Anytime

Frank’s P.O.V

“Gerard you have never once mentioned a friend that lives this side of town so why are we going over there now? When I just want to go home and eat myself into a coma?” I asked him in the grumpy teenager voice I’d perfected over the years. We’d been off tour for 2 months and we’d spent 7 weeks of that time off in the studio. I love Gerard to death but sometimes I could kill him and his artistically hyper brain. When I get an idea I thrash it out in my basement with my guitar, phone and a notepad. He drags us to the studio for hours on end when all I want to do is sleep and eat and catch up on all the shows I’d missed.
“You can’t stop that voice for starters, I’m going to be two fucking minutes seriously.” He glared at me as he pulled up in one of the parking spots and shut off the engine just as a figure made their way through the dark corridor of the apartment block. He got out of the car seeing the figure approach and walked over to the door, which they opened by pushing their back against it. I heard his cheerful ‘hey you’ and the person was just out of my eye line. The quiet chatter continued until they started walking towards the car, by this time I’d gone back to the interest of my phone hovering over Ruby’s message thread, debating to ask her how she was. I’d never had a hook-up like this before so it was all new to me as to what I was supposed to do. I mean sure I want to get to know her more but would she think that was weird? Or that I was getting clingy?
“Hey Frank.” I heard as I had finally made my mind up. I looked up at the person who seemingly knew me. I felt my mouth drop when I saw the ginger average height girl I’d first spotted in Forbidden Planet.
“Maddie” I asked surprised I could even get her name out from the shock of seeing her. In America.
“You called it.” She looked over at Gerard handing him some cash. They betted on me!
“What’s going on?” I asked still shocked, I felt my eyes drift to behind her to look at the door then back to her quickly.
“She’s still in England.” She told me, already knowing who I was looking for. I felt a wave of sadness but not understanding why. “Nah just kidding, she’s naked hot and sweaty.” She winked at me before turning back to Gerard, missing the groan and shift in position I gave. “You sure you don’t mind?” she asked as he shook his head.
“Not at all get in.” He smiled as he opened the door for her in the seat behind him.

We eventually got back on a familiar road that I knew and was heading back to mine this time with Maddie chattering away in the back. “We got offered a job over here, both of us, so we packed our stuff up and came on over. Ryan and Dylan are manning the bar and we are working and scouting out a new place where they could set up over here.” She told me, I’m assuming Gerard already knew all this.
“Oh cool. How long have you been over for?” I pretended like I was interested in why they were over.
“2 months next Monday.” She smiled over at me just as we pulled up.
“See you tomorrow dude.” Gerard looked over at me as I just nodded clicking the seatbelt off me and getting out, I just held the door open expecting Maddie to come round but instead I saw her climbing over from the backseat. I slammed the door shut and ran up the path letting myself in the house letting out a loud sigh to the silent house. Deciding what to do with myself I headed for the kitchen after taking my shoes off and grabbed a beer from the fridge. I grabbed my phone and hit play on the music player, soon Beastie Boys was filling my house as I moved into the living room flopping down on the sofa as I loaded her message thread up again.
Heard you was in NYC? I hit send quickly so that I couldn’t chicken out of texting her like I had been doing every other time.
Heard you was in New Jersey? Her response came back nearly seconds later, reading it I could feel the smile on my lips, the three dots signalled she was typing something else, so I stopped. Who has the best bars? The question came through as I stared at my screen with a confused look on my face. I texted back.
Jersey definitely, none of this upper east side crap I remember Maddie saying that they were looking for venues for their new bar figuring it was for that
Excuse me I live in the upper east side now! You thirsty? Came her response and I realised it she wasn’t looking for a venue. Instead of texting her back I just sent her a picture of my beer bottle. Someone’s frustrated She texted back as I noticed I’d subconsciously picked at the label. Of course I was frustrated! I’d not slept with anyone since her and then Maddie mentioned her being naked hot and sweaty!
You don’t even know I texted her back as her response of her coke bottle with the labelled picked off came back. I told her to go get in a yellow cab and sent her my address. Someone’s bossy tonight, I’m not ready so you’re going to have to wait 10 minutes before I set off came her response as I groaned in frustration. Then I remembered something.
No get in a cab now, come as you are, that’s an order. I messaged back smirking to myself. Just before I left she acted out one of my fantasies, time to repay the favour.
Not really an option, sorry boss she texted back as I frowned at the screen, I’m sure she told me she liked it when a guy was in charge. Before I could text back a picture message came through that I was not expecting. It was her in just a pair of navy panties, her arm covering her breasts.
Put a coat on, come as you are. I texted her back, staring at the picture some more before her response moved it further up the screen.
Yes, boss she texted back as I felt a small bit of satisfaction.

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