Chapter 3: Figuring things out

Danny paced back and forth in the living room downstairs. It seemed he had been doing that a lot lately.

His head jerked up when he heard the bell ring.

Finally…

He opened up the door and let someone in.

"This better be important Danny", Sam grumbled, "It's eleven o'clock, and I basically had to sneak out the window of my room…"

He raised an eyebrow. Wasn't her room on the second or third floor?

"Just follow me. I'll show you", he said leading her towards the basement.

It was Sunday night and school was the next morning. Danny had called Sam as an emergency. They really needed to figure things out, especially that weird transformation that had happened. They hadn't told the other about it yet, but it had taken them more than an hour to turn back and another hour to be able to change back and forth. Even though they still didn't have any real control over it or the weird powers that came with it.

When they got down he pressed the button to open the Portal. She gasped.

"I-It… You fixed it?"

Danny nodded at her question and closed the portal again.

"I guess now we know where those two ghosts came from", she said. He nodded again.

"That's not the only thing…" Danny didn't know how to bring the subject up.

"What is it?"

"Have you… been feeling strange today… different…"

"M-maybe… You", she hesitated.

"Yeah… And it only gets weirder", he said closing his eyes and took a deep breath.

Here goes nothing…

He concentrated on that weird feeling he had been getting a lot lately. He knew it was working when he felt those rings around him and heard his best friend gasp again.

"You to", she whispered mostly to herself.

"What?"

She didn't answer. Sam took a deep breath and turned around fearing the expression her friend would have when he saw her. It wasn't exactly what she usually wore… and that hair… she shivered.

Sam shook her head and concentrated, letting the two rings form around her waist. They moved simultaneously until they revealed a beautiful red head in a black dress that Danny remembered all too well.

He found himself staring at her back for a while.

"Sam? You can turn around…"

"I don't want to", she stubbornly said, "You'll probably just laugh at me… I mean look at me", she turned around as her temper clouded her judgement, "I look like a freaking idiot!"

Danny could only gasp. Beautiful… He thought, but he knew he couldn't say anything.

"No you don't", he said.

She rolled her eyes. That's when he noticed how they had also changed colour. He found himself lost in them.

"W…" Sam was going to ask him, but found that she couldn't as his eyes called to her in some way she couldn't explain.

They didn't know what was happening, but it was like nothing but them existed, and they liked it very much.

A sudden hand on Sam's cheek startled her, but what surprised them both was the minute they had touched, blue and red sparks of pure energy came flying out of them and surrounded them like a small tornado. The second it happened, it disappeared, and they felt themselves change back as they blacked out for a second time.

When Danny opened his eyes, he found himself back in his room.

What? Maybe it was just a dream…

"Danny! Your okay", he heard a voice say. He turned to see his sister Jazz sitting on his computer desk's chair.

"Don't you dare move… I'm going to get mom and dad", she said as she stood up and headed to the door.

He shook his head and took in his surroundings. His eyes landed on the clock beside his bed.

Midnight…

What happened after that weird thing in the lab? How did I get here?

Movement beside him brought him out of his thoughts. He tuned to his right only to see his best friend waking up.

She sat up and grunted in pain.

"What happened", she asked. He chuckled.

"What", Sam asked not finding anything funny.

"We keep waking up like this", Danny said. She gave him a small smile.

"I guess checking the Ghost Portal out was a bad idea", Sam said.

"You've got that right" They heard a voice say. They turned towards the door to Danny's room to see the Fenton family standing there with not to happy expressions.

"What were you thinking Danny? You could've gotten yourself hurt, or killed, or damaged some of our equipment", his mother wasn't happy at all and Danny couldn't even look her in the eyes.

"And on a school night? What were you thinking", she asked again.

"Um… I wasn't?" He tried.

"Of course you weren't", she yelled and then took a deep breath, "Sam, I've called your parents and you'll be staying here for the night. I've told them that you were tired and fell asleep. I didn't want to worry them", Maddie said in a calmer voice.

"They had someone drop this off for you", Danny's mom handed Sam a backpack, "and your dad blew up the mattress for you Danny", she explained pointing to the floor in front of the bed. He nodded as everyone left.

As soon as they left, both teens turned to the other with a confused expression.

"What was that weird energy going around us", Danny asked.

"And that weird feeling I got afterwards… Did you feel it", Sam asked. She wasn't one to talk about feelings but this could be important.

"Yeah… It was like… I don't know", he shook his head and went to get up but found himself in pain as soon as he tried. He turned to see Sam bent in half also in pain.

"What was that", she asked a hand on Danny's back, "Are you okay?"

"I don't know… Are you", he asked. She shrugged. She let go of him so that he could try and stand up again but as soon as she did they both felt horrible pain course through them.

She quickly placed her hand on his back again.

