Oh, Baby Let Me In

I groaned loudly to myself as I tossed and turned in my bed. Sleep was not coming to me easily. I had so much on my mind. I liked Frank a lot and I knew I blew whatever chances I had to be with him.

Frustrated, I decided to crawl out of bed. I picked up my cell phone to check what time it was. 1:37 A.M. I went upstairs to the living room to see if Mikey was awake. Luckily, he was.

I let out a sigh as I neared the couch and sat down beside my brother.

"Mikey, can I talk to you?"
He looked at me and nodded. "Sure thing. What is it?"
I sighed again. "I-I..ugh. I kissed Frank and now I think I messed everything up."
"You what?!" Mikey was nearly shouting.
I looked down at my lap, fidgetting nervously. "Yeah. I kissed him."
"When did this happen? And why do you think you messed everything up?"
"The bar. It happened when we went to the bar."
"Hmm..I see. Did you talk to Frank about it?"
"Frank and I talked."
Mikey nodded his head. "Uh-huh. And?"
"I told him it was a mistake. He said he understood."
Mikey stroked his chin in thought before he replied. "It really wasn't a mistake at all, was it?"
I shook my head. "Nope."
He reached over and rested his hand on my knee. "Look at me, Gerard."
I looked over. "What?"
"You need to talk to Frank. Tell him the truth."
"No, Mikey. I can't do that. What if I made things weird by kissing him?"
"Okay..let me ask you this. Did he kiss you back?"
"Yes. He did."
"Was he hesitant in kissing back?"
I bit my bottom lip trying to remember every little detail of the kiss. "I don't think so."
"Well, then. He may like you afterall."
I gulped. "Yeah, maybe."
"Sorry to bail on you, bro. But it's almost 3 in the morning. I'm gonna hit the hay."
"It's no problem. Thanks for listening, Mikey."
"Any time. G'night."

With that said, Mikey disappeared into his room to get some sleep. I yawned quietly and trudged off down into the basement.

I flopped down on to my bed and shut my eyes, determined to actually fall asleep this time. I felt somewhat better after talking to Mikey.

****
"Wakey wakey, Sunshine!"

My eyes flew open and I squinted up to the person hovering above my bed.

"What the hell? What time is it?"
Mikey clucked his tongue. "It's 2:00. Get your lazy ass up. Frank will be here in an hour."
"WHAT?!" I suddenly threw the covers off of me and jumped out of bed.
"Why is he coming here?" I asked as I opened up my dresser drawer to take out some clean clothes.
"Becauseeeee. I figured you'd wanna see him and I wanted to hang out with him."
"Fine." I agreed with a groan. "I'm taking a shower. Is there any coffee made?"
"Uh-huh. I left you some. It's still hot too. I'll bring you a cup and set it on your desk for when you're finished scrubbing the filth off of you."

I stuck out my tongue as Mikey was already half way up the stairs. I hopped in the shower, not wanting to waste any more time. I just hoped seeing Frank won't be awkward.

****
A short while later, I was fully clothed and my hair was carefully brushed. I didn't feel like doing anything with it.

I briskly ran up the stairs and stopped when I got to the top of the stairs so I didn't seem too eager.

I casually walked out into the living room and noticed Frank and Mikey were out front. Frank was smoking a cigarette. I figured I should join them so I swiped my pack of smokes off the kitchen table and opened up the front door and greeted the guys.

My eyes widened immediately. Frank had a lip ring in. I had to keep myself together, even though all I wanted to do was drool.

I had to try my hardest not to stare too much.

"Hi, Gerard," Frank turned to me after taking a drag from his cigarette.
"Hi." I replied as I took a cigarette out of my pack and lit it. "How are you?"
"I'm alright I suppose." He took one last puff from his Cancer Stick and tossed the butt on the ground, then stomped on it.
I took a long, needed drag of mine and nodded. "That's good to hear."
"Yep. How bout you?"
"I'm okay."

We talked for a little bit more before the three of us went back inside.

Frank seemed a little weird. He kept his replies to me kind of short. I tried to act like it didn't bother me. It bothered me a lot. I knew he was upset that I had kissed him.

I needed to make this right.

"Frank? Um...can we talk? In private?"
"Uh..sure. Do you want to talk on your room?"
"We could. If you're okay with that."
"It's completely fine."
I was soon leading Frank downstairs.

I closed the door behind us while Frank sat down on my bed and looked at me.

Frank nibbled his lip ring nervously. "What do you wanna talk about?"
"Did I do something wrong?"
"No. Why?"
"Because..." I sat down on my bed next to Frank. "You barely said a word to me when we were outside."
Frank sighed and looked straight at me. "I don't know. I just.."
I narrowed my eyebrows. "You what, Frank?"
"I'm kind of interested in you, alright? And then you kissed me and said it was a mistake. So, I figured I should keep my distance."
I could feel my jaw drop. "You are?"
He half-smiled. "I am, but you don't feel the same way so it doesn't matter."
I chuckled and shook my head. "Unbelievable."
Frank frowned and let out a disappointed sounding sigh. "I'm gonna go home.."

He stood up and was about to make a beeline for my bedroom door until I quickly grabbed his arm.

"Don't go."
He turned around and furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. "Gerard..."

I moved closer to Frank, my lips inches away from his.

"Gerard...." He said again.
"Shhhh." I cooed and planted my lips on his.

After Frank realized I was kissing him, he was kissing me back.

My heart was beating so hard now and I didn't wan to, but I pulled away.

Frank stared at me.

"It wasn't a mistake, Frankie." I whispered.

Just then, he passionately shoved his mouth on mine, sliding his tongue into my mouth.

We pulled apart, both if us panting and blushing.

"So what does this mean then?" Frank asked.
"I guess it's obvious that we both like each other."
"We barely know each other." Frank giggled.
"I know. It makes no sense."
"You think we should tell your brother?"

I shrugged.

"He probably already has us figured out." Frank replied with a smirk.
"How so?" I asked wondering what he meant.
"I kinda already told him that I like you."
"Huh? When?"

Frank continued to grin and ran upstairs.

"FRANK! GET BACK HERE!" I chased him up the stairs and nearly collided with my brother.

"Jesus Christ! What the fuck are you two doing?!"

We both laughed and Mikey stared at us in confusion and shook his head.

We both walked into the living room, following Mikey.

Frank and I sat down on the couch as Mikey turned on the xbox. Mikey turned around and looked at us.

"Seriously. What the hell happened down there?"

I blushed and let out a girlish giggle. "We may have made out.."

Mikey groaned. "Oh my God." He turned his attention to the TV screen and began to play Mario Kart.

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