A/N: OH. MY. JESUS! I am so insanely sorry. I did sort of forget all about this site for a while, but I just recently went on and continued my other story "Accidentally In Love" but not this one. Cause I thought that it wasn't that good and didn't think people wanted to read it. But today I reread the story then said to myself "Okay, if anyone reviewed this recently I will continue it." And I thought the most recent review would be from like, the beginning of 2008. But to my surprise, I had a review from FREAKING 2009! And I was like "oh shit I need to do this!" So here I am, continuing the story! And I realize that probably no one will read this cause it's been forever, but if you do and you still like it PLEASE REVIEW! And I will try my hardest to keep this story going, and make it as good as I can! Okay, well I realize that this A/N is rather long, so now I will start the chapter! So enjoy and please review!
Chapter Four
I stood there, completely still, for what felt like hours. Then I realized that I must look like a complete moron, so I blinked a few times. Finally I looked at Frank. He was looking straight at me, eyes wide. He looked extremely scared, and guilty. Which he should be. He should feel like a the biggest piece of shit right now. Hmph.
Then I pulled myself together, and smiled and said to his fiancée, "Really? That's so wonderful!"
The bimbo smiled even more and said, "Thanks! You're sweet. My Frankie always did say you were one of the nicest people he's ever met!" MY FRANKIE! Did she just say that?! At that moment I wished nothing more than for her to get sucked into a vortex and DIE! Okay, maybe I was overreacting just a little. I mean, it's not like this is (entirely) her fault. From the looks of things, she didn't know how close Frankie and I used to be. You have no idea how much I wished to tell her EVERYTHING! Everything we ever did, everything he'd ever said to me, show her every picture… just everything! Shove it in her face! But I knew I couldn't do that.
"Um… thanks." I said, quickly before continuing with, "Do you mind if I talk to Frank, for a moment?"
"Oh not at all!" She was way to cheery. "You two must have so much to catch up on! Besides I need to finish up something, so I guess I'll just see you later, Frankie." She grabbed his face and kissed him. I was ready rip her hair out. But luckily I was able to control myself.
After she walked away, I looked at Frank and raised my eyebrows. "I'm the one that moved on?"
He looked at the floor and shook his head. "It's been 14 years. You can't honestly think I haven't seen anyone else since you. I'm sure you've been with lots of guys."
I blushed, because I actually haven't seen anyone except him. I realized that I was still completely in love with him. And I hated it.
"Like I said, we need to talk." He just nodded and looked at me, as if waiting for me to attack him or something. I was going to start, but I noticed Shane, Adam, Jake, Roman, Julie, Abi and Grace staring at us, listening to our every word. I cleared my throat and Frank looked up at them too. "Maybe somewhere a little more private?"
He nodded and grabbed my hand. I flinched; this small gesture brought back everything that I had been trying to suppress for the last 14 years. He led me down a hallway and into another room that was possibly a dressing room. He closed the door, and I dropped his hand. He awkwardly stuck his hand into his pocket, as if he didn't know what else to do with it.
"Well, she seems… nice…" I said, slightly sarcastic.
"Oh shut up." He snapped at me.
"What?" I asked, "I said she was nice."
He just glared at me. "Okay, so what do you want to talk about?"
"Honestly?" I said, and he nodded. "I don't really know where to start." In all honesty I couldn't think about anything besides him kissing me before. And the fact that we were all alone in a dark room…
But I knew I couldn't think about that. We needed to talk.
"So, were you PLANING on EVER telling me that you have a fiancée?" That was the first thing that came to mind, so I said it.
"Of course, Annabel. Why wouldn't I?" He said.
I put on a mock, 'thinking face,' and said, "Hmm... I don't know, Frank. That's I good question. Why wouldn't you tell me? I mean, first you kiss me, then-" But he cut me off.
"Look, I'm sorry, okay? I was just shocked to see you. And I really did love you all those years ago, so seeing you, it just brought back all those memories. And I couldn't help it. Of course I would tell you about Kea. Just with you dropping this bomb on me that I have two daughters distracted me a little."
"Oh so this is my fault now? Well I already apologized, Frank. Now you have. Let's just figure out what we're going to do about this now, okay? About Abi and Grace, I mean." He had made it very clear. Oh he had loved me. But that was all over now. Even though it hurt knowing he didn't love me anymore the way I love him, I knew I had to get over it and that he had the right to know his daughters. Because that was one hundred percent my fault that he didn't know them at all.
