Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom or any of the characters. Danny Phantom is the sole property of Butch Hartman, Nickelodeon and Paramount global.
Growing Pains
Chapter 20: Operation: Singles Night II
Danny was getting nervous, as he hated this as more adult women surrounded him and eyed him like a piece of meat.
"Oh man, not again!..."He thought, hating this more and more.
He thought school was brutal, with being ignored by the hot girls and being picked on by the dumb jocks, but now, he preferred the dumb jocks. At least they are people others can understand Danny calling himself a victim of.
Even worse, his disguise was gone, and he was now surrounded by a lot of women who obviously came here to look for a date. Women who he had previously been "in contact with" since he was unwittingly turned into an adult.
Even worse, more women approached him, lustful looks on their faces as they tried to nonchalantly go towards him while trying to stop the others from doing the same. It was chaos as they all wanted to get closer to him like a pack of dogs wanting a steak.
"How the heck did this happen?..."He thought, worried as this looked worse for him.
His admirers saw him and got really excited now.
"Dante, he's over there! Alone!..."Was heard, a predatory gleam in their eyes.
Danny was scared now.
"Just avoid them and not make eye contact with them..."He thought, as he tried hard to avoid them.
Danny just went back to his table and tried to hide his face with the menu, and ignore all the attention he was getting.
"I see that you're still as popular as ever..."Jazz snarked.
Danny frowned.
"Shut up..."He said, sounding bitter as he kept pretending looking over the menu.
However, he felt more eyes on him and heard more women gossiping and whispering about him.
"He's so hot..."One woman said, drooling now.
"Hot nothing, he's gorgeous!..."Another woman said, hearts in her eyes.
"I think that I'm in love!~..."Another woman said, swooning loudly.
Danny sighed at that, while Sam glared daggers at those women who kept ogling her male friend.
"This is such a pain..."He muttered.
"Look on the bright side, at least this means it won't be too hard finding a girlfriend when you actually reach this age..."Tucker said, taking another bite of his food.
Danny and the others frowned at him.
"What?..."Tucker asked in a clueless way, while the others sighed.
"Let's just ignore them and wait for that crazy ghost lady..."Danny said, as he tried to ignore all his admirers.
However, one of his female admirers, being bold, approached the table and smiled at him.
"Dante, it's you..."The woman said.
Danny cringed, as he looked up to see that it was Stacy from the mall. However, she wasn't wearing her Abyss uniform but was now wearing a light blue dress and matching high heels.
"Oh, uh...Sally right?..."Danny asked, and the blonde woman frowned.
"It's Stacy..."She corrected, before smiling at him.
"It's really NICE to see you again..."She said, fluttering her eyes at the nervous looking man.
Sam, Jazz and Tucker all saw this and cringed. They couldn't help but feel sorry for Danny being hit on by this lady and more women looking at them.
Danny noticed the jealous stares and sighed.
"Oh man!..."He thought, feeling like he was being surrounded by blood thirsty sharks.
He'd likely prefer actual sharks than this to be honest. His friends saw this whole scene and felt pity for him.
"Geez, I'm ashamed that I acted like that. I's such a fool..."Sam grumbled silently, while secretly still eying Danny's toned muscles.
"I was jealous of him, but now I feel sorry for him…" Tucker muttered, but he still wanted to become a macho man for any supermodels lucky enough to meet him.
"Maybe Helena could help me..." Tucker thought, thinking that he'd have a better shot as an adult like Danny.
Speaking of Danny, he was still being hounded by lovestruck women who tried to get closer to him, and Stacy kept trying to flirt with him.
"I'm glad to run into you, I was wondering when you were gonna call, since I gave you my number, remember?..."Stacy asked, twirling a strand of her hair.
Danny cringed, and tried to think of an excuse. He can't exactly say that he threw away her number by accident and he didn't want to encourage her. He also didn't want to hurt her feelings either.
"Oh...uh...did you? I lost the receipt and never saw anything..."He said, not wanting to hurt her feelings.
Stacy smiled at that.
"Oh, is that it?..."She asked, sounding relieved.
"She tried to remain composed and leaned forward to show off her cleavage.
"So...uh...see something you like?..."She said in a provocative way, and the teens opened their eyes really wide.
"Is she for real?!..."Sam thought in rage, as Danny squirmed.
"Uhh..."He tried, but someone else approached the table...and nudged Stacy away from him.
It was Tiffany, who was wearing a tight fitting, purple dress that showed off her body. She gave Danny a salacious grin, ignoring the glaring Stacy.
"Dante...oh...I wasn't expecting to run into you here..."Tiffany said in an eager way, earning forward to show off her cleavage.
Danny blinked, while Stacy glared at her as the red haired reporter kept flirting with Danny.
"Hey, we were talking!..."She said competitively way, while Tiffany glared back at her.
"Oh, were you? Well, it's my turn now..."Tiffany said, smirking.
"Go away I was here first..."Stacy said in a jealous way.
Danny saw this and sighed.
"Older women are fighting over me. And it's not as fun as guys make it sound..."He thought, as they kept arguing.
