I decided to do the other song Sam Fenton requested of me and add it to the other, naming it Songs for Sam…which gives it a cute little twist XP.

This is for one of my best, most loyal and favorite readers. I hope it cheers you up.

As always I own nothing, not Danny Phantom, nor the song Far Away by Nickleback.

Far Away

"I never knew," Danny said as he sat on the wall holding a crumpled piece of paper in his hands. He was stunned, in complete and total disbelief. If the words hadn't been written in Sam's unmistakable handwriting, he would have laughed it off and said it was untrue, a joke, and a cruel one at that.

"Because you're clueless," Tucker told his friend as he took the paper from his friend and looked it over. It was a note he and Sam had written back and forth in class weeks ago. Tucker normally would have thrown such a thing away, would have kept the note with Sam's confessions and discussions of her love for Danny to himself, but he was tired of seeing both of them so close, but so far away from each other. He knew something had to be done before it was too late.

Danny took a deep breath and looked up at the sky, wondering how it could be that he never knew, never seen how she felt. He closed his eyes tight, unaware that Tucker was watching him struggle with a worried look on his face.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Danny finally asked, his voice filled with anguish.

Tucker smiled slightly. "I keep my friend's secrets, Danny. You know that."

"I know," Danny said softly. "But did you have to keep this one Tuck?" Tucker only shrugged his shoulders. He would have liked to tell Danny that he was waiting for the right time, but that was a lie, the truth was he couldn't bare to hurt Sam anymore than she had been already.

Last night, Sam had told Tucker she was done with everything. She was too tired, too hurt, and tired of waiting for Danny to actually see her as more than just his best friend. She was going to let him go. He had to act, he just hoped it was the right thing, and he was unsure now that it was as he watched Danny's reaction.

"I need to go," Danny said as he jumped down from the wall, not making eye contact with Tucker.

"You're not going to say anything about this? You have no response?" Tucker asked as he held out the note. Danny shook his head.

"I can't right now Tuck," Danny answered as he shoved his hands in his pockets, turned and walked away.

Tucker looked at the note in his hands and hoped to God that Sam wouldn't kill him. His stomach felt sick, but this was something that needed to be done, at least it was one last secret he had to carry on his shoulders. The problem was, that he felt so much worse than he thought he would and Danny's reaction was so damn different than he imagined.

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"Danny?" Sam asked as she stood at her door and blinked at him in surprise. "You never use the front door. What's wrong?"

Danny swallowed hard. "We need to talk," he told her. He couldn't look at her face, instead he looked down.

"What happened?" Sam asked worriedly. "Are you okay?"

"I've made some really bad mistakes," said softly as he kept his head down. "I need to talk to you. This could be my last chance and I can't let it pass me by."

Sam stepped out of her house, closed the door behind her and followed Danny down the walkway. She looked at him in bewilderment as he walked quietly beside her, obviously struggling with a heavy weight. She wanted to take his hand, to tell him that whatever the problem was, they'd find a way to work it out. Then she remembered, she wasn't going to do this anymore. She'd been waiting too long, been hurt far too much, given away everything, and she couldn't do it anymore.

They stopped and sat on the same wall Danny and Tucker had been sitting on just a few minutes ago, discussing Sam and her feelings. Danny turned, picked Sam up and sat her on the wall, she opened her mouth to say something, but wasn't sure she should break whatever thought process Danny was going through.

Danny stood in front of her, looking down at her hands she folded them in her lap. She watched as the wind ruffled his hair and she reached up one hand to smooth the wayward locks, unable to stop herself from the pleasure of running her fingers through his hair, even if it was probably for the last time.

"I've made so many mistakes," Danny finally said as he looked up, causing Sam to shiver as she ran her fingers along the side of his face and met his eyes. He took the hand in her lap.

"What mistakes?" Sam asked, trying to keep her voice from shaking or for her imagination from running away from her, making her try to imagine that Danny loved her, and that's why he was acting this way.

Danny had underestimated how difficult this would be as he looked into her familiar lilac eyes. His eyes searched her face as he took her other hand to keep from touching her, from running his fingers along her eyebrows, along her cheek bone along her lips, beneath her chin, tilting her face up, like a sunflower reaching for the sun as her eyes closed and he leaned down and….

"Danny?" Sam asked in confusion, breaking him away from his daydream as he stared into her eyes.

"Can you forgive me Sammy?" he asked breathlessly as he gave in and put his hand on the side of her face.

"For what?" Sam asked, tears springing to her eyes as she read his expression, fear the intense look of love in them was nothing more than her imagination.

