Chapter 2
Frankie woke up to blazing sunlight. The curtains in her room didn't seem to be doing their job properly, which wasn't helping Frankie's morning mood. She quickly threw on an outfit, consisting of black skinny jeans, a band t-shirt and her TOMS.
"Morning." Gina said as Frankie just smiled in return.
"You were late for breakfast." Gus informed Frankie.
"Yeah, but I was tired, and I'm not hungry." Frankie said pouring herself a glass of water. She then moped into the lounge where everyone was watching TV, and she saw Connor in a heated argument with his roommate.
"Well you shouldn't be such a clean freak, I burn holes in the ozone layer with hairspray, sue me!" Connor snapped.
"You could've killed me, your worse than the girls."
"Just because I can easily get a girlfriend, no need to be jealous." Connor spat. Frankie had to stop herself from laughing.
"You can keep her. I'd rather not have a thick freak for a girlfriend. She even thinks she's a dog." Johnny replied. Frankie scowled, but giggled internally for the fact she and Connor were best friends, far too close for a relationship, both of them felt the same way.
"Frankie isn't my girlfriend, she's like my sister. Call her a freak and…"
"…and what?" Johnny replied smirking.
"and I'll wipe that smug grin of your face and replace it with a Chelsea one. Understood?" Connor growled quietly, but still extremely threateningly. Frankie hated seeing him like that.
"Connor!" Frankie said, as if she'd just entered the room. "Come here a minute." She didn't really have anything specific to say, she knew he just needed removed from the situation before it got too serious. She saw him walk over and she started walking towards the kitchen to go outside.
"Where are you two going in such a rush?" Gina asked. Connor went to speak, but Frankie stopped him subtly.
"I'm feeling a bit light headed, I'm going for some fresh air, and Connor didn't want me to faint while I was out there, you know, looking out for a mate." Frankie lied.
"Well Mike's going to be back with the new people soon, so just sit on the sofa for a bit and drink some water to help." Gina said handing Frankie a glass. Frankie smiled meekly as a thanks and she and Connor walked and sat on the sofas next to Elektra and Faith. Both reading magazines, Elektra was reading 'Kerrang!' and Faith, a health and sports magazine.
"So, do you feel a bit more settled in?" Faith asked, trying to make light conversation, obviously bored of her magazine.
"Yeah, it's a bit better than our old place." Frankie replied sweetly. "Everyone seems a lot calmer here." Elektra scoffed, obviously realizing the rookie mistake.
"You have your own room, though. That's the thing." Elektra said half interested in her magazine. "I suppose I could have a worse roommate."
"I burn incense so I hope if I ever get a roommate that they don't have asthma." Frankie said, distracted by a tiny spider that she had gotten to crawl onto her finger. Connor was about to speak but stopped as Mike came in and began the same talk he had yesterday, obviously new people.
"So, we have Lily May who will be sharing with Jody." Jody grinned, being happy with a roommate, even if she was a lot younger than her. The girl looked a bit worried, but it was understandable.
"Mackenzie , who will be sharing with Tee." The girl with multi-coloured hair looked over at Tee and Johnny, as if she already knew them.
"Then here's Acid, who will be sharing with Carmen." Frankie sighed looking at the girl smirking. This wasn't going to be fun.
"What about Lily?" Carmen asked. "She needs somewhere to stay when she's here, and Frankie has her own room."
"Lily will be getting the special short stay room." Mike said, followed by a huff noise from Carmen, obviously not happy with this arrangement.
"And lastly, here's Blake, he'll be taking the spare room next to Frankie's." The boy winked in Frankie's direction, and Frankie just shook her head, he was trying too hard already.
"How come he gets his own room?" Acid spat.
"Because I have really bad insomnia, and it's a lot easier if I'm on my own." Blake replied in the same tone.
"What's insomnia?" Harry said, struggling to say the large word.
"Insomnia is when you can't sleep even if you're really sleepy." Frankie said smiling at Blake. "That's why I have my own room."
"Well I hope you all make them feel welcome." Mike said and he walked off. Harry immediately walked over to Lily and showed her Geoff, who she seemed to really like, and they walked off to go and play somewhere. Tee, Johnny and Mackenzie were gathered together and hugging a lot. Acid had already taken to Blake, and was talking to him, though he seemed disinterested. Connor was talking to Faith, who Frankie was sure he had a crush on, and she just felt left out of the picture. So she sneakily left the room and went straight into her own room.