"No. It just seems like he could go with someone more…natural..."Tiffany said in a scoffing tone, eying Stacy.
"What are you implying?!..." Stacy said in a barely restrained tone.
"Oh, you know what I'm implying!…" Tiffany said as she crossed her arms under her bust.
Danny and the teens saw this and cringed at the bold
"Ouch..."Jazz whispered.
"Whoa..."Sam said in shock, not sure how to respond to something like this.
"Tough luck..."Tucker whispered to a nervous Danny.
"Now what?!..."He thought, trying to find an excuse to avoid them.
He soon heard the music picking up and he got an idea to get away.
"Oh...look, the music is starting!..."Danny exclaimed quickly. "We should probably quiet down and just listen to it…"He said, trying to get this uncomfortable atmosphere over.
However, that was a mistake as the women got ideas now.
"Oh, music? Then would you like to dance?..." Tiffany suddenly said in an eager tone.
"Dance? I love to dance!..." Stacy exclaimed, catching everyone's attention.
Both women glared at each other, before turning to Danny.
"Dance with me!..."They both explained, and the dark haired man began to sweat nervously now.
"Uh...actually..."Danny tried as he got up and tried to back away from them.
However, he failed to escape as more admirers showed up and Danny found himself in a circle of eager females who wanted to dance with him.
"Dance with me!..."Stacy tried, but was interrupted by Tiffany.
"No, me!..."Tiffany insisted, but another woman butted in.
"She's got two left feet! I'm a better dancer..."A brunette woman said in a tight red dress insisted, looking at him with lust.
"Uh... thanks... but I'm just here for the food..." Danny said as he managed get out of the circle of women and make a break for it before it got violent.
"Hey, wait!..."Stacy said, while she tried to go after him, only to get pushed by Tiffany.
"Back off, he's mine!..."She exclaimed before she was pushed by another woman.
"No, he's mine!..."A hot blonde said, and the other women got competitive.
"Mine!..."Another one said, as they became consumed by their arguing right now.
Danny quickly walked away, only to end up in front of four women who somehow appeared in front of him.
"Going somewhere, Handsome?..." One of them asked as they surrounded him.
"Oh no, they're working in tandems!..." Danny thought as he looked for a way to escape.
"Uh...just...gotta go to the bathroom..."He lied, stepping back.
It wasn't working as they all kept following him. Sam, Tucker and Jazz all saw this and sighed.
"We should go help him..."Jazz said, seeing as it was time for them to intervene.
"No duh, look at him, he's like a piece of steak in a cage full of lions..."Sam said, as she and Jazz stood up.
"C'mon, Tuck…"The goth girl ordered.
"But I didn't finish eating my T-bone!..."Tucker complained, but was ignored as the girls dragged him to the possible battlefield.
Danny was in danger right now, and for once, ghosts were not there to cause panic. In fact, this is probably the one time he wanted them to actually cause danger and destruction.
He would take anyone, even Box Ghost, to come here and scare everyone so he could get away.
"Help..."Danny said, hating this even more.
All the while, Vlad watched this show and snorted in amusement, pouring himself a drink to go with his new favorite entertainment.
"Not even 5 minutes and already he is captured. How amusingly predictable..."Vlad chuckled, as he continued to view Danny's uncomfortable position, grabbing some finger food from a passing waiter.
"It's not popcorn but it'll do..." Vlad said, as he continued to enjoy the "show".
Meanwhile
Principal Ishiyama and Coach Testlaff, both who had come here for the free drinks, had seen Dante.
They were both eager to see him again, and they even saw him dressed attractively right now. They saw that the clothes hugging his body perfectly and making him look even more handsome than before.
"Oh my, he's here too..."Miss Testlaff said, looking at her target, nodding in appreciation.
"What a body!..."She thought lustfully, water coming from her mouth.
After being surrounded by the likes of the out of shaped Lancer, and the bald and short Falluca, it was nice to see some buff eye candy.
Really nice.
"Yes, and looking ravishing as always..."Principal Ishiyama said, blushing now. "Well, if you would excuse me…"She said, walking in his direction.
However, she was blocked by the jealous looking gym teacher right now.
"Hold on, sister, where are you going?!..."Miss Teslaff said with a frown, stopping Ishiyama from going.
"I'm going to see if Mr. Fenalton is interested in looking for a job in Casper High…"The principal said.
The gym teacher heard this and looked exited now.
"That's a great idea, he'd make a great assistant coach…"Miss Tesslaff said, her mood changing instantly. "I could use some help to whip those scrawny kids into shape…"She said, but she also had her own plans for him and those were her main concern.
Principal Ishiyama frowned at this, and shook her head.
"Now I'm sure we can find him something better than being you're assistant, Tina..."Ishiyama said, glaring at the coach. "Like say…being my personal secretary…"She said, briefly daydreaming of having him in her office every day.
Coach Testlaff glared at that, seeing right through her.
"Now I'm sure he wouldn't want to waste away sitting behind a desk until they go out of shaped, Lin. He's better off exercising with me..."The gym teacher said, glaring at her.
"And what are you implying? Besides, I'm sure he prefers a delicate woman rather than someone who is over buffed…"Lin Ishiyama said in anger, glaring at the other woman.