"Well, like we said before, you four will come on tour with us for the summer, and I'll get to know them. Do you want any... money, or anything? Child support for all those years?"
"No Frank, you don't have to do that. It's okay. Well, at least we don't have to worry about that now. Maybe after the tour, okay?"
He nodded. "That sounds good. So I guess we should go join the others? I've hardly gotten to see Grace and Abi at all. I want to hang out with them for a little, if that's okay?"
I sighed. "Fine. But it's late Frank, I have to get them home soon, and we have to get all our stuff for the tour ready."
"Ah, right. Okay, well maybe we'll just call it a night, and we'll stop by your house to pick you guys up tomorrow afternoon before our show. Does that sound good?" I have to admit, he was being very responsible about all of this. I was kind of impressed.
I thought about it for a moment before replying. "Yeah, fine. Let's go." He nodded, and I started towards the door to the hallway. But just before I left the room, I was stopped by Franks voice.
"Annabel?" I turned back to him and nodded, letting him know to continue. "It's good to see you again."
I couldn't help but smile lightly. "You too, Frank." And I left the room.
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So, after my little conversation with Frank, the girls and I went home. Julie had to go to her own house to prepare for the tour that was now a major part of our summer. I still couldn't believe everything that was happening. This was just a little too crazy. And I realized this must be having some impact on Abi and Grace. So before we went to bed, I decided I would talk to them.
I knocked on their bedroom door, and slowly let myself in. "Girls?" I asked, cautiously.
"Yeah, mom?" I heard them reply.
I walked in to see them both sitting on Grace's bed, apparently having been talking before I had entered the room. I sat down on Abi's bed and said. "I just wanted to talk to you two for a minute, about... everything." They nodded, but didn't say anything. So I continued. "So do you have any questions? Or... do you want to yell at me for lying to you for all these year? Anything you want to say to me you can."
"Mom, we're not mad at you, right Abi?" Grace said, turning to her sister.
"Yeah, of course we're not. We're just really surprised, that's all." Abi said. But then she said, "But I guess we just want to know why you felt you couldn't tell us the truth? Why didn't you?"
I sighed, but replied honestly. "Well, I was afraid you wouldn't believe me. Or if you did, you'd beg me to see Frank again, and I hadn't told him about you guys, and I'd have no way of getting in contact with him even if I had wanted to. Because, I don't think I would have wanted to, I don't think I could deal with that. Even seeing him today after all these years, well, it was really hard. Like I knew it would be."
They both nodded, and Grace said, "Like we said before, we understand. It's okay."
Abi then said, "So... the rest of the band sort of explained to us that that red head girl was Frank's fiancée. So... why did he kiss you when he first saw you?"
I smiled lightly. "He said he was just surprised to see me, and that it just brought back all those feelings from all those years ago, but that he loves Kea, and he's not in love with me any more. It was just impulsive on his part, and I guess on my part too."
"But you still love him, don't you?" Grace said.
Like I said before, Grace has always been really smart, and she just gets people and knows how they're feeling. So there was no point in lying to her. "Yes, I do. But that's not going to change anything. He's with Kea, and they are going to get married. And you girls are his daughters, so he's going to get to know you this summer, and that's all it's going to be. Okay?"
They looked like they wanted to say something else, but after my very firm 'okay' they knew not to say anything else. "Yeah, okay." They both said.
"Good." I replied. "So any other questions?"
Abi and Grace looked at each other for a moment before Grace said, "Not at the moment, no. I think we'll all just go to bed now, and if we think of anything else, we'll ask you in the morning."
I nodded. "Sounds good. Goodnight girls. I love you." I said, kissing each of them on the forehead before leaving their room.
I slowly walked back to my own bedroom. I couldn't stop thinking about Frank all night, and because of that got hardly any sleep. The next day, Julie came over with all of her stuff, and Abi, Grace and I were all ready for the summer tour with our favorite band, Pencey Prep. I was a little worried about how this summer would turn out. But it would just be Frank getting to know his daughters. Nothing more than that. And Frank was happy with Kea, and I would have to be happy alone.
A/N: Okay, so kinda depressing ending, I know. But don't worry, this will be a happy story, I promise! Okay so, again, I am SOOOO sorry it's been like two years. But I will try to get back into writing stories again, even though I haven't done it it such a long time. So I guess I will just see if anyone reviews this and is still interested in reading this to see if I should continue of if it's just been too long. So thanks again to everyone who reads and reviews any of my stories. I love you all soooooo much! Well review! And look out for the next chapter! Hopefully it will be up very soon! Okay, well thanks again. Bye.