Vampires Will Never Hurt You

Gerard’s POV

Class passed by painfully slow without Frank there to talk to. I scribbled down more notes, intently paying attention to the board and the teacher’s words, just trying to distract myself and keep the thoughts of Frank from my mind. He was starting to become an unhealthy obsession to my brain. Before I knew it, class was over. I threw everything into my bag and started to walk out the door, following the rest of the students to lunch. Before I could reach the door, I was interrupted.

“Gerard, could you wait a moment please?” The teacher asked me politely, from where she was standing behind her desk.

“Yes, Mrs. Reynolds?” I asked in the same tone, thankful that I remembered her name. I looked at her curiously. So far, most of the teachers had tried to avoid acknowledging my existence.

“I just wanted to let you know, that if you get hell from any of the other students, just come to me. My brother is like you and I take any matter of bullying seriously; the same applying to vampires,” she finished with a kind smile. I smiled back at her.

“Thank you very much,” I said genuinely, with a quick farewell. Wow, that was surprising. I was glad to have at least one adult on my side here. I started walking quickly down the hall, seeing as how the majority of the students were already at lunch. As soon as I rounded the corner, a person jumped out in front of me.

“Holy shi—” I didn’t even get a chance to finish before the other person cut me off.

“Hi! Gerard Way? I’m Vic. Vic Fuentes. It’s nice to meet you,” He finished, holding out his hand for me to shake. I took the pause to catch my breath. My heart was still speeding from the surprise.

“Jesus Christ, you scared me!” I exclaimed, ignoring his hand for the time being.

“Vampires don’t get scared,” Vic said jokingly. “I would know!” I took in his appearance clearly for the first time. I couldn’t mistake the perfect skin and bright eyes.

“You’re a vampire!” I whisper yelled, in shock. I honestly wasn’t expecting to find any others in this school, seeing their views towards them.

“Yeah! And so are you!” He whisper yelled right back, copying my actions.

“How did you know my name?” I asked him.

“Please. Everyone knows your name. And they know you’re a vampire…Though no one knew that there would be two attending school here,” Vic responded, raising an eyebrow at me. “Regardless though, it’s nice to meet you,” he said again while pointedly holding out his hand.

“Yeah, same,” I stated, beginning to like this person already.

“Anyway, I was wondering if you wanted to sit with me at lunch. Us vampires gotta stick together ya know?” He said. I was surprised of his use of the term so lightly. Most people, even including me, had trouble saying it. It was like a cursed word.

“Uh, yeah sure, if you don’t mind some other people?” I asked, thinking of Mikey and Frank.

“Yeah, it’s fine. Come on, let’s get going before lunch is over,” Vic laughed, heading in the direction of the cafeteria.


Frank’s POV

I practically skipped my way into the lunchroom. But as I entered, I tried to calm myself down. I was being irrational about the whole thing with Gerard. I had only known him for about three days of my whole life, but I already felt this connection with him, that I had never felt with any human before…Well he wasn’t human, but you know what I mean. I spotted Gerard sitting at a table, but with someone else that I didn’t recognize. Maybe he didn’t want me to sit with him.

Just as I was about to turn away to go find Solange, he looked up in my direction, like he sensed that I was staring at him. Gerard smiled and beckoned me over with his hand, the other person looking up too. I walked over, pulling out my phone to text Solange and tell her that I’d see her in the last period. I smiled at Gerard as I sat my things down next to him.

“Hey Frank,” Gerard greeted me happily. “This is Vic,” he continued, gesturing to the boy across from him.

“Hi,” I said timidly.

“Nice to meet you,” Vic said enthusiastically. He seemed like a really nice person. I smiled back at him, mumbling a “you too.” I scanned the lunchroom, not finding Solange. She must have been outside eating. Carefully, I sat down next to Gerard, not too close. I was afraid if I sat down close to him, my pulse would start racing and he’d be able to hear it. I glanced over to Vic, noticing the similar characteristics that he and Gerard had, that every vampire had.

“Are you a vampire?” I blurted out.

“Yeah, I am… Is that a problem?” He asked me cautiously. My eyes widened.

“No, no. I was just curious,” I responded. After clarifying that, the tension at the table eased. Me being the awkward person that I am, I just sipped at my bottle of water and listened to Gerard and Vic make conversation like normal people… Maybe now that I had some vampires as friends, no one would want to mess with me anymore. ‘Or maybe Gerard would just want to be friends with Vic now,’ I thought jealously. I sighed and played with my lip rig with my tongue, a habit I had that probably looked weird. I was just being stupid. Ugh, but this is always what happens when I get a new friend- they end up finding someone better. I willed my brain to shut up as I heard Gerard’s voice being directed to me.

“Hm?” I mumbled.

“I said- have you met my brother?” Gerard reiterated. I looked up, noticing another presence at the table.

“Oh! H-hi,” I stuttered, looking up at him. He looked younger than me but he was a good bit taller, like everyone else. “Um, I actually need to go. I’ve got to, uh, get to art early,” I lied. “See you in there Gerard.” I waved half-heartedly as I almost tripped over my backpack, leaving from the table. I saw Gerard’s confused look, but just smiled at all of them, the smile soon dropping as I exited the lunchroom. Great. They probably think I’m crazy now… I just don’t like meeting a lot of new people. What a coward. I mean, the last new friend I’ve had since Gerard was Solange, but this was too much. I'm like a hesitant alien when it comes to human interaction. Stupid social anxiety.

I went ahead with my excuse and made my way into the classroom. I glanced in, only to see no one else inside. With a sigh of relief, I flipped on the lights and walked over to my usual spot, pulling out my headphones. ‘Music. Just what I need to relax,’ I thought. I don’t mind being friends with Gerard, but his brother and Vic were out of the question.

Notes

Yay! So Vic is in this story now. I loovvvee him so much. And I had to include the Hesitant Alien reference ( in case you live under a rock, it's Gerard's new album). I absolutely adore this album. I can't stop listening to it, and if you haven't listened to it. You HAVE to. It's so flipping good. Anyway, I actually updated, even if it was late again. I will *try* to update next week.
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