♡︎ Frankie ♡︎
"Fwankie! Fwankie!!" The sound of the little girl's shrieks pull me out of my sleep, sending me of the edge of the bed.
"Shit!" I mumble, rubbing the now soar spot on my forehead as I get up to find Billie.
"Fwankie!" She cries out.
I follow her cries to the bathroom, "what's wrong?" I asked panicking when I see her curled up in a ball in the corner.
Her face was bright red and her eyes were being covered by her chunky hands, "bu-b-bug!"
My eyes scan over the area and I sigh when I spot the culprit, a fairly big but thin black spider. I get a wad of tissue and slowly make my way to the bug, capturing it quickly and squishing it inside the tissue. I toss the sucker in the toilet and flush it.
"Look sweetheart, it's gone" I coo putting my hand out for her to take.
She hesitantly moves her hands away revealing the scared blue eyes, she looks around and when she doesn't see it she jumps into my arms. I grunt when her body crashed into mind, knocking the wind out of me.
I pick her up holding her tightly as I leave the bathroom, "you're okay now" I hum caressing her soft hair. "The big is all gone."
I sit down on the couch with Billie in my lap, her head buried into my neck. "Are you hungry, darling?"
"Mhm" she sniffles, using the back of her hand to wipe her face.
"Okay, how does pancakes sound?" I tickle her gently earning soft giggles from the girl.
She nods her head approving of my breakfast choice, "Biwie help?"
"Of course cutie" I boop her nose, chuckling lightly.
I adjust her, having her rest on my hip as I get up. She didn't ask to be carried but I just felt like having her close to me.
In the kitchen, I take out everything I need and set Billie on the counter. I pour all the ingredients into a big mixing bowl and handle Billie a whisk. She gives me a confused look, I place my hand over hers.
"Like this" I carefully move the whisk around in a clockwise motion.
"Okay, Billie do it now!" She whines.
I throw my hands up surrendering, "okay okay" I laugh.
Her tongue pokes out of her mouth, sitting in the corner of her mouth as she concentrated on mixing the batter. I turned my back for a few minutes to grab a pan, butter it and turn on the stove. When I face the small girl again she had batter on her shirt and cheek.
"What happened?" I chuckled.
"I taste an' den this" she shrugs looking down at her shirt.
I grab a paper towel and wipe Billie's face and shirt, "there it's all clean now" I nod.
I do the rest of the cooking while she sat swinging her feet back and forth humming something. Once I was done I put the pancakes on plates, add syrup and we head to the couch.
Without thinking I cut up her pancakes into bite sized pieces and begin to the feed the girl but she turns her head away from the fork. "What's wrong? Are you not hungry anymore?"
"I big girl! Feed myself!" She groans crossing her arms over her chest.
"Sorry" I grumble handing her the fork and picking up my own.
I put on some cartoon for her while we eat in peaceful silence. When I finished eating I take a look at Billie and immediately start laughing. Poor girl had syrup all over her hands and face with small pieces of pancake stuck to shirt. Her blues eyes filled with sadness and that's when I stopped laughing.
"What's the matter?" I feel myself frowning.
Her bottom lip wobbles and I knew I fucked up, "Fwankie laugh at me" Billie blue eyes filling with tears.
"I'm sorry angel, I didn't mean to upset you. I was just laughing at the big mess you made" I coo placing my hand on sticky cheek, swiping her tears away with my thumb.
"Come on, let's give you a bath and get you dressed. We're doing something fun today" I smoke hoping that would cheer her up.
She gasps, "what we doin' ?"
"It's a surprise, big the quicker we get you bathed the faster we can go."
She hops up off the couch and runs to the bathroom, "Fwankie! Come on!" She calls out.
I chuckle shaking my head before meeting the small girl in the bathroom to get her bath started. I get on my knees in front of the tub, feeling the water to make sure it's not too hot. Upon turning back I'm greeted with a very naked Billie to which I quickly look away, slapping my hands over my eyes.
"A warning next time, Billie" I sigh.
"I sowy" she mumbles.
"It's alright cutie, you can get in the tub now" I stand up and head to the door.
Walking into my room I grab my phone and text Finneas.
Hey, I don't mean to be
annoying or anything but
I wanna take Billie to get
some stuff like clothes and
toys but I don't get paid
for another week..
Frankie, you don't have to
worry about asking me for money for Billie lol, do you have Zelle?
Yeah I do, sorry this is
a odd situation. I've never
liked asking anyone for
anything especially money
Don't worry about it, I just
sent some money. Did you get it?
I open the message from Zelle and nearly choke on my own spit.
Are you insane? There is
no way in hell I can take
that much money from you!!
Frankie, please take it. That
amount barely put in dent in the
check I get every week. Its nothing
Wow.. ok well
thank you Finneas.
I'll get her anything she
needs.
Feel free to use it for whatever
you need as well. Rent, food,
clothes, anything really. I'm
paying you as well Frankie lol
Okay, thank you so
much Finneas.. I've gotta
go get her dressed
He says goodbye and thanks me again for taking care of her, I open my bank app and stare at the amount sitting in my account. I only had $85 dollars to begin with and that was from my parents but now..
$3,085..
