Now that Danny is world famous, you can expect that every person, newspaper, and tv show in the world will want a piece of him.

Chapter 3:

In the Press

Danny and Sam were sitting on the floor in the Fenton house doing their math homework. Sam had Linkin Park playing on her iPod and they also had a bowl of chips in front of them.

"What did you get for number 10?" Danny asked.

"42. What did you get?" she asked.

"-500.79568376."

She raised her eyebrows. "How did you get that?" she looked over at his paper. "You didn't divide by the reciprocal."

Danny sighed. "This is too hard. Let's take a break."

"We're almost done."

"We've been doing this for hours though."

"It's been thirty minutes," she said. "It won't take that much longer." She turned back to her paper then felt him sitting on her back. "Danny, what are you doing?" He started tickling her feet. She laughed. "Danny stop!" He kept tickling her. "That's it!" She knocked him off her and got on top of him and started tickling him. They kept going back and forth on top of each other. Then she grabbed a pillow off the couch and hit him.

"So that's how it's going to be?" he said. He grabbed a pillow himself and they started a pillow fight. Soon he grabbed her hand before she could hit him again. She struggled against him. Danny didn't look like it, but he was actually very strong probably from fighting so many ghosts. He smirked and then pulled her to him and kissed her. She let go of her pillow and melted into him. He let go of his pillow too and dipped her down onto her back.

A few seconds later Jazz came in. She froze when she saw them on the floor. "I thought you were doing homework? You two need supervision in here."

Danny glared at her. "Would it kill you to knock?"

"You're in the living room!" Jazz exclaimed.

Danny and Sam sat up. "What do you want?" he said.

Jazz tossed him the newspaper. "Have you seen this?"

Danny and Sam looked at it. The headline said Danny Phantom/Fenton Saves Amity Park from Another Ghost. There was another one that said Ghost Boy at the Movies. Still a Normal Teenager.

"Wow, it's like there's paparazzi following us around," Sam said.

"It doesn't surprise me," Jazz said. "Everyone wants a piece of Danny Phantom."

"I never wanted it to be like this though," Danny said putting the paper down.

"Everyone appreciates what you're doing, so what?"

"I know. That part I can live with. I don't mind that. I just never wanted everyone following me around like this. I see why super heroes have secret identities now. I don't have a personal life anymore."

"Well, I guess it's just a matter of ignoring all of it, you know?" Sam said. "Singers and actors deal with it. They just go on with their lives. They don't let it bother them."

"Unless you're Lindsay Lohan," Jazz said. "Not that you're going to end up like a coked out mess that no one expects anything good out of anymore," she added quickly.

They were out one afternoon fighting a ghost. Not just any ghost, Skulker. He had appeared in the middle of the park. Parents had taken their kids running away screaming, others had gone to hide but making sure they could see Danny Phantom fighting the ghost.

Danny shot him over and over again but Skulker was faster than usual. "Stay still!" he exclaimed.

"You're losing it Danny Phantom," Skulker said with a laugh. "You can't even hit me anymore."

He hit Danny and he flew back and hit a tree. He shook off the daze and couldn't find him anymore. "Where are you?!" he exclaimed.

"Danny he's coming up behind you," Tucker said in the earpiece he'd given him. "30 feet…20…"

Danny turned around and saw Skulker coming up behind him. He used his shield and deflected him sending Skulker flying backwards and sliding into the ground.

"You're going to get it Phantom!"

"Danny, get him near the swings and I'll give you the thermos," Tucker said.

"Got you Tuck," Danny said. He fought Skulker constantly pushing him back evading his shots. One thing about Skulker, he was all brawn and no brains. Danny made himself invisible. Skulker looked around. Danny appeared on his left. "You should really pay more attention." He blasted him and sent him slamming into the swings.

"Over here," Tucker said. He tossed him the thermos and Danny sent him back into the ghost zone.

When Skulker was gone people came over to Danny and thanked him for saving them all from Skulker.

The next day they were in the Fenton basement in the lab. They were playing a game on the computer and Danny had gone inside of it and was in the middle of fighting a giant monster.

Suddenly Jazz came downstairs. "Where's Danny?"

He came out of the computer. "Right here."

She jumped back when she saw him come out of the computer. "Ah!" she exclaimed. "Why were you in the computer?"

"We were playing Sonic," Danny said. He changed back into a human. "What's up?"

"You've made the headlines again," she said tossing him a newspaper.

"What else is new?" he said. He and Same and Tucker looked at the paper. "Danny Phantom Saves People in the Park," he read.

"I helped too," Tucker said. "No one mentioned me."

"Don't worry about it Tucker," Sam said.

"But I always help! I saved your butt yesterday and no one ever gives me any credit for it."

"I gave you credit after we saved the world," Danny said. "I told everyone you and Sam helped."

"That was the only time!"

"Look Tuck, I'm sorry," Danny said. "Why does it matter if everything you do gets in the papers anyway? It doesn't matter. You and Sam will always be my friends and my partners and I'll always appreciate it."

Tucker softened up a bit. "You're right Danny. I'm sorry I freaked out on you."

Danny patted his shoulder. "It's alright bro."