Frankee's clothing-Lakers basketball jersey and loose fitting light blue jeans, Black Nike trainers she is also wearing a ring.
Frankee's Ring-A heart wrapped around a dagger blood dripping from the bottom of the blade-She had a tattoo exactly the same on her right ankle
Mel's clothing-Skin tight Pink Henleys Vest and Dark Blue Boyfriend style Henleys jeans and Pink Hi-Top Converse trainers
Chapter Seventeen
Mel and Frankee were walking in the hallway towards the canteen when Mel stopped in her tracks looking at Frankee she answered her look of confusion
"I'm going to call Maxine let her know whats going on?"
"You don't have to, I'll do it later on"
"No, I want to call her. Taylor's probably worried sick she wouldn't have gone to sleep"
"What makes you think that Maxine was sober enough to relay the message to the others"
"She may be a drunk but even Maxine cares about her childs welfare"
"How do you know? you haven't seen her in months?" Frankee replied raising her voice slightly
"Don't speak to me like that, I'm not gonna stand here and go back on something I told Joey I would do"
"It's not like it would be the first time you went back on your word"
"And what's that meant to mean?"
"In your wedding vows didn't you say something about not ever betraying Brooke"
"That's different"
"How exactly is that different Mel?"
"I wasn't thinking clearly"
"Well, maybe in your vows you should have said, you'd never betray her unless you weren't thinking clear, or maybe you shouldn't have got married in the first place. I mean its hard to keep a vow when you've broke it before you've taken it"
"Just go away and get Joey's food and Leave me alone" With that Mel walked towards the exit of the hospital
"Yep, thats very mature Melanie, Walk away" Frankee shouted at her, once Mel was out of her site she shook her head and walked to the canteen. She got herself a coffee and sat down in a corner of the canteen she looked at her wrist noticing the Fifth Element wristband she was wearing she shook her head and removed it placing it in her pocket as she did so her mobile began ringing she pulled it out of her pocket looked at the caller and upon seeing it was Carl she answered it. "Hey boss whats up?"
"Why didn't you tell me Brooke was attacked?" Carl asked his voice filled with anger
"I'm sorry Carl but I was more worried about supporting my girlfriend and making sure my best friend didn't die" Beginning to play with her ring
"Don't give me that Mel said Joey was the only one the doctor spoke to, so why not inform me"
"Look I'm sorry but you didn't see the state of Brooke Carl, it was like something out of a film"
"Okay Okay, I get it. Let me know if anything changes, I'm on the way now"
"Hang on your coming to Summer Bay now"
"Yes believe it or not I actually care about Brooke"
"I know but is it the best thing to do by time you get here it'll be midnight, Me and Joey will probably be here all night so I'll call you if anything changes"
"Fine but any changes you let me know I don't care how minor let me know Okay?"
"Of course Boss, just try to get some sleep"
With that she hung up the phone and placed it back in her pocket placed her hand on the table looking at the cuts on her knuckles, she then sighed and got up from her seat grabbing Joey's salad and coffee she headed back to Brooke's room, as she approached the room she stopped when she saw Joey was fast asleep, she crept into the room placing the salad and the coffee on a side cabinet near Brooke's bed. She paused for a moment then exited the room heading in the direction in which Mel had headed when she didn't find Mel she turned around and walked back to the canteen still not finding Mel, she began walking back to Brooke's room as she was walking back she stopped in her tracks when she spotted the hospital chapel thinking to herself, she walked through the door as she looked around and smiled to herself when she saw Mel sitting near the front of the chapel leaning forward looking down at her wedding ring twisting it around and around
"I should have realized that you would come here, the only place I would normally never look"
"Just go away, I wanna be by myself"
"I know I shouldn't have had a go at you I'm sorry" Frankee said moving and sitting behind Mel
"No you're not, you only want me to think you're sorry. So you can get what you want, and you're NOT going to get it" Mel replied looking up at the cross then back down
"Mel I'm not here for that...I swear" She replied placing her hand on Mel's shoulder, Mel instantly pulled her shoulder forward causing Frankee's hand to fall to the bench she pulled her hand back "I swear I'm happy with Joey"
"So is that why you tried to kiss me two hours ago?" Mel sharply replied quickly turning her head to face Frankee shooting her a venomous look
"I was upset about Brooke, she is my best friend?"
