Frank's eyes widened in shock and he slapped his hand to his gasping mouth.
"What- what do we do?"Frank stuttered.
"Well she obviously thinks we dont know. She would have expected us to confront her by now. No. I'm pretty sure she thinks she has us fooled otherwise she wouldnt be so willing to do what we say. Cole knows she's feeding him lies... I know what to do, come on,"I grabbed Frank and dragged him all the way down to the basement.

Chloe was asleep but as soon as we stomped into the basement her head jerked up and her eyes flew open.
"What do you want? I finally manage to get some fucking sleep and you come and wake me,"She glared at us both,"Whoa, what happened to you Frank? Did Gerard beat you?"

"Your mother called. And she said your dad wants to see you before he goes,"I said immediately.
Chloe's face didnt change at all,"I know. Which is why I want you to let me go. Please."
"Mm hmm. Whatever. Anyway,"I sat down, ignoring her and motioning for Frank to sit with me. He plonked himself on my lap, wrapping his arm around my neck. I could tell he was still angry at me but we couldnt let Chloe know that.

"Have you guys got no heart? At all?"Chloe shrieked.
"Bitch. We have more of a heart than you. More understanding. More patience. And better morals,"I sent her an evil glare.
"Better morals? What are you even on about you fucking lunatic?"
"If your Dad really is dying, which I highly doubt, then he should count himself lucky he doesnt have to see the monster of a daughter he's got."

"Fuck you! You dont know anything about me or my Dad so shut the fuck up!"She shouted, tears spilling down her cheeks.
"See now, I would fall for that. I would feel bad. Maybe untie you and give you a proper bed. But I know you're an amazing actress. How else would you have been able to fool us this whole time? Now, I dont know why I waited til tonight to read your messages, but I did. Now imagine my surprise when I read the messages between you and Cole."

Chloe's face cleared of fake distress and turned into a smug look,"Took you idiots long enough."
"Shut up. This has put me at a disadvantage. Because now I dont know what Cole knows. Tell me, does he know we're back in Jersey?"
"No. He knows neither of you are in San Diego but he doesnt know you guys are here,"Chloe sighed,"There is no chance of you guys letting me go is there?"

I ignored her and looked at Frank,"What do you think we should do?"
"Not sure... We can either come out to Cole. Tell him we're here. It might draw him out of his cubby hole so we dont have to bother trying to find him. Or-"Frank stopped talking when he noticed Chloe watching us eagerly.
"Lets take this upstairs."

"We can do what you want to. Get those sketches for Kevin. Gain people's trust. And then continue on as we've been, trying to find him. Or we can find a way to threaten Chloe and scare her so bad that she'll tell Cole fake information and not anything about us so we can let her go. Or, and you're not gonna like this, but we can kill her... Those are my only ideas,"Frank shrugged his shoulders.
"I'm gonna pretend I didnt hear that last one... No. I dont wanna let her go. If she's lied to us for this long, there's no saying she wont lie to us again and say she wont spill. Letting her go is out of the question."

"Well Gerard its your decision."
"But I dont take over til lunchtime tomorrow."
"Fully yeah. You're still in charge now. Just with stuff you know. Anything you dont know about I handle and tell you about it so you can handle it next time,"Frank smiled.

I nodded and smiled back briefly before clenching my eyes and trying to pick the best option. Letting her go wouldnt work. Letting Cole know wouldnt work,"Right now it seems the best thing to do is go on as normal. At least now we know that Cole doesnt believe whatever we think he does..."I said slowly as an idea came to mind,"Come on. I know what to do."

Frank and I returned to the basement to find Chloe's chair was on her side.
"Can you guys help me up?"She huffed out.
"Been trying to escape have we?"Frank sighed as he hauled her chair upright.
"I dont know what you're talking about,"She smiled. Frank ignored it and sat down on my lap.

"Okay guys can you stop pretending like you're okay?"Chloe sighed,"I've known you long enough to know when you're hiding a fight. So tell me, what happened?"
Frank blinked at me before standing up. Great, he was still angry. He moved to the other side of the room and leaned against the bare wall,"Whatever. Like we're telling you."

