97Hey everyone, I'm back! This story is my clean slate, my new start. I promise to finish this story and I have already written 5 chapters! I hope you like it because I'm really proud of what I have so far. I'm sad to say that the stories that I have written already that are unfinished will probably stay unfinished. I'm very sorry, but I feel like they were just rough draft stories, and now I'm showing what I can really do. I might finish some of them if I feel enough people want me to or I have the sudden urge to complete them, but I doubt this will happen. Or, if someone would like to adopt one of my uncompleted stories, please private message me. But on the bright side, I am getting really serious about my writing and this is the first story I've let my friends read and edit, because I want it to be good for my audience. I hope you enjoy! And my story cover is from Pinterest, I don't own the picture. I also don't own Danny Phantom!
The Project
"Dude, I am never playing Dom with you at night again!" I ranted at Tucker in our first period.
"It's not my fault that you can't function on three hours of sleep like me!" Tucker defended himself.
"Whatever dude." Tucker and I had stayed up until four in the morning playing the video game Dom. It was really fun, until I had to get up in the morning. Now I'm super tired and grumpy.
"Hey, where's Sam?" Tucker asked me as I laid my head on my desk and looked at him.
"I don't know man, I'm not her keeper." I snapped, probably because of my lack of sleep, but I was too tired to care. But, now that he mentioned it, where was our gloomy best friend?
"Never mind dude, I found her." I turned to the direction of where he was pointing, and immediately lifted my head. Over by the door was Sam, talking to some guy. He had shaggy brown hair and a sideways grin that he kept flashing at Sam whenever she laughed. She was leaning against the doorframe, and his tan, muscular arms were leaning above her head. He was way too close to her for my liking.
"Wow dude, calm down." Tucker snapped me out of my thoughts. Without realizing it, my eyes had turned green and I was gripping my desk. I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and let go of my desk, leaving cracks from where I almost ripped a piece off. I open my eyes, which were now icy blue.
"Thanks Tuck, I don't know what came over me." I gave him a sheepish grin, and then looked back at Sam and the guy. She handed him something and then heading towards her desk, which happened to be to the right of mine.
"Hey guys." Sam said as she sat down with a smile.
"Don't 'hey guys' us. Explain what that was." I said as calmly as I could muster.
"Yea, who was lover boy over there?" Tucker gave Sam a look and raised his eyebrows multiple times in a teasing and seductive way, making me want to choke him.
"Oh, Kyle? He's just a guy I met a few days ago in the library. He wanted to borrow my Three Days Grace CD." She replied like it was no big deal.
"Well, it looked like you guys were getting pretty cozy, if you know what I mean." Tucker smirked.
"What, is it a crime to flirt?" She winked and I was about to reply when the bell rang.
"Class, today we will be starting a project." Mr. Lancer stated as he walked into the class, earning groans from the majority of the class.
"Ugh, now I have to find time to do a project on top of keeping the town safe." I mumbled to myself and slammed my head on my desk. This earned me a concerned glance from my two best friends.
"Now class, settle down! This assignment is a partner assignment; you will be interviewing each other and writing an article about the other person. You can earn extra credit by reading your article to the class." I lifted my head and glanced at Sam, who in return gave me a reassuring nod. Whenever there was a partner assignment, Sam, Tucker and I would rotate working with each other. This time it was Sam and mine's turn to be partners.
"And before you start picking out partners, I have some great news! I already assigned everyone to someone they do not associate with daily." I gave a loud groan and slammed my head back onto my desk, disappointed that I wouldn't be paired up with Sam.
"Now, here are the pairings, Dash and Mikey." He went on and on, saying pairs of names. I only half listened, waiting for the names I recognized.
"Tucker and Star." I turned to my left and chuckled at Tuckers annoyed expression. Ever since Star and Tucker "dated" when I was dating Kitty in Paulina's body, Tucker hadn't been very fond of Star.
"Danny and Valerie." I perked up a little at the sound of that. I turned to Val, who was a few rows ahead of me. She turned towards me and smiled. Maybe this project won't be so bad. I already knew tons about Valerie, and maybe this will help us become friends again.
