"But why not?!"Claire screeched, stamping her foot down as she said it. Her hip was jutting out like some sort of pop star and her hand was resting on it, her broken arm was dangling uselessly at her side.
"Claire please don't yell,"Lily asked weakly. I pulled my eyes away from Claire's angry face to stare at Lily for a second before turning back to Claire.
"Jesus fucking christ Claire, when the fuck did you turn into a spoilt little brat?!"I yelled at her.

She opened her mouth to say something but it snapped shut when I turned my frown into a glare.
"I told you that I have a fucking shop to run back home. I can't move here and you guys cant move back to San Diego. Get the fuck over it alright?"I snarled. Why was she acting like this? Where was that sweet little girl?

"But I want you to stay here or I go with you,"Claire whined.
"Well fucking deal with it. You can't have everything you want Claire. You're gonna be able to visit and I'll visit and in your school holidays you can come and stay with us or sometimes I can come and stay with you but right now, I've got to get back to my shop."

Claire still had a look of anger on her face but suddenly she just broke and stepped through the doorway to collide into me,"But I just got you back I don't want you to go,"She cried.
I picked her up and held her tight, being careful of her broken arm,"I know baby girl."
"I'm gonna miss you,"She sighed.
"I miss you already. Don't worry. The time between will fly by."

I put her down with a kiss on her cheek and turned to Lily,"So you've got my number?"
"Yup. You've got mine? And Claire's?"She stepped through the doorway as well and pulled me into a hug.
"Of course. I'll call you guys once I get home okay?"I said over her shoulder, squeezing her tight.

"Thank you Frank. Thank you for finding us,"Lily whispered.
"Thank you for not hating me,"I whispered back, closing my eyes to hold in the tears.
"Frank you are my best friend. You don't have to thank me for not hating you,"Lily chuckled.
"I know but still,"I choked out.

Lily and I let go of each other so I could walk out to my car,"Claire you make sure you call me whenever you want okay? For anything at all no matter what time or anything at all I will always be there to talk,"I smiled sadly, walking backwards. I stumbled backwards and fell onto my car when I hit the curb. Claire and Lily were laughing as I righted myself and unlocked the car.

Once I was in and buckled up, I put the window down and waved, They waved back as I started the car. As I pulled away from the curb they yelled out,"We love you Frank!"
"I love you both!"I shouted back as I drove away.

Tears flooded my vision once I reached the edge of town. I pulled over and waited til they cleared up. I had spent the whole week with Claire and Lily. Claire had stayed off school because of her injuries and Lily had taken a week off of work to take care of Claire. It had been the greatest week of my life. We had been to movies, been on picnics, I was even able to go to Claire's school play. She wasn't in the actual play but she was responsible for most of the music.

She was now amazing at guitar and had written a bunch of songs all of which she refused to play for me. She said only Gabby had heard them. In the past 8 years she had grown up so much. She was an amazing person. She had a good attitude about life and was ridiculously smart. The only thing I worried about was these two older girls, maybe sixteen, who had seen us at the movies. Claire had immediately moved out of sight behind Lily and I when the girls started snickering.

After the movie they had been standing outside. When we had walked out one had shouted,"See you at school Claire."
Claire had laughed awkwardly and nodded, muttering a 'yeah' that I barely heard. When I had asked her about them she had just said they were some girls in school that she knew. Lily seemed completely oblivious.

My phone ringing pulled me out of my memories. I opened it without looking at who was calling,"Hello?"
"Frank the- the shop I- I'm so sorry,"Miranda started crying.

"Miranda? What's going on? Calm down just take a deep breath okay?"
"Frank last night I forgot to- to take the money from the safe and its- someone broke in and took the money it's all gone,"She sobbed. I closed my eyes and took in a deep breath as anger hurt and annoyance ran through me.

"Frank I'm so sorry its completely my fault and I will pay for everything and all the damage and oh my god I'm so sorry,"She cried heavily.
"Okay I'm on my way home now just- call the insurance company alright? Are the police there?"I pinched the bridge of my nose to try and stop the headache from reaching my eyes.

"Yeah they're here. I'm so sorry Frank. I'll call the insurance company now,"Miranda hung up before I could tell her it was okay. I put my phone down on the passenger seat and started the car up again. I put the radio on.

"... here's My Chemical Romance with The World Is Ugly."
"Fuck!"I jabbed the off button and started driving faster than the speed limit. I was fucked off now.