Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
The next day Frank and Rachel were on a lunch date in Melbourne. The boys were hanging out with Tony and Henry before they all went to the zoo, and Rachel had a show later tonight. It wasn't often that they got time alone on tour so they were really going to take advantage of this moment. Rachel was eating some of her salad and Frank kept wanting to eat some of it and his steak.
"Can I have another bite?"
"Frank why didn't you order your own salad?"
"Because I wanted to eat some of yours"
"Of course!" she said feeding him another bite off her fork
"We better hurry up here and get back to the hotel before everyone else does, if we want to fit in some love making!"
"Yeah because you know right after they get back, Riley will want to go straight to the zoo. But he is going to take his nap first"
"I thought you said you didn't want to take him anywhere for a while after yesterday's incident"
"Well he redeemed himself this morning when he came with me down to the beach for my exercises. He did everything the instructor told me to do."
"See Riley is a good kid, adventurous, but still a good kid"
"I'm sorry about what I said to you last night" she said taking a sip of her lemon water
"What did you say to me last night that was so bad besides, "Frank get your hand out from under my shirt I'm trying to sleep!"
"Well you know I hate being woken up in the middle of the night for sex. And no I'm talking about you trying to tell me about your story"
"It's a dream Rachel" he corrected
"Whatever just tell me"
"You and I are making progress, the Frank and Rachel in my dreams"
"Really what's going on?"
"Well I'm still trying to get you back"
"Still? Why don't you leave me alone, I mean why doesn't Frank leave Rachel alone? If she is engaged why would she want Frank back?"
"Because she still loves Frank"
"Then why are they divorced?"
"I don't know I haven't found out yet, but I hope I will."
"Is she happy with Grant?"
"Yeah, but I think she is in love with them both. Frank seems to think that she really loves him and is just wasting her time with Grant"
"Does he like Grant?"
"He does but Grant is the problem"
"Have they acted on their feelings for each other yet?"
"Right before I woke up she kissed Frank!"
"Ooo your dream is getting good, a love triangle! You should be a writer for soap opera's Frank"
"No, but what I wanna know is why am I having this dream, I wonder if this is a premonition. Like God is letting me see into the future?"
"How in the hell are you still having this dream anyway?"
"I don't know it just keeps picking up where the previous one left off"
"That's weird"
"Your dreams never do that?" he asked her
"No!"
"Should I worry about a divorce in the future?"
"No Frank and I've told you this countless times. This dream is making you paranoid about our life"
"Because the dream is starring you and I"
"I'm never going to divorce you Frank"
"You better not! I'd probably keep chasing you like Frank is doing Rachel"
"What do you hope happens next after that kiss?"
"I hope Frank takes her to bed and gives her the business!"
"The business Frank?"
"The business, Rachel knows she misses Frank laying the pipe down on her. What can Grant do, he is young and probably doesn't even know how to satisfy a woman like her"
"Rachel has a younger man!" Rachel said surprised and excited
"Calm down"
"How young?"
"I don't know and don't get any ideas either"
"Wow I'm proud of her or me…. This is getting weird to talk about!"
"Try having to actually witness it!"
"Rachel Marron is still boss!"
Later the Real Frank and Rachel were reaching their climax in bed then afterwards she lays in his arms as he holds her
"Frank you're the best!"
"Damn right!" he had to congratulate himself on an outstanding performance
"I love you baby"
"I love you too" he said as she gave him a kiss
"And since Tony and Henry are now taking them to the zoo, how about you and I get some Z's in before we have to leave for the arena"
"I agree, you have worn me out once again Rachel Farmer. I'm surprised I haven't thrown my back out yet"
"And with all this sex were having lately I'm glad we've got protection, or else I would be pregnant again."
"What are you talking about I didn't use protection"
"I told you I was still on the pill remember?"
"We never talked about that!"
"Well we will talk about it later, come on let's get some sleep I have a show tonight."
"Yeah we will talk about it later!" he said and took his arm from around her and laid on his side of the bed.
"Frank wait a minute are you mad?"
"Yes I am"
"Why?"
