Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 22:56:16 -0500
From: Champ <Champ@stratos.net>
Subject: Fate Interrupted

My life has been pretty normal all things considered.  I've always done
what I was told.  Conformist, some might say, but I prefer the old
doctrine, "always chose the path of least resistance".

Over my relatively short life, I've enjoyed a few indiscretions.  In fact,
I'm smiling right now, just thinking about some of the things I've done.
Over the years, I've been told that I was good looking and as most of us
know, the better you look, the easier things are for you.  That's not a
rule, just an observation.

Here and there I've had guys come on to me.  Ironically, most of this
happened during my years in the military. I won't deny that on occasion,
things sometimes happened.  Most advances I turned down, because that
really wasn't my scene at the time.  But there were a select few that I
felt somewhat compelled to "be with", in the biblical sense, if you know
what I mean.  I did a lot of growing up there, but I knew that the military
life was not for me, just no future in it.

After that I obtained the perfect education and got the perfect job.  My
life was finally on the track that I'd always wanted.  Okay, so my
girlfriend, Sera, wasn't exactly perfect, but who's is?  Sera and I got
along well, in fact we complimented each other perfectly. I'm a software
engineer and she is banking executive.

Although we both loved to travel, neither of us liked accompanying the
other on any business trips, besides the obvious scheduling conflicts were
just too much.  So my conference in New Orleans was of no interest to Sera.
Since this was the second year in a row, she bid me a fond farewell and
begged me to not go overboard.

The week in New Orleans went pretty quickly, considering the fact that I'd
missed most of the convention sessions due to my late nights on Bourbon
Street.

I did a lot of things that I would normally not have done.  Over this week,
I danced and drank heavily.  I even had sex with a female co-worker who was
married, at least at that time she was.  But the old rule of travel that
whatever happens on the road, stays in on road was strictly enforced.

Anyway, my behavior in New Orleans was way out of character for me.  I was
like a wild young teen, overindulging and partying like it was my last week
on Earth.  Last year I was pretty much sedate, attending every session, but
this year I wasn't going to waste a week in New Orleans without having a
little fun.

I thought, maybe I should get a new tattoo.  That might be cool.  Or maybe
get pierced.  Yeah, last night, I'd seen a muscle guy in a bar without a
shirt who had his left nipple pierced.  What the hell, I was drunk as hell
and thought that it was the coolest thing that I've ever seen. After
chatting the guy up a bit about his piercing I'd made my decision.  In fact
the young lady that I had just had sex with hours earlier was all for it.
She wanted to get something, to be determined later, pierced herself.
After me of course.

Next day, last day full day, in New Orleans.  I'd already decided the night
before that I would not be attending any sessions at the convention center.
My next appearance would be on the plane ride home.

My partner in crime and adultery was already gone to the convention center
by time I woke up so I headed towards the French Quarter with all I needed.
My shades and my credit card.  Walking down Decatur Street, I notice a shop
called "Rings of Desire" and thus my piercing fate was sealed.  In and out,
left nipple pierce cost me about $60.  No big deal, but it was painful as
hell.

Afterward, just walking made it hurt.  But to my surprise, the erratic and
sometimes excruciating pain kind made my cock semi erect.  It got me
thinking about the sex stories that I'd read about pain and pleasure.
Every time the wind blew my t-shirt against it, it hurt like hell, but as
the pain faded, the sensation was very cool.  The pain never completely
went away, but the height of the pain was far more significant than the
least parts of it.  Eventually, I got used to it, or was it the drinks that
I had later that caused me not to think about it?  Whatever..., I was
totally proud of myself.

In my sweat soaked pain daze I walk into a record store.  Ah yes... air-
Conditioning. I decide to look around.

"Beautiful Thing", a movie that I'd rented recently came to mind.  I'd
loved the music in this movie.  It was all 60's music, The Mamas and The
Papas.

After a brief search, I located the soundtrack for the movie. Just as I
reach for it I see another hand going for the same CD.

"Sorry, were you going to look at this?", said this guy.

"No, you go ahead, you were here first.", I said.

"Thanks." He said with a bright smile.

As he check out the CD, by the way, it was the only copy on the shelf, I
checked him out.  Tall, about my height and very good-looking.  Dark hair,
bright green eyes and a little tuft of hair showing over the top of his
t-shirt.  Very handsome by anyone's standards.  Very masculine, nice round
ass too.  I can't help noticing that about other guys ever since someone
told me that my ass very nice.  I even found myself checking out his body
surreptitiously as I pretended to look through the rest of the selections
on the shelf.

