She took a shower and decided that she just had to get out of the house. She ended up deciding to go to the Homeless Shelter where she volunteered regularly. She wrote a note to Frankie telling her where she would be and also her cell phone number and then she called her mother at Enchantment and talked to her for a bit. When she got to the Homeless Shelter she helped serve breakfast and it took her mind off of her problems, more specifically her developing feelings.
Frankie woke up and stretched in the big bed but she instantly regretted it when her sore body protested. Obviously being hit by a car hurt a hell of a lot more the day after. She got up and took a bath using the strawberry shampoo she had found in the bathroom the other day. When she was clean and dressed she decided to pay a visit to a very special person.
She got out of the taxi and paid the driver the last of the little money she had left. She then knocked on the door and it was answered by a maid.
"Is Mrs. Cortlandt here?"
"Yes, may I have your name?" asked the maid inviting her in.
"Tel her it's Mary Francis Stone," said Frankie sitting down.
The maid left and Frankie looked at her expensive surroundings, yes, soon she would have enough money to live like this.
"What are you doing here?" asked Vanessa walking into the room.
"Auntie! Miss me?" asked Frankie sarcastically as she stood up.
"You're parents warned me you might try to stop by, so what do you want?" asked Vanessa annoyed.
"Money, what else?"
"I knew it, you spoiled little…"
"Auntie Vanessa, I'm being generous, one hundred, that's all I'm asking."
"One hundred thousand dollars? There is no way-."
"No, I want one hundred dollars, one, zero, zero, I'm pretty sure that wont make a big dent in your wallet."
Vanessa scowled at her and pulled out her purse. She then pulled out two fifties and threw them at Frankie. "Are you happy now? "
"Actually yes. See you later Auntie," and with that she left.
Bianca got home around noon and found Frankie gone, but her backpack was still there so she figured she'd be back sooner or later.
In the short time she had know Frankie she had developed feelings for her, there was no question about that, after Bianca had found herself thinking about Frankie the whole morning and all of last night. The problem was should she act on them, that was the hardest part and at the moment her mind and heart were engaged in a battle. 'If you act on them and the feelings are reciprocated wouldn't you be one of the happiest people in the world?' Her heart would say.
'What if this is just a little crush? Are you going to ruin what could be a great friendship for some feelings that might only last a few months?' her mind argued.
"This so hard, I don't want to ruin this."
"Ruin what?" asked Frankie as she came through the door.
"Nothing. Where have you been? I was a little worried."
"Oh, here and there, nowhere important," said Frankie sitting down next to Bianca.
"Oh. Do you want to have lunch or something?"
"Sure," said Frankie smiling.
"I'll go cook up something," said Bianca going into the kitchen.
Frankie sat down and sighed, "This is so hard, so incredibly hard," she whispered with her head in her hands.
A little while later Bianca came out with a tray of fruit salad and sandwiches. "Here you go," she said setting the tray down on the table and sitting next to Frankie. "I thought you might need some of this," said Bianca handing her two of the pain pills Dr. Joe had prescribed for her.
"No, I can't," Frankie replied pushing Bianca's hand away.
"You've been out walking, I know that you must be in at least a little bit of pain. Take them."
"Bianca, I can't, you don't understand," she said looking temptingly at the pills. "Just get them away from me!" yelled Frankie throwing them across the room.
"I-I'm sorry," stuttered Bianca, her face red.
"No, I am. I didn't mean to go off like that. Anyway this looks really good," said Frankie picking up a sandwich.
After they were done Bianca looked at Frankie, she decided to grab the bull by the horns and tell Frankie that she was gay, a part of her was always afraid that if she told a female friend they would think she was disgusting and they wouldn't want to be around her anymore, she knew that if that happened they weren't worth being her friend, but she couldn't help be a little self-conscious of her sexuality. "Frankie, there's something I think you should know…about me."
"What?" asked Frankie sitting back.
"I'm gay."
Frankie looked at Bianca. 'Do I pretend like I didn't know or tell her I've known from the beginning. That might make her suspicious, Damn!' She had to think fast. "You are?" she said slowly.
"Yeah, but look if it weirds you out or something you don't have to stay here, I will pay for you to stay at a hotel--"
"No, no, Bianca, I'm cool with it," said Frankie smiling. There she had done, she hadn't exactly admitted to knowing, yet she hadn't lied and said she hadn't known.
"You are?"
"Yeah. I mean it doesn't really matter to me or anything. Did you think I was going to high tail it outta here when you told me?"
"Well, people take it different ways, some are accepting and some aren't. I'm sorry if I presumed anything…"
"It's okay, don't worry about it. Look I'm going to go take a nap and then we can hang out later."
"Okay, sure."
"Thanks for lunch."
Frankie lay on her bed with her pillow covering her face as she started to cry for the first time in years. "This isn't fair." She whispered over and over. How could she do this to someone as innocent and trusting and caring as Bianca had turned out to be. She hadn't expected this.
Laura stared at herself in the mirror as she twirled around, a wedding veil on her head. "Leo is going to love this! When I tell him how I planned for us to renew our vows he's going to be so happy."
"Are you sure about that?"
"Who said that?" asked Laura turning around but there was no one there. "Greenlee? Is that you because if you're in here hiding I'm going to call the police."
"Look over here!"
Laura turned around but the room was empty.
"If this is some sick ploy to make me go crazy it's not working!" yelled Laura to the empty room.