Chapter Two

{ The Necklace }

 You finally got everything unpacked and you were ready to move into your new house. You were happy to have a fresh new start. You were away from your psycho boyfriend and Mary made you want to stay in this neighborhood. But Frank.. Not so much. But you just had to get used to Frank, you maybe thought that you could spark the friendship you actually once had with him.

  You look outside the window and saw that Frank was going to go get his mail. This was your shot, your shot to retrieve something that you once had.

 You opened the door and started walking towards Frank who was currently looking over some mail. His back was turned towards you as you reached him.

''Hey Frank,'' you say softly, making him turn around.

''Oh.. Hey Y/N.'' he rolls his eyes, tucking his mail underneath his armpit.

''So.. I just wanted to say that your daughter Mary–''

''She's not my daughter Y/N. She's my niece.'' frank corrected, starting to walk away from you.

''Okay, whatever. But I just wanted to say, she's a nice girl and–''

''I forbid her from seeing you, so don't go off thinking that you two can ever become friends. Okay?'' frank shot, narrowing his eyes at you.

 You followed him all the way up to his door, hoping he would just give you a few seconds.

''Look Frank, I'm trying to be friendly to you, but apparently you're not taking it very nicely-''

''Y/N! You need to know this thing,'' he pointed between you and him. ''Is never going to happen.'' frank stated. ''At least never again.'' he mumbles to himself before yanking the door open and storming inside.

 You clenched your hands and stomped your foot on the ground angrily. Frank was being a complete dick to you, and you didn't know what to do about it. You found it completely childish for him to not forgive you even though you've forgiven him for everything he's ever done to you. When you were younger, Frank stole your favorite stuffed animal and threw it in the street where it got ran over. You two had to spend time together because his mother was best friends with your mother.

 You and Frank haven't been very nice to each other back in those days. But when high school came, you two reconnected and became friends again. Even.. More than friends. Frank admitted that he loved you and the feelings were mutual. He took you on a date, which went terribly, but you didn't care because you loved Frank.

 Frank bought you a necklace with your name engraved on it. You would wear it every single day, bragging to your friends that you were with Frank. And Frank would brag to his friends that he was with you. But little did you know, one of the biggest jocks in school had a humongous crush on you. And that one crush ruined your relationship with Frank.

 He saw you one day on the field with a jock who leaned in and placed a kiss right upon your lips. And the thing was, Frank was going to ask you to prom that day. But that all got torn down when he saw your lips on another guys. Frank didn't say a thing and just avoided you the rest of the year. He ignored you, he was rude to you, he made you feel completely invisible.

 Everything went down from there. Frank's mother became enemies with your mother and that's when your mother told you that you were moving after high school. You were more than happy to move away because that meant that you wouldn't see Frank ever again. But here you are now, years later, trying to reconnect with Frank, but he's just shutting you out.

 You went back into your house and sat on your bed, picking up a box and putting it on your lap. You started to rummage through your box, trying to find something to get your mind off of Frank. You were in the middle of trying to distract yourself until a knock came to your door. You blew out some air and put the box back onto the floor. You stood up and brushed yourself off, fixing your hair on the way to the door.

 When you got to the door, you opened it and saw nobody. Your eyes lowered and you saw Mary standing there with a plateful of brownies. Your eyes went wide but Mary just walked straight into your house.

''Don't worry Y/N. Frank went to work and I said I was going to go over to Roberta's but obviously I'm not.'' mary smiled, placing the brownies on your coffee table.

''You lied to Frank?'' you grin, following mary into your living room.

''Like you've never lied to your uncle before.'' mary chuckles, removing the tinfoil off of the brownies.

''So.. You made brownies.'' you smile, sitting down next to mary.

''Not mine. There Roberta's. She gave them to me to share with Frank but I hid them so I can come over to share them with you.'' mary answers, picking up a brownie.

''Mary.. Can I ask you something?'' you ask, picking up a brownie.

''Go ahead.'' she sputters.

''Why are you so friendly to me? I mean, it doesn't bug me, you're such a sweet little girl but.. Don't you have friends your age?'' you ask, hoping not to offend her in anyway.

 Mary didn't answer for a bit because she was to busy chewing her brownie. She finally swallowed it up and wiped her mouth, rubbing them on her pants afterwards. She looked up at you and smiled, little pieces of brownie spread across her teeth.

''You just seem friendly. Plus, people my age are boring.'' she sighs, rolling her eyes.

 You just laughed and went along with her personality. Mary was really a sweet girl and she seemed to enjoy to be with you. But than you remembered Frank.

''Wait, does Frank know you're here?'' you ask.

''Of course not. He's at work right now– Do you have any water?'' she asks.

''Yeah. I do. Follow me.'' you say, placing down your brownie and standing up.

 Mary tells you what Frank's job is and that he doesn't know she's with you right now but she knows when he gets home. So as long as she goes to Roberta's before Frank gets home, everything will be fine. Mary got her glass of water and she gulped it all down quickly. After her drink, she spotted the box that you haven't unpacked yet. The box Frank's stuff that he's ever given to you.

''Oh. What's in this box?'' mary asks, skipping her way to the box.

''That's just a box I haven't unpacked yet.'' you shrug, following her.

 Mary opens it and started to look through the box. You went over to the coffee table to get your brownie. You picked up your brownie and started to eat it on the way to Mary as she picked out some things. Mary spotted something in the box, her mouth dropping wide open.