As if reading my mind, he offered the CD and asked, "Did you want to buy
this one, it's really good?"

"Is it?, I'd seen the movie and thought the soundtrack was cool", I said.

He handed me the CD and we chatted there as I looked over the songs.

"You want to go get a drink?", he said.

"Yeah, I don't have anything else planned for the day.", I said.

After introductions, I found out his name was Dan.  So, I paid for my CD
and off we went.  As we walked and talked, I found out that he was in New
Orleans with friends who were attending the same conference as me.  Turns
out that he's just along for the ride and not attending the conference in
any way.

As we approach Bourbon Street from the far end, he indicates a place to sit
and have drink.  It's open and looks very cool so we go in.  After a few
drinks I find out that he's on sort of a holiday.  He's just called it
quits with his ex- girlfriend and just wanted to get away.

I had to go to the restroom and excused myself.  After taking care of
business and grooming myself in the mirror, I was on my way out, when Dan
walk right up to me kisses me full on the lips.  As much as I think this is
wrong, my hands go right around his waist.  He caresses the back of neck
and sticks his tongue into my mouth.  Alright, so I'm buzzed! And this is
New Orleans for Pete's sake!

I totally hadn't got the fact that this is a gay bar.  All I knew at that
moment was that I wanted to kiss him too. Fuck, he was hot!  Big strong
body, hot breath, great ass, even better than Sera's.  It occurred to me
that men hold your body to theirs a lot stronger than women do, and its not
because of strength, it's the lust they feel.  Because I felt it too and I
pulled him to me like I thought some tidal wave was going to sweep him
away.  He did the same to me.  He was very suave and seemed to know what he
wanted.  I was very awkward and just stumbled away afterward.

Back, seated at the bar, I asked, "What's the deal here?".

He proceeded to tell me about all the hints and clues that I'd laid down
since we'd met.

"Oh, I guess I was putting out signals then."

"No, not obvious signals and since you haven't even so much as looked at
any other person since you've been with me, I thought I'd take a chance."

"All part of my plan to seduce you.", I bluffed.

"Well, you're doing a very good job.  I wasn't at all sure about you until
we kissed.  I was about ready to let things be."

"That was cool.  I'm glad you did it.  I certainly wouldn't have made the
first move.  You caught me totally off guard."

"Oh, and do you guard against just such things?"

"Well, yea, most times, don't you?"

He didn't answer, we just talked about ourselves, got to know each other
and later decided to go to my hotel room.  He and his friends were staying
in adjoining rooms so my place seemed the best idea.  I had a suite in the
sweetest hotel in town, so we went there.

After I closed the door we wasted no time kissing.  We both shucked off our
clothes like there was a porno film in progress.  No words, no hang ups.
We both knew that time was precious.

Our naked bodies entwined as we kissed.  His incredibly muscled torso, that
wasn't obvious through his loose fitting t-shirt, was so beautiful to me. I
felt a little ashamed that I'd not been to the gym in over a week.  I'm no
slouch, but, Dan's body is what we speak of when we think of male models.

As Dan kissed and caressed, he led me towards my huge king sized bed.
Underwear still at our ankles, he forced me back onto the bed.

"Look man, two things!  I have to go early in the morning and second thing
is that you will not fuck me!"

"You're leaving tomorrow?"

"Yea, I have to go back to Cleveland."

"Tomorrow though?  I was hoping we could spend some time together."

"Yea! Tomorrow, I'm on a plane and back home."

Dan seemed a little distracted at this point.  No clue what he was
thinking.  That was the problem with Dan.  He seemed to always know what I
was thinking, but I could never tell what he was thinking.

Then he started licking my nipple, the other one, the one that isn't
pierced.  I held his head as pleasured me and pulled him closer to me.  As
he kicked off his jeans, so did I, we crawled upon the bed proper.

Dan embraced me, in that way that can only be described as "I love you,
let's fuck!" without the words being said.

I used a condom nonetheless.  Dan's hole was very tight and he moaned a lot
as I slid myself into him.  His hole was very tight and warm.  As I slowly
slid myself into his body, I could see his erection growing stronger. It
seemed to me that he'd done this before.  I found out later that I was his
first.  He took my big cock like a champ.