"Sister, please, it's all about the muscles these days!..."Tina Teslaff shot back.
Principal Ishiyama frowned at that.
"Just because we were classmates and room mates back in college, it doesn't mean that you can call me that. I'm still your boss here..."Principal Ishiayama warned.
"I'm off the clock right now and you know it!..."Tina argued back, thinking of beating her up so she could have Dante for herself.
As the two women argued, another man, a short middle aged one in a bow tie tried to approach Principal Ishiyama with a hopeful look on her face.
"Excuse me, Miss. Would you like to dance?..."He asked, trying to look suave, but it came out like a grimace.
"No thank you. Now leave, you're blocking my view..."Principal Ishiyama said, not even looking at him.
"Now, Lin, give him a chance, he's exactly your type…"Miss Teslaff said with a smirk, clearly meaning it as an insult.
Principal Ishiyama glared at that.
"Oh, I'm sure he would prefer your man-like physique, Tina…"Lin Ishiyama shot back with a smirk.
The two female educators kept glaring at each other, with the short man slowly walking away, feeling the tense atmosphere crackling around them.
It was the right choice as a fight would probably ensue soon. All the while, the poor guy wondered if he caught them at a bad time.
With Danny
Danny tried to find his costume but it was still gone. He also knew that it was probably pointless since the damage was already done.
Everyone saw his face and knew that he was here now, and he doubted that they'd leave him alone now.
"This stinks!..."Danny thought, hating this.
He hated everything about this and hated the ghost who did this to him, or at last he assumed it was a ghost, even if he didn't sense it.
"Whoever is responsible for this is gonna pay!..."He thought, angry.
At least he managed to get free from the swarm of ladies thanks to his friends' distraction by pretending to ask his more persistent admirers random questions, which gave him some time to slip away.
However, he ended up face to face with another lovestuck woman and the cycle continued.
He was getting tired of all of this.
"Just what the heck happened? It couldn't have been a ghost since I would have sensed it but-..."Danny's thoughts were cut off as he bumped into a woman.
He saw that the woman he ran into was Rita, the single mother whom he met at the Nasty Burger.
"Oh, Dante. How lovely it is to see you here..."Rita said in a friendly manner, fluttering her eyelashes at him.
"Oh...uh?..."Danny paused, not remembering her name.
"Rita..."The woman said.
"Oh, right. Rita..."Danny said, as he looked around for a way to leave.
"So, you here with someone? Anyone?..." Rita said as she moved forward.
"Uh...no..."Danny said, he soon realized that was a mistake.
"Oh, good. Well-..."Rita said as she sent him a flirtations look.
Danny gulped as he knew he is treading into dangerous territory again.
"Uh...well, I should go and see if they have any more crab legs. They always ran out of crab legs..."Danny tried as she persisted.
"Oh, that can wait. Come on...I'm ready to dance the night away..."Rita said, as she kept sending him flirty eyes and took a step closer.
Danny took a step back, not that she noticed.
"Uh...well, I really wanna get some crab legs...and..uh...what about that kid your yours? I mean...I'm sure that a mother shouldn't be out on a late since they have a kid?..."Danny asked as she waved it off.
"Oh, you don't have to worry. Lizzie is with my mom right now and...well, moms need some time to have fun too. If you catch my meaning..."Rita said with a giggle.
"Uh...sure..."Danny said, backing away from Rita who kept moving forward.
"So...care to dance?..."She offered, as the music became louder and lively again.
Danny wanted to decline but Rita suddenly grabbed his hand and pulled him to the dance floor.
"Woah, you are surprisingly strong…" Danny said, as he found himself in the dance floor by the iron grip.
"Yeah, looking after kids is a real workout…" Rita said as she forced his hands to her hips, while she placed her hands on his shoulders.
"Uh...I'm not sure about this..."Danny said, afraid of how far things will go.
"Aw, no need to be shy. We're both adults here..."Rita said cheerfully.
"Not really!..."Danny thought, scared as he was now dancing with the single mother who was clearly into him.
He was well aware of why it shouldn't be happening.
"How does this stuff happen to me?!..."He thought as he reluctantly spun Rita around to avoid looking weirder and get even more attention.
All the while, the admittedly attractive single mother kept trying to ask him questions as they danced.
"So, what do you do for a living?..." Rita asked, trying to get to know her target.
"Um...I don't exactly have a job right now but I'm studying to become an astronaut?…" Danny stammered, as he looked for a way to get out.
"Oh my! How fascinating..." Rita said. "It must be fun studying about space..."She said, not really caring as she kept trying to get close to him.
"So…" Danny said, trying to find an excuse.
Suddenly, someone bumped Rita way, and Danny found himself dancing with another woman.
It was Harriet Chin, who spotted them and decided to intervene. She was also wearing a green dress and high heels too.
"Mind if I cut in, Handsome?..."She said with a smile.
"Hey!..." Rita exclaimed as she grabbed the woman's shoulder. "He was dancing with me!..."She yelled.
"And now he'll dance with me!..."Harriet said competitively, and started pushing Rita away.
