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Breaking Through	By : gardenrose Category: Singers/Bands/Musicians > Savage Garden Views: 4056 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. I do not know the members of Savage Garden. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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Daniel grabbed his jacket and let Elena out of the door first. They headed towards her car that was parked right by Daniel’s drive way.

“You didn’t have to do this, I am not gonna run away,” Daniel rolled his eyes getting in the car.

“You might not run away, but you might get distracted in about ten bars and pubs on the way,” Elena replied calmly starting the car and driving off.

Daniel looked back at his house. Damn it. He had to face Darren, he knew he had to. But the comfort of his house seemed so appealing at the moment.

“At least THIS you owe to each other,” Elena sighed. She was taking Daniel to meet Darren. Almost against his own will. How ironic. She smiled to herself thinking of the irony of it all.

“What’s so funny?” Daniel asked.

“Not much. Just that….” She hesitated for a while… “Just that I was going out with Richard for half a year, I guess I still am…”

“Wow….” Daniel couldn’t hide his surprise. Where was he the last half a year… “Wow, aren’t we all one happy bunch?”

They both let out a silent little laugh.

“Ironic isn’t it?” Elena asked.

“Absolutely,” Daniel agreed. “So who is dragging Darren to this little meeting?”

“Richard,” Elena said and nodded to herself, “Richard is!”

They spent the remaining 10 minutes in silence. Daniel didn’t know where they are going. He was looking out of the window and thinking… nothing, really! He was hoping that wherever they are going, drinks are gonna be served there.

When the car stopped Daniel was slightly surprised. It was a little open air café where he and Darren used to have breakfast in the good old days…

“Here?” Daniel asked Elena.

“We wanted to make it less formal,” she explained, “that is … Darren chose the place!”

“I see…” Daniel sighed and looked over neatly organized tables. It was too early for lunches and too late for breakfasts, the place was literally empty. No one was there but two men at the very last table, behind a little bushy tree. Daniel could hardly see them but it had to be Darren and Richard.

Daniel and Elena approached them and it took a few moments for them to sit down and organize themselves around the table. Only when they had sat down, only then, Daniel raised his head and looked at Darren. Damn. He was so beautiful. His black hair was cropped short now, spiked up at the back and messed up in out-of-bed look fashion at the front. He had a navy blue shirt on and … and Daniel didn’t see anything else, as Darren returned his gaze and looked into his eyes with such sadness and begging and pain… Daniel kept looking at him and felt his heart break into pieces… How in the world did they manage to hurt each other so much?

Elena started to speak and Darren dropped his gaze. Daniel sat back and regretted his weakness. He had managed to cut out of his life lots of emotions, he had managed to guard himself against feelings. Everything lost now. With one look.

The waitress approached and Daniel ordered a beer.

“It’s 11 o’clock in the morning, Daniel,” Elena commented.

“So what?” Daniel replied and raised an eyebrow at her.

She just shrugged and ordered coffee for herself and Richard. Darren asked for water.

“So, what I was saying…” Elena continued…

Daniel hadn’t heard what she was saying. He was looking at Darren’s hands playing with a napkin. His fingers rolling it up and tearing it little by little… His wrists had ugly bruises on them… Daniel shuddered.
Strange pain overwhelmed him.

“Daniel, you’re cold?” Elena asked.

“NO!” Daniel shouted back, “I am perfectly fine, can I ask you to leave me and Darren alone for a few minutes?”

Darren looked at Elena and made a little nod with his head.

“Alright, we’re gonna go and get a table inside, it is getting a bit chilly… Join us there,” Elena said and to Daniel’s surprise she squeezed his shoulder as she was getting up from her chair. Maybe she really wanted this re-union to work out, even beyond the contracts and record companies? Maybe she really was on their side? Or maybe she was another jealous creature in this bizarre world of Savage Garden?

Darren was looking at Daniel and waiting for him to speak. He hasn’t said a word yet. Not a word.

“Darren?” Daniel started out… He felt his feelings overcome his senses and he didn’t like it.

“Yes, Daniel,” Darren whispered quietly.

Daniel reached out and took Darren hands in his. He run his fingers gently over the bruises and saw Darren lower his eyes.

“Do you love him?” Daniel asked, not letting go of Darren’s hands.

“WHO?” Darren asked, not raising his eyes.

“Richard, or whoever else did this…”

“I don’t know,” Darren whispered and raised his eyes to meet Daniel’s eyes. “I don’t know Danny.”

How many times Daniel has heard this? How many times this shaky breaking voice has told him these words?

Daniel squeezed Darren’s wrists in his hands. “Darren!!! Wake up, you are a grown up man, screwed up and troubled, but you are a man and you should know something, at least SOMETHING of what you want; what you like; what you love!”

Darren tried to break his hands free and Daniel realized he must be hurting him. He kept holding on.

“I just want this to stop, Darren! Right now, I want us to stop playing!”
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