Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom

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Hey everyone I'm posting this chapter because it seems that I left many things open in the previous chapter.

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Please Review and please don't hold back. Tell me if something bothered you, I can handle the truth.

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Danny POV

It's been a few days since the school dance and without me actually wanting it I climbed up in the social ranking of the school. Dash didn't beat me up anymore. Paulina made her moves on me only to be shot down by me and Valerie. Oh yeah. Val and I are dating again but this time without secrets.

Sam and Tucker had tried many times to approach me but were thrown aside by me. I wouldn't let them try to lie their way back into my heart. Just now Val and I sat under a tree in the park with her head resting in my lap and enjoyed the silence. There hadn't been any ghost attacks since the dance and we were quite happy about it. It meant more time for us to be together.

"Danny?", a feminine voice called for me and our mood was instantly destroyed.

"There goes our peace.", Val groaned from my lap but I just continued to stroke her head.

"Don't worry about it Val. Let me handle this.", I soothed her uprising anger.

She only smiled and relaxed. Just then the two persons I didn't want to see at all stood before me.

"What do you want Manson?", I snarled and completely ignoring Tucker's hurt look at how I handled them.

"Danny please listen...", she began.

"Stuff it Manson. I don't want to hear your lies. I have seen you two going at it like wild animals. That's more than I need to know.", I stated calm having already regained my composure.

"Please dude. It wasn't like that...", Tucker tried this time.

"Don't DUDE me, Foley! If it wasn't what it looked like then why was your hand in her slip?", I asked monotone.

They looked at their feet with sudden interest. That's all I needed to know.

"I take your silence as a confession of your guilt.", I stated and for me the conversation was ended so I turned my attention back to Val.

"Danny please. I know my dad told you that we were doing that for two weeks but that's a lie. He only said that to get rid of you.", Sam pleaded and fell to her knees before me.

My eyebrow rose but I stayed silent.

"Come one Danny give us a chance to explain it.", Tucker pleaded.

"You've got fifty seconds.", I growled and they stared at me in shock.

"Forty five seconds.", I growled and they snapped out of it.

"I'm sorry Danny. We never wanted it to be like this.", Sam tried to get on my good side.

"Forty seconds.", I growled again.

"Dude please listen. It was my fault. I brought a drink, my cousin had gotten me over that day. We underestimated the alcohol and things just went that way. We never wanted it to happen but it was like a primal drive that overtook us.", Tucker explained.

I looked at them with dead eyes not really caring what they said. I was already finished with them no matter what they said. They had broken my heart and with that every bridge that connected me to them.

"Twenty seconds.", I growled and they stared at me flabbergasted.

"But Danny we told you the truth. There was nothing else.", Sam looked at me frantic.

"No matter what you say it won't change my mind on what happened and how it made me feel. Heck I could care less that your father lied to me Manson. I'm used to that and after thinking things through I already had the same idea.", I paused and they gasped.

"And the fact that you two were at it like animals made it actually easy to break up with you. That's the only reason I came to your place that day.", I stated firm and the shock on their faces grew.

"Your time is up. Now leave us alone.", I barked and they made a run for it with tears in their eyes.

"Don't you think you were a bit to hard on them?", Val asked making me look at her.

"Maybe.", I groaned and she pinched my cheek.

"You should give them another chance. After all you did give me one.", she smiled and caressed my reddened cheek.

"I know that I should but I don't want to. They will just do it again when I'm not looking.", I stated firm.

"I hope you won't regret that later ghost boy.", she stated with a weak smile.

"Me too. But I won't risk it again. I don't want to feel this pain again.", I slouched a bit.

"You don't have to if you don't want. But remember that I will always be there for you.", Valerie smiled and leaned up to give me a kiss.

I bowed down and answered her kiss. With this I had made my peace with my pain. Valerie was my new light. A light I could trust. A light to guide me.

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So this is it for real this time. I hope I filled in all gaps that I left in the previous chapter.