June 2nd, 2016: So some exciting announcements that aren't exciting. For all of you wondering I got an editor so you all don't have to suffer anymore with my diseased brain. So I reuploaded this with some help and deteled some things that didn't make any sense, please forgive me. But hey summer is coming up and exams are over for me so maybe a few new chapters throughout the next coupe of months? Thank you for reading again by the way!

"Ow!" Sam yelled as the alcohol was placed on her bleeding back. "I'm sorry but I don't want it getting infected...there, done." The boy said strapping the large patch of gauze on his friend lower back. When Sam had fallen, tucker was the only one to notice Sam's torn back, even with the amount of blood being spilled, Tucker refused to take her to a hospital, due to his phobia. After Tucker threw away some tissues to take care of the blood. Looking back at the girl on his bed he could tell something was wrong. He sat next to her and asked, "what's going on you've been acting weird for awhile now?" He could see a slight blush creep up her face. "What are you talking about nothing's up." Of course, Tucker wasn't convinced. "Sam." She sighed, 'if I tell him he's probably going to make a joke about it,' she thought, loosing the courage to tell her best friend. "Come on if I tell you a secret will you tell me yours?" He asked with a pleading gaze. "What secrets do you have?"

"I am actually quite the secretive guy." Sam raised an eyebrow. "Fine go ahead and tell me your secrets."

"Well...You know my beret?" Sam suddenly looked concerned," yeah-."

"Well you don't think that if I wore this hat through all those ghost fights and didn't get one tear?"

"Oh god where is this going?"

"Well I asked my mom to help me patch it up, and well my mom kinda has a thing of sewing so she taught me some stuff," he pulled off the hat and flipped it inside out, you could see the nice sticking that made it look brand new on the outside. He put the hat back on looking back at his friend and smiling. Sam laughed lightly. "Well, you definitely cheered me up with that."

"So now it's your turn, what's eating your brain?" Sam sighed in defeat, "it's Danny. He's different. Not just with everything that's been going on. Just in general. He...treats me differently."

"How so?"

"I wish I could explain it, it's so discrete and embarrassing." There was a short silence until Tucker finished her story. "You don't think Danny likes you back anymore?" Sam glanced at him, not at all surprised he guessed what was up. "I know it's stupid and ironically shallow but, it's true. We hung out the other day and he acted so differently. I mean I actually thought we were getting somewhere. But now we're back to square one, it's just one-sided. Tucker broke their gaze and looked away. He was searching his mind for a way to give her the courage she needed again. Tucker had noticed this in Danny as well. He didn't talk about her anymore when they were alone, though he rarely did anyway. He was just changing so much in such a short amount of time. But there was still unanswered questions, why? We still have no leads on where Danny has been going, why he is getting along with Vlad and why he doesn't seem to like Sam anymore? It was all so confusing it hurt his head. However, as Tucker thought deeply about this he didn't realize that Sam and he had been sitting in an awkward silence for awhile. "Why don't you ask him?" Is the only thing Tucker could come up with. Sam laughed, "thanks, I needed that."

"Well it's just in all those romance movies you know the two are meant for each other, but it takes them such a painfully long time to get together, it makes you start yelling; if they just talked about it they would probably already be married."

"Yeah but in those movies you know that they like each other. I don't know if Danny likes me. Honestly I should just stop thinking about it. It's tiring, I never cared about it before what's so different about now?"

"But Sam I'm sure Danny-"

"Tucker please stop getting my hopes up. It's high school, even if we did end up together how long would that last? Of course, I love Danny and I always will but I think I'm going to stop straining my brain with this. I can't change how Danny feels and if he does like me I'll start to give it thought again. It's pointless to chase after someone who doesn't want to be caught."

"Such beautiful poetry from such a dark soul." Sam punched his arm and they laughed. As the laughter died down a silence fell upon them again. But it wasn't calm or enjoyable. It was filled with depression and anguish. Tucker placed his hand on Sam's. "Listen, I know this isn't going to be easy what so ever but I think you're being really cool about this...and that's the problem. Sam, you've liked Danny for awhile now and you can't just push feeling away like that so if you need anything-" Tucker was interrupted by Sam pulling his into a hug and began silently sobbing into his shoulder. Tucker was taken back but hugged her back and soothed her. Honestly, Tucker was slightly angry at Danny. Sam was beautiful, smart, funny and just amazing. Anyone would kill to have her as a girlfriend so why not Danny? Was it their friendship, did he not want to ruin it? Did he have someone else? Tucker hugged her a bit tighter, "I'm always here if you need me." He felt her settle down and she answered. "I know, and you always have been." His heart leaped as she said those words. He wanted to always see Sam smile. He wanted to protect her with all his living being. He wanted Sam to always be happy. And cry with him if she's sad. He wanted Sam to need him. He wanted Sam with him forever. On impulse, he pushed her away from his chest and made eye contact with her. He was afraid of rejection or just hurting her in general. He began to lean forward waiting for a rejection, there was none. Leaning even closer he spoke, "if you don't want this stop me." With that he closed his eyes, by surprise she met him in the middle connecting their lips. What felt like seconds was actually moments. They both pulled away and looked at each other. After the nonsurprising awkward silence, Sam spoke. "I'll see you later." With that, she left the Foley house for the night. It wasn't until seconds later when Tucker had realized what happened, "wait...what?"

