We're All Full Of Lies

Lunch finally rolled around after what seemed like an eternity of pure boredom. I dumped my books at my locker and checked my phone to see if Frank had text me. I saw him for only a split second this morning and he looked like someone had tried to kill him. His face was white as a ghost and his hair and clothing was a complete mess, I had asked him what was wrong but he just said he’d text me and we would talk later. I slammed my locker shut, the metal sending a shrill call down the nearly empty hallways.

“You alright there, Mira?” Ray appeared out of nowhere cocking an eyebrow at the slamming of my locker.
“Oh uh yeah, you haven’t seen Frank by any chance?” I asked hoping to god he had, I was really concerned about his welfare for some reason. Something just didn’t feel right.
“Uh no sorry, but I just wanted to ask you to tell Mikey that I’m working on some stuff for music so I won’t be at lunch” Ray smiled at me.
“Yeah sure thing” I returned the smile before Ray headed off down the hall with a noticeable spring in his step sending the mass of curls on his head bobbing up and down.

I turned on my heel and headed in the opposite direction of Ray, towards the large glass doors that lead to the outdoor area of the school. The breeze hit me the second I stepped outside. I retracted my hands into the sleeves of my hoodie and looked around for Mikey and hopefully Frank. My eyes locked on Mikey consoling a distressed Frank underneath a tree across the sporting field. I’m not sure why but my legs decided to sprint across the field. I fell down to my knees in front of Mikey and Frank puffing.

“Are-you-guy-guys-o-ok-okay?” I struggled to get enough air in my lungs as I spoke.
“Last nigh-“ Frank began but was cut off by Mikey.
“Wait! No, Frank just hold on a minute, I uh need to apologise first” Mikey scratched the back of his head awkwardly before making eye contact with me, “I, uh, I’m sorry about not believing you this morning”
“Huh? I mean thanks but what’s this got to do with anything?” My eyes darted between the pair. I was so confused and I was sure it was evident on my face.
“Better tell her Frank” Mikey smiled at the small boy who sat next to him
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“Last night, I was in the shower and I heard some noises coming from the kitchen, I thought it could have been one of my parents so I didn’t pay much attention, but then I heard noises from inside the bathroom like someone was going through the cabinets and knocking over bottles and whatnot. I didn’t see the silhouette of anyone as I was in the shower at the time, but when I got out the medicine cabinet was wide open and all the bottles were strewn across the floor and the bathroom door was wide open even though I had locked it. I asked my parents and they told me they hadn’t been upstairs all evening. I was pretty freaked out at this point but I went to bed and didn’t think too much of it.” Frank stammered a bit at this point, obviously not wanting to continue with his recollection.

“Come on Frank this is the most important part, you gotta tell her” Mikey cooed gently.
“Ri-right, okay so in the middle of the night I woke up and there was a figure at the end of my bed, I instantly thought of the murders that have been happening and I was terrified I was about to get murdered by some whacko. I closed my eyes for just a second and then my bedroom window seemed to almost explode on its own , the figure was gone. But the weirdest thing is that when I turned on the light to inspect the damage there was like a black goop all over the window, I tried to rub it off but it was all sticky and thick” Frank looked down and fidgeted with his hands.

My face was one of pure shock, my jaw hung slack as I grabbed Frank’s shoulders and stared into his eyes, “Did Mikey tell you about what happened to me last night?” Frank simply nodded.
“That’s why I apologised, I mean for you to have dreamt it or thought you saw it yeah, but when Frank told me what happened I knew you weren’t lying, this is more than a coincidence” Mikey said taking hold of Frank and I’s hands. “How about you guys stay at mine tonight, it’s Friday plus I doubt you guys will want to be home alone after what happened”
Frank and I smiled and nodded, however the smiled soon faded from my face, “But, I don’t understand, what does it all mean? Should we go to the cops and tell them that we think someone broke into our houses? And Frank, you saw someone, like actually saw them in your room!”
“Yeah but I have no evidence” Frank said quietly.
“But you just said your window was broken?” Mikey raised an eyebrow at Frank.
“Well yeah, It was, but when I woke up it was like nothing even happened. The window was fine”
Mikey looked shocked for a moment then another burst of realisation hit him, “Mira, that’s what happened to your window right?”
“Uh yeah, I think with that last piece of information we can assure that it’s the same person doing this, but the real question here is who and why?”

All of us fell into silence. It was obvious by our facial expressions we were trying to deduce and hypothesise all the possible suspects and reasons as to why they would do something so strangely odd. The shrill sound of the bell jolted us from our trance. We all rushed back to the school building knocking into a few kids here and there and receiving snarky comments for doing so. One girl however was most unhappy with the slight shove I gave her to get her to move.
“Jesus watch where you’re going” She whined in a bitchy tone.
“Maybe if you didn’t have conversations in the middle of the hallway I wouldn’t have to push past you” I snapped before heading into the dramatic arts classroom. Mikey grabbed hold of my wrist before I made in the entire way in the door.
“Hey do you want me to drive Frank and you to my place after school?” He asked looking around at the emptying halls.
“Uh I really do but, this is our last day of detention and I think Frank will know the way so we can just walk, he’s been to your house before right?”
“Briefly, but yeah he knows the way”
“Okay, well we’ll see you this afternoon, you best get to class Mikey otherwise you’ll be late and then get yourself on detention” I smiled and winked playfully at him before continuing to enter the classroom.

I looked around and spotted Frank at the back of the room scratching away at a piece of paper in front of him with a pencil. I quickly shuffled in between desks and dodged and eraser that was flying through the air before plonking myself next to him.
“Tonight’s gonna be awesome, it will be nice to not get our minds off last night” I smiled at him, “Oh wait, what about Ray?”
Franks’ face fell a little and he stopped drawing, “oh shit, I completely forgot, Mikey will text him I’m sure and even if he doesn’t Ray only lives around the corner”

I was about to reply when Mr Way nearly fell into the classroom through the doorway, “Sorry I’m late” He gushed removing a leather satchel from his shoulder and it on his desk. “Okay so today..”
I tuned out as he began explaining what we had to do for the day. I watched Frank for a moment and he looked totally enthralled by Mr Way and was, wait, was he blushing? I let a smile creep onto my face and had to bite my lip to hold back giggling. Frank had it bad for Mr Way.

Notes

Hey guys, sorry it's not the most riveting of updates but I hope you like it nonetheless, oh, and I slipped a little Frerard in there! ;) sorry, not sorry....
also go and check out THIS amazing fic by @ilikecookies, it's called Crash Queens and Motor Babies and with a title like that you know that's it gonna be damn good! :D
Please comment and all that, I love hearing what you guys think! :) also the one year, well I suppose its an anniversary, was on the weekend and I know it was rather bittersweet for me......how was it for everyone else?
sorry for any spelling or grammatical errors!