"What's wrong with us", Danny asked.

"It's like it won't let us separate from each other…"

"How is that possible", Danny asked.

"I don't know. Let's try it again", she said as they both sat up and kept a distance. The only things keeping them together were their hands.

As soon as they let go, an all too familiar pain coursed through them. Danny took Sam's hands in his and it stopped.

"What's going on", Sam asked as they both tried to catch their breath.

"I don't know, but what do we do now", Danny said.

"I guess we have no other choice but to sleep in your bed and hopefully it will be gone by tomorrow morning", Sam said. Nervousness shot through both of them.

"H-how do we do this then", Danny asked.

"We have to keep contact so we can just hold hands under the covers", she suggested with a yawn.

"But we're still in our clothes…"

They both blushed realizing they would have to change in front of the other

"Um" Think Sam… Think…

"We could stay like that and change in the morning… It might be gone by then", she said.

I hope.

They both thought.

"Goodnight then", Danny said as he settled down beside her, his hand still firmly in hers.

"Yeah… Goodnight…"

The next morning, Sam woke up to find she was lying on Danny's chest, snuggled up to him. When she went to pull away with a blushing face, the pain she had felt last night came back to her and she tried not to scream out in pain.

Danny's eyes shot open immediately as the same pain coursed through him. He sat up quickly and placed a hand on Sam's.

"There goes my theory," She said breathing heavily. Then she moaned. "And we have to go to school today…"

"We could always tell my parents we don't feel well and make them call the school", Danny suggested. She rolled her eyes.

Always the easy way out… She thought.

"We can't. We don't know how long this will last and people will start getting suspicious", Sam said.

"Well we can't show up at school like this", Danny said lifting their intertwined hands.

"Is it that bad being attached to me", the Goth demanded.

"N-no… That's not what I meant…" Danny stammered. Getting Sam mad right now wouldn't help at all.

"Then what did you mean", her voice demanding yet again.

"What will everybody say?" Danny said, "We'll never hear the end of it…"

"In case you haven't noticed… I don't care what other people think about me and neither should you!"

Danny sighed. He knew he wouldn't get anywhere with Sam when she was like this… and she was probably right… Although he would never actually admit it…

"I guess we're going to school then?"

"Yeah… Now all we need to figure out is how do we get dressed", Sam said, "And we need a cover story for people with too many questions, like Tucker… And Jazz…"

"Um…" Danny didn't know what to say at first.

"We could take turns. I turn around while you change and then you turn around while I change", he suggested, "And we keep our hands together the best we can?"

"Okay… We'll figure the other thing out after…"

They both got up and Sam went to the backpack Danny's mother had given her last night, pulling out some clean clothes.

"You look and it'll be the last thing you do", she threatened as she turned around at the same time as Danny.

Once they were both changed they heard a voice calling from downstairs.

"You guys better hurry up or you'll be late for school", Jasmine's voice came up the stairs.

They both rolled their eyes as Danny finished tying his shoes.

He went to leave but Sam stopped him.

"We still need to figure out our story…"

"Just say we're dating", Danny said with a shrug. Then blushed when he realized exactly what he said. Sam blushed also.

"A-are you sure", she asked clearing her throat at the beginning.

"W-well… It's the easiest explanation, right?"

"I guess… But something tells me Tucker won't leave us alone…" Sam sighed

"We'll have to tell him the truth someday", Danny stated.

"We just need to figure things out first", Sam said. They walked down to the kitchen, hands still intertwined as they tried to act like nothing was different.

They both took a seat at the table and each ate their toast quickly with one hand while the other hid under the table.

Sam looked up at the clock on the wall.

"We've got to go…"

"Are you sure about this", Danny whispered to her.

She nodded.

"We don't have a choice… Well a better one…" She stated.

"Okay…"

They both stood up and grabbed their backpacks before heading out the door.

Walking down the street with their hands safely together, they made their way towards Tucker's place.

As they approached the front door, nervousness coursed through them.

"Well… It's now or never", Sam said as she went to ring the bell.

"I think I prefer never…"

Sam rolled her eyes at him when the door finally opened to reveal their best friend's mother.

"Hey Ms. Foley", they both said.

"Good morning", she greeted, "Tucker is just finishing breakfast. He should be ready soon."

"Could you tell him to hurry up? We're going to be late", Sam said.

"No need", they heard another voice say, "Morning guys."

Their best friend stepped out the door.

"See you later mom", Tucker said as he started walking ahead.

Sam raised an eyebrow at Danny who just shrugged.

Their friend hadn't said anything about them yet… How could he have not noticed? Unless…

They both took a good look to see Tucker was too concentrated on his PDA to notice anything.

Both teens let out a breath they didn't know they had as they followed him quietly, as to not draw too much attention towards them, but it didn't work for long.

