Tucker raced out of the Nasty Burger, heart pounding. He left a ten dollar bill on the table. It was a little much for two sodas, seeing as Sam already payed for hers when she stormed off. The cold wind hit him in the face as he ran out of the Nasty Burger, spying his scooter perched on the edge of the wall. Quickly strapping on his helmet, he hopped on his scooter and raced off to the alley where Sam is, and where Danny probably already beat him there. Danny was probably already fighting whatever was holding Sam there, if anything. 'Whatever was holding Sam there.' Those words made his mouth go dry. Sure, he and Sam had been in worse situations, but he didn't like the fact she was alone, at all. He was sure Danny liked it even less.

Racing around a corner, a couple of Amity Park's citizen's yelled at him from their cars.

"SORRY!" He yelled back, although considering the circumstances, he really wasn't that sorry at all. He raced down a dimly lit street, dodging cars and bikes. Turning one out of three more corner he had to go around, he almost hit his shoulder on the edge of the building, but narrowly avoided one such injury.

His scooter was peeling rubber, going at full speed and soon to lose power, but it didn't matter to him, he would walk home if he had to , he had to make sure Danny and Sam were okay. The second out of three corners was a narrow escape for some alley cats he almost ran over, them running off with a heaved 'Meow.' Tucker would of laughed if his heart wasn't racing as much.

"Just one more block." He reminded himself, leaning forwards as if it would help. A couple minutes later, his last turn was in sight. Just one more turn and he could help. He pulled out the Fenton Thermos, ready to catch a ghost if there was one. Racing over to the corner, only silence greeting him, and a bad smell.

"Man, I missed the fight again." Tucker says, kicking modern technology for not being faster. Although, something tells him the fight didn't last long. The smell combined with broken glass usually meant a drunk was involved, but he didn't want to think about that. Instead, he pulls out his phone and dialed Danny, on speed dial. First ring, nothing. Second ring, nothing. Third ring, the dialing stopped as the phone on the other end picked up the call.

"Hello? A voice asked on the other end, sounding completely shell shocked.

"Danny, you alright? You sound terrible." Tucker said, leaning against his scooter.

"Look Tuck, can I explain in a little while, I've really got to go, but I'll call you later, okay?" He said. Tucker would make a joke, but now didn't seem like the right time.

"Okay man, don't forget." Tucker said.

"Thanks." Was the only reply Tucker got out of Danny before the line went dead, and speaking of dead, his scooter wouldn't start, no more battery left.

"Man.." Tucker says, starting to wheel it home.

Danny closed the phone with Tuck, racing to find Sam on the roof, she couldn't go anywhere, she had to be up here, but where? A few minutes of distraction caused him to miss where she went off to, and there was no way he was going to let this slide, not again.

"Sam! He called, again, turning a corner where a plaster wall was, and seeing something he never wanted to see again, Sam crying. He wanted to yell, to scream, to break something. Not at Sam, at the situation. Ok, maybe at Sam for not telling him, or coming to him about this, but he couldn't hurt her, he never could.

"Sam, no.." He said, sitting down next to her, sliding behind her so that she was sitting on the ground in front of him, her head still in her hand. He wrapped his arms around her and rubbed his head in her hair. He was so disappointed. Not at Sam, but at himself, for not noticing. He didn't know! He though someone had died or her parents were fighting, not this, he could never guess this.

"Danny I'm sorry." Sam said, leaning forwards.

"Don't be sorry, please don't be sorry, just-" Danny was cut off by Sam getting up. She turned and looked at Danny for the first time since he figured out. She backed away slowly, not noticing where the edge of the roof was.

"Sam watch out!" Danny called, but she had already tripped, a scream caught in her throat. Danny's instincts kicked in. He flew as fast as he could over the edge, catching up with Sam and trying to lightly catch her, which could of gone, better, but at least he caught her. Ok, maybe his plan of being on the roof wasn't the best. Instead of heading back up there, he decided it would be better to just fly to Sam's house. They flew in silence, a heavy not-so-secret weighing in the air. He went intangible with Sam, flying through her window and letting her down in her room.

"Where are your parents?" He asked, Sam shrugged her shoulders.

"Not sure, they dissapear like this sometimes, coming back saying that they were at a meeting and had to leave immediately." She admits, sitting down on the red comforter.

"Well, theres an elephant in the room." Danny says, crossing his arms.

"Look Danny, it was my secret. You have your own, I have my own." She says.

"Yes but I tell people my secret, I let it out sometimes, and you don't do it the right way. And now I know how to help." He said, sympathetically.

"I cant just... stop." She said. It was true, it was a constant addiction, eating at her, controlling her, begging for her to do it again and again.

"We can try." He says, un-crossing his arms and reaching a hand out to Sam. "You're going to stay with me until your parents get back okay?" He said, Sam didn't know what to say. On one hand, he wasn't her babysitter, she could take care of herself, but on the other hand, she was crumbling and desperately needed a wall. She chose the safe bet, and just nodded, grabbing a bag to pack stuff in. SHe didn;t know why, but she didn;t put up a fight, it didn't seem worth it.

"And SAm?" Danny asks, Sam turns to meet him, and before she can say anything, he pulls her into a hug. "Please, please talk to me next time, it's not worth it, I promise you." He said, pulling back and looking into her eyes. She gave him a small smile.

"I'll do my best." She said. That was all Danny could hope for. He took out his cell phone and dialed Tucker's number. He had a touch of explaining to do.

Ahh here we are! And not at midnight1 I hope yall enjoy, and I've been working super hard to give yall a chapter a day, and I LOVE the feed back! I want to especially thank SamXDanny, for reviewing a lot! and MarkTheTinyGiraffe, and ellameno! Also, thanks to BeckyStories for a first time reviewer! I love yall! Dont forget to review!

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