Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 21:41:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Kirk Landers <ilj4ever44@yahoo.com>
Subject: Dating and the Single Life- part 14

Copyright and Disclaimer:
1. This is a fictional story with fictional
characters.
2. No one is to steal this story under any
circumstances.
3. This story deals with relationships and not sex, so
if you're looking for a story with a lot of sex in it,
this isn't the story for you.

Hope you all enjoy.  Sorry that there haven't been as
many updates lately.  I've just been having trouble
thinking of new ideas to make this as good as I
possibly can.  I think I came up with some new
storylines that I think and hope that everyone will
like.  Only time will tell. Here's part 14 entitled
"The Confession"

Kyle, Marcus and David arrived at Kyle's apartment
having just come back from the club.  The three of
them were talking as they headed to the door.

"Things between Randal and Stanley seem to be going
well," David said.

"Yea, the whole time Randal was serving drinks he
didn't take his eyes off of Stanley at all," Kyle
added.

"I know, and Stanley was just as infatuated with him,"
Marcus said. "When I'm at work Stanley always comes
into my office and talks about how great Randal is."

"That's great," David said happily. "I'm glad things
are working out for him."

When they got to the front door Kyle noticed it was
opened up a little.

"The front door is open," Kyle said suspiciously.

"Maybe you forgot to lock it," David suggested.

"No, I always remember to lock the door," Kyle said.

"I'm sure everything's fine," Marcus said. "Come on."

The three of them then went together and went inside.
Kyle turned on the light and saw that everything was
in place, nothing seemed to be missing or anything.

"See," David said. "Everything's fine."

"Looks like it," Kyle replied.

"Well, I'm tired.  I'm just going to shower and go to
bed.  Good night guys," Marcus said heading to his
room.

"Good night," Kyle and David answered.

"I'm tired too," Kyle said. "You going to stay the
night?"

"Yea, sure," David replied as the two headed to Kyle's
room.  When Kyle turned on the lights to his room the
color drained from his face.

"Oh my God." Kyle said shocked.

"What the hell happened?" David asked looking at
Kyle's home.  The entire room was trashed, his clothes
were thrown everywhere, his tv was smashed on the
ground, all of his pictures were ripped and torn up.

"What's wrong?" Marcus asked walking into the room,
then he saw all the damage. "Oh my God.  We have to
call the police."

"Why is it that only my room got destroyed?" Kyle
asked.

"I don't know," David said comforting Kyle. "But I'm
going to call the police."

David went and called the cops while Marcus and Kyle
both looked around his room some more.  Kyle went out
into the living room area and looked around to make
sure nothing else was missing.   He looked closer and
saw that all the pictures he had with him and David
were gone.

"David," Kyle said calling him over.

David finished up the call to the police.

"The police are on their way," David said.

"The pictures that I had out here of you and me are
gone," Kyle said.

"What?" David asked curiously.

"This wasn't just some random break in," Kyle replied.

"Who would do this?" Marcus asked joining them in the
living room.

"I don't know," Kyle said.

The three of them all looked at each other not knowing
what to do...

Meanwhile, back at the club Jake and Tyler were
talking to each other.  It's the first time they've
talked to each other in a few days.

"So, work's going well?" Jake asked.

"Yea, it's fine," Tyler replied. "How are your classes
going?"

"Can't complain," Jake said.

"That's good," Tyler said.

The two of them both shared an awkeward silence.

"Well, I should get going," Tyler said getting up from
the bar. "I have to be at work early tomorrow."

"Oh, okay," Jake said.

"Yea, I'll see you," Tyler said leaving.

Jake looked out and watched Tyler leave.

"That looked a little uncomfortable," Randal said.

Jake turned back to the bar to face Randal.

"I know," Jake replied.

"You really going to let Tyler leave on that
uncomfortable note?" Randal asked.

"What do you mean?" Jake asked.

"Go say a proper goodbye to him," Randal encouraged.
"He's your boyfriend after all."

"I know, but things are still kind of-" Jake began,
but then Randal cut him off.

"No excuses," Randal said. "Go now."

"Okay, okay," Jake said getting up and going after
Tyler.

Jake went outside and saw Tyler walking away.

"Tyler," Jake called out catching up to him.  Tyler
turned around and saw Jake run up to him.

"Yea?" Tyler asked.

Jake then leaned in and kissed him tenderly.

"I just want to say thank you for being so
understanding," Jake said.  "I just really need time
to sort out everything I'm going through now and I
just want to thank you for being so suportive through
all of this."

"Anything for you," Tyler answered sweetly. "I'm
always here, whenever you need me."

"Thank you," Jake said gratefully.

