Bodyguard part 2- Don't Panic
The sound of a baby's cry can be heard all throughout the Marron/Farmer household. One and a half year old Frankie just fell and has a cut above his right eye. He's sitting on the bathroom counter while his daddy is trying to find the peroxide and a band aid.
"It's going to be ok baby boy I promise" Frank finds the peroxide but no bandaid, so he calls for Fletcher.
"Hey Fletch"
"Yeah Frank" he says from across the hall
"Where are the band aids I thought we bought some two weeks ago" he says holding a towel on the cut
"Should be in the medicine cabinet"
"They are not here"
"I'll go check the downstairs bathroom" Fletcher says walking out into the hall and down the stairs, his little brother Riley is right behind him. Little Riley is now six and looks up to his big brother Fletcher. Fletcher enjoys being a big brother because he is no longer the only child, he just wishes they were around his age.
Back in the bathroom Frankie is still crying his little eyes out and Frank is trying to comfort him. Peroxide is a M'Fer
"I knew I shouldn't have let you run around outside, your not very coordinated yet. Mommy is going to kill me when she sees this" Fletcher comes back with a band aide
"Found them"
"Thanks" Frank applies Neosporin on Frankie's cut and puts the band aid on "Ok your going to be ok now"
"It hurt daddy!" Frankie says still crying
"I know son"
"Mom isn't going to be too happy about this" Fletcher tells Frank looking at the big bandaid above Frankie's eye
"Do you think she will take it easy on me?" Frank asks
"To tell you the truth I don't think so"
"I knew you would say that, might as well start planning my funeral"
"She won't hurt you too bad this time"
"Oh I think she will but honestly I was watching him"
"We both know that she won't care what you have to say"
Rachel was out having lunch with a few of her old friends catching up on life and other things. She wants to check up on the boys so she excuses herself and makes the call in the hall.
The phone starts ringing and Fletcher and Frank look at each other
"That has to be mom" Fletcher says Frank feels paranoid
"I'll answer, try to get him to stop crying" he says and leaves Fletcher and Frankie to go answer "Hello"
"Hey honey took you long enough"
"Sorry the boys and I are upstairs" he says
"I just wanted to call and check up on my favorite men. So what are you guys doing?"
"Oh nothing just hanging out watching tv"
"good and everything is all right huh?"
"Well yeah" he hesitates for a moment
"What's wrong" Rachel sensing something in his voice
"Nothing to worry about"
"Frank what happened"
"Well it's nothing but Frankie had a little accident"
"What! Where"
"Don't worry it's just a scratch"
"Where did it happen Frank?"
"It doesn't matter he is ok I promise"
"I'm coming back home" She says ready to rush home
"Rachel you don't have to do that I have everything under control"
"No you don't"
"Yes I do really, I've taken care of it stay and enjoy yourself"
"I'll be home in 20 minutes, so I can see for myself"
"Baby wait a minute" Rachel has hung up leaving Frank talking to himself. He hangs up and rushes upstairs like the rapture is coming
"What did she say" Fletcher asks Frank when he comes back upstairs
"She is coming back home"
"Uh oh what did she say when you told her?"
"She said that she would be home in twenty minutes because I don't have it under control here. Geez I am on my second child you'd think she would trust me. I took care of you and Riley just fine when she would be away." Frank said
"Well there was the incident with the slid at the park"
"He was two and took it like a man"
"Mom didn't see it that way when he had to put a splint on his thumb. And the time he got out of his play pen through a hole. To this day I still don't know how he managed to do that. And the time by the pool…"
"Well thank you Fletcher for reminding me of all the times your mother has yelled at me. By the way where is Riley aren't you supposed to be watching him?"
"Oh crap, the kid" Fletcher rushes out the bathroom to go find Riley
Frank picks up Frankie who is still crying a little
"Come on daddy is going to fix you a snack and pour you some apple juice in your sippy cup, how does that sound"
"Ok" Frankie says rubbing his eyes
"Or are you tired" Frank asks and Frankie nods his head yes
"Well I will put you down for a nap and then when you wake up you can have a snack. Alright let's get you into bed. Before mommy comes home and kills me"
Frank puts Frankie down for his nap and heads downstairs to get Riley for his nap
"Riley it's time to go take your nap" Frank says to his son who is watching cartoons
"No daddy I'm watching tv" Riley tells him
"You can watch it another time but right now it's time for you to go to sleep. Come on" Frank picks Riley up and heads back upstairs to put him down too. Fletcher grabs the remote to flip through the channels. When Frank comes back down he plops down on the sofa exhausted
"Tired" Fletcher asks
"A little, getting Riley to take a nap is hard work"
"I know" Fletcher keeps flipping through the channels
"What are you doing later tonight?"
"I have a date"
"Really with the same girl?"
"No this is a different one, she goes to school across town and we met at a game last week"
"What happened to the other one?"
