new year! (frerard)
new year.
"Okay,now there's food in the fridge,there's numbers if you need us,there's everything you need and if you're in trouble and you can't get through to us just knock next door,okay?" My mum said,looking worried. "Yes mum,don't worry." I repeated for what felt like the 100th time that day.
"Take good care of mikey!" She called as she walked out the door,followed by my dad rolling his eyes. I sighed. Now, I have to look after Mikey for a week while my parents go to Australia to celebrate New Years Eve with some friends. I walked towards his bedroom and knocked.
"Mmm?" He mumbled,and I pushed the door and walked into his bedroom. He was pretty cool for a younger brother,as he had inherited my music taste. Everywhere I looked there was stacks of CDs,and the walls were covered in posters of bands like Green Day,Misfits and Black Flag. He looked up from his phone.
"I'm going to the shop,what do you want for tea?" I asked.
"Ummm,pizza and chips." He said,concentrating on his phone again.
"Alright." I said,and grabbed my coat. Before walking out the door I looked in the mirror. Two hazel eyes looked back at me,almost hidden beneath a mess of black greasy hair. I grimaced at my chalk white skin and shut the door,wishing I didn't look so ugly. Five minutes later,I was at the shop. Everywhere was busy. No way am I going to find pizza and chips, I thought to myself as I pushed through the crowd. I walked towards a random isle and started scanning the shelves. I was so concentrated on this task that I almost bumped into a small man. When I looked at his face properly though,I gasped. He was beautiful. His name tag informed me that his name was Frank. Heh. Cute. He smiled at me.
Uh sorry." I said,feeling my face go red as his eyes took in all of my embarrassing features.
"Its fine." He grinned "what are you looking for? I could help you find it." He said,still grinning.
"Umm, pizza and chips." I said and followed him towards the end of the isle. He passed me the food and went back to work, still smiling. Oh my god. He was gorgeous. I sighed for the third time that day at my ugliness and walked towards the counter,but it took me much longer than I expected because of the busy crowd. When I finally got there, I was surprised to find 'frank' there,scanning items. Even though his queue was the longest, I walked towards it and waited for what felt like years until he finally served me. His face lit up when he saw me,and he started scanning the pizza and chips very slowly.
"So...you know my name,what's yours?" He said,with an innocent smile on his face. "Gerard." I said,and he nodded,still smiling.
"Are you eating alone?" He asked,raising his eyebrows a fraction.
"No, its for my brother... I don't have anyone to eat it with." I said,carefully watching his reaction. His smile grew larger as he packed my items into a bag and handed them over. Then he handed me a receipt,and I walked away slowly,thinking about our conversation. I looked at my receipt and gasped. Scrawled in the corner was a number. I stared at the digits in surprised and continued to walk home. 3 hours later,when I was at home, I was still staring at the number,unsure on whether to call or not. I grabbed my phone and dialed it,waited as it rang.
"Hello?" Said frank,sounding innocent.
"Hey..its um gerard." I said,regretting calling him in first place. He's probably forgotten me already.
"Gerard as in the hot guy I helped find the pizza and chips?" He asked cheekily,and I blushed as soon as he said it. He thinks I'm hot?! Fuck!
"well uh yeah" I said,still shocked that he thought I was attractive.
"Good." He said sounding happy. We talked for the rest of the night. He was so perfect. He liked a lot of bands that I liked,and he played guitar too! We talked every night,until on thursday he changed the subject of our conversation.
"So uh you wanna do something tomorrow night? Because its christmas eve.." I grinned. "Yes! Okay,what did you have in mind?" I asked enthusiastically.
"We can go to my place. You can get onto the roof and usually there's a lot of fireworks." He said nervously and I agreed. After a while we hung up,and I went to check that Mikey was okay.
"'Gerard,uh can I talk to you?" He asked,sounding really nervous.
"Sure,what's up?" I asked him,worried.
"Well uh... I uh like a guy" he began,blushing. "And uh I was wondering if he could hang here tomorrow night" he squeaked,looking really scared.
"Dude, you're gay?" I giggled.
"Yeah uh I think so." He sounded slightly annoyed, bless him.
"Yeah sure,who is it?" I asked,very curious to know who had made him confused about his sexuality.