Tyler and Jake both exchanged a loving look to one
another that they haven't expressed in a while.  Tyler
then left while Jake stook there realizing he needs to
tell Tyler the truth.

Back in the club Randal was serving a guy a drink when
he looked over at Stanley and smiled.

"You sure you're not bored?" Randal asked.

"No, I like watching you work," Stanley replied
smiling.

"Yea, I'm sure it's a blast," Randal joked.

"Well, knowing that I'm dating the guy everyone is
checking out is what makes it fun," Stanley said.

Randal smiled at the compliment.  Then a guy came up
and called out an order to Randal.  While Randal was
busy a guy, 6' foot, blonde hair, blue eyes, muscular
build, went over to Stanley.

"Did I hear you right?" the guys said. "You're dating
Randal?"

"Yea, why?" Stanley asked.

"How'd you do it?" the guy asked.

"What do you mean?" Stanley replied.

"I mean that Randal's never been the relatonship guy
before," the guy answered.

"I know, he explained it to me," Stanley said.

"Oh he did?" the guy asked. "So I'm sure  he mentioned
that he made it with just about everybody who's been
in this club."

"Excuse me?" Stanley asked.

"He didn't tell you?" the guy asked amused.

"I know that he just hooked up with guys in the past
if that's what you're saying," Stanley answered, "He
doesn't need to tell me every detail about his past."

"So, you don't care that your new boyfriend is the
biggest slut around here?" the guy asked.

"Let me guess," Stanley said agressively. "You tried
to get him into bed, but he turned you down?"

The guy looked at Stanley with furry and threw a punch
at him.  Stanley blocked the punch and threw one back
in his face.  The guy then charged Stanley and the two
of them flew on top of the bar smashing glasses and
bottles as the fought.  Randal looked on for a minute
impressed with the moves that Stanley was unleashing;
swift kicks, punches, blocks, etc. Randal then snapped
out of his fascination and quickly jumped in and tried
to separate the two of them.  The rest of the people
crowded around amused by the fight.  Finally, three
bouncers came up and separated them and took Stanley
and the other guy and threw them out of the club.  The
guy angrily walked off, Randal came out of the club
and went up to Stanley.

"What the hell happened?" Randal asked.

"That son-of-a-bitch was talking shit about you,"
Stanley replied. "I wasn't about to let him get away
with that."

Randal couldn't help but smile at how protective
Stanley was being.

"Thanks, but some guys around here probably have some
bad stuff to say about me.  Don't let it get to you,"
Randal said.

"You've pissed off a lot of people?" Stanley asked.

"No, I just have been working at this club long enough
to have gained a couple enemies here and there.  When
I used to just hook up with guys sometimes they would
want to date me and I just turned them down, so they
got pissed." Randal explained.

"I see," Stanley replied. "Well, sorry about the
fight.  I just get a little overprotective at times."

"I appreciate it," Randal said.  He then smiled, "I
must say, I was pretty impressed with your fighting
skills."

"You were huh?" Stanley asked smiling back.

"Yea, it was very sexy," Randal replied giving Stanley
a kiss. "Where did you learn to fight like that?"

"It's just something I've picked up," Stanley said.

"Well, since you got kicked out I guess you better go.
 I'll stop by your place after work okay?" Randal
said.

"All right, I'll see you in a little bit," Stanley
said giving Randal a kiss.

Stanley then headed off and Randal went back to work.
When Stanley turned the corner on the block he was
face to face with the guy he fought with just moments
before.

"Well?"  The guy asked.

"James, you idiot what are you doing so close to here?
 I told you to meet up with me a couple blocks down,"
Stanley began, "What if I was with Randal?"

"It's a good thing he's not with you then," James said
sarcastically. "Do you have the money?"

"Yea, hold on," Stanley said digging money out of his
pocket and handing it to him.

"Well, it was a pleasure," James said.

"Yea, thanks," Stanley replied smiling mysteriously.

Over at David's place Kyle and David went there to
stay the night since Kyle was a little shaken up to
stay there tonight.  Marcus had volunteered to stay
and keep an eye on things.  Kyle went into the living
room and sat on the couch.

"This has been a crappy couple of weeks," Kyle said.
"My mom, now someone breaking into my apartment."

"Yea, I know," David said puting his arms around Kyle
trying to comfort him. "Just take it easy, try and
rest."

David looked over on the counter to see the time, but
he noticed that one of pictures was missing.

"That's weird," David said quietly.

"What?" Kyle asked.

"I had a picture of you and me by the clock on that
counter, but it's gone now," David replied.

"Maybe you moved it somewhere," Kyle suggested.

"I might have, but I don't remember moving it
anywhere," David said.

"Which picture was it?" Kyle asked.