"Uh...actually..."Danny tried, but they started arguing.
Unfortunately for Danny, their outburst caught a lot of attention and brought more attention to him.
"Dante!..." All of them went. And soon, Danny found himself in the center of women.
"Would you care to dance, hot stuff?..."
"You seeing someone?..."
"Wanna come home with me?..."
Danny cringed and sweater hard as he felt his temperature rise.
"How did I get so popular with adult women? And why weren't girls like Paulina and Star this into me before?..." He asked himself mentally, while Harriet sent him a flirty look.
"Come on, let's dance..."She said, but Danny frowned.
"Uh...I-..."He was cut off by Rita.
"He was dancing with me, so back off!..."Rita said, and Harriet glared at her.
"And I said that I was dancing with him now!..."Harriet said, arms crossed.
"I didn't agree to anything..."Danny said, but they didn't seem to be listening to him.
He had to find a way to get out of here, and fast.
As Rita and Harriet kept arguing, he tried to sneak away but he was still being eyed by more and more women.
"Why did my life get so complicated like this?!..."He thought, exhausted already as more women kept flirting with him and asking him to dance.
Meanwhile
Shelly, who was getting a drink, saw Danny and was instantly smitten the moment she saw him.
"Oh, what a man!..."She thought, before smirking. "Time to work my charm..."She thought, eager to get his attention.
"Ladies, I need to go to…" Danny said as he tried to escape the cage of females, only to get cut off by Shelly, who was grinning madly at him.
"Hello, I am Shelley Makamoto from Channel 8 news. And you already seen me guest star in The Amity Park Morning Show..."Shelley greeted.
"I've... seen you in the news..." Danny said, avoiding eye contact with him.
"Good, good..." She went as she inched closer. "I'm single, by the way..."She said, sending him a flirty look.
Danny groaned at that.
"Here we go again!..."He thought, as he tried to think of an excuse to get away from her.
However, his trouble wasn't over yet. Tiffany, stepping out of the bathroom to fix up her make up, saw this and became territorial.
"Shelley, get lost. I saw him first!..."She shouted, getting viciously jealous.
"Oh, I don't see your name on him. And, last I checked, Snow is your maiden name!..." Shelley went.
At that moment, Tiffany tackled into Shelley and the two fought in a cartoonish cat fight, much to Danny's confusion.
"So…I'll just go over there…" Danny said, slowly moving away, only for someone to grab him and turned him around.
It was Stacy, who saw him again and tried to get his attention again.
"This spot taken, Cutie?..." Stacy said with a smirk, a big one.
"Curses..."Danny said, cursing his luck right now.
However, he wasn't the ONLY miserable man here right now.
Meanwhile
Standing on the side, being ignored, were the single men who were hoping to get a date tonight.
Lancer, who was wearing a suit and even a toupee, was holding a drink, glaring as most of the women were going gaga over Danny.
"Midsummer Night's Dream! Why are they gathering around him like that?..." Mr. Lancer exclaimed as he downed his drink.
"He's not the only available male in the room! Why did I even waxed my back tonight?..."He muttered, not wanting to admit that he's jealous right now.
"I know, right?..." Third Degree Irving said, wearing his less greasy suit, his hair combed back by grease.
"I mean, he's just buff and good looking. But you know what buff and good-looking guys can't do? Manage a fast-food restaurant! That takes skills! Dirty hands and skills!..."He said, but was ignored as more jealous men felt inadequate right now.
"I told my cat I was going to bring home a girl…"Mr. Falluca grumbled, as he looked down on the ground.
"Bring him a female cat then..." Third Degree burns suggested bitterly, trying to hide his own misery.
The jealous, depressed single lonely men weren't the only ones having a bad time, as more people had their own problems.
Meanwhile
Watching from the table, were Paulina's parents, who were here for a business dinner.
Mr. Sanchez was frowning with his arms crossed while Mrs. Sanchez was leaning on the table, looking at Danny with smoldering eyes.
"¡Oh, que hombre tan guapo!..." she said, fanning her face with a fordable fan.
Her husband heard this and growled in anger and envy right now.
"You said that you won't do that on our date night!..." Mr. Sanchez grumbled.
"And you said you'd stop streaming the swimsuit channel, yet you're still paying 7 dollars a month for subscription…" Mrs. Sanchez snapped back.
"Also, I don't see a business dinner at one of your investments as a date, so shut up!..."She said, still looking at Danny who walked passed him, trying to get away from his admirers.
He noticed their stares and groaned.
"Oh, great. More trouble..."Danny thought as he saw Paulina's parents.
"When I wanted to make a good impression to at least one of her parents, this isn't what I meant!..." He whispered harshly to himself.
However, he wasn't the only one in a bad mood right now.
Meanwhile
Sam Manson was in a bad mood too.
She saw all the women swarm around Danny and it was driving her mad.
"Overdressed old hags!..."She said, bending a silver spoon in a fit of rage.
She, Tucker, and Jazz made a small diversion, but it seemed it was all to waste since Danny was surrounded again. Still, it was funny seeing Tucker scaring the women away with his dance moves or trying to look cool.
