Let me be the one to save you.

***Frank's pov***
“You know what? I'm getting sick of seeing Michelle like this.” Jaimy looked at me and sighed. “I understand what you're saying Frank. But we can't force her to sit with us or talk to us.” she said. “But something is obviously bothering her, and I wanna help.” Now Gerard spoke up. “Frank, if she'd want us to help her, she would've asked right? Just let it go for now.” I shrugged. We were having lunch at school, but Michelle was sitting alone at a table again. She had been ignoring us for almost a week now. If we try to talk to her, she answers us but it's so obvious that there's something going on. And even if she doesn't want to tell me, she has to. I don't care what Jaimy and Gerard say. “Fuck it, I'm gonna go talk to her.” Gerard tried to say something, he probably wanted to tell me to leave Michelle alone, but Jaimy stopped him for some reason.


I walked towards the table Michelle was sitting at and sat down next to her, without even asking. She was daydreaming, but when I sat down, she looked at me in confusion. “So what's up?” I asked. “What do you mean?” She asked. “I mean, what's going on? I know something's wrong, I assume you wouldn't just ignore us for no reason. And I haven't seen a smile on your face in days.” I really missed that smile. Fuck, that's so lame. I saw Michelle hesitate before she answered me. “Things have just been difficult at home.”She muttered. “Well, tell me about it, I want to help.” I answered. She shook her head. “You wouldn't like to hear the story. Sorry for ignoring you guys, I'll just try to act normal again.” “Michelle, you know I want to hear the story. I hate seeing you being sad all day, and I want to know what's going on. But if you don't wanna talk about it, then I won't make you. But, I'm not allowing you to sit at home everyday. You need to have some fun.” She sighed. “Do I have to?” I smirked “You don't really have a choice. You wanted me to teach you how to play guitar right?” I saw her face light up a little. She nodded. “Well, let's just do that after school.” “Ehm okay, but not at my place.” She said “Sure, we can go to mine.” The bell rang and we both walked to our classes. I wonder what's going on in that house.


***Michelle's pov***
I was in my last class of the day. I wasn't really looking forward to seeing Frank after school. It's nice that he wants to teach me how to play the guitar, but he's probably just going to keep asking about what's wrong. And I don't even know why he wants to know anyway. We aren't even such close friends. I'd get it if Jaimy would ask me, but why does Frank think he needs to know. He's probably just really curious, he always is. But I just really don't wanna talk about it. How could I possibly tell him that since last week, my mom has been getting drunk everyday with a loser that tries to touch me when nobody is looking. Not. It's been horrible. Me and my mom fight all the time. She's been really aggressive because of the drinking. When we got into a fight 2 days ago, she hit me and I had to cover up the bruise she left on my face. But it's nothing compared to what that Jason has been doing to me. When my mom's away for a little while, he tries to grab my butt or stick his tongue inside my mouth. I always try to hit him, but he is much stronger than me so it doesn't really work. And my mom doesn't even know what a jerk Jason is. Yesterday was the worst. She had to go to the grocery store and told Jason he could stay at home with me until she came back. When she was gone, he pushed me on the couch, climbed on top of me and tried to kiss me. I was screaming, but he just ignored me and tried to pull of my pants. I managed to gave him a good punch in the face. He stood up angrily and I took the opportunity to run to the bathroom and lock myself in until my mom came back. I cried the whole evening, just because of the shock. Not that my mom noticed. See? How could I possibly tell Frank about this. He would probably avoid talking to me for the rest of the year if I did.


When school was over, I walked to my locker, where Frank was waiting for me. He gave me a smile and we walked to his car in silence. While we were driving home, he was being really nice to me. We talked, but he didn't once try to make me tell him what happened at home. Maybe that wasn't even what he was trying. Maybe he was just trying to be a good friend. I decided to just try to have fun today. After all, Frank was the reason I didn't have to be at home right now. “Thanks, Frank.” I suddenly said. He gave me a confused look before looking back at the road again. “For what?” he asked. “For being a good friend.” We arrived at his house and he parked the car. “I will always try to be there for you, Michelle.” I didn't know if I should give him a hug or just say thanks, so I just nodded before we got out of the car and walked into the house.

Notes

Sorry, it's a really short chapter, but I've been really busy with school and stuff D:
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