"Let me kiss you all over...."

"Oooh, who's a naughty boy then?"

Michelle giggled as Daniel bit the cloth of her top hungrily. "I want you," he smiled seductively at her. He was relieved she forgave him about the argument they had the other day. It was all too easy saying he was just tired and wasn't feeling himself. But you're lying Danny boy.... you're lying through your pretty teeth, and you know it....

He wanted to forget about everything. Only the warmth and scent of her soft, womanly flesh in his arms, draped over his luxurious king-size bed with him. Her tangled hair was all over his chest, and he breathed it in deeply. How delicious she smelt, how wonderously succulent.

He proceeded to take off every stitch of her clothing and soon her own roaming silk fingers were also slipping off his. "I love you, my beautiful blond one," she whispered, breathing heavily as his boxers and underpants came sliding down. She began to kiss his chest all the way down, leaving a hot, wet trail behind.

Daniel lay back, softly moaning to himself. He knew what she wanted to do.... it was his special treat. As she slowly spread his legs apart, he closed his eyes, the fire between his legs was almost painful if it wasn't to be soothed soon.... he needed release, and he felt his muscles involuntarily tightened as his body quivered under her touch. "Ohhhh.... ohhhh.... " he murmered, gripping the bedsheets or anything that was worth holding onto. "Oh-oh!" He started to thrash madly around as he felt her tongue first teasingly touch him, then roughly take him to the back of her throat with frenized passion. She giggled softly to herself, Daniel was so ripe and juicy and so damn delicious. It was hilarious to see him so worked up like this.

But something else was happening. At first he couldn't explain it, it was all very subtle and it entered his thoughts his thoughts very quietly as torrents of violent pleasure shot through him. He sucked in his breath quickly and clenched his teeth. Michelle was at her very best, swallowing him with such ferocious intensity it hurt. He pulled the bedsheets a little more and he heard it tear. Just a little more.... oh god, Daz don't stop....

His heart turned icy cold as a wave of horror swept through him. He was breathing heavily in big, deep gulps, but it wasn't only because of the pleasure. He was frightened out of his wits.

Just what had he been thinking? His girlfriend was giving him head, not Darren! How could he even think of his name?! Oh shit, I was fantasizing about him! Oh shit!

But she bringing him closer to climax and he didn't have time to think. Beads of sweat dripped from every pore of his body. "Mmmm.... oh fuck, fuck, fuck.... " He was groaning louder now, begging for release. His body was getting ready for the ecstasy that would soon overwhelm his entire being. "Oh god........DARREN!"

Darren knocked on the front door several times. No answer. Funny, Daniel's car was parked prominently outside. He'd definitely be at home then. He knocked again, louder. Still no answer. The silence around him was unnerving. He cautiously looked about the quaint, peaceful neighbourhood. Nothing stirred. He was starting to get worried. What if something's happened to him? Jonesy?

He pulled the door open and was surprised to see it wasn't locked. Now this is really scary.... he's always paranoid about security. He gently let himself him and closed the door behind him. The binds were open, revealing bright light into the living room. He was contemplating about what to do next, when he suddenly heard a low shout come from the back of the house.

That's Daniel! He sounds like he's in pain! he thought frantically to himself as he swiftly moved silently towards the bedroom. The door was open ajar and another moan echoed throughout the house. Wha.... what was that?! He stopped dead in his tracks as it slowly penetrated through his brain that this was not a cry of pain or help. Far from it. His mind was ringing out alarm bells. Get away from here where you still have the chance! it screamed at him. NOW!!! But he couldn't will his legs to move out of the hall. The bedroom was less than a metre away and the moans were now more audible. His head and heart was pounding so hard against his chest, he feared he could give himself a stroke right now. It's Daniel.... Daniel with Michelle.... Would he even dare to?

He took a few trembling steps forward before peeking through the slight opening of the door.

Daniel was clutching the pillows and bedsheets, his face so enrapted with the moment. Sweet melodic noises were issuing from his lips. Michelle had her face buried between his legs, her hands caressing the inner thighs. Both didn't notice another person was watching them from afar.

Darren couldn't move a muscle. He held his breath as he continued watching Daniel's writhing form. Something in him stirred.... a current of mixed curious emotions welled up inside him. We twist and turn where angels burn.... like fallen soldiers we will learn.... So this is what he's like.... He ducked behind the door.

But that was merely the calm before the storm. What happened next the singer would never forget.

"Mmmm..... oh fuck, fuck, fuck...." Daniel was letting out his noises, his eyes shut and his chest heaving up and down. He was ever so gradually coming. "Oh god..... DARREN!"

Silence. Dead silence.

A soft rustle was heard, as if someone was getting up quickly. Then silence again.

