Frank walked down the street to the school feeling slightly excited to be back, although no one probably noticed he was even gone. He pushed through the doors and hurried down the hall to his class, hoping not to be late. He was about to open the door to the classroom when he saw Gerard wasn't there. He heard people talking down the hall and quickly ran into the bathroom. For some reason he felt like he couldn't be seen alone after being gone for so long. It had been at least a week. He peeked around the corner to see who was walking and saw Bob, an old friend of Gerard's. Frank didn't really talk to him that much, but he seemed nice. He took a step out from the wall to go over, but yanked himself back when he saw that Bob was with Lynz. He stuck his head out just enough to see them, but immediately regretted it. The moment he looked, he saw her kiss Bob. Frank panicked and ran out of the bathroom as soon as they were far enough away. He ran back out of the school deciding today wasn't a good day to stick around and went to Gerard's house, hoping that he was home since he wasn't in class. He was upset by the fact that Lynz would cheat, of course, but he couldn't help but anticipate what would happen once she was out of the picture. For some reason, he knew everything would be different once Gerard found out. He knocked on the door a little harder than he'd meant to, but Gerard answered anyways.
"Why aren't you at school?" Frank hadn't thought it was odd at first, but now he had some questions.
"I could ask you the same, Frankie! I thought you said you were going back today?" Gerard looked slightly disappointed. Frank looked down at the floor, trying to remember if he'd really said that or not.
"Well, I sort of saw something. It's about Lynz." Gerard's face flushed and he pulled Frank into the house, shutting the door behind them. Frank still hadn't really figured out what had happened, anyways.
"What happened, is she okay? Was it about me?" He looked worried and was still holding Frank's arm as if he would disappear if he let go.
"Well, not really… Look, I don't know how to tell you this but she's cheating on you, Gerard. With Bob." Frank's face was hot and he knew it had to be just as red as it felt. Gerard looked shocked at first, but then a hint of doubt appeared in his eyes.
"How do you know? I mean, did you just hear that as a rumor?" Gerard let his hand slide off Frank's arm, being sure not to touch his hand or leg and trying to avoid contact. Frank felt bad for telling him, but he knew he had to. It would be better if he didn't, but he couldn't lie to his best friend; someone he loved.
"I was hiding in the bathroom and they walked by. I was going to say Hi to Bob, but I saw Lynz with him and I... well you can imagine why I don't want to talk to her. Anyways, she kissed him. On the lips." Frank thought he'd killed Gerard, the way his face lost all color. The doubt fell from his eyes in tears and he covered his face, trying not to let Frank see.