Danny Phantom in: The Ultimate Ending

The trio arrived back at Danny's place and put the Specter Speeder back to where it belonged. Nobody would notice it was gone, nobody would suspect a thing.

Tucker went home as soon as he could, since his mother would make a surprise dinner tonight. She knows how much her husband and son love meat, so she said that tonight's dinner would be a 'Meat Feast'. Of course, Tucker practically ran home, because he didn't want to miss any of it.

Sam had to go home too, since it was dinner time, but she didn't want to go yet. Now that Tucker was gone, she finally had some alone time with Danny, not that she didn't enjoy Tucker's company though. Danny and Tucker both were her best friends and she had always treated them equally, but now that Danny was more than her best friend, it was nice to have some moments with just the two of them. Especially since Tucker didn't know yet. Man, he was taking his time figuring it out. Oh well, it's Tucker…

Also, Sam didn't want to go home because of her parents. They would probably be mad at her for coming home this late without letting them know where she went. At dinner they would ramble about all the things they were going to buy this week, about their 'oh so delightful' jobs and that Sam should dump that geek boy and that creepy Fenton kid, and make real friends. They already didn't like Danny, so telling them that he was her boyfriend now wasn't an option. If she told them, then she would probably be locked in her room until she would 'come to her senses'.

Danny knew that Sam didn't feel like going home yet, so he offered her to stay for dinner. He knew his parents wouldn't mind. Of course, Sam accepted the offer and texted her parents that she would have dinner somewhere else. The couple then sat on the couch. Danny put his arm around Sam and they sat there casually. Sam noticed that Danny was in deep thought. Probably about Vlad. She thought it was cute, seeing Danny completely forgetting the world around him and just talking to himself in his head.

''We'll figure it out. So stop pressuring yourself, otherwise I'm gonna hit you!'' Sam said laughing.

''Fine then,'' Danny said. He tried to stop thinking about it, but the second after he spoke he was lost in his mind again.

''Hey, what did I tell you!'' Sam then gave Danny a soft slap on the cheek.

''Hey!'' Danny whined.

''Don't be such a baby,'' Sam said laughing. She rubbed his cheek gently and gave a little kiss on it.

Danny looked Sam deep in the eyes for a long time. Then he gave her a kiss back, but then on the lips. Actually, more than one. He gave her a few little kisses until they were practically making out. Jazz walked past, but didn't say a thing to them. She thought it was cute, so she just rolled her eyes and went to her room.

'Teens and their hormones,'' she joked softly, not wanting to interrupt them.

The same thing wasn't for his parents though. They both didn't know yet that Sam and Danny were 'more than friends'. It wasn't like Danny didn't want to tell them, it just slipped through his mind, so they were quite surprised to see the two of them smooching (Ugh hate that word) when they went from the kitchen to the living room.

''Uh-hum,'' Maddie coughed. The couple flinched and separated when they noticed Danny's parents being in the room. They stayed on the couch and smiled innocently.

''Mom, dad….hey...''

''We wanted to ask if Sam was staying for dinner, since Tucker already left, but Sam didn't…,'' Maddie said awkwardly.

''Ehm yeah, if that's okay?'' Sam asked, trying to act casual, but turning red as a lobster.

''Of course, dear. And ehm… congrats I guess?" Maddie spoke as she went to the kitchen again. Before she disappeared through the door, Danny was pretty sure he saw a satisfied smile appearing on her face.

Jack noticed the ring he gave his son on Sam's finger. ''So, the ring I gave ya worked eh, Danny-boy? I'll leave you two alone.'' Jack said. He petted his son on the head and gave him a wink. ''Go for it!'' He then followed his wife to the kitchen. Danny buried his face in his hands and Sam laughed so hard that tears ran down her cheeks.

It was a few days later. Today was Danny's birthday. He would no longer be Danny the puny 14-year-old, but Danny the not puny 15-year-old. Danny was excited for his birthday. Not because of presents or anything, but now he would be the oldest of the three of them. Of course, he was always older, but they were all still 14 and a few months didn't make much of a difference. Now Sam and Tucker would still be 14, but he would be 15. Such a great number.

It was too bad though that Danny's birthday was on a school day. He had to celebrate it after school, but he didn't mind. He wasn't planning on doing something big anyway. He would probably just hang out at the Nasty Burger with Tucker, Sam and maybe Jazz in the afternoon and get some other gifts and celebrations from his family in the evening. Just a relaxed birthday, nothing too extravagant.

Danny was leaning against a wall from the school building and scanning for his friends. He noticed Sam, waved at her and she walked towards him.

When Sam arrived at Danny's spot she looked to see if anyone was paying attention to them. When she thought that wasn't the case, she planted her lips on Danny's and messed a little bit with his hair. ''Happy Birthday.''

Danny smiled sheepishly. He loved it when she ran her hands through his hair. That was one more bonus for having a girlfriend. Sharp nails. They could do anything. Cut things, scratch places where he couldn't reach and of course that nice feeling when Sam ran her hands through his hair.

