Return To Me, My Love

As Frank guides us out of the doorway he spins us around, pressing me back against the wall beside the door, our gaze never breaking and after a few more seconds I snap back to myself and gently reach down to where his hands are resting on my hips, guiding them off me and once the contact is broken Frank seems to snap out of it. "Gee" he says softly, his voice barely audible over the music and I shake my head as I say "I have to go," slipping out from between him and the wall and I flee back into the crowd, the more people between us the calmer I feel and after I'm a decent distance away I stop, breathing out a sigh of relief and I start to wonder why seeing Frank up close had me so worked up when arms snake around my waist and I spin around to see Andy standing there. "You ok?" He asks as he leans in so I can hear and I swallow hard as I say "Um Franks here and...." "Gee" I hear, turning my head and I see Frank standing beside us, his eyes drifting down to look at Andy's arms around my waist. "Get your hands off my husband" Frank snaps, Andy's eyes widening and I feel him start to pull away but Franks eyes go dark as he raises his hands and shoves Andy, sending him stumbling sideways into the other people dancing around us and as I turn to tell Frank to back off Andy shoves past me and swings a punch into Franks face, sending him falling to the floor and I step inbetween them, trying to break up the fight but Frank launches himself off the floor and shoves me harshly aside as he launches himself on Andy, almost knocking me to the floor and all hell breaks loose, both of them getting a few punches in before the crowd around them seems to get involved, a large fight breaking out and as security swarm on the area I get punched in the face, my lip immediately starting to bleed and I turn and flee, fighting my way through the crowd to the exit.

As the club starts to empty, everyone being forced out onto the street I scan the crowd for William, Gabe and Andy and I don't see William and Gabe but I see Andy, his arms restrained as he's being escorted out by security, blood running down his face and I watch as they escort him to the waiting police car on the street. A few seconds later I hear someone shouting and I look back to see Frank in the same position, only he's trying to fight against the hold the security has on him, thrashing around and yelling. I push my way through the slowly thinning crowd, some people standing around watching as Frank and Andy are questioned by the police and I make my way closer, sitting on the edge of a garden nearby as I watch too and after around twenty minutes the cops let Frank and Andy go, letting them off with a warning and Andy starts to walk down the street, Frank looking around before he spots me and he walks over and sits beside me, my lip having stopped bleeding but my skin and shirt are stained with blood. "Are you ok?" Frank asks and I scoff as I turn my head to look at him and say "I would have been, if it wasn't for you." "Gee I..." "No Frank, just shut up. My life was finally going good and you come back and I get hurt again. That was my new boss you just punched so thanks, now I probably don't have a job anymore. It's not like I have bills to pay or anything and...." "Gee if you need money I...." "I don't want your money" I snap, standing up before adding "I don't want anything from you Frank, I knew going to see you tonight would be a mistake and sure enough you proved me right, you've fucked everything up and succeeded in driving me away yet again so congratulations. You know I never signed the divorce papers and now I'm asking myself why." I turn and start walking down the street, taking slow deep breaths to try and calm myself down and I make it three blocks, heading back towards the train station when I hear footsteps behind me and when I turn I see a tall, muscular man a few steps behind me, my heart rate picking up as I start to walk quicker and when I turn to face in front of me again another man steps out of an alleyway just ahead of me and I feel my heart stop, realising there's no way out of this as I slow my pace and the guy behind me steps up and wraps his arm around my upper body, his hand covering my mouth as he guides me forward with his body, forcing me into the alleyway where I see another two men. I stand terrified as I watch one of the men approach me, a pocket knife in his hand and I try to struggle but the guy holding onto me tightens his grip, forcing me to become still as I'm trapped against his chest and the man with the knife brings it up, pressing the blade against my neck, not quite hard enough to cut but enough to make me feel the pressure of it. "Well well look at this pretty little thing" he spits, his eyes raking up and down my body and I blink rapidly, my eyes welling with tears as I struggle to breathe through my nose, the other guys hand still over my mouth. "I like them pretty" the man adds as his hand trails down my side, sliding inwards until he's groping at my crotch, and I kick out, desperate to get his hands off me and he presses the knife just a little harder into my skin, making it sting slightly as he says "Feisty too." "Stop" I plead, my voice muffled by the hand over my mouth and the man with the knife tells the other man to move his hand. "What was that princess?" "Stop, I'll give you anything you want just...." "Hey" I hear being shouted, the men all looking back to the entrance of the alleyway and suddenly I am dropped to the ground the four men fleeing towards the other end of the alley and I curl up on the ground, sobbing and shaking as I think about what just almost happened and a few seconds later hands grab me, making me scream and try to fight against them but I hear a familiar voice say "Shh, hey it's alright now" and when I look up I see Franks face, his arms gently scooping me up and he cradles me to his chest as he carries me from the alleyway.

I bury my face in Franks neck as I sob, my eyes clenched shut and I have no idea how far we go before suddenly the noise of the city fades and I suddenly feel warmer and I pull my face out of Franks neck to see we are in a hotel lobby, Spence and Ian rushing over to us and I tense up, burying my face back in Franks neck as he starts walking again. I vaguely register us being in an elevator before we get out again and a minute later I hear a beeping, Frank not moving before we start moving again and as Frank tries to lay me on the bed I tighten my hold on him, scared that if he lets me go something bad will happen so he continues to hold me as he turns us around, sitting on the bed with me in his lap. Frank remains silent for a while, just letting me cry it out, my whole body shaking as his hand gently rubs up and down my back and after a few minutes he whispers "Shh my love, you're ok now. I won't let anyone hurt you ever again. I've got you and it's all gonna be ok now." I slowly feel myself start to relax again, my tears stopping and my whole body starts to shut down, slumping further into Franks chest as my eyes slip closed and the last thing I register before I slip into unconsciousness is Frank laying me on my back and saying "That's it baby, close your eyes, it's alright, I'm right here and I'll protect you."

Notes

So in the first version of this chapter I wrote Gerard got stabbed among other things but I didn't really like where it went so I decided to go with Frank being the hero despite thier problems

EDIT: ok so I totally started writing Ian instead of Andy for a few sentences there....must be a lack of sleep, sorry if I confused anyone who read before I realised