Danny Phantom Fan Fiction ❯ Samantha and Sunshine ❯ Chapter 5

"So, maybe he's just a really nice guy!" Tucker stated as he ran alongside Danny. "Or just really persuasive!" The halfa didn't buy it. He knew what Sunshine was really like and for her just to turn over a new leaf like that was more than just some man who could charm even the most devious snakes like Sunshine. Tucker wasn't the one that went to help Sam whenever something bad happened at her house, nor was he the one that would listen if something big were to happen. The techno-geek was a good friend, but he and Sam never saw eye to eye with how their personalities clashed.

"I think he's a ghost!" It was a long shot, but how else could he be able to do what he did and then there was the fact that he took a ghost blast while still being able to protect someone. There was no human alive that could take that and still walk away. Sure, Sam might have helped him since she was used to taking hits from ghosts, but a regular guy?! No way! "We need to find out more about this Dand guy!" Was Sam being charmed right now into taking him in? If that was the case then she was in danger!

Next to him Tucker was thinking back to all that he had noticed during their first time meeting the other raven haired man and somehow the geek was under the impression that Sam seemed to know the man and that she was a little uneasy when Danny came in. That meant that Danny had not paid much attention, but remembering his reaction to all the men that had become interested in the small Goth, Tucker thought it had more to do with jealousy. He didn't think she was in real danger, but when the pair rushed into the room moments later they found a site that neither of them thought they could wipe from their minds.

Sam stood before a naked male, their eyes staring intently at the other. Sam looked over at him at the same time as Dan's did. When she saw him, her eyes narrowed in confusion, but as she watched his face change from one of shock to one of anger she looked at Dan only to feel her whole face go red as she gawked at the naked body just inches from hers. How had she not noticed that? Suddenly she found herself pushed back as Danny stood between the pair of them.

"What the fuck are you doing?!" the halfa demanded, Dan's eyes narrowing as he eyed his younger half. Danny just continued to glare at him. "You have to be like ten years older than her and you go flashing yourself at her!" Sam coughed, her eyes growing wider and her face growing hotter. She had to break this up now! She pushed around him, though it was hard with the fact that he didn't want to let her around. Even as she stopped at his side he growled low. It was strange.

"Danny, Dand isn't do anything wrong!" He shot her a look, one that told her how much he believed it. "Seriously! I was just attacked an-" That made his hands drop as he looked at her in confusion.

"You were attacked?" She nodded. "Then why is he naked?!" The halfa motioned to the other male, the one that still stood there unashamed.

"He was in the shower when the ghost appeared from the shadows." She pointed to where he had been. "I didn't have a weapon since I wasn't expecting a ghost to attack in the house." He could see the truth in her eyes, the shock that was still there. "Dand just came out and helped." That was when the halfa realized that the older man was still standing there, but before Danny could lash out Sam blurted out, "God damn it! Get dressed pervert!" The older male shot her a look of shock before walking away, the look in his eyes warning her of what her outburst would cost. Her face grew red. "He hit his head."

"Really? Why no bandage on that then?" Tucker questioned as he nudged Sam. "I also noticed that he didn't have a wound on his chest either, but that might be because of other more healing activities." At that the halfa's eyes flashed green as he shot a look at male in question.

"Tucker!" the halfa hissed as he made eye contact with his friend. The teen looked at him in question just as Sam smacked him upside the head. "Sam, what is your relationship with him?" The Goth started when she heard his question. She wanted to blow him off, but she had no idea how to explain the male in her house without totally blowing up at that was happening.

"She's known me since I was young," came Dan's voice drawing everyone's attention. "We fell out of touch for a few years because of my lifestyle and now I came back. That's the scheme of things, though I was thinking of getting to know her better since I was so clueless in my affections for her." Sam wanted to sit there and gap like a fish gasping for oxygen, but she knew that if this were to work that she would have to stop being so shocked at what left the man's mouth.

"Yeah, Dand knew me as a child, but after a terrible accident he left," the Goth added. Danny looked at Dand, his ice blue eyes really searching. Sam almost wanted to cry. For the first he wasn't being his clueless self and for the first time she wished he would. "As for the getting to know," she started, but Dan interrupted again making the raven haired woman turn red as he told the pair of now red males of how they had slept in the same room and how Sam had attempted to jump him. "I did no such thing!" she burst out.

"Oh, but Sam you jumped in my lap and then lay on my chest for a few moments before rushing off to run me a bath," the raven haired male stated with a slight smirk. He was enjoying himself so much, especially as her eyes glittered to life and her cheeks turned a bright red. For some reason it was just as it had been when they had been younger, the small Goth having quite a temper if you knew which buttons to push. "I loved every minute of it." Sam didn't know what to say at that moment as Danny's eyes flashed green in irritation. She knew what he was doing and although it was giving him happiness she was only seeing that it could blow up in their faces. "Just admit that you enjoyed that time in my lap and I will stop embarrassing you."

