Give me a reason to believe (Frerard)

XVII.

*Gerard's POV*
Frank and I's lips move slowly and in sync. I press his face more into mine and I take a breathe in. The smell of faint cigarettes hit me and I breathe out.

I feel Frank press his hips down and he groans. I part my lips lightly and my tongue slithers into Franks mouth. I let out a moan and the front door opens.

"Hey boys, I brought-" Linda begins and Frank jumps off me. My mom walks in and looks at us surprised.

"You still owe me" Linda elbows my mom. "Owe her what?" I ask. "Well boys, Donna and I made a bet. If you guys were dating before high school ends, Donna owed me 50 bucks" Linda answer.

My mom reaches into her bag and retrieved $50. "You bet 50 dollars?" Frank says. "Yup" Linda says with a smile and walks into the kitchen. "There goes my 50" mom mumbles and walks to the kitchen with Linda.

Frank slowly turns to look at me and I give him a silly grin. He smiles and we decide on playing Mario Kart. I don't know why we don't talk about what just happened.

Is it because our moms are here? Bert is gone and out of the picture, I like Frank and I want to be with him. But I don't know how he feels.

I sigh out loud and get first place. "What's wrong Gee? You just won me, at Mario Kart!" Frank says and yells 'Mario kart.'

"I-I don't know" I stutter. "Come on, we've been best friends since kindergarten. I don't know if you still consider me a friend, but I sure still consider you a friend" Frank says and sets the controller down and faces me.

I sit with my feet up on the couch and face Frank. I look up at him and say "what are we?"

"What do you mean?" He asks and raises an eyebrow. "I mean, like, we've you know. And our moms just walked in on us making out" I say.

"Oh, um" Frank says and thinks for a while. "Well-" he begins and Linda walks in with my mom. "It's getting late, come on Gerard" mom says and waves me over.

I look at Frank and he looks over at me. "See you tomorrow" I say to Frank and place my shoes back on my feet. "Thank you Linda for having him here" Mom says. "No problem Dona, you two are welcomed here any time" Linda says and they hug, say goodbye and we're out the door.

As we get in the car, mom says "so, you and Frank huh?"

"What? Mom it's not like that" I say and roll the window down. I stuck my head out and let the air crash into my face and through my hair. "Get back inside the car" mom says and pulls me back in.

"Tell me everything" she says and puts her own window down. "Tell you about what?" I ask and cross my leg over the other. "Frank, dummy" she says.

"We're not dating mom" I say and huff. "Gerard, we walked in on you two sucking each others faces off" she says. "We just had one of those moments, you know?" I answer.

"Do you like him?" She asks. "I-uh-broke up with Bert" I say hoping to change the topic. "Why honey? Weren't you two happy?" She asks. Nice, subject changed.

"He's moving, far. And I thought a long distance relationship won't work, so I broke it up" I say not including him being abusive. "Oh, so you moved onto Frank?" She asks going back to Frank.

"Ugh, mom" I groan and she chuckles. The engine shuts off and we entered the house. I go upstairs and change into a batsman shirt and sweats. I head downstairs and the bell rings. I look over to my mom who is in the kitchen with a confused look and she shrugs her shoulders.

I open the door and Frank looks up at me as I open it. "Uh, hi Frank" I say look at my mom. She gives me a thumbs up and starts the coffee machine.

"You forgot your backpack, so I brought it over" He says and hands me my back. "Thanks" I say and retrieve the bag from his hands. "Hey Frank" my mom says and she appears behind me.

"Hi Donna" he greets with a smile. "Coffee?" She offers and hands a mug. "Sure" he says and I move aside so he can enter. "So, tell me Frankie" she says as they head to the kitchen. I sigh and close the door and go upstairs.

*Frank's POV*
I place the mug on the island and take a seat. "So, Frankie" Linda says and stands across from me. "How long have you two been, you know, together?" She asks as I take a sip of my coffee and nearly choke.

"No, Gerard and I aren't together" I say and wipe my mouth. "You sure? Gerard told me the same thing, but I don't believe it" she says and sips her coffee. "What else did Gerard tell you?" I ask.

"He told me he broke up with Bert" she sighs "those two were great together."
I cough at that comment. "You okay?" She asks. "I'm fine" I say.

"Hoe are you Frank, good?" She asks. "Yeah, I've been good" I say and look at her. "What do you think of Gerard?" She asks with a grin of her face. "He's nice" I say.

"No Frank, you know what I mean" she says and winks. "What?! Linda, he's just a friend" I say and feel my face burn. "Frank, it's okay if you like Gerard. You know, he used to like you. Like, 'like' you" she says and raises an eyebrow.

"Really?" I ask. "Yup" she says. "Well, to tell you the truth" I say "when Bert and Gerard started to date, I wasn't feeling it. I actually had the hugest crush on Gerard."

"Is that so?" She says and sips her coffee. "I loved him" I say "I still do."

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