"What kind of best friend tries to kiss their friends wife while that friend could possibly have been dying?"
"Like I said I was upset, it doesn't mean I wasn't worried about her" Frankee sternly replied
"You have a cheek you know that?"
"I do, do I. What exactly are you talking about now Melanie?" Frankee asked slightly amused
"You slept with me for a year behind your 'best friend's 'back and now you're saying that you're worried about her"
"I am, yes we had an affair, yes she battered me for it and yes she is my best friend, she has been since we were kids and always will be. No matter what little slapper gets in the way"
"You really think she'll want anything to do with you when she finds out the real truth about us. You think she'll let you anywhere near Joey either?" Mel looked firmly at Frankee making sure she knew she was serious
"You wouldn't dare tell her"
"I wouldn't, the love of my life is in there fighting with everything she has just to breathe" Mel stopped what she was saying when Frankee began to laugh heavily "What the hell is so funny?"
"You acting like she is actually the Love of your life"
"She is"
"If that was true then you wouldn't have been shagging me for a year would you?"
"You know as well as I do that you made me"
"So what I raped you now is that what you're saying?"
"No, but you wouldn't leave me alone. You blackmailed me so that I would sleep with you again. You even used the fact that my mother died just to get me into bed with you"
"Don't act the innocent here Mel. You could have told her anytime you wanted to but you took the cowards way out and kept on sleeping with me"
"Because I didn't want to lose her" Mel shouted at Frankee holding back the tears as the lump in her throat grew bigger "I can't stand waking up in the morning without her there, it doesn't feel right, I miss the way she used to look at me, I miss how she used to always flirt with me from across the room or when we were on stage, but most of all I miss seeing love in her eyes when she looked at me not anger or hatred"
"Well maybe you should have thought of that before you dropped your knickers for me" Frankee coldly replied smiling at Mel as she finished the sentence, Mel moved towards Frankee who thought to herself 'well I've never done it in a chapel before why not?' but she didn't get what she thought she would instead Mel stopped in front of her pulled her arm back and slapped her hard across the cheek
"Don't you ever think that you mean more than she does, do you want to know what I was thinking of the whole time we were having sex…No, well I'll tell you anyway. I was thinking that you could never touch me the way she does, you could never make me feel the way she does. Because with Brooke it's more than just sex, when it's me and her we make love, it's not rushed like we are in some race she makes me feel special not like some hooker"
"Maybe, I make you feel like a hooker because you are one" Frankee replied holding her cheek
"Maybe, or maybe she makes me feel what you can't because she's a real woman, not a wanna be player like you" With that Mel got up and walked towards the exit of the chapel looking at Frankee and shaking her head "I pity you, the only friend you ever had was Brooke and you've ruined it by doing what makes little Frankee happy, she didn't deserve what we did to her and when she wakes up I'm going to tell her the whole truth her and Joey" With that Mel walked out of the chapel and back to Brooke's room as she returned she noticed Joey was still asleep on the side of the bed. She walked over to Joey and gently tapped her on the shoulder waking her "Why don't you get a cab to yours, get some proper sleep then have a shower when you wake up. And you can bring something's for Brooke, you know as well as I do she hates hospital gowns. I'll stay here and call if anything changes" Joey simply nodded at Mel's suggestions. Mel watched as Joey exited the room, she waited a few minutes then moved around to the side of the bed she was previously sat, taking hold of Brooke's hand she placed a soft kiss on it and just sat there watching Brooke tears running down her cheeks "I'm so sorry baby"