Frankie glared turning to an amused Cammy and a lovestruck Swan.

"I'll see you guys later."

"Sure thing." Cammy grinned watching her leave.

Frankie ungraceful stomped her way over to him but before she could get any further Dakota suddenly appeared from her left, blocking her.

"Hey why do you look so mad?"

She tensed and inconspicuously glanced behind his outstretched hands to see her brother was staring.

Shit.

She had no issues with others knowing about Dakota, she even planned to tell her parents soon but her brother was different. She doesn't know how he'll handle the news of her dating.

"Frankie?"

"Mm?"

Dakota frowned finally putting his hand down at her distracted behavior.

"Hey you okay?"

He asked getting concerned only to suddenly have his body yanked around, a heavy hand on his shoulder. He winced and looked up to see who was man-handling him.

"Lewis!!" Frankie yelled immediately pushing his hand off of Dakota.

Lewis?? Her brother??

He stepped back and folded his arms, his muscles bulging and prominent due to his dark skin.

"Who the fuck are you?" He spat eyes narrowed.

Dakota glared not liking his attitude. Lewis and him were somewhat the same height, but Lewis looked at lot more intimidating due to his bulky body.

"Why do I need to answer to you?" He frowned rubbing at his shoulder.

Auggh. His grip strength is no joke....

Dakota wasn't weak, we had some muscle of his own but he was relatively lean. Lewis kept measuring him up with his eyes and Dakota refused to cower in front of this guy.

"Why are you here?" Frankie asked moving in between them, more so to protect Dakota and Lewis quickly picked up on this, his eyes darting to how closely they stood.

"Why you letting this guy get so close to you?" He asked reaching to pull her back but Frankie quickly dodged, disgust flaring upon her skin like a rash.

"DON'T TOUCH ME!!" She shrieked her eyes going wild, her entire body tensed as she backed up into Dakota to avoid her brother's hand.

Dakota flinched not expecting that reaction.

He stared at Frankie who looked like she was about to lose her sanity and then the brother feeling horrified by how Frankie was behaving.

What the hell....

Lewis huffed pulling his hand back to put them in his pockets.

"Let's go." He muttered sounding bitter,

He stalked off not even waiting for Frankie.

Frankie sighed collecting herself and began to follow him but Dakota quickly held her back.

"I don't want you going with him." He stated seriously.

His instincts were going off and from her reaction he was worried. They might be related and he might not know Lewis but if Frankie was reacting so dramatically, then it's definitely not okay for her to be around him.

"I'll be okay." She whispered giving his hand a reassuring squeeze and pulling away from him to go to her brother who waited by her car.

"Give me the keys." He ordered looking annoyed. Frankie felt the need to chuck it straight in his face but instead she opened the car first and tossed it to him. She didn't want to sit anywhere near him, so she went to the back.

Lewis glared at her but didn't bother to complain. He glanced up to see the kid was still watching them with a worried expression, he stared him down before looking at Frankie who sat quietly in the back; her hands folded.

He got in and drove away, his mind trying to put two and two together.

Were they friends? Nah.... He had a look in his eye. They couldn't be lovers, Frankie can't stand men, but that look.....

He tapped away at the steering wheel trying to understand their interaction.

"That kid...." He started wanting some answers.

"Is none of your business!" She snapped from the back. He sucked in a breath but decided to keep his mouth shut.

Ah whatever doesn't matter, she can't like men anyway.

Frankie got out once they were home and went inside before her brother.

"Hey!" He yelled running behind her.

"Stop it you fucking pest!" She yelled getting annoyed again.

Lewis stilled quickly remembering not to touch her.

"S-Sorry I forget, look Frankie-"

"Shut up. I can't stand you. You always forget and you refuse to listen!!!"

She glared turning to go up the stairs.

He sighed, putting the keys away to go sit on the sofa.

He had left home at a young age after causing some big issues in the family, he didn't mean to take the money at the time but he did so anyway because of some dumb dare.

