Bodyguard part 2- Don't Panic
Chapter 2
It's later in the evening and everyone is up from their naps. Everyone is in the kitchen waiting to eat. Frank is busy looking over some documents and Riley and Frankie are entertaining themselves. Rachel is near the stove finishing up the food and trying to talk on the phone. She can barely hear the person on the other line because the boys are banging on their plates with the utensils.
"Candy, Candy, Candy, Candy" Riley starts to say and Frankie follows along not really say the D at the end
Frank is oblivious to what is going on and is more into what he is reading
"Yeah well Us Weekly can jump off a cliff with their lies, Frank and I are not on the verge of divorce and he is the father of all my kids. Yes even Fletcher might as well be." She says into the phone. The other person on the line keeps talking but Rachel is getting distracted with all the noise. "Boys please stop banging on the plates, Frank can you settle the boys down I can't hear." Frank doesn't realize that she is talking to him. "Frank…. Frank!"
"What, what's wrong?" he asked still not looking at her
"Can you get the boys to settle down, I can't cook, have a conversation, and watch them" she says
"Well get off the phone!"
"Why do I have to get off the phone? Your sitting right there you can keep an eye on them smart mouth." she tells him not wanting to start a fight, the other person on the line responds to her "No that is not the verge of divorce it is just a husband and wife disagreeing"
"Guys give me the spoons and stop screaming and yelling please" he tells them
Rachel goes back to her conversation and Frank goes back to reading. After she gets off the phone she fixes their food and sits down to eat. Fletcher comes downstairs dressed for his date.
"Hey hon, going out?" Rachel asked her son
"Yeah he has a date" Frank says taking a bite of his food
"Who's the lucky girl?" Rachel asked trying to feed Frankie
"Jasmine, she lives a couple of blocks from here" He told his mother getting a bottle of water from the fridge
"When can we meet her?" Rachel asked
"Never" Fletcher said
"Why?" Frank wanted to know
"You guys like to embarrass me remember" Fletcher said
"Were not that bad" Frank said
"Yeah just a few baby pictures here and there" Rachel told him
"And stories" Frank added
"And the girls are all intimidated by you or they are using me to be able to say that they know Rachel Marron"
"Farmer" Frank corrects him
"I don't go by that name… well publicly. I am a Farmer and a proud one." she said smiling to her husband
"Not lately though! So if we promise to be good will you bring her to meet us?" Frank told her, then going back to ask Fletcher. Rachel catches that bit which makes her side eye him
"See why do you guys want to do that anyway?" Fletcher asked his parents
"Because none of those girls were good enough for my baby" Rachel told him
"What?" Fletcher couldn't believe what he was hearing
"Especially the last one, I am positive she was a…" Frank and Rachel cover their other son's ears "Hoe!"
"And guess what, she was!" Frank said to Rachel
"How do you know?" Fletcher asked
"Well I was young once, and I have had my share of a few men"
"Really, how many?" Frank wanted to know, but he knew it could only be a few, so he thinks
"We'll talk about that and other things later" she said to him sorta staring him down
"Well I think I should be able to decide who I want in my life shouldn't I?" Fletcher said
"Well yes " Frank told him
"So if I bring her here you won't judge"
"We won't judge" Frank said then he looked at Rachel
"What? Fine I won't judge just know that she will feel my wrath if she does hurt you" She said
"Mom she is a really sweet girl, she is perfect" Rachel's son told her
"I'm sure she is" Frank said to Fletcher
"Well I gotta go" Fletcher said starting to leave
"What time will you be back?" Rachel asked
"Does it matter?" Fletcher said back to her
"Yes it matters" She said
"I just thought because it was the weekend, I didn't have a curfew"
"You thought wrong because you know I don't like you staying out past ten thirty. So please be back around that time" she asked
"What is this the Cosby show? Come on mom I am a responsible young man, I never give you guys any trouble. Can't I just stay out late for once? Frank." he told her getting impatient
Frank looks at Fletcher then at Rachel
"He does have a point, we trust him" Frank said to his wife but she wasn't trying to hear any of that so she ignored that response
"Why do you want to stay out that late anyway? Are you planning on having sex with the girl?" she wanted to know
"Sex, Sex, Sex…" baby Frankie pipes up with and Rachel puts a spoon full of food in his mouth to stop his repeating
"No it's not that, I just want to be able to hang out. Come on mom no curfew" Fletcher begs
"Rachel we can give him a chance to prove himself" Frank said to his wife
"Fine, Fletcher you have no curfew on weekends, but it would help if you made it in by 12am."
