AHH please please don't hurt me, I just had this brillant idea which was inspired by Candylou! lol

Yeah, Sofia, I know... I kinda made Frankie the bad guy... whoops. I seriously didn't mean to... I just thought it would be an interesting plot and in this chapter it gets deeper... Mwhahaha.

Chapter Nine

~Through Frank's Eyes~

I turned around about to step out of Brandon's house when I saw Joe standing there on the sidewalk. He had heard everything.

"Frank?" He asked hoarsely. Even though he was far from me I could still see tear stains on his red face. "You made me get kidnapped?" Aw, Joe, I'm sorry, I really am.

"Joe, I am sorry, I don't mean to hurt you."

"You could have just said that you were eloping!" Joe insisted.

"But you wouldn't have let me," I shot back. Callie tugged on my hand. Joe stepped back like I had just slapped him.

"Probably because you're just seventeen!" I grounded my teeth.

"Look Joe, I'm in love! Okay? Its like you're never going to be in love since you just care about sports and dating cute girls!" I glared at him. My little brother stared at me before looking away. I watched him swallow and looked back at me.

"Fine, Frank, if that's the way you want it, then sure, go ahead," Joe said, raising his hands defensively. "If you don't care about being a brother and not just a jerk. I'm okay with you leaving to CA forever!"

I stepped forward, pointing a finger at him. "Stop it, Joe -" Callie stepped between us, staring at me with cold eyes.

"I think it's time that someone knows the real truth. Including your brother, Frank." A car pulled up in the drive: Iola and Chet. Joe's girlfriend ran out of the car, running into his arms.

"You're okay, Joe! I am so glad you are okay." She said putting her arms around his neck. "I missed you so much."

"Come on, Frank, we need to go. I have to be at California by eight o'clock tomorrow evening to get my money," Callie said tugging on my hand towards the van. Chet looked at me quizzically.

"You better text your dad that Joe's found," He said. I nodded and pulled out my phone.

Me: Dad we found Joe

In a few seconds, Dad answered.

Dad: Really? Where?
Me: Not now. I gtg. Joe will xplain.
Dad: ?

I turned my cell off and slipped it back into my pocket. "Bye Joe," Iola pulled away from Joe and glared at me.

"YOU KIDNAPPED JOE!?" She shouted at me. "I can't BELIEVE you!" I nearly dropped my duffel bag, jumping from the sound of her voice.

"Um, Joe, what did you tell her?" I asked warily taking a step backward as Iola menacingly stepped closer to me.

"Just a few words," Joe replied sounding amused.

"What DID you tell her?"

"Just that you set it up and that it was your idea for me getting kidnapped so you could elope." Aww great.

"How DARE you, Frank? I am so angry right now that I could just curse!" Iola practically screamed at me. Chet's eyes widened and stepped beside Iola trying to reason with her to stop her yelling. Brandon walked out of the house, confused.

"What is going on?" He asked. Iola suddenly walked up to me and bopped me with her very hard fist.

I stumbled to the ground with a hard thud. Oof.

"Oooh!" Chet and Brandon both said at the same time. I held my hand to my nose and looked at my fingers. I was bleeding. Holy cow... my dad was going to kill me. Iola gasped.

"I actually punched someone, Joe! Joe, really I punched someone!" She said giddy. "For the first time!" Callie sighed dramatically. and helped me up.

"I'll drive. All I want is to do this elopement right now." She said dragging me along.

"You might want to see a doctor, Frank! It could be broken!" Joe called after me. I groaned, getting a tissue. My girlfriend pushed me into the passenger seat.

"Lets go, Frank." Callie said sighing again.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Ah okay, so that was fun. "Bopping Frank on the nose" was AWESOME! Ohmygosh I'm sorry guys that I did that but it sounded cool... with the plot of course lol.

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