Everyone searched the castle and they finally found a few bedrooms. Danny and Michelle shared a room at the end of a long corridor while the rest of the gang chose from the dozens of bedrooms offered to them. Once everyone had changed into dry clothes, they all gathered in the living room, barely finding their way in the dark, and Jason suggested that they build a fire.
Danny remembered that his father used to fill the basement with woods. The door leading to the basement was also stuck so the guys decided to go in by the outside door.
"They do realize they should have changed to dry clothes after they went back into the rain right?" Greta asked as the three guy went out of the cabin.
The three girls exchanged an amused look.
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Back in Springfield
"I would like to get on the first flight to Paris please." Carmen said on the phone as Pilar entered the room.
"What do you mean no?!?" she demanded impatiently. "Alright I will call back later." She said through her teeth before hanging up the phone.
Pilar was searching frantically for something in her mother's drawers.
"What's going on?" She asked as Carmen sat at her desk.
"Storms are raging over Europe right now keeping any flights to Paris from taking off until the weather conditionschange, and Danny took the private plane so I have to wait." Carmen almost spit out.
"Yes. He and Michelle went to a student gathering or reunion or something over there in Europe, where Michelle used to go to school." She answered now looking on the shelves, oblivious to her mother's evil look. "Why would you want to go to Europe anyway?" she asked, curious.
"I have some business to take care of over there....urgent business." Carmen said.
Pilar wasn't paying any attention to her mother at all.
"Tell me when you'll be going, i can go with you and visit some friends while you do.....whatever you do when you do business there." she blabbed a little distracted.
"What on earth are you looking for?!!" Carmen asked a bit annoyed.
"Nothing!" Pilar exclaimed with a smile on her face. "I got it!" she grinned as she waved a pair of sccisors in the air.
Carmen's thoughts of Pilar drifted away from her mind as soon as Pilar left the room. Carmen looked over at the telephone on the desk and then at the letter in her hand.
"Damn you Michelle...." she whispered through her teeth. "Damn you...."
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When the guys came back, Cassie, Michelle and Greta were all sitting comfy on the couch. Danny looked over at Michelle who gave him one of her sexiest grins ever.
"You find this funny huh?" he said smiling.
"No...I'd never do such a thing." she smiled back.
Eric walked in the living room holding Jason by the arm. As soon as the girls noticed that Jason had been hurt, they jumped out of the couch and rushed to him.
"What happened to you?" Michelle quickly asked. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine I just cut myself on something in the basement..." Jason answered holding his chest.
Danny started a fire and then joined Michelle on the couch. he wrapped a blanket around her and he sat close beside her, his clothes still wet from the rain and his hair falling on his forehead.
Jason sat in another small couch right in front of Danny and Michelle while Eric and Greta sat on the floor. Eric was drying his hair with a towel when Cassie came sitting on the couch beside Jason.
"So why do you think Princess Gine, your mother..."Jason started . "Has the key to one of the Santos' cabin?"
"I don't know. it was hidden on the back of a picture of me as a baby. I don't understand how she got it or why she was keeping it...." Greta answered staring at the fireplace.
"Well that's what we're here to find out." Danny said in a quiet voice.
"Yeah....I get the feeling we're going to find answers here." Eric said as he looked around the living room.
"This place is sooo huge." Cassie said wrapping her arms around her body.
At that moment they heard another noise coming from the corridor. this time it was louder but no one got up to see what it was. The storm was raging over their heads by now and the wind was blowing in the windows making every kind of strange noises in the house.
"and it gives me the creeps..." Michelle added.
Danny smiled and wrapped his arms around her shoulder as to reassure her. She looked up to him and graced him with a beautiful smile.
"So, I'm sure you had tons of storms like that when you two were studying here....How did you pass the time?" Eric asked.
Greta and Michelle shared a funny look.
"You know this is not a daily thing here....we didn't have that much thunderstroms when I was here." Michelle laughed.
"What do you guys do, I'm sure it happens in Salem and Port Charles as well?" Cassie asked wrapping a blanket around herself.
"Strip poker!" Jason laughed.
"Oh yeah definitely." danny said as the three guys started laughing.
Michelle hit Danny on the shoulder playfully.
"I've done my share thank you....any other ideas?" Cassie said. When Jason gave her a confused look she simply said: "Oh it's a long story..."
After a few more minutes of talking everyone agreed that, bored as much as they were, the only thing to pass the time was to go to bed. They agreed to have someone take care of the fire during the night. They would all take turns and Jason volunteered to start, followed by Cassie.
Danny, Michelle, Eric, Greta and Cassie all walked up the stairs as Jason placed a few blankets on the floor near the fire. Danny and Michelle said goodnight to the others before going inside of their rooms.
It was dark inside and Danny lit some candles on the night stand. Michelle looked over at Danny as she was searching inside of their bags. A smile curved her lovely face as she watched her husband, completely wet, light the candles.
"I'm sorry...I didn't think we'd be coming here right in the middle of a storm..." Michelle said after reminding herself that she had dragged Danny into this.
"It's ok." he said with a smile as he sat beside her on the bed. "We're in one of the most romantic places in the world....well maybe not this cabin but at least the city." he added. "We're here with very nice people, and I'm glad that we can help your friend Greta." Danny said
"It's not exactly the romantic getaway we had promised we'd take after this whole San Cristobel thing though...." Michelle said with a grin.
"Who said a dark cabin can't be romantic?" Danny said lowering his lips on Michelle's.
"You haven't seen the Blair Witch Project..." Michelle giggled before returning Danny's passionate kiss.
Michelle kneeled on the bed before Danny and slowly unbottoned his wet shirt, sliding her hand on his warm chest and making her way to his shoulders. Danny bent down to kiss her neck as he put his hands in her curly hair. The room was lit with candles and the rain sounded like an orchestra on the windows. In the small light, Danny stared at Michelle's soft smile as she slid his shirt off and let it fall on the floor. Danny softly wrapped his hands around Michelle's waist and lifted her baby blue T-shirt above her head. Michelle passionately kissed Danny as he lowered her on her back, kissing every inch of her neck. Michelle's hands grabbed Danny's back as he fought his shoes off.
Danny looked into Michelle's eyes and smiled.
"Do you know how beautiful you are?" he whispered as his hands released them from the only pieces of material that stood between them.
Danny always had this chill running through his entire body at the touch of Michelle's skin. It wasn't a feeling he could describe into words but he knew by looking into Michelle's eyes that she felt the same thing.
Danny's hair were still went as Michelle ran her finger through his curls. the passion she felt in Danny's kisses and the warmth of his body against her made her forget the place and the time entirely. The touch of his hands had a magic way on her that made her crave for more. They had made love many times before but each time was different. Each time felt like the first time. Every moan was different, every touch. Michelle could never get enough of Danny's touch. And Danny felt the same way about Michelle's. Michelle could feel Danny's tongue massaging hers and she wanted more. Her hands followed every muscles of Danny's back before resting on his strong shoulders.
They were lost in the middle of nowhere, lost with each other....They were lost in their passion one more time.