This chapter is a lot longer than the rest. There's a lot going on here.

Chapter 4:

Popular

It was a Friday afternoon after school. The sun was out and the birds were chirping, it was the perfect spring afternoon. Danny and Sam were at the park sitting under a tree. Sam had on er usual dark clothes. Some thought it was weird but Danny thought she was gorgeous. A slight breeze blew past and it made her hair blow around her face making her look extra beautiful.

"Hi Danny," some kids said as they walked past.

He waved politely and sighed. "I can't wait until all this hype wears off."

"If it ever does," she pointed out.

"Mt fifteen minutes of fame should be up by now. Someone else can have it."

"Well you can't expect your life to be completely normal again."

He shrugged. "Not completely normal. Just to the point where I don't have total strangers saying hi to me all the time."

Sam put her hands on his shoulders. "Don't worry about it too much. You're still my Danny."

Danny gave her a grateful smile and then leaned towards her and kissed her lips. Kissing Sam was different than kissing any other girl. It was like her lips fit perfectly with his, the ay they moved seemed to be in sync with each other, and overall it just felt right. No pressure, just sweet passionate kissing. His tongue entered her mouth to taste her sweet tongue. Kisses he'd shared with other girls never went this far and he doubted they'd ever feel this good.

"Would you two pull your lips apart for 5 minutes and talk to me?"

They broke their kiss and saw Tucker sitting in front of them. "What's up Tuck?" Sam said.

"I'm not used to seeing you two kissing like that. It's a little weird."

Danny smirked. "It's been a month and you're still not used to it?"

"Give me time. You know with you two all 'in love' I'm kinda left out. I've got to find a girlfriend."

"Aw Tuck, don't feel left out," Sam said. "Being in a relationship isn't everything."

Danny shook his head. "Don't lie to him."

"Sam smirked. "Okay, relationships are the greatest!"

"Which is why I need to find a girlfriend. Don't worry, I'm a ladies man."

"Since when?" Danny and Sam said.

"Since forever!" he stood up. "I'll have a girlfriend by this time next week. Trust me." He walked off probably to start searching.

Danny and Sam looked back at each other."

"Where were we?" Danny said.

"I remember," Sam said pulling him in for another kiss.

On Monday, Danny went into school feeling happy. He and Sam had gone on a date to the amusement park the day before and had a blast. Not one ghost appeared to spoil their day. He was in such a good mood, not even hard work and boring lectures could spoil it.

"Hey Fenton," Dash said. It was hard to believe a month ago Dash had shoved him into his locker and made him eat glue. They weren't good friends now, but Dash didn't bother him anymore. Whether that was because Dash respected him or because he was afraid Danny would hurt him was questionable.

He went to his locker and Paulina leaned against the one next to his. "Hi Danny," she said batting her eyelashes.

"Hi Paulina," he said.

"So are you doing anything tonight?"

At one point he'd had a huge crush on Paulina but she only liked him because of Danny Phantom. It wasn't a road he was willing to take again. "You're not asking me on a date are you Paulina? You know I already have a girlfriend."

Paulina scoffed. "What do you see in her?"

Danny closed his locker. "You're not as irresistible as you think."

The next day at lunch Sam and Danny were feeding each other grapes. Then Tucker came over looking disgusted by it all.

"You two never seize to gross me out."

Danny and Sam rolled their eyes. "Did you have any luck finding a girlfriend?" Sam asked.

Tucker shook his head. "Not yet."

"Why don't you try one of those dating websites like Match . com? Then girls will at least know you're available," she suggested.

"You really think that'll work?"

"It's worth a shot," Danny said.

Dash, Kwon, and the other football players came over to them. Dash handed Danny an envelope. "You're invited to my party this weekend Fenton. I wasn't going to invite you but Paulina said she'd never speak to me again if I didn't invite you."

"Thank," Danny said too surprised to say much else.

"What about us?" Tucker asked.

Dash and the others laughed. "Very funny." They walked away.

"Are you going to go?" Sam asked.

Danny shrugged. "I don't know."

A few days later Sam was in her mansion waiting for Danny. They were going to watch a movie in her basement so she was in the kitchen popping popcorn.

"So what are you and Danny doing tonight?" her conservative mother asked.

"We're just watching a movie downstairs."

"Alone?"

Sam rolled her eyes knowing what her mother was implying. "Yes alone. It's not going to be like that mom."

Then the doorbell rang and she ran to get it.

"Hey," Danny said hugging her.

"No going through the walls this time?"

"Do you want me to go through the wall."

She shook her head. "This way is fine."

They went inside and Sam grabbed the popcorn off the counter and they went downstairs.

Danny sat down on the couch in front of the huge flat screen. "So what are we watching?"

Sam held up some DVD's. "I just got Insidious, SAW 6, and Drag Me To Hell."

"Definitely SAW 6." He and Sam had so much in comment, one of those things being their love for horror movies. She put the DVD in then sat next to him. He put his arm around her shoulders then kissed her neck.

"Have you decided whether you're going to go to the party?" she asked while the previews were on.

Danny shrugged. "I'll probably go."

"Why?"

"It's the first time I've ever been respected and invited to a party. You can't tell me you wouldn't want to go at least once too."

She shook her head. "No, I wouldn't. I don't want to be popular. I don't know why you do. They never cared about you before. They just want you there because they think it's cool that you're Danny Phantom. If you weren't Danny Phantom it wouldn't matter. They don't want to be your friend because of who you are."

"You really think that Sam?"

"Yes. It wouldn't surprise me at all if I was right."