He tried blaming it on Frankie in a panic once he was found out, which didn't go very well.

He was never around for most of her highschool life and he wanted to be a good big brother by protecting her from jerks or helping her when she needed it.

He couldn't understand Frankie's condition because it made no sense. If it was mental then she should just get over it!

Just make up her mind to stop hating men, was how he saw it. Of course she keeps refusing to do so and accusing him of not listening but what's there to listen to?

She's just making up excuses.

He thought about what he'd do tomorrow as it was the weekend. He wanted to hang out with her one last time before he left.

He knew she wouldn't refuse him even if she hated his guts; she was a big softie.

He grinned running up the stairs to knock on her door.

"Go away!!"

She yelled her response sounding muffled due to the door between them.

"Let's go out tomorrow! I wanna hang out."

He heard her groan followed by silence.

"No. I'm going out with a friend."

"No biggie. Cammy or Swan can come too." He replied having not seen them in a while either.

The door suddenly opened and a angry Frankie stood in its frame.

"It's neither, now leave me alone. I'm going out without you. Go drink beer and watch a game or something."

She slammed the door and locked it.

Lewis frowned. Frankie only had two friends, so who the hell was she gonna hang out with?

He went back downstairs already planning to crash her outing.

Let's meet this new friend she has.

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Dakota fixed his hair, and adjusted his gold stud earrings. He was meeting Frankie today to hang out. It wasn't a date and while they did hang out on their own quite a few times he still wanted to take her out for a real date and not just window shopping at the mall.

He considered an amusement park as Frankie was pretty energetic, he thought the regular dinner and a movie would bore her. She's also really competitive so maybe an arcade too?

He chuckled to himself imagining how she'd boast nonstop if she ever beat him in a game.

He made sure to remember that once he got back to thinking about it.

Frankie dodged a few people and made her way to their meet up spot.

They weren't actually going to meet today but at the last minute Dakota suggested they hang out.

Apparently they were going to this new cafe in town, a change of pace that Frankie welcomed.

She could use some sweets and silence.

She smiled as she spotted him.

He looked a lot taller, hinting to the fact that he was wearing heels today. He wore really wide mahogany colored pants, the type that looked like a skirt if you stood still, paired with a beautiful off the shoulder white frill top. He carried a nude clutch purse with a gold strap and finished with simple nude heels that barely peeked from under the pants.

The look was simple, yet on Dakota it looked......

......so adorable.

Frankie placed her hand on her chest to calm her racing heart. She was used to this reaction now but gosh, it always left her feeling so out of place and high.

"Hey." She greeted once she was infront of him.

Dakota smiled only to blink repeatedly at what Frankie was wearing.

"Are you trying to seduce me?"

"Mm? What do you mean?"

Dakota bit his bottom lip, as his eyes travelled down the length of her body. Frankie was in full black, minus her pale blue chunky sneakers. She wore a straight black crop top and a matching cotton skirt that clung to her body, showing off her subtle curves, the skirt was very short; stopping mid thigh. She wore a large black oversized jeans jacket that came to her waist; her hair cornrowed neatly while dangling gold earrings and gold rings completed the outfit. She too carried a small purse though her's was more of a side bag.

She was showing a lot more skin than usual. Dakota was drooling at how soft and pretty her dark skin looked.

"Dakota! Stop that." She whisper-yelled poking him, trying to bring him back from the hungry look he was giving her, it made her body tingle.

"Whaaaat?? It's not my fault you're out here trying to seduce me."

"Am not!" She laughed watching a teasing smile form on his lips. She went on her tip toes to give him a kiss on the cheek.

"Can I get one more?" He asked already excited from the peck he just got and greedy for more.

"No. Come on."

He groaned allowing her to take his hand and pull him along.

"I thought you'd come as Dakota the male."

He glanced at her, worry already reaching him.

"Do you not like that I crossdressed today?"

Frankie frowned at his timid question and immediately realized how her comment might've sounded.