"Sam and Kyle." This took the smile right off of my face. I turned to see Kyle giving Sam a sideways smile, and her blushing and smiling in response. I growled in my throat and gripped the desk hard.
"Mr. Fenton!" Mr. Lancer screamed at me with a shocked expression. I saw that everyone in the class was looking at me as well. I turned to Sam, who was looking at my hands. I looked down and saw that I had broken two large pieces of the desk right off.
I looked up at Mr. Lancer and gave him a sheepish grin. "Oops."
"Principal's office, now!"
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"So how was your trip to hell?" Sam joked when I approached Tucker and her at our outside table for lunch.
"It was alright, besides the two weeks of detention I have to serve, starting tomorrow." I gave her a smile.
"Yea, what was that about? You ripped off two chunks from the desk!" Tucker shouted with a mouth full of meat loaf.
"Tucker, don't talk with your mouth full, it's gross." Sam glared at him and then turned her attention towards me. "But what happened Danny?"
"I don't know, one minute I'm just sitting there, and the next I see two pieces of wood in my hands!" I slammed my head on the table and groaned. "I thought I was done with trying to control my powers! I've had them for over a year!"
Sam put her hand on my back and rubbed circles on it. I don't know why, but it calmed me down. I looked up at her and smiled, getting a side smile in return.
"Hey Danny!" Sam quickly retracted her hand, leaving me feeling a little disappointed that the rubbing was over. I turned to see who called my name, and saw Valerie walking towards me with Star.
"Hey Val." I smiled at her and stood up from the table.
"I was wondering if you wanted to start working on the project today after school. Maybe your place" she put her hand on my forearm and I was about to reply when I heard Sam's voice.
"Meet me at my locker after school, and then we can walk to the library and work on our project for a few hours." I looked from the corner of my eye and saw Kyle sitting in my spot at my table by Sam!
"Sure thing Sam, maybe we can grab a bite to eat at Nasty Burger afterwards." He gave her that stupid sideways smile.
"Maybe, if Tucker and Danny aren't busy. I usually go to Nasty Burger with them after studying."
"Well," he lifted her head with his thumb and index finger. "Maybe another time."
Sam was blushing hard at the closeness, and she glanced at me and quickly pulled away from his grasp.
"Um, Danny, are you ok?" I turned back to Valerie and she took a step back. I could almost feel the steam coming out of my ears from the anger and irritation I was feeling. I quickly took a breath and smiled.
"Yea I'm ok. We should go to the library after school to start this project. I'll meet you at your locker ok?"
"Um." She paused before giving me a sad smile. "Ok, maybe we can grab a bite to eat after or-"I cut her off.
"Can't, I'm going to Nasty Burger with Sam after." I could feel Sam burning holes in the back of my head with her stare, but I ignored it.
"Oh," Valerie gave me a disappointed sigh, but I hardly noticed. "Ok, see you later."
I sat back down in my spot next to Sam, where she was looking at me with a weird expression.
"What?" I asked innocently.
"So we're going to Nasty Burger after we both work on our project with our partners?" she raised her eyebrows at me.
"Um, yes?" I gave her an unsure smile.
"And you just so happen to be working at the library, even though Valerie wanted to go to your house"
"Well," I rubbed the back of my head with my right hand. "I'm tired of my house. And this way I get to take you out to dinner."
"Wait." She gave me a teasing smirk. "Take me out?"
"W-well, what I meant by that was-"Thankfully, Tucker cut me off.
"Guys, Star is so annoying!" he sat back down at his seat across from us. Funny, I hadn't even noticed that he left. "Star said that we have to work at my house an hour after school ends because she doesn't want to be seen with me! She's such a diva!"
"You had a crush on her almost all of freshman year." Sam pointed out with a laugh.
"Yea, and Danny liked Paulina and you dated a fake Hungarian! People change!" he threw his hands in the air to elaborate his point.
"Ugh, do not mention Elliot around me please. He was an asshole and I already have to see him every day in 5th period." I stated with annoyance.
