Danny. . . I love you man. It's too bad that I don't own you. . . don't look at me like that! You know I want ya baby. . .

Chapter 11

The Fit

"So, now that you actually can survive a ghost attack . . ." Danny began matter of factly, with a glare from Taylor.

"You can help us close down that portal that the Box Ghost opened."

"Why can't you just go intangible?" Sam asked dully, trying to find easier ways to deal with this situation.

"I could do that, but Lancer will notice if there's a ghost fight going on in his house! There has to be some way to distract him . . . without me having to fight off the box ghost. . ."

Taylor. Danny, Sam, and Tucker were all situated on the Fenton family couch. Tucker's PDA was out, which was lying on the table. Shooting up from it was a 3D diagram of the ghost zone. Taylor had taken time looking at it, but now it was all about business.

"The Box Ghost?" she asked, raising a single eyebrow. The name in itself was absolutely pathetic. How stupid was the ghost going to be?

"He has a fascination with boxes basically," informed Sam with a yawn. For some reason today she was in between Taylor and Danny. It had been like that lately, but Taylor didn't say anything for the purpose of not causing a fight.

"So. . . why are you showing me this?" she asked, pointing at the intricate virtual map that Tucker had made.

"Why not Lancer's house?"

Danny looked to Tucker and shrugged.

"Because erm . . it just looks cool." Tucker stated, leaning back on the couch, relaxed and looking as though he was going to fall asleep.

Sighing in annoyance, Taylor stood up and began to pace the room.

"There has to be some way we can distract Lancer."

Danny idly watched Taylor pace around and smiled a bit. It was always funny to see her in deep thought.

"No nothat wont due. . . no not the basement. . ." she muttered to herself, biting her bottom lip, eyes out of focus as she paced back and forth.

"Unless. . ." slowly she looked to Danny, wide eyed.

"That's it!" she shouted, making all three teens jump.

"What?!" asked Danny, rubbing the side of his head. Tucker had just banged into it with his own when he jumped up in surprise.

"Tell me this first Danny. . . what better way to win a war, than to use your enemies resources against them?!" Taylor challenged fervently, her face brightened with enlightenment.

"Uh. . . trick question?" he responded, having no idea where she was going with this. Sam however, who had been listening intently finally realized.

"You're going to try to sell something to Lancer?" she answered with surprise and slight amazement.

"Exactly Sam." Taylor answered with a slightly crazed grin.

"Lancer is going to have a delivery. . . a very big one."

Tucker began to laugh.

"Oh man! This is going to be good. . ."

Taylor then became very serious.

"While Danny and I go and shut down the portal in the box in Lancer's basement, you two need to be fake delivery men. . . ask him a lot of questions."

Sam stood now, looking slightly annoyed.

"Why does it have to be you and Danny?"

"Because. I need the practice! You guys already know how to fight ghosts!"

Taylor began to feel slightly uncomfortable as Sam moved a bit closer to Danny. She rolled her eyes in response, turning her back and crossing her arms.

"Fine Sam. You can go with Danny if you feel that strongly."

"Thank-" Sam began, but she was cut off by Danny.

"I think Taylor should go Sam, I mean we DID just spend a day teaching her how to fight ghosts."

Sam turned to Danny, a complete look of anger on her face as she spat.

"Well FINE! Since you like Taylor so much, there's no reason for me to even come! As a matter of fact, there's no reason for us to be friends anymore!"

Sam's face tightened up as tears sparkled in her eyes. Danny felt as though he was going to be sick.

"Sam? What are you talking about?" he asked, sincerely not understanding where she was coming from.

"You're my best friend!"

Sam stood up, body tense, face lacking color as she looked with animosity towards Taylor.

"You were my best friend! Until she came along!"

Taylor turned back to the group, looking extremely shocked for the first time Danny had seen her.

"What. . .?" she asked in disbelief.

"That's right! It's true! You stole Danny, and you were out to do it the whole time! You act like the victim, when really, you're just cold blooded!"

Taylor went from shock, to suddenly feeling as though she wanted to rip Sam apart.

