Stick By Me, I'll Stick By You

I woke up the next day, feeling rather well-rested. I picked up my phone to look through my messages and found a cute text, of course, from Frank. I hurriedly opened it and couldn't help but giggle.

Gooooood morning, sunshine! our date yesterday was so short, now that i thought about it again. how about u and i grab some lunch and i can take u on a tour around here. you'll love it. hit me up! xofrnk

Now wasn't that just the cutest thing ever? He's willing to take me around New York! Of course I couldn't say no to that. I quickly called him.

"Hello?"

"Hi Frank! I saw your text,"

"Oh hey, Lou! Yeah? So what do you say?" I could hear him grinning through the phone.

"That sounds very lovely! But I have to finish a couple paperworks for my college first, okay?"

"Yeah, sure. What time do you want me to pick you up?"

"Is 11 okay?" I looked at the clock above my door. 7.30. I still had lots of time to do it, saves me a little time to get ready.

"Absolutely! So I'll catch you later, yeah? Bye!"

"Okay, great, yeah! Bye Frank!"

I hung up the phone and lazily walked outside to make some coffee, but of course, Gerard beat me to it. "Hiya, Lou." He looked over me while still reading the newspaper. "Since when do you read newspaper?" I mocked him as he rolled his eyes. "I'm 22, Lou. I need to know stuffs." He snickered and focused back to the newspaper. He's never been into sports and news, let alone politics. I think he was just reading a-- "And no, I'm not only reading the funnies." Damn it. When did he become so mature?! "Jesus, Gee. I didn't even say anything." I took a sip of my coffee. "You don't have to, I can read you like a children's book!" True, I'm really bad at trying to hide anything. Even what's going on through my head. "Anyway, you enjoy that precious little newspaper of yours. Now if you'll excuse me, I got some paperworks to do. Toodle-oo!" I patted his head and went back to my room. I went to my desk to finish the remaining paperworks for my college. I picked up a shitload stack of paper and started doing them.

I was finally done with them and did a time-check. 10.00. Great, I still had an hour to get ready. I put my paperworks aside and started looking for something to wear. (A/N: check out lou's outfit in the notes section!) After I found them, I went to shower and quickly changed. I let my curly hair be as it is, and I put on eyeliner and a thin layer of lip tint. I never really liked too much make up. I looked at the clock again. 10.56. Frank should be here any minute now.

I grabbed the essentials and shoved it down my bag. I think I might be forgetting something. I scanned the whole room but couldn't recall what I might forget. I shrugged it off, probably just my feeling. I got out of my room and went to the living room to find Gerard and Frank playing xbox. Frank seemed to notice me standing in the hallway, because he quickly paused the game they're playing. "Hey! You can't do that!" Gerard didn't seem to enjoy that very much. I did. Frank just ignored him, walked up to me and nudged me. " Hey, beautiful. Ready to go?" "Yep!" Gerard turned around to face us, and loudly aww'ed. "Have fun! But not TOO much fun, if you know what I mean!" God damn it Gerard. "Fuck off." I scoffed at Gee, and smiled back to Frank. We walked to the front door, smiling awkwardly at each other. "Gee, we're going! I might be out until late, so call me if you need anything. Bye, love you!" I blew Gee a kiss before Frank opened the door for me. "Yeah, okay, bye," He was still somewhat playing the game which Frank quitted. As Frank was about to close the door, he yelled, "Bye, baby boo! I love you!" to Gee and did a really gross kissy-noise. Gerard paused his game and yelled back. "BYE, HONEY! I LOVE YOU MORE!" I swear to God, why is this guy my brother?

He took me to a small restaurant and we had lunch there. We talked all the way through, I loved it. We felt like we’ve known each other for years. After we were done with our meals, he asked for the bill. When I took out my wallet, he quickly put his credit card and shoo’ed the waiter before I could even say anything. “Wha--” “On me.” He smiled and held my hand. “Aww, you really didn’t have to do that, Frankie!”

His face quickly dropped as soon as he heard that. Shit. What did I do? “What’s wrong?” I stared in confusion, questioning him. His face still blank, and he swallowed a rising lump in his throat. Was he going to cry?! Oh God, did I cause this? “Frank,” I was starting to get worried. He snapped back to reality, staring at me apologetically. “Oh, shit, sorry Lou. I just...fuck. Sorry...” He was all over the place. I couldn’t stand seeing him like this, so I stood up and gave him a long, lingering hug. “It’s okay, Frank. It’s not your fault. What’s wrong?” It took him a while before he responded to my hug. “Frank, do you wanna talk about this?” I heard faint sniffles, as if he was silently crying. I wasn’t demanding for an answer right away, I just wanted him to feel better...

Notes

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Lou's outfit!