As I thrust and thrust myself into him again and again I couldn't believe
how hot and tight his hole was.  His big muscular body and hairy chest
beneath me only served to engorge my already raging hard-on and incited a
feeling of power that I'd never felt before.  As I caressed his face and
head, sweat pouring off me onto him, mixing with his own, I felt so close
to him.  We tasted each other's tongues as I made love to this man, this
guy, this Dan, that I'd just met hours ago.  Later, I would realize that at
that exact moment was when I fell I in love with him.  He held me very
tightly and moaned that he'd wanted me all of his life.

As I finally came inside him, inside the condom, I'd lost myself in his
passion.  Dan's own passion had driven him and me over the edge.  I could
feel his huge, hard cock spurting between our bellies as I thrust myself
into him.  His asshole contracting with every spurt of his cum.  His hole
gripping my prick as if he would take it with him, into him, turning my
orgasm into a festival of bliss.  I was so fucking turned on at the fact
that the he came when at the same time as I did, that I yelled out, "I love
you!" as his legs enveloped me and his arms almost strangled my neck. There
was genuine love and trust happening here.  I knew it as surely as anything
I've ever known in my life.  I was in love with Dan.

We made love several more times that night, each time almost as intense as
the time before.

After about 3 rings I picked up the phone, "This is you're wake up call!" I
heard after I picked up phone.

Dan and I showed together, washing each other gently and really exploring
each other now, in the bright light of day.  Drying each other off, we paid
special attention to each other's erections.  I ordered room service and
while he ate I finished packing my things.

"So, you have to go today?" Dan says.

"Yes, for the third time, I'm sorry, but the company won't pay for another
night and I have to be at work on Monday.

Dan looked so fucking sad as I sat down across from him.  He hadn't eaten
anything from the breakfast cart and I didn't feel much like eating either.
I felt just as sad a he did after seeing his face.  I knew exactly what he
was thinking.  But, I wondered why such a handsome guy would be so bothered
by a casual sex encounter. I wished I could make him smile at that moment.

We exchanged phone numbers and email addresses.

"Dude, we'll talk!"

"Will I see you again?"

"Man, I feel the same way, but I don't know, I don't even know if this
conference will be held here again next year.  Even if it is, you live in
Los Angeles and I live way on the other side of the country."

Dan gave a sad little smile at that and got up and hugged me.

"Call me as soon as you get home, okay?"

"I will, I promise."

Dan walked out and my heart sank.  But I had a plane to catch, so off I
went.

I did call Dan a day or two later after I was home.  I had to wait until
Sera wasn't around.  Dan and had a great conversation.  We talked about
lots of stuff, things that were going on in our lives etc.

We started an almost daily email correspondence.  He kept urging me to take
a week's vacation and come out to Los Angeles for a visit.  Even though I
explained that I could never get away with it, he insisted that Sera didn't
need to know about it.  Just tell her it was another business trip.

So, I did.  We cooked up a very believable scheme and I booked myself on a
flight to LA for a week.

Dan greeted me with a great big hug and a crazy smile as I entered the
terminal from the jet way. "Welcome to LA!" he said.

We drove to his place in Malibu with the top down on his Jeep Wrangler.  I
commented on the fact that I had a Wrangler at home, but only had the top
down in summer.  He laughed and said, "I'm so glad that you're here."

His place was magnificent.  Huge house, right on the beach.  I'd already
known that he was a lawyer.  Entertainment law he'd told me, but I'd never
expected anything like this.  This place was fantastic!  I could only dream
of such a place.  Later, I learned that his parents were rich and his dad
was the senior partner at the law firm where he worked.

After I got settled into the guest room, Dan made me feel right at home.
We bellied up to the wet bar in the living room and had a drink.  We talked
and hugged and said how much we missed each other.  After a few drinks Dan
went into his whole history.  All about how his ex-girlfriend had cheated
on him with a good friend of his and how he never really liked her anyway.
That their parents had known each other, etc.

Looking at Dan now, he seemed so much more comfortable and even better
looking in his own environment.  I loved the way he looked, I had from the
first moment I'd seen him.  I kept thinking what the hell does this guy see
in me?  He's great looking, obviously rich and was that a very expensive
looking sport car that I saw in the drive as we pulled up?  This guy has it
all, what is he interested in me for?

As if by telepathy or more likely, just coincidence, he stood up and hugged
me close to him.

"Whoa, what's all this?"

"I'm just so glad that you came!  I didn't really think you would."

"Yea, well, I did, so back up..." I said with a great big smile.

Dan laughed and said "Sorry, I just don't really believe you're here."

"Believe it dude!"

Just then the phone rang.  Dan answered and was very short with whomever it
was.  Just a quick "okay" and he was done.

