CH. 5

Sam walked away with the rose tight in her hands. She looked at it for a while and then looked back to see if Danny was still there. But he wasn't, he walked away as well to find Tucker. Sam turned her head in front of her and started to looking for Emily or Vlad. Danny on the other hand was still down that his talk didn't help at all. For once jazz was wrong. Danny met Tucker over at the drink table and grabbed some water.

"Dude, you okay?" Tucker asked. He lowered his mask and looked at his best friend under his black hair that shaded his eyes.

"I'm fine. Just, dandy." he replied . He put the glass down and walked away leaving Tucker worried.

"Sam!" a ghost shouted. Sam spun around to see who it was.

"Oh, Dora it's you. You startled me. How'd you notice me with me back turned?" Sam asked walking up to the friendly ghost.

"You think I forget your beautiful black locks?"

"Right. Um, how've you been? How's Aragon?" Sam asked.

"I've been doing fine thank you. It's my brother I'm worried about. He's been acting so strange lately. Always waking up at three in the morning and wondering around the castle. Always telling me he thinks something's burning when nothing ever is. Very strange. So, how are you? I Haven't seen you in a while. I heard you're working with Plasmius. Is everything alright between you and your friends?" Dora asked.

"I guess Emily spilled the beans huh? Well yes, it's true. But I'm doing fine no need to worry about me. Excuse me I have to use the restroom. I hope your brother feels better. Take care Dora!" Sam replied excusing herself from the conversation and walking away.

At 12:15 a.m., Emily came stumbling in through Vlad's ghost portal.

"Last time I take you to ANY party." Vlad commented.

"Should I take her to her room?" Sam offered,

"No no, it's alright. I'll do it. I don't want you to get hurt." and with that said, Vlad picked up Emily and carried her to her room. Sam was behind them heading to her room. When there, she put the rose in a small vase next to her bed, got undressed, put her p.j.'s on, washed her face, and headed for bed.

On their way home, Danny was happy to see Sam, but confused by her comments. Tucker was passed out in the passengers seat with some ghost girls phone number, mask and tie on the floor. When they arrived at Fenton works, Danny carried Tuck upstairs and into the guest be room. He walked into his room and put his p.j.'s on. Collapsing into the safe comfort on his bed, he wrapped himself in the soft warm blankets and tossed over on his side. The notes from a few months ago were on his night table next to his bed. He pulled them out and read them over. The funny jokes, crazy doodles of their heads with funny faces, all things that insured the close bond between them. He chuckled as he looked at it one more time. He put them back and drifted off to sleep.

The next day, Vlad explained to Sam how the machinery on her arms can produce ectoplasm like energy attacks. Like Danny's. She used this energy in the future fights her and Danny had.

3 Years Later.

"Okay class," shouted Mr. Schwartz coming into full view of the class. "take out your poems you had to do last night for homework. Any volunteers?" he asked. No one raised their hand. " okay then," he said grabbing his grade book. "I'll just pick randomly." he took his finger and whammed it on any name. "Ah! Danny Fenton. Please come up and read your poem."

He stood up and picked up his homework. Danny had changed in the three years Sam has been gone. His hair that once was tufted and hung in his face slightly, was now fully hanging in his face. (like it is when it's wet.) the once red and white t-shirt was replaced by a white long sleeved shirt with a solid black t-shirt on top. His sky blue jeans were gone, and black ones took their place. Even his sneakers were black. But some things that changed of Danny were good and physical, he'd gotten a little bit taller, his chest muscles stood out a tad under his shirts. A go-tee had grown on the bottom of his chin. And his voice had deepened too. He'd arrived to the front and began to read his poem.

"My poem is called, 'I Miss You'

The only thing I can do since you left, is surpress the smiles.

No happiness comes without you near.

I'd wish you'd come back, come back home.

My face lost it's luminance it once had.

My laugh lost it's magic.

My hair has become dull and gray.