"It was the one of you and me when we were riding
horses on your birthday last year," David replied.

"Oh I like that one," Kyle said. "Well, I'm sure it'll
turn up sooner or later."

"Yea, you're probably right," David said.

At Randal's place Tyler was getting ready to sleep
when there was a knock on the door.  Tyler answered it
and was suprised to see Jake there.

"Hey," Jake said.

"Hi, what are you doing here?" Tyler asked curious.

"I needed to talk to you," Jake replied.

"Oh, great.  Come in," Tyler said.

Jake walked in and the two went over to the couch and
sat down.

"So what's up?" Tyler asked.

Jake sat there nervously, not too sure how to begin.

"I wasn't going to tell you this at first,
but....you've just been so loving and great that I
knew I had to," Jake began.

"What's wrong?" Tyler asked concerned.

"Um..." Jake started getting more and more nervous.
"Remember that one guy at my work?"

"The one you're attracted to?" Tyler asked.

"Yea," Jake replied.

"What about him?" Tyler asked.

"Well, um...him and I were at the store late the other
night and we were talking," Jake said at first.

"Okay," Tyler answered not really understanding where
Jake was going.

Him and I, sort of got to talking and....Tyler I don't
know of any easy way to say this to you," Jake said.

"Just say it," Tyler replied.

"Him and I kissed," Jake finally admitted.

Tyler looked at Jake and suddenly a million emotions
rushed through him; shock, sadness, frustration,
anger, etc.  He didn't know what to do or think, he
just sat there in silence.

"Please say something," Jake said. "Yell at me,
scream, just say something."

"Say what?" Tyler asked.  "That the one person I loved
and trusted more than anybody betrayed me?"

"I'm so sorry," Jake pleaded. "I never meant for it to
happen."

"So, it was an accident you two kissed?" Tyler asked.

"Yes, well I mean, it wasn't planned or anything,"
Jake replied.

"Oh, well that makes it all better," Tyler said
sarcastically.

"Please, it won't happen again," Jake pleaded.  "I'm
so sorry."

"You're sorry?" Tyler asked appalled.  "I gave you my
heart and you do this?  So, all this time when you
were acting all down, it was because of this?"

"Yes," Jake said.

"You said that you just needed space and I did that
for you, because I loved you I did what I thought you
needed.  Turns out you were lying to me too," Tyler
said.

"I know, it was terrible of me," Jake replied sadly.

"Yea, and the worst part is that you're not only my
boyfriend, but you were my best friend before we got
together.  So, not only did my boyfriend betray me,
but my best friend did as well," Tyler said.

"Please, we can still make it work," Jake replied.

"I can't even think about the idea of us right now,"
Tyler said. "I can't even stand to look at you right
now.  I want you to go."

"Tyler-" Jake began, but Tyler cut him off.

"Just go," Tyler demanded.

Jake looked at Tyler sadly and then slowly walked out
of the apartment.  Tyler's face of anger and raged
melted down and turned to a look of sadness.  The look
that you get when you've lost the one person you
thought you could trust more than anyone.

Later that night Stanley was at his place cleaning up
when Randal came over.

"Hey you," Stanley said greeting Randal with a kiss at
the door.

"Hi," Randal replied. "So, what have you been doing
since you got kicked out of the club?"

"Oh, just doing cleaning up a little bit, not too
much," Stanley replied. "Do you want a drink?"

"Yea, that'd be great," Randal answered.

"Beer okay?" Stanley asked.

"Yea, thanks," Randal replied as he went over to sit
on the couch.

"So, anything else exciting go on at the club after I
left?" Stanley asked handing Randal the beer.

"No, I pretty much think your fight was the main
attraction tonight," Randal joked.

"Good, I didn't want to hear that someone showed me up
tonight," Stanley said smiling.

"Yea, you were very impressive tonight," Randal said
leaning closer to Stanley.

"Really?" Stanley asked.

"Very," Randal replied getting closer.

"So, did my little 'action packed performance' this
evening put you in the mood to see a more 'personal
action packed performance'?" Stanley asked.

"Well, it got me in the mood to get a little action
out of you," Randal replied. "But I'm still not ready
to go full throttle yet.  I really want to wait for
the right time between us."

"Well, I'll take what I can get," Stanley answered as
the two started kissing.

Over at Kyle's place Marcus was cleaning up Kyle's
room a little bit when Tyler came over.

"What's wrong?" Marcus asked seeing the depressed look
on Tyler's face.

"It's Jake," Tyler replied.

"What happened?" Marcus said as the two sat down in
the kitchen.

"I just found out that he cheated on me," Tyler
replied.

"What?" Marcus asked shocked.  "What do you mean?"

