"I want to know what you said to Frankie," persisted Bianca as they pulled up into the driveway of their house.
"Nothing that concerns you," answered Erica.
"Mom! It concerns me, she's my friend."
"Bianca, she's no good."
"That's what you always say, about Rain and Sarah and now Frankie, if you can't accept who I am then I don't want to be anywhere near you!" said Bianca getting out of the car and walking down the driveway.
"Bianca! Where are you going?!"
Bianca wiped away a tear as she walked away from her mother, she was going to Frankie's to see exactly what her mother had done to ruin her life this time.
Ten minutes later she stepped out of the cab in front of Myrtle's. She took out her key, unlocked the door and went in. She walked up to Frankie's room, her high heeled feet killing her as she knocked on her door. When there was no answer she opened the door and turned on the light but the room was empty and it didn't feel right. Soon she noticed what was wrong, the bed was made, the floor was clean and all of the dresser drawers were open and empty. Fear constricted Bianca's chest and she felt suddenly like she was in a dream and her worst fears where then confirmed by a lone piece of paper. Bianca read the little note at least three times, hoping new words would appear that didn't confirm that Frankie was gone. Bianca collapsed onto the bed in tears. After a few minutes she looked at her watch and decided she was not going to sit still, not until she found Frankie.
Frankie sat on a bench at a bus station, she was getting way to soft. She had needed money and there was only one way to get it and that was to steal, so she did, but she never took more than a few dollars from the wallets and purses of the people who sat next to her on the bench and the bus station and she knew that a month ago she would have taken all of the money the person had, but she couldn't bring herself to take all of it. Right now she had enough money to get to New York and eat a few meals and that was all, but that's all she needed. She looked down at her bus ticket, she still had five hours until her bus left and she sighed. This was so hard, every bone in her body was screaming at her to go back but she couldn't. She curled up on the bench and fell asleep wondering if Bianca could ever forgive her.
Frankie woke up and her eyes immediately went to the clock, she sighed in relief, her bus didn't board for five more minutes. She sat up and reached for her backpack but instead she found Bianca.
"What are you doing here?" Frankie asked suprise making her fully awake.
"Trying to figure out why you left without saying goodbye to me."
"Bianca, I would have but I just thought that this would be easier, on both of us."
"Easier? I walked into your room and you were gone, you can't possibly know how hard that was, I love you Frankie and if you're scared and you don't believe me that's fine but please, please tell me why you're leaving, why you were going to walk out of my life without a backward glance."
"I'm scared," Frankie whispered, and she was. She was scared of how Bianca would feel when she found out the truth, and she was scared of her feelings, hell, she was scared of everything.
Bianca held her hand. "I'm scared too, you are the first girl I think I've ever truly been in love with, and it scares me that one day you might leave, it scares me that I may not be good enough and it scares me that I might be alone forever and I'm scared of losing you, because I would give up everything just to be with you."
Frankie was determined not to get sucked back in she couldn't take it and neither could her heart. "My bus leaves any minute, I want you to go home and be happy. Maybe I'll see you around one day," Frankie said getting up, swinging her bag over her shoulder and walking away from Bianca without a look back. She heard Bianca call her name and she had to will her tears not to fall. But then the unthinkable happened, her bus left without her. Frankie sat there and watched the bus disappear down the street. She let out a curse and let the cool night air wash over her. After a minute she walked back into the bus station and saw that Bianca was still sitting on the bench, her head down. Frankie slowly walked over to her, she knew that if she had any sense at all she would turn around and never look back but she couldn't.
"Bianca, I'm sorry," she said, her voice breaking as she layed a hand on Bianca's shoulder.
Bianca's head snapped up and Frankie could see that her eyes were red from holding back tears. Bianca stood up and threw her arms around Frankie, "You stayed, I knew you wouldn't leave, I just knew it," Bianca whispered into her neck.
Frankie kept her arms wrapped tightly around Bianca, not having the heart to tell her that if her bus had waited one minute she really would be gone.
"I'll drive you back to Myrtle's, you are staying aren't you?" Bianca asked uncertainly.
"Yeah, I'm staying."
Bianca and Frankie sat in the back of the taxi as it drove through the almost deserted streets of Pine Valley, Bianca full of questions that she was determined to get the answers to.
