Danny couldn't think. Pacing around in his bedroom, he felt anxious and sick. More than anything, Danny wished this was a dream. His hands were shaking, and for the first time he wanted his ghost sense to go off. He needed a distraction, and excuse to not tell his best friends. The dirty secret he kept, he felt humiliated.

"Danny?" The young man jumped at the voice out his window. He leaned opened it to see Sam and Tucker waiting outside. "Do you want us to come in?" Sam was tapping her foot, she looked hurt. Tucker just looked confused. Danny shook his head, his parents were asleep and didn't want to risk a huge fight.

"I'll be down in a second," He said softly. Going downstairs, he felt his stomach tighten. He felt so nervous. Hands shoved in his jean pockets, he went outside onto his lawn where he meet his friends. Ideas, cover-ups filled his head. Maybe he didn't have to tell them, just make up a story. Danny cringed inside, what was he thinking? The truth would have to come out sooner or later anyhow.

"Hey guys," He said nervously, "Let's get going." Sam raised her eyebrow.

"Are you going to talk while we walk?" Danny nodded quickly.

"Yeah," He swallowed. "Yeah we are." Sam and Tucker both shared worried glances. Tucker put away his PDA in his back pocket.

"Okay dude," he said concerned, "Spill." They started walking quietly, a nervous tension was in the air. Danny took a deep breath.

"Would you guys," he paused for a second, "still be a friends if I did something... really stupid?" Sam eyes widened.

"Okay Danny, you're really scaring me. What happened?" She crossed her arms. Danny looked at his frightened looking friends. Nothing would ever be the same if he told them. He stopped. Would they think of him differently? Sure he was already a half-ghost freak of nature, but that was an accident. This was a moral thing, and this could been avoided if he would of just waited. He cursed his fate. Danny sighed.

"It's about Valerie." He closed his eyes, and to his surprise he heard sighs of relief.

"Jesus Danny," Tucker cried, "You could have told us you broke up with her! You would saved us a lot of worry." Danny's eyes closed. Shit, he thought. He looked at Sam who was smiling.

"It's going to be okay! There's many other girls out there." Danny shook his head.

"No!" He said frustrated, "That's not what happened!" He covered his face with his hands and stopped walking. "You guys have no idea." Danny's voice got caught in his throat. He looked at them. "Guys," He choked, "Valerie is pregnant."

Silence. His hands were still in his face, he couldn't bring himself to look at him. Coward, he thought. God, I'm such a coward. There was nothing but stunned silence for awhile, Danny looked up thinking they might have walked off. Sam looked disgusted and shocked, while Tucker jaw was just hanging.

"D-Dude," he whispered, "Are you serious?" Danny nodded slowly.

"Yeah," he looked at Tucker sincerely, "I'm sorry. I fucked up, badly. And I understand if you don't want to be friends anymore an-"

"Stop," Tucker interrupted, "Man, I'm not angry." He shook his head. "I'm just honestly stunned. Like this is the last thing I expected. But to end our friendship like this, because you got a girl pregnant? Man, that's just stupid." Tucker chuckled. "Looks like there's not going to be a Paulina Fenton anymore, eh?" Danny couldn't help back but let out a small smile.

"Oh pssh, that's going to be our child's name." Tucker laughed.

"Oh dude, sick!" He turned to Sam. "What do you think abou-" His eyes widened as he saw Sam's expression. She looked so angry. "Sam, are you okay?" She shook her head and started to leave. Danny went infront of her.

"Wait, Sam!" He stopped her, "Please don't leave." Her head was down, but he could some tears down her cheeks. Danny's stomach plummeted. "Sam," He spoke softly, "I know your hurt and I'm so sorry." Sam's head snapped up and glared at him.

"I really hope you're sorry. God Danny, how can you be so careless?" Danny's cheeks tinted red.

"I- uh, was wearing a condom." He heard Tucker snort.

"Dude, TMI." Danny glared, and Tucker took the hint and went quiet. He looked back over to Sam.

"Sam, honestly, I would take this entire situation back if I could. I messed up, but please-"

"Just stop Danny," Her voice was thick and heavy. "I just need time to soak this all in." She looked at him with teary eyes and gave a weak smile, and started to walk away.

"Sam," He whispered, feeling awkward and unsure what to do. He turned to Tucker. "Should I go after her?" He shook his head.

"No," he frowned, "Leave her be. She's just upset because she feels betrayed." Danny raised an eyebrow.

"Betrayed?" He questioned, "I don't understand. She seemed disgusted by me, is she grossed out I got someone pregnant? Do I repulse her?" Tucker laughed softly.

"Man Danny, you are so damn clueless sometimes. Poor Valerie." Danny narrowed his eyes.

"Tucker, what the hell is going on?" Tucker leaned in and put his hands on his shoulders.

"Danny," He spoke softly and slowly, "Sam has a huge crush on you. She has for a very long time." Danny stepped back.

"Sam has a crush," he paused, "On me?" He shook his head. He didn't want to believe this, how could be so stupid to not see the signs? His hand covered his mouth, it all made sense.

"But I like Valerie," He whispered. Tucker nodded sighing.

"Obviously man, I mean you are going to have a kid with her." He frowned. "Listen, I think what Sam's whole deal is, is that she maybe thought you knew she liked you. I mean Jesus, you have a ring that said her name on it." Danny stepped back.

"Oh my god," he whispered, "The ring." He wanted to slap himself in the face. Of course Sam felt betrayed, she has a ring, from himself, with her name engraved on it. "It was... never meant for her," He mumbled, trying to sort out what was going on. "It was meant for Valerie. My dad engraved it." Tucker winced.

"Ouch," Danny nodded. Tucker looked at him curiously.

"What did your parents say?" Danny cringed. He had a feeling this would come up.

"Haven't told them yet, nor do I have any desire too." Tucker started laughing, and Danny glared. "Hey, what's so funny?"

"Are you guys going introduce each other like 5 months in? Like hey mom and dad, here is my girlfriend- and my future child!" Danny sighed.

"No you asshole, I'll tell them soon enough." Tucker smiled sympathetically.

"Alright man." They stayed quiet for awhile, in a comfortable silence. When they said their goodbyes, Danny's thoughts wandered to Sam. Even though he felt better about having at least Tucker's support, he wanted his other friend support too. Danny still felt uneasy, but he decided he would talk one-on-one with Sam tomorrow. He sighed when he got to the front door to his house. It was quiet. No ghosts. No calls from nervous friends. He leaned his head back and closed his eyes. For the first time in a while Danny finally felt a weight lifted off his shoulders.

Bliss.