So kinda shitty chapter but oh well

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I whined, kicking the back of Mikey's seat.

"I told you to stop!" Mikey yelled.

"Boys!" My mom shouted.

"I'm bored!" I whined.

"Well, stop kicking my fucking seat!" Mikey shouted.

"Michael," mom scolded.

I burst into tears and Gerard tried to calm me down. We were all sort of crawling up the walls, to say the least. We left the motel early this morning because my mom wanted to drive straight into California. It would take seven hours but we'd be there by two in the afternoon. So far, we've been driving for six hours.

"Don't cry, button," Gerard whispered.

I sniffled, hugging him tight. Gerard and I were in the backseat, Mikey was in the middle row, and my mom was driving.

"Hey, Button, you wanna color?" He asked.

"B-but I don't have a coloring book anymore," I sobbed.

There had been an unfortunate accident on day one of driving to California. I had one of those milks from mcdonalds but since it doesn't have a lid, I ended up spilling it all over my coloring book.

"Here, I'll draw you a picture that you can color in," Gerard offered.

He grabbed his notebook and a black marker, drawing an outline of a dog. A sniffled and used my crayons to color it in.

"Only twenty more minutes," mom announced.

"Finally," Mikey grumbled.

I continued coloring and when I finished that Gerard drew me another picture. Finally, we pulled up outside the house and we smiled. Grandma and grandpa was waiting out on the front porch for us. I climbed out quickly and ran up.

"Grandma! Grandpa!" I exclaimed.

They laughed and I gave them both big hugs. The others followed, giving them both hugs.

"We have gifts for you," Grandma said.

My eyes widened excitedly as I clapped my hands.

"They can have them after they help get the stuff from the car," mom said.

I pouted but helped to bring everything in and set them in the foyer. Grandma and grandpa always get gifts for us and I love it so much.

"Alright, Frankie, you can go first," grandma said.

I smiled happily, taking the white box with the lavender colored bow on it. I took off the lid and smiled when I saw a pretty light blue dress, one that was thin and summery.

"Thank you!" I exclaimed, giving them both hugs.

Grandma was actually the one that got me into wearing dresses. Before Mikey was born, they originally thought he was gonna be a girl. Grandma had gotten really excited about that and bought a bunch of cute little girl outfits. But when they found out Mikey was gonna be a boy, they didn't throw them out in case my mom had another child and it was girl. But then Gerard and Mikey's dad left. But I came soon after that.

It had just been more of a joke at first, they put me and Mikey in the dresses my grandma and bought. They thought we were adorable with our pretty frilly pink dresses and bows in our hair. Mikey didn't like it because then he couldn't wrestle with Gerard as easily because the skirt would get in the way or he would flash everyone. But I absolutely loved the dresses, they made me feel so pretty.

My mom had just bought me a new wardrobe of clothes since I didn't have any. I felt kinda bad because after that I didn't really wanna wear the clothes my mom bought me. I begged grandma to let me keep the dresses and she let me. Ever since then they've been buying me cute dresses and skirts and sweaters.

"I'm glad you like it," Grandma said with a small chuckle.

The others opened their gifts and I watched. Mikey got a hoodie, Gerard got a book, and my mom got a sweater.

"We only have three guest bedrooms," grandpa said. "So two of you have to share a room."

"Us!" I exclaimed, tugging on Gerard's arm.

We took our stuff up to our room and I smiled happily. Gerard shut the door, wrapping his arms around my waist.

"Hey there, pretty boy," he mumbled.

"Daddy!" I cheered.

Gerard smiled, leaning down to give me a soft kiss. I giggled happily, pulling away to jump on the bed. He laughed, unpacking our things.

"Where we gonna go now?" I asked.

"I don't know, I think we're gonna eat first," Gerard said.

I dropped down on the bed and Gerard smiled, sitting and pulling me into his lap.

"Kissies!" I exclaimed.

Gerard smiled, pressing his lips against mine. He held my hand and we went downstairs. Grandma had lunch already ready and I smiled. They were peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. She always uses cookie cutters on my sandwiches to make them into different shapes.

We sat at the table and I smiled at the heart shaped sandwiches. We ate happily and I bounced in excitement.

"Frankie, do you want some more juice?" Grandma asked.

I nodded and smiled.

"No, I think Frankie's had enough sugar," my mom denied.

