Frank & Red


Frank & Red - Matt Coyne

Part III
Red - Packs to go to Franks
Frank - Sarahs rules – 1: minimize swearing, 2: 1.5hrs max on tablet, 3: No drinking.
Red - Franks rules – 1: Don’t touch anything, 2: Don’t get under my feet. Frank reading paper, Red asking questions, games, books.
Frank - Our Lady of Turnpike, his favourite of his own books, Frank 67, Sarah 31, Red relentless, Beano annual 1989, Red hungry already by 9:58.
Red - Lunch, talks about crisps, his Allosaurus pic on fridge, Sarah phones.
Frank - Mikey is 39, games, Frank has no idea about Red’s, Minecraft, Pokemon. Frank goes to Mikey’s room for board games, Guess Who?, Red gets lucky guess first time.
Red - Sarah back just after 3, Red learnt snooker rules, Guess Who?, Sarah always had a crush on Phillip. 5-2 to Red, Beano. Pics of Mikey, Frank sleeping, Red snoops around house… Envelope delivered to wrong house open, Christening invite.
Frank - More Guess Who? 7-3 Sarah invites Frank in for dinner, Fred ruder than meant to be and says thank you to soften it.
Red - Reflection Diary.
Frank - ‘Life is full of shitty moments, so the perfect ones deserve wall space’ – Pictures. Red can’t grasp that they are of Frank. Met Marcie 2 weeks before a pic of her in a bridesmaid dress, Frank was hit by dildo 1983 in Nearys, 18 in pub, Marcie’s sister’s hen party, dildo on table, Snakebite (drink) spilt over Frank and Ken, Frank to take gran home at 10:30, Kens mum works in pub. Marcie retrieves dildo invites them into town, can’t. 2 weeks later Frank still talking about her to Ken who knows her friend and gets her number. Doesn’t phone but end up at the same wedding. Marcie’s speech “I will kill you”. Frank superglued mug to table not paying attention.
Red - In garden to fix fence, shed broke in to, Frank need to phone someone.
Frank - Phones Ken for Saw and tools.
Red - Feeds pigeon, Miles Two, talks of school teachers. Ken calls surprised Frank outside.
Frank - Ken told about all that was going on, then Ken tell Red about him and Frank getting suspended, Ken in fight and Frank defending him but was teacher and got 2 weeks suspension, fishing, good time. Little Ken and Little Little Ken. Most of the tools were Franks anyway.
Red - Starts painting fence – Red going camping with dad in Summer, Sarah calls says his dad is definitely, definitely, definitely picking him up on Sunday… Gets frank and himself a drink.
Frank - Red helping, Marcie sunbathing – Frank didn’t speak to Marcie first week she appeared. Red catches him talking to himself, Red mimics him, asks Red for help to pour water for cement for post.
Red - Both fell asleep, were watching TV, Red on tablet, it dies and nothing on TV, waked Frank, DVDs and watch film. Sarah come in both asleep, Reflection Diary.
Frank - Got in routine by the fourth day, Smoke on back step now with Marcie, not smoking as much. Before and after picture.
Red - Gardening and painting, Frank eating sandwich, Ken comes for toolbag, asks about invite to Christening. Ken writes ‘Don’t be a bloody idiot’ and sticks invite to fridge.
Frank - Didn’t want to be a cloud on Mikey’s sunshine, he was happy. Christening across gate. Red asked about Christening, Frank happy when Mikey christened. Red ‘Are you a mountain or a mouse?’ give him a present first.
Red - Frank mad, have argument.
Frank - Marcie telling him off but can’t hear with lawnmower.
Red - Frank and Red ignore each other. Frank sleeping, Red repairs invite and finds ‘Dear Michael’ letter.
Frank - Rest of the day awkward, Red still not himself. Marcie tells him off again and he goes to jigsaw. Calls Red ’Mikey’ to Marcie.
Red - Tells mum he was snooping – Reflection Diary. Remembers letter, letter to Michael.
Frank - Both acting weird, apologises and they make friends. Red tells about letter and eventually it goes back into the bin.
Red - Red finds out that adults are idiots. Plans how to send letter and convinces himself that what Frank wanted. Frank suspicious, Jigsaw finished – inaccurate. Red plans to deliver envelope himself.
Frank - Friday, Sarah brings fish and chips as thank you. Sarah talks a lot, Mark and Joe back in a couple of weeks. Frank thinks Red is nervous about going back to school. Red packs but leaves him a pokemon card. Frank finds it and knows its attributes (water type).
Red - Packs and leaves letter for mum “important mission”, take train in morning before mum gets up. Reflection diary.

Total Number - 29