The Only Way

‘’Can you tell me what’s the plan cause I’m kinda lost here.’’ I said, staring at both Mikey and Gee.

‘’You just keep on doing what you do and I will take care of the rest.’’ Gerard said, fixing dinner.

‘’And what is it that I do?’’ I asked, completely lost.

‘’Being your adorable self’ Mikey answered, smiling at me.

‘’Babe you need to calm down cause now even the neighbors could tell something is fishy. Stop shaking and breathe.’’ Gee said, adding some salt to what was inside the sauce pan.

‘’Alright. But what are you both gonna do?’’ I asked, still confused.

‘’Gonna lure him in showing his true nature.’’ Mikey said, gesturing he was looking through a crystal ball.

‘’Yeah..leavehim with me one minute and you’ll see it.’’ I said, sitting on my hands that wouldn’t stop shaking.

‘’Not tonight, babe. I want one night, only one night of total fake harmony.’’ He said, pointing his index in the air.

‘’I’ll take care of you tonight’’ Mikey said, kissing the top of my head then winking at Gerard.

‘’Yeah…I’m not sure about it after all.’’ Gerard answered, raising an eyebrow.

‘’Can’t I just make a joke? Come on, Gee.’’ Mikey said, signing. I guess this wasn’t the first argument they had on the subject.

‘’Frank, I don’t wanna be held responsible for the things I will say in the near future. You have to act like you don’t care because it will push Vincent to the edge. If he knows that all it takes for me to dump you is one more accusation, he will take the bait.’’ Gerard said making a serious face like we were going at war.

‘’O..kay..but what kind of things are you gonna say to him?’’ I asked, uncertain.

‘’Lots of bullshit. Lots of empty promises. You need to know I’m faking all of it. I’m serious about us, always have been, always will. Now is not the time to doubt me, alright?’’ He asked, kissing me on the lips.

‘’Alright, sergeant.’’ I said, as Mikey started to laugh.

‘’Come on…’’ Gerard complained, as the doorbell rang. I froze and Mikey caressed my arm to calm me down.Vincent arrived and I disappeared in the living room.

‘’Wanna watch a movie?’’ I asked to Alice who was drawing on the floor.

‘’Yeah!!’’ She said, picking up a Disney movie that was in the shelf.

‘’Anastasia? It’s my favorite.

’’Alright.’’

''My friend Sissy is a princess too you know.’’

''Oh yeah?’’

''Yeah but she died cause her prince never came.’’

‘’What a sad story.’’

‘’Yeah but you find yours didn’t you?’’

‘’Yes and you’re gonna find yours too, when the time will come.’’

‘’I already got mine.’’

‘’Oh, yeah and who is it?’’

‘’Carl.’’

‘’He’s a friend of yours?’’

‘’Yes, he is my grandma’s neighbor.’’

‘’And how old is he?’’

‘’Humm.. I never asked him but I would say…your age?’’

‘’What? Isn’t he a bit old for you to be in love with him?’’

‘’I don’t love him, Frankie, he’s my prince. That is different.’’

‘’How come?’

''’Because he owns a horse and he took me on a ride once. You ought to have a horse to be a prince. I thought you knew that.’’

‘’No I didn’t. Well then, Gerard doesn’t own a horse but he’s still a prince, right?.’’

‘’Yes, because his horses are in his car.’’ She told me like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

‘’Oh. There’s my favorite part!’’ She said, cuddling with her bunny, suddenly absorbed by the t.v.

I heard Gerard laugh in the kitchen, I was wondering what was so funny when he called us for dinner.

"Come on guys, dinner's ready." Gerard yelled. I didn't move and Alice stayed there, scotched to the tv.

"Alice, come on and Frank please…show the example." Gerard said, standing up in the doorframe.I got up and Alice asked that I take her hand.

"Can I sit next to Frank?" she asked in front of Vincent that wasn't happy to see me.

"Don't you wanna sit next to me my love?" Vincent asked, just to make everyone feel even more uncomfortable then they already did.

"No. Frank talks to me you will just ignore everything I say." Alice answered, pouting.

"Alright." he answered, defeated. 2-0 for Frank.

They talked about a lot of things during dinner. I didn't add any value to the conversation because they were arguing about shareholders and banking stuff that didn't make any sense.Alice was signing and started talking about her imaginary friend Sissy, the princess.

"She helps me draw sometimes. I just close my eyes and she make me see all sorts of things. Like the castle where she lives in and her prince. He has dark brown hair just like you, long like your hair too and has a great smile. That's why I liked you so much when I first met you. You look just like him." she explained. I was now the prince that let her princess die waiting for him. Jolly.

"Daddy thinks you are prettier than he is." she said, putting a hand on her mouth to laugh.