"I wasn't trying to do a damned thing!" she spat, her brown eyes suddenly being deflated of warmth. Again, Danny saw flashes of evil as she clenched her fists.

"I don't trust you! There's something wrong with you Taylor Hecter! I knew it from the first time I saw you!"

"What the fuck are you talking about?!" Taylor shouted, eyes flashing violently.

"You manipulate people. . . you can't even hide it! You can't hide the fact that you Taylor, you're evil!"

Tucker looked as though he had gotten hit by a truck, and Danny suddenly stood up, raking his hair madly.

"You guys just stop! I didn't want all of this to happen!" he pleaded as he looked to both of the girls. When he looked back at Taylor he saw the same cool look in her eyes he had only seen a few times before.

"There's only one true thing that you've said so far Sam, and it's that Danny and I are friends. We're friends for the same reason you two are, because we care about each other and have things in common! If you want to take it that way, then go ahead!"

Sam looked even more infuriated.

"And one more thing Sam. . ." she said, lowering her voice to a deadly tone.

"I can be evil, and don't you forget it!" she screamed violently, the look in her eyes demonic as she threw Sam's bookbag at her. Sam caught it, looking suddenly afraid.

Without another word, she ran out the door and slammed it behind her.

It left a very stiff silence.

"What. . . the hell?" Danny said finally as if in a trance. Tucker however had moved as far away from Taylor as he could, lips trembling with fear.

"What?!" Taylor shouted angrily.

"You're afraid of me now? You think that of me too Tucker?"

Danny looked at Tucker. He could understand the complete look of fear, but he also could understand where Taylor was coming from.

"Is that what you all think of me?!"

Sparkling tears streamed down Taylor's face as she looked from the shocked Danny to the trembling Tucker.

"I see. . ." she gasped through tears.

She began to walk out the door when she felt a cool hand take hold of her arm.

"Taylor, please! Don't go too!"

Danny's wide blue eyes held a look of sadness that she had only seen once before. . . that day he thought he failed her.

"Sam didn't mean any of it. . . she's just feeling insecure."

"Insecure of what?" asked Taylor as she shivered with tears.

"Insecure that you and I are good friends too now. . . it's always just been me and Tucker. . . and her."

"B. . .But she hates me now! How can I be friends with you guys if she hates me?"

"She doesn't hate you. . . she just. . . I don't know!"

Danny pulled Taylor closer.

"She'll come around! Just don't leave us, don't leave me!"

Taylor felt shocked as Danny began to cry into her shoulder, his hot tears melting through the thin fabric of her shirt. She couldn't believe he was crying. . .he hardly ever cried.

It was then she realized that he really did care about her, the bond and trust they had built in such a short time. . . he trusted in her, and she him.

"I wont go Danny. . ."

She raked a hand through his hair, feeling amazed that such a powerful creature was sobbing into her shoulder, that he two had weakness.

"I promise."

Unknown to all of them, a small fly like creature on the wall was relaying information to a sinister source thousands of miles away.

Vlad Masters was lounging in his comfortable chair back in Wisconsin. He smirked as he watched the fight ensue.

"I knew young Daniel had a. . . what is that word the kids use. . . "thing" for Miss Hecter. This will make capturing her all the more enjoyable" he said smoothly, stroking Maddie who had settled on his lap.

"And now with Miss Manson hating the girl. . . she'll have even less people to come looking for her when she goes missing."

He watched as Tucker got up and scratched his head, not sure what to do. Then he watched as they all talked among themselves.

"And soon is the time to strike. . ."

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I realized when writing this that I haven't really paid a lot of attention to Sam and her feelings. Since she really likes Danny, she's going to feel insecure. This whole chapter was devoted to Sam basically, and her relationship with Danny. It's also meant to show the growing love that Danny is starting to feel for Taylor, the sort of desperate love we've all felt sometime.

Also, take notice to Taylor and her bursts of outrage. She DOES have a very sinister side to her as a lot of great leaders/minds do, and this again is a very important part of the story. Sam's intuition picks up on this very quickly, which makes it harder for Danny to deal with.

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