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Chapter 9- The Party
Frankie was standing in his house going through his wardrobe to try and find some cool clothes for James' party tonight. He needed to pick up Jo in 30 minutes so they can go to the party together and he still didn't have an idea of what clothes to wear. He was throwing clothes out of his closet at fast speeds trying to find something that he would look good in. He groaned as he reached the end of the closet and still had yet to find something that he wanted to wear. He turned around toward the pile and ransacked through it again to see if there was something that he missed. Lucky him that there was something he missed, a blood red t-shirt with black jeans rested at the bottom of the huge pile of clothes. He grinned as he picked them up and examined the pile that was on the floor. He sweatdropped as he put the shirt and jeans on the couch and hoisted the pile of clothes up in one arm and threw them up in the closet and slammed the door before it can fall back out.
He chuckled and grabbed his clothes and slipped them on. He went to his bedroom where his bathroom was and went inside. He grabbed his shaving kit and started to shave the mustache that was growing in on his upper lip. He set the kit down and turned on the water in his sink and splashed his face with the warm water. He examined himself in the mirror and grinned in approval of himself before drying his face with one of his towels.
"Alright, I have 30 minutes to get to Jo's house to take her to James' party. Maybe tonight we'll have our first kiss" he thought, blushing madly at the thought of his lips connecting with Jo's and just kissing each other passionately for a long period of time. He shook his head madly to get the dirty thought out of his head "Stop it, I don't want her to think I'm a pervert" he criticized himself as he exited the bathroom and went to his front door and slipped into his black and red sneakers that rested at the door.
He stopped to ponder for a moment "I know James invited Logan and me so we wouldn't kill him when he went crazy before but, he seemed to have an undertone to what he was doing" he said to himself. He crossed his arms and leaned back onto his wall "Carlos himself looked like he wanted to say something and hesitated after he looked at James. If he wanted to say something, I don't see why he couldn't say it right then and there".
He blinked as he remembered something "Logan's eyes, they seemed to look just like mine before the next phase started. I don't know if I'm right or not but, if it's true then, we need to stick together" he said.
He then glared "What James said got me thinking, 'Your dad was outside a restaurant, he was killed by a midget by a bullet'. For some reason that just seems so familiar, like if I know what he's talking about" he told himself.
He closed his eyes to remember anything that involved him and a restaurant with death thrown somewhere in there. He only thought of one moment in his life where that he was at a restaurant and someone was killed and it was the final night he had with his parents.
He saw the killer's face and froze, just froze in shock as he looked at the face of the monster that killed his parents and took the image and looked at it side by side with an image of Logan. The resemblance was diffidently there, same eyes, same hair but the thing that blew his mind was the face.
It was like looking at an adult Logan.
Frankie paled "Oh shit, I think I killed Logan's dad" he said, the words falling out slowly as he tried to come to terms with what he just found out, if it was true in anyway.
"Logan said his dad was his hero, the one guy he admired and loved with everything in him. He gets devastated when his dad is mentioned in anyway. He got REALLY pissed at James when he made fun of his dad's death" he got a sad look on his face. "How is he gonna feel when he finds out I'm the one who took his dad away from him" he asked, the thought horrifying him beyond belief. "It might push him to the next step" he pondered.
"You need to get a life and shut up" a voice inside his head boomed, sounding deep and angry.
Frankie scoffed "What do you want" he asked the voice, his hands balled into fists at his side in rage.
"You're talking to yourself, that's the first sign to insanity and I don't need you to have something happen to you because you're an idiot" it complained, sounding a little softer.
"I'm already crazy because of you" Frankie spat at the voice, sounding really mad that this voice was even talking to him. He walked back toward his bathroom and looked at the mirror; the same reflection from the night Jo spent in his apartment was staring back at him with a hard glare. The glare itself would've made anyone else crap their pants but not Frankie, he was used to this asshole intruding in his life.
