A/N: I hope you enjoyed last chapter. We're almost there!

Disclaimed.

…Hospital…

"Dani, I'm sorry," Nathan said sincerely.

"I know, Nate," Danielle sighed as the elevator came to its stop. "Just…be careful, about how you approach her. She'll respect you for coming, and quitting the Guys in White, but…"

"They love each other," he finished for her.

"How did you - ?" she began.

"I saw them before they passed out and when I came back with the big ghost after," Nate explained.

"The big ghost's name is Frostbite," she absent-mindedly corrected him. "Well...here we are."

"You're not going in?" he asked, noticing that she was merely pointing to the door, instead of going in.

"I-I can't, I…I can't bear to see him like that. I mean, he's always been so strong, and now…now…" Dani trailed off, very close to tears.

"Now, you know how I felt seeing you hypothermic," Danny smiled from the doorway.

Danielle was speechless, absolute joy covering her features. Her brother hugged her.

Nathan smiled as he looked on, but couldn't help but notice the excited whispers. He had suspected that the vigil had been for this man but the reactions from just the staff that were present were enough to confirm those beliefs. When the bearded man hugged Danielle, Nathan couldn't help but be happy that she had found such a great family.

He looked away as the siblings talked, and finally saw a woman dressed all in black and purple watching them happily.

"Are-are you Sam Manson?" he inquired as he approached. She nodded, but waited to hear what he had to say.

"I-I'm sorry, about-about what happened. I-I'm just…I'm sorry…" he finished lamely.

He expected to be yelled at, even punched, for what he'd done, so he was completely caught off guard when she smiled.

"Don't worry about it, you're already forgiven," she told him. When she saw his reaction, she added, "I saw the look on your face; you were scared, and, in the end, you faced your fears, and got help from a ghost. Not to mention, you're here."

He looked down, relieved, "Thank you, I-"

His eyes strayed to the bearded man approaching them and his relief disappeared.

"Dude, relax, it was my fault for scaring you; I should have realized that calling you by name would do that," Danny told him as he came to greet him. Danielle had told him a few things about her old friend.

"No, I- You were dressed as Santa, I should've known better…I'm sorry. I quit the Guys in White," Nate denied, upset that Danny was taking responsibility for something that was beyond his control.

"Well, that's good, now you can work at FentonWorks," Danny smiled at the unemployed young man.

Nate was stunned at the offer. "I – Thank you!"

"Danny, where are you going?" Danielle asked as he moved toward the elevator. Should he even be out of bed?

"Do you even need to ask?" Sam responded dryly. "It's Danny."

Realization and horror crossed her features.

"What? NO! We just got you back!"

Danny clenched his eyes shut. "I have to go back! You saw what only a few hours did…I can't even imagine…I have to go back."

"Why are you letting him do this?" she turned on Sam. "You were here every day!"

"Every day?" Danny teased.

"Shut up," Sam said. "The most I could do was make him take the cane."

"Yeah, one question about that," Danny annoyingly butt in. "Why?"

Sam lifted an eyebrow as the elevator came to a stop.

"Okay, better question," he amended. "Where did you get a Christmas-themed cane in August?"

Sam laughed but didn't answer. The head of the cane was actually a red Christmas tree ornament; it was left over from Christmas-in-July.

"Ho-ly night," Danny swore as they stepped outside.

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A/N: I know, it was another short one, but I thought that this was a good cut-off. What did you think of Sam's reaction to seeing Nate? Did you like Danny's stubborn attitude about going back into battle right away? And what about Danny's new habit of using euphemisms? Tell me in a review, and as alwaysALOHA!