Story Time 2

The Story of Miguel and Daniel (Part 2)

Undeniable Heat 

After Miguel and Daniel said their goodbyes to one another, Miguel could only hope that they would one day be able to reconnect. But as usual, pride stood in his way and Daniel had no intention to return the feelings Miguel voiced to him.

The summer came and went and with it, life moved forward. Miguel headed to a technical college, Daniel to university. Interestingly, Miguel's life was just beginning to walk down a very lonely path. With his cousin doing his own thing and his best friend in Atlanta, Miguel was going through the motions of life. All he could do was keep a brave smile on his face so not to alarm his parents of just how miserable he was inside. Unaware that fate was determined to have it's way, Miguel ran into Daniel again in a most unlikely spot, A religious place. After 6 months of separation from one another it was as though no time had passed at all. Miguel still felt the passion and irresistible attraction that only Daniel could inspire within Miguel's body. Daniel was still himself. His feelings unchanged, unaware or perhaps uncaring about Miguel's feelings but still determined to be "just a friend."

Miguel grew desperate in his magnetic attraction to Daniel. And that loneliness inside was just enough to push Miguel into a darkness that he was quite unfamiliar with but soon learned was his greatest allies in his path to achieving his goals....Manipulation and Blackmail.

As dark a path that he was about to walk, Miguel knew that he had two things going for him. His charm and his timing for destruction. He wanted people to feel the way he felt. Misery truly loves company. Loves it even more when it's been gained through manipulation. And Daniel was first on the list for Miguel on his path of self destruction. Miguel dropped out of school and decided he had enough of the educational route. He was ready to jump into the world of the working class and got himself a job working in a hotel. While this was happening he would occasionally talk to Daniel on the phone or online and every time they spoke Miguel could feel that desperation to hold Daniel's attention. When they would hang up or if Daniel would sign off due to Miguel's obvious and overly direct flirtation the darkness would grow. Daniel, who was at the time bouncing from relationship to relationship with various women allowed the flirting to happen but was in no way interested and eventually threatened to end their friendship if Miguel didn't accept that nothing would happen. Miguel was needless to say, enraged by this threat and also with jealousy and knew that these women had to disappear if he was to win Daniel in the end. So Miguel played the part of the fake supportive friend. He smiled and offered Daniel encouragement in his trysts even met those temporary girlfriends. And one by one Miguel destroyed each relationship. It may of taken him some time and there was much pain behind it all but Miguel knew which cord to cut and when to cut it and damned if it didn't bring Miguel closer to Daniel, but also provided the distraction needed as he sought out shelter from his pain of being alone.

Daniel had something really bright going for him in college but in time he fell off his path also. He got mixed in with the wrong people, the wrong crowd and he eventually dropped out of school, but not with the same purpose that Miguel had. Daniel simply didn't want to go. He was sick of living. Life dealt him a bad hand and the only path he could walk was that of suicide or a quick death. The sooner he was removed from this planet the better off everyone would be was Daniel's theory. He wanted to know why he was kept around and until that was revealed to him he would live his life dangerously. And that's exactly what he did. Daniel was living from home to home, doing a wide assortment of drugs, dealing some on the side and when he found no where else to sleep he would simply sleep outdoors on loading docks.

Miguel noticed Daniel's downward spiral and could only beg him to try and change. Daniel heard him but he felt that this was his fate. Miguel was so deep into his darkness that he felt that he could be Daniel's savior but only if he manipulated his way into Daniel's heart. Miguel's plight was a dishonest one. He once again encouraged Daniel to walk his path and to just be safe because he "cared." That's all Daniel wanted to hear.

Over the course of time, Daniel's money would run low and he needed his next fix or to pay off people who were looking for money. As luck would have it, Miguel had a job and was more than willing to help Daniel out, but only in exchange for what Miguel had been denied for so long. Finally Miguel had lured Daniel into his web. At long last Miguel would be able to show Daniel what he'd been missing out on and no matter what was to come from it Miguel knew that he would get what he wanted. Darkness, pain and manipulation was his ally and with that standing behind him no one or nothing was out of his reach, including what once was known as the purity of love that existed between Miguel and Daniel. As for Daniel, he was soon to discover that the Undeniable Heat between himself and Miguel was real and life would once again be infused into him.

TO BE CONTINUED....