Danny Phantom Fan Fiction ❯ Any Other Way ❯ Chapter 4

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Later that day Tucker and Danny stood in front of Sam's house. They looked at each other, a question in their eyes. Was this a joke? Would her parents open the door and deny them as they had for a week. When the door opened her parents just ushered the boys in.

"Welcome, boys," Mrs. Mason said with a smile. Her father led them into a large room where Sam sat with Dean, their foreheads touching as they conversed.

"You are doing great," Sam said with a smile. "Thanks for everything." Dean smiled.

"Sam, you do realize that he likes you right?" Dean inquired, his dark blue eyes flickered over at Danny. Sam shook her head.

"You must be crazy," she said with a sad smile. Danny moved closer, and now he could hear the conversation that Sam was not aware he could with his ghost powers. "Danny thinks of me as his friend. Just one of the guys," she said as she made air quotes. "I am just like Tucker, another valued friend, I'm just a Goth-Freak not a Techno-Nerd." Danny watched her look down at her hands where Dean had laid a reassuring hand.

"You are the crazy one and so is he if that is all he sees," Dean stated, his eyes flickering over to the half-ling. "You are a beautiful girl and anyone would be lucky to have you as a girlfriend." Sam smiled.

"You are the best boy friend that anyone could ever wish for," the Goth whispered. Dean had noticed that Danny was listening and he wanted to help the best friend he had ever had.

Sam had lied about how they had met. Dean had just lost his mother at the age of seven and had been crying at the swings when Sam had met him. She had taken his hand and at the age of six had told him about life and death. Death wasn't a sad thing, it could be a happy thing, she had told him. Yes, he was sad and so was his mother that she had to leave, but she was in a better place waiting for him and he should be happy that she was no longer in pain. Her parents had pretty much adopted him after that, but he went to live with her grandmother, who was one of the coolest people. They had talked, but as life grew more hectic they had lost contact for a year. She was like a younger sister, one that he had missed out on with his mother dying so early. She had filled him in on her Ghost Hunting that she did with Danny and Tucker. She had told him about her crush on Danny and how she felt like he was her soul mate. She had known this at such a young age that he had been shocked, but now that he had met the kid he could tell why. The guy was nice, even though he could tell that right now Danny hated his guts and when Sam had told him about what she could remember of the day she had been turned ghost he had immediately helped her cope with it while he tried to find a way to remove the necklace that tightened a little every so often. Sam was hiding her worry well considering the fact that the necklace could end her life in a year seeing how long it was now and how much it shrank. Now, they all knew not to touch it because that caused it to accelerate it's shrinkage.

"Okay, now you should tell your friends what is going on," Dean said as Tucker and Danny stopped in front of them.

"Wasn't interrupting a kissing session was I?" Danny growled. Sam smirked.

"Danny, why would I kiss my friend? The one that is just like a brother to me?" At this both Danny and Tucker's mouths hit the floor.

"B-But..." Tucker and Danny stuttered. "You were holding his hand!"

"And you called him your boyfriend!" Tucker accused with a frown. This was low.

"And you guys are all huddled together like consp-" Danny stopped short. Conspirators? They were conspiring. They weren't a couple in that way! Then it hit him. "You were talking about something important that you needed to discuss with us just now?" Sam nodded. "It's about you and him?" She nodded again. "This is about you being a ghost?" Nod.

"Danny, I never said he and I were dating. He is a boy and he is my friend. I met him that year that you and Tucker went to Space Camp and we did spent the whole summer together. His mother died and I helped him through it. Look at him and then look at me. See a resemblance?" Danny nodded. "He is Dean Mayson! This is my friend that I told you two about when you came back that summer, but you must have still had space junk in your ears. My grandmother, the one who died a few years ago, adopted and raised him!"

"That would make him your adopted uncle, right?" Tucker said questioningly. Sam nodded. "Wow, I do remember you talking about a boy you had met and given a home. I just never caught the name." Sam laughed.

"I can't believe that you took that to a new level. I told you that you never listened to me!" With that she looked over at Dean, a smile on her face. "Dean is helping to remove the necklace. He is a techno-geek/Gothic Freak!" At this Tucker stepped back. "Don't worry Tucker, I thought about asking for help from you, but Dean owes me for getting him together with his high school sweetheart, Agatha. They have a child on the way whom they are naming after me," she said with a smile still huge on her face. I am going to be an Aunt!" The guys were still in shock. "Also, they both know a little bit more about ghosts then I do as both also delve into the paranormal. Isn't that just my luck!?"

"So, you don't have a boyfriend?" Sam shook her head.

"No, Danny, you just let your mind wander a little to far from reality. I do like a guy," she admitted. Dean had told her to start talking about her crush around Danny to see if he would get the picture. "I've known him a long time and liked him just as long, but he doesn't know that I like him like that so I am just waiting, ya know?" Danny blinked. Was she saying what he thought she was saying? "Any way Dean has figured out something kinda serious," Sam stated, her eyes flashing neon as she changed to her ghost form. "Not something that I wanted you guys to know which is another reason I sent you away after I cussed you a good one." She turned to Danny for this one. "The necklace is shrinking." Danny took it all in. And then it hit him.

"Shrinking?" She nodded. "How long do you have?" She shrugged at this. She really wasn't sure and neither was Dean. "So it could be a year or less." Both Goths nodded. "That really bites. I am so sorry Sam." Sam smiled.

"Danny, it was bound to happen to one of the females in your circle. Probably best it was me, huh?" Danny frowned. What did she mean by that? Sure, he didn't want his sister or mother to be harmed, but for Sam, that had to have cost the one thing he knew his mother didn't have and with Jazz and her current live-in boyfriend was fairly sure she had already lost. Sam, Sam was still pure. He was sure she had never had a boyfriend as she claimed most men were self serving jerks, minus him and Tuck.

"Sam, I wouldn't wish it on anyone, much less you. You never deserved such a thing and I... I don't deserve you as a friend. I mean over the years you have stuck next to me no matter what happened and then I did what I did to you in just mere minutes. I am so sorry." Sam's eyes watered a bit.

"Danny, to tell you the truth, I don't know what happened that night. I was talking with Dean about it and between seeing you on the screen with Paulina while V-Vlad," she shuddered at the name, "was...unclothing me," again a shudder. "To waking up in your Phantom shirt in your room I am not sure what happened. I remember very little. I thought, well, I thought we could talk about that... later... alone. Dean seems to think that would help me regain some of my memories from that night. He swears that my mind shut down, but never really shut off, ya know?" Danny nodded. Sure he did. He had his clueless moments, but he knew after fighting ghosts all the time.

"How about we do that now while the techno-geeks get a little better acquainted?" Danny asked as they looked over to see the other two male comparing toys. She nodded, her mood uplifted. They walked up to her room, their bodies touching, but not their hands yet. As soon as they were gone Tucker smirked at Dean.

"So, nice to meet you in person after talking for so long on the phone, dude. How long do you think it will take for them to hook up?" Dean smirked. He hadn't been entirely straight with Sam. He had started talking to Tucker a while back and after comparing notes the guys knew that they had to get the two lost loves together. They just had to wait for the right moment. Though neither of them would have liked for what happened to Sam to happen they were glad something good was coming from it.