Making It Up
Chapter Five.
Frank's POV.
The morning was busy, all the kids were starting new school's, Cherry and Lily were starting middle school, but Miles is too young to start there yet. I think they'll do well, I hope they'll do well, Cherry and Lily have each other and Miles is at that age where you really aren't that scared of anything rational, like not being liked.
I was just loading everyone in to the car,when a small voice came from behind me "Daddy, why aren't we just going back to our usual school?" Lily said as I turned to her and knelt down, and observed her with soft eye's.
"Well, two reasons sweetie pie, one is that we don't really live around there anymore, its way too far for daddy to drive every morning.The other is that you would still be leaving that school anyway, everyone would, all your friends, because,well, you're kinda almost all grown up now, you're not daddie's babie's anymore" I explained as a tear pricked my eye. It was true, they were growing up and they were going to leave in less than 10 years, and I'll be all alone. Lily picked up on my tear and within a second I was being embraced In a small but warm hug, and then one by one, I was surrounded by 3 tiny hugs, I needed this. The day had improved drastically.
We lived in a remote bit of town, hense why I had to drive them to school, the buses didn't come this far. I dropped the girls off first, walked them too the gates and wished them a good a day. I wanted to walk them to the door, but this place, it bought it all back. Everything, my parents, my disobedicence towards education and most of all my past self. I shuddered once again. When I attended, I had rareley seen the school like this, because to see this, you have to be early, and being the arrogant prick that I was, that seldom happened.
But, I've always blamed my numerous personality defects on my parents, it was either that or I was born like it and had just grown out of being an arse and stopped taking it out on him.
I let the girls go and watched them go in, whilst turning on the ball of my foot and getting back in the car with Miles. I stopped at his school, and went in with him for about an hour so it wasn't completley terrifying for him, I did parent like things, signed some stuff. Then it was time to go, I embraced my little boy in a hug "I'll be back at ten past three, which really isn't that long if you think about it, only a few hour's. I know you'll be great" I said with soft eye's, noticing the worry in his. I smiled warmly at him, hugged him again, turned and left the room, waving as I went.
When I got home, I decided to organise myself. I hadn't really had time to do this yet, before, all I wanted to do was make sure the children were settling and were coping. But now I had to do something to make my mind and the space around me a bit clearer.
After a few hours of clearing, sorting general organisation, I decided to give an old friend a call. I'd spoken to Ray a couple of months earlier, just after my marriage was sadly done. We'd spoken about me moving back here, and and about old time's. The phone rang for a few seconds and then a friendly voice picked up.
"Hello?" Asked the voice chipperly.
"Hey man! Its Frank, just calling to say were all settled in" I answered, comforted by hearing a familair voice.
"Dude, that's great, how did the move go? Any hitches?" he responded.
"Not really, it went as smoothly as something of this type could go, it wasn't easy but it went to plan" I said solemnly.
"Oh that's good, you didn't need anything else on your shoulder's" His tone turning slightly more serious. I decided to change the subject, keeping it light.
"So, how's about we grab some lunch this week? I've got a lot of the day free considering i'm working from home" I asked.
"Yeah man! Sounds sick, how about thursday?" He answered back, his tone changing back.
"Sounds good, man, I'll see you then" I responded happily and hung up.
"Alright, bye Frank" He said, with a smile in his tone.
That had considerably improved my day, but what will make it even better will be to have my children back, and happily that time was approaching.
I decided to leave earlier and stopped off at the shop and pick the kids up some snacks, its a good way to end a school day. I picked up the girls first, they got in the car in a flurry, but they were smiling and were happy. Happy to see me (and the chocolate) but also because they had a great day a school. They were speaking so fast and so happliy that it put a giant smile on my face as I pulled away from the school, they loved it, I was happy. I went to pick up Miles next, who got in the car with a small but radient smile on his face. My children were happy, I was ever so happy, and I hadn't been in a long time, none of us had been.
We arrived home and I had a letter thrust upon me by the girls, it was about a parent's evening, for a list of teachers, I read through them and their specific title. My eye stuck on one name, an art teacher, bile rose in my throat, that name.
Mr. Gerard Way .
The morning was busy, all the kids were starting new school's, Cherry and Lily were starting middle school, but Miles is too young to start there yet. I think they'll do well, I hope they'll do well, Cherry and Lily have each other and Miles is at that age where you really aren't that scared of anything rational, like not being liked.