She looked at Danny being passed around by the women, some were being handsy, while others were starting to get violent with each other.
The goth girl walked towards them to start another diversion, but ended up bumping into someone who was walking towards the same direction.
"Whoa, watch it!..."Sam shouted.
"You watch it, missy!..."The woman said, before the two recognized each other.
"MOM?!..."Sam yelled, and the mother was flustered.
"Oh, uh... Sammy. Fancy seeing you here..."Pamela said nervously, feeling like she was just caught.
Sam was mad now, not expecting to see her mother here, and she didn't need anymore stress tonight.
"What are you doing here?!..."Sam demanded, before noticing her mother's appearance.
"AND WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU WEARING?! AND WHAT'S WITH YOUR FACE?!..."Sam shouted.
Unlike the usually overpriced 1950's pink dress that her mother was fond of wearing, her mother was wearing something different.
Pamela was currently wearing a purple dress, pink pantyhose and purple high heels, as well as a bunch of flashy and sparkling jewelry. She was also wearing a lot makeup such as purple eyeshadow, eyeliner, red lipstick and red blush.
"Oh...uh...I'm just here to check the place out with a few friends...and...that's it..."Pamela said, avoiding to look at her daughter, feeling embarrassed at being caught.
FLASHBACK
About an hour earlier
The Manson household was even more tense than usual.
Sam was out of the house while Jeremy and Pamela were having a little "marital spat".
"I cannot believe you would do such a thing!..."Jeremy yelled at her.
"I wasn't gonna actually do anything with him. It's not my fault if handsome young men flirt with me. Blame him, but don't you dare hurt him!..."Pamela yelled back.
"I blame you both!..."Jeremy yelled at her.
"You're the one who hasn't even said he loved me in two months! I didn't think you'd care!..."Pamela yelled.
"Hey, I'm married to you after all! I gave you a roof, pay taxes, I always get you nice presents for our anniversary and your birthday, I paid for the tickets you got, and never even looked at another woman the way you look at that Dante! I do that because I care!..."Jeremy yelled.
"That's the bare minimum! Twenty years ago, you would go to another town to buy my favorite chocolate-covered strawberries, but now, you buy me those store-bought chocolate cookies and they aren't even imported! Not only that but I haven't heard an "I love you" in weeks. Not to mention you made an effort to stay youthful when we first married but those days are clearly over now!..."Pamela yelled, stomping her foot.
"Oh, I'm sorry that I didn't magically de-age by 20 years or something! I should be ashamed I haven't jumped into a fountain of youth!..." Jeremy said with sarcasm.
"You should be! I can see those nose hairs of yours growing so long, it'll become a mustache!..." She yelled.
"Yeah? Well, you should check your hair dye, I can see some gray hairs! You complain about me getting older, bit look in the mirror and accept reality! You're no Spring Chicken either!…" Jeremy snapped back.
"How dare you! I don't have ANY white hairs and another thing-..."Pamela yelled angrily, and the two continued to argue loudly.
Ida heard all this as she shook her head in disappointment.
"When are they just gonna divorce and get it over with? I always knew that this marriage would end up like this. I can only hope my granddaughter meets someone less obnoxious..."She muttered as she decided to go clear her head in the family bowling alley.
"You're suppose to be MY wife and yet you were ogling that Fenton relative like he was some giant cake you wanted to eat!..."Jeremy yelled.
Pamela glared at that, offended.
"I was NOT ogling him! And if you really feel so insecure being near a strong and handsome man like Dante, maybe you should try picking up some weights and building muscle!..."Pamela shot back, gesturing to his lanky frame.
"We Mansons haven't needed to build muscle in ages!..."Jeremy said in a haughty manner, while his wife rolled her eyes.
"More like no interest in it! And you wonder why we only have one child!..."Pamela criticized.
Jeremy angrily marched away and slammed the door, taking a deep breath.
"She wants muscles, huh? The best money can buy then! I'll show her and that homewrecker that I can get buff too!..."Jeremy said in jealousy as he pulled out his cell phone.
After a few moments, he got an answer.
"Hello, I want to order your manliest work out equipment and I want it all set up for muscle building. And I want it A-S-A-P!..."Jeremy ordered, snapping his fingers.
In less than a moment, there was a ring from the doorbell. He opened the door and there was Tracey, the local delivery girl.
"Deliver, Romano's Muscle Sculptor..."Tracy said as she pointed to a bunch of work out equipment and several guys to help carry them in.
"Now to save my marriage!..."Jeremy said, as he started flexing his non-existent muscles.
He was unaware of how most of this equipment will go to waste, since he, who hasn't exercised most of his life, would just used it once, then will feel the unbearable pain in his muscles that would leave him in bed for a week, and he would vow never to use that nonrefundable equipment again.
"I should have ordered steroids instead..." He muttered. "That Dante guy probably uses those.."He said bitterly, as he struggled to lift even the lightest of weights here.
With Pamela
The red haired mother was fuming as she stomped away from her husband.
She could hear him ordering his current waste of money, trying to buff up in a vain attempt to become more manly and prove a point...and failing.
"Pathetic..." She muttered, frowning.