I've tried to ask you to reconsider,

But you still never listened.

Your Parents were worried,

And we were concerned.

You've been gone for three years.

And I still miss you dear.

Please come back home.

I'm still missing you." Once he finished, he returned to his seat.

"Very deep Mr. Fenton. A+. What's it about?" asked Mr. Schwartz.

"The poem is about….uh. My aunt, she passed away three years ago."

"Very good then, see me after class please." requested the teacher of Danny. Tucker's poem didn't shock anyone. It was a love poem about tech. After Tuck went, Danny started to look out the window and at the bleak white dots falling onto the white blanket that covered Amity Park. He set his focus on one pacific flower, the one that stood up on it's own. Through the snow and wind. Class ended pretty fast after that. Time flys when you're staring at snow fall. The bell rang and the seventeen year old walked towards his short, stubby, teacher.

"You wanted to see me sir?" he called.

"Daniel you've been my literacy student for the past four months, I can tell when you're lying. Plus Mr. Lancer gave me some tips. What was that poem really about? Your short pause gave it away."

"Three years ago a very close friend of mine moved to Wisconsin. She never told me my or never even said good-bye. I still miss her a lot." Danny responded truthfully.

"Ms. Manson correct? I had her for read-rap and rally during your freshman years."

"Yeah. How'd you know?" Danny asked shocked.

"Well one, I never forget a face and two, when you were a freshman you'd three, including Mr. Foley here, always hung out. And you and Ms. Manson ad your 'flirting' moments if I'm not mistaken. I'm quiet observant. And after she became 'missing', the next year you went downhill with your grades and wardrobe. And you still manage to pass to graduation. You still care don't you?" he asked switching topics quickly. Being a master at identifying poetry, Mr. Richard Schwartz can identify ANY type of poetry. Let it be, love and romantic, to horror and macabre. He could see any. And this poem, was filled with sadness, remorse and love.

"To be honest, it's been three years, and I still don't know. May I have I late pass please? My next class is science." Danny tolled his teacher the best he could. Three years and he's still confused. After the relationship with Valerie fell apart when she saw him transform after K.O.ing him, she never spoke to him again. Nothing that even involved him or Tucker. In fact, she moved only because of her fathers job. He was relocated to another Axion Labs in the U.S. Danny collected his late pass and left.

A few states away, Sam was on her way to the school library. Over the three years Sam has changed too. Her hair took on a natural curve at the end like her grandmothers when she was young. Like every growing girl, her hips got slightly bigger and so did her breasts. She started wearing light black eye shadow, her shirt changed. It went from the purple circle to a white coffin in the middle. The green and black skirt was replaced by a solid black skirt and a green belt with mini skulls rested on top sliding down to the left. The purple stockings and black combat boots staid. So did her black bracelets. Her left eyebrow had a hoop ring in it. Her ponytail left her head. Her voice matured as she did. (it sounds like it did in "Urban Jungle.") She sat down at the computer and checked in for her e-mail. One read from Tucker. "Tucker?" she questioned. She did keep in touch with him over the past few years. She opened it up and saw some goofy pictures of him. "Very Funny." she said to herself looking at the funny faces. She came to the last picture and saw Tuck and Danny in one picture. "DANNY?!" she said very loud. She quickly hit the reply button and typed back to Tucker.

"OMGOSH! Is that really Danny? What happened to him? I know we're enemies but that doesn't mean I still can't ask as to what happened to him. He looks like he went down hill. On a side note, how are you doing Tucker?" she typed in response to the pictures. She looked back at the picture of Danny and studied it. Danny what happened to you? she thought.

