Begin Again

Chapter Four (Lacey's POV)

whoops I accidentally added more gay to the story. also this song is hilarious and underappreciated.

I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore! I can't believe Frank is mad at me when all I'm trying to do is help him!

"Guess what, sweetie! I don't need your help" Frank yelled at me.

"Don't come crying to me when you get your heart stomped on!" I yelled as I stormed off.

A cute girl in a blue convertible wolf whistles at me and says,"Hey baby, you look like you need a ride"

I look over my shoulder at Frank and glare at him. "Yeah" I say, "I guess I do"

"Lace, I know you're mad but I don't think this is a good idea. Trust me, I'm your friend and I just want to help" Frank said. As soon as the words left his mouth I saw his face collapse as he realized his mistake. Time to make him eat his words. "Lacy, don't -" He started to say.

I cut him off by yelling,"Guess what, Frank? I don't need your help" I sneered at him for effect and defiantly walked around and got into the car.

I jumped into the passenger seat of the car and the girl driving looks over her shoulder at Frank smugly before speeding off.

It wasn't until we got onto a main road that I actually looked at her. She was muscular with short, brown and purple hair, she was tan and her eyes were beautifully brown.

She turned to me and asked me what my name was and where I was headed.

"My name is Lacey and I'm not really going anywhere, I'm just purposefully not being somewhere"

"Ah" she said,"I see. Well, my name's Rosie and I'm happy to help you not be somewhere. Especially if that means I get to sweep you off of your feet in front of your boyfriend" She winked at me and I laughed.

"Yeah, Frank's not my boyfriend " I said laughing, "He's a cool guy and all but, he's gay and he's my best friend, he's almost like my brother"

"Oh didn't realize your boy was a member of the rainbow club"

"Yeah, he tries to keep it under lock and key because we go to Catholic school "

"Are his parents chill?"

"His dad is MIA, but yeah his mom's chill"

"Cool, I gotta know cause if I make picking you up a habit, I don't wan to get yelled at the way you were yelling and that kid"

"God no, that won't happen"

"What were you yelling at that kid about?"

"Do you really want to know? It's a long and angry story"

"Well if it's a long and angry story, I have to know"

"Okay, so 2 years ago, this guy named Gerard and his brother Mikey move in across the street from us. Mikey wad nice enough and he hung out with us at school. We started hanging out at Mikey's house after school. That's when we met Gerard. He was pretty chill and left us alone most of the time. But after a few weeks, he started spending more time with us like watching movies and stuff. I think it was because he wanted to make sure we weren't bad friends to Mikey. Gerard was pretty cool and I liked him cause he was a good artist and he used to draw stuff for me. It was then that Frank started to develop a thing for him. I immediately told Mikey who then started teasing Frank about being jailbait. And that's all it was, just a joke. Then, and I'm not quite sure how this happened, but Frank and Gerard got closer. I think Frank was drinking at Gerard's house and spilled the secret. Then marching band season started and Mikey and I had to stay for an hour after school on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Well, one day it rained and practice got cut. We usually went to Mikey's house after practice and Frank would already be there. So because we got out early, we decided to scare them. Mikey was going to come up from the basement and I was going to jump out from the kitchen. I peeked around the corner to give Mikey the go ahead and then I saw Gerard and Frank making out on the couch! I flipped out and gestured to Mikey to get the hell out of there. We ran around to the front and rang the doorbell. I told Mikey what I saw later and he asked Gerard about it. Gerard said they had been dating since the third week of marching band season. I was skeptical and so was Mikey. Everything was great for about 2 months, then Gerard got a new job at a high end art gallery. He was gone a lot and he and Frank didn't get to see each other too much. Then one day Mikey came over to my house after marching band and Frank came over to hang out with us. We were there until about 11 and when Mikey finally went home he walked upstairs to tell Gerard that he was home and going to bed and he walked in on him and his female boss messing around. Gerard saw the look on Frank's face when I blurted out what Mikey told me and immediately came clean. Frank ran out and I went with him. After 2 weeks, Gerard quit his job and told Mikey they were moving again. I said goodbye to Mikey and he promised he'd come and visit us sometime. He tried, I know he did, but we never saw either of them again. Until today that is"

"Wow. That's quite the story"

"Yeah, I know. It still sounds crazy even though I was there"

"So what happened before I picked up a cute drifter like you?"

"Uh uh, I refuse to unload any more of my problems on you"

"C'mon I love your stories"

"You've only heard one!"

"And it was so good, I wanna hear another"

"Okay", I said with a smile,"How about you take me to 7/11 and then I'll tell you the rest of the story"

"Deal"

"Okay let's go"