Maybe Sam was right. Either way, he was still curious about what it would be like to go to a party. "Well, I'm still going to go."

She rolled her eyes. "Have fun."

He gently turned her to face him realizing why she was so upset over this. "You think I'm going to want to be one of them don't you? You think I'm going to be shallow and easy and I'm not going to want to be with you anymore."

She wouldn't meet his eyes. "Of course not."

"Sam, I'm not going to do that. I promise."

That Saturday Danny went to Dash's house for the party. He could hear the music down the street and there were cars lining the road. He rang the doorbell and was surprised anyone could hear it over the music.

Dash opened the door. "Glad you could make it Fenton."

Danny followed him inside. There were so many people they could barely get around without bumping into someone. They were sitting all over the floor and the couches and chairs. Some were sitting at a table with cards playing for money. Anyone else was either dancing or in the corner making out with someone. And almost everyone had a beer in their hand.

Soon he found himself sitting at a table surrounded by all of the most popular kids at school and they actually weren't looking at him like he was some stain on the window. They were laughing with him and wanted to know everything about Danny Phantom.

Dash tossed him a can. "Have a drink Fenton."

Danny shook his head. "I don't…"

"What are you, scared of a little alcohol?" someone else said.

Danny opened it. "Well, maybe one won't hurt."

"You're not still hanging out with those losers are you?" Kwon asked.

"What losers?"

"You know, Manson and Fowley."

Danny's eyes narrowed. "They're not losers. Tucker is my best friend and Sam is my girlfriend."

"Dude, you're Danny Phantom now. You can't be hanging out with nerds," Dash said.

Danny changed the subject not wanting to talk about his friends like that. Soon it was getting late and he found himself sitting on the couch surrounded by girls one of them was Paulina.

Paulina giggled. "He's so sexy, isn't he?"

"Do you work out Danny?" the blonde girl Star asked.

"Fighting ghosts all the time is a big work out in itself," he replied.

Paulina stood up and pulled him up as well. "Come on Danny." She pulled him towards the stairs then pushed him against the wall.

He pushed her away before she could try to kiss him. "Paulina, what the hell? Stop it!"

"You don't need that stupid goth girl Danny. Come on, let's go upstairs."

"No, you're drunk. Get off me." He managed to pry her off of him. "I would never cheat on Sam for you or anyone else."

She glared at him. "You're just as much of a loser as you always were Danny!" She stomped off probably to go find some other guy to screw.

It was only 10:30 but Danny already felt like he was ready to leave. If he had to drink, trash talk his friends, and dance like this, and have one night stands with girls, he didn't want to be popular. Sam was right, these people weren't worth it and it had soon become clear to him that they really did only care about Danny Phantom. He and Sam could have spent this night together and at this point all he wanted to do was see her.

He went for the door but Dash stopped him. "Hey, where are you going Fenton?"

"I think I'm going to call it a night Dash."

"Why? It's still early. You got curfew or something?"

He shook his head. "No, I'm just a little tired and I'd rather sleep in my own bed. I'll see you at school though." He left before he could be asked anymore questions, turned into a ghost, and flew away.

Soon he arrived at Sam's house. He went up to her window and saw that she was in her room reading a manga. He tapped on the window. She looked up from the book and got up when she saw him. She opened the window and he came inside. "Hi," he said.

"Hi," she said. "Was the party fun?"

He shook his head. "Nah. You were right. Everything you said was right. I should have been here with you."

She ran her fingers gently across his cheek. "It isn't that late. You can stay and we can watch Death Note or Bleach."

He kissed her. "Sounds like fun."

The next day Danny and Sam were sitting in the cafeteria at school. His head rested on her shoulder and she ran her fingers through his mess of black hair.

"You know I stayed up all night reading One Piece," Danny said. Sam had let her borrow a few of her books last night before he left and when he got home he read two of them and now he was extremely tired.

She kissed his forehead. "You need to get some rest."

He chuckled. "It's your fault."

Tucker came over. "Hey guys. Guess who has a girlfriend now?"

"Seriously?" Sam said.

"Yeah, you were right about Match . com, Sam. It really works," Tucker said.

"Well what does she look like?" Danny asked sitting up.

Tucker showed them a picture on his phone of a beautiful girl with red hair.

"Wow, she's beautiful," Danny said. He noticed Sam glare at him. "What? I meant beautiful in a general way." He kissed her cheek. "Come on Sam. No one is more beautiful than you."

"By the way Danny, did you end up going to that party?" Tuck asked.

"Yeah, I went but I left early. It just wasn't for me. I'd rather hang out with you guys."

Dash, Paulina and a group of popular kids came over. "Hey Fenton, how about you come sit with us instead of those losers?" Dash said.

Danny glared at them. "No thanks. I'd rather hang out with my friends any day."

"Just forget about him Dash. Danny's still a loser anyway," Paulina said still pissed off about what happened at the party. They all walked away.

It didn't matter to Danny. He knew who his real friends were and he'd rather hang out with them than some fake "popular" people any day.

Long chapter. Of course Tucker would just be a little jealous of Danny and Sam's relationship.

If you were Danny, would you have gone to the party? I think Sam is very lucky. Danny wouldn't let all the popularity ge to him. She won't ever have to worry about him being a heavy drinker. And he didn't give in to Paulina. I hate Paulina by the way. She's just like all of the whores you meet in high school.

Bleach and Death Note and One Piece are anime's if you didn't know.

I want a guy like Danny. A guy who doesn't care about being popular or going to wild parties. And will just lay around with me and watch anime's and read manga's.