"There're some friends coming over in a few, they're cool.  Hope you don't
mind.  They won't be here long."

"No, no, I don't mind at all."

Sally and Rick blew into the house in blur.  They we so much what I'd
expected of people from LA.  This being my first time here, I only had
impressions from TV, books and the like, but they fit the mold exactly.
Very superficial and speaking in very sentences.

They were, oh so happy to meet me, but very cautious.  Rick and Dan went
off to the kitchen to speak privately, while Sally and I got better
acquainted.  She seemed to warm up to me at that point.

"Well, you're a very handsome man, from where do you hail?"

"From where do I hail?  Well, I hail from the Midwest.  Cleveland, Ohio,
exactly."

"Well, I've always said that the best beef is from the Midwest!"

"Yes, I've always felt that my beef was well bred."

Sally roared with laughter.  "I like you, you're very clever."

"Well, I like you too.  I don't know many people who can appreciate a good
piece of beef."

I meant it sarcastically, but Sally just thought it was the funniest thing
she's heard in a long time.  She moved closer to me.

Dan and Rick emerged from the kitchen.  Dan pulled me aside and dragged me
into the kitchen.

"I'm sorry, I should have asked you if you minded meeting my friends before
I just sprang them on you like that."

"Dude, relax, I don't mind, besides, they seem okay."

Dan leaned into me and gave me a big kiss.  So I pulled him into me and
made sure that he knew that I was on his side.  I stuck my tongue into his
mouth and grabbed his perfectly round buns.  This was the first real kiss,
in my opinion, that we'd had since I'd been here.  I held the back of his
neck and pulled his mouth to me.  Our tongues danced over each others' like
we were long time lovers.

"Craig...?", Sally called.

"You'd better watch out for Sally, she's bit of a nymphet, but relatively
harmless." Dan said quietly.

"So, they don't know about any of this?" I ask, meaning him and I,
together.

"No, not at all, in fact I wasn't sure about it myself until I met you!."
Dan said with a wink and smile.  I smiled back.

"Yes Sally, coming...", I said.

"Can you come show me how to fix this drink you make?" Sally said from
behind the bar.

Dan and I eye each other like, "What the hell is she talking about?"  Dan
goes into his room and I go out to help Sally with the drink mixing.  Rick
is now very sociable, he seems lot more at ease with my presence.

After throwing back a few cocktails, our little party is going quite
nicely.  And Sally decides that we all need to move it to somewhere else.
So we all went out and partied until the wee hours of the morning.  Sally
stuck close all night, while Rick disappeared into the crowd.  Finally, Dan
was able to tear me away from Sally so he and I could head home.

Back at Dan's house, he asked me, "So, did you have a good time tonight?"

"Yea, it was great!  First time in LA and I'm having a blast!"

"Good, I'm glad you like it, but the night's not over yet."

Dan led me to his bedroom where he began to undress me.  My shirt was the
first thing to go.  Dan kneaded my shoulders while kissing my neck and
chest, which made me incredibly hot.  I loved the feel of his hands on me.
I just stared into his eyes as he removed the rest of my clothing.  I can't
help thinking, what beautiful man Dan is.  He looked even better once he
disrobed.  For a moment we just stood there naked, staring into each other
eyes.

"What are you thinking about?"

"About how glad I am that you came and how much I want to make love to you
right now!"

With that said, Dan embraced me and kissed me long and hard.  Our hands
roamed over each other's naked bodies, touching, caressing, feeling.  Both
our cocks hard as steel and pressed between our bodies.  We lie down on the
cool sheets of his king sized bed.

"Guess I won't be sleeping in the guest bed tonight eh?"

"Nor any other night while you're here, not if I have any say about it!"

We kiss, we fondle, we lick each other and taste each other's cocks.
There's no hurry.  Dan is slow and very, very passionate.

"I want to be inside you." Dan whispers into my ear.

"I don't know, I've never done that before."

"Its okay, I'll be as gentle with you as you were with me on my first
time."

I was shocked. "That was the first time you'd ever..?"

"Surprised? Me too.  Until you, I'd only ever had girlfriends but I'd had
thoughts about it.  So yes, you were my first."

That was all that was said.  I gave myself to Dan, willingly.  He was very
gentle and took his time.

As he lay atop of me pushing my legs up to his hips I felt the head of his
cock against my asshole. I was very excited, but also a little worried
also. Dan reached into the nightstand for some lube and condom. He lubed up
my ass and then his cock.