"You ever remember that guitarist that I was friends with..ray toro?" He asked, his voice going all high and squeaky.
"Yes!" I laughed,remembering the crazy dude my brother brought home for tea one time with the impressive afro.
"Don't laugh" he said moodily,glaring at me from under his glasses.
"Okay okay sorry!" I laughed again and patted him on the head. He walked up to his room and slammed the door,annoyed that I had laughed at his crush. I sighed and went to my own room,falling asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.
-time lapse-
"Argh!" I woke up to find billie joe armstrong lying on top of me, well the poster anyway. I stuck it back on the wall and looked at my alarm clock. It was 4 in the afternoon. I'd be meeting frank in a couple of hours. I sighed and got into the shower,the first one I'd had in weeks. Letting the hot water run down me,I thought of what to wear. I decided to go with a band tee and black skinny jeans, I didn't want to look too over-dressed or anything. Stepping out of the shower,I quickly got changed and did my hair. Running the straightners through my hair quickly,and adding guyliner, I was very surprised to see that it was already 7. I'd be meeting frank in 3 hours time. I made some toast and sat down. Trying to kill time. All of a sudden the front door opened and I jumped out of my skin. I saw mikey walk in with what appeared to be a massive fro. Literally. Rays hair seemed to take over his body,and he looked very calm compared to mikey,who looked like he just watched a man come in and stab him 20 times. Poor kid. I chuckled and talked to ray for a while. He was really cool,and he seemed to be really passionate about music. Soon,it was 10 pm and I had to leave. As I passed by mikey I whispered in his ear 'good luck' and chuckled at his nervous expression. Soon though, I was almost as nervous as mikey was. I drove quickly to franks and parked outside his flat. He was waited outside,and he giggled when he saw me.
"Come on" he said,and led me up to the roof.
It was very dark,but the roof was lit up by a few candles that frank had put there. There was blankets too,and we both curled up in them,holding hands.
"10,9,8,7" a crowd chorused from below us. "6,5,4,3" and frank grabbed my face all of a sudden so I was facing him. He lent in to kiss me,and I kissed him back,just as everyone finally screamed one and fireworks exploded in the sky. This year,I promised to myself,is going to be a good year.
"Take good care of mikey!" She called as she walked out the door,followed by my dad rolling his eyes. I sighed. Now, I have to look after Mikey for a week while my parents go to Australia to celebrate New Years Eve with some friends. I walked towards his bedroom and knocked.
"Mmm?" He mumbled,and I pushed the door and walked into his bedroom. He was pretty cool for a younger brother,as he had inherited my music taste. Everywhere I looked there was stacks of CDs,and the walls were covered in posters of bands like Green Day,Misfits and Black Flag. He looked up from his phone.
"I'm going to the shop,what do you want for tea?" I asked.
"Ummm,pizza and chips." He said,concentrating on his phone again.
"Alright." I said,and grabbed my coat. Before walking out the door I looked in the mirror. Two hazel eyes looked back at me,almost hidden beneath a mess of black greasy hair. I grimaced at my chalk white skin and shut the door,wishing I didn't look so ugly. Five minutes later,I was at the shop. Everywhere was busy. No way am I going to find pizza and chips, I thought to myself as I pushed through the crowd. I walked towards a random isle and started scanning the shelves. I was so concentrated on this task that I almost bumped into a small man. When I looked at his face properly though,I gasped. He was beautiful. His name tag informed me that his name was Frank. Heh. Cute. He smiled at me.
Uh sorry." I said,feeling my face go red as his eyes took in all of my embarrassing features.
"Its fine." He grinned "what are you looking for? I could help you find it." He said,still grinning.
"Umm, pizza and chips." I said and followed him towards the end of the isle. He passed me the food and went back to work, still smiling. Oh my god. He was gorgeous. I sighed for the third time that day at my ugliness and walked towards the counter,but it took me much longer than I expected because of the busy crowd. When I finally got there, I was surprised to find 'frank' there,scanning items. Even though his queue was the longest, I walked towards it and waited for what felt like years until he finally served me. His face lit up when he saw me,and he started scanning the pizza and chips very slowly.