"Humm..okay. I said, blushing.Gerard and Vincent were so deep in the conversation that they didn't hear what she was saying."You aren't as cute as my prince but.. Mikey said you had a nice butt. You should hide it. He must look at it often if he was able to comment on it." She said loud enough for Mikey to hear.His face went red and he choked on the wine he was drinking.

"What the hell are you two talking about?" Mikey asked, kicking my foot under the table.

"She started it." I said, raising both hands.We started laughing louder to burry Gerard's and Vincent conversation.Then it all went silent when Vincent asked what we were laughing about.

"So Frank, are you going back to school or are you gonna work?" Vincent asked me, breaking the silence.

"Vincent, would you please.." Gerard said before Vincent interrupted him.

"Let him answer me, we're all friends here." He said.

"I'm gonna work for a while and then we'll see where it takes me." I answered, casually.

"And where are you gonna work?" he asked.

"At the record store or at the comic book shop if..Gerard's friend still wants me." I said as Gerard noded.

"Ah well, that sounds interesting, good luck with that." He said, knowing he made me look like a total loser.

"And did you talk to your dad recently?" He asked like it was a subject he could talk about with me.

"No, haven't heard of him." I answered with a smile.

"And your cuts on your arm and bruises, have they healed?" he asked with a smirk on his face.

"You should know since you were in laying in the bed next to me this morning." I answered. I had just dropped a bomb and I was filled with pride. That fucker wasgonnabe exposed.

"Why were you in Frank's bed, daddy?" Alice asked, not understanding what was going on.

"Frank is kidding my love. He has a strange sense of humor. He's not really funny." Gerard said, clenching his teeth.

"Sorry, my bad, Gee. Didn't meant to make such a bad joke." I said, head down but totally proud of myself and of the look on Vincent's face.Silence filled up the room again. Vincent would know better than to humiliate me in front of everyone next time. I knew how to fight back.

After an uncomfortable dinner that seemed to never end, I went back to the living room with Alice. We watched a couple other children's movies. She had fallen asleep on my lap when Gerard came to put her to bed.

"You both look adorable like that." he said kissing my lips.

"She likes me a lot I think." I told him, whispering so I wouldn't wake her up.

"Let me take a picture." he said, grabbing his phone and capturing the moment.

"Do you wanna help me put her to bed?" He asked.

"Yeah, of course."

He took her in his arms and went upstairs. I helped him tuck her into her covers and we both kissed her goodnight.

"You'd make a great dad, you know." Gerard said, brushing the side of my face.

"I'm a bit too young for that, don't you think?" I told him, weirded out.

"Yeah but you could take care of her like a dad would do, you know. Protect her, reassure her, let her make you proud when she achieves something, knowing she loves you with all of her lovely heart." He said, tearing up.

"Are you alright?" I asked.

"I drank a bit too much wine, I think. And I hate this situation downstairs. Vincent is acting like a dick." he said, wiping the single tear that had fallen on his cheek.

"Acting like his usual self, you mean." I corrected him. He started laughing and kissed me.

"I had miss this. I'm sorry it took some time for me to realise. I'm glad you aren't mad at me."

"I missed you too." I told him, kissing his cheek.

"Aww and that smile, babe. You're gorgeous." he said, kissing me again.

"Alright, stop it cause I'm gonna fuck you right now in our bed." he said, breaking the kiss.

We went downstairs and Mikey offered me a glass of wine. I took and drank half of it in a sip.

"Heyoh..slow down a bit honey, wouldn't want to get you drunk." Mike said.

"Let him be drunk if he wants to. It's Christmas afterall." Vincent answered.

"Did Alice opened her presents?" I asked, looking at the empty space under the Christmas tree

"Nah the tradition says it's in the morning, after Santa brought all the gifts." He said, winking at me.

I noded. My parents never made me believe in Santa. They wanted me to know that they had bought the gifts themselves and that no man in a red suit would ever bring me gifts for free.

"What was Christmas like when you were younger?" Vincent asked me.

"Pretty normal. Just me, my mom and dad. At some point it started to be boring as hell and we just stopped celebrating it." I said, like it wasn't a big deal.

"Did you dad beat you up as a Christmas gift?" He asked.

"So much for the confidentiality rule between a therapist and his patient, huh Mike?" His face went red and he apologized under his breath.Vincent just rolled his eyes like I was the most annoying person in the world and kept on talking.

"Does your mom knows about the divorce yet?"

Vincent asked Gerard."Yeah..but she's getting married to Paul so..Idon't think she really cares." he said.

"That obsessive white trash? Really?" Vincent asked, surprised.

"Yeah. That Paul. Same Paul that beat up my mom for years." Gerard answered.

