(At Crystal Beach, a few weeks later)
(Danny has his arm around Sam as they walk slowly on the beach)
Sam: Danny, I know you miss Skkye and Angie, but you can't just run away from your feelings.
Danny: I'm not! I really like you!
Sam: (scootches out from Danny's arm) If you really liked me, you'd admit that you miss them.
Danny: Yeah I miss them, but I've moved on!
(Tries to kiss Sam; she turns her head away from him)
Sam: Danny, just admit it. You've been breaking down every night since they've died. If you can't admit it, we have no future together.
(Sam starts to walk away)
(A few weeks pass; Danny is sitting in his apartment crying)
Danny: (looking at a picture of him and Skkye at prom) I'm sorry Skkye. I let you down. I couldn't save you (looks at a picture of him, Skkye and Angela), or our baby. I loved you so much. We were gonna get married soon! Then that fatal accident happened. I'm so sorry, honey! (Sobs)
(knock at door is heard)
Come in, the door's unlocked.
Sam: (quietly) Danny?
Danny: Sam?
(He gets up and hugs her)
Sam: I'm so sorry. I should've never said those horrible things to you.
Danny: (with his arms around Sam) No, you were right. Instead of admitting my feelings, I ran away from them, which made the pain worse.
Sam: I'm so sorry, Danny. You must've really loved her.
Danny: I did. But I love someone else now.
Sam: Who?
Danny: Come with me.
(Danny grabs Sam's hand and runs with her out the door)
(At Crystal Beach an hour later)
Sam: What's the big surprise?
(Danny shows Sam the romantic picnic he prepared)
Danny, that's so sweet!
(They sit down on the blanket and begin to eat)
Danny: I know how you love the ocean, so I made us a romantic dinner.
Sam: That's so nice of you. (Kisses his cheek)
Danny: I know.
(Later, at sunset)
(Danny pulls Sam under his arm as they watch the sunset)
Sam: Danny, this is so romantic.
Danny: Thanks. It took me a few hours to pull it together.
Sam: That's so sweet.
(Hugs him)
Danny: Sam, there's something I've wanted to tell you forever.
Sam: What?
(They stand up)
Danny: (takes a deep breath) Sam, I love you. I've loved you ever since we've met.
Sam: Danny, I love you too. (Starts crying)
Danny: No, no, don't cry. Shhh... (kisses her) It's okay.
Sam: No, it's not that. It's just so sudden.
Danny: Then let's make the most of this moment.
(They run off on the beach)
(Later)
Danny: (picks Sam up) Sam, marry me! We'll be the happiest couple in the world!
Sam: I can't.
Danny: Why not?
(He puts her down)
Sam: Because we're best friends! We've been friends ever since I can remember. I don't want a marriage to ruin our friendship.
Danny: But we're more than friends! We're in love! (Sam runs away crying) I love you Sam! I love you!
Sam: I'm sorry Danny! But I won't regret my decision!
Danny: (falls to his knees) Please...
(Danny gasps)
Why now? (He turns around and Ember is floating behind him) Oh, come on! (He quickly transforms) What do you want now?
Ember: You know, I can make that little Goth girl fall in love with you.
Danny: Oh, please! Why would you ever help me?
Ember: Well, if you must know, I've decided to use my powers for good.
Danny: That is so anti-climactic.
Ember: Says you.
Danny: And why should I believe you?
Ember: Watch. (Strikes a power chord at Sam that has tiny hearts around it)
(Sam turns around and runs back to Danny; floating hearts appear)
Well?
Danny: (amazed) I don't believe it.
Ember: You shouldn't be. I used that on you eleven years ago.
Danny: You did?
Ember: Yeah.
(Sam is now clinging to Danny)
Sam: Of course she did. Now we can be together forever!
Danny: This is so ironic.
Ember: I know. Is love supposed to be this creepy?
Danny: (trying to get away from love-struck Sam) No.
Sam: This isn't creepy. Now, Tucker's girlfriend, she's creepy.
Danny & Ember: She/I is/am not creepy!
Danny & Ember: What?!
Ember: Oops.
Danny: You're Elizabeth Hamilton?!
Ember: Yeah. Ember's my nickname. I always hated the name Elizabeth, so I changed it.
Danny: But in the pictures with Tuck, you're always more— human.
Ember: Oh, right. (Transforms into Elizabeth; with Australian accent) How about now?
Danny: Holy—
Sam:—Shit.
(Sam falls down in agony)
Danny: Sam! Are you okay?
Sam: (weakly) Yeah, I'm fine. Just a headache. (Passes out)
Danny: (turns to Elizabeth) What did you do to her?!
Elizabeth: Nothing. Really.
Danny: Then why does Sam have your ghostly look?
Elizabeth: I don't know. Let me look. (Changes back to Ember)
(in normal voice) Now, let's see.
(Sam wakes up)
Sam: What, happened?
(Danny changes back to normal also)
Danny: You passed out. Are you okay?
Sam: I think so. (Screams) It's Ember! Danny! Do something!
Danny: It's okay Sam. Ember's... good, now.
Sam: What?! Danny, you cannot be serious.