Sam pulled a little box from behind her back. It was a dark blue box with a gold ribbon. It surprised Sam that the look on Danny's face was like he didn't expect this.

''For me?" Danny asked.

''Yeah duh, it's your birthday. Why so surprised?''

''Right. It's just that you're not really the giving-gifts-to-each-other type of person. It's okay, though. It's not like I'm not happy, just surprised.''

''You better be happy with it. It took me a lot of effort to get this for you.''

Now Danny was starting to get curious. Maybe Sam didn't give that many gifts, but if she would give one, then it was a pretty darn good gift. He jerked the ribbon of the box like he was eating a meal and that he hadn't eaten for months. When he opened the box he saw something tiny glistering.

''A rock?" Danny asked.

''Yup,'' Sam said with a grin. She knew that Danny probably wouldn't like the present. Come on, it's a rock. But she wanted to see how far Danny would go pretending to like it just for Sam's sake.

''Ehm, thanks. It's a pretty rock,'' Danny said with an obviously fake smile.

''Glad you like it,'' Sam said. There was a short, quite awkward silence. ''So, aren't you going to take it out of the box and take a look at it?''

''Oh, ehm…. I'll take a look at it later. I don't want it to break.''

''Sure…'' Sam said. It was probably time to put him out of his misery. He was sweating pretty badly, she felt kinda bad for him. ''You can stop pretending, I know you hate it. Don't worry, I'm not mad''

''Oh thank goodness,'' Danny said with a sigh. ''I was afraid you were going to hit me.''

''You don't know where this rock comes from, do you?'' Sam asked.

''Nope, not a clue,'' Danny answered. ''Though, it does feel and look strange. Is it from the Ghost Zone?''

''Exactly. Remember when you sometimes thought you heard something, but you didn't see anybody a few weeks ago?''

''Yeah, and then the Specter Speeder was missing. I didn't want to tell my parents, but before I even could it was already back like it never left. Every time. Was that you?''

''Yup, I had to borrow it for my little trips to the Ghost Zone. Hope you don't mind. Should I explain what it does?''

''Yes, please. I'll just ignore the fact that you broke into my house several times.''

''Hey, otherwise you wouldn't have an awesome gift, right?'' Sam said quite smug.

''I guess, but was does it do?'' Danny asked excited and curious.

''I took it from a giant wall, pretty deep in the Ghost Zone. There was a prettier, green glowing stone as well, but I couldn't reach it so I just grabbed a stone from the wall, those were pretty too. I used some stuff from your parents' lab to examine it and I figured out that this rock is perfect for you. It's filled with loads of ectoplasm and ecto-energy, don't know exactly why. But if you keep it around you, it'll make you stronger and you'll heal faster. That's why I made a necklace out of it.''

Danny grabbed the stone and put the necklace around his neck.

''If you think it's too girly or you're afraid that your parents might notice it's from the Ghost Zone, you can always hide it under your shirt,'' Sam suggested.

''That's maybe for the best,'' Danny said, hiding the necklace under his shirt. ''Wait, you went to the Ghost Zone on your own? Weren't you attacked or something?''

''Yep, but I'm fine, the Specter Speeder and its weapons protected me. I got attacked the most when I was near the giant wall, like somebody didn't want me to be there. Well, doesn't matter now. I'm safe and you got your rock.''

''And I love it, thank you,'' Danny said. He embraced and kissed his girlfriend, unaware that somebody was watching them.

''You better stop sucking face now, Foley is around the corner,'' a voice said. The voice was Valerie.

The couple awkwardly stopped and blushed. ''Thanks, Val,'' Danny said.

''No prob. By the way, cool necklace. You sure got taste, Manson.''

Sam smiled slightly at Valerie's comment. She always said she didn't care about other people's opinion, but it still felt good getting approval from someone else.

'I'll leave now. Oh Danny right, I almost forgot. Happy Birthday!'' With that Valerie left.

Danny looked at Valerie and smiled. It was nice that they were friends now. That day when they went to Vlad's, Danny went to Valerie right after Sam left. He told her that Vlad had her stuff, but that he couldn't bring it back, otherwise Vlad would suspect something. If Valerie was going to be an ally, it was better that Vlad didn't know.

Valerie and Danny had a good talk. They talked about everything. Danny told her the whole story about how he got his ghost powers and Valerie told him her full story about how she became a ghost hunter. They understood each other much better now. After that they just talked about regular stuff and even had a few laughs now and then. Danny accidently said that he and Sam were together and begged Valerie to not tell Tucker, explaining the reason why too. Valerie agreed with a laugh. They were becoming good friends again, what they used to have. It was nice to get that feeling back.

Valerie swore that his secret was safe with her and that she would even help him fight ghosts. Danny never liked it that Sam, Tucker and later Jazz helped him fight ghosts. What if they could get hurt? It was nice to have another person on the team, and Danny knew that Valerie could handle ghosts quite good, but he still didn't like the idea of having another person to look after.