"Miss, the school's library is not for e-mailing friends or looking at pictures. It's for research. Detention." said the librarian standing behind Sam. She was forced to leave the library and go back to her lunch period with a detention slip. She drew that whole time, not touching her salad. She dropped the pencil and looked down at her bracelet, tossing it back and forth on her arm. Sighing she got up and left. Leaving her salad. She was so stressed out from that picture of Danny. She'd had other boyfriends in her life, like Gregor or Elliot. And her recent one, Eric Conrad. He was such a sweet boy. He treated her like a angel. He sent her valentines, took her to a movie. Goofed around with her, tossed notes in class, walked together. Joked, laughed, it was fun. Until she broke up with him and he became her Nathan. The annoying little guy stalking a girl. She finally tolled the principal and got him suspended. The end of the day came quick and the snow was falling slowly on her long black coat and gray messenger bag. She looked up and watched the flakes flutter and dance in the white sky above her. Loved it. She loved it all. The feeling of the cold, and the beauty of winter all around people. She walked back to her home now of three years. To her new 'father.' The giant castle came into view. She stepped into the house and to her room. Opening her laptop she pulled out her literacy homework and began it.

Back in Amity Park, Tucker was reading his e-mail Sam sent him. "I'm doing alright Sam thanks for asking. But I can't say the same for Danny. He walks around like a zombie. Always sad, and quite. We still hang out and he still deals with ghosts. He's gotten whiter. He barely eats. He's not anorexic, don't get me wrong, but he still keeps his weight good. His grades aren't so hot either. All C+ and D+. and he still manages to pass till graduation. I have no clue how he does it, but he does. Talk to you later Sam." he typed. He looked at his phone and the pictures of the three of them before Sam moved away. His phone began to vibrate. "Danny" is what it read.

"Hello?"

"Tucker? It's me Danny. Can you come over to my house for a while?"

"Yeah. I'll be there soon." he responded. "Is everything okay?"

"Yeah fine. Just come over okay?"

"Sure. Bye." he hung up along with Danny and walked over to Fenton Works. Tucker's red barrette was replaced by a red baseball cap. Yellow shirt gone and a light blue button down shirt and a white undershirt took it's place. His green pants gone and dark, dark blue jeans rested along with a brown leather belt. something Sam would never approve of. And his brown boots stayed along with his PDA, backpack filled with tech., and his glasses. His voice deepened a little a long with all the other boys in the school that were his age. No facial hair on this boy. He kept it nice and smooth.

He arrived to Fenton Works and knocked on the door. He heard jazz yell 'I got it' and answered. Her hair was short, up to her chin, and curved at the end. Small bangs covered one eyebrow. A light black tang top replaced the black long sleeved shirt and the sky blue pants she wore stayed along with her shoes. A gold lace locket hung around her neck. Inside two pictures, one of the Fenton family of four, and the other a picture of her boyfriend John.

"Oh! Hey Tucker. Come right in. Danny's in his room as always." she said greeting him with a smile. She walked away and turned on the news. Tucker walked up the stairs and into Danny's room. Which hadn't changed a bit.

"What's up dude?" he asked shutting the door behind him.

"I have a plan to get Sam back." Danny answered.

"Another one? Haven't the past ten fail? Horribly?"

"Yeah. But this time, I'm gonna talk to her. No ghost powers. Just human to human."

"Didn't you try that a few months ago and you came back with a black eye?"

"Humor me."

"Okay. 'Go ahead Danny. Go for the 11th time and try to get your enemy to become your best friend again.'" Tucker said sarcastically. Danny just gave him a 'Thank you but no thanks' look.

"Want to come with me this time? So you can talk to her? We can take the Specter Speeder." Danny offered cheering up a little bit.

"Sure why not. As long as she doesn't attack me, I'm fine with it."

"She won't attack you. Now if it were only me, then she'd attack. But because you're coming. I don't think she will. Come on!" he said. He turned ghost and phased him and Tucker through the floors and to the lab. Tucker was the best driver out of the two of them, so he would drive. Do to Danny's constant up late night ghost hunting, he crashed into fake plastic deer, and ran over the cones every time he took his drivers test. And got in trouble for it too. Of course, it was always funny to see Danny mess up a lot. After flying for a few hours, they came into view of the castle.

