Rejects

Chapter Twenty - Don't Go Peeking Around Where You Shouldn't

Frank and I have been going to Cemetery Drive any chance we get, not just after school with Mikey. We like spending time together alone there, in our own little world where nothing else exists except the two of us and the fantasy world inside the tree. Frank always makes me do little magic tricks for him. I don't mind, it's not like anyone would see when we're hidden away from the world.

"Hm...can you make all my dreams come true?" Frank asks. We've been at Cemetery Drive all afternoon, Frank made me start a battle between some rocks. The left group of rocks won, and now we need something else to do. 

I walk closer to him and wrap my arms around his back.  "Depends," I murmur, "What's your dream?"

He sighs and exclaims, "To be able to fly!"  I giggle.

"Just buy a plane ticket.  Any other dreams?"

"Just one," Frank mumbles, "to kiss the prettiest boy in the world." 

My cheeks go red.  I back away from Frank and smirk, "Sorry, can't help with that either.  It's impossible to kiss yourself." 

Frank rolls his eyes and grabs me, pulling me closer again.  "Good thing I'm not talking about myself, then," he presses his lips against mine.

I smile into the kiss, wrapping my arms around his neck.  We pull away and smile at each other.  Frank giggles and pushes a strand of hair out of my face, then we connect our lips again.

But I pull away immediately when I hear rustling nearby.  Frank looks at me weirdly and asks, "what's wrong?"  I spin my head around, trying to see what would have made the noise.

"Sorry, thought I heard something," I mutter.  But I know I heard something.  Right outside the tree, in the bushes probably.  Oh, in the bushes, I bet it was just a rabbit or something.  I apologize again but Frank waves me off.

"I wanna see another magic trick."

I sigh, smiling.  "What else do you want from me?"

"The rocks should have a rematch!"

"No, I'm not doing that again."

Frank awes sadly and I smirk.  It took us an hour to finish the first battle, I'm worn out enough from that. 

Frank turns away from me and crosses his arms, pretending to be mad at me.  I smile and look around.  One of the small rocks on the ground begins to levitate up, but since Frank's back is turned he doesn't notice. 

The pebble goes flying, gently hitting Frank in the back of his head.  He jumps and rubs the spot it hit, turning around.  I laugh while he glares at me.

Again, though, I hear something.  This time it's more than rustling.  It's crunching, leaves, grass, something under moving feet.  Someone else is here.

I immediately stand up, going stone cold.  Frank sees my sudden tension and frowns, "what's wrong?"  I silently leave the tree, Frank following. 

In front of us is my worst nightmare.  One of the kids that picks on me at school is running away.  He was the rustle in the bushes.  He saw.  He saw me and Frank kiss, he definitely saw me throw the rock.  He saw me use magic.

Frank, realizing the situation, yells after the kid, "Hey!  Get the fuck back here!"  When he doesn't stop running, Frank and I chase after him.  When you're persistent to do something, really persistent, I think it becomes easier, because we ran faster than I'd ever ran in my entire life, catching up before the minute was out.

Frank tackles him but I stand back, not wanting or knowing how to fight. They both get up and the kid looks at me. He's good friends with Bert, I see them together all the time. I don't remember his name though.