Frerard - Yes Sir!

Chapter 14

The school trip was looming, and Frank was currently sprawled out on Gerard's bed watching him panic pack for the trip.

"I don't know what the hell to pack Frank" he said as he threw clothes from his drawers. "Why are you so fucking easy going about all this?"

"Why are you so fucking stressed?" Frank replied. "It will be great. Just throw some jeans and underwear in a bag and stop worrying. I'll bring the fun stuff" he added with a wink.

"Huh?" Gerard quizzed.

"You know – the handcuffs and condoms" he raised his eyebrows comically.

"You cannot be serious" Gerard said quietly, looking over his shoulder as though some invisible person was listening in.

"You bet your life I am" Frank laughed. "If you think I'm wasting the opportunity of being in some swanky hotel room with my boyfriend, you've got another thing coming."

"Frank!" Gerard chastised. "We are expected to be the responsible adults on this trip. We have a duty of care to these kids and you're suggesting we fool around while we're there?"

"Pfft" Frank scoffed. "Responsible adults. Yeah, I'll be all that during the day, but most of those kids will be wasted every night with the booze they'll smuggle in in their luggage."

"Not on my watch they won't" Gerard replied smugly.

"That's why I'm the cool teacher. Remember?"

"Whatever" Gerard rolled his eyes.

"Seriously Gee" Frank knelt in front of his boyfriend. "Don't you remember what it was like to be seventeen? They're away from home. Let them have some fun, yeah? And let me show you some fun!" he grinned as he planted a kiss on Gerard's cheek.

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Gerard was a bit overwhelmed as the sixty or so kids piled onto the bus. There were four teachers - him, Frank, Lindsey and Casey in charge of all of them. That felt like a lot of responsibility and very daunting to him.

Frank on the other hand may as well have been one of the kids instead of a teacher. He was bouncing about like a fucking child at Christmas.

"Looking very sexy with your clipboard there, Mr Way" he grinned as he stood close to Gerard who was busily checking off the names as each child got on the bus.

Gerard shook his head. "Thank you, Sir," he replied quietly.

"Sir? Mmmm I like that" Frank replied with a lick of his bottom lip.

"Stop it" Gerard pretended to chide. "Just get on the bus. You're being no help at all."

Frank laughed and climbed the steps to the bus – his ass looking incredible as he did.

Once everyone was seated, Gerard and Lindsey did one last head count before taking their seats. Gerard let out a long breath as he dropped into his seat next to Frank.

"You ok?" Frank asked sincerely.

"No" Gerard replied. "I'm not cut out for this Frank. What if something goes wrong? What if one of these kids gets hurt or lost, or I don't know –? "

"Gerard!" Frank soothed. "They're not exactly kindergarten kids. They're barely five years younger than you. Come on! Give them some credit! They don't need fucking hand holding. They need to experience the world. And if, and I mean IF, they make any mistakes this week, then we're here to help put those mistakes right."

He could see the tension in Gerard's posture dissipate a little at his words.

"No one's going to die Gee. No one's going to be abducted by fucking aliens" he discreetly put his hand over Gerard's. "Someone may well vomit if they've brought booze, but you know what? Who cares? They'll feel like shit for the day and hopefully not do it again. Yeah?"

Gerard nodded and smiled at Frank. "Thank you."

"Try to enjoy this Gee" Frank smiled back. "For me?"

"I will" he replied. "I promise."

With a last wink, Frank removed his hand, before swinging around and kneeling up on his seat so he was facing the rest of the bus.

"For the love of God" he shouted towards the excited teenagers, "somebody put some decent music on and turn that shit off!"

Gerard laughed quietly and shook his head as a burst of laughter erupted from the seats behind him.

Frank swung back around and ferreted around in his backpack, before pulling out a huge packet of skittles. Opening them, he poured a generous helping into Gerard's hand, taking back any purple ones that had landed there and shoving them into his own mouth.

"Hey" Gerard whined. "Not fair!"

Frank just laughed and rammed another handful into his mouth.

After about half an hour, Frank was fast asleep. How he could sleep with the number of skittles he had consumed was anyone's guess, but there he was slumped against the window with his mouth open and his hair over his face.

Gerard walked along the aisle of the bus and chatted to some of the kids. Frank was right. They weren't babies. For all his humour and playing the idiot, Gerard realised that Frank was actually very wise. He knew how to read people, and how to put them at ease. He knew what to say and how to say it. And he had been spot on about these kids - they were actually very mature, and Gerard began to relax at the realisation. He enjoyed talking to them and they were all really looking forward to the trip. It made him excited about it more now, and knowing he would get to spend the whole week with Frank made him smile internally.

He headed back to his seat and allowed himself to relax and close his eyes. Before he knew it, he was being shaken awake by a very excitable Frank.

"We're here Gee" he squealed.

Opening his eyes, he couldn't help but smile at Frank's beaming face.

"Come on" he shouted as he tugged at Gerard's arm.

"Ok. Ok" Gerard laughed in reply.

They all headed into the hotel foyer and Gerard and Casey headed to the desk to get everything in order. They gathered all the kids and read out who was in which rooms and sent them on their way to unpack. There was some grumbling, but Gerard just told them to sort it out amongst themselves.

The teachers were on the floor above all the students and had a room each. Frank instantly took the key card that he knew was for the room adjacent his boyfriend's and then casually made his way to the elevator.

Gerard headed to his room and unpacked his luggage. He then allowed himself to collapse onto his bed and closed his eyes as he relaxed on the soft mattress.

There was a knock at his door, and he smiled knowing it would be Frank.

"Come in" he said without sitting up.

"Comfortable Gerard?" came Lindsey's voice through the room.

Gerard sat up swiftly and composed himself before returning a hello to Lindsey.

"I was just wondering if you wanted a night cap before bed?" she asked sweetly.

"Oh um" Gerard stuttered. "Um, no thanks Lindsey. Just gonna get a good night's sleep."

"Oh ok" she replied with a bit of attitude. "Another night then?"

"Um sure, yeah" he replied nervously.

"Oh and Gee" she added as she reached the door. "For the record. You know what happens on school trip stays on school trip right?"

She smirked and winked at him before leaving the room.