Chapter 6- After Frankenstein
I hope everyone enjoys this chapter! sorry I took so long to write; it's just the usual, you know, homework and stuff...
Frank's POV
It took me two hours to clean up the whole front yard of the school, but I couldn't have been happier to be alive and, well, normal. After I finished cleaning up that mess, I went to M.I.9 HQ to see Stella. She must have a lot of paperwork in her in-tray. I took my black car to get to HQ; it's the one use everywhere I went.
15 minutes later and I took the stairs to get up to Stella's office; after all, I needed the exercise. After I got taken off active duty to work with the MI High Teams, I haven't been in the same state since. I knocked gently on the door and heard a worn-out voice calling "Enter!" I slowly opened the door and peeked inside. I saw her chin resting in the palm of her left hand while her right hand was holding a pen that was scribbling downs words on her paperwork. I took a glance at her in-tray. Its height must have been the length of my arm. Stella glanced up and smiled at me.
"Oh, hi Frank! This is a nice surprise! What are you doing here?" She asked but he's still smiling a smile that makes my heart melt.
"Oh...I was just umm..." I was lost for words. Her eyes just sparkled so brightly that my heart skipped a beat. "I was coming in to apologise for all this work. It's my entire fault; I should have been more careful." I mumbled, looking at the ground.
"Frank, this isn't your fault; you didn't know. You should know that." As Stella said this to me, I looked at her surprised; I'm now eating my own words. I always tell her it's not her fault and now I'm having a taste of my own medicine. "But...if you ever do that again, you'll be in big trouble!" She said jokingly as she stood up and walked over to me. I half-smiled back and she then hugged me unexpectedly and I hugged her back.
"What was that for?" I asked her, completely confused.
"Frank, I've lost you once already, now I never want to lose you again." She said and then she kissed me on the lips gently. I placed my hands on her waist and the kiss became more passionate. She flung her arms around my neck and one of her hands tugged at my hair; I loved it when she did that. We stayed like that for what I thought was a couple of minutes, and then I took a glance at the clock...
"Oh S***! It's 8 o'clock! Come on, let's get this paperwork done." I said pulling back and walking towards Stella's desk. Stella went over and sat down at her chair. She just giggled at my expression, shocked and worried.
"It's ok Frank, we have plenty of time. Now, where to begin..." She started, but I cut her off.
"I write the letters and you sign them, okay?" She just nodded at my suggestion. I took a sneaky glance at her and then started on my first letter.
3 hours later...
Oh, man! I knew paperwork could be boring but not this boring! I looked up at Stella and she had bags under her eyes. We've finished her in-tray and now we just need sleep. She lay her head down on the desk her eyelids gave way. Her head was leaning on her hands and she was breathing heavily. I can't believe she had to do this every day! I gently shook her arms.
"Stella...Stel. Come on, Stel. If you don't wake up now, I'll eat all of your dinner." That woke her up; she's always been a big eater, even though she's as thin as a pencil.
"Come on Stel. I'll lead you to the car and I'll get some take away on the way home. Ok?" She just made a small noise which I presumed to be a 'yes'.
I walked her to the car that was parked outside HQ, opened the door for her and she climbed inside, her eyes only half open. I knew she was exhausted so I put her seatbelt on for her and then closed the door. I walked over to my side of the car where the wheel was and climbed inside only to see my star fast asleep, leaning on her seatbelt.
Once I bought the take away, the aroma filled the air, waking Stella up just in time; otherwise I would have eaten it all myself. I am a bit of a pig, but no one knows that except for my beautiful Stel. I gave her a box and she ate it so fast, I didn't even see her take a bite! And I thought that I could be a fast eater...
We arrived at her flat and I walked her inside; we both have heavy eyelids and only just managed to walk up to her flat. I pulled back the covers to her double bed and lay her head on the pillow. I climbed into bed on the other side and she rolled over to face me. She smiled a small smile.
"Thank you Frank, for everything today." She managed to whisper and gently kissed me on the lips. Then she instantly fell asleep. I stroked her hair gently like I had always done in those past years.
"Goodnight my Star. I hope your night will be full of dreams." I kissed her on the cheek and then I gently drifted off to sleep dreaming about what the future will hold tomorrow...