Shocked. Damned shocked. No, that was an understatement. No word could ever fit the description of what he was feeling now. Daniel?? DANIEL??!! the singer mentally screamed to him. What did you just say?! He must have heard incorrectly. Yes, that was it. There must have been some mistake, some mistake.... but who was he kidding? He just heard Daniel quite clearly shriek out his name, for god's sake! But-but- But what? Obviously he had been thinking about him when she was making him come.

He didn't dare to breathe. I'm not suppose to be here, remember? His brain was yet again sending out warning signals to his limbs to move, get out of this place to anywhere, but he couldn't. He had to know what was going to happen next, no matter what happened.

After what seemed to be like eternity, Michelle broke the silence. "Daniel?" she whispered in a voice so low, he strained his ears to catch the soft words. "Daniel, what was that all about?"

Nothing. Absolute, total, nothingness silence. It didn't seem like he was even breathing.

"Daniel?" She raised her voice slightly. "What is it with you nowadays? Why-why did you just call out Darren's name?"

"Sorry," came the whispered reply. "It's not what you think-"

"Then what is it then?!" She sounded angry now, almost to the verge of tears. "Oh god, my own fiance yells out his best friend's name while I fuck him shitless.... !" It sounded like she was hastily putting her clothes back on again. "Is that why you've been so cold and distant to me? Because you want to shag him now?! IS THAT IT?!" She screamed out the last words and it rattled against the windows.

"Michy, no, you've got it all wrong!" he was crying out to her desparately. "Please, listen to me! I-"

"Stay away from me Daniel!" she shouted. "Don't you dare touch me again! As far as I'm concerned, the wedding's off! I realise now that everything between us was all a lie! That was it, wasn't it! It was all a lie!"

"What do you mean?!"

"Oh, I know what I'm talking about." Her voice suddenly became very low, as if she was confiding something very private to him. "But I'm afraid you don't, my dear. You see, when Darren left Colby and moved to New York, I knew the real reason why. Colby figured it out too. It also explained a lot why he avoided you all that time." She paused. "Do you want to know?" she asked him in a sweet, malicious voice. She gave out a short laugh. "God, you're so blind and naive Daniel. Really."

"Michelle-"

"Shut up!" she spat. "I'm going to tell you, whether you like it or not. I've been so afraid my worst nightmare could actually come true.... but they have, haven't they? So let me finally reveal the truth about Darren Stanley Hayes!"

At the sound of his name, the singer winced. But he stayed put, he wasn't going anywhere. Besides, they would hear him if he did.

"Darren loves you," she started in a dull tone, almost sadly. "He's fallen madly in love with you. That's why he started having those petty fights with his wife, that's why they had such a rough time last year. Colby confided in me she initially suspected he was seeing someone else, 'cos he acted so distant and lovey-dovey all the time.... but soon she discovered it wasn't just that, it was something a lot more. She realised for the first time the way he used to look at you, how he'd steal glances at you when you weren't looking. And it wasn't like he was looking at you as a friend too, she saw there was something else in his eyes whenever he would glance your way. Then it was the way he talked to you, his body language, how he'd always sit so close to you and ever so casually touch your arm here and there in interviews. It was obvious he was falling for you hard."

Daniel gave out a little gasp as he slowly absorbed the shocking revelations. But she merely continued.

"So I decided to check it out myself. Though I've seen you two together heaps of times before, I never really analysed how he would act around you. And yes, I myself was scared out of my wits when I saw it was true before my very eyes! I mean, c'mon, straight men don't usually get all touchy to each other that much! I realised that you never noticed anything yourself, so I kept it quiet. No-one knew about it either, only Colbs and I, about the attraction Darren felt towards you."

"No.... " he heard Daniel murmur faintly. "You're lying.... "

"Lying?!" she retorted harshly. "You think I'd actually lie something as serious as this to you?! Bloody hell, I wish I was lying!" Her voice was shaking. "Daniel, I love you. I love you more than anything in this world. And now, this happens! Darren, your business partner in Savage Garden, is in love with you! How can I get that through your thick head?! And the worst thing is, you seem to be falling for him too!"

In a second, she had packed up her things and ran out the room, heart-renching sobs heard all throughout the house. She blindly wrenched open the front door and soon disappeared.

Back in the house, Darren was inert as a statue. Whirling thoughts inside his already chaotic mind was making him feel dizzy and he surpressed a sob. This was insane! How on earth did Michelle and Colby find out?! He knows now. He knows and he'll never speak to me again.

He wanted to run. Run to anywhere, who really cares now? Everything was a mess, huge pile of mess. Whatever occured just then would change them forever and he knew it. Do you love me too Jonesy?

He was just about to quietly sneak out, when he heard something come from the room. He stopped and turned. It was Daniel. He was crying.