"Thanks mom!" he kisses her cheek and kisses Frank's too "I promise I won't let you down" Fletcher finishes saying his goodbyes and then he leaves.
"I hope he is telling the truth about wanting to just hang out" Rachel said to Frank
"We both know Fletcher can be trusted, it's just that he has never put our trust to the test" Frank said back
"I just don't want a bad crowd influencing our son"
"We have nothing to worry about, Fletcher is not a follower"
"He gets that from me!" she smiles a little at her words "And in other matters what were those comments that you made about?" Rachel asked
"Just the truth" he said
"the truth Frank?"
"Yes and were going to talk about your potty mouth in front of the kids too!"
Later after Frank and Rachel put the boys to sleep in their rooms, they went downstairs into the game room to have their conversation.
"What I don't understand is why you feel the need to throw those smart remarks out there?" Rachel said
"What smart remark?" Frank was trying to shoot a little pool with his wife, that is how they talked things over when they were in the middle of battle. They never really had any arguments with each other, but when they did they would keep going at it. Lately it seems that they have been making remarks to each other more often. One day everything is fine and the next they are back at it, they are making it into a habit and it is time to talk.
"Like you don't know what your doing" she said back watching him hit the white ball
"What did I do now Rachel?"
"Besides not watching Frankie like you were supposed to?"
"I knew that was going to come back and bite me in the ass, the way you handled it earlier was just not you" he misses his ball and Rachel goes in to start her hits
"Well that was the same thing you were doing earlier tonight at dinner. Not paying attention to anything around you. For an ex- bodyguard you sure have a bad habit there" She said back to him leaning over the pool table "
"For your information I was reading some notes on a case. And I am sorry for not handling the boys while you were gossiping on the phone."
"I was not gossiping. I was trying to set the record straight to the press. The world thinks we are breaking up and the boys are not for you. All this bullshit pisses me off!" Rachel sinks a couple into the holes on a single shot
"So ignore what they have to say, it's not like they haven't said this before"
"Well true, but I had to make a statement this time"
"Well someone in your camp is selling stories"
"And I will find out who, but until then I just want us to focus on each other and our family" she asked
"Ok we already do" he said
"I mean let's not fight, especially in front of the kids" she said back to make it more clearer
"Alright no more petty fights that you start"
"See that right there is what I am talking about"
"I just do it to annoy you for laughs" she sinks more ball in and wins the game
"How did I just lose?" he asked
"I am pretty good when I am upset"
"Like I got one chance and that was it." he said
"Well that's what you get messing with Rachel Farmer" Rachel said
"So back to the topic since it is my turn to talk, how many guys have you been with?" he asks
"Before you or after?"
"Wait what!" he said
"You know I'm kidding"
"I don't know, you used to go on tour a lot so maybe you could have had a one night stand"
"Really you think I would do that to you"
"No"
"Alright then and why are you asking about that now? We have been together for eight years so why does it matter"
"Well come to think of it we never had that conversation, I don't think we did"
"Your right we have never talked about that, but that was because once we got together nothing else mattered. We love each other no matter what we did in our past." she said
"So how many have you slept with?" He still wanted to know
"Alright including Fletcher's father… Four and that is the honest truth" she said
"Really five?" he said smirking
"Yes five and it was such a long time ago I really can't believe I even remembered the number. But yes I have been with four people and none of them were important in my life except Fletcher's father. The rest were just boyfriends." They were both standing next to each other ready for another game
"I thought it would have been more than that" He told her
"Well that was the press lying and such, but just four and I promise you that."
"Good" he says looking at her and back to the pool table
"And how many women came before me?" She now wanted to know his count
"You know what I am a little tired, let's just go get some sleep." he said yawning a little
"Uh no your going to give me that number or I will keep you here all night" she said
"Your going to keep me hostage?"
"Yes kicking your ass in pool!"