"Dand," she ground out, her eyes flashing daggers at him. "I fell on you and then I ran off." Dan just chuckled louder as Danny's jaw dropped. He couldn't believe what he was hearing and then as the male beside him nudged him he realized that he had forgotten why he had come back here.

"I want to know, truthfully, who Dand is," the halfa said turning to Sam. "Your sister just was really nice to us and she is never nice to any of us." Sam raised a brow at the older male. He just smiled.

"Seems that she just needed to hear it told to her by me, I am just that persuasive." Danny was going to point out that Sam must be under his control when she made a noise. He turned to find her laughing, well, trying not to laugh. "What is so funny, Sammy?" At that name the Goth stopped, her amethyst eye growing big. Danny stepped back, his eyes growing wide as well. Tucker followed suit and headed for the door, his time done with the group that were getting a little out of control. He turned to look at Danny, but made no move to get his friend out of there. For one thing it was every man for himself, and for the other Danny wouldn't walk away from Sam. No, the halfa was determined when it came to her and the fact that he believed her to be in the worst company.

"I know you did not just call me that," she muttered. "Da- You haven't called me that in years." Dan looked confused as he also hadn't realized the name had slipped from his lips, but he refused to take it back as he shrugged, as if the name had no meaning. She could see though that he was just as confused about it. The halfa watching them coughed to let them know that there was someone else in the room, someone who had something to say because he used to call Sam by that name too and although she had claimed to hate it he had known differently.

"It was a slip," Dan stated. "Now, what did you need?" he said turning his attention back to Danny while Sam just stood there in silence. She was still stunned at the slip of his tongue. Danny repeated that he had been mildly confused with the behavior of the snotty twin of Sam, that even though millions of guys had courted her only to find out that she was a bitch had never stopped her before. He wanted to know what was different about Dan. "I just have a special quality, one that doesn't always work, but when it does the females act differently."

"So, you didn't use it on Sam?" Dan's eyes grew wide as he looked to Sam. Was there where this was going? Danny thought he had used that power on the Goth? He let out a chuckle. He would have tried it, but Sam was immune to him, her heart still beat for him, as he was the halfa that she loved though he was a different form of the halfa in question. "Why would I do that to her?" he questioned, still chuckling. "As you and I both know she is quite different than most of the female gender. Not a simpering little damsel, not some slimy money grubbing woman, no, Sam would never fall for such tricks." The Goth in question found her cheeks warming under his praise. Dan was being strange, his words not ones that she had ever thought she would hear from the evil man.

"She's smarter than that," the younger halfa stated with a certainty as he realized what Dan was trying to say. Sam wasn't like the others, so easy to control. She was independent and not likely to be swayed. "Sorry," he muttered. Sam walked over to him, her arms coming around him in a gentle hug.

"You have no need to apologize, Danny. You care about me and were worried," she stated as she pulled back. "That's what friends do." It was getting a little too mushy it seemed for Dan who made a gagging sound. The two ghost fighters turned and looked at him, Sam with a glare of warning and Danny just confused.

"Can we get this little love fest over with so we can get back to the root of the issue?" Sam nodded, blinking as she realized that she was getting a little to touchy with Danny. They were friends and she had gotten so drawn in by his emotions, letting hers run rampage like some crazy person. Next thing you know she was going to confess her undying love for him like Helga from Hey Arnold! Giving herself a mental pinch on the arm she stepped back.

"Sorry, Dand and I need to get back to finding out more about this ghost at-"

"Sam, I want to help and refuse to back away. This ghost is after you and you are my..." he faded off, as if he were confused with the wording he wanted. "You are my responsibility." The Goth's eyes narrowed and Danny realized that was not the wording to use with the raven haired woman, but there was no other way to say it without putting his feelings out there. He knew that she wouldn't be happy if she found that he wanted to take their relationship to another level. "I can't just let you do this alone, whether Dand is there to help you or not." Sam wanted to smack him, but she refused to give into that urge. That would make Dan happy and would only cause more issues.

"Okay, ghost boy," Dan said from his spot behind the Goth. "You can help, but I get to give out the orders." Danny looked to the man in shock. He hadn't expected the male to step in like that since Sam seemed to be the one in charge. "Actually, I am in charge. Sam is helping me not just me helping her." He opened his mouth to rebuke it, but Sam nodded, actually voicing that he was in the right and that she had agreed to help him as the ghost had come out when both of them had been out the first time. There was no telling if it was after just Sam or it was after both of them. Though Danny had more questions, one of them being that Dand wasn't a ghost hunter so why were they after him, but he said nothing as Dan began to give him instructions, the halfa's ice blue eyes narrowing in frustration at his task.