Teach Me To Love

11. A Plan Is Born

I woke up to Jeph prodding my stomach, he had a giant smile on his face. I grumbled and rolled onto my stomach. I didn't want to wake up, I wanted to keep sleeping and maybe go into like hibernation or something.

"Come on Frankie-kins!" Jeph said poking my hips, I twitched, it tickled.

"Why?" I asked, I tried to shove him away, but my hands only contacted air, he had moved too fast.

"Because, Quinn made breakfast." Jeph said, I inhaled deeply, I could smell pancakes and eggs and more breakfast things. I sat up rubbing my eyes. "Now come into the kitchen and dig in!" Jeph said pulling me off the couch. I stumbled behind him and he pulled a seat out for me. I fell into it and stared at the fresh food on it.

"Have as much as you'd like." Quinn said from across from me, he smiled at me and I took a pancake and some eggs. We ate together and we all spoke random things, I mentioned my old band Pencey Prep and Bert had recalled going to a concert of ours, he had liked us.

Once again, I had wished Pencey had stayed together, but it all went downhill. Downhill much like everything was now. I finished eating and Quinn and I went out back to have cigarettes.

"Ya know, Bert might try and talk to Gerard." Quinn said, he was looking bat me out of the corner of his eye. I raised an eyebrow..

"Why?" I asked.

"Bert kind of has a connection with you, he trusts you and he wants you happy. He kind of does his own things to make people happy, and I think he's gong to try and get rid of Lindsey." Quinn answered, he crossed his arms.

"Get rid of her how? Like, kill her?" I asked, my mouth agape. Quinn let out a laugh.

"No! He's not some deranged murderer! Just like..talk some sense into Gerard or something. I dunno, Bert has his ways." Quinn said.

"You're right! I do!" Bert said, he suddenly landed on a brick pillar of the back cement porch. I looked up at him in shock, he had jumped off the roof, it wasn't that high of a fall, but I hadn't even heard him up there. He was crouching and grinning, he tucked some of his hair behind his ear and chuckled.

"So what is your master plan?" I asked looking at him. He stroked his chin and grinned.

"Well, I could always try and lure Lindsey into this Bert-ness..and then Gerard'll see how much of a bitch she is and come crawling back to you!" Bert said, he hung his feet off the edge of the pillar. He pat my shoulder.

"No offense, but I don't think Lindsey would fancy you." I told him, he laughed.

"I've got my ways Frankie-kins. Don't doubt the master!" Bert said with a grin. I smiled back.

"Okay, that sounds pretty good. How are we going to do this?" I asked.

"Well, first, we need to get to their house. And like, you could say you ran into me so we decided to visit him coz I haven't seen him in forever, and the rest, is a surprise." Bert answered, he tapped his fingers together mischievously. I nodded.

"Sounds like a plan." I said, his highfived me.

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A/N: Will this evil plan of Bert's go down? Or will something intense happen and wreck the whole scheme? You tell me what you think! There's more chapters to come :)

~Orange Juice!!!!

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