I was crying by now, as I rested my head on Gerard's chest. Suddenly, he pulled back from me, and put his hands on either side of my face, and kissed me, right there in front of everyone. After a few moments, he ended the kiss, and leaned his forehead against mine.

"How? How did you get here?" he whispered. I smiled, and laughed lightly.

"Thank Charlotte and Tori. And Frank," I laughed.

"Trust me, I will," he replied, before lowering his voice even more. "I missed you."

"Oh God, I missed you too!" I whispered back, and he wrapped his arms around me again, pulling me into his chest.

"I love you, Angel," he murmured into my hair, and I smiled widely.

"And I love you, Gerard. So much, you have no idea." He pulled back, and smiled at me.

"How 'bout I say hi to Charlotte and Tori, and then we get out of here? That is, if you want to..." he trailed off, and I smiled; he seemed so nervous, like an awkward teenager asking a girl out for the first time.

"Of course I want to," I replied. He wrapped one arm around my shoulder, and we turned, looking for our friends.

Charlotte and Frank were in the corner, heads together, giggling like five year olds. Tori sat, looking very composed, beside Bob, who held her hand as they chatted with Mikey and Alicia, and Ray and Christa. Slowly, we approached the larger group.

"Well look who finally came up for air!" Ray cried as we approached, getting up from his seat, and giving me a tight hug.

"Ray! I missed you," I replied, as I hugged him without letting go of Gerard's hand. He was greeting Tori now, and I saw her face over Ray's shoulder: she beamed at me.

"I missed you too," he said, as he pulled away. "Oh, this is my fiancee, Christa."

"We've met," I replied, smiling over at her.

"Yeah, we spent the day together," Alicia laughed, earning herself a punch on the arm from Mikey.

"You didn't tell me!" he chastised, and then he stepped towards me, wrapping me in a huge hug. "It is SO good to see you!"

"Believe me, it is better than good to see you guys!" I replied, laughing. Charlotte and Frank had joined us now, and Gerard quickly wrapped Charlotte into a hug, before rounding on Frank.

"How long have you known where she was?" he demanded. Frank and I exchanged a look, and both burst out laughing.

"Since this afternoon. We bumped into each other at Starbucks," Frank said.

"At Starbucks?" Gerard asked weakly, and I smiled at him as I nodded.

"Yup. What are the odds?" I mused.

"So what are you two gonna do now?" Frank asked, smirking at us.

"I guess we're getting out of here?" I said, looking at Gerard for confirmation. "By the way, where are we going?"

"I don't really know," Gerard admitted, grinning sheepishly at Frank. "Frank's house?"

"Fine by me," Frank said. "I'm not going back there tonight anyway. Just don't mess it up."

"Oh yeah, like any human being could mess that place up worse than you already have!" Mikey said. "And don't forget, Gee, you'd better remember to say bye to Mom and Dad, they were expecting that you'd head home with them tonight."

"We'll do that now, before we go. So I guess we'll say good night now," Gerard said, and I turned to Charlotte and Tori.

"Um, yeah, so I guess I'm not coming home tonight, so don't wait up... Not that you would," I said, grinning at them, before we smushed ourselves into a three way hug. "Thank you so so so much!I love you both!" I whispered, before we pulled apart, all three of us grinning.

"I've missed that smile," Tori said, quickly grasping my chin and smiling.

"If we don't hear from you by two o'clock tomorrow, we'll start forming a search party," Charlotte said.

"Will do, I promise!" I replied cheerfully. "I'll see you guys later." Hugs went all around once again, and then Gerard draped his arm around my shoulders.