I'm so tired of being here

Suppressed by all my childish fears

And if you have to leave

I wish that you would just leave

-Evanesence-

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Sam let her head slip into her hands. She couldn't believe this was happening, she just got Danny back and now he was being torn away from her. He just couldn't die again, he just couldn't. She watched the door and saw doctors come in and out, she was waiting till one came and spoke to them. But Danny could be in there forever.

She wanted to know right now if he was ok. She couldn't understand why fate was so unbelievably cruel to her. She gets Danny back after all the suffering she went through only for this to happen. Sam looked up determinedly he wasn't going to die, he couldn't. She loved him.

She could just imagine him, slowly slipping away somewhere without anyone he loved around him. Not just slowly, but painfully, as teams of medics tried to keep him on earth and in his suffering. Sam was torn desperately on the subject, whether or not she wanted to keep him here. But she just wanted her Danny to be happy, and she didn't want him to be in pain.

"Jack, Sam?" Maddie said as she stood before them with Tucker, Jazz, and Valerie in tow.

The two looked up. Maddie and Jack hugged and Tucker hugged Sam tightly as well.

"Sam I heard what happened, everything." Tucker explained in her ear. Sam held tightly to her friend she clenched her eyes shut but the images of Danny persisted to stay.

"Tucker I can't..." Sam whispered her arms around his neck. She finally let go so he could sit beside her. Jazz and Valerie fell into their seats alongside Tucker.

"Sam everything's going to be alright." Tucker comforted.

"How can you say that?" She asked loudly. "Things aren't going to be alright, you didn't see the look in his eyes, you have no idea."

Tucker stared at her thoughtfully then he put a hand on her shoulder. "I mgiht not have seen it but Sam if Danny came back after all this time, do you really think he's just going to give up now?"

Sam lowered her head and shook it, answering no. Of course Danny wasn't going to let himself die, and she felt stupid for even thinking that. He is a fighter, and he always would be. Sam buried her face in her hands and tried her very hardest not to cry anymore, she shouldn't be crying she should be hoping for him. She should be positive.

"This is weird..." Valerie murmured, but not quiet enough that a certain young woman couldn't hear.

"Why Valerie?" Jazz asked, she was still in shock from everything and had yet to break down.

"I don't know." She responded quietly she didn't want to disturb Sam, or the Fenton's. "I thought this would go a lot different, I don't belong here Jazz. I think I should go." Valerie stood and began to make her way away from the lobby.

"Go, why?" Jazz questioned catching up to her as they stood in front of the door.

"Look, I had my chance with Danny and I blew it. If I stay, I'll just get in the way." She gestured towards Sam. "This is more of a family and close friend matter, I'll visit him later. But for now I'm out of place and I'm going home."

"So you're not even going to stay?" Jazz demanded. "Do you even care?"

"Of course I do." Valerie returned. "But I think right now all he'll need is his close friends and the people who never hurt him. He doesn't need me. He didn't know I was here and it would be like I never even knew."

Jazz smiled as she understood what Valerie was getting at. She hugged the dark skinned girl briskly. "You really are a saint."

"I know." Valerie replied smugly. "But could you at least keep me updated."

"Sure, bye Valerie."

"Bye." She called over her shoulder as she walked out, and away from Danny's life again.

Jazz returned to her seat but everyone seemed so absorbed with keeping each other together that they didn't even see Valerie leave. The more Jazz thought about it the better it seemed. It was true that Danny might've had feelings for her still and this would create a problem. Because Jazz knew that Valerie still liked him as well, then where would that leave Sam. The goth girl who stood by and held tightly to him no matter how far away he seemed.

And the redhead knew that the girl still had a slight pang of hatred towards Danny's other side. This is why Valerie never wanted to get back together. She knew the girl was thinking that if she saw him weak and defenseless that she would crumble and do anything for him, when she never wanted to. Logically they were both thinking that Sam and Danny needed each other, so Valerie removed herself from the equation to help make that happen. Jazz smiled at the sacrifice.

The five of them all sat together, offering comfort for who ever might have needed it. Sam soon fell asleep drained emotionally and physically she was leaning against Maddie comfortably. And finally Tucker let down his guard. He cried on Jazz's shoulder and began spilling to her that he didn't want to live without his best friend anymore.

And the girl provided him with soft encouraging words and plenty of hugs. She told him that everything was going to be fine, that nothing was going to take his friend away. That Danny was safe now. And somehow the girl hoped it was true, but she didn't really believe it like she should've.

Hours of grueling torture passed as they waited patiently. Finally a man in a white came out of the large door and approached them.

"Mr. and Mrs. Fenton?" The man asked.

"Yes?" The parents responded in unison, Maddie clutched tighter to Jack.

"I'm Dr.Hardon." He introduced, the time seemed to slowly pass them all by. It seemed to mock them all.

"How is my Danny, is he alright?" Maddie asked frantically her violet eyes staring up at the man.

Sam, Tucker and Jazz all leaned forward in the hopes of not missing a word the man might say. The doctor cleared his throat.

"Yes, about young Daniel..."

I feel as though I haven't done an extremely aggravating cliffhanger in a while. I mean one where you look at it for a few seconds and blink before you realize that it is infact the end of the chapter. And then you're not sure whether you're more pissed or sad. Yeah I love those cliffhangers, but it seems I haven't jammed a million into one story since Reunions. That kinda makes me sad. Oh well, slowly I am drawing a close to this story, how depressing. But it's not over yet, haha!