I giggled happily, swinging my legs.

"Can we go out?" I asked. "I wanna see California."

"Maybe today we can just walk around town," grandpa suggested.

I smiled and nodded happily. We finished eating and I put on my shoes quickly. I held onto Gerard's hand as we walked outside. All of us headed into the city, which was barely a ten minute walk. It was so cool here, I already loved it.

"I wanna move here someday," I said.

Gerard and I were walking a little bit behind the rest of the group.

"Yeah?" He asked.

"Uh-huh, and we're gonna get a pretty house together," I said.

"Oh, so I'm moving here too?" He asked.

"You are, right?" I asked.

"Button, I'd follow you anywhere," Gerard said.

I giggled happily and we went to a smoothie shop. We sat down at a table outside and I smile.

"Can I try yours?" I asked, reaching for Gerard's cup.

He pulled it away and I pouted.

"No, Button, this has pineapples, you can't eat it," he denied.

I pouted even more because of that. I hate the fact that I'm different than my family. I'm the only one with allergies and I hate it, I'm too different from them, I'm not really family.

"Okay," I mumbled sadly.

"How about we walk around for a while and then we can go out and grab some dinner and then come back home and we can all have family time just like playing board games or watching movies," my mom suggested.

"Can we play go fish?" I asked.

"Frankie, you always lose at go fish," Mikey stated.

I giggled quietly and nodded in agreement.

"But it's still fun," I said.

"I'll play go fish with you," Gerard offered.

I smiled happily, holding onto his hand under the table.

"Are you just gonna let me win?" I asked as I pouted slightly. "Because for some reason I only seem to win go fish with you."

"No, Button, of course I never let you win," Gerard denied but he had a small smile on his face.

We walked around for a while and I liked it. It was nice and sunny and I could smell the beach from here. It was a lot different here than Belleville, New Jersey.

"Can we go to the beach tomorrow?" I asked. "We're only here for a week, I wanna do as much as we can while we're here."

I smiled happily as we walked back home.

"Go fish?" I asked.

Gerard nodded and I smiled happily. We sat at the coffee table and I smiled. We finished one game and I smiled happily because I won. It was starting to get later out and my mom said we should go to dinner now, which I was slightly disappointed about because I just wanted to keep playing go fish with Gerard.

But either way we found a little restaurant. There was a balcony area where you can eat that overlooks the beach and it was so pretty. I smiled happily, kicking my feet that didn't reach the floor in my chair.

"What are you getting?" I asked, leaning closer to Gerard.

"I don't know yet," he replied.

The waitress came and she smiled at us.

"Can I get you guys something to drink?" She asked.

"Strawberry lemonade!" I cheered excitedly.

She laughed softly and wrote that down. The others went around the table, ordering their drinks. The waitress walked off and I looked at the menu. Thankfully they had all the vegetarian stuff labeled, I hate it when restaurants don't label them because usually then I have to ask. Well, actually then I usually have to ask Gerard to ask for me.

"So, what's new with you four?" Grandma asked after we finally ordered all our food.

"I might be getting a puppy!" I exclaimed. "Her name is Bela and she's a golden retriever and she's so small and cute. And I'm gonna get a little bow to put on her."

"It's not definite but there is a good chance he can get her," my mom said.

I squeaked happily, hugging Gerard's arm. I love puppies so much.

"What about you, Gerard?" Grandma asked. "Anything new? New girlfriend, maybe? What ever happened to that lindsey girl, she was a doll."

I pouted at that, all the pent up energy and excitement that had me bouncing off the walls was suddenly gone.

"She's not his girlfriend," I stated.

Gerard held my hand under the table and my grandma raised her eyebrows.

"We decided to break up when she moved away," Gerard said.

"Any new girlfriend then?" She asked. "Or boyfriend, perhaps?"

"No, not right now," he said.

I pouted even more at that. I knew we couldn't tell anyone about us but it still just made me sad. I rested my head on Gerard's shoulder and he squeezed my hand. I really wanted to just kiss Gerard. I wish we didn't have to hide it all the time.

"And Mikey?" Grandma asked, turning to Mikey.

"Nothing's really new with me," Mikey said.

Gerard leaned closer, his lips brushing against the shell of my ear.

"Don't be upset, Button," he whispered. "It's okay, even though I can't show it I still love you with all my heart."