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There were a lot of things I'd been expecting when the door slowly opened, most of them being a guess that he'd look exactly like his brother.
When I went out to the van where the band had been with Frank I remember seeing three men aside from Gerard sitting in the back and I knew that one of them would be his brother since I knew Mikey was in the band but I hadn't seen their faces and hadn't even registered anyone but Gerard when they were onstage.

He did look a little like Gerard I guess but at a glance without knowing if they were related there'd be no way I'd think they were brothers.

The first thing I noticed about Mikey was that he had a big pair of glasses and a mildly awake expression. He was wearing a shirt and a pair of sweatpants, an open dressing gown, he had scruffy brown hair and was clutching a fragrant cup of coffee in his hands as if it were the most important thing in the world. His face was quite long and he had a very square jaw when compared to Gerard whose face was more rounded but they had the same shaped faces and could wear the exact same blank expression, one Mikey was demonstrating right now.
But all in all I was surprised how geeky his brother was, I was expecting someone more seductive I guess.

"Hey Gerard, and you'd be Lainey, right?" He asked, his face changing to what could almost be considered a smile as he looked at me and pointed while I nodded before he walked away and we followed him into the house.

The inside was pretty nice, high ceiling and almost fashionable furniture. There were a lot of windows but most of them were covered up by curtains and there was only one story but the hallway was long and I could see a lot of doors which made me curious and wanting to know what was behind all of them.

"Too lazy to put on proper clothes, Mikes?" Gerard asked jokingly, leading me into the living room and getting me to sit on the couch next to him while his brother went into what was clearly the kitchen since there was only a breakfast bar separating the two spaces.

"Too lazy to put on your collar, Gee?" Mikey retorted and I snorted at the nickname, I'd heard it once before from Frank at the bar but it was funnier when Mikey said it while talking about Gerard wearing his priest collar.

"I'm off duty today." Gerard explained as I let go of his hand hand and assumed my natural pose which meant crossing my arms and relaxing into the couch while waiting for the conversation to move to something I'd be able to add to.

"You're supposed to be on duty everyday but I won't nag." Listening to what Mikey said made me assume when Gerard did whatever he wanted it wasn't just around me but he'd do it with his friends and family as well.

Gerard sat forward and shrugged his overcoat off and put it on the couch beside him, now just sitting in a grey long-sleeved shirt and after noticing how warm it was in the house I took my jacket off as well, feeling a bit awkward in my band Dawn of The Dead shirt that made me feel like a preteen again since it'd been that long since I last wore it.

"Lainey, would you like some coffee?" Mikey asked, looking at me and I nodded, I did like coffee but my feelings on it changes regularly, currently I really wanted some though but I think it was just because I was tired.

"Are you sure he's your brother?" I whispered to Gerard, doubting that he and Mikey could be related when they looked so different and Mikey seemed to be a lot more polite and considerate than his older brother, at least in comparison to when I first met the priest, maybe not now.

"Trust me, he is." Gerard laughed as Mikey came out of the kitchen, holding three cups of coffee and putting two of them on the table in front of the couch before sitting down in an armchair and crossing his legs.

"So you're the school girl priesty's in love with." Mikey mumbled, bringing his cup to his lips and staring at me, it wasn't a mean stare or weird, it was like he was studying me or something along those lines.

"Yep, you've probably heard of me by the name of crazy, psycho, wiseass or sassy." I wouldn't be shocked if it turned out Gerard had talked about me when we first met, I'd been a bit of a bitch to him and he'd been a bit of a jerk to me so it was something you'd want to vent to people about, I know I'd ranted about him to Iris.

"Um no, he's never really said anything mean about you," oh, I hadn't expected to hear that, "but he's mentioned a couple of times that he's in love with you." There'd already been a faint smile there but it turned into a full blown grin as he took another sip from his mug while next to me Gerard's face went crimson and it could have either been from anger or embarrassment, I couldn't tell.

I was probably supposed to be a lot more surprised than I was but I'd heard it already from reading Gerard's texts with Frank and kept a blank look, not letting either of them know I'd already thought about it and tried to sort out my thoughts when it came to the whole love thing.

"Mikey!" Gerard yelled at him and the younger brother flinched before laughing slightly, I think Gerard might have hit Mikey a little bit when they were kids.

"Come on, you haven't to-"

"On to something else. You still remember me talking to you on the phone about Lainey needing somewhere to stay? We have one more thing we should probably mention first." I was leaning forward to pick up my coffee when it happened, I'd grown used to it over the past week or so but it didn't mean I enjoyed it.

"Bathroom." I demanded, standing up and holding my hand over my mouth, if he didn't answer quickly I was gonna puke on the floor and I don't think either of the way brothers would be happy with that, especially Mikey.

"Down the hall, third on the right." Gerard answered, catching on immediately with why I needed the bathroom and I ran out of the living room, barely making it to the toilet in time before I was vomiting up whatever was left of last nights dinner.