"Chloe listen to me now. We have come up with a few solutions,"I scooted my chair closer to her and made her look at me,"We can either kill you or tell Cole we know about your faking it."
"The latter. Please. Dont kill me. I swear I wont say anything!"She begged.
"Yeah yeah dont worry. I havent got it in me. Yet."

"Thank you so much Ger-"
"Be quiet and let me talk,"I sighed. I was more irritated by the fact that Frank was across the otherside of the room when he could be sitting in my lap. What if he thought I would be too upset over this all to take over tomorrow? What if he sent me back to San Diego?"We're going to call Cole okay? What I want you to do is try and pull out of him where he is hiding."

"Yes. Absolutely,"She nodded.
I was about to call Cole when Frank stopped me,"You said Cole doesnt know we're in Jersey right?"
"Um. Yes..."
"Gerard we cant have her talk to him. As soon as he answers she could blurt out that we're here."
I looked from Frank to Chloe who was looking pissed off.

"Find tape or rope or something,"I sighed.
"Why dont we just go upstairs?"Frank pushed away from the wall.
"Yeah okay. Enjoy your night Chloe,"I smiled at her before turning the light off, sending us into pitch black as we went upstairs towards the light.

"What are you gonna say to Cole?"Frank asked as we walked into the huge kitchen.
"It'll come to me,"I muttered as I leaned against the bench and sat Chloe's phone down in front of me.
"Do you think maybe we should leave it til tomorrow? Get some sleep? Maybe we'll think of something over night,"Frank sighed and hugged me from behind, sending hope shooting up and down my spine.

"Yeah..."I turned in his arms and wrapped my arms around him. We stayed silent, Frank's head resting on my chest and mine resting on his head before I sighed and said,"I'm sorry Frank. I can promise you I that from this moment onwards I will never ever mention what either of us did ever again. My feelings over it wont get in the way of everything at all. I love you with all my heart and the last thing I want to do is upset you at a time like this."

Frank looked up at me sadly,"I know. I'm sorry too... And I promise to never mention any of it ever again as well. We're gonna get through this stupid battle together. I cant do it without you,"He said seriously. I smiled and pulled a smile out of his depressed looking face. The left side of his face was now blooming into a brilliant shade of purple and it made me want to bundle him up in a blanket and never let him go.

"Come on. Bed?"I raised my eyebrows. Frank nodded and kissed me slowly before dragging me up to the bedroom. The lights were off and everyone was asleep now. Ryan and Brendon were in Ryan's bed together but they were both on the very edges, as far away from each other as possible. Frank grabbed a big fluffy looking sleeping bag and directed me over to a corner devoid of sleeping bodies.

"I'm gonna go grab us a pillow. Set this up,"Frank chucked the rolled up sleeping bag at me and turned around. I untied it and lay it down as Frank came back holding a fat pillow.
"God I'm so tired,"Frank sighed and rubbed his jaw gently.
"I know what you mean,"I groaned quietly as I tugged my jeans off and pulled my t-shirt off before climbing into the sleepingbag.

"Its gonna get really hot in here just so you know,"Frank said as he did the same.
"Yeah but I'm practically naked. So any heat is gonna come from us moving..."I whispered as Frank climbed in next to me.
"What are you suggesting?"Frank whispered.

Even in the near pitch black I could see Frank's grinning face. I smiled and kissed him,"Not suggesting anything."
"Good cause we cant do anything,"He breathed as he maneuvered himself around me so our legs were slightly tangled and he was resting his head on my chest, the blanket coming halfway up his face. The whole room was weirdly silent considering the amount of people in here.

"Why are there so many people here? I didnt think we had that many people helping us,"I whispered.
"Refugees. Cole has people spread out through the whole of Jersey and not just here. Word got out that we were banding together and fighting back so people just sort of congregated to us. More people came when he attacked someone's family. A lot of them dont want to fight, they just stay here and help clean and cook food."

"Huh... What are we gonna do tomorrow?"
"Um. Well. I guess we'll go get those sketches and buy a sketch book. Then we'll go ahead and make someone overhear us talking about a fake safe house. Start planning the ambush I guess,"Frank sighed.
"Sounds like a good plan,"I yawned,"Night Pumpkin. I love you."
"Love you too Gerard. Night,"Frank murmured.