"No no no. I like both. Dakota the boy and Dakota the girl. I don't mind you crossdressing." She explained firmly wanting to chase away any insecurities he might have. Dakota smiled looking down at his multicolored fake nails.

"You know I just realized...." She started switching from holding his hand to holding him around his waist. He tensed not expecting such a bold move from her but smiled none the less at how much more comfortable she was with touching him now.

"What's that?"

"I look like a lesbian."

Dakota burst out laughing at how random her comment was. He understood what she meant though, to most people he was a really tall woman. No one was stopping to check for details and with his mannerisms that he kept in the realm of 'female like behavior' he wasn't obvious.

"I'm definitely the lipstick lesbian" he smiled watching Frankie roll her eyes.

"Ye yeah, show off your feminine charms" she laughed.

"Hey you can be a lipstick-"

"Lewis??!" Frankie yelled cutting Dakota off. She pulled away from him so quickly that he couldn't help but feel a little hurt.

She stared at her brother in shock who stood in front of them a wide smile on his face.

"This the friend who's not Cammy or Swan." He asked walking up to Dakota. He tensed already hating the guy, but knew he had to be polite.

"Uh...hey I'm Lewis, Frankie's older brother."

Oh?....why is he... Ah! Right, I'm crossdressing right now!

Dakota smiled realizing Lewis was completely oblivious to who he was actually talking to. He gave him a small wave but didn't bother to verbally say anything.

"Lewis seriously!" Frankie glared feeling a headache coming on.

"What I can't hang with you and....." He trailed off looking to Dakota. Frankie panicked and before Dakota could answer she spoke up.

"Da...ahem!..Daisy.. her name's Daisy."

Lewis raised a brow at her odd behavior but nodded in understanding.

"Daisy huh? That's a cute name." He smiled wanting to be nice, Daisy looked down however ignoring his gaze.

Ah..she's shy. She's pretty tall too....

He looked over her for a minute before turning back to Frankie.

"So what are you guys doing?"

"We're going out Lewis. What do you want?"

"I want to hang out."

"No."

"Why not?"

"Cause I said so."

"Yes but why?"

"Don't ask why?"

"Why not?"

"Aughh!!!" Frankie groaned wanting to pull at her hair.

Dakota grabbed Frankie by her elbow watching her hold her head in frustration.

"Mmm... Frankie's brot- I mean Lewis....one moment please." He smiled pulling her away from him and to the side.

"Hey calm down...." He whispered pulling her hands from her head to hold them.

He stared into her eyes that were burning with nothing but hatred, he glanced up at Lewis to see he had his back turned to them looking like a dejected child while he waited.

Being quick Dakota gently held her face with both hands, guiding her to look up at him.

"It's okay Frankie...I don't understand what type of relationship you guys have but if he wants to join I don't mind. Just don't blow a fuse." He teased softly, caressing her cheek with his thumb. He smiled as her eyebrows relaxed and her tense shoulders fell.

"He's so fucking-"

"Language."

Frankie chuckled bitterly and rolled her eyes at Dakota's mama tone, wanting to cry from frustration.

Dakota wanted to kiss her so badly, but knew he couldn't risk Lewis seeing, that would just be a whole other situation. Pulling back from her he clenched his fists at his side in hopes of killing the urge.

Frankie walked past her brother shooting him a look that could kill and from the way he flinched it worked.

"You can join us." Dakota supplied moving to catch up with Frankie. He gave him a curt nod and trailed behind them.

Lewis' eyes trained on the back of Daisy as she walked beside Frankie.

He frowned thinking back to just moments ago when they probably thought he wasn't looking.

Was Frankie always this touchy with her friends?

The way Daisy touched her was.....

He hummed not sure how to describe it. It felt overly intimate.

Whatever.... Let's enjoy this!

~Dakota's OOTC~

(Outfit Of The Chapter)

~Frankie's OOTC~

(Outfit Of The Chapter)