gave him a glare. ''Sorry, I'm just not so good at keeping secrets.''

Sam rolled her eyes. ''Says the boy who is secretly a ghostly super hero.''

Danny laughed at her comment and really felt the urge to give her a kiss, but then Tucker arrived at them. Danny let go of Sam's hand he was holding as fast as he could and looked the other way, while whistling. Tucker rose a brow and gave Sam a confused look. Sam facepalmed and sighed.

''Nothing. What's up?'' Sam asked, trying to change the subject.

''Not much. What's with you guys?'' Tucker asked, exchanging looks with both Danny and Sam. Danny and Sam looked at each other and then looked back at Tucker. They didn't say anything. ''Fine then. I'll figure it out, eventually. Just wait!'' Tucker yelled as he walked away. He kept looking at them, pointed his fingers at his eyes and pointed his fingers back at them multiple times, meaning that he would keep an eye on them.

Danny and Sam both laughed at his reaction and sat down with their backs against the tree. When Tucker was out of sight, Danny looked around to see if no one else was there. Then he put his arm around Sam and gave her a little kiss on the cheek. Other people couldn't know either, otherwise they could spoil it to Tucker. And that wouldn't be fun, of course.

''He's never gonna find out,'' Sam chuckled. Sam wanted to give Danny a kiss back, but then she noticed the sad and worried look on his face.

Danny noticed Sam was staring at him. ''It's Valerie. I haven't seen her yet. It looks like she didn't tell people my secret, but I'm still worried. I don't know where she is and who knows what she's up to!''

Sam rubbed Danny's hand gently, trying to comfort him. ''I get that you're scared Danny, but I don't think she would just say to everybody that you're a ghost. She's probably afraid that if she tells your secret, you're gonna tell everybody her secret. I think you're overreacting.''

Danny sighed. ''I guess you're right.''

The bell rang and that meant that it was time for class. English from Mr. Lancer, how great. Danny and Sam both walked to class and they sat down. They saw Tucker glaring at them in the back of the class and they both laughed. Their mood changed eventually when Valerie walked into the classroom.

Danny stared at her in slight worry. Valerie noticed this and knew what that look meant. She sighed, gave him a little smile and shook her head. She sat down and whispered something to him, but she was too far away, so Danny couldn't hear her. He did try to read her lips, but he isn't the best at that. After puzzling together the parts that he did understand, he figured she said something like 'Your secret is save with me'.

Danny smiled back and nodded. What a relief. A huge weight fell off his shoulders, knowing that Valerie would keep her mouth shut. Now he could just relax and enjoy the rest of the day. Nothing to worry about now, or so he thought…

The lesson was quite fun. They didn't really do much and in the last 30 minutes they could work on their 'Poem Project' again. Finally, Danny had the chance to talk to Valerie. He didn't say much though. Danny said he was sorry for fighting her all those times and that he really never meant to hurt her.

Valerie said that she accepted his apology, but Danny knew that deep down, she didn't mean it. She just said that she was sorry too, but nothing more than that. She gave Danny a weak smile when she grabbed her stuff when the bell rang. Danny didn't smile back, he just nodded at her.

Even though it looked like everything was okay, they both knew that it couldn't be the same as before. That didn't matter now actually. They were both just glad that their secrets weren't spoiled by the other and that they could go about their business like nothing happened.

During the break, Danny went to his locker to grab some books and to put other books away. Then Danny would go to the bathroom and eventually meet up with Sam and Tucker to have lunch. This was the plan, it was as simple as that. But of course, things never go as planned.

Danny washed his hands in the boys' bathroom. When he looked up in the mirror, he saw Dash and Kwan standing behind him with really weird grins on their faces. Oh boy…

''Geez, you scared me,'' Danny said irritated. Danny wasn't scared of them, but when Dash's grin turned into an evil smile, Danny got quite…. how do I put this… uncomfortable around them. Or you could just say freaked out by them, it's really your choice.