"Wow what is it with you and staying with abusive people? Huh Frank, do you still love your daddy even tho he used to beat you up all the time?" he asked, a smile plastered to his face. I could've spit in his face.

"F.." I answered before Gerard interrupted me.

"Let's move to another subject please. Something more jolly perhaps." Gerard said, smiling.

"Alright...how's sex with Frank then?" he asked.

"Wow. Really, dude. Trying your best to ruin the evening." Mikey said, taking my hand that was about to slap Vincent in the face.

"Come on, pussies. You're all offenced for nothing. I was joking." Vincent said, finishing his drink.

"I think I need something stronger." he added.Gerard followed him to the kitchen.

"What a jerk." I said, as soon as they were out of sight.

"Yeah he's not in his best behavior tonight." Mikey answered.

"He's fantasizing in beating me up, did you noticed?" I asked.

"Yeah…that's weird. I mean..wtf. Why does he acts this way in front of Gerard?" Mikey asked to himself, as he sat on the couch.

"He prolly wants to test if Gerard still cares about me."

"Believe me it took him all he got not to fucking murder him in the spot. I wish I could've punched him in the teeth." he said, clenching his fists.

"Yeah..Gerard was almost laughing."

"Don't hold him responsible for the things he does, remember?" Mikey said, brushing the side of my face.

"Yeah..yeah..I know." I said, pouting. This situation was really shitty.

"Let's have some fun" Mikey said, filling up my glass of wine.

"Alright? What are you thinking about?" I said, crashing on the sofa.

"Nope, nope. I wanna dance with you." Mikey said, lifting me from my seat. He switched the radio on and started to dance. I was a bit tipsy from the wine and giggling, shy to dance in front of him.

''Come on, dance with me, babe. Move that perky butt of yours.'' He said, smiling at me.He turned the volume up and since I couldn't hear myself thinking I just started dancing without overthinking.

''Yeahh that's it babe.'' He said, as I started making moves just to impress him. I finished my drink and put it on the end table. We danced like no one was watching till a slow song started to play.

''Would you do me the pleasure?'' He asked, putting my hands on his hips.

''That feels nice.'' I said in his ear.

''HUHH..hummm..'' A voice yelled over the music.Mikey turned the volume down.

''Having fun?'' Vincent asked, amused by the scene.

''Yeah, join us.'' Mikey said, grabbing his arm.I was about to sit down when Gerard grabbed my ass and kissed me.

"Nice ass." He told me giggling.His skin smelled pot and his breath smelled like rhum.

"You high?" I asked, looking at his bloodshot eyes.

"Well yeah. Did you wanted some?" he said, kissing my lips again.

"No thanks. We're we all supposed to behave around Vincent?" I whispered in his ear.

"Ahh yeah screw that. It's Christmas Frank. Get high with me." he said, showing me a pipe he was holding in his right hands.

"Not now. Maybe later when we go to bed? I wanna stay drunk." I told him as an excuse. I didn't wanna lose control.

"You two would make a great couple." Gerard said to Vincent and Mike as he turned away from me.

"That's exactly what I was gonna say about Frank and Mike when I came in the livingroom." Vincent said, just to annoy Gerard.

"Hell we should just go out with each other." Vincent said. I wondered if he was being serious but one thing I was sure is that he was being fucking gross.

"Euhm, Gerard is my brother, remember?" Mikey said, laughing.

"Yeah..but you two making out..that's the hottest thing I have ever seen." Vincent said, biting his lips. Gerard's face turned red and Mikey looked really uncomfortable.

"Tell me about it." I said, curious but grossed out.

"If we're gonna talk about this I need a fucking drink." Gerard said, getting up and coming back from the kitchen with a bottle of wine while everyone sat down.

"We were young and drunk." Mikey said.

"Ahh come on stop making excuses you were fucking into it." Vincent said, smiling.

"That's not something I particularly enjoy talking about, Vincent." Mikey answered.

"You're afraid that Frank will think less of you? You won't heh Frank? Your virgin ears are begging to hear about this right?"

I didn't answer cause frankly, fuck him, I was tired of his harsh comments.

"Well we were hanging out with dear Vincent here, a couple years ago and.." Gerard said.
"How old were you?" I asked curious.

"27" He said.

"You weren't that young." I answered.

"Huh, maybe it seems old to you now but time flies so fast. Next thing you know you wake up and you're an old fuck." he said, chugging on the bottle like if he was drinking water.

"So yeah, I wasn't dating Vincent officially and I don't really remember how it happened but I ended up kissing Mikey to turn Vincent on cause he kept on saying it would be hot." Gerard continued.

"And hell yeah I was right!" Vincent said, smirking.

"What happened after?" I asked.

