Christmas evening. The city lights were on. The sky was sparkled with stars. Australia never looked this beautiful. Me, Mum & Dad - we were vacationing at Australia for a while - made our way towards Dad's business associate's house for a special dinner. We reached there an hour later. When we reached Mr. Robert's - Dad's associate - house, we were awed. It was HUGE!!!
We were greeted by Mr. Robert and his wife. Mrs. Robert served us some Coke and chatted with us for a while. She then called on his son to keep me busy for a while. He came into the living room and chatted with me for a while. He then gave me a tour of the whole house before bringing me into his room. Then I realized who he was. Mr. Robert's son was no other than.....

DARREN STANLEY HAYES!!!

I felt so stupid for not recognizing him earlier. No wonder he looked & sounded SO familiar! He showed me some photos of the band and even let me see some of the Aussie Savage Garden videos. I asked him where Colby was and he told me that she came earlier on but she had to go and visit her parents for the holidays. Aww....
He also told me that his siblings went to party with their friends so he was the only one at home. I told him that my sister was at London studying so I was kinda alone at home as well. We then chatted for a while before Darren's mom called out to us saying that Daniel was here and will be taking us out for dinner. We both ran out from the room and greeted Daniel, his parents and his two brothers excitedly. Darren introduced me to Daniel and we had a LONG chat. Actually it wasn't very long - only about 5 minutes - but it did seem that way. Since there wasn't enough space for everyone in one car, everyone decided that the parents were to be in Mr. Robert's car while the 'kiddos' - me, Darren, Daniel, Oliver & Jonathan - were to be in Daniel's car. Everyone made their way to their respective cars and went off.
At the restaurant, we were served up an excellent vegetarian banquet - well, not quite a banquet but close! There were Christmas crackers around us so us 'kiddos' decided to pull them. Lucky for me I was seated between Darren & Daniel so I got to pull both of their crackers. I got a prize out of Darren's but Daniel was luckier. Oh well.....
We were just in the car when Oliver - who was driving - received a phonecall from the car-phone. Apparently Daniel's dad is bringing the other adults to a show somewhere in town and was not sure when they would return, so we had to stay at Daniel's house for a while. Oliver asked me & Darren if we minded and I told him that he could go ahead with the plan. We then went off to Daniel's house - which, as we found out, was 1 and a half hours away. This was going to be a LONG ride......
I was seated in the middle - at the back - with Darren & Daniel beside me. As it is, I was sitting directly in front of the heater so I was the warmest. Darren, meanwhile, was seen shivering.
"Hey Darren, what's wrong?" asked Daniel as he saw Darren shaking. "This car's cold!" replied Darren as he looked at the front of the car. He then looked at me and grabbed my hand - rather tightly! I asked him to loosen the grip for a while and he obliged. Daniel asked him what was his reason for suddenly taking my hand.
"Well, since she's sitting in front of the heater, I decided that she's the warmest of the lot, so.....aaah! Warmth at last!" said Darren as he placed the palm of my hand on his cheek. I just sat there quietly, not knowing what to do. Daniel looked at the both of us for a while and then grabbed my coat. He pulled it off - which resulted in Darren losing his grip before grabbing my hand again - to reveal a sleeveless T-shirt and then started to rub my arm, apparently trying to get warm as well. Jonathan turned to look at me and commented that I was becoming a human hot water bottle. Boy did I feel that way....
I managed to get my arms loose from their grip and tied the coat around my waist before finding my arms being held again by the two. They kept rubbing it trying to get the heat out. After a while, they let go of my arms but got theirs around me instead. I was laughing at what they were doing. After a while, we FINALLY reached Daniel's house. Oliver opened the door and let us in. We hung our coat on the coat-hanger and walked around. From out of nowhere, Jonathan produced a bowl of popcorn, turned out the lights and turned on the TV. We all sat down on the floor and watched the horror movie.
"Yeargh!" I screamed as one of the scary parts came on. I grabbed the nearest thing available - Darren's arm - and didn't let go. I was SO scared, I was shaking! Darren saw my 'help-me-i'm-scared' face and held my free hand telling me that it was alright. I went through that whole movie holding Darren's arm and hand as firm as possible coz I felt so scared. I finally let go LONG after the movie ended.