Her head was flooded with ideas, as she scrawled lyrics onto a page, her concentration felt like it couldn't be broken, she had this half-finished song for almost a year now, and the instant ideas of lyrics made her want to run and find someone to track bass and guitar, and grab Connor to make drums, and she would sing, and mix a few beats on her Mac, one of the things she got from her parents.
She quickly glanced under her bed to check that her unopened suitcase was exactly where she had left it. Frankie knew that suitcase in particular didn't need care kids snooping around it. She checked the contents were still inside. She quickly closed the case and pushed it back under the bed when Frankie heard a knock at the door.
"Come in." Frankie said, grabbing her incense burner, her lighter and a stick of Vanilla scented incense. She hid the cannabis incense her friend bought her as a joke for her birthday, and she was yet to use it. She looked up to see Carmen standing there, with Tee and Mackenzie.
"Hi, we were wondering if you wanted to meet Mackenzie, she's Tee's cousin." Carmen said.
"Well, it's nice to meet you Mackenzie." Frankie said in her usual whimsical voice. "You can sit down if you want, it's only incense, it doesn't bite." The three wandered warily into Frankie's room, looking at all the posters and the dream catchers she had tied above her bed.
"Why do you even do all this stuff, it makes people think you're really weird." Carmen said.
Frankie pulled up a cushion, inviting her to join her sitting on the floor. "I've learnt that before making others happy, I first must be happy in myself, so I follow my heart, do I feel is right, and those who are truly my friends will still be there if I change."
"That's really cool." Tee said sitting down, intrigued by Frankie's persona. Part of what Frankie was saying was true, but she wasn't really as whimsical and mad as what people thought.
"Can you smell the vanilla yet?" Frankie asked "Close your eyes; it strengthens your other senses."
Tee and Carmen closed their eyes, as Mackenzie just stood up and got ready to leave when she saw the Cannabis incense on the table, going slightly wide eyed, she looked over at Tee, who was just opening her eyes and smiled at her cousin. Just then they heard a forceful knock at the door, ruining the peace, even if the door was open.
"Yes?" Frankie asked, snapping out of her relaxed state.
"Do you mind stinking the house out with that crap." Johnny said, sneering at Frankie.
"it's fine Johnny, it's vanilla, not tuna." Carmen replied, still quite calmly.
"Well I don't want my sister or my cousin getting involved in this hippie dippy rubbish."
Frankie then glared at him, not letting the girl see.
"I think he's right, I'll burn it outside from now on, I'm sorry to be so rude." Frankie said, smirking slightly. "Carmen, why don't you take these two to your room and introduce them to the new girl. I just want a little private word with Johnny." The girls agreed, without any suspicion. Frankie checked to see if anyone was around, which they weren't, and she turned to glare at Johnny.
"I don't know what the hell you're playing at mate, but you have no idea what you're getting into." She growled angrily.
"Like I'm scared of you." Johnny scoffed.
"Well you should be." Frankie said, not sounding anywhere near as wound up as Johnny. "You see this phone Johnny?" She asked condescendingly, showing an old battered phone, a mile away from her smart phone she was using before.
"Yeah." He replied, sounding confused.
"This phone has the contacts of people in here who I kept secret, because not even Connor knows about these people. Most of them have been in prison, and it wasn't for a petty theft, let's just say that." She said, whispering the last part in his ear.
Johnny became tense, he didn't know what he was getting into.
"And you know this guy here?" She said pointing to the screen. Johnny nodded. "You know what he'd do to snotty brats like you, if you tell anyone about our little conversation?"
"B… Beat me up, right?" Johnny asked sounding terrified.
"Hahaha, cute." Frankie replied, holding her fingers to his head like a gun and made a shooting motion before shutting her door and walking away with a smug grin on her face. She wasn't going to get bother from him for a while.
AN: Thanks to everyone who submitted characters ^_^
Also, Frankie isn't as nice, or as innocent as everyone thinks :O
I'd love reviews and stuff, and apologies if the new characters aren't involved straight away, but they will be :D