"I gave a blowjob to Vincent while Mikey was watching."

"Abstinence and alcohol is an explosing mix." Mikey said, ashamed.

"They fucking made out in front of me like if I wasn't there. I should've let things go a bit, I bet they would've jumped each other's pants." Vincent said, licking his lips. I noticed a buldge in his pants and felt a pit in my stomach.

"Shut up Vincent, you're an incestuous freak. I wouldn't have touched my brother like that. Once was enough." Gerard said, annoyed.

"Plus you know why Mikey did it so…"

"Yeah he fucking was in love with me and he would've done anything I asked." Vincent said.

"It reminds me of a certain situation. Mikes, you're doomed to fall in love with your brother's boyfriends aren't you?" Vincent said.

"You're a fucking asshole." Mikey said getting up and leaving the room. His eyes were filled with tears.

"Really, Vincent?" Gerard said, following Mike to the kitchen. I heard the back door slam and me and Vincent were left alone. Fuck.

"Once I'm done with you, even Mikey won't want to date you." he said, all threatning.

I ran upstairs as fast as I could, knowing he was a few feet behind. On the last step he grabbed my foot and I fell down head first on the floor. I tried to get up but Vincent was already on me, putting all his weight on my stomach so I couldn't breathe.

"Let go of.." I said, as he punched me in the side.

He lifted me up and dragged me on the bed, tearing my pants down. He let fall his pants to his ankles and the noise his belt made as it touched the floor sent shivers to my spine.

"Lift your little ass up." he ordered as he exposes his big hard dick. I wouldn't move so he ripped my underwear apart.

I tried to push him away, kicking him in the ribs, spitting on his face..hell I tried everything I could but soon were left with his dick inside my mouth, choking me.

"Stop…that fucking hurts…" I pleaded as soon as he pulled out.

He turned me around slapping my ass. He took his belt on the floor and started whipping me with it.

"Doesn't it brings back memories, Frankie? Is that how you daddy used to beat you up?" he said, laughing. I didn't understand what I had done to deserve such cruelty. He turned me around again and finished himself coming all over my face.

"Next time I'm gonna tear your ass up." he said, licking the cum off my mouth, kissing me like I was a whore. He pulled up his pants, made me get up the bed and dragged me to the bathroom.

He shoved a wet cloth in my face and forced me to clean myself up. He went back to my room and threw some clothes on me, ordering me to get dressed. Once I was done, he lifted my shirt up, checking for bruises.

"That doesn't look so bad. Good thing I beated you up real hard last time. Those bruises are gonna fade away with the rest of them." He said, scratching my head like I was a dog.

"Now you're gonna go downstairs with me and you're gonna get really drunk." he said, taking my hand so I would follow him.

He made me sat on the couch, took the bottle of wine to my lips and made me chunk half of it. I choked and almost threw up on myself.

"Take that" he said, giving me a glass of water in which I saw him pour a strange liquid.

"What did you put in it?" I asked him, pushing the glass away from my face.

"What do you think?" he said, shoving the water down my throath before I could react.

"F…u..ckk.." I said, choking on the liquid that was now pouring out of my nose.

"That way I'll make sure you're gonna shut your little cunt mouth." he said, kicking me on the side.

I collapsed on the floor and started panicking. He had made me take some sort of drug.. Probably ghb.. I had never took it so I didn't know what the effects were which was freaking me out even more.

"Calm down, Frank. It'll only be worse if you panic." Vincent said, as he made me lay on my back so I would breathe more easily.

It took about 10 minutes for my panic to fade, by then I was high as fuck. It felt like I was wasted like I had never been. I can't tell how much time it took for Gerard to come back but I had been laying there, almost completely gone.

"I think he drank a bit too much." Vincent said to explain why I was laying on the floor.

"Yeah...let's call it a night." Gerard said as he tried to make me get up.

"Come on Frank..you can't be that drunk…" Gerard said when he saw I couldn't lift a finger.

"Yeah he finished your bottle." Vincent said, showing the bottle to Gerard.

"Ahh..dammit. We were gone like 10 minutes." Gerard said.

"More like an hour, Gee." Vincent answered.

"Ahh I guess you're right." he answered, looking at his watch.

"Where's Mikey?" Vincent asked.

"Still outside, he's smoking. You really hurt him you know."

"Yeah I'm sorry about that..you know how I get.. I"ll make it up to him. Let's put Frank to bed, I'll help you carry him, then I'm gonna apologize to Mikey."

"Yeah..I could really use a smoke too." Gerard answered.

Notes

Sorry guys!! I know I said I would update last weekend but something came up.
I wrote another chapter tho and I'm gonna upload it after correcting it (so in a couple minutes).

Please forgive me :)