He's Not Dead He Only Looks That Way

By Monday, things had already considerably died down. Yes, the two are still whispered about, but Frank has no direct conflicts the entire day, a drastic change from last week.
That afternoon, as the couple lay in bed watching movies, Gerard admits, “Frank, I gotta hand it to you. I didn’t think this plan would really work. I mean, I knew it’d go alright, but I didn’t think we’d get the right end results. But damn, this is nice.”
“Yeah,” Frank agrees. “My first period class went about twelve times better than it had last week. That was awful.”
“Well, yeah, but then again, that day was Derek’s fault,” Gerard points out.
“Not all Derek. Kinda the whole class was in on it. Anybody who wasn’t didn’t do anything.”
“That bites,” Gerard mumbles. “But I’m assuming that they weren’t so bad today.”
“They weren’t,” Frank assures. “I didn’t even get any texts.”
“Derek really did his homework over the weekend,” Gerard remarks. He adds, “I mean, his assignment being to clear our names-”
“Yeah I kinda got that.”
Pete and Mikey barge in, Mikey asking, “Did you guys hear?”
“Hear about what?” Frank responds.
“I guess you didn’t,” Mikey mumbles.
“Hear about what?” Frank reiterates.
“Derek got suspended,” Pete cuts in. “And so did some other guys. Something about a fight.”
Gerard and Frank look at each other, and Gerard admits, “It’s our fault isn’t it?”
Frank shrugs, and fakes a cringe. “Does it bother you?”
“No,” Gerard confesses. “You?”
“Nah,” Frank replies.
“So we’re all in agreement that Derek and anyone else in trouble is a twat and had it coming?” Mikey questions.
The teens all nod, and for the first time in a while, Frank can laugh without worry. They all hang out and plan a party for the next week, and Pete won’t shut up about Die Hard and Mikey keeps giving him shit for it, and it just feels right. Things are back to normal, whatever that means.
Frank looks at Gerard, and for a moment, he’s very aware of the fact that he’s actually willing to marry the boy. And the best part is, he’s not even scared.


The End.

Notes

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