''So, Fenton. Don't you have anything to say?'' Dash asked, still having an extremely creepy grin on his face. Really… it was getting scary.

''Ehm… no?'' Danny said, well more questioned. Did he have to say something?

''We've heard about your little secret','' Kwan said.

Danny froze. Secret. So Valerie did tell them? Or did they just figure it out? No, they were kinda lacking the reasonable amount of intelligence to figure it out. Someone must have told them. ''Ehm, what are you guys talking about?'' Danny innocently asked.

''Don't play dumb, Fenton. You may have tried to keep it a secret, but it's kinda obvious.'' Dash said.

Danny didn't get it. They were talking about a secret¸ but they weren't very clear. It didn't have to be the secret. Danny just smiled at them, still making them think he didn't know what they were talking about. Which was actually true.

''About your girlfriend, bonehead,'' Kwan finally explained.

His girlfriend. It was about his girlfriend. Phew, what a relief. They just knew that he had a girlfriend. (Just waiting for it to sink in.) Wait…. what?!

''M-my-my girlfriend?" Danny stuttered. He was still flabbergasted, because he was almost sure that his secret was blown and that within a few days he would be tied down to an examination table. Also, how the heck did Dash and Kwan figure out he had a girlfriend? Was it that obvious? If it was, then why did they figure it out so soon, but Tucker not yet? Oh right, it's Tucker we're talking about…

''Yeah, it looked like you wanted to keep it a secret, but seriously. It's not that hard to figure out,'' Dash said.

''You were holding hands when you thought that nobody was watching and just the looks on your faces…,'' Kwan said, girly blinking his eyes.

''Told ya that those geeks would end up together,'' Dash said, poking his buddy in the ribs. Then he looked back at Danny, remembering that Danny at first didn't know what he was talking about. ''What did you think it was about then?"

''Oh ehm… the same thing you said. Just don't tell Tuck, okay? I gotta go, we had a good talk, bye!'' Danny then ran out of the bathroom and went towards the cafeteria. He sat down next to Sam. She noticed the weird look on Danny's face.

''Danny, what's up? Did something weird happen in the bathroom?'' Sam asked.

''Ehm-''

''You know what, I don't even want to know,'' Sam said, while she took a bite out of her sandwich.

Danny smiled at her and noticed Tucker, who was sitting on the other side of the table, was staring at him. ''What?" Danny asked.

''I'm gonna find out. I don't know what it is, but I'm gonna find out,'' Tucker stated. He kept glaring at both Danny and Sam.

Danny laughed. ''Sure, dude. Do whatever you want.'' Danny wanted to take a bite from his lunch, but before he could do that, he felt cold and a little blue mist escaped his mouth. His Ghost Sense. There was a ghost around here. Can't just one lunch be peaceful?

Hey guys!

Hope you liked this chapter. This chapter is pretty long… and I love it! I just can't stop writing! To be honest, this chapter is quite boring, but I hope you still enjoyed it though. The next chapter(s) will be a lot more exciting, so don't worry about that.

This chapter and the next one were actually supposed to be one chapter, but when this part already turned out to be so long, I separated them in to different chapters. Because of this, the next chapter could be rather short, because it's basically a part 2 of this chapter. I'll try to add some stuff to the next chapter to make it longer, but forgive when it's still short.

By the way, next Saturday (20th of February) is my birthday. I have big projects at school and because of that, I won't be able to publish the next chapter on next Friday. Since my birthday is next Saturday and I will have a party then, I won't be able to publish it then either. So basically, what I'm saying is that I won't be able to publish the next chapter sooner than Sunday. I hope you guys don't mind.

Until next week! Thanks for the support, I love you!

(If you haven't noticed, I've rewritten this chapter, because I didn't like it that much. There aren't that many changes, but still enough to change the chapter and make it better. Check it out, and I hope you'll enjoy it.)