When they got to Myrtle's Bianca followed Frankie up to her room and silently watched as Frankie unpacked.
"Why did you leave? I know that you were scared but what were you scared of?" Bianca asked. Frankie stopped what she was doing and sat back on the bed next to Bianca. "I've never really depended on anyone my whole life, I've always been by myself, I've always depended on me, just me. Before I came here I was out on the streets for almost a year, I did a lot of bad things, I stole, I scammed people, I got high whenever I could. No one cared about me and I didn't care about anyone. But now it's different I care about you but you have the power to hurt me, and no one's had that power over me before."
"Frankie, I would never ever hurt you, I swear."
"I know, I'm sorry I just left like that, I promise I'll never do it again," she said holding Bianca's hand. "Your Mom's going to call the police and tell them I kidnapped you if you don't get home."
"I don't care, if she can't accept you as part of my life then I won't let her be part of it. I turn eighteen soon and then she can't tell me what to do."
"Bianca-,"
"I meant it when I said I'd give up everything for you, I love you."
Frankie couldn't hold it back any longer and she tried to stop the words from escaping but they slipped out. "I love you too."
Frankie watched Bianca's face as tears welled up in her eyes and she smiled and Frankie thought that she had never seen Bianca look more beautiful, or happier. "Well, I'd say that's the perfect ending to our date," whispered Bianca.
"I agree," said Frankie leaning over and kissing Bianca lightly on the lips.
"Can I stay here tonight?" Bianca asked breaking the kiss.
"I have no objections."
"Good," said Bianca. "I don't think I could walk another step in these shoes," she said laughing as she took them off. "Here," said Frankie handing Bianca a large shirt, "You can put this on."
"Thanks," said Bianca as she went into the bathroom.
Frankie took off her shoes and socks and then her bluejeans and slipped under the covers. She blocked everything else out of her head because she knew that if she thought about Bianca and everything else then she'd go crazy.
Bianca came back into the room and slipped under the covers beside Frankie. Frankie reached over and turned off the light and then layed facing Bianca. "Goodnight, I love you," Frankie said in a whisper, and when she said those words she meant them.
"Love you too, sweet dreams," Bianca said sleepily.
Frankie smiled and drifted off to sleep, this was heaven.
"Nothing that concerns you," answered Erica.
"Mom! It concerns me, she's my friend."
"Bianca, she's no good."
"That's what you always say, about Rain and Sarah and now Frankie, if you can't accept who I am then I don't want to be anywhere near you!" said Bianca getting out of the car and walking down the driveway.
"Bianca! Where are you going?!"
Bianca wiped away a tear as she walked away from her mother, she was going to Frankie's to see exactly what her mother had done to ruin her life this time.
Ten minutes later she stepped out of the cab in front of Myrtle's. She took out her key, unlocked the door and went in. She walked up to Frankie's room, her high heeled feet killing her as she knocked on her door. When there was no answer she opened the door and turned on the light but the room was empty and it didn't feel right. Soon she noticed what was wrong, the bed was made, the floor was clean and all of the dresser drawers were open and empty. Fear constricted Bianca's chest and she felt suddenly like she was in a dream and her worst fears where then confirmed by a lone piece of paper. Bianca read the little note at least three times, hoping new words would appear that didn't confirm that Frankie was gone. Bianca collapsed onto the bed in tears. After a few minutes she looked at her watch and decided she was not going to sit still, not until she found Frankie.
Frankie sat on a bench at a bus station, she was getting way to soft. She had needed money and there was only one way to get it and that was to steal, so she did, but she never took more than a few dollars from the wallets and purses of the people who sat next to her on the bench and the bus station and she knew that a month ago she would have taken all of the money the person had, but she couldn't bring herself to take all of it. Right now she had enough money to get to New York and eat a few meals and that was all, but that's all she needed. She looked down at her bus ticket, she still had five hours until her bus left and she sighed. This was so hard, every bone in her body was screaming at her to go back but she couldn't. She curled up on the bench and fell asleep wondering if Bianca could ever forgive her.
Frankie woke up and her eyes immediately went to the clock, she sighed in relief, her bus didn't board for five more minutes. She sat up and reached for her backpack but instead she found Bianca.
"What are you doing here?" Frankie asked suprise making her fully awake.
"Trying to figure out why you left without saying goodbye to me."