"It didn't work out, she had a boyfriend already and I wasn't trying to mix myself in all of that"
"Oh wow"
"Yeah she wanted the whole team, not just me"
"Well that's good that you kepted yourself out of that mess. Where are you taking her?"
"First dinner and then were going to that new go kart place."
"Are you guys planning on doing anything else?"
"If your talking about sex Frank then no, not on the first date"
"Well you're a mature young man you know right from wrong. And I don't want to give you the sex talk again"
"Which by the way you were spot on about some of those things"
"I told you"
"What are you and mom doing later?" Fletcher asks him
"I don't know because I might not be alive by tonight. But if I am, I have some cases to catch up on."
"Anything I can do?"
"I might need you to find out a couple of things for me. I'll let you know"
"Alright, well I am going to go take a nap myself. So I can be fresh for tonight"
"Don't sleep too hard, I might need you as a witness" Frank says to Fletcher as he climbs the stairs. Frank picks up the remote to try and find something to watch but there is nothing on. So he decides to go down to his office and work on some work. Frank may no longer be a bodyguard, but he is still in the game. He is now a private investigator and he loves it just as much. Rachel is still doing music and movies, but her career has been chilled for a little while now that she is taking care of three children. Not long after Riley turned two she and Frank moved into a smaller house not far from their old one. Frank still has his home from before he and Rachel met and they rent it out.
Just then Rachel walks in from the front door looking for everyone
"Guys I'm home" She says taking off her cute hat and jacket. Frank comes in from the kitchen
"Hi honey" He says going towards Rachel
"Where is Frankie?" she asks
"He is taking a nap" he tells her and she heads upstairs to go see him, Frank follows her. When she gets there Frankie is sound asleep in his little bed. Rachel takes one good look at where the band aide is then she whispers to Frank
"How did that happen?"
"He fell and hit the edge of the coffee table"
"Frank! You were supposed to be watching him"
"You know how Frankie is, he's a little clumsy and that's ok"
"I know Frank, but why weren't you watching him more carefully?"
"I just turned my head for one second and boom, he's crying and has a huge gash above his eye. I am sorry baby" He says trying to put his arms around her but she pushes him away.
"Oh stop trying to butter me up" she says leaving the room and going back downstairs "How come Everytime I go away something happens to one of the kids?"
"I don't know, boys will be boys! They like to run around and have fun. No matter what they will get hurt sometimes" Frank said
"Yeah but it always seem to happen in your care" she said back to him
"Come on , like they don't get hurt with you?"
"No they don't. All I am saying is please watch what they do, so they won't get hurt. Don't let Riley wrestle with Frankie or let them run in the house. We have a whole back yard for that."
"Alright honey" He says. Rachel takes off her jacket and goes to the living room and sits on the couch. "So before you just had to come home to all this drama, how did your day go? He asked
"I had a great time catching up with the ladies. It had been such a long time we almost didn't recognize each other." She told him as he sat down next to her
"Why don't you all get together more often?" he asked
"Were busy with our lives, especially me. Were like sisters… they are my only sisters now." Rachel starts thinking about Nikki. "I still miss her everyday Frank, and I know it was not your fault" she says
"And neither yours"
"I still blame myself sometimes. Can you believe it will be ten years next year that she has been gone."
"Yep ten years by just like that" Rachel goes on to talk some more but then the telephone rings and Frank answers it
"Hello, hi Bill how are you" Frank talks to Bill for a moment before he hands the phone to Rachel
"Hey Bill, I had a great time" Frank still hasn't told Rachel about what Nikki's true intentions were before she died. He didn't think he would ever tell her. How can you tell someone that anyway?
Rachel continued to talk and left the room to go to her office. Frank takes the news paper he was reading this morning and sits back until she comes from her office.
"So where are we with the movie project?" Rachel asks Bill
"The studio is still waiting for the uncut, they will call us to get together for the viewing" He said
"Ok and what about that diva's concert that they want me to do?" she said
"Well actually they are doing the show for you, it's a tribute!" he said excited
"What for me? Why?" she said a little confused
"Why not you, your one of the originals, all the female singers these days credits you as to who inspired them."
"Well great I can't wait" after Bill and Rachel finish talking Rachel leaves to go check on her boys. When she walks into Riley's room he is spread out all across the bed, he sleeps bad so they have put a mat on the side of his bed. Frankie is sleeping like a little angel sucking on his thumb. She passes her hand across his eye where the bandage is and he jumps just a bit in his sleep. Her last stop is Fletcher's room, she knocks and when she gets no answer she opens the door just a crack and peeks through to make sure he is alright.
Rachel goes back downstairs and finds Frank napping on the couch with the newspaper laying on his chest. She picks it up and gets him a throw blanket to cover him up. She plants a kiss on his forehead before going upstairs to take a nap herself.