The Light Behind Your Eyes

I knocked on Frank's door and his tired voice said "who is it?" I replied and was let in. Frank was laying in his hospital bed. I walked over closer to him.

"Hey Frankie" I said as I leaned next to him and kissed his cheek. "How's it going?"
"I'm okay" Frank said as I was looking at the bandage wrapped around his head. And the multiple ones around his arms.

He was bruised, cut and broken. For the past couple of days I have been bringing Frank his homework and visiting him for most of the day. I had ditched last period every day so I could go see him.

"Guess what!" Frank said excitedly.
"Hm?" I replied.
"The doctor said I could get out of here in about a week!"
"That's awesome!" I yelled out, and hugged Frank.
"Y'know Bob and Kalum got suspended for four and a half weeks today. Well once we are off break the suspension takes effect." I said.

Frank looked around the room extremely confused and disappointed.

"Why not expelled?" Frank asked.
"Well, I don't exactly know, I suggested the same thing but they didn't take my suggestion." I replied.

I decided to stay overnight with Frank today, because we didn't have school and I missed seeing Frank so often. I missed having him by my side. I missed him. He was all comfortable in his bed and I fell asleep in a plastic chair right beside his bed. During the middle of the night I felt a cold hand tap my arm.

"Gerard, sleep with me?" Frank said.

I smiled, nodded and crawled into bed next to Frank. We both fit with just enough room on the small cot. When I woke up in the morning Frank was still sleeping, so I decided to get up and get breakfast. I drove to the nearest Starbucks and got food rather than eating hospital food. I wasn't exactly sure if Frank was allowed to have food from outside the hospital but why not? I got a large coffee for me and cookies for both of us. When I got back to the hospital I walked over to Franks room, he was awake and talking to a nurse. This time I didn't even bother to knock, I just let myself in.

"Hey Frankie" I said to Frank as I walked over to him.
"Who is this?" The nurse turned to Frank and asked him.
"Don't worry, he's my boyfriend." Frank said.
I smiled and nodded as the nurse turned to me.

After that, she didn't stay long, she left pretty quick. Frank looked pretty happy when he saw the brown paper bags with the green logo. I handed him his bag and he took the cookie and inhaled it.

"Hungry huh?" I said, laughing at the same time.
"Mhm" Frank said taking another big bite. "This is way better than hospital food."

I looked around the room and I searched my mind for topics to talk about. The room was nice and the decor was simple. It was a pale blue but it looked nice.

"Frankie are you getting out of here for Christmas?" I asked.
"I don't know, I hope so." He said. He looked at his hands and was picking at the skin around his fingernails.
"I was going to buy you a present" he said. I smiled at that.
"You don't need to buy me a present. But I will still be here to celebrate with you, I promise."

~

It was one day before Christmas and I had already convinced Mikey and Ray to come celebrate Christmas with him. We had all gotten Frank a new guitar. A phant-o-matic, we all agreed to make this the best Christmas for him, so we got him that one guitar he'd been wanting. In the morning I said goodbye to my parents and Mikey and I piled into my car, putting Frank's present in the back and our next stop was to get Ray.
After I picked up Ray we stopped for Starbucks and quietly snuck into Frank's room. I walked over next to his bed and shook him a little.

"Frankieeee" I whispered.
"What? What is it?" Frank said, rubbing his eyes and sitting up. He opened his eyes and looked around. I was standing next to him in my leather jacket and grey and black scarf with a huge grin in my face, Ray was next to me and he also had a huge smile and Mikey was next to Ray. Mikey had his glasses on but instead of his usual beanie, he had a Santa hat on.

"Merry Christmas!" I said handing Frank the guitar case.
"Oh my god you're kidding me." Frank said. I shook my head and he opened the case. "NO WAY!" He yelled out. "Thank you" he soon said after that.
"I don't have much of a gift but I have a small one" Frankie said. "I get out of here today"

I jumped up and hugged Frank.
"Merry Christmas" he soon said and pulled me into a kiss.

Notes

Classic title yes.
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