"Bianca, I would have but I just thought that this would be easier, on both of us."
"Easier? I walked into your room and you were gone, you can't possibly know how hard that was, I love you Frankie and if you're scared and you don't believe me that's fine but please, please tell me why you're leaving, why you were going to walk out of my life without a backward glance."
"I'm scared," Frankie whispered, and she was. She was scared of how Bianca would feel when she found out the truth, and she was scared of her feelings, hell, she was scared of everything.
Bianca held her hand. "I'm scared too, you are the first girl I think I've ever truly been in love with, and it scares me that one day you might leave, it scares me that I may not be good enough and it scares me that I might be alone forever and I'm scared of losing you, because I would give up everything just to be with you."
Frankie was determined not to get sucked back in she couldn't take it and neither could her heart. "My bus leaves any minute, I want you to go home and be happy. Maybe I'll see you around one day," Frankie said getting up, swinging her bag over her shoulder and walking away from Bianca without a look back. She heard Bianca call her name and she had to will her tears not to fall. But then the unthinkable happened, her bus left without her. Frankie sat there and watched the bus disappear down the street. She let out a curse and let the cool night air wash over her. After a minute she walked back into the bus station and saw that Bianca was still sitting on the bench, her head down. Frankie slowly walked over to her, she knew that if she had any sense at all she would turn around and never look back but she couldn't.
"Bianca, I'm sorry," she said, her voice breaking as she layed a hand on Bianca's shoulder.
Bianca's head snapped up and Frankie could see that her eyes were red from holding back tears. Bianca stood up and threw her arms around Frankie, "You stayed, I knew you wouldn't leave, I just knew it," Bianca whispered into her neck.
Frankie kept her arms wrapped tightly around Bianca, not having the heart to tell her that if her bus had waited one minute she really would be gone.
"I'll drive you back to Myrtle's, you are staying aren't you?" Bianca asked uncertainly.
"Yeah, I'm staying."
Bianca and Frankie sat in the back of the taxi as it drove through the almost deserted streets of Pine Valley, Bianca full of questions that she was determined to get the answers to.
When they got to Myrtle's Bianca followed Frankie up to her room and silently watched as Frankie unpacked.
"Why did you leave? I know that you were scared but what were you scared of?" Bianca asked. Frankie stopped what she was doing and sat back on the bed next to Bianca. "I've never really depended on anyone my whole life, I've always been by myself, I've always depended on me, just me. Before I came here I was out on the streets for almost a year, I did a lot of bad things, I stole, I scammed people, I got high whenever I could. No one cared about me and I didn't care about anyone. But now it's different I care about you but you have the power to hurt me, and no one's had that power over me before."
"Frankie, I would never ever hurt you, I swear."
"I know, I'm sorry I just left like that, I promise I'll never do it again," she said holding Bianca's hand. "Your Mom's going to call the police and tell them I kidnapped you if you don't get home."
"I don't care, if she can't accept you as part of my life then I won't let her be part of it. I turn eighteen soon and then she can't tell me what to do."
"Bianca-,"
"I meant it when I said I'd give up everything for you, I love you."
Frankie couldn't hold it back any longer and she tried to stop the words from escaping but they slipped out. "I love you too."
Frankie watched Bianca's face as tears welled up in her eyes and she smiled and Frankie thought that she had never seen Bianca look more beautiful, or happier. "Well, I'd say that's the perfect ending to our date," whispered Bianca.
"I agree," said Frankie leaning over and kissing Bianca lightly on the lips.
"Can I stay here tonight?" Bianca asked breaking the kiss.
"I have no objections."
"Good," said Bianca. "I don't think I could walk another step in these shoes," she said laughing as she took them off. "Here," said Frankie handing Bianca a large shirt, "You can put this on."
"Thanks," said Bianca as she went into the bathroom.
Frankie took off her shoes and socks and then her bluejeans and slipped under the covers. She blocked everything else out of her head because she knew that if she thought about Bianca and everything else then she'd go crazy.
Bianca came back into the room and slipped under the covers beside Frankie. Frankie reached over and turned off the light and then layed facing Bianca. "Goodnight, I love you," Frankie said in a whisper, and when she said those words she meant them.
"Love you too, sweet dreams," Bianca said sleepily.
Frankie smiled and drifted off to sleep, this was heaven.