He placed his big, hard cock at my virgin entrance. I just relaxed myself
under this big strong man. As he pushed forward with his hard cock, he
pressed his lips to mine. My asshole was a little more receptive than I
thought it would be.  After few tries and quite a bit of pain, the head of
his cock slid in.  I wanted him inside me, but I wasn't sure if I could
take it. I only had the head in and it was huge. As he shoved more of
himself into me, I thought that I wouldn't be able to take anymore, but as
he pushed forward, I just let him in.  It felt like someone was shoving a
very hot and very large tree trunk up my ass.  It seemed unbearable. But
just then, I felt my hole give way and Dan's enormous rod just began to
slide into me.  I knew he felt it too because he put his hand behind my
neck and kissed me hard, and slid himself as far into me as possible.  My
virginity was gone! Non-existent.

Dan lay on top of me, very still for a while and I my wrapped legs around
his waist and relaxed into him. At that moment I realized that he must have
felt this way too, when I was fucking him, but he never let me know it. I
felt full, full of Dan and that made me smile.

"Are you alright?" Dan asked.

With him lodged deep inside me, I was alright. I said, "Yea, I love you!"
He hugged my body tightly and I hugged him right back. I wanted him badly.

"I love you too." he said.

We kissed for a while and then started to pull his big dick out of me. I
felt so fucking hot at that moment. When he shoved it back in I let out a
loud sigh.  He shoved his dick into me with such force that I could only
relax myself and take it. He was in charge now and I quickly learned not to
tighten up as pulled out.  As he pushed and pulled his huge cock in and out
of me, he was staring into my eyes. He looked ravenous. The look in his
eyes made me so fucking hot that I realized my own dick started to grow.

My asshole was on fire. But I also had a deeper sensation. His massive cock
was driving me wild. As he drove that monster dick into my body, I was
getting such pleasure, I could only describe it as ecstasy.

Dan fucked me like there was no tomorrow. His fat cock stuffed my
asshole. I thought I was in heaven. I just held on to his big masculine
body.  All at once my body contracted, I felt my asshole clamp down on his
steel hard cock. I was cumming hard and I had no control over it. His dick
slammed into me and I was shooting all over us both. Just then I felt his
dick grow harder and he shoved it deep into me and humped his hips
wildly. I knew he was cumming too.  My dick jumped and spurted as I grabbed
his ass, trying to pull him further into me. It was like the first orgasm
I'd ever had. I couldn't stop and I hoped that he wouldn't either.

As his cock pulsed and jerked inside me, I knew that I would never be same
again.

Once we'd both calmed down. His dick, still way up inside me. He said, "Man
your ass is tight, that felt great!" I was so fucking satisfied that all I
could say was, "Yea!!" Dan hugged my body close to his and kissed me.

I slept late, really late.  By the time awoke Dan had already been up and
out to get breakfast.  As we ate, I felt a little uneasy and very conscious
of the fact that I'd been fucked.  This whole relationship had taken on a
new dynamic.  Dan maintained this crazy looking smile, which made me feel a
little more at ease.

"So what do you want to do today?  I thought I'd take you around the city,
you know a little sight seeing.  That sound cool?"

"Yea, that sounds good to me."

Just then the phone rang, so I took this opportunity to grab a shower and
get dressed.  I felt a lot better afterwards. When I returned Dan's whole
mood seemed to have changed.

"Something wrong?" I asked.

"That was the ex on the phone, she called to inform me that she was on her
way here to pick up the rest of her belongings."

"How long have you two been broken up?  If you don't mind me asking."

"We broke up the week before I met you in New Orleans.  When I got back, I
told her that I wanted her to move out. Only she hasn't quite finished
yet."

Dan went on to explain how he'd caught her with one of his closest friends
and how manipulative and seditious she could be and quite possibly the
biggest snob he's ever met.

Later, when she arrived, she let herself in.  Obviously, she still has a
key.

"Kate, this is Craig, he's visiting from back east." Dan said.

"Yes..." she said as she eyed me with some disdain and said, "Dan be
sweetie and go open the back of my Suburban."

"Well, its nice to meet you." I said with as civility as I could muster.

Dan explained to her that he'd had all the rest of her stuff packed
professionally and that it was all in the garage.  I helped Dan load her
stuff and she was off, but not before Dan retrieved his house and car keys
from her.

The rest of the week went great.  I had a blast going to all the places
that I'd only ever heard of or seen on television, in LA.  We even had
dinner with Dan's parents.  He lied and told them that we'd been college
roommates for a little while when he was attending Ohio State.  Well at
least the part about him attending my school wasn't a lie, but we'd never
been there at the same times.  When he was there, I was in the Marine Corps
and by the time I was there he was in law school at UCLA.  His parents were
good people and so its true, the seed never falls far from the tree.  I
could see a lot of Dan in his father.