Danny flew through the ghost zone lost in his thoughts. "Why hadn't Clockwork helped him when all I wanted was some answers. I can't keep worrying my family and going off with someone thirty years older than me when it might cause the end of the world as we know it.' Danny was tied around his thoughts and letting his body guide him back home. "How exactly will this all happen? Last time Dan was created it was because our ghost halfs merged together. Could it be that if we...do it, while in our ghost form we could merge?" Danny was hurting his head. He wasn't even sure his thesis was right. He was scared and desperate for answers. He didn't want to continue building this relationship when this could be the outcome. Sure they could break up in the future but that would be a million times better than creating Dan.

Danny continued to fly and think until he reached the portal. He stepped in only to be hit into a wall. Knocked out of his daze he was put into a new more painful one. Looking in the direction of where he had been shot he found his mother holding an ecto blaster. "So this is how he's been getting in from the ghost zone!" She yelled to the figure approaching him. Danny was encased in one of his parents ecto proof net. He was slightly dazed from the hit. His mother put down her gun and walked towards the boy. "Jack quickly get him on the examination table before he gets away again. 'No no no not right now.' Danny quickly used his strength to break free from the net. He began focusing on flying, trying to get to the stairs out of the lab. When he managed to reach for the staircase he was stopped by electricity flowing through him. He screamed in agony, falling to the ground. "Ha! You can't get away now. All the walls and exits are covered in ecto-detecting wiring. Try to phase out and you'll feel the same shock." His father yelled at his sore body. Danny got to his feet again darting his eyes around the room looking for an exit. 'The ghost portal, it's my only way out.' Danny thought to himself. He began to levitate off the ground but before he could move any further his mother shot him in the stomach throwing him towards the staircase that electrocuted him once again. His head was spinning and he could hear the heartbeat in his ears. Before another shot hit him he put up his shield and defended himself. He could see black spot covering his vision. Danny, thinking quickly put his hand on the ground making it intangible. His parents yelped in surprise as the fall halfway through the floor. Before the could realize what had happened he flew through the portal escaping.

Danny had learned that when he sunk people into solid, their bodies didn't phase through like a ghost, it had simply created a crack in time and space, that was where the other half of his parents bodies were right now. When they realize it they can climb out of it the same way you climb out of a pool. Knowing this Danny could use a safe method of distraction. Of course Danny would have never learned all the detail if it wasn't for Vlad explain it to him.

Moving on, Danny was currently on a rock in the ghost zone catching his breath. He was laying down looking at the infinite green sky above him. Honestly, he wanted to break something. He honestly got depressed whenever his parents attacked him. It was hard to see the hatred in someone's eyes as they shot a gun at you, but even harder if that night you saw them look at you with love as they came into your bedroom to say goodnight.

Danny sighed, he would have to stay here and wait until his parents went to bed. It would be hours until he could go back, and he didn't want to see Vlad right now, so his portal was out of the question. This was going to take a while.

It wasn't until 3am when Danny was finally able to get through the portal. He changed back to his human half stepping up the staircase without being electrocuted once again. His parents were nowhere to be found. Jazz must have covered for him telling them he was staying at Tuckers for the night.

He got to his bedroom and went into his bathroom. He opened his cupboard to find the first aid kit he had kept there for almost two years. Setting it on the sink, he pulled his shirt off to look at the damage. His side and back had been cut badly. He did his routine, wipe, disinfect and bandage. He was sore everywhere from the shocks he received, and he was exhausted. The moment he hit his bed he was asleep.