"That one guy at the store he was attracted to, they
kissed," Tyler replied.

"Oh my God," Marcus said.  "I'm so sorry Tyler."

"I can't believe he did this to me," Tyler said. "He
was the one person I thought I could trust."

"I know," Marcus replied, not too sure what to say.

"I honestly thought I'd be with him for the rest of my
life," Tyler revealed.

"Really?" Marcus asked.

"Yea, he started out as one of my best friends and it
developed into this great relationships.  I just
thought it was perfect, that it must be fate," Tyler
replied.

"So, you broke up with him?" Marcus asked.

"No, I just told him to leave.  I couldn't even
think," Tyler said.

"Well, maybe you two can work it out," Marcus
suggested.

"I don't know," Tyler replied.

"Listen, if you really feel that what you and Jake
have is worth working on and trying to save, then
don't let it go," Marcus said. "Or else you might end
up loosing the best thing you ever had."

Tyler sat there contemplating Marcus' words.

Over at David's place Kyle and David were in bed.
David was sleeping, but Kyle was still awake thinking
about who might have done that to his room and why,
nothing was making sense to him.  As he was laying
there he heared a noise from the living room area.

"David," Kyle whispered shaking David a little, but he
didn't wake up.

Kyle then decided to go look for himself.  He walked
out slowly and quietly, when he entered the dark
living room he didn't see anything out of the
ordinary.   Kyle then reached over to turn on the
lights, but right before he did someone from behind
pushed him to the ground and took off running out of
the apartment.

"Hey!" Kyle yelled getting up.  He ran to the doorway
and looked outside, but didn't see the person
anywhere.  He closed the door and locked it then
turned on the lights, he was suprised to see nothing
out of the ordinary, everything seemed to be where it
should be.  Kyle then went back into the bedroom and
turned on the light and shook David until he woke up.

"What is it?" David asked sleepily.

"Damn, you're a heavy sleeper tonight," Kyle said.
"Someone was here."

"Who?" David asked.

"I don't know, but someone was in your apartment
David," Kyle replied urgently.

"What happened?" David asked.

"I heard a noise, then I went to go see what it was,
but before I could turn on the light the person pushed
me down and ran out," Kyle explained.

"Are you okay?" David asked worried.

"Yea, I'm fine, but someone was here," Kyle said.
"What if it was the same person who trashed my room?"

"Then that would mean that this person knows who we
are and where we live," David said.

"Yea, and that's what scares me," Kyle replied
seriously.

Over at Tyler and Jake's place, Jake was pacing up and
down the apartment thinking and beating himself up
over what he did to Tyler.  He didn't know what to do
or say, everything was so unclear to him now.  Then he
heard the front door open and saw Tyler walk in.

"Hi," Jake said hopeful.

"Hi," Tyler replied quietly as he walked in.

The two stood there quietly looking at each other.
Then after about a minute Jake decided to break the
silence.

"I'm so sorry," Jake said meaning every word.

"I know," Tyler answered.  "And I know you didn't mean
for it to happen either."

"I didn't," Jake re-assured. "I sware to you.  I
didn't want that to happen."

"I understand," Tyler said calmly.

"Does that mean that you forgive me?" Jake hoped.

"Let's sit down for a minute," Tyler said going over
to the couch.

The two walked over and sat down together.  Then Tyler
continued.

"Jake, when we first got together I thought it was the
perfect match," Tyler began. "I mean, the idea that we
started as friends and then turned to lovers, that was
something I never thought would happen for me.  And I
thought you were the one for me, but after what
happened, I don't see you the same way I used to.
You're a completely different person now, and I hate
to say it, but I can't trust you."

"I can make it up to you," Jake pleaded. "Just give me
a second chance."

"Jake, it's too late," Tyler said sadly.

"No, it's not," Jake said, not wanting to believe it.
"I don't want to let you go.  I can't."

"I'm sorry," Tyler said.

So, what does this mean?" Jake asked sadly.

"I think that we need to be apart from each other,"
Tyler concluded.  "I'm sorry."

"Yea, me too," Jake replied.  His eyes began to tear
up as the two of them starred at each other, the
relationship they once had was now gone.  Both of them
now faced an uncertain future, would they ever be able
to be friends again after all of this?

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To Be Continued...

Hope everyone enjoyed this chapter.  As you can see
from this chapter that there will be big storylines
coming up for Kyle and David, Randal and Stanley, and
Tyler and Jake.  Marcus too will get a pretty
interesting storyline, but it will be revealed in a
later chapter.  Hope you all will enjoy what's to
come.  With any comments, questions, or feedback of
any kind please e-mail me at ILJ4EVER44@yahoo.com.
Thank you!