"What's with the silent treatment this morning guys?" Tucker asked with his eyes still glued to the screen of his hand-held machine.

"Just… tired", Sam said.

"Because…" Tucker finally looked up and smirked once he took in his friend's appearances, he tried not to laugh.

"I leave you guys alone for a weekend and you come back as lovebirds! Why didn't I think of this sooner?"

He was now laughing loudly.

Sam and Danny tried their best to ignore him, but she was the first to crack. She grabbed her friend's collar with her free hand.

"Shut up Tucker or your beloved PDA gets it", Sam threatened.

"Not the PDA", Tucker complained, "I just got its upgrades yesterday!"

She dropped him as she felt Danny squeeze her hand. She looked up and he shook his head. Sighing she kept walking with Danny, leaving a confused yet thankful Tucker behind.

"Hey guys! Wait up", Tucker said as he picked up the electronics that had fell from his pockets and ran towards the couple, trying not to trip.

As they got to the school grounds the bell rang signalling first period.

"My locker then yours", Sam said. Danny only nodded.

They went to her locker to grab her books, and then walked to Danny's. He couldn't get his to open as usual.

"Danny, we're going to be late", Sam said.

"Hey look guys. Fenton's got himself a girlfriend", a voice said.

"Oh no…" Danny moaned.

I don't have time for this…

"Maybe we should knock some sense into her to", one of them suggested.

Danny and Sam turned to face Dash and his two buddies.

"Could you idiots find someone else to annoy? We're going to be late", Sam said.

"Again…" Danny whispered to himself.

"Mr. Fenton, Ms. Mansion? My office please", they heard an authority-like voice say.

Not again… Danny thought as they all turned to face Mr. Lancer.

The two teens followed the vice principal to his office. The man closed the door behind them.

"Take a seat", he said motioning to the two chairs in front of his desk as he sat on his chair.

"I see Casper High has a new couple", Mr. Lancer said with a small smile as he saw both teens blush, "I hope, Ms. Mansion, that your influence on Danny will raise his grades a little."

I doubt it… They both thought.

"The other problem Mr. Fenton is that you are always late. I do not want Ms. Mansion getting into your habit", Mr. Lancer stated. They just nodded. "Now, off to class. I hear Mrs. Jackson is starting a new team project in History today."

Danny and Sam stood up and left quickly. As they walked down the hall towards History class Sam thought of something.

"That means we can sit together all morning and lunch will be easy. We just need to figure out the afternoon", she said.

"Well… Don't we have Gym after lunch", Danny asked.

"There goes my perfect score", Sam complained.

"Hey! It's not my fault"

"Whatever, Danny… Let's just get this day over with", Sam stated.

The day had been very long to say the least as the couple left the school with their annoyingly smiling friend. Tucker was smirking in an obviously teasing way.

"Just say it and get it over with Tuck", Danny said.

"I just want to know how it happened", he said his smile still not vanishing from his face.

"None of your business", Sam snapped.

"Okay… There's definitely something you guys aren't telling me",

"No there isn't", Sam said a little too quickly.

"Y-yeah, Tuck. Where'd you get that idea", Danny stated.

"Now I know something is up", he said looking at his nervous friends.

"Great… What do we do now?" Sam thought.

"I don't know…" Danny thought back.

They both turned to each other with wide eyes.

"Did we just…" They both thought.

"We did…" Sam answered.

"But how is that possible…" Danny thought back.

"I don't know! Get out of my head!""It's not my fault…""Well it isn't mine, either!" Sam snapped.

"Guys!" Tucker's voice made them jump apart. They grabbed on to the other's hand quickly.

"What's going on with you guys? You're acting weirder than usual", Tucker asked.

"Ha ha, Tuck. Very funny", Danny stated sarcastically.

"Fine, don't tell me, but I'll figure it out one day", Tucker said as he turned his attention back to his PDA and kept walking.

Danny looked at Sam worriedly.

"What is happening to us?"

"I don't know, Danny… Maybe we should tell Tucker or your parents? Mine would never understand… and end up getting a restraining order on you or something…"

"Tucker is a better choice. We'd end up one of my parent's experiments…"

They both cringed.

"I guess you're staying at my place again…"

"Yeah… Hopefully this thing will be over by tomorrow…"

"…When are we telling Tucker?" Danny suddenly asked her."

"…Soon?" She sighed, "I don't know…"

"Couldn't we just tell him and get it over with?"

"I guess…"

"Then I guess he's coming over to my place tonight", Danny stated uncertainly.

"Fine… You win. We'll tell him tonight… I just hope he doesn't freak out or faints or something…"

Danny chuckled. Tonight was going to be interesting…

(A/N): I know what you're thinking: "FINALLY!" :P

Well, I'll try to update faster now that school is out, anyways Review please!

- MJ005