Danny: I'm sorry. I am. She's good now.
Ember: It's true, honey. I'm good.
Sam: Danny, I'm scared.
Danny: It's okay, I'm here. (Strokes her hair)
Ember: So, this is what love is like?
Danny & Sam: Yeah...
Tucker: I knew it!
(Jumps from fence)
I knew you two would someday end up together! And I was right!
Danny: Tuck? What are you doing here?
Tucker: Me and Elizabeth rode up here to see you guys. Have you seen her?
Danny: Yeah, I think I do. Over there! (Points in opposite direction of Ember)
(Ember transforms in Elizabeth; she hides under an umbrella)
(She comes out casually)
Elizabeth: Tucker, darling, is that you?
Tucker: Liz! There you are! (Hugs her) Where were you?
Elizabeth: I was here with Danny and Sam. Where were you? Oh my god!
(Looks at Sam, who's eyes are blank and skin is as white as a ghost)
Danny: Sam? Sam! Sam?! Can you hear me?! Sam?!
(Later, at the Crystal Beach Medical Center)
Danny: So, how is she Dr. Burton?
Dr. Burton: Ms. Manson is doing well. She did suffer from a severe trauma attack though.
Elizabeth: Will she be okay?
Dr. Burton: Yes, Miss Hamilton. She will.
Danny: Thank, God. Uh, may I see her?
Dr. Burton: Not now. Ms. Manson's resting. Come back in a few hours, when she's awake.
Danny: Alright.
Elizabeth: Excuse me a moment, sweetie.
Tucker: Sure.
(Elizabeth walks into the ladies room)
(Ember flies into the building from the ceiling)
Ember: Hey, Phantom. You can't stop me. I've gotta, you know, take over the world and stuff.
Danny: Hey! You said you've changed!
Ember: I did.
Danny: (with his arms crossed) How?
Ember: I haven't tried to take over the world in, like, eight months.
Tucker: Danny! Do something!
Danny: Oh, I will. (Runs into a janitors closet; Danny Phantom flies out of it; Ember flies away, laughing) Get back here!
Tucker: (groans) Where the hell is Liz? How long does it take to go to the bathroom?
(Dr. Burton pops his head out of Sam's room)
Dr. Burton: Mr. Foley? Uh, Ms. Manson would like a word with you.
(Tucker goes into Sam's room)
I'll leave now. (He leaves)
Tucker: So, how you feeling?
Sam: Better. Where's Danny?
Tucker: He had to go stop Ember.
Sam: Figures.
Tucker: How so?
Sam: Think about it. Danny and me are on a private beach known only to us. Ember just happens to show up just as we're sitting down. Then she says that she's turned good.
Tucker: Well, maybe she did.
Sam: She just did it to get close to Danny so she could find his weak spots. That's why whenever she was around, I passed out. Ember did it so when Danny was vulnerable, she could take him down.
Tucker: I don't believe it.
Sam: Didn't you ever notice the similarities between her and Liz?
Tucker: No.
Sam: Hello! Elizabeth, Ember! Ember's real name is Elizabeth but that's just her decoy appearance.
Tucker: No way.
Sam: Way.
(Elizabeth walks in casually, but not in her trademark one-strap black top and black jeans; she's wearing a tube top with a British flag on it and a black mini-skirt)
Elizabeth: Hey all. What up?
Tucker: Nothing.
Elizabeth: Sam, honey, how are you feeling?
Sam: Better. No thanks to you.
Tucker: Sam, don't be rude.
Sam: Really! What did you do to help me?
Elizabeth: Huh, she's right.
Sam: Thank you Captain Obvious.
(Doctors are yelling and running with someone on a stretcher)
Tucker: Wow, that looks bad.
Doctor: Code Red! Code Red! Stat! Code Red!
Sam: Yeah, I hope that person's okay.
(Dr. Burton walks in)
Dr. Burton: Hi Sam, how are you feeling?
Sam: Much better. Um, could you tell me, what were all the doctors out in the hall yelling about?
Dr. Burton: A twenty-something year old man was almost crushed by a building then was shot seven times near his heart.
Elizabeth: Is he gonna be alright?
Dr. Burton: We'll see what we can do.
(A few months later; Danny is in a coma from the Ember attack when Sam was in the hospital)
(Sam is next to Danny's bed, crying)
Sam: (sobbing) Oh, Danny. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry that they couldn't save you. I'd give anything to just see you awake again.
Dr. McIntosh: Ms. Manson, I'm sorry, visiting hours are over.
Sam: Can you just give me another minute?
Dr. McIntosh: Sure.
(He leaves)
(Sam starts crying on Danny's chest)
(Heart monitor goes flat)
Sam: No, no. Danny! No! Don't die! No! Please! (Sobs)
Dr. McIntosh: Ms. Manson, I'm sorry. We'll do what we can to save him. Come back tomorrow. Get some sleep. He'll be fine.
(Tomorrow)
(Sam rushes into Danny's room)
Sam: Danny! Danny! (Gasps; Danny's room is empty)
(Dr. McIntosh walks in)
Dr. McIntosh: Ah, Ms. Manson. You're looking for Mr. Fenton, yes?
