Daniel was eighteen years old, with a trim hard body, jet black hair and eyes to match that could burn through you when they stared. He was one of the fastest swimmers in his Georgia high school, and he took no crap from anyone.
On this particular day, like so many days, he was out in his apartment pool doing laps, churning them out with a speed and an intensity that was truly remarkable. He was driven by the state meet was just one week away and he wanted that trophy, bad! Consequently, he was pushing himself hard, and spending more time in the water than he was out. His body cut the cool water like a knife, and his arms seemed to fly through it, pushing him forward relentlessly. For the last two weeks he had been spending all of his spare time at the pool, either practicing at the high school or doing laps at the apartment complex. Today, like so many days, he was being watched, and there were more than a few girls sunbathing at the edge of the pool under the heat of the Saturday sun. Daniel was proud of his body, and proud of his abilities, and he knew he looked sexy, and he enjoyed being stared at. Simply put, he was hot, and he knew it.
Daniel had one of those perfect adolescent bodies, the kind that really stand out when the only thing worn is a Speedo bathing suit. He liked the tightness of it, and the way it barely covered his body. He also liked the way it made all the girls stare and long for him. That was the best thing of all, oh how he loved to catch people looking, wishing their body was half what his was. He loved a crowd! Yeah, its was as much fun to walk the poolside at the meets and feel the envy as it was to win the trophies.
Today, he was being bothered. He should have waited until later, but his school had been closed and he had been too impatient to get in the water. Besides, there were some advantages of working out in mid-afternoon, and chief among them were the girls that would be there to watch. And they were there now, and he enjoyed showing off his body as much as anything, so he didn't mind a few distractions and up until now he had been enjoying the stares. But today, his swimming was not going well and his practice was all but a waste of time.
In the pool, splashing and carrying on liked they owned the pool or something, was a group of three older guys who were too busy playing to care about his laps or what he was working on. As they cannon-balled off the sides and took turns splashing each other, they generated waves and didn't seem to care what he was trying to do. Two of the guys were nineteen, and the older boy was just twenty by a week. The guys were all friends from the local college, and right now they were just being obnoxious to everyone. Their language was crude, and more than a few of the people around the pool were annoyed at their behavior. They didn't seem to care, or notice. They had their skater looks to match. Their hair was a little on the wild side, the ends bleached and short. Two of them had been in the high school swim team last year before they graduated. With a tremendous show, the youngest of the three boys cannon-balled off the diving board, and landed directly next to the swimming senior. With the impact and the concussion that reverberated into the water, Daniel's concentration was totally interrupted and his rhythm he had been working on was gone with it.
Finally, he could stand it no more, and as he reached the shallow end he gave up, and pulled himself from the water, exiting the pool with a single push. One of the girls smiled at him, and as she watched the water running off his perfect body, you could almost feel her teenage desire just hanging in the air. Daniel smiled back at her, stealing a glance at her tits as he did. Then, turning to face the college guys, his face screwed into a look of disgust. Then, he made the remarks that started what would later come back to haunt him.
"God you faggots are brats...think you're so fucking cooooool with your stupid skateboards and your tiny little dicks."
The oldest boy of the group, a lad just twenty and who went by the name of Sidney, was standing directly next to the high school senior when he had pulled himself from the water, and now his eyes were flush with the center of the taller boy's smooth chest. Still, even though he was small in stature, he didn't seem to be afraid, and his blue eyes radiated an air of haughtiness as he looked up at the senior. He threw his head back, bouncing his blond hair out of his eyes with a well-practiced motion. As his friends gazed on at him, their looks encouraging him further, everyone was wondering what was about to happen. The air was thick with the tension, staring at each other and everyone looking on with interest. The older lad didn't flinch and he never looked away. Then, while the poolside audience watched, he started to speak, and he made sure he was speaking loud enough so EVERYONE could hear him.
"Hey hotshot-you don't own this pool! You think your so damn cool--well fuck YOU!"