The next day did not lighten Danny's mood. He opened his front door that morning to his two best friends. It was when they started walking to school that Danny realized something was off. The usual sarcastic Sam and cheerful Tucker were silent and created an awkward air. Personally, Danny wasn't concerned. Maybe he was feeling the air wrong, maybe it was a peaceful silence. However, he was unable to see the guilt Sam was feeling. The boy she had loved since kindergarten suddenly looks distant and instead of helping him she decides to kiss his best friend. It was a classic Rom-Com cliche and it was more painful experiencing it than laughing at it. She couldn't look at herself in the mirror without feeling disappointed. She had done the most degrading things ever. It was horrible, even if they weren't dating she felt like she had cheated on him. Maybe this was for the best. Danny had been treating differently maybe this was supposed to happen. Maybe Tucker and she were supposed to be together. But she couldn't jump from guy to guy it just wasn't right. Now the big problem was, what was she going to do to fix it all? Only half the problem would be solved at lunch.

Tucker was having the same mindset. He had liked Sam for awhile but he put Danny's feelings in front of his own and he didn't want to express them let alone admit it to anyone not even himself. What would his best friend think if he kissed his crush? Did he even have a crush on her anymore anyway? Or any girl? Danny had been unattractive to every attractive girl that had walked by in the past few months. He wanted to be with Sam but he doubted she wanted the same. Sam loved Danny, not him. They had agreed to admit everything to Danny at lunch but, what would Danny do? Tucker was terrified. How would he possibly react to the news? But Danny was his friend and he wanted to show him that they will never do anything behind his back. Maybe that would persuade him to admit what's going on in his own head.

Danny couldn't focus that morning. He had usually understood better than usual but nothing was sticking. His mind was clouded by what happened yesterday. He wondered when the day will come when his parents will have to know the truth. Or the day when he had to find out what the future held with them together. Danny was close to an anxiety attack. Was he really supposed to be with Vlad? He was just sixteen. Could he already of decided who he was going to spend the rest of his life with? Maybe...they should be eternal friends? Those were the kinds of thoughts haunting his brain. Guilt wrapped in his gut. "Could I really leave Vlad? Shouldn't I have more experiences with people before I decide my life partner? But what's the point if everyone I'm with will simply die in front of me. He will always be there. And he's fun, I like him. Yeah, I'm young but this is a different situation. Right?" He buried his head in his hands, exacting himself from all the thinking. "I need someone's opinion on this, like Jazz. If she knew she would have the answer for sure. I wish I could tell her. But maybe she would just make us separate completely." Danny didn't want that. Just because he was having doubts doesn't mean he didn't love Vlad. He had never felt what he felt for Vlad with anyone else. It was weird but he wanted to be with him but he was scared. He just hoped that his friends were feeling like talking at lunch and could forget of all of this.

He was wrong. The apparent awkward air hadn't left his friends. They were picking at their food, even Tucker was barely eating as the guilt ironically chewed away at him. That's when Danny spoke up. Even with the troubles covering his own brain. He had to put his own feelings aside due to his caring nature. "Guys...is everything alright?" They looked up at him yet still inches away from direct eye contact. "Sam," Tucker said, following Sam sighing and getting up with her tray. Then she was gone, leaving Tucker and Danny at the table alone.

"Sam...and Tucker. They kissed, how do I even feel about that? Do I care..am...am I jealous? I don't really think so...when I saw Vlad flirting with my mom all those months ago, I couldn't stand it. I was infuriated. But right now I just...don't mind their relationship I guess I'm just...shocked, is the right word.

As Danny contemplated his current situation Jazz happened to walk through the door of the house. She went upstairs to find Danny in his bedroom with a scowl embedded on his face. Jazz took the chair placed at Danny's desk and pulled it over to sit next to her brother. "Hey," she said lightly punching his shoulder. Danny hadn't looked away from his ceiling to pay attention to Jazz. Danny replied with an, "uhu." Jazz was nervous to the start the conversation so she planned to ease into the subject. "Are you okay about last night?"

"What do you mean?"

"Don't think I noticed the fight downstairs? Are you hurt anywhere?"

"I already handle it last night but thanks, Jazz. Sorry, I've been acting weird lately. Thanks for always being there for me." Danny personally didn't know where this sudden respect came from. He loved his sister and always respected her. She was great and he had been so distant. She deserved a thank you for dealing with him. "Hey, listen. About Vlad," And there it was. The confusion and slight pent up aggression came back to him as fast as a man with a bipolar disorder. "Jazz could you please not, at least not right now. What goes on between Vlad and I is the last thing you should worry about right now. What's so wrong about us being friendly with each other anyway. He's changed can't you see that?"