Sam: Where is he?!
Dr. McIntosh: He's been relocated to across the hospital.
Sam: Did he come out of his coma?
Dr. McIntosh: No, I'm sorry. He didn't. But we were able to revive him.
Sam: You mean, he's alive?
(Dr. McIntosh nods)
YES!!!!!! Uh, may I see him?
Dr. McIntosh: Sorry, not now. He's having heart surgery now.
Sam: Didn't he just get a new heart?
Dr. McIntosh: No, it wasn't the right heart. That heart is now in the chest of a nine-year-old girl in Wisconsin. We just got the new one today.
Sam: So, he's gonna live?
Dr. McIntosh: Probably.
(Sam smiles)
(Eighteen months later; Danny is still in a coma)
Maddie: Jack, I don't know. Maybe we should just take Danny off of life support.
Jack: Sweetie, just because Danny's been in a coma for the past two years doesn't mean that we necessarily have to kill him.
Jazz: (reading) Yeah, he is your only son.
Maddie: That's true. I don't know. (Looks out window; sighs) I just don't want to see him suffer anymore.
Jazz: (puts book down) Mom, Danny has to go through what he has to go through. That's life.
Maddie: You're right sweetie. Also, he could wake up any day now. The doctor said so.
Jack: He's a healthy, young boy. He'll be fine.
Maddie: (sighs) I suppose.
(Phone rings)
Jazz: Hello? Yes. We'll be right there.
Maddie: What was that all about?
Jazz: They think Danny is waking up and they want his friends and family to be there with him.
Maddie: YES!!!!!!!!!!!
(Later)
(At Amity Park Medical Center)
(Danny groans as he awakens)
Danny: W-where am I?
(Sam screams and hugs him)
Sam: You're awake! You're awake!
Danny: Okay... What am I missing here?
Jack: Son, you've been in a coma for the last two years. And now you're awake and with us.
Danny: Am I gonna be alright?
Jazz: The doctors say so.
(Danny smiles)
Danny: Uh, guys? Can I talk to Sam? In private?
Maddie: Sure, honey, take as long as you need.
(Everyone leaves)
Sam: What do you want to—
(Danny kisses her)
Danny: I missed that.
(Sam smiles)
Sam: (In Danny's arms) Danny, I'm so sorry for anything I did to hurt you before.
Danny: It's alright. (Kisses her forehead) So, what happened during my coma? Did Tucker and Liz get married?
Sam: Not exactly. Liz dumped Tucker right after he found out that she was really Ember.
Danny: So who's he dating now?
Sam: Well, he's engaged to this girl, Liza.
Danny: So, her real name is Elizabeth?
Sam: Exactly.
Danny: Enough about Tucker. Now, what else happened?
Sam: Well, you almost died.
Danny: What?! How?
Sam: The heart monitor went flat eighteen months ago. They thought that you were gonna die, but they revived you.
Danny: Thank God! Do you think I can be Danny Phantom again?
Sam: I think so.
Danny: Thanks Sam. (Kisses her) I love you.
Sam: I do too. (Hugs him)
Danny: That's why I'm gonna ask you again, will you marry me, Sam?
(Silence)
Well?
Sam: I don't know... I'll think about it.
Danny: Okay. Tell me tomorrow.
Sam: Okay. See you then.
Danny: Bye.
(They kiss)
(A week later)
(Sam walks into Danny's room)
Sam: Hey.
Danny: There you are. C'mere.
(Sam walks over to him; they hug)
Well? Have you made your decision?
Sam: I have. (Sighs) Danny, I.—
(Valerie walks into the room with flowers)
Valerie:Danny?
Sam: (whispers to Danny) What is she doing here?
Danny:(whispers back to Sam) My parents must've told her dad that I was in the hospital and I guess that her dad told her.
Valerie: Hey, how are you feeling?
Danny: Better.
Valerie: Oh! These are for you. (gives him the flowers)
Danny: Thanks, they're beautiful.
Valerie: Uh, Sam, I'd like to have a word with Danny.
Sam: Fine. (Stands there)
Valerie: Alone.
Sam: Whatever.
(She leaves)
Danny: You wanted to talk to me? (He sits up)
Valerie: Yeah. Danny, I know that we never really got a chance to hang out ever since you've been going out with Skkye.
Danny: About that—
Valerie: Let me finish. I really like you and I wanna hang out again. So, how about when you get out of the hospital, you give me a call. 'Kay?
Danny: Alright.
Valerie: Cool. Here's my number. (Writes down her phone number and gives it to Danny) Call me.
(She leaves)
Sam: I thought she'd never leave! (Closes the door; Sees the piece of paper) Hey, what's that? (Points to paper)
Danny: Oh, this? Nothing. (Hides it)
Sam:Alright. Jeez. (Sits on his bed) So, when do you think they'll let you out of this hellhole?
Danny: Dunno. Could be a few weeks or a few months.
Sam: Think they'd let you out for one day of fun?
Danny: Depends. What kind of fun?
(Sam smiles seductively)
That's what I thought.
(Sam jumps on Danny and they have a fake-out make-out)
Sam: Just like old times, huh?