"Making you wait," Danny answered as he thumbed the tear that had fallen from the corner from her eye and started racing down her cheek.

Sam opened her mouth then closed it and forced her composure to steady before saying, "Making me wait for what? Forgive you for what? What's going on?"

"I-I have," Danny started shakily then closed his eyes. "Been in love with you all along." He opened his eyes and met her startled expression.

"What?" she asked her heart dropping to her stomach and doing flips, making her feel dizzy as it raced unbelievably fast.

"I've loved you all this time," he answered as he swallowed and looked away from her face, he couldn't bare her expression if it wasn't true that she loved him too. "That's why I fight so hard. I'd do anything for you Sam. I'd face heaven and hell to keep you safe. I give everything for you, for just the stupid dream of you and me."

"Dream?" Sam asked in shock. Her mind was racing. What had he said? Was she hallucinating?

Danny looked back into her eyes and sighed. "I've always dreamed you'd be with me Sam and I…" She put her hand to his lips and silenced him. Her fingers were shaking as she held his gaze.

This was her dream. This is what she wanted, but now, as he stood before her, telling her that he loved her. He loved her? She was terrified. Her world spun around her dizzily and she had to force herself to take a breath. To breath.

He took her fingers from his lips, kissing them as he held her hand before moving forward and kissing her lips just as briefly as he had her fingers. She was speechless, stunned beyond belief.

"Is-is it true?" Danny asked, his heart squeezing painfully in his chest. Sam had been drawing away from him for a long time, and now he knew why. He'd missed her desperately as she stopped spending time with him, it had hurt to see her walking away.

"What?" Sam asked dumbly and Danny smiled. He sighed a little.

"Do you love me too?" he asked. He needed to hear her say it, desperately.

Sam shook her head and he felt his heart, which had been growing wings wanting to sore at the thought of her returning his feelings, was now plummeting into hell. He felt tears stinging his eyes as his own body began trembling.

"I can't believe you're actually asking this," Sam said, finally finding her voice again. "I've loved you for far too long."

"Oh god!" Danny gasped as he pulled her into his arms and held her tight. She buried her face into his chest and he buried his face in her hair, breathing deeply as tears slid down his face. He couldn't hold her close enough and wanted to fight to keep her pressed against his heart as she pulled away and looked into his eyes.

"Danny," she said as she smiled at him, she opened her mouth to say something more, but wasn't given the chance as he pressed his lips against hers. They'd been too far away from each other for too far long and he wasn't going to stand for that distance any longer.

He moved away before the kiss became anything more than a quick mingling of their breath. He searched her face again, finally tracing her eyebrows, loving the way her eyes closed and how she pressed closer to his touch. He feathered his fingers across her parted, slightly smiling lips then down to her chin before sliding his fingers into her hair as he bent back down and brushed his mouth against hers this time for longer. She wrapped her arms around him tighter as the kiss deepened and they sighed into each other.

They finally broke away and Danny pulled her into his arms again as he stroked her hair, they were both breathing heavily, needing to catch their breaths. Sam snuggled closer to him and closed her eyes, hoping she wasn't dreaming.

"Is this a dream?" she finally asked as she listened to the steady beat of his heart as it slowed slightly from its racing speed.

"No," Danny answered as they held on to each other.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Wow."

"Sam?"

"Yeah?"

"Can you do me a favor?"

Sam laughed as she moved her head so she could kiss his neck, loving as he shivered in her arms. "What?" she ask.

"Hold on to me," Danny answered. "And never let me go."

"I can do that," Sam told him and closed her eyes. "I'll never let you go, but I really don't believe this."

"Believe it," Danny said as he laughed.

"Will you do something for me?" Sam asked hesitantly as she forced herself to breath, she was still so stunned.

"Anything," Danny told her.

"Never let me go," she said.

"Never," Danny agreed.

Far Away
by Nickleback

This time, This place
Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too late
Who was I to make you wait
Just one chance
Just one breath
Just in case there's just one left
'Cause you know,
you know, you know

CHORUS
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
and you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore

On my knees, I'll ask
Last chance for one last dance
'Cause with you, I'd withstand
All of hell to hold your hand
I'd give it all
I'd give for us
Give anything but I won't give up
'Cause you know,
you know, you know

CHORUS

So far away
Been far away for far too long
So far away
Been far away for far too long
But you know, you know, you know

I wanted
I wanted you to stay
'Cause I needed
I need to hear you say
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I forgive you
For being away for far too long
So keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and, never let me go