I hated vomiting before it was morning sickness, I hated it when it was morning sickness and I was gonna continue hating it forever. I hated to bitter taste in my mouth, I hated knowing my stomach was coming back up through my mouth and I wanted to lie down and pray to God I never have to puke ever again but I didn't get that option so after I'd finished I picked myself up from the floor, rinsed my mouth out with water from the tap and went back to the living room, hearing the tail end of a sentence.

"-she sick or something?" Mikey was asking Gerard while I sat down on the couch, wiping my mouth with the back of my hand and going for the coffee to wash out any remaining taste.

"No she's uh, she's throwing up for a different reason." Gerard said, looking at me before looking back at his brother who stared at the both of us, frowning ever so slightly with his cup sitting empty on the floor beside him.

"Sweet Jesus she's pregnant isn't she?!" Mikey shouted, standing up, he didn't move anywhere but he looked pretty horrified and I realized for the first time that Gerard was going to have to tell his family what was happening at some point, just like I did.

"I should be about a month along now." I told him, actually having trouble adjusting to the fact it'd been a month since I got pregnant, I was carrying a little more than a peanut now and it was on it's way to a human being.

"Mikey, she needs a place to stay. The school found out she's pregnant and she has to leave because of it. Her parents want nothing to do with her and the only other option she has is to stay with her brother in America and she doesn't want to do that." Gerard's voice was somber as he looked at Mikey who remained standing, not seeming ready to sit back down just yet but after what he found out he had a good reason to be like that.

Then just like his brother Mikey surprised me...he surprised Gerard as well.

"I'm going to be an uncle!" Is this some trend with Gerard's family, do they enjoy only looking at the bright side of life or are they unable to imagine bad things?

Mikey had a huge grin on his face and Gerard almost had his eyebrows in his hair, his mouth ever so slightly open and it kind of made me want to laugh. I've already deal with the difficult stuff that comes with telling your family you're pregnant, as far as I'm concerned, that's now Gerard's fault and whatever consequences come to him he has to deal with.

Okay, maybe it won't be like that, when I think about it he did support me with every single one of my problems that's arisen.

"Gerard had the same reaction." I laughed ever so slightly, trying not to let how funny I found Mikey's reaction show since it'd be inappropriate when Gerard was that horrified.

"Well yeah, Gerard's talked about wanting to be a dad a couple of times."

"Mikey, that doesn't matter at the moment. Lainey really needs a place to stay and I know you need a roommate..." Gerard allowed his voice to drift off and Mikey came over to the couch, sitting next to me and putting an arm around my shoulders before giving me a gentle smile that made me really able to see he was Gerard's brother.

"Of course, she can stay here. I've got like two spare rooms, one for you and a spare one for the baby if you'd like. Do you know if it's a boy or a girl yet?" Mikey managed to sound more enthusiastic about my pregnancy than Gerard and I combined which wouldn't be too hard when you consider that he has absolutely zero problems to worry about.

"I've only been pregnant for a month," I reminded him, I'd love to know if it was a boy or girl but I'd still love to know, "but thank you so much. You wouldn't believe how much of a load off my mind it is to know I have somewhere to go." I wasn't typically the cuddly type but I gave Mikey a brief hug and couldn't have wiped the smile off my face even if I wanted to.

"That's fine. As long as you promise you're not a serial killer or anything." Mikey said, hands on my shoulders and trying to give me a serious look that he didn't even manage to keep on his face for more than a couple of seconds.

"I cross my heart." I told him, the most he'd have to worry about with me would be listening to music too loud but even then I know once I have the baby there'll be some crying but I think I'll be able to deal with it.

"In that case you can move in tomorrow." I giggled, I hadn't talked to Mikey before but I got the feeling I was going to get well with him.

"One thing I didn't mention is that Mikey really likes kids. He isn't old enough to want his own but he likes to spoil everyone else's." Gerard added to the conversation, leaning over and saying something even though he'd kept quiet for most of talking about babies and moving in but I was still interested in hearing what he had to say.

"Hell yeah. I've always wanted to be an uncle. When you have the kid, babysitting, feeding, playing, you name it, I'll do it."

I know Dale loves me and everything but I don't want to live with him and now there's no way he can make me go back to America even if he wanted to. I've got somewhere to stay that's in town with a nice person, it'd be easy for me to get a job and they have the whole internet learning thing going on.
I've known for a while as well that Gerard had a brother but it hadn't occurred to me until now that when I had the baby, he or she would have an uncle. Dale, Chrissy, they'd be an aunt and uncle, my parents, as much as they didn't want me to be pregnant they'd be grandparents and now Mikey will be an uncle as well.
And I'll be a girl that has somewhere safe to stay and at least two people who'll support me.

For once I feel like things will turn out good.

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