"Hey don't get mad at me, I don't want to be here but it's in your blood. Get over it already" Reflection Frankie told his counterpart with the glare getting more intensified.
Frankie glared back "I will never get over the fact that I'm a Saikou Ninnin bastard that's meant to live a cursed life against his will" he yelled, getting his reflection to laugh at him.
"Life's a bitch, get over it and deal with the fact that you'll never be normal…just like your buddy Logan" he smirked, knowing he said what Frankie didn't want to hear.
"YOU'RE A LIAR" he bellowed at the mirror. If anyone was watching this, they would've assumed he was crazy and called the psyche ward to come and bring him to a mental hospital.
"Those eyes are proof enough and the fact that he had the same look in his eyes that you had when you killed his dad".
"I don't know if I killed his dad".
"Keep denying it all you want it won't change anything that's already been done" Reflection Frankie smirked "I believe you have a party to get to" he said as the image faded away, leaving an exact reflection of Frankie where he once was.
"Go to hell" he said as he walked back to the front door and stopped when he reached for the handle. He thought about how he was going to tell Logan how he was the one who killed his dad. He wanted to tell him but then he would end their friendship and possibly unlock the second phase of the Saikou Ninnin's and he didn't want that. He shifted his thoughts to something else, what if Jo's parents didn't approve of him?
What if they thought he was a delinquent and forbid him from seeing their daughter? He wouldn't be able to live with that. He really liked her, he had some feelings of love blooming in and it would come to a halt and completely fade away if they stopped seeing each other.
Within the few days they dated, she had become a part of him, his reason for living and the love of his life.
He took a deep breath and stepped outside his door before closing it and locking it behind him, a night that he will never forget was about to begin.
Logan:
Logan, like Frankie, was ransacking his closet to try and find something to wear. However unlike Frankie, he wasn't making a huge mess as he loved to keep his room and everything else. Logan found what he was looking for, a black t-shirt with light blue jeans. He glanced toward the clock to see that he still had 30 minutes to go and get Camille, which was more than enough as they lived almost right next to each other.
He sat down on his bed to think when he heard this voice inside his head.
'I know that you know there's something up' it said.
Logan sighed "There's nothing wrong, maybe James realized how much of a jerk he's been all these months and has decided to make up for it" he said.
'That's a bunch of bullshit and you know it' the voice shot back. Logan groaned, this voice was really annoying and making things much harder for him to handle.
'I can hear your thoughts' it said, a smirk could easily be heard in it's voice.
"I know, so you should know that I know that there's nothing up. Everything's fine and tonight things will get better" Logan said with a small smile.
'How do you explain Camille suddenly being all over you and Jo going all over Frankie, someone you guys only knew for a week' it asked.
Logan sighed and looked toward the ground. He didn't know how to explain what the voice just said. Jo declared that she didn't want a boyfriend and a few months later she goes after Frankie, like the voice said someone they only knew for a week. And the matter with Camille was no different; she hated him ever since the end of middle school and it only got worse when they entered high school.
And then she just comes and acts like there was nothing wrong that happened between them and becomes his girlfriend within a day. That was not like her; in fact…it was the complete opposite of her.
'You see? Even though you won't admit it, you know something is up'.
"FINE" he yelled as he jumped from his bed and looked at the mirror in his room "I think something is up" he admitted as he looked in the mirror to see a darker form of himself.
'Okay, no need to yell' Reflection Logan held up his hands in defense.
"They been teasing and beating me all year and all of a sudden they just come out and try to be NICE" he spat the word nice "and try to be all chummy with me" he said.
Reflection Logan shrugged 'The minds of people is weird, I wish I didn't understand them'.
Logan glanced at his clock "I gotta go now" he said to his reflection, who shrugged again.
'Just watch your back' he said as vanished, leaving a more accurate reflection of Logan in his place.
"Thanks for the advice" he thanked sarcastically as he put on his black sneakers and left his house, one night he will never forget waited for him.
