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Ahem, and now, chapter eighteen!

Lovesick

Chapter Eighteen

"How long?" Sam asked suddenly from the other side of the door.

"How long what?" Danny replied, jingling the doorknob again.

"How long have you been cheating on me? When you said you were going to work, this is what you meant, right? You were going to get playful with some girl you found while working, right?"

"No, Sam, please!" Danny begged, pounding against the door. But it was no use. He debated going ghost for a moment, then decided against it, thinking that would anger Sam even more.

"Don't lie to me!" Sam screamed, sobbing uncontrollably.

"Sam, please! When I woke up, you were gone so I decided to go out and buy you something. I wanted to get you something special, because I knew I had treated you so horribly last night, and-"

"Then where is it?" Sam asked quietly after a moment.

Danny felt his heart leap. She was giving him a chance to explain! Now, all he had to do was find the ring and slide it in under the door...

Danny checked the bed, thinking he might have dropped the bag on it. He checked his pockets, the kitchen, the spot next to the door where he had slid down...nothing.

"Sam," Danny said weakly, frantically searching for the smallest sign of the bag. "I, I can't seem to find it..."

A pause. "Of course," Sam said, but her voice was different from the sobbing mess it had been minutes ago. Now it sounded cold and full of hate.

There was another pause, in which Danny searched and re-searched every spot he could think of that the bag might have fallen. Suddenly, he heard the window slide open from inside the bathroom.

"Sam?" Danny asked, pounding on the bathroom door again. "Sam, what are you doing?"

When Sam didn't answer, Danny pounded more frantically on the door, the bag containing the diamond ring forgotten.

"Sam!" Danny cried again, slamming his shoulder into the door. The door gave way and he toppled inside, landing heavily on the tile floor. He picked himself up quickly and rushed over to the window. In the distance he could see Sam running away from the house, from him. He clutched the window, staring at her intently. Then, she was gone.

-DP-

Maddie Fenton sat writing a letter to Vlad. She hadn't seen him since the day she turned Sam in, and she needed to know what had happened. She couldn't remember much of that night, except that Vlad had taken Sam quickly and thanked her before closing the door and leaving her on the doorstep. Sam hadn't been hung the next morning either, as Vlad had promised.

Suddenly, Jack ran into the room, knocking over the same vase of flowers he had done when Sam had first come back from the hospital...god, that seemed like a lifetime ago...

"Maddie!" Jack bellowed, grabbing his wife by the elbow. Maddie dropped her pen and wriggled herself out of her husband's grip.

"Maddie, come quick! Danny has returned!"

Maddie gasped and stood up, following Jack out the door and into the front yard.

Danny stood there, just as Jack had promised, looking up at the house as though he had never seen it before in his life. Maddie rushed over and hugged him tightly. However, she let him go as soon as she felt him trembling.

"Danny, what's the matter?" Maddie asked, wiping a stray tear off Danny's face.

"It's Sam..." Danny began.

Maddie rubbed Danny's shoulder comfortingly. "I know, she's broken out of jail. But don't worry, sweetie, we'll find her and when we do-"

"No!" Danny screamed suddenly. Maddie jumped back in surprise. "I broke her out of jail, alright? She's innocent, she didn't mean to kill Jazz, I know she didn't!"

Maddie stood frozen, watching Danny as though he had grown two heads. "You did what?"

Danny ignored her. "That's not important, though! Moon found me and-"

"Who's Moon?"

"Sam's grandmother. She found me and tried to kill me and then Sam ran away! I don't know where she went, only that I miss her and I want her back—I need her back, mom!" Danny finished, tears rolling down his face.

Maddie rushed forward and hugged Danny tightly. "There, there, sweetie. I promise," she gulped, then took a deep breath and went on. "I promise you, I will do everything I can until I find her."

Danny looked up at his mom, disbelief on his face. "Really?"

Jack stepped beside Maddie, wrapping his arm around her shoulder. "Really. If Sam's this important to you..." he paused and seemed to struggle with himself, as if deciding what to say, "then we will do whatever we can until you have her back."

Danny smiled and hugged his mom and dad tightly, tears running down his face. "Thank you."

-DP-

Sam knocked on Paulina and Tucker's door, hoping they were home. She wiped the final tear off her face with her sleeve, putting on a fake smile. The door opened and Sam gasped, stepping back.

Moon gazed up at her granddaughter, a warm smile spreading across her features.

"Sam! I was beginning to wonder when you were going to come," Moon exclaimed, pulling Sam into the house.

Sam pulled herself out of her grandmother's grip, putting some space between them. "Where are Paulina and Tucker?"

Moon laughed. "Dead, of course! They couldn't keep their mouths shut, so I had to kill them." She paused at the look of Sam's face. "I had to Sammie," She crooned. "They would have caused trouble."

Sam swallowed and took another step back, her back bumping into the couch. "I, but, how could you-"

Moon raised her hand as if to strike Sam, causing her to wince. Sam swallowed again, her throat suddenly very dry, and said, "Grandmother, I really don't want to hurt Danny-"

Moon laughed again. "Oh, how I love your little jokes, Sam." Her expression turned serious. "So, here's what we're going to do..."

Author's Note: Uh oh. Now, when Moon says something like that, you know it can't be good. Danny has returned home! But what is Moon planning? And will Sam be able to kill Danny after all they've been through together?