Just a drabbly, pointless one-shot. Because I've come to this profound realization and I need to share it with the world - you'll see it in a minute. And I've decided to branch out from X-Men Evo, finally!

Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom or any of it's characters. And I'm pretty happy with the way the cartoon ended, so I'm not gonna say that there's anything I'd change about it. Well, except maybe squeeze in more Danny/Sam awkwardness/fluff before the end. And do something evil to Paulina. Heh. Heh.

Sam's POV

It's Not Butterflies

They say that you know you have a crush when you feel like your heart starts beating a mile a minute, you get butterflies in your stomach, and you can't think straight. And when you can, your every thought is about him.

I agree wholeheartedly. Except for the bit about butterflies. That, not so much.

Butterflies are when you get up onstage in front of a huge audience and suddenly you're not sure you remember what you're doing up there.

Butterflies are when you are falling off a building from a precariously balanced giant celebrity stand-up poster* because your idiot friend tipped it over.

Butterflies are when you eat the meat surprise lunch from the cafeteria and get a stomach bug for a week.

Overall, not pleasant.

So maybe the whole heart-beating-so-loud-you-swear-the-entire-school-can-hear-it, and not being able to form coherent thoughts gets a little annoying after a while, but they're generally kinda nice. You're left feeling breathless and with this adrenaline rush that makes you feel like you just got off a roller coaster. Or you end up looking like an asthmatic who just ran a mile to see Alex Pettyfer, but not the point.

No, I have properly identified that feeling in the pit of your stomach when you feel like you're a teddy bear made of stuffing and you're all light and fluffy and feel like you're flying on a cloud.

Now, I'm not saying explicitly that I know how this feels firsthand, I've just… heard… a lot about it. From other people.

And I may or may not have experienced some of these symptoms. Some of them.

And I'm not saying who.

But that is what it feels like when my phone vibrates on my stomach when he texts me.

Don't laugh - that is exactly it.

When you're lying on your bed, your phone on your tummy, waiting for him to text you back because you have nothing better to do (or nothing else you'd rather be doing), that is exactly what it feels like. And what's even better is that you get that feeling anyway from just thinking about him, so it's double feeling for one little text.

Think about it.

It's not butterflies.

It's true! *nods feverently*

…Not that I know anything about what I'm talking about. :]P

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~ J.