I'd also had to tell a few lies.  I had called Sera everyday from Dan's
place to keep her abreast of what was happening at "the convention".  I
hated lying to her, but it was necessary.  Truth be told, I'd never fallen
for her the way I was falling for Dan.  He made me happy in that cool sort
of jock way that guys have when they're with each other.  No pressure, no
hang-ups, just good old fashion fun, with the extra, added bonus of great
sex.

To look at either of us, no one would ever have guessed at our little
secret liaison.  Neither of us ever showing any public displays of
affections, we just had a good time together.  I liked most of his friends
and I guessed that they all like me.

On the day before I was to go back, things sort of changed.  Dan seemed in
funk.  Finally, he admitted that he didn't want me to go.

"I have to go, I have to get back to my life and work at home."

"But that's just it, you could move out here and live with me."

"Oh, whoa, what a minute.  I couldn't just pick up and leave.  What about
my job, what about my girlfriend?"

"That's the beauty of it, there's plenty of work out here for what you do
and as for Sera, well, she'd understand if you just told her..."

"Told her what?  That I've met someone else?  A guy?  That sounds a little
Jerry Springer, don't you think?"

"I love you Craig and I'd do anything to get you to stay here, with me."

"I feel the same way, but I have a life back east.  I'll tell you what,
I'll think about it, okay?"

"That's all I ask, my offer is wide open..."

"Okay."

That night I woke up in the middle of the night to find Dan was out of bed,
standing at the window in the moonlight.  He had tears streaming down his
face.  My heart sank.  I went to him.

"What's the matter?"

"I'm never going to see you again am I?"

"Of course you will, you know how I feel about you. I have more vacation
time, I promise that I'll spend it all with you."

"Yea, sure, but what then?  Things will fade, you'll move on.  And
eventually I'll have to move on."

That thought shook me down to my very foundation.  The thought of him now,
with someone else made me very angry.

"Okay, I'll do it, whatever it takes, we'll work this out."

Dan looked at me and I looked at him.  This was insane, but something we
both wanted and needed.  We slept the rest of the night in each other's
arms.

The next day we came up a viable plan.  I'd go back to work, give my two
weeks notice.  The rest of the plan was just as simple, all except what I
was going to tell Sera.  I'd have to come up with that part on my own.

I went back home and followed through with everything except talking to
Sera.  Time was growing short and Dan was anxious to get me back out to LA.

Finally after I'd finished most of my packing and moved a great deal of my
furniture into my parents' basement and garage, I invited Sera over to my
place and we talked.  I simply told her that I was moving to LA for a new
job.

"Well, you've obviously given this a lot of thought and clearly your plans
don't include me."

"No, I'm sorry, they don't."

"Why didn't you at least talk to me about this, we could have discussed
it."

"To what end?  I've already decided and you would only have tried to
convince me to stay."

"You don't know what I would say!  You're assuming."

"I do honey, I know how you are and how you feel.  You don't stay with
someone for as long as we have without gaining a little insight into what
they're about."

"Yea, well I know one thing about you!  You're selfish and unconcerned with
anybody or anything that isn't about you.  You're having an affair aren't
you?"

"Yes!"

"Well, that explains it then.  So you're just going to leave and move to a
whole new state.  Thanks, thanks a bundle for at least letting me know."

Sera stormed out in a great big huff.

"Well, that went about as well as could be expected." I said to myself.

A few days later I was driving myself and most of my things westward.  The
rest of my stuff could be shipped later by my parents.

The trip across country was pretty uneventful.  Although I did stop off in
Utah to visit some friends, but that's another story.

As I drove up to Dan's place, he greeted me with arms wide open.  I thought
to myself, I'll never get tired of that smile.

We clicked immediately, things were perfect for long time.  I got a job in
no time at all and we made the perfect couple.  We were extremely happy
together.

Until the day our fate was interrupted.  Dan had to fly out of the country
on a business trip.  The day he was due back I was to pick him up at the
airport.  When I got there, the arrival scheduled said "Delayed", then
later it said "Cancelled".  Dan's flight had crashed en route to LAX.  I
cried for weeks and weeks.  I must have listened to the song "Fire and
Rain" a million times while thinking how lonely and afraid Dan must have
been.  Something of me died along with Dan.  I miss you Dan!