Frankie:
Frankie now stood outside the Taylor Residence with sweat dripping down the back of his head, but it wasn't seeable to anyone. He was really nervous right now; he knew that he would meet her parents one day sooner or later but he was really hoping it would be later. He didn't want to do something stupid in front of her parents, example being saying something that he shouldn't say like "Your daughter is one hot woman" or something along those lines.
Out of both parents, he was more scared of meeting her dad. Why? Because the father is really protective of his daughters, ESPECIALLY if they're the only child. Lucky for him that Jo was the only child in her family.
He decided to suck it up and pray that he doesn't do anything dumb and knocked on the door, not to rough to show he was impatient and not to light to show he was timid. He waited a few seconds and the door opened, his heart beating faster then it already was almost popping out of his chest.
Standing there was his lovely girlfriend. She was wearing a hot pink shirt that read 'If you're cooler than me then I'm hotter than you', a black skirt that reached just past her knees with similar black heels that she wore in school. Her hair was pulled up into a ponytail, which made her look even more beautiful in Frankie's opinion, with light makeup on her face. Red cherry lipstick and light blush were on her pretty face and complimented her greatly.
"How do I look" she asked with a little smirk. Frankie was just speechless when she opened the door and presented herself. She saw Frankie's outfit and was a little disappointed that he didn't try and at least make himself look better than normal. She wasn't expecting him too, she saw his clothes in his closet when she spent the night and knew he didn't have much with the little money he hinted at having. Still, he looked cute and that was all she cared about. Her parents were inside waiting to meet Frankie for the first time when Jo explained where she was that night she didn't come home; it was very interesting to say the least. Her mother, of course, was ecstatic when Jo said she now had a boyfriend and her father demanded a meeting with him. So, Jo decided to get this done with now so her parents would stop bugging her about it.
"You look so beautiful I can't find words to describe you" Frankie replied with a small smile on his face.
Jo blushed and grabbed his hand "My parents want to meet you before we go" she said, confirming Frankie's fears but sucked it up and followed his blond hair angel inside her house. Sitting on the couch was Mr. and Mrs. Taylor; both had a small smile on their face when they saw Frankie enter behind Jo.
Frankie and Jo took a seat next to each other on the other couch that sat across from the one her parents were sitting on, Jo still holding Frankie's hand.
Frankie cleared his throat and smiled toward her parents "Hi Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, my name is Frankie Wilson It's a pleasure to meet both of you" he introduced politely yet shyly at the same time.
Jo watched as her mother leaned forward to grab Frankie's free hand "It's so nice to meet you too sweetie, it's so nice that Jo is finally bringing a boy over to meet us" Mrs. Taylor greeted back, Frankie smiling wider.
Mr. Taylor grabbed Frankie's hand after his wife released it "I have been waiting to meet you ever since my little girl told us about you" he greeted, with a sarcastic glare. Every other time Jo brought a boy home, that glare sent them packing. He was impressed when Frankie remained untouched by his sarcastic glare, instead he shook his hand as if he were smiling at him.
"Tell us sweetie, how long did it take you to ask our daughter to be your girlfriend" Mrs. Taylor asked curiously.
Frankie looked to Jo, who chuckled nervously "Actually Mom…I asked him to be my boyfriend" Jo admitted, making her parents eye's bug out of their head.
"OHHH, HE MUST BE SO SPECIAL" her mother cooed in a squeal, causing her dad to cover his ears to try and drown out his wife's squealing voice.
Jo blushed from embarrassment and sunk her face into Frankie's shoulder to hide her face. Frankie just pulled it back up and gave her a heartwarming smile, making her smile back at him.
"You two just look so cute" her mother complimented, this time both Frankie and Jo blushed from her words.
"Okay honey, you're turning their faces more red than they should be" Mr. Taylor said to ease his wife's growing happiness.