"Danny I want to believe that Vlad has changed. But what if he hasn't. Yeah, know? What if he's playing you? I'm scared because I don't know what he's thinking. I can't read him like I used to. Everyone deserves forgiveness but you have to work for trust. How can you trust him so easily? Don't you remember what he did? He tried killing our own dad. He wanted mom to be his mistress! And from a simple sorry you're just now best friends with him? So please explain what it is that makes you trust him?" Danny's mind fuzzed like a broken television. He had so many things crowding his brain that it hurt. "Jazz please just not now. It's complicated-"

"Danny, he almost killed you. I should know I'm the one who wrapped your bandages. Did he just make you forget all of that? What did he do to make you like him so much please just tell me I'm scared and confused." Danny was a loss for words. He knew Vlad was a better person. Vlad was great. He was fun and kind, he made Danny happy. 'But is he the one you want for the rest of time?' A voice came to him from the back of his mind. Danny couldn't take it. He fazed through his bed down to the basement. He flew into the ghost zone running away.

Danny laid on a rock staring at the infinite green realm. "Danny?" He sat up to see Vlad. "What are you doing here?" Danny's stomach tightened as he saw the man. "Don't you remember what he did to you?" Those words repeated in his mind. "How did you find me?" He asked. "I was coming to say hello. I feel like I hadn't seen you in awhile." Danny looked down. "I see...hey Vlad?" He asked. "What is it, Daniel?" He shivered at that name. He wanted to just be with him but it was too damn complicated. "Why me? Don't you mind that I'm a stupid kid? Aren't you going to get tired of me after all these years...and...Jazz reminded me of all the horrible things you did. You hurt me and tried hurting my family. I know we already discussed this but with someone else saying it. It's a real slap in the face. I just don't know how to feel now. Maybe this is all a game and any day now you're just gonna kill my dad and me and take my mom. Even saying it makes me scared. Please just tell me. If you are going to do it eventually then just kick my ass now." Vlad was taken back. He genuinely didn't know how to respond. He was slightly hurt but understood. "Danny, I really have changed I thought you saw that?"

"I have seen that but that still doesn't prove anything. I'm scared Jazz is right. Is she?" Vlad sighed and sat down next to him, "Of course she isn't. I know that's hard to just believe it as simple words coming fro my mouth but. She hasn't seen us together, Danny. You and I are going to live for too long. Before we know it everyone we know will be gone. Even if I truly hated you I couldn't be alone in this and not find a way to stand you. But I have been blessed because I don't need to work on standing you. Because if it was my choice you would never leave my side." The only thing they could both hear was the shifts and floating rocks of the ghost zone. Danny only wished those were the only things he could hear in his head. He was starting to feel better but was still on a tipping scale."I just don't know Vlad." It was then when Vlad's mind only had one solution. He knew that there were other options but he just couldn't think of any. His sense and sensibility had been clouded. He only had one thing he knew would at least start convincing the boy of his feelings. He grabbed his arm and lead him back to the Fenton home.

"Let me go what are you doing?!" Danny whispered as Vlad took them into the hallway outside of his bedroom. He opened the door to Danny's bedroom where Jazz was still looking for anything to give her answers. "Jazz what are you doing?" Danny yelled instinctively. "What is Vlad doing here? He should be back at his own home." Jazz responded calmly. Vlad put a hand in front of Danny and stepped up to Jazz. "Jasmine. What I'm about to do will put a blemish on my self-respect but I don't mind because it's for your brother." Both of them looked puzzled yet let him carry on. Vlad Plasmius got on his hands and knees, he looked up to Jazz. "Jasmine please give us your blessing."

….Danny froze as heat flushed his face. And Jazz with a dumbfounded face responded with a, "…what?"

"The reason I have changed is because of your brother. I am deeply...in love with him. He has changed my life and I hope to make him happy as we live close by through future centuries. Danny and I have been dating for about a year and I never want to let him go so, please. Let me watch over him?" As Vlad finished his speech he dropped his head. Danny's knees knocked together in fear. He closed his eyes not wanting to look at anything occurring around him.

Jasmine had known about Danny living ten times longer than an average human being. When Danny had discovered this he could go to nobody except Jasmine. That was the day Danny fell asleep to the sound of his own tears in Jazz's arms. The next few months for him were hard but they gradually started to get better when Danny and Vlad became more friendly.