''Whoa! This is such a cool necklace!'' she exclaims, pulling it out slowly.

 Your eyes went wide as you saw that it was the necklace that Frank gave to you in high school. Mary observed the necklace and smiled.

''It says your name Y/N.'' she smiles, looking over at you.

''Oh.. Yes. That was um, a necklace that somebody gave to me in.. Uh, high school.'' you say, stuffing the last piece of brownie in your mouth and rushing over to her.

''Who gave it to you?'' mary asks, looking all around it.

''My.. Boyfriend.'' you blush, rubbing your arm.

''Does it still fit?'' she asks, walking up to you.

''I doubt it.. High school was so–''

''Let me put it on you.'' mary insists.

 You shrugged and said okay. Mary dragged a chair over behind you and stepped up onto it. You lifted up your hair, she swung the necklace around your neck and connected it from the back.

''It fits perfectly!'' she squeals, hopping down from the chair.

''I.. I guess it still fits.'' you smirk, looking down at it.

 Memories came flashing back into your mind as you looked at it. You remembered so vividly how Frank gave it to you. It was so romantic. Your thoughts suddenly get interrupted with banging on your door, making you and Mary jump.

''W-Who was that?'' mary cried out, her hand clenched on her chest.

 You went over to your door, the banging was getting louder and louder. Someone suddenly screamed through the door, making your heart leap out of your chest.

''Y/N! I KNOW YOU HAVE MARY!!'' frank's voice boomed from behind the door.

''What the– What's Frank doing back so early?!'' mary exclaims, her hand flying over her mouth.

''Mary, just go hide underneath my bed, I'll deal with him.'' you demand, sending her off.

 As Mary finally crawled all the way underneath the bed, she gave you a thumbs up. You opened the door and Frank paused in the position of his fist about to bang on the door. His eyebrows were furrowed and he was completely red.

''Y/N! Where the hell is Mary!'' he shouts, putting his hands on his hips.

''What are you talking about? How should I know?'' you ask, grinning.

''Oh! Bullsh–'' he paused and his eyes stared at something.

''I-Is that the necklace I gave you in high school?'' frank asks, pointing at the necklace.

 You looked down and saw that you were still wearing it. You forgot that you were even wearing it.

''WAIT! FRANK GAVE YOU THAT?!'' mary screams, making your eyes go wide.

 You twist around quickly and saw Mary crawling out from underneath the bed. You turned back around to Frank and gave him a small smile. He wasn't very pleased. Mary came up to you and put her tiny hand into yours, making your face heat up.

''Mary! You scared the hell out of me! Do you know– I can't even— You lied to me Mary! You said you would be over at Roberta's, I went over there, she said she didn't have you.'' frank screamed, stomping his foot on the ground.

''Why are you back so early?!'' she shouts, removing her hand from yours.

''That's not what we're talking about right now! Young lady, you're coming back home with me and I'm going to give you a nice long lecture. Now come on!'' he shouts, grabbing her hand.

''Wait! Did you really give that necklace to Y/N in high school?!'' mary asks.

 Frank paused and looked over his shoulder at you.

''Yes. I did.'' he said sternly.

''Did you two used to be together?'' she added on.

''Yes. We did.'' you reply, folding your arms.

''Why aren't you together any longer?'' she kept on asking questions.

''Because she cheated on me.'' frank scowls, pointing at you in accusation.

''I did not cheat on you Frank! Jacob kissed me! He loved me! But did I love him? Hell no! My heart belonged to you!! I loved you and only you! Jacob kissed me first and told me he loved me. And I've told you a million times! The feelings were not mutual!!!'' you screamed, suddenly feeling like you were in high school all over again.

''I was going to ask you out to prom Y/N!! And I walked in on your lips all over his!!!'' frank screamed back.

''I can't believe that you're still on that Frank! High school was a long time ago!! You think me seeing you with those other girls didn't make me sad?! Well, it did!'' you shot.

''At least I didn't have my lips on other guys lips!'' he shot back.

''You know what Frank? I have. Remember the time you kissed Linda? Yeah. I saw that. But you were drunk. I know you didn't mean it. You told me it was an accident. And what did I do? I forgave you,'' tears started to fill up in your eyes, and your voice started to shake. ''You see me kiss somebody that kissed me first. I tell you it meant nothing, and what do you do? You don't believe me! You shut me out! You ignore me the rest of the school year! Wherefore I've forgiven you for something that broke me! But you don't even have the decency to forgive me for something that wasn't even MY FAULT!!!'' you screamed the last two words.

 You were in full tears, tears dripping down your cheeks. Your vision was blurry, you couldn't even see Frank's face any longer. You wiped your eyes and sniffled. Frank was affected by your words and he started to tear up.

''Y/N..'' frank whispered, a tear falling down his face.

''Oh shut up Frank. Remember what you said this morning? I hope you know that this,'' you pointed between you and him. ''Is never going to happen.'' you stated. ''Well, you got your wish.'' you spat.

 Frank was frozen, he didn't even realize that Mary slipped out of his hand. Mary went running back to her house, tears streaming down her face. You yanked the door open and went inside, slamming the door behind you. You put your back up against the door and slid down, digging your face into your knees. You started to sob uncontrollably.

 But little did you know, Frank was on the other side, listening to you cry. And he didn't enjoy it one bit.