In Fate's hands
Your guardian angel
Chapter 3; Your guardian angel
*One week later*
Joy pushed her alarm off again and groaned as she got up. Her stomach was killing her, she pulled up her tshirt so she could inspect her bruise. The two purple bruises looked alarming but she knew they were healing. She supposed the kick from school and the treat she got when she arrived home were a little worse than she thought.
FLASHBACK
Just as Joy opened the door, she was welcomed by a scream. She quickly opened the livingroom door and was just in time to push Eric away from her sister.
“What do you think you're doing ?” Joy screamed
That earned her a slap in the face. “Don't try and stop me, little bitch. Or you will be very sorry.”
She grew angry then. How dare he do this to them again and again ? She needed to step up to him or it would end to their death once. While she made this up in her mind, Eric seemed to read her expression and just carried on.
END FLASHBACK
Her clothes were all over the room, seeing she had been in too much pain to clean up. She put on some clean underwear and then took out a black and red skirt combined with a red Sex Pistols shirt and boots. Her make up was done quickly.
She hadn't spoken to Gerard or Frank since the day they had met because she was afraid. She feared that they would ask questions she just did not want to answer. Especially not the ones about her bruises. She sighed as she called Jana from her room and started to leave for school.
It seemed like ages before lunch came. She just couldn't concentrate on what the teachers were telling her and she even caught herself looking at Gerard from time to time. Frank had smiled akwardly at her when he entered the room but Gerard hadn't even glanced at her direction. Not that she could blame him. She was just starting on her sandwich when a shadow blocked out her sun.
“Why are you avoiding us ?”
Joy looked up and saw Frank in front of her. “What ? I'm not......”
“Don't fuck around, Joy. You haven't spoken to us all week and if you see us coming your way, you quickly turn the other direction” Frank said sitting down
Joy sighed. “Where's your twin ?”
“Don't change the subject but Gerard's at home. It's Mikey's birthday and he's eating lunch there. He's hurt you know, that you won't talk but he's being a dick and won't come to talk to you himself.” he answered
Joy smiled slightly. “Would you like some skittles ?”
Frank smiled too. “Sure, I'll take that with an explanation”
Joy nodded and took out her packet of candy, she opened it and grabbed some as well. “I just....feared that you would ask questions about what you heard....or saw” she said quitly
He swallowed. “Listen peanut, that's your business and we don't want to be your parents. We want to be your friends, and if you're ready to tell us....we'll listen. Because that's what friends do.”
He placed his hand on top of hers and smiled brightly. Joy couldn't help herself and smiled back just as bright. She nodded.
“Thank you” she whispered
“Ofcourse. Now after school, do you want to do something ?”
“Sure, Jana is staying with a friend so I'd be alone anyways.” she answered “But will Gerard like that aswell ?”
Frank looked at her weird. “Ofcourse he will, maybe I'll even see a smile again on his face It's been a while now”
Joy blushed although she didn't know why. There was nothing in that sentence that pointed to her direction but still....
“Okay Frankie, want to listen to some music ?” she asked
Frank raised his eyebrows. “Frankie ? No one calls me that”
Joy simply smiled. “Well, now someone does”