Danny refused to open his eyes until he heard a loud noise. Jazz had raised her foot and took a shot to Vlad's head. His eyes shot open to the sight of Vlad's head on the ground with Jazz's foot on it. "Vlad!" Danny screamed coming towards him until Vlad lifted his hand awkwardly motioning him to stop. He wanted to let Jazz express her anger and confusion. "You...I...I...I can't even think of a horrible enough word to describe you! You're a lonely pedophile! You brainwashed him didn't you?! I don't care about your secrets I will report you! You will be locked up forever even if I have to risk my life to ensure it!" Jazz lifted her leg to smash it on Vlad again until Danny grabbed her, stopping the next blow to his boyfriends head. "Vlad Go!" He yelled holding Jazz back. "But Danny-"

"Don't worry I've got this I'll see you later just go!"

"Like hell you're seeing him later!" Jazz yelled into Danny's ear as Vlad got up as if nothing had happened, "Danny I'm not leaving you I started this." Jazz still struggled to get out of Danny's grip. Leaving him to simply pin her down until she calmed down. When Danny released her, all of her emotions collapsed and she began to sob.

Jazz was sitting on the bed still crying a few minutes later and Danny sat next to her. "Jazz please I can explain." She slowly began to calm down. Vlad was standing in the corner now in his human form. "Danny...please answer me this," She looked up to him with her red eyes and tear stained cheeks. Danny felt a pang of guilt. "Did he rape you." Danny's heart throbbed. He looked down breaking their eye contact. He was somewhat angry that that is what she went to immediately. "Danny?"

"Jazz...that's not what's important here-"

"Fuck," she gasped putting her hand to her mouth trying to hold in her sobs. Danny had never heard anyone in his family say anything as bad as the word hell. He was shocked that his good sister had been lead to such a state to curse so harshly. "Jazz can we not talk about that." He held her hand asking her to look at him. "Jazz you know I was suffering knowing that I was going to be all alone for years. Even if I get married and have kids I will see them all...die. Jazz, Vlad is going to be the only one I will have. I know it's creepy and weird but this isn't brainwash or another scheme." That's right Danny knew that. Vlad wouldn't risk exposure. If he wanted to world knowing he used to be terrible then Jazz would be the campaign manager. So this did prove that for now this was okay. Vlad was the Vlad he knew now. So he continued. "We are both scared of what is to come. Please let me have someone. I want to like the person I'm going to spend the rest of my life with! Even if that means he had a horrible past. Jazz, everyone deserves forgiveness and I gave it to him. I gave him someone. And he did the same for me. So please try to understand...and it's not only that, I really do like him. I think he is interesting and handsome. He really cares for me and even makes me laugh. I want to be with him. And I'm sorry but nothing can change that. The only thing you will be doing by locking him up will be leaving me alone." Jazz was taken back by Danny's speech. Sure she didn't want Danny to be alone but she tried putting herself in his shoes. Living for generations with nobody. It sounded horrible but Danny did have somebody and it was Vlad. Maybe she could except this. She took a breath to calm herself. "Danny you know I love you. I always will. And I guess that I can accept this little by little. I'm sorry I went a little insane I just, I never want to see you under his control. It'll take awhile to get used to this. But, I will try to be there for you even if I still don't fully understand." Danny smiled and hugged her. It was then when he himself started crying. That is when Vlad stepped in. "Jasmine, I can't thank you enough. I promise that if I ever hurt your brother you can personally come and beat me to a pulp." Jazz smiled and hugged Danny. "Thank you," He whispered to her. It felt too good to finally have someone to talk to about all of this. He couldn't be happier.

After all of that Danny told her everything minus the sexual antics. From beginning to end. After awhile Danny left with Vlad to go talk alone. Once Danny left Jazz went to her room. She laid on her bed holding Bearburt to her chest. "I really hope they are both happy." She thought herself. That was when Jazz fell asleep due to her energy decrease from all the tears.

Danny currently sat curled up to Vlad in his study. Vlad didn't;t have a book in his hand and Danny didn't have homework in his. They were at peace doing nothing and just simply being with each other. "I'm sorry I had doubts," Danny said to him. Vlad laughed a sigh. "Daniel, everybody had doubts and I don't blame you. I have them or had them. When we first got together I was terrified. One person for thousands of years. Was I going to be able to do that?"

"What made you change your mind."

"That's the thing little badger. You did. If we weren't meant to be together we would see the signs. Time will tell what is supposed to happen. For now, we should enjoy being with the people we love. And the person I love is you. When I see you I forget everything that was keeping me away from seeing you. So that's what I've decided. To see where time takes us."

"What book did you get that from." Vlad laughed and kissed Danny. "I love you." Danny smiled at him. He loved Vlad. He really did so he decided to go with it. Let's see where time takes them. "I guess I love you too fruit loop."

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