Never Leave My Side.

Frank headed toward the front doors. It had been a long day, but it was finally over. Before Frank could exit the doors, he was stopped by Gerard.

"Wait."
"Huh?" Frank replied, taken by surprise.
"I like you, kid," Gerard explained. "You are welcome to hang out with me and my friends anytime you like, okay?"
"O-okay," Frank answered, trying to hide the excitement in his voice. After all, he did admire the guy.
"In fact, We're going to the movies Saturday," Gerard went on. "If you would like to come, that would be great!"
"Yeah, that would be fine," Frank accepted.
"Well, I guess I'd better let you go," Gerard said. "But before you do, one more thing." Gerard handed Frank a strip of paper. "Here's my number. Not to be weird, or anything. Just so you can contact me."
"Alright," said Frank, as he took the paper.
"Call me if you have any questions about Saturday," Gerard further explained.
"Okay," said Frank, ready to leave and catch his bus.
"Well, see ya," Gerard said.
"Later," Frank replied, as he took of running to catch the bus in time.

As Frank climbed aboard his bus, he turned his head to face Gerard. He gave him a timid smile, and Gerard smiled back. When Frank entered his bus, he selected the seat in the far back, away from everyone. He did not like to associate with most people. As he sat down, Frank stared out the window at Gerard. He could not imagine anyone as amazing as Gerard was. Frank had a deep admiration for him.

When his bus had finally come to a stop near his house, Frank quickly hopped of the bus and ran on home. He eventually approached his front door, and in doing so, ran inside and carelessly slammed the the door behind him. He ran to his room, ignoring his mother's queries about his first day of school and headed upstairs to his bedroom while slamming his bedroom door, as well. As Frank jumped onto his bed, he put in his ear buds and turned up the music on his phone. He had very much enjoyed listening to music with his ear buds in. It helped him to ignore the world.

As Frank continued to listen to his music, he directed his vision toward his phone screen. Today was Friday. Tomorrow was Saturday. Frank quickly pulled out the slip of paper that Gerard had given him and began to dial his number. After a few rings, Gerard picked up.

"Hello?"
"Um hey. Uh... th-this is Frank."
"Oh, hey buddy!" Gerard replied enthusiastically.
"I uh... had s-some questions ab-bout tomorrow," Frank responded timidly.
"Oh, alright, then," Gerard said.
"I um I just need to know the uh... the t-time and place to meet you guys," Frank explained.
"Oh, just meet me at my place at six o-clock," Gerard answered. "Here's my address." Gerard then continued to give Frank his address, and Frank rushed for a paper and pen. He succeeded in writing down all of the information.
"You got all that?" Gerard asked.
"Uh, yeah," Frank answered.

As Frank put down the phone, he smiled. Not just any smile that you can fake. A genuine, true smile that he had not worn in so long. He was excited to get to know Gerard better.

Eventually, night fell. Frank surprisingly fell asleep rather quickly, even after the anticipation surging through him. For the first time in what seemed like an eternity, Frank slept soundly.

Notes

Hi! I hope you liked my second chapter. I'm so very sorry for any errors I may have made while writing this story. Also, sorry for taking so long on this chapter. The webpage kept getting closed by siblings and so it deleted all of my recent work. This would be exactly the fifth time I have written this chapter! I promise the next chapter won't take as long!