So, I'm back with the second installment of this mini sub series... Not sure if there'll be any more after this - I'll just have to wait and see what inspiration gives me. xD But for now, enjoy! And many thanks to all your reviews for the previous one - it's great to see I'm not the only one who loves DxS flashback fluff. x)

Disclaimer: I disclaim. See the first chapter.


Summer 1998

"Check it out! I'm hanging upside down!" Eight-year-old Danny Fenton cried triumphantly, his knees hooked over one of the monkey bars on the playground in the park as he hung in mid-air, half of his shirt succumbing to gravity and folding over to leave a little of his torso open, his raven hair more unruly than ever before as young sky blue eyes shone at his two best friends from where he was.

"Cool!" Tucker Foley breathed, grinning.

Sam scrambled up from where she was sitting next to him on the ground, violet eyes widening excitedly. "I wanna try!"

And before you could say "Boo" the fearless eight-year-old Manson had already clambered up and joined her other best friend upside-down, her laughter light and delighted.

"It's fun!"

"Yeah c'mon Tucker! Try it!" Danny called back down to the ground, still swinging from where he was.

"Okay," Tucker agreed, getting up as well, though at this precise moment Sam had chosen to swing in the wrong direction at the wrong time, accidentally colliding with Danny in the process - and sending him tumbling to the ground.

"OW!"

A tiny gasp escaped the girl and she quickly jumped back down from the monkey bars, chin-length black hair in a slight mess from her earlier actions as she approached her best friend, hoping that he'd soon jump back to his feet with a loud "I'M OKAY!" like he so often did when he fell.

Much to her frightened dismay, however, Danny now sat up, clutching his left elbow which he'd fallen on as blue eyes began to tear and he began to sob, a little whine of pain escaping him.

"Oh no," Sam sat down next to him and tried to helpfully put an arm around him as his sobs grew in volume and as Tucker too approached, green eyes wide. "Danny are you okay?" She asked.

A shaking of his head followed by another whimper.

"Can you move your arm?" Tucker asked, voice equally worried as Sam's.

Danny tried doing so, succeeding and hence giving a feeble nod.

"Did you break it?"

Another sob. "I dunno. I don't think so." His voice was muffled, his lips mumbling. "My elbow just... hurts... real bad..." He tried - rather unsuccessfully - to bite back another whimper as he struggled to get the words out.

"Aww... Danny I'm sorry," Sam apologized, biting her lip and rubbing his shoulder in an effort to comfort him, though her voice was now more frightened than before.

Danny simply nodded, still crying, face red by now from the tears.

"Don't cry anymore, please?" She pleaded, violet eyes both imploring and starting to hurt as well at seeing him in so much pain. "I'm really really sorry... I didn't mean to push you off."

"Maybe you should rub his elbow for him," Tucker suggested, a troubled frown on his young face at the whole situation playing out in front of him as he pushed his glasses up his nose.

Sam took his advice, reaching for Danny's injured arm to gently massage the bruise on it for a few seconds.

"Better?"

Another small nod, then a sob again, though now softer.

Sam wasn't exactly sure what it was that made her do what she did next - perhaps it was because she wanted to let Danny know somehow that it was going to be okay - or perhaps she wanted him to know she was really feeling horrible for the accident she'd caused. Whatever it was, she soon found herself leaning over and gently, timidly kissing his wet cheek. "I'm sorry," she said again, young voice hurt and soft and sincere all at the same time.

Whether that took effect or not Sam wasn't sure either, but after that there were only two more sobs, before his tears had dried and Danny was up on his feet and smiling like all was right with the world again...


Fin! Okay, that's it for now - I'm working on a version that will combine both the two - but you won't see it so fast since I only just updated this xP. Review and tell me what you think!

-FBG