She thought back to her argument with her husband and letting her rage so the talking.
"Ugh! I can't believe that man. I just talked to another man, and he goes crazy jealous and gets so insecure! And I thought Jack Fenton was obnoxious!..."She said, feeling angry and insulted that he would think she would cheat on him.
Not only that, he said she was old and acting ridiculous, and Sam said she was delusion to think Dante would ever want her.
"How dare he say I'm no Spring Chicken! I know I look great for my age and any guy would agree! Even Dante, I'm sure!..."She thought, fists shaking.
Maybe she should do it to teach him a lesson. She tried to tell herself it was just to teach him a lesson.
"I'll show him that I've still got it. It's what's best..."She thought wanting to feel like she was young and attractive again.
As she marched through the house to get away from her husband, she overheard something. It was her mother-in-law, who was in the middle of a phone call.
"Oh, is that so, Bubeleh? Well, alright. You can stay out but be back by curfew..."Ida said.
Pamela heard this, and being in a bad mood, got annoyed.
"What? She can't give that kind of leeway to Sam. I'm her mother..."Pamela thought, irritated.
She was about to go to her to complain, but heard something that stopped her in her tracks.
"So, who did you say you were going to be with at Casa Di Alta Classe?..."Ida asked.
"Oh...your friends...and Dante? Wait, is he the guy whom you brought over to the house earlier?..."Ida asked, before grinning.
"He is. Well, if only he was younger, he would made a good husband to you, but oh well..."Ida said, thinking that Dante was quite a catch.
"Alright, Bubeleh, don't stay out late...and remember, he's way too old for you...Maybe that relative of his is a better match…"Ida said, before hanging up, leaving her granddaughter stammering and denying to have any interest on Danny.
"He sure is a cutie. If only I was 10 years younger..."The old woman said, sighing dreamily herself.
Unknown to her, Pamela heard all of this and was having a lot of things going in her head. She did express disgust in what she heard from her mother in law, but she mostly thought about Dante and what she just learned.
"Sam is with Dante right now?!..."Pamela thought, feeling a strange sense of jealousy right now.
However, the other thing she heard caught her attention and she started smirking a little.
"So, he's gonna be at Casa Di Alta Classe tonight?..."She asked, hearing about the place and it was just a few-minutes drive there.
The red haired mother smirked as she walked to her room, and looked at herself in the mirror, nodding at herself.
"Hmm...I have been wanting to check that place out. No time like the present..."She thought, as she went to her dresser.
She put on her best dress, her best make up, and her best perfume. Looking at the mirror, nodding at what she looks before grabbing the keys of the car and her purse.
Without telling anyone she was going out; Pamela walked to her car and drove away. However, Jeremy saw this and frowned before marching after her.
"PAMELA! WHERE THE HECK ARE YOU GOING?!..."He yelled but ended up dropping one of the weights onto his own foot.
"OWW!..."He screamed as he hopped up in down in pain trying his best to hold back tears.
The blonde man let go of his foot, deciding to go after her regardless of his pain.
End Of Flashback
Present Time
Sam glared at her.
She then noticed her staring at a direction and saw Danny. She put two and two together and was furious.
"Are you kidding me?! Did you actually come all this way for Dann-...Dante!..."Sam yelled, her anger almost causing her to slip.
Pamela felt guilty, but also defensive.
"Sam, it's not what it looks like. I just wanted to come here and how would I know that your weird little friend's very handsome relative would be here too..."Pamela said, acting innocent.
Sam frowned.
"You are so transparent!..."She said, glaring at her.
"Don't take that tone with me, Missy! I'm still your mother!..."Pamela said in anger.
"Some mom who's chasing after a guy in his twenties who will NEVER be into a middle aged woman who is also married! You should feel ashamed of how stupid you are acting right now!..."Sam spat, causing her mother to gasp.
"I am NOT middle aged. And how dare you speak to your own mother like that, young lady!..."Pamela shouted.
"I'm not wrong about you being married! So leave him alone!..."Sam shot back, that's when mother and daughter began to argue.
However, Jeremy showed up to this place. He soon marched over to them and looked like he was struggling to move, using a walking cane to hold his trembling body, wearing a sweaty tracksuit, every move painful to his fragile body.
"I-ow-knew-guh-you were seeing-gah-that homewrecker!..."He said, pointing accusingly at his wife with his arm trembling as he pointed at him.
"Dad, Dante is NOT a homewrecker, it's not his fault that Mom is acting crazy!..."Sam said, while Pamela looked offended.
"I haven't even spoken to him yet. I'm just trying to have a good time here!…" Pamela said, glaring at Jeremy. "And besides, you're sweating like a pig! You should have cleaned yourself up!..."She nagged.
"I was working out! Didn't you noticed?..." Jeremy said, trying to flex, only to stop as he started spazzing.
"I noticed…" Pamela said before she "accidentally" kicked the cane away.
"Oops!..."She said in a mean way, not even caring if he knows it wasn't an accident.
"Gah!..." Jeremy screamed in pain, his frail body in pain from his intense workout he did for nearly half an hour.
He suddenly grabbed Sam's leg, desperate for help.
