My Lover (A Frank Grayson fanfic)

6 - politics

'You wake her up and I'll torch your car' I heard Frank threaten as he carried me to what I assumed was my form and sat me on a chair with my head on the table
'Y-Yes Grayson' my brother replied and I rubbed my eyes sitting up
'Cool off' I said in a tired voice as I looked up at Frank, pulling him down for a kiss 'good luck on your test babe'
'Thanks, see you after' Grayson said as he exited the room
...
'David milbank' a boy introduced himself as we waltzed into the room we were all crowded round the desk 'I was just wondering if I could count on your vote in the upcoming election'
'Erm go away' Alfie said as he pointed at the door
'Who did you vote for last year?' The boy asked, ignoring Alfie
'Little mix' Chantelle and Stephen cheered from next to me
'Ah yes, the x factor' the posh boy said 'I love music. I'm a big fan of the Coldplay, jay zed and olly murs feat, rizzle sticks'
'Did he just say rizzle sticks?' I asked Rem dogg with a confused grin and he laughed back
'Do you wanna see an old man singing with his nut sack?' Mitchell asked as he searched for the video
'Why would I want to see-' Alfie was interrupted by the video beginning 'I have got to send this to Fraser, he loves Peter Gabriel'
...
'The doctors just text to remind me we have my 4 month ultrasound at 12 o'clock' I whispered to Frank who was sat next to me at the back in science as miss gulliver spoke about cells or something
'Yeah, we'll leave before maths then we'll be back in time for the election' he whispered back
'Miss Wickers can I borrow you for a second' pickwell said as she walked into the room and I stood up, making my way to the door with a confused frown at Chantelle, Stephen and Frank
'Yes miss?' I asked as I stepped out of the door and she closed it
'I need a favour' she began
'I told you last time, I'm not g-' I started but she cut me off
'Not that' she huffed 'I need you to get Grayson to run for school candidate, and to win'
'Why don't you just ask him to run yourself?' I asked as I rubbed my belly
'Because you and that baby' pickwell said, pointing at my stomach 'are the only hope of getting him to do things he doesn't want to'
'Fine' I sighed 'I'll talk to him - but I'm not making any promises'
'Thank you miss Wickers, this is why I like you' pickwell said as she put a hand on my shoulder and I frowned, walking back into the class still with a confused frown
'Ok class, you can pack up now' miss gulliver said as soon as I sat down
'What did she want?' Frank asked as we walked towards my history class
'You to run for that candidate thing for your form' I said with a shrug
'I already put my name down, I'm gonna win that shit' frank said as he pushed a boy out of the way
'Alright, I'll see you after. Do not forget about the ultrasound babe' I said as I ran my nails down the back of his neck outside the door and then went in as Frank caught up with his friends
'Right, class, we have an election to win' Alfie said as we all looked up from our books 'who wants to stand?'
The room was silent and I shook my head with a light laugh.
'I've seen the other candidates and we can't win against them if we do it on their terms, so our inspiration for this is going to be a certain poll pot' Alfie said
'Ain't that the guy that killed everyone wearing glasses?' Mitchell asked
'Paul Pott, sorry I always get those mixed up, the one from britains got talent' Alfie cleared up 'the sympathy vote and we have got the perfect candidate, everyone loves a chubby virgin'
'Oh no, whys it always me?' Joe whined from next to me
'Joe, this is the perfect opportunity to make everyone in the class proud of you' Alfie reasoned
'But I can't do public speaking' Joe said
'It's easy, it's like teaching a class' Alfie replied
'What if I freeze up?' Joe asked
'Well they say you should imagine everyone naked' Alfie advised
'I'll never win anyway' Joe said and I nodded in agreement
'Of course you can win, all you need is a crack campaign team' Alfie said 'and you have got the best in the business'
'Well I can't help Alf' I informed him 'I can't help run against Frank'
'Please Brooke' Alfie begged me
'I can't, you know I'm there for you always though Joe' I said as I turned to face the boy I was next to
'Fine. Are you in?' Alfie asked Joe
'Yes' Joe sighed
'Great, to the corridor' Alfie exclaimed as we followed him out
'Right talk to me people' Alfie said as jing began listing problems, I wasn't paying attention until i heard them mention Frank
'What do we do about Grayson?' Joe asked, ripping one of his posters off the wall
'Well he's a Tory candidate so he's all about cuts' jing said
'And if you rip one more poster down he's not going to be a very happy candidate so maybe leave them up' I said with a questioning tone
'Yeah, sorry Brooke' Joe said
'Sorry to run off guys but I have my 4 month ultrasound at 12 and I need to leave now, I'm meeting Frank at the gate' I said as I waved and ran off
...
'So miss Wickers this is your first baby I assume?' My new midwife asked as my old one was on maternity leave
'Yes it is' I smiled back, getting on the bed as Frank sat on the chair next to it
'And you are baby's father?' The midwife asked
'Yeah' Frank said as I reached out to hold his hand
'And you're 4 months?' She checked with me as she lifted my top and grabbed the gel
'Yeah, it's going to fast' I beamed and winced as she put the cold gel on
'So how long have you been together?' The nurse asked as she moved the wand around and franks eyes were fixated on our baby on the screen
'Three years' I grinned and watched our baby
'Aww' the middle aged woman cooed at us as she continued looking at the baby 'how have your symptoms been?'