"Because we didn't discuss you being on the pill yet. You just brought it up with me one day and we never finished the conversation. Now I find out that you went and did it behind my back!"
"Baby hold on…"
"Let's just sleep on it and talk about it later like you said, K" he turned over with his back to her.
"And were going to go to sleep angry?"
"Yep!"
Rachel left him alone and closed her eyes too
Frank was dreaming again
Earlier that night in Vegas Grant was having dinner with his business partner Dennis. He was going on and on about how much he liked Frank and how great of a father he was.
"I'm still trying to figure out what a fine ass 38yrs woman would want with your 32yrs dull and nerdy ass!"
"I thought you were my boy?"
"I am but you know me I speak the truth!"
"She saw this handsome caramel face and these hazel eyes and fell in love!"
"I remember when she first came out, I was a junior in high school and I seen her on MTV and thought she was the finest 22 year old on the planet! Not to mention that voice. I can't believe she gave it up to you!" Dennis was jealous
"I told you to come to that charity event for my father"
"I didn't want to be around a bunch of old folks anyway"
"You snooze you lose!"
"So what's she like in bed? Does she make a high pitched sound when your getting it in?"
"Come on man that's my girl we are talking about, not some random chick you like to mess with"
"My bad sorry. So finish telling me about this Frank"
"You wanna know how they met?" Grant asked him
"How did they meet Grant?"
"He was her bodyguard back in the day! Remember the Oscar incident in 1992?"
"Yeah I think I remember reading about that"
"That was one of the biggest news broadcast right after Hurricane Andrew"
"Ok so I really don't pay attention to awards shows, so what"
"He saved my baby's life! If it wasn't for him I would have never met her and missed out on my destiny!"
"Uh huh"
"I'm just grateful for the man. He used to work for the CIA, he guarded two ex presidents, and now he is a secret serviceman for the Pope! That's awesome."
"Who are you in love with Grant? Rachel or him"
"He's a great guy"
"How often does he see the kids?"
"Rachel told me four times a year"
"And your just meeting him now?"
"This is his second trip back to the country and Rachel and I just moved in together like two months ago. So yeah this is my first time meeting him."
"You know sometimes divorced couples don't really get along so how is their relationship? Frank and Rachel's"
"They are still close, I can tell they care about each other a lot and they've apparently made it work for their children"
"Why did they divorce in the first place?"
"I don't know Rachel has never told me"
"Them still being close doesn't concern you?"
"Not the slightest"
"I'm just saying. I know you are head over heels in love with this woman, but you have to go into this marriage with your eyes open"
"What are you talking about?"
"You told me she has been acting weird ever since Frank showed up to the party. And she is spending the night at his house.
"I trust my wife"
"She's not your wife yet."
"Okay future wife" Grant smiled at the thought of Rachel being his wife. Grant didn't care who she was, where she was from, or what she did. He didn't fall for Rachel the superstar, he fell for Rachel the woman. And he wanted to love her until the end of time.
"I'm just saying don't play the fool Grant"
Dennis went back to eating his food after starting some mess and Grant thought about what he said. Rachel was too much of a kindhearted person to ever hurt someone, she wasn't a liar nor the type of woman who was into cheating. He trusted Rachel just like she trusted him, but could he trust Frank?
Back in the Present
Frank and Rachel was deep into what they were doing, and some clothes had come off and were laying on the ground. Rachel was feeling Frank's lips all over her neck and she was practically clawing his back from holding him tight. She opened her eyes and looked out the window watching the rain hit the glass. Then the guilt was started to hit her, she couldn't do this to Grant. The man loved her so much, she didn't want to hurt him, she couldn't. Frank was still on top of her getting ready to unhook her bra when she came to her sense.
"Wait Frank" she said starting to push him off of her
"What's wrong?" he asked not knowing what she was doing
"I can't do this" she pushed him completely off and sat up. He sat beside her with his pants still unbuttoned
"What do you mean you can't do this?"
"I can't do this Frank! This is wrong I am engaged I can't do this, I'm sorry" she got up and picked up her clothes and left to go to her room.
