" god, why do I keep fucking up" I groaned to myself as I inspected my throbbing bandaged hand. I should have just stayed home instead of going to Frankie's party. Now I get to spend my evening in this lovely holding cell down at the police station. What's even worse is that all I had right now was my thoughts. Frankie's hurt and furious eyes kept flashing in my mind from earlier. Why did I have to be so hard headed? And to think that I could just waltz in her room and she would just forgive me like I hadn't been a complete ass to her for the past two months. And even worse its her fucking birthday. All I could do was just shake my head and laugh at what a fucking idiot I am. And the cherry on top was that after Frankie walked out I tried to go follow her but as I came downstairs Angela started running her filthy little mouth still ass hurt about earlier. If she wanted to talk shit to me I could care less but when she decided to bring Frankie into I completely snapped. I know I have absolutely no room to talk but Angela didn't even know her and I was over all the bullshit Frankie didn't deserve one bit of it and I was no longer going to stand for it. That lead into me and Angela getting into a screaming match but what I didn't know is that Angela had called her brother to come pick her up and he wasn't too excited about the argument we were in the middle of when he walked up. Next thing you know me and her brother were brawling out on the front lawn until she called the cops on me, but not before I broke my hand on his face. So here I am.

" come on haner, someone's posted bail for you" one of the deputies said as he unlocked and slid the huge barred door open leading me out. A wave of relief washed over me as i walked towards the door to the main lobby. God I loved my friends, we had all been locked up atleast one time or another so we always knew someone would be up to bail us out in no time. I pushed the long metal bar opening the door as a free man when I saw Frankie sitting in the waiting area as she looked up meeting my eyes. I just froze for a second in disbelief that she was here, that she bailed me out. After everything that's happened she was here for me. Her eyes left mine as she got out of the chair and made her way out of the front door with me right behind her. I saw here shiver as the cool night breeze whipped around her bare arms as she hugged herself for warmth when she stopped dead in her tracks. I slid my jacket off and draped it over her shoulders as she slowly turned to face me. Without a word she threw her arms around my waist burying her face in my chest. I smiled warmly pulling her close to me. We must have stood there like that for a good five minutes until she pulled away and turned to walk through the parking lot leaving me standing there not sure what to think as she climbed in Matt's car.

" earth to Brian" Matt yelled from his car as he pulled up beside me. I snapped out of my trance and jumped in the back. The entire ride was silent. I closed my eyes as I layed my head back on the head rest trying to decode why Frankie hugged me but didn't say anything. Was she still mad? I didn't know if I should try to talk to her or if I should just leave her alone right now. But then if I didn't try and talk to her would she be mad? I swear women are some of the hardest people ever to try and figure out, and I probably never will. Once we got to Matt's house we all made our way inside and sat in the living room as Frankie disappeared upstairs.

" Thanks again dude" I said to Matt as he grabbed the Xbox controllers from the entertainment center.

" no prob bri you know I wouldnt leave you hanging. Sorry it took alittle longer I had to go make sure Frankie was okay first" he said slipping on His headset.

"And before you ask she told me she wanted to go in and get you as I was about to get out of the car" he said smirking knowing he just answered my question before I had the chance to ask it. I nodded as I laid back trying to make myself more comfortable on the couch propping my injured hand up on a pillow.

" ok Matt get ready to get get your ass whooped" Frankie smirked as she sat next to Matt grabbing a headset and controller. I tried not to stare but I couldn't help it. She had her long hair thrown up in a messy bun wearing a old metallica tee and some sweats. She looked beautiful. She's one of the few girls I knew that didn't need to wear make up and tight clothes to look gorgeous. She looked beautiful just the way she was. I could tell by her body language that she could feel my eyes on her but she fought the urge to look over and stayed focused on her and Matt's game. They played for a good two hours before Val yelled from upstairs for Matt to come to bed. If she hadn't he would have played all night and into the early morning. He said his goodnights as he made his way to bed which just left me and Frankie alone in an awkward silence for a few minutes.

" Wanna watch a movie?" She asked me as she walked to the movie rack browsing through the selections.

" ya sure, you pick" I said trying to sound calm and not give away the excitement and relief I was feeling that we were actually talking.

" Well devils rejects it is then" she stated slipping the movie in the DVD player. She grabbed a blanket off the back of the couch and wrapped herself in it as she sat down. I got up and walked over to the other couch where she was sitting praying that I wasn't about to screw everything up. She looked up at me as I stood before her as she opened the blanket silently inviting me to sit with her. I sat down and she draped the blanket over the both of us and layed her head on my chest. It felt so good to have her close to me again. It was like all the sadness and shit I've dwelled on just melted away as I held her making it hard to pay attention to the movie.

" I missed you Brian" she whispered keeping her eyes on the t.v..

" I missed you too Frankie" I whispered back kissing the top of her head. " and I promise I will never hurt you again"

Notes

Ya she caved pretty easily I know..... But hey they can't stay mad forever :)