The Assistant Teacher

Ch. 26

Gerard's POV

1 week later
"You will have to use a cane for at least a month, because we tried our best, but their is only so much we can do after the damage is done. Your lucky it was only a scrach, it could of been much worse." The doctor was explaining, but neither of us was listening. Frank was absently picking at a hole in his pants and I was wondering how the students would react to his surprisingly early release. Would they be happy? Excited? Worried that he's out so early? They took the news that he had been shot pretty well when I told them. They relized we were more than friends by the time that happened though. Brendon straight up asked me. When I walked into my classroom the day after I saw that they had put a bin of cards and candy on my desk. So, once school ended that day, I payed a visit to the hospital. Frank laughed as I walked into his room, carefully balancing my bag, his books he asked me to bring him, and the bin of cards. "What's that? Is that for me?" He pointed at the cards. I put it on his bed and went to check in so the hospital knew I was here. By the time I opened the door, he had shoved most of the chocolate into his mouth and was smiling at the cards. His head darted at the sound of the door closing. "The kids care. I was their teacher for under a week, and they care. I can die a happy man now." I was yanked from my daydream by Frank poking at my spine. "Can we go home now? If you want, you can move into my place. To get away from the bad vibes from yours." He said, once we got where my car was parked. He was much quicker than me, evein with the cane, so he was at tue car before me, and he started pawing at the passenger door because it was locked. "Geeeeeeeeeeee! Open the door!" He yelled, trying the door once again. I unlocked my car, helped him get in at his protests, and we were on our way home. "So..." Frank started. "Are we a couple...or somthing?" He was trying to be casual about this question, but I could tell he was very scared to ask, because he started rubbing his thumbs together. I parked the car and once we got inside his apartment, I took his hands in mine, looked directly into his beautiful eyes, and said "Absolutely. We are, and I would like to keep it that way for a while, of you don't mind, that is." I put my empty hand into Frank's as he looked at me. "Thank you Gee. You have no idea how happy you make me." Once we arrived, he sat down on the couch and started playing gitar to himself. I sat right next to him, and started to draw. I looked up at him to find that he was staring off into space, stroking the strings without thought. His eyes darted over to me, noticed how I was staring at him. He looked down at his shoes blushing and laughed. I started giggling too. He was just to cute. We both got up to do somthing. "Do you want a salad? I'm making myself one." Frank called from the kitchen as I put on a t-shirt and shorts and yelled, "Yeah, sure." I walked out into his living room and went to go get my salad, but Frank wasn't in the kitchen. He walked in and stared at me. "I didn't know you looked so good in shorts." His eyes skimmed up and down my long legs, holding plates of salad. "I'll take that, thank you very much. So about school. Are you coming with me tomorrow, or staying here? The students would love it if you came back, but if you don't feel up to it, you don't have to." I told him as he sat on the couch next to me. Frank took a bite of his salad and chewed thoughtfully for a second. "I would love to come back, but the meds they have me on make me a bit drowsy. But I can't sleep. Its really weird." Once we both finished our salads, he put Labyrinth in and sat down on the opposite side of the couch. I pulled him onto my lap. "Last time we did this, you fell right to sleep." I smiled, as he cuddled up closer to me and nuzzled his face into my chest.