Jo wiped her blush from her face "Can me and Frankie go now" she asked, wanting to get away from her parents constant embarrassing remarks about her and Frankie.
"Okay honey, have fun and be safe" her dad said, looking to Frankie when he said the last part. Frankie gave thumbs up and smile when he figured out what Mr. Taylor meant. He meant to keep his little girl safe and he would do just that.
Jo gave her parents a hug goodbye and grabbed back on to Frankie "Bye Mom, bye Dad".
"Bye Mr. and Mrs. Taylor" Frankie called as Jo pulled him out the house and closed the door behind them.
Selena looked to Jack "Do you like him" she asked.
Jack smiled "He seems to care for our daughter a lot from his actions, even if he didn't say much".
"He was nervous, can't blame him. Meeting your girlfriend's parents can be scary, right" she teased at the end, grinning.
Jack frowned "That's mean" he remarked, making his wife laugh more.
Logan:
Logan was standing outside Camille's house waiting for her or her parents to open the door. He wanted to get her and get to the party already. He had decided to try and fix the broken friendship between him, Kendall, James and Carlos. He missed his friends a lot more now since having Frankie around reminded him of all the amazing times he had with them. Frankie seemed to have taken their friendship more seriously when he said that Kendall, James and Carlos used to be his friends. The look of shock that had crossed Frankie's face was laughable but Logan didn't even crack a smirk or any sort of smile on his face. Frankie was so pissed that Logan saw his eyes change, which confirmed what he had been thinking these past few days.
Frankie had an inner self just like he did.
He was shocked and happy when he found out that he and Frankie were the same. Both had an inner self that was constantly around throwing in two-cents and making life much harder than they had to be. Logan was debating on telling him that he knew his secret and come out with his too. But, he didn't want to drop it on Frankie out of no where, he wanted Frankie to be comfortable enough around him to tell him and he was getting pretty close too.
The two of them can be called best friends now, Frankie swore he would never abandon him and he would always protect him and Logan said the same thing to him. Even if he got Kendall, James and Carlos back, he would still look to Frankie as his closest friend as he never would hurt him as bad as the boys did.
He was pulled from his thoughts when Camille opened her door and his jaw dropped when he saw her.
"I take it your impressed" she said with a smile. She was wearing a black shirt that stopped just above her stomach. She had dark blue skinny jeans and black heels to match her shirt with light makeup on her face.
Logan regained his composure and smiled "Yes I am, you look absolutely breathtaking tonight" he complimented her.
Camille smiled back at his attire "You look handsome tonight" she complimented back.
Logan held his hand out "Shall we depart my fair lady" he said in his cheesiest voice that he possibly had.
Camille giggled and grabbed his hand "Yes sir" she replied and the two walked hand in hand into the night toward James' house.
James' House (Party HQ):
Frankie and Jo entered James' house to the loud thumping music that was echoing throughout the entire house. Frankie heard it when they were a block away; they were so going to see cops soon. He saw Kendall and Carlos talking with Lucy, whom was holding onto Kendall's arm, and James, who turned his head as soon as Frankie locked his eyes on them. He could've sworn he saw James point to him and Jo and laugh. What was so funny?
"HEY, FRANKIE AND JO. YOU GUYS MADE IT" James slurred, obviously drunk from having one to many drinks.
Jo smiled "Of course we made it, did you not think we were coming" she asked, fake hurt can be heard in her voice. James grinned at her and Jo knew what he was thinking, tonight she needed to break Frankie's heart.
Logan snuck up behind Frankie and wrapped his arm around Frankie "YO BUDDY" he yelled, causing his friend to jump up in surprise.
"WTH LOGAN, WTH" Frankie yelled as he slapped Logan off of him, said genius grinned at him with Camille hanging on his other arm.
"Couldn't help it" he said, getting a glare from Frankie.
James looked to Logan and grinned bigger "Okay girls, do it" he said, causing Frankie and Logan to look in confusion as the music stopped and the rest of the guests looked to the losers of Minnesota High.
