You're Beautiful To Me

After dinner Mikey hangs out for a while, helping me give Anna and Miles their baths while Frank works on a new song before reading Anna her bedtime story while I put Miles down to sleep. Once both of them are asleep he helps me with the dishes and while I wash and he dries he says "Gee, about you and Frank..." trailing off and I turn to face him. "What?" "He told you right?" I let out a soft sigh as I say "Yeah, he told me." "And you're just okay with it?" I look down as I shake my head, feeling my eyes well with tears and Mikey lets out a soft sigh before his arms wrap around me and I slump against his chest. "I love him and I want what's best for my kids but it's always in the back of my mind and I don't know if I trust him anymore" I admit and Mikey tightens his arms around me as he says "If you and the kids need somewhere to go you know there's always room at my place." I nod against his neck before pulling away and saying "I don't think I want to.....but thanks." We fall silent for a few seconds before I ask "How did you know?" "What?" "How did you know that he...." "I was watching the kids while he worked and he was really late coming home and when he did I could just see it." "I just still don't understand how he could do that to me."

Mikey helps me finish the dishes before telling me he better get going and I nod, walking him to the door before hugging him goodbye and once I step back into the house I go into the studio, finding Frank on the couch over the other side of the room, hunched over his guitar as he plays and then stops to write down what he's doing and I step inside the room and close the door to keep the noise down, not wanting to wake the kids and I lean back against the door and watch, a small smile spreading across my face as I feel my whole body heat up at the sight of Franks colourful fingers moving quickly on his guitar, wanting those fingers to move on me, knowing how good they feel despite my unsure feelings about him. I gently clear my throat, catching Franks attention finally and his head snaps up, a massive smile spreading across his face when he sees me. "Hey baby, sorry I got caught up with this idea I had and...." He says as he starts sitting the guitar aside but I shake my head and start crossing the room, cutting him off to say "No keep going, I like watching you play." Frank smiles and puts the guitar back in his lap as I take a seat on the other end of the couch, bringing my legs up and hugging them to my chest as I sit sideways facing him, resting my chin on my knees. "Is it ok if I stay?" I ask and Frank smiles over at me and says "Of course, I love having you here." We fall silent and I watch Frank intently, his fingers working magic on the guitar and I let my eyes slowly slip closed, the gentle rhythm he's playing helping to relax me again and a few minutes later the music stops and Franks warm hand gently touches my head. I open my eyes again and sit back up, seeing Frank smiling warmly at me and he says "Come on babe," standing up and helping me up off the couch. Once I'm on my feet he scoops me up into his arms, carrying me from the room and into the bedroom, laying me on the bed before leaving to quickly check on Anna and Miles before coming back to lay beside me, pulling the blanket over us and once we're settled his arm snakes around my waist before saying "Baby, I love you." I remain silent for a few seconds before saying "I don't know how I feel right now, I'm still trying to get past what you did and I just....I can't." Frank swallows hard and nods, slowly removing his arm from me and I roll over and curl up, feeling the bed dip behind me a few seconds later as Frank gets up and leaves the room, closing the door behind him.

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