"So...you know my name,what's yours?" He said,with an innocent smile on his face. "Gerard." I said,and he nodded,still smiling.
"Are you eating alone?" He asked,raising his eyebrows a fraction.
"No, its for my brother... I don't have anyone to eat it with." I said,carefully watching his reaction. His smile grew larger as he packed my items into a bag and handed them over. Then he handed me a receipt,and I walked away slowly,thinking about our conversation. I looked at my receipt and gasped. Scrawled in the corner was a number. I stared at the digits in surprised and continued to walk home. 3 hours later,when I was at home, I was still staring at the number,unsure on whether to call or not. I grabbed my phone and dialed it,waited as it rang.
"Hello?" Said frank,sounding innocent.
"Hey..its um gerard." I said,regretting calling him in first place. He's probably forgotten me already.
"Gerard as in the hot guy I helped find the pizza and chips?" He asked cheekily,and I blushed as soon as he said it. He thinks I'm hot?! Fuck!
"well uh yeah" I said,still shocked that he thought I was attractive.
"Good." He said sounding happy. We talked for the rest of the night. He was so perfect. He liked a lot of bands that I liked,and he played guitar too! We talked every night,until on thursday he changed the subject of our conversation.
"So uh you wanna do something tomorrow night? Because its christmas eve.." I grinned. "Yes! Okay,what did you have in mind?" I asked enthusiastically.
"We can go to my place. You can get onto the roof and usually there's a lot of fireworks." He said nervously and I agreed. After a while we hung up,and I went to check that Mikey was okay.
"'Gerard,uh can I talk to you?" He asked,sounding really nervous.
"Sure,what's up?" I asked him,worried.
"Well uh... I uh like a guy" he began,blushing. "And uh I was wondering if he could hang here tomorrow night" he squeaked,looking really scared.
"Dude, you're gay?" I giggled.
"Yeah uh I think so." He sounded slightly annoyed, bless him.
"Yeah sure,who is it?" I asked,very curious to know who had made him confused about his sexuality.
"You ever remember that guitarist that I was friends with..ray toro?" He asked, his voice going all high and squeaky.
"Yes!" I laughed,remembering the crazy dude my brother brought home for tea one time with the impressive afro.
"Don't laugh" he said moodily,glaring at me from under his glasses.
"Okay okay sorry!" I laughed again and patted him on the head. He walked up to his room and slammed the door,annoyed that I had laughed at his crush. I sighed and went to my own room,falling asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.
-time lapse-
"Argh!" I woke up to find billie joe armstrong lying on top of me, well the poster anyway. I stuck it back on the wall and looked at my alarm clock. It was 4 in the afternoon. I'd be meeting frank in a couple of hours. I sighed and got into the shower,the first one I'd had in weeks. Letting the hot water run down me,I thought of what to wear. I decided to go with a band tee and black skinny jeans, I didn't want to look too over-dressed or anything. Stepping out of the shower,I quickly got changed and did my hair. Running the straightners through my hair quickly,and adding guyliner, I was very surprised to see that it was already 7. I'd be meeting frank in 3 hours time. I made some toast and sat down. Trying to kill time. All of a sudden the front door opened and I jumped out of my skin. I saw mikey walk in with what appeared to be a massive fro. Literally. Rays hair seemed to take over his body,and he looked very calm compared to mikey,who looked like he just watched a man come in and stab him 20 times. Poor kid. I chuckled and talked to ray for a while. He was really cool,and he seemed to be really passionate about music. Soon,it was 10 pm and I had to leave. As I passed by mikey I whispered in his ear 'good luck' and chuckled at his nervous expression. Soon though, I was almost as nervous as mikey was. I drove quickly to franks and parked outside his flat. He was waited outside,and he giggled when he saw me.
"Come on" he said,and led me up to the roof.
It was very dark,but the roof was lit up by a few candles that frank had put there. There was blankets too,and we both curled up in them,holding hands.
"10,9,8,7" a crowd chorused from below us. "6,5,4,3" and frank grabbed my face all of a sudden so I was facing him. He lent in to kiss me,and I kissed him back,just as everyone finally screamed one and fireworks exploded in the sky. This year,I promised to myself,is going to be a good year.
Aw cute
5/18/14