The Light behind your Eyes (My Chemical Romance)

Chapter 23 Frank

Frank

October seemed to have everything sorted out with Dominic as far as Aiden was concerned, but I couldn't help but be leery of the whole arrangement. Dominic promised that when she got home, he'd have Aiden there to see her. He also said he'd bring him by any time she wished. I found it hard to believe that Dominic would do anything out of the goodness of his heart, and voiced this often to October. She'd laugh, or pat my hand, and tell me not to worry so much. Maybe I was naturally distrusting, or maybe it was because of everything that had happened. But I couldn't seem to shake the feeling that the ball was about to drop. Dominic hadn't ever tried to make my life easier before, why would he start now? I hated to admit, even to myself, that I was a little relieved by the situation. It made me feel utterly selfish, as if I didn't want to share October with her own son. This absolutely wasn't the case, but I knew how it'd sound to anyone else so I kept it to myself. My reasons were that yes, I would get to spend a lot of one on one time with October, but also that she could concentrate on therapy instead of trying to acclimate Aiden to a new man being around. There was another reason I didn't tell anyone how I felt. My feelings mirrored Dominic's, and after everything that had happened I wanted to have nothing in common with him. He may have said some kind things about me in that letter, but it didn't make up for everything he'd said and done before that. I wasn't ready to like him; I had no idea if I ever would be.

October was released only two days after Dominic had gone home, after nearly an hour of instructions from Dr. Chou and a mountain of paper work with more instructions that needed to be followed to the "T". I could tell that Dr. Chou was startled when he brought in the release forms and Julianne directed him to give them to me. He had no idea Dominic had gone. After getting over his initial shock, he released her to my care after my profuse promises that I'd see to it that she'd receive all the medical care she required.

We said our goodbyes to Gerard at the airport; I knew I wouldn't see him for a while. I was going to stay in Illinois with October for as long as it took. The only reason Dr. Chou hadn't recommended institutionalization was the fact that I promised to be by her side constantly. Julianne gave an awkward goodbye to Gerard as well; it was obvious that she didn't know what to say to him. I had no idea what was going on with that situation; it had kind of gone to the wayside with everything else going on. The plane ride was an uncomfortable one, as Julianne continually let out deep brooding sighs while October and I were lost in our own private conversation. Neither of us felt the need to ask her what was wrong; it seemed as if we were tired of the drama for now. I was desperately nervous, as October's father was meeting us at the airport. I was shaking a little by the time our plane touched down. She must have noticed, as she gently intertwined her fingers in mine. I smiled at her weakly.

"Something wrong?" She asked, giving my hand a squeeze.

I had to laugh slightly. "I'm actually a little nervous about meeting your dad."

Hearing this, Julianne snorted. "Will's harmless. Don't worry about him."

"Easy for you to say, you've known him your whole life," I retorted.

"Frank, honey, it'll be fine," October gave me a reassuring smile.

"Sure, but I'm afraid he's going to think I'm the home-wrecker."

"No, he won't. To be honest, he's probably seen this coming. We actually talked about it once, not long before..." She trailed off, either tired of or uncomfortable with talking about those things at the moment.

"Frank, William knows about everything, and he's grateful to you. I'm sure he's a lot more concerned with seeing his daughter than worrying about her new boyfriend anyway," Julianne told me with a roll of her eyes. Sometimes the girl could be so blunt it was aggravating.