"Are you sure there is nothing else that you want to do to me?" he asked referring to sex
"Not tonight honey" she says
"Why not?" Frank wrapped his arms around her waist
"I just don't feel like it!" she wrapped her arms around his waist "Besides, I have to wait up for Fletcher"
"I promise it will be quick"
"Frank your never quick"
"It's that new trainer you have isn't it? He's filling in for me too much. He's young…"
"Handsome and he has a nice butt!" Rachel said
"Oh now he has to go! How can I compete with that?"
"But nothing compares to you" she smiled at him and went in for a kiss, maybe she would let Frank have his way with her tonight.
The next morning Frank and Rachel were asleep in bed when their two youngest came into the room to wake them up. Riley climbs in through the foot of the bed and Frankie goes over to Rachel's side of the bed to wake her.
"Daddy are you sleeping?" Riley asked his father
"Riley what are you doing up so early?"
"I woke up and wanted to eat, my stomach is growling" Riley told his father leaning on his chest. Rachel felt someone tugging on the back of her shirt and turned over to find her baby boy smiling at her. His band aide was still intact but you can tell he was trying to take it off.
"Morning baby, want to sleep next to momma?" she asked and he shook his head "Come on" she leans over and picks him up. He and Rachel cuddle back to sleep and Frank gets out of bed to fix Riley some breakfast.
The two go downstairs and Frank pulls out two bowls for some cereal while Riley tries to sit on one of the bar the stools.
"Riley get down from there"
"Why can't I sit here?"
"Because you can fall, those stools are too big for you take a seat at the table" Riley goes to sit down
"What kind of cereal do you want to eat?" Frank asked looking in the pantry
"Captain Crunch"
"Good choice" Frank looks out the kitchen window to make sure Fletcher's car is there. Rachel didn't get to see if Fletcher made it home last night because she was too busy doing things with him. After they made love both of them fell right asleep. His car is there.
"Can I pour the milk?" Riley asked
"Do you promise not to spill"
"Yeah"
"Ok you can pour the milk" Frank said handing the milk jug to his son. Then the kitchen back door opens and Fletcher comes in.
"Morning fam"
"Morning son"
"Hi Fletcher" said Riley
"Went for a jog?" Frank asked
"Yeah"
"So how did the date go?" Frank asked
"It went great, we got along well and we have the same interest" Fletcher said to Frank, but Frank noticed the hickies on Fletcher's neck
"Well well look what we have there" Frank said drawing attention to the dark spots on him
"What"
"Someone had a really good time last night! Better not let Rachel see that!"
"Ok I guess we did have a good night, but that was all that happened. Just kissing"
"I'm sure"
"Mom must know that I have already lost my virginity right?"
"She doesn't like to think about you doing that stuff though. She wants to remain her sweet little boy forever."
"Well I am a man now she needs to understand that" he said
Back upstairs Rachel was now sitting in bed with her son
"I like how you think you can just come into mommy and daddy's bed without a diaper thinking I won't notice. Are you still taking that thing off again?" Rachel asked her son
"Yes!" Frankie said with a smile
"You must be ready to be potty train then?"
"No" he told her
"Well stop taking it off. Stay here while mommy goes get you a diaper." She puts Frankie in the middle of the bed while she goes across the hall to his room. When she gets back he is gone and she goes to look for him
"Frankie where are you? It's too early to play hide and seek so come out." She looks under the bed and he isn't there. Then she looks in the closet and doesn't find him, she checks the bath room and still no Frankie.
"Where in the world is he?" She says coming out of she and Franks bathroom. Then she sees Frankie high tailing it from behind the bedroom door with no clothes on. She starts to chase him down the hall trying to keep up with him. He thinks it is the funniest thing in the world!
"Frankie come back here"
"No!" which was his favorite word which she was starting to dislike. Frankie ran down stairs almost tripping which put Rachel into over drive.
Back downstairs Frank, Fletcher, and Riley are eating their bowls of cereal when Frankie flew in just as Rachel caught him and picked him up.
"What happened here?" Frank said looking at them
"Your son decided to take off his clothes and then run away from me. He is still taking off his diaper btw"
"Guess it's potty training time"
"No" Frankie told them both
"Come on baby let's put you in some clothes and a fresh diaper, and don't take it off okay" Rachel said to Frankie
"No" he is trying to squirm out of her arms
"Fletcher how was your night?" she asked
"We had a good time"
"Really, and what's that there on your neck?" she wanted to know