"Samantha! Help me! HELP DADDY!..."Jeremy pleaded, still in pain as he clung to her.
"Hey! Let go, Dad! I gotta help Dann-...Dante!..." Sam exclaimed as she tried to shake his hand off, but she was surprised by his strong grip.
Distracted by her dad, she didn't see her mom moving quickly to Dante.
"Perfect. Now to find Dante and prove my point..."The mother thought, looking for Dante.
With Danny
"Hey good looking, wanna dance with me?..."A mid-20 woman with curly hair asked flirtatiously.
"No thanks..."Danny said not-so-subtly, rejecting her.
"This is nuts! Why can't girls my own age see me that way?!..."The teen-turned-man thought in dismay.
However, more women gathered around him and kept insisting to dance with him.
Danny was starting to feel dizzy, feeling like he danced with an entire army, which was almost accurate, since after dancing, his old dance partner would be on the ground, fighting, while another woman would quickly nab him to dance with him.
Like right now, he was watching his current dance partner trying to get free from a headlock, and right on the neck.
"He's mine!..."
"I saw him first!..."
"No, you didn't!..."
Danny groaned at this.
"To think I miss when girls brushed me off..."Danny said as they got even more desperate now.
"So, can I have your number?..."One of the girls asked as they moved closer, tightening the circle around him.
"Um…" Danny said, eyes darting everywhere.
"Look, I got Dante's phone number!..." A voice exclaimed.
The girls in the circle turned their heads and saw Jazz holding a piece of paper with numbers on it. Seeing their predator gaze switched from Danny to Jazz, the red head quickly ran away as the girls went after her like a pack of hyenas.
However, Danny checked his phone and saw a text on his phone.
"Don't worry, I have a fake number..."Was texted, as she lead the crazy ladies away.
Danny, seeing what she did, quickly moved away before the girls realized that they were being tricked.
"Freedom!..."Danny said as he tried to find a hiding place.
However, his luck was short lived as he ran into someone else.
Sam's mom, Pamela Manson. The same Pamela who was grinning madly.
"Hello there, Dante, fancy seeing you here…"Pamela said, waving at him.
"Mrs. Manson is that you?!..."Danny asked, surprised to see her and her current state.
"What the heck are you wearing?!..."Danny asked, since he had never seen her dress in such a fashion before.
"Oh...I...just put this on together and decided to check this place out..."Pamela said, blushing slightly.
"Do you like it?..."She asked, clearly wanting his approval.
"Uh...sure?..."Danny said, not wanting to insult her since she is still his friend's mother.
Pamela was overjoyed to hear this.
'YOU DO?! I mean...I'm honored to hear that!..."Pamela said, before holding onto his arm.
"Oh, I love this song. Let's dance..."She said.
"Wait, what?!..."Danny exclaimed, as she started leading him to the dance floor.
"What is going on with my life right now?..." He thought as he was dancing with one of his best friend's mother.
"With my luck, Tucker's Mom is next..." Danny thought, hating this more and more.
"Uh... Mrs. Man-..."He tried.
"Pamela..."She corrected, but Danny frowned and has had enough of this.
"Mrs. Manson!..." He said firmly. "I'm sorry, but you're married. I don't think we should be doing this..."He said as he stepped away from her.
Pamela heard this and frowned.
"It's just a friendly dance, we're not doing anything wrong..."She said, while Danny wondered if she really has lost her mind.
He then watched a woman about to ambush Pamela before the lights dimmed.
"Oh man, now what?!..."Danny thought, as the club's DJ began to announce.
"Okay, everybody, it's karaoke time!..." The host said as the spotlight focused on a karaoke machine on stage.
"Oh, karaoke! How about a duet?..." Pamela said before pulling him towards the stage.
"Sorry, but I'm a terrible singer!...See…" Danny said hurriedly before he took a deep breath, hoping that his voice would crack horribly.
"Laaaaaaaaaaa~!..."He sang out, but it didn't turn out as he had hoped.
Instead, what came out was a deep, angelic tone, the perfect baritone echoing across the building, soothing everything and everyone. It was to the point where even Sam was stunned and her jaw dropped.
"Wow!~..."Sam said in amazement, briefly forgetting about her father right now.
"Gorgeous!~..."Tiffany sighed dreamy, and smiled.
The ladies swoon and almost fainted, barely holding herself together. Some of them even fainted, overwhelmed by the handsomeness's man beautiful voice.
"What a man!~..."Pamela whispered, as all the other women felt the same.
Danny stopped singing and looked around, hoping that they didn't like his singing voice. However, they did and asked for more.
"Get him on stage!..."One of them shouted, pointing at him. for the first time tonight, the females were in perfect unity as they carried Danny to the stage until he was on it.
"No!..." Danny exclaimed as he tried to break for it, but saw that the women were blocking his way, waiting for their turn.
Pamela handed her one of the mics as she went to pick a song, choosing a classic love song.
"This should do..."Pamela thought mischievously, wanting to sing with him.
"Great. This is like something out of a bad comedy!..."Dante thought, fearing what was about to happen.
As the music started, Danny panicked, looking for some help.
