*Gerard POV*

I wake up to my phone alarm going off. "Ugh." I say to myself. I remove my self from the bed and throw on whatever clothes were lying on the floor. I walk upstairs to the kitchen and I don't see Mikey anywhere. "Guess I should go wake him up." I say. I walk up to his room and sit on his bed shaking him "Mikey, Mikey c'mon get up you're going to be late." I say. "I don't want to go." he says with anger in his voice. "Well why not?" I ask. "It doesn't matter Gerard, just go away." he mumbled. I was shocked Mikey never talks to me like this. "I'm not leaving until you get up for school or you tell me what's wrong." I tell him. "FINE!" He sits up on his bed and looks me in the eyes. They are red and puffy so I could tell he had been crying. "A-Alicia broke up with me okay." he lets out. I can tell he is so close to crying again. I pull him into a hug. "Aww Mikes why did she break up with you? You two seemed so happy?" I ask. "We were happy. Until stupid fucking Jake happened. Alicia didn't want me getting hurt again because of Jake. She broke up with me because she loved me." Mikey says as he starts to cry. "Oh Mikey, I am so sorry." I say rubbing his head. "So you're going to stay home and recover today then?" I ask. He nods his head and I give him one last hug. "Alright Mikey, but if you need me for anything just text me okay?" I say and I leave his room. Poor Mikey, I wanted to tell him that I had handled Jake but I didn't want him to freak out. I'm sure him and Alicia will be back together soon. I grab my binders and head out the door for school. It's already the middle of October and it feels like it's 20 degrees out! "Jesus Christ why is it so cold." I yell out. I catch up to Ray and Bob who are already half way to school but I don't see Frankie anywhere. He's either really early, or really late. But knowing him, really late. "I kind of feel bad for Jake because it's so cold and he doesn't have any clothes on." Ray says. "I don't." Bob and I both let out. We all laugh until we get to school. A few minutes before the bell rings I see Frankie walking down the hallway with a hat on. "FRANKIE!" I yell out. I run over to him and give him a big hug. "Oh hey Gee." he says. "Nice hat, though I've never seen you wear one before. What's the occasion?" I ask with a smile. "O- Oh nothing. I- I just wanted to wear one." he says. "Well take it off so I can see those beautiful eyes of yours!" I say. "N- no I think I'm going to keep it on." he says. "Frankie, baby, what is wrong. Please take off the hat." I say. "Not here." he says. Those word shot down my spine. What happened to my Frank?! "Well lets go in the gym. No one uses it first period anyways." I say. I take Frank's hand and we walk into the gym and sit on the bleachers. "Okay, show me." I say. Frank removes the cap from his head and I am horrified by what I see. The whole right side of him face is swollen, scraped and bruised. "O-oh my god Frank what happened? Who did this to you?!" I say pulling him into a hug about to cry. He didn't answer. "WAS IT JAKE? I THOUGHT I TOOK CARE OF THAT PRICK!" I yell out but quickly regret. "NO! It wasn't Jake, it was no one. And what do you mean you took care of Jake what did you do?!" Frank yells. "Don't change the subject." I snap at him. "WHO. DID. THIS?" I ask as a tear escapes my eye.

*Frank's POV*

I'm taken back by the fact Gee snapped at me, he never yells at me. I see him start to cry. I hate seeing him crying and it's all my fault. I just have to tell him. "I-it was my...mom." I let out. He stops crying and looks at me with horrified eyes. "Your MOTHER DID THIS TO YOU?! Why would she do that?!" he asks. "It's been happening for half of year now. Ever since my father died. She started drinking, doing drugs, and sleeping around. And because I'm the only one in the house, when she is drunk or high she takes it out on me and beats me. It was no exception when she saw my tattoo in fact it was worse. She usually only hits me and occasionally scratches. But when she saw my tattoo, she punched me in the face. Time after time until I couldn't see out of my eye." I tell him. He starts to break down and cry again. "Oh Gee, please don't cry! Please!" I cry out. He pulls me into him and kisses my lips. "Frankie, you need to get out of the house. You staying with me for the next few days. I'm not letting anyone hurt you. You'll be safe with me." he says. "But Gerard, I don't want to leave my mother she needs me, she'll kill herself if she keeps traveling down the road she is on." I say. "But if you stay with her she'll kill you!" he said. I sit in his arms for a few minutes both of us crying. "Wait! What, what if we bring her into rehab." Gerard says. "it's a good idea but we have to convince her to go. We need her consent to check her in." I say. "I think the two of us can convince her." Gee says smiling at me. I smile back at him. "Now, about Jake. What did you do to him?"

Notes

Aww poor Mikey again and poor Frank. How could his mother do such a thing? It's a good thing Gerard is around to protect the both of them. I'm always open to suggestions if you guys have any! (: xoxo, Nova <33