Frerard - Yes Sir!

Chapter 28

Frank and Gerard talked all night at Frank's house. They laughed and they cried, and they kissed and they cuddled. They held hands and constantly touched one another, as though not quite believing they were there.

It was clear that they had both been devastated by the last few weeks – their tears kept making an appearance, both of relief and sadness of what they had felt.

"I wish you'd have told me Frank" Gerard said as he brushed his fingers over Frank's.

"I'm sorry" Frank replied. "I just didn't know what to do. I couldn't let you risk your job. You're such an amazing teacher, Gee, I just couldn't."

"But you're more important Frank."

"You would have ended up resenting me Gee" Frank sadly shook his head. "I know you'll say you wouldn't, but you would. And I would have hated myself for that."

"Well thank God for Mikey then huh?" Gerard laughed.

"Yeah" Frank smiled. "God he's a fucking persistent bastard. There's no way he was letting this go. Jeez, we really owe him."

"Yes we do" Gerard smiled at the thought of his little brother. "He's the best."

It was clear they were both getting tired, but neither wanted to fall asleep for fear of this all just being a dream and waking to find they were still in their nightmare.

Still, their eyes grew heavier and heavier until they finally slumped against each other on the couch; sleep overtaking them. They held onto each other the whole night, both finally having a contented night's sleep. The first in weeks.

They woke in the morning, made love and then got to work on getting their lived back on track.

Starting with a visit to Mikey with a huge box of chocolates and a keg of beer.

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"Hey dumbasses!" Frank boomed to his class as he entered on his first day back at school.

He was rewarded with a cacophony of whoops and cheers, all clearly thrilled at the return of their favourite teacher.

They had many questions as to where he had been, and it was clear the rumour mill had been circulating at a rate of knots. Apparently he had: - 1) been in a terrible accident, leaving him bed ridden, 2) had emigrated to South America with his Latin lover, 3) was in rehab or 4) had made it big with his band and was on a worldwide tour.

He just laughed, told them his mom had been ill, and then got back into teacher mode.

All the staff were glad he was back too, and they were all aware of his and Gerard's relationship and seemed very happy for them both. Lindsey wasn't really mentioned, although Frank thought that was for his benefit and had no doubt that they gossiped about her when he wasn't around.

He met Gerard in his room after school and they headed straight to his storeroom for a quick make out session. It was almost a "for old time's sake" kind of thing just to re-establish their relationship as it had initially started.

After a couple of days, life was pretty much back to normal. Neither Frank nor Gerard could be happier. They were content again. Whole again. Complete.

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Summer break had finally arrived. The two men were truly back on track and loving life.

Currently bobbing up and down in the pool on vacation, they could barely keep their hands or eyes off each other.

"You wanna go back to the room?" Frank smirked as he squeezed Gerard's thighs that were wrapped around his waist in the water.

Gerard simply nodded and the two exited the pool and walked hand in hand back to the hotel.