𝘹𝘰𝘹𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 (𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘐𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘟 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳)

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After that night, you and Frank began to eat together after school more often, he would take you to the diner, or you'd watch a movie at his house. We had become really close friends, even Gee, Mikey and Ray thought so.
My mom had returned from her "business trip" but I made an effort to actively ignore her, honestly getting on my nerves.

I turned in my bed and looked at the clock; 7:00am. Ew. At least today was Friday, the least pain ridden day of the week because I knew I'd get two days of freedom afterwards. I got up and changed into my uniform, and I got a text, without looking I knew it was Frank.

I look over at the ID, and my guess was correct.

Frankie: HEYYYY!! Weathers gonna be nice today!!! bring a swimsuit ;)

I rolled my eyes at the winking face, and looked out my window, the sun was peaking through.

You: okay iero,,, better get good snacks though :))

Frankie: Of course I will, anything for the princess

One thing Frank had been doing a lot more recently; pet names. He called me princess and sweetheart a lot as of late, I didn't mind it, they made me blush though. I packed my bag and walked straight out the door, ignoring my mother's calls.

Frank meets me at my locker every morning, we meet earlier than class time to sit by the side of the school and listen to music through his earphones, one side each.
Pete and Patrick had been sitting with me and Frank once every few days, which was really nice, it gave us a break from each other. Frank still sat next to me like we were joint at the hip, I didn't mind it though, he was like my comfort blanket. Pete and Patrick liked to joke about how close me and Frank were which made both me and him blush and deny it, shuffling away from each other every time they pointed it out.
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"So Y/N did you bring your bathing suit?" Frank slung his backpack around his shoulder and stood next to me.
"Yes Frank," I finished packing my bad and closed my locker "I would've told you the first time you asked this morning." You poke your tongue out and he giggles, you both head to the front gates.

Since the first day of school I had been actively avoiding Crystal and her pack of friends, luckily she saw me walking down the hallway with Frank and stared me down, whispering something to her group and popping the bubble of chewing gum she blew, deciding to block our path to leave.
"Oh Y/n you didn't tell me about this handsome man!" Her voice raising a whole octave as she started eyeing Frank up and down winking when she caught his eye. Great. She put her hand on his shoulder and I could see Frank freeze up and become uncomfortable, "I'm Crystal, if you ever wanted to hang out with better company, you know where to find me." Frank scoffed in her face, and I tried not to laugh.

"Thanks erm.. Candle? Sorry I can't hear you with all that chewing gum in your mouth- um, I'd rather put bleach in my eye sockets than spend any more time with you." He moved her hand off his shoulder, intertwined our fingers winking at me and pulled me along, continuing to walk past her.

I look behind us and I swear I could see smoke coming out of her ears. I turn my head to look at Frank who had a smug look on his face, obviously proud of what he did, he locks eyes with me, and we start laughing. He continued to hold my hand in his and sway our arms as we were walking, it was nice.

At this point, I'd say my crush on Frank was more than a little one, I feel like my insides are on fire every time he touches me. I'm too scared to say anything or even act on it, the one time I had a crush on someone they turned me down and told the whole school. Yeah. I feel like Frank is different though, he makes me feel loved even when I feel at my lowest, hell he's been eating dinner with me for the past few days, I'm sure he would've left me by now if he didn't enjoy my company.

We arrived at Frank's house and he lets go of my hand to unlock his front door, but shortly after he unlocks it, he holds onto my hand again, "You can put all your stuff in my room." I nod and he leads me up the stairs.

"You can get changed in here, I'll be back in a second." He smiles and walks out the door.
Frank's room, is it odd to say it smells like him- in like the best way possible. I change into my favourite bikini and put an oversized t-shirt over the top.
I can't help but look around a little, I look at his desk, he had loads of novels stacked up on a small shelf, pencils, pens. I stopped when I saw a framed photo of him as a toddler and his parents at the aquarium, he was so chubby and cute, his parents look pretty cool, he looks a lot like his dad.

I felt like I was taking a while so I walked out of the room and went back down the stairs to see Frank, already shirtless and in his swim trunks, sitting on the sofa. I squeaked a little as he turned around, eyed me up and down and bit his lip, I felt naked. He stood up and grinned, "You look so pretty princess."

He moved my arms that were crossed around my chest and took my hand in his, picking up the beach towels he had next to him and led me outside to the sun chairs. "The guys are gonna come over a little later too, if that's alright with you? I can tell them no if you want." I was obviously fine with it but I liked that Frank always asked me before he did anything, in case I was uncomfortable.

I let out a giggle as I remembered what he said to me days prior, Frank's expression became confused, "It's your house? Isn't it?" I grin and wiggle my eyebrows, to which his smirk becomes devilish, "hmm miss l/n, I'd hate to see you thrown in the pool.." he bites his lip.

"Oh Iero, I'd like to see you try and lift me with your-" to my surprise Frank had swept me off my feet (literally) and thrown me into the cold pool, with my t-shirt still on. I surface the water and look up at Frank who was laughing wickedly, before taking a few steps back and jumping into the pool with a huge splash, creating ripples of waves.

I could see him underwater, the sun reflecting off the pool beautifully making his suntan look amazing. He surfaced right next to me and giggled, smiling ear to ear. He began to move closer toward me and I splashed him in the face, "Iero that was not very Gentlemanly of you, don't you know how to treat a princess?" I grin, he moves closer to me and runs his fingers through his wet hair, my heart fluttering.

"My mistake princess, maybe you need a Prince Charming to come rescue you." He splashes me back and we continue to playfully splash each other. I feel the fabric of my shirt start to get heavy and uncomfortable so I take off my water soaked t-shirt and throw it to the side, revealing my favourite bikini, it made me feel super confident. Frank who was floating at the end of the pool stands up and looks over at me, biting his lip, looking me up and down with a grin.

I splash him again and laugh, "Eyes are up here Iero." He laughs and dips under the sparkling water beginning to swim towards me and stopping at my legs, running his fingers up my legs, I shudder at the sudden contact, as he begins to slowly drag them up my body, stopping at my waist, his fingers felt warm.

He stood up for air, and his eyes met mine, they had a very distinct sparkle and I could hear him panting, "You're beautiful Y/n." In response I stood absolutely still from the light sensation of his fingers, which were now trailing up my forearms. I don't know why, or what confidence I managed to find but I put my hands on his chest, and he let out a hum, "You're not too bad yourself Iero." I giggle and move my hands off his chest and drift away from him. I could see Frank's face was bright red.

I got out the pool and dried myself off, instantly regretting my actions, I should've stayed in the pool, a part of me wanted to know where that was going.. Frank following shortly after and pulled out a cigarette from the small box in his jacket pocket, that was hanging off one of the sun loungers we were sitting on. Surprisingly everything still felt fairly normal after our tension filled swim...