'I had terrible morning sickness everyday until about last week' I said and Grayson nodded
'Mood swings' Frank said with emphasis making the nurse laugh
'It's lucky you love her then, because if you're having a girl mood swings generally get worse' the nurse laughed
'I was speaking to one of my teachers and they said that we might be able to find out the gender at this appointment, is that possible?' I asked
'Well it's your lucky day, your baby is positioned perfectly and is developing quickly so you can actually find out today' the nurse smiled
'Can you write it down, and put it in an envelope, if that's ok?' I questioned
'Of course' she smiled as she grabbed some paper from the desk and a pen from behind her ear, scribbling our baby's gender on it and sealing it in a brown envelope, handing it to Frank
'So baby is completely healthy and developing fast but good' she smiled as I pulled my school shirt back down and stood up
'Thank you, we'll see you next month' I smiled as we left the room
...
'Listen up willy wankers' I shouted as me and Grayson walked into my form class where everyone was crowded talking about Joe and the election
'G-Grayson, the election, im-' Joe stuttered and everyone else looked scared at what Frank would do
'It's not about that' I smiled as I waved the brown envelope
'What's in the envelope? Finally getting a restraining order on him?' Mitchell laughed, forgetting Frank was stood with me, I chuckled though
Frank squared up to Mitchell and went to pounce at him, making Mitchell jump back and me put a hand on franks chest to hold him back.
'No, we have the gender in here' I giggled as Chantelle and Stephen screamed in excitement
'Brooke we don't really have time for-' Alfie started
'Shut up, if I don't find out the gender now I'll explode' Stephen told Alfie
'Open it' Chantelle squealed
'You do it, I'm nervous' I said as I put the envelope in franks hands
Frank smiled and ran his thumb under the seal, pulling the folded piece of paper out and putting the envelope on the table
'Wait' I stopped him before he opened the paper 'I'm scared'
Frank laced our fingers together and with his other hand opened the piece of paper that had black sharpie scribbled over it in the shape of our baby's gender.
Frank dropped the paper to the floor and we all erupted into smiles and screams, frank pulled me closer and attached our lips and I clung desperately to the hair at the back of his neck.
'Thank you. I love you' Frank whispered in my ear as everyone was hugging me, too scared to touch Grayson
'Don't thank me, you made the baby as much as I did' I whispered back 'I love you too though, now let's go win that election'
...
'Before we begin, the rules' pickwell said as i sat at the back of the stage next to Frank and his friends 'no swearing, no spitting, no nudity, and none of that global warming rubbish, everyone knows it's a hoopla invented by tree fingering socialists'
The last comment made the candidate sat next to us leave the stage in tears, her sobs making Frank laugh and me hit his shoulder
'So to our first speaker, Frank Grayson, standing as a conservative' pickwell smiled as Frank made his way to the podium
'Welcome to the big society' Frank spoke lowly into the microphone after everyone stopped clapping 'my motto- your problems ain't got shit to do with me'
'Frank' I seethed through gritted teeth through a smile so only the people sat on stage could tell I was saying anything
'The welfare state is brass' Frank growled, disregarding my attempt to stop him 'policies- I'm sacking the school nurse, she's pointless and she ain't even fit'
I rolled my eyes at my boyfriends choice of speeches.
'And secondly, these knobheads, why spend my hard earned money on them?' Frank said as he looked round the stage
'Good luck' I mouthed over to Joe and he gave me a smile
'When I could spend it on this' Frank said as his minions held up two signs 'a massive sports day this year. I'm gonna build the school central facilities like a velodrome and an equestrian centre.
'So vote for me or watch your back' Frank growled very very lowly into the microphone in a scary tone 'because in the big society, no one can hear you scream'
Everyone began clapping with terrified looks on their faces as Frank walked back over to me and sat in his original seat. I could hear joes speech being a mess that Alfie wrote about Rosie and then I heard Rosie take the stand in response instead of her candidate. I shook my head the mess this election had become and stood up gratefully after it was all over. The whole of form k made their way back to our room and I pulled Frank with us, wanting him to stay with me. As we walked through the door and everyone sat down, Frank sitting in my seat, I picked up the bright white paper that we had dropped earlier and read again with a huge smile on my face:
Girl
I dropped the paper in the bin and then went and sat on franks lap while everyone looked at us, trying to hide how scared they were of Frank since his speech.
...
Frank didn't win, only because Alfie blackmailed pickwell into making the Spider-Man candidate win. In fact, Frank had 94% of the votes in his favour but we were all secretly happy he wasn't actually elected- not that anyone would tell him that, even me.
'I'm glad we're having a girl' Frank said as we laid naked in his bed, the quilt culled under my armpits and the rest of the quilt coving only his nether region and legs
'Me too' I smiled, running my nails over his toned stomach and v lines
'Come on, we should get up' I said as I pulled on my knickers and tugged his top over my head before getting out of the bed
'Why?' Frank whined
'Because your mum probably doesn't want to hear us anymore then she already has' I laughed as Frank pulled on his boxers and a top and led me downstairs.