I was just loading everyone in to the car,when a small voice came from behind me "Daddy, why aren't we just going back to our usual school?" Lily said as I turned to her and knelt down, and observed her with soft eye's.
"Well, two reasons sweetie pie, one is that we don't really live around there anymore, its way too far for daddy to drive every morning.The other is that you would still be leaving that school anyway, everyone would, all your friends, because,well, you're kinda almost all grown up now, you're not daddie's babie's anymore" I explained as a tear pricked my eye. It was true, they were growing up and they were going to leave in less than 10 years, and I'll be all alone. Lily picked up on my tear and within a second I was being embraced In a small but warm hug, and then one by one, I was surrounded by 3 tiny hugs, I needed this. The day had improved drastically.
We lived in a remote bit of town, hense why I had to drive them to school, the buses didn't come this far. I dropped the girls off first, walked them too the gates and wished them a good a day. I wanted to walk them to the door, but this place, it bought it all back. Everything, my parents, my disobedicence towards education and most of all my past self. I shuddered once again. When I attended, I had rareley seen the school like this, because to see this, you have to be early, and being the arrogant prick that I was, that seldom happened.
But, I've always blamed my numerous personality defects on my parents, it was either that or I was born like it and had just grown out of being an arse and stopped taking it out on him.
I let the girls go and watched them go in, whilst turning on the ball of my foot and getting back in the car with Miles. I stopped at his school, and went in with him for about an hour so it wasn't completley terrifying for him, I did parent like things, signed some stuff. Then it was time to go, I embraced my little boy in a hug "I'll be back at ten past three, which really isn't that long if you think about it, only a few hour's. I know you'll be great" I said with soft eye's, noticing the worry in his. I smiled warmly at him, hugged him again, turned and left the room, waving as I went.
When I got home, I decided to organise myself. I hadn't really had time to do this yet, before, all I wanted to do was make sure the children were settling and were coping. But now I had to do something to make my mind and the space around me a bit clearer.
After a few hours of clearing, sorting general organisation, I decided to give an old friend a call. I'd spoken to Ray a couple of months earlier, just after my marriage was sadly done. We'd spoken about me moving back here, and and about old time's. The phone rang for a few seconds and then a friendly voice picked up.
"Hello?" Asked the voice chipperly.
"Hey man! Its Frank, just calling to say were all settled in" I answered, comforted by hearing a familair voice.
"Dude, that's great, how did the move go? Any hitches?" he responded.
"Not really, it went as smoothly as something of this type could go, it wasn't easy but it went to plan" I said solemnly.
"Oh that's good, you didn't need anything else on your shoulder's" His tone turning slightly more serious. I decided to change the subject, keeping it light.
"So, how's about we grab some lunch this week? I've got a lot of the day free considering i'm working from home" I asked.
"Yeah man! Sounds sick, how about thursday?" He answered back, his tone changing back.
"Sounds good, man, I'll see you then" I responded happily and hung up.
"Alright, bye Frank" He said, with a smile in his tone.
That had considerably improved my day, but what will make it even better will be to have my children back, and happily that time was approaching.
I decided to leave earlier and stopped off at the shop and pick the kids up some snacks, its a good way to end a school day. I picked up the girls first, they got in the car in a flurry, but they were smiling and were happy. Happy to see me (and the chocolate) but also because they had a great day a school. They were speaking so fast and so happliy that it put a giant smile on my face as I pulled away from the school, they loved it, I was happy. I went to pick up Miles next, who got in the car with a small but radient smile on his face. My children were happy, I was ever so happy, and I hadn't been in a long time, none of us had been.
We arrived home and I had a letter thrust upon me by the girls, it was about a parent's evening, for a list of teachers, I read through them and their specific title. My eye stuck on one name, an art teacher, bile rose in my throat, that name.
Mr. Gerard Way .
Notes
Hey friends, I feel as if I may be the slacker in the team, but i'm trying! I hope you enjoyed this update, we have some shit going down presently in the story, so stick around, thanks!
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p.s went to see frankie on thursday and i freaked out and he had a jumper on that said cunt and it was just a great show, he was like an angry 15 year old boy, and he did the thing with the spitting of water and it was amazing
This is such an original spin on the 'bully & victim' romance. I'm so excited, although I completely get the need for a hiatus. I've have to do the same.
2/17/16