"Okay Danny, do your thing." Tucker said diving down for the roof. Danny pressed his hands against the side of the speeder and turned it invisible. Tuck landed the speeder very softly, hardly heard. But one person heard it, Sam. She went up to the addict and peeked through the a jarred door on the roof. She saw the speeder appear on the roof. She quickly ran to her room and shut the door. Not again. She thought hitting her hand on her face and dragging it down. She sat on her bed waiting for another 'rescue' mission from, the infamous Danny Fenton. A knock was heard. She got up and answered. To her surprise it was Tucker. The frown on her face disappeared and a smile took it's place.

"Tucker!" she shouted hugging him. When they parted she took a good look at him. "Oh Tucker, you have no clue how much I missed you! Your outfit changed. and so did your goofy barrette. Your clothes makes you look like a Blue Man!"

"HA HA HA! Thanks. It's so good to see you again Sam. You really didn't change that much. Still the same goth friend I've had for the past 17 years. I like your new hair do."

"Thanks." she stepped behind him and looked both ways down the halls. Only to check if Danny was there. "No sign of him." she said to herself. "Where are you?" she asked squinting her eyes.

"You okay?"

"Uh, Danny didn't come with you did he?" she asked. Tucker waved his hand over to her and put his mouth near her ear.

"He's on the roof. He want to talk to you."

"Again? Fine. I'll be right back. Make yourself comfortable." she said leaving the room. She walked up to the roof and saw him pressed up against the speeder. "Danny? Is that you?"

"Hey Sam. Can I talk to you please? A peaceful conversation. No weapons, and no ghost half." she nodded yes and walked over to him. "Why'd you leave? Why'd you betray and attack me? Why do we have to keep fighting?" he asked her calmly.

"Danny, I left because you broke my heart. I betrayed you because I was hurt inside beyond repair. That's why I attacked you. To take out my anger and rage."

"What do you mean 'I broke your heart'? You said that three years ago at that ball. We didn't fight then. Why do we have to fight now?"

"Danny for a very long time I love you. And I still do. And when I saw you kiss Valerie my heart was torn out. I was so hurt by that. The day before was the day Vlad made his offer. And I accepted. I shed so many tears that night. My grandmother was worried about me and sat in my room comforting me for the rest of the day. Having that feeling of love for someone inside of you for a long time is the best feeling in the world. And then seeing it shattered within a few seconds is honestly the worst feeling. I've never been so hurt in in my life. I've had other boys in my life that I've dated but for some reason, you bring me the most happiness. And right now I feel so safe around you. That's why I left and betrayed you."

"Sam, I….I never knew any of that. Please come back with us. I want things to go back the way they were before. Before any of this ever happened. Please?" he pleaded walking up to her and resting his arms on her shoulders. She took his hand off and turned around.

"No Danny. I want things to stay this way. As much as it kills me to say that, I do. And no matter how much I miss you, Tucker or my family, it's true." She said. The addict door opened and Tucker rushed out.

"Guys! Vlad, behind me!" he managed to say out of breath. Danny flipped out and grabbed Tucker, tolled him to take off to Amity park. And Tucker did, leaving Danny and Sam on the roof alone, awaiting Vlad. Vlad cam storming in right after Tucker left.

"Samantha what is he doing here!?" he demanded.

"Uh, Um, looking for a fight?" she said unsure.

"I'm trying to get her to come with me!" Danny yelled transforming and stepping in front of Sam. What's he doing? she thought. Vlad smacked Danny out of his way and put a gas mask on him and Sam.

"Good Night, little badger." Vlad said releasing knock out gas.

AN: There you are folks! Chapter five! The last chapter is done and packed up and I'm sending it to you guys next Friday! Only a few days of waiting is lucky for you guys after about a month and a few days waiting for this chapter!

That poem is dedicated to my uncle who died 3 three years ago. See, THREE YEARS LATER!

I'm gonna stop here and let you guys review! Please??? Until next time!