"STOP" Carlos shouted as he jumped off of his seat "I DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO ME ANYMORE. LOGAN, FRANKIE THESE ASSHOLES HIRED JO AND CAMILLE TO BREAK YOUR HEARTS. EVERYTHING THEY SAID TO YOU WAS A LIE" he yelled, getting a shocked look from Kendall, James and the 'victims'.
Frankie and Logan looked to Jo and Camille, their eyes starting to change from the hurt and betrayal they were feeling.
"Frankie…" Jo started but stopped when Frankie glared at her hard, causing everyone but Logan to back away from him.
(Warning: Cursing and bashing of Jo and Camille…you have been warned).
"YOU FUCKING BITCH. I GAVE MY HEART TO YOU AND YOU WERE JUST FUCKING WITH ME THE ENTIRE TIME. YOU KNOW THE PAIN I HAVE IN ME AND YOU STILL WENT ALONG WITH THIS? FUCK YOU" he yelled, Jo gasping in shock and hurt.
"It's not like that…" she tried to explain. Frankie's body started to shake, whether from anger or hurt, they didn't know.
"SHUT UP, DON'T LIE TO ME YOU BITCH. YOU KNEW EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE DOING AND WAS JUST DICK RIDING WHOEVER HIRED YOU TO DO THIS. DON'T TELL ME BECAUSE I DON'T FUCKING CARE RIGHT NOW. YOU WENT WAY TOO FAR BY DOING THIS TO ME AND YOU COULD'VE STOPPED. BUT YOU INSTEAD DECIDE TO HURT ME" he yelled louder, his voice was starting to crack the windows as his body started to get a red aura that was barely visible.
"I'm sorry…" Jo cried.
"NO YOUR NOT. IF YOU WERE SORRY YOU WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE. I HATE YOU, YOU FUCKING TWAT" he spat, tears were now visible in his eyes and Jo's, although Jo's were more visible.
Logan locked his dark eyes on Camille, who gulped "Logan…"
"If you say anything you bitch, I will kill you right here" he said, tears falling down his face. "I thought you were different, but I guess I was wrong. Your nothing but a fucking bitch that's gonna die alone with your sex slaves here" he pointed to Kendall and everyone but Carlos, as he stood up and told them what happened.
"Thank you Carlitos" he thanked quietly as Frankie wrapped his arm around his friend and sent a thank you look to Carlos before leaving with a crying Logan in his arms.
Jo and Camille collapsed on the floor, crying their eyes out as they heard their ex's slam the door on the way out.
Kendall was shocked at what happened; he was not expecting this "Girls" he called softly.
"SHUT UP" Jo yelled "I WAS STARTING TO LOVE HIM AND NOW HE'S GONE. DON'T YOU DARE SAY ANYTHING TO ME" she yelled and cried some more.
"I already loved Logan and now he hates me, just please be quiet Kendall" Camille begged softly, her voice shaky from the tears.
Kendall stared at his two friends and looked to the ground 'I'm sorry'.
Frankie & Logan:
Frankie led Logan to his house and sat him down on the couch. Logan had not stopped crying once since they left the party, he was really hurt now.
"I thought it was getting better" he said, burying his face into Frankie's shoulder.
"I thought so too buddy, I thought so too" he replied and watched as his friend cried himself to sleep and joined him, thinking about Jo's betrayal.
The Saikou Ninnin's watched them outside Frankie's window.
"Ready Michael" Cole asked, Michael nodding in his direction. "Time to test them"
End of Chapter 9 of The Strength of Friendship
Yes, it's 4,000 instead of 8,000. Sorry :(
I made a mistake last time, Chapter 11 is 10,000 + words, not 10, again sorry for that.
James spilled the beans and now Frankie and Logan are hurt, that's very bad.
What do Michael and Cole want?
Next Time: Where is Frankie and Logan?