Sam was busy trying to get her leg away from her father's grip, Jazz was helping her by pulling on Jeremy's leg, making him scream in pain. He then spotted Tucker, carrying a plate of small sandwiches.
"That's it!..."Danny thought, remembering Tucker's voice.
When their eyes met, Danny quickly threw him the mic, which he caught by accident. Suddenly, the light was on him, so with a grin, he quickly made his way to the stage.
"LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!~!..." Tucker sang, making the women clasped their hands on their ears, screaming in terror as Tucker kept singing.
"Gah! What is that! I can't move my hands! Someone, cover my ears!..." Jeremy exclaimed, finally letting go of Sam's leg.
Danny managed to escape the dangerous battlefield of karaoke. Thankfully, Tucker was there, using his awful singing voice to distract the women so he could escape.
"Never thought I'd love the sound of his voice... though love is a stretch..."The dark haired man whispered as he kept sneaking away.
However, his troubles were far from over yet.
A few moments later
Danny stopped near a table, catching his breath before he looked and saw Vlad smirking at him, eating a small sandwich and holding a drink.
"Having a good time, Little Badger?..." He asked as he took another sandwich.
Danny saw him and put two and two together.
"You were here too? You were the one who got rid of my disguise?!..."Danny accused, while Vlad kept smirking.
"Took you that long to figure that you?..."Vlad snarked, before taking another bite of his sandwich.
"You should try this salmon cucumber sandwiches, they are divine…though not as much as that "show" from earlier..."The villain said in a faux-friendly voice.
His younger arch-enemy kept glaring at him.
"Glad to see you're having a good time…" Danny muttered sarcastically, glaring daggers at his arch enemy.
"Yes, seeing you embarrassing yourself, surrounded by harpies, is such a show…" Vlad said with a smirk.
"Yeah, must have been how it was like in your day…" Danny said in sarcastic tone. "Being surrounded by beautiful women…Oh wait, you didn't have anyone, you're a bitter, lonely old man…"He mocked, irritating his arch-enemy.
"I'll have you know, I have been in a few relationships before! I have also been named Affluence Magazine's most eligible bachelor for 10 years in a row!..." Vlad exclaimed angrily.
"Was that before or after you stole billions of dollars to make them think you're attractive for a guy who was in the hospital for having acne? And was that before or after you either bribed or overshadow those magazine people to give you that title in a vain attempt to get attention from my mom?..." Danny asked mockingly from a red faced and angry Vlad.
The villain glared at that.
"You asked for it, Daniel..."Vlad said, already knowing how to punish Danny for his remark.
"Look! Dante's here and he just said that he is looking for a lady to spend time with!..."The fruitloop shouted, getting attention from the female patrons of the restaurant.
"Fruitloop! I'm gonna get you for this!..." Danny said with a glare, as he couldn't take it.
"Until then, it seems your fan club is waiting for you..."Vlad mocked, as more lovestruck women tried to reach Danny.
"Crud!..."Danny said, as he started running again.
"Darn it! I gotta get out of here! I can't take any more of this!..."He thought, as he decided to wait for Helena someplace nearby while he was invisible.
It was much SAFER than this!
However, he tried to head for the door but things got worse as another woman arrived to the restaurant and came looking for him.
"I know he's here..."She thought as she went towards him.
"This whole stakeout was a waste of time..."Danny thought, as he stomped towards the door.
However, he felt someone grabbed his shoulder and spun him around, and he found himself face to face to Miss Romano, much to his horror.
"Dante! Just the man I was hoping to see!…"She said with a predatory smirk.
"Oh no, that crazy lady again!..."Danny thought in a panic, not wanting a repeat of their previous encounter.
Helena is going to have to wait again. As he was now dealing with someone arguably just as bad.
Oh boy.
-To be continued-
Next time on Growing Pains
I Want My Youth Back
A/N: Special thanks to Luiz4200, The White Titan, and NeoMark for helping with this chapter. You guys rock :)
REPLIES to my loyal and totally awesome reviewer:
RonaldM40196867: Sorry, no spoilers. I guess that we will have to wait and see what happens.
Jebest4781: Thank you :)
Danifan3000:
1) Yeah, as well as several other timelines involving Danny.
2) Thanks for the suggestion, I will think about it.
NiteOwl18: Yeah.
Pokemon fan 1991: Thank you :)
Here are my responses to your questions:
1) I like all the character and plot development that season has. I also love the kiss between Marinette and Adrien with their home becoming a better place.
2) I like him.
3) Vlad.
Invader Johnny: Yeah.
Pzombie: You're welcome :)
Luiz4200: Yeah.
Daniel6: :)
JDF Legacier Morphicon: Thank you :)
Here are my responses to your questions:
1) I loved how he beat Vlad in their fight in The Million Dollar Ghost.
2) She would clearly hate it and get jealous.
3) I'm not sure what you mean by rewarding, since all of his relationships end up being happy.
4) Icky Vicky.
5) No comment.
Guest:
1) Not sure.
2) Interesting idea.
3) Thanks for the suggestion.
4) Yeah.
:) I hope you enjoyed this! Remember to read and review :)