(Frank’s point of view)
Ray and I were watching the remake of Friday the 13th, after falling asleep worrying about Gerard we though a horror movie was the way to go.
That’s when we heard the violent knocking of a once again, angry Mikey Way at the door.
I ran to the door as quick as I could.
‘What’s happened? Is he ok? What’s going on? Is he asleep?’ I blurted.
Mikey closed the door behind him.
‘He’s fucking gone again.’
He collapsed on the bed. He looked awful, his eyes were red, and there were bags forming around his eyes.
‘We had a fight...’ he sighed. Ray and I waited for him to go on.
‘It started off fine, I guess, I gave him one of his pills and he went to sleep... but he had terrors, or nightmares of some kind cuz he kept screaming and shouting out Lindsey or Bandit... so I would get up to calm him down, I don’t think he was ever conscious though. Then when we woke up I made him coffee and we started talking and he got mad, took some money and left...’ his voice trailed off, Mikey still looked in shock.
‘You just let him leave?’ I said, in disbelief. How could he let this happen? He shouldn’t be alone, and I wouldn’t let him be...
I made my way to the door, when all of a sudden someone started knocking on it from the other side.
Ray and Mikey stared, whilst I opened the door.
‘I thought I should drop in and say hi,’ it was.....Jeph? Jeph Howard from The Used. I smiled and pulled him in for a hug.
‘I haven’t seen you in ages man, how’s things?’ Ray came over and hugged Jeph, followed by Mikey.
‘Good, good.’ His face turned serious. ‘I just thought I should let you know that Gerard is with Bert, I know he’s been going through tough shit, so I thought I should tell you where he is. Or at least who he’s with, and I know you guys have had your differences with Bert in the past...’
I caught sight of Mikey’s face, which had tensed up. We all know that in the past, whenever Bert and Gerard got together, bad shit happened...
We said our goodbyes to Jeph and when the door closed...
‘HE’S WITH BERT FUCKING MCCRAKKEN?’ I shouted more loudly than I should’ve, but I lost it. ‘WAY TO FUCKING GO MIKEY IF ANYTHING HAPPENS IT’S YOUR FAULT!’
Mikey stood up. ‘WHY IS IT SO BAD HE’S WITH BERT ANYWAY? I HEARD HE GOT CLEAN. AT LEAST WE KNOW HE’S NOT ALONE,’ he shouted, closing the gap in between us. I was about to give him a piece of my mind when Ray got in the middle of us.
‘GUYS! Calm down, if we’re falling apart how the hell are we supposed to put Gerard back together?’ Ray went for the door.
‘And where do you think you’re going?’ said Mikey, in that sarcastic tone that pisses everyone off.
‘To look for Gerard, because weather he wants to admit it, he needs us,’ he opened the door. ‘Are you guys coming or what?’
Silently we headed for the lobby.