Both Darren & I decided to sleep over coz I knew how long these shows last and it would be impossible to pick us up in the middle of the night. Daniel called up his dad's mobile and left a message stating our situation. He then showed us the guest room, which had a bed and a mattress on the floor. I was SO sleepy, I just dropped onto the mattress and fell asleep on the spot. Darren went to sleep on the bed a few minutes later. But then that was not to be, for I heard him moaning a while later.
"What's wrong?" I asked him. "This is just not right," Darren replied. "May I join in?" I couldn't hear what he said but I managed a tiny nod as a reply. I then dropped back into deep sleep. The only thing I heard was something ruffling and the only thing I could feel were slight tugs. I thought I felt something surrounding me but I dismissed it as just my imagination.
Next morning. I heard Darren yawning so I got up as well. Imagine my surprise when I saw my rubber-band - I was wearing a ponytail - on Darren's wrist and my hair let loose. What was more surprising, though, was his greeting when he saw me up.
"Good morning, my little hot water bottle....hope you are still as warm as you were last night....thank you for warming ME up!"
I shook my head in confusion. Hot water bottle? What WAS he talking about? My thoughts went into last night's incident in the car. Nah, that couldn't had happened, I thought, but then it might.... I thought no more of it and made my way to the washroom to freshen up. I & Darren then went out of the room only to be greeted by a grinning trio of Oliver, Jonathan and Daniel.
"What ARE you smiling at?" I asked them. They gave no reply. All 5 of us then made our way to the dining room. Apparently Daniel's parents went off to work early so we were all alone for a while. We sat down and had our breakfast.
Daniel was laughing at both Darren & I and I was curious to know why. After eating my last spoonful of cereal, I asked Daniel just what was so funny. Oliver & Jonathan heard me and started to giggle. I turned towards Darren and saw him slightly blushing. I still had no idea what was going on. The Jones brothers just laughed while Darren placed his face into his hands trying to hide his embarrassement. After a while, he removed his hands from his face and moved his chair closer to mine. He then rested his arms on my shoulders and he tried to tie my hair with my rubber-band. While he was doing that, Jonathan stopped laughing and told me why they were acting like mad hyenas.
"Well, remember what I told you yesterday? Well, that was just the case last night...." said Jonathan before returning into fits of laughter. I then looked at Darren who was smiling shyly at me. Daniel then continued talking.
"Yeah, and when I went to check on both of you last night around 2:30, guess what I saw? I saw Darren holding you in his arms on the mattress pulling your rubber-band off and playing with your hair!" "And when Daniel here told me last night, I went over to your room to see if he was pulling my leg. Well, guess what? I saw more....apparently Darren here has placed you on his chest and while stroking your hair, he...well...let Jonathan tell you...." continued Oliver.
"What did Darren do?" I asked. Jonathan gave me his reply, in between fits of laughter. "Well, while stroking your hair like a little kitty, he started... well, it starts with a K, ends with a G, has 7 letters and he did it all over you...mostly on your face!" "And that's how both of you were until this morning! And all this while you were sleeping soundly as though nothing has happened!" ended Daniel. I thought hard and then looked at Darren who was as red as a tomato. So THAT'S why he called me his 'little hot water bottle'! I just laughed.
"I'm sorry...I didn't mean to...I just got carried away... I'm so sorry...." said Darren apologetically. "Oh, Darren, it's all right!" I replied. "He's probably missing Colby," said Daniel. Darren nodded in agreement. I felt sorry for Darren, but I got worried for myself as well. I whispered to Darren what I was worried about. He was slightly shocked. "Oh no, I didn't do anything of that sort! You're still very much pure!" said Darren as quick as possible. I then smiled and rested on Darren's shoulder. I told him that he can use me as his 'little hot water bottle' anytime.
"Good," replied Darren, "for that's exactly what I want right now.....and this time both of us will be warm..... VERY warm....." I closed my eyes for a moment. I could feel Darren coming down on me. I felt something light touch my lips for a few minutes. I opened my eyes and saw Darren smiling and found my head on the chair, with Darren pushing me down. I tried to pull Darren's hands off but he was too strong. I was too scared to look. I felt Darren's lips touching mine. I just smiled. It went on for a few minutes but it felt like forever. Darren was right after all - I did feel warm.....VERY warm....
After a while, I woke up. Arrgh!



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