This Year's Most Open Heartbreak

The free hour flew like a dove as me and Frank talked about everything Between
sky and earth. He told me how his dad left him and his mom when Frank was five
years. And Frank have lived with his mom alone like over ten years. They’ve managed
together tho. Frank’s mom is almost always working, except weekends. So they have
time for each other then. Frank told me that his mom have always been there for him.
And she knows Frank’s gay. And she thinks it doesn’t matter who you love, if you love
someone. You don’t love the sex, but the person. Frank’s mom sounds so great .
I hope my mom would be like that. Yeah, my mom definitely isn’t like that at all.

Frank told me almost everything about him. Well, as much as you have time for free
hour. Okay, maybe he didn’t tell me all. But the basics. I didn’t have time for tell him
anything else than that I have brother, Mikey, who I’m very proud of, so is my parents.
Mikey is mom’s and dad’s favourite. I don’t mind. I know I’m pretty failed case. But
anyways. I also got to tell Frank that mom and dad doesn’t really spend time with
me or us. They are always working. I mean always. Weekends, birthdays, holidays.
Even freaking christmas!
They are both in same company, so they see each other all the time. Funny; they see
each other almost 24 hours a day, every day in week, every week in month, every
month in year. And they don’t have time enough for their two sons. What a lovely
parents, don’t you think.

After last class, school ended. I walked to my locker and put my stuff in there, what I
didn’t need, and shut the door.

“Aaahh!” I screamed. Frank was again behind my locker door. God damn it. he just
laughed.
“Would you stop that!” I said. He giggle. No, did he really giggle? Yup. That sounds so cute.
Shut up. It did! No it didn’t. It did! And you know it!. Pfft.

“Sowwy Gerard, ” Frank looked me with big glossy eyes. Puppy dog eyes. I smiled and
started making my way outside.

“Gerard!” Frank shouted behind me. I turned as he ran to me.
“What?” I asked casually. Frank walked beside me and looked me smiling little.

“Umm…it was really nice talking to you today, ” Frank smiled shyly.

“Yeah, it was nice, ” I responded. We continued our way home.

“Gerard, ” Frank broke the silence.

“Yup, ” I tried to sound casual.

“It meant a lot to me that I could tell you my secret, ” Frank stopped walking and
grabbed my arm.
“Thank you for listening, ” he continued.

“Anytime, ” I smiled little. So did Frank.

“Can I hug you?” Frank aksed suddenly. What? Yes? No? No, you can’t.

“Umm...sure?” I mumbled before Frank attacked me hugging.

He had his arms around my waist tightly and face buried in my chest. I hugged him
back, carefully. Frank sniffed couple times and took two deep breaths before letting
go of me. I wasn’t really comfortable with this hugging thing. No one have ever hugged
me, so this was something weird and new to me.

“You okay?” I asked as we parted and Frank was wiping his eyes, looking down. He nodded and we continued walking.