I'll Be Your Gerard If You'll Be My Frank

Therapy

{Frank's POV}

"Are you nervous?"

I didn't reply.

He knew I was so what was the point in speaking?

Instead, I stared at my hands.

I was holding a leaflet that I had grabbed off the table when we had arrived.

I'd only just noticed that I had slowly begun to tear it apart.

A hand was suddenly on top of mine and I froze.

"Frank."

I looked up.

A worried look had taken over Gerard's face.

"What is it?" I asked.

"I asked if you were nervous."

I shrugged in response.

He sighed, "It'll be fine."

I shrugged again and pulled my hands out from under his.

"Frank-"

"Frank Iero?" Gerard was cut off.

I looked up to see a woman smiling at us.

I stood up, "Yeah, here."

"Would you like to come on through?"

I nodded and followed her through a door.

"I love you, Frank!" I heard behind me.

I smiled a little but didn't reply.

The room we went into had a desk, sofa, armchair and coffee table in it.

"Would you like to take a seat?" The woman gestured towards the sofa before shutting the door.

I slowly sat down on the sofa and looked at my feet.

"Would you like a drink?" She offered.

"No thanks."

I felt really awkward.

I'd never been in this sort of situation before.

I wasn't sure what to do.

"My name's Dr Adams," The woman said, "I have a feeling therapy wasn't your idea."

I looked up.

She was sitting in the armchair with a clipboard in her hands.

"Not really," I admitted.

"Who's idea was it?" She asked.

I knew she already knew the answer.

"My boyfriend's," I sighed.

"Why did he want you to come here?"

She knew why.

I bet she had all the details right there in front of her.

She just wanted to hear it from me.

I decided to be blunt about it, "I was almost raped by my Mom's boyfriend."

Dr Adams' expression didn't change; it stayed neutral.

"That's quite a traumatic experience, Frank."

Thanks for stating the obvious.

"I guess," I sniffed.

She wrote something down.

I wasn't sure I liked this very much.

I felt like some sort of test subject.

"I've also been told that you're having a lot of nightmares," She raised an eyebrow.