Drowning In Power (Book 2 of Danny Phantom Trilogy)

The First Step is Admittance

Moi-Moi: Happy Valentines Day everyone! May your day be filled with love and sweet times. If you're single like me, may you relish in the love that your favorite, fictional characters have. Lol.

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The first step: admitting that you can't control this.

Kagome liked Danny. Danny Fenton- the first person she had made friends with in Amity Park and probably the closest friend she had that she hadn't known from childhood. She wasn't sure when these feelings had started developing or for how long she'd felt this way, but she did know that she liked him. Granted, while she didn't feel as strongly for him as she knew Sam did, she still felt. She'd come to the conclusion last night and in an attempt to clear her head, she was currently taking Aki for a walk.

She had just been laying in bed unable to fall asleep when the idea to go stargazing had crossed her mind. Naturally, if she was going to go stargazing, she had to invite Danny. No one knew more about stars and space than he did.

Hey. I can't sleep. Want to go stargazing?

But it was a quarter after midnight. She hadn't expected him to be up when she texted. She was about to put her phone away when it had buzzed to life in her hand.

Danny: ur roof or mine?

She had immediately broken out in a grin. Climbing out of bed, she replied and grabbed one of her thicker blankets from her closet.

Urs I think. I'll bring a blanket.

Danny had popped into her room a few minutes later with an eager smile on his face. She wasn't sure whether he was happy to stargaze or happy to stargaze with her. It didn't matter so much when she had recognized that she had a similar smile on her face.

Kagome hadn't realized her feelings until about ten minutes into their stargazing. Danny was in the middle of explaining what constellations were currently shining brightly above them and she had been listening avidly. But after a while, it became less about listening to his words and more about listening to his voice. When Danny had caught her staring at him (without even paying attention to what he was saying no less), he hadn't batted an eye. Usually, she had been the one to quietly disregard his interest. But this time, the tables had been turned. She'd hoped that he would have just pretended that he hadn't caught her staring at his eyes, mouth and unruly hair as it blew in the breeze. Danny had surprised her when he'd smiled softly at her and taken her hand in his. And so, they had spent several more minutes like this- laying side by side with their hands clasped and eyes staring up at the skies (while still stealing glances at each other). She must have fallen asleep on him, because she woke up the next morning tucked under her own covers and the blanket folded and laying on the edge of her bed.

So, here she was- walking her dog while trying to decide what was the best way to transition from "just friends" to something more (or if she should want to transition). Maybe she could ask him out? There was nothing wrong with the girl asking the boy. She was almost positive that Danny would say yes if she asked. It was such a simple idea, but it held serious repercussions. She had already promised Sam (several times) that she wasn't interested in Danny. And even though she and Sam weren't close, Kagome didn't feel right essentially stealing Danny away. It felt like such a slimy move. Would Sam hesitate to go out with Danny for her sake? Probably not. But Kagome wasn't Sam. For her conscience's sake, she would at least talk to Sam first. Yes. That sounded like a good plan.