Danny snapped out of his thoughts when he almost choked. Tucker wanted to take a look at his necklace and grabbed it, not thinking that pulling a necklace that someone is wearing equals choking that person.

''Dude, cool thing. Did Sam give you this?"

''Yup,'' Danny said, coughing a little after his friends attempt to murder him. ''And it isn't just an accessory, it helps me with my ghost powers too.'' Danny gave Sam a side hug as a 'thank you'. Sam blushed a little bit. Tucker noticed this, but he didn't think it meant something. Sam was always blushing when Danny hugged her or something. He knew for ages that Sam had a crush on Danny, but that Danny was too clueless to see that. Maybe he should push him a little bit? Yeah, that was a good plan. He would try it when he and Danny were alone.

''Well, I've got a present for you too, here!''

Danny took the squared box. It didn't have a ribbon and it was wrapped in purple wrapping paper. You could clearly see that it was wrapped by Tucker, because it wasn't wrapped that well…

When Danny took the wrapping paper off, he saw it was the newest video game 'Rainforest Demolition III'. ''Wow dude, that game isn't even on the market yet. How did you get it?''

''I know a guy,'' Tucker said with a pleased face, because his friend liked the present so much. ''Let's try it out this afternoon at my place.''

''Yeah, of course,'' Danny said, his eyes stuck on the back of the cover to read the description.

''But wait, I thought you said last week that you wanted to go to the Nasty Burger?" Sam asked.

''Oh right. Well, we can do both, right?'' Danny suggested.

''No, I can't. I'm only free for the afternoon, because I've got to go to some stupid seminar with my parents,'' Sam said irritated.

Then an idea slipped in Tucker's mind. It was almost like he could actually see a lightbulb above his head. ''Why don't we go to the Nasty Burger and then Danny and I play the game after you leave? The game is for one or two players anyway, so it would be quite annoying if we had to switch all the time.'' Tucker was pretty proud of himself. Now they could all hang out, they could play the game and he would have some time with only Danny. He was so smart.

Danny and Sam looked at each other. That was a pretty good idea. ''Well, I guess that's agreeable,'' Sam said.

''Yeah, good plan. Let's do that then.''

The trio went to the Nasty Burger. Because it was his birthday, Sam and Tucker agreed to pay for Danny. They had fun and later Jazz joined for a short amount of time too. Eventually it was getting late and Sam had to leave. Sam went home, Jazz went home and Tucker went home too, Danny following him. When they arrived at Tucker's house, they turned on the game and started playing.

''Dude, you're so gonna lose!'' Tucker said.

''No, you're the one who is about to get his butt kicked!'' Danny replied.

They played for a while and eventually had to take a break. They were just eating chips while lying on Tucker's bed. Now Tucker thought this was a great moment to start asking questions.

''So, quite boring without Sam, eh?''

''Hmm,'' Danny replied. ''It's fun with both of you. Besides, I hasn't been the two of us for a while now. We needed some guy-time, you know?"

''Yeah sure,'' Tucker responded. Dang it. Not the answer he was hoping for. Maybe he should pick it up a little bit? ''So, I've been thinking. Since you're friends with Valerie again, you're gonna see her much more, right?"

''Yeah, I guess so. Why is that important?'' Danny said, raising a brow.

''Oh, I just thought, you know…. Since she knows you're Danny Phantom and she didn't blow your head off….''

''Wait, what?!'' Danny exclaimed. He knew what Tucker was getting at. ''You think I wanna ask her out?''

''Well, you wanted to a few months ago. Don't blame me for thinking it.''

''Maybe, but that was before-'' Danny cut himself off. That was close, he couldn't let Tucker know. He and Sam haven't had this much fun in a long time. Yeah, it was quite mean for Tucker, but man it was funny for them.

''Before?'' Tucker pressured.

''Before… ehm….'' Danny looked at his watch and saw that it was getting late. ''Wow, look at the time. Sorry, gotta go Tuck. Catch ya later.'' Danny jumped from the bed, changed into his ghost form and flew I out of Tucker's bedroom window. ''Bye!'' Danny yelled before he disappeared behind the buildings.

''Hmm…'' It was indeed pretty late, but Tucker wasn't stupid. Danny was about to say something, but he cut himself off. He just used the 'it's getting late' excuse. Tucker had to get to the bottom of this.

What's up guys?

Sorry this chapter is a bit late, I was having trouble with my computer, but everything should be okay now. This chapter was a bit of a filler, but I think it was a fun chapter. I thought it was fun to make Danny 15 in my story, since I turned 15 two weeks ago. Tucker is now getting closer to Danny and Sam's secret, will he find out?

Hope you liked it. Follow, favorite, review, do nothing. Everything is okay, but I would really appreciate it if you did review or something. Just so you know, it's what keeps a writer writing.

Until next week!