Frank couldn't believe what just happened, first she was kissing him and letting him undress her. And she was just as into it as he was. He didn't ask for her to come to his room, he didn't initiate what they just did. He should have known this would have happened.
Rachel rushed out of Frank's room with tears forming in her eyes. She made a quick stop by the kids room and then continued to hers. She threw the black shirt back on and got into bed. She had so much on her mind, and knew it was going to be hard to fall asleep.
Early the next morning Frank was outside saying goodbye to the kids by Rachel's Range Rover.
"Are you going to come pick me up from preschool daddy?" his daughter asked
"I'll try honey what time do you get off?"
"I don't know" she said clueless on what time school actually ended for her
"I will come get you guys later this evening for pizza how about that?"
"Yay!" she said
"Daddy today I'm gonna drew a picture for you at school"
"Cool I can't wait to see it and I will pick up something for the both of you at the toy store too" Frank continued until Rachel interrupted.
"Alright guys we have to go, you still have to go get ready for school" she spoke from the driver's side. Frank went around to meet her.
"Rachel can we meet for lunch later, I want to talk about last night"
"I don't think that's a good idea Frank"
"But…"
"I have to go" she said and rolled up the window on him and left.
Rachel spent the whole day thinking about what she had done. She cried about it, cursed herself, and even pitied herself for putting her heart through so much. The craziest thing was she really didn't regret kissing Frank, but she regretted doing it to her fiancé. If Grant was just another no good sob she wouldn't care, but Grant didn't deserve to be treated that way. He deserved so much more, Grant deserved the truth.
"What's wrong with mom? She's been sad all day since I came back from school at noon" Fletcher was asking Frank while they waited to ride the go karts at Incredible Pizza. Frank was holding his daughter in his arms while Riley waited beside Fletcher in line.
"I don't know Fletcher, she really hadn't spoke to me when I went to pick you guys up"
"She probably misses Grant already but I think he is coming back tonight"
"That might be it" Frank said trying not to think about the man he was starting to hate. The only problem Frank had with Grant was that he was Rachel's lover. Frank wanted to be everything to Rachel again, but the only title he had now was The Father Of Her Children. Soon Frank would have to share that title once Rachel started bearing kids for Grant. Was it bad that it made him sick to his stomach to think about that?
Grant had just arrived back home and found Rachel sitting in the living room waiting for him. She had a box of tissue in front of her and her eyes and nose were red and puffy. Grant immediately went to her.
"Rachel " he said as she stood up to him. He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tight, and she did so right back. She squeezed him tight and held on for as long as she could.
"I missed you so much, you just don't know what I've been going through" she said through sobs and tears
"Baby what's wrong?"
She told him everything from what happened at Riley's birthday party till last night.
An hour later Frank pulled up to Rachel's mansion to drop off the kids. Frank took his daughter down and Fletcher got Riley. They walked to the door and Fletcher opened it with his key, when they walked in they heard Rachel and Grant talking. The four of them went to meet them and found Grant angrily pacing the room and Rachel was trying to calm him down. But once Frank was in Grant's view all he felt was rage.
"You son of a bitch" Grant yelled charging for Frank knocking him down. Fletcher and his siblings ran up the stairs and watched the two men fight below. Riley and his sister were screaming along with Rachel who was trying to stop the two guys. Rachel knew what Frank could do to Grant, but Grant was holding his own while on top of Frank punching him. Frank was trying to block but Grant had a good fist. Frank turned the tables and threw Grant off of him. He got up and picked up a chair and threw it at Grant hitting him and knocking him back down. Frank didn't give him any time to get back up so he pounced on him and threw his punches. The two men kept fighting until Rachel some how pulled them apart. The two men stood up with Rachel in between hard down mugging each other ready for another round.
"You two just stop it, just stop it! My children are right there and I don't want them to see you two tear each other apart!" she yelled " Fletcher take your brother and sister upstairs please, I will be there in a minute. Grant you go into the kitchen and settle down" she ordered him "and Frank I think you should go."
"But…"
"Now, please!" Rachel commanded him
Frank didn't want his kids to see anymore violence so he walked out and left.
