Danny couldn't believe what he was about to do. Over the past few months, Danny had felt feelings of more than friendship growing inside him for Sam. He had convinced to Sam to meet with him privately in her room where he was going to tell the goth girl how he truly felt about her.

To say Danny was nervous would be an understatement. Fortunately he had a back up plan that took some of the edge off. His contingency was to tell Sam that he was testing to see if there could be something more between them if things did not go well.

He had been flying while invisible for a while. He made it to Sam's place and phased into Sam's room. He saw Sam inside and reverted to his human form.

"Hi Danny," Sam said. "Now what is this that you wanted to talk to me about?"

"Well you see," Danny began, then realized that he didn't have any idea how to articulate his feelings. He decided to take the direct approach. "I'm not sure how to put this, so I'm just going to say it. I like you as more than a friend and I want to see if there can be anything more between us."

"Oh Danny," Sam said as though she had just gotten the best news imaginable. "I like you too. I have for what's felt like forever," She said as she embraced Danny in a hug. She then brought her mouth up to his and kissed him. He kissed back. After their mouths were intertwined for over 10 seconds, Sam became very uncomfortable and backed away.

"This isn't good," Sam muttered to herself. "Why did it have to be like this?"

"Sam, what's wrong?" Danny asked, concern and fear evident in his voice. "Did I mess up during the kiss?"

"It's not that Danny. When I kissed you, I felt nothing."

"But you said that you wanted this for like forever. You're not making a lot of sense."

"I know. For the last few months, I've been trying to deny certain things within me. But when we just kissed and I didn't feel anything, it proved that I can no longer stay in denial."

"What are you trying to say Sam?" Danny asked.

"I'm gay," she said.

"Oh," Danny said for lack of anything else to say. "But you said that you had feelings for me for almost forever," he said in confusion.

"I know," Sam said sadly. "Like I said earlier, I've been trying to deny this for a while. I did have those feelings for you, but you have to keep in mind that people rarely know what they want. You probably dreamed about being a superhero before you found out how complicated it makes your life."

"Good point," Danny conceded. "But what about you? I mean, you don't get along well with your parents as it is. If they find out about you being gay, they'll disown you or send you to hetero camp."

"Relax. I'm just going to stay in the closet till I'm 18. Then I'll move out and never see them again, just like I've been planning since I was 11. But what about you?"

"What about me?"

"You just said that you wanted us to take things to the next level, now you find out that I'm gay. Are you okay with that?"

Danny took a big breath before he answered. "I'll admit, this does suck. But if we were really meant to be more than friends, than this wouldn't have happened. Besides, this way we don't risk our friendship."

"Thanks Danny," Sam said, then briefly hugged him. "How do you think Tucker's going to take this?"

"Knowing him, he'll be ecstatic to find out that he now has a best friend that's a lesbian," Danny said, causing them both to laugh.

--

The next day at school was very educational for Sam. Now that she had accepted that she was gay, she found herself attracted to several girls without the feelings of shame that she had experienced before. Then there was the matter of her feelings towards Paulina.

Ever since she had started experiencing lesbian feelings, Sam had kept having thoughts revolving around Paulina being hot. She still hated the preppy girly-girl, but was also physically attracted to her at the same time. But now something had happened that made Sam see those feelings in a new light.

Paulina had recently been booted out of the school's A-list. Sam wasn't sure why the bubbly hispanic girl had been deposed from her throne of popularity, but that wasn't important. What was important was that in light of her recent self revelation, Sam decided she was going to extend the olive branch to Paulina in the spirit of new beginnings.

Sam wasn't sure of her motives with approaching Paulina. She told herself that she just wanted to make amends with Paulina on the grounds that she could change the former socialite. But in the back of her head, Sam felt the urge to do intimate things with Paulina. First, let's try being nice then see where that goes, Sam thought.

After school, Sam found Paulina and walked up to her. "Oh, great," Paulina said sarcastically when she spotted Sam. "I guess you're here to mock me too. Well go ahead, because almost everyone else in this school has beaten you to the punch so I doubt you have anything to say that I haven't heard before," she said, completely devoid of the bubblyness in her voice that she once had.

"I'm not here for that," Sam said. "Let's just say that since you're not one of the popular crowd anymore, you're not as bad as I thought. I want to see if there's more to you than what I've seen."

"In that case, you're going to be very satisfied," Paulina said with a smirk. "But first, I want to get some food."

And so Sam and Paulina walked away from the school together. Little did they know that they had just started a chain of events that would lead to outcomes neither of them had imagined.