Gregor, better known as Elliot, was a guy Sam had a crush on last year. They never officially dated, but they almost did. The only reason they didn't was because he was a lying ass-hat. He pretended to be an exchange student from Hungry and said his name was Gregor, just so Sam would go out with him! He had a fake accent and pretended to be an ultra-recyclo-vegetarian just to impress her. But, in the end he exposed himself for what he really was; a horny teen from Michigan who just wanted to get in Sam's pants.
Ok, so maybe he didn't say he wanted to get into her pants, but I'm 99.9% sure that's why he pretended to be someone he wasn't. He claimed that he really liked Sam, but Tucker was too annoying and he didn't want to hang out with him. He yelled at Tucker, and accidently dropped the fake accent. His cover was blown, so he ran after some cheerleaders, completely forgetting about Sam.
"Geez Danny, it seems like you hated Elliot more than Sam did, and she's the one who had to kiss a phony." He gave me a knowing look, but him mentioning the kiss made me slam my tray against the table and stand up.
"I've lost my appetite. I'll see you after school Sam." And without another word I took my food tray and walked away.
I know I was too harsh on Tucker, but I couldn't help it! Even though the whole 'Elliot' situation happened last year, he still made my skin crawl. He tried and failed to get transferred back to his old school in Michigan after the Guys in White attacked him, so he's stuck at Casper High. And that means that I'm stuck with him every day during Chemistry right after lunch.
This, sadly, was where I was heading.
I was a few minutes early to class, so I took my seat in the second row, closest to the door. I pulled out my iPhone and started looking through my photos, something I do whenever I have down time or I'm waiting for something or I'm just plain bored.
I paused when I came across a picture of me and Sam, taken over the past summer break. I had surprised her by putting my arm around her shoulder and taking a selfie. She looked surprised and confused, while I was just smiling like an idiot.
I smiled and set the picture as my home screensaver. My lock screensaver was a picture of Sam, Tucker and I at Nasty Burger.
"That's an embarrassing picture; I can't believe you're making it your home screensaver." I turned towards the sudden voice and gave my visitor a smile.
"Well, I like it. I think you look adorable" my voice was playful, but I really meant it. I always think Sam looks beautiful.
Sam scrunched her nose and lightly punched my shoulder while laughing. "Whatever, I just came to check on you. You've been grumpy all day, and lunch ended badly."
"Yea, sorry about that." I rubbed the back of my neck with the feeling of guilt in my gut. As much as I loved the way Sam cared for me, I hated to make her worry. "That's what happens when you play Dom all night with Tuck. I barely get enough sleep as it is. I'm sorry for worrying you."
"Well," she gave me a reassuring smile that told me I was forgiven. "Just stop playing Dom at night unless it's the weekend."
"Yes ma'am" I gave her a salute with my right hand on my forehead, making her laugh.
Suddenly the warning bell rang.
"I should get going, that painting isn't going to paint itself." Sam was referring to her advanced art class, which she was about to be late to if she didn't leave.
"Ok, I'll see you later."
"Bye." She waved and turned to go to her own class, only to bump into 'him'.
"Sam?" Elliot asked in confusion.
"Yep, the one and only." She tightened her grip on her backpack straps and looked at the floor.
"You look good, it's been a while." He smiled and looked at her up and down, admiring her purple crop top and black skinny jeans. I had to restrain myself from ripping his eyes out.
Sam suddenly turned to me with shocked eyes.
"Calm down." She mouthed but didn't speak out loud.
"I am calm" I mouthed back with a confused look. Sure, it was a lie, but she didn't need to know that.
She rolled her eyes and blew out a deep breath, and that's when I understood why she told me to calm down.
A stream of fog came out of her mouth. I was making the temperature in the room drop.
She looked back at Elliot, but placed a hand on top of mine, hidden behind her back, to try to calm me down.
"Bye Gregor-." She did a quick intake of breaths. "I mean Elliot."
She brushed past him and hurried down the hallway, leaving my hand now cold and alone.
I couldn't help but notice how Elliot's eyes lingered on Sam as she left. He then smirked to himself and proceeded to his seat.
The only reason I didn't trip him was because I already had detention.
