Aww Pickles, My Neighbor is A Hottie

***Gerard's POV***

"Why won't he talk to me?" I sighed asking Karie. She sighed in response. I just wanted to talk to Bryan, but he locked himself in his room. He wouldn't open it for anyone.

"Because you left him when he needed you most. He had a father before this and that father left him. He saw you as a father figure and you just left. No explanation. You left and you didn't come back." Karie looked away from me. Well that didn't help my self esteem.

"I didn't know," I chocked.

"Bull shit. You were at the hospital. You are such a bad liar Gerard," Karie rolled her eyes. I guess I had been at the hospital, but that was such a long time ago. I walked up the stairs and knocked on the door again. I just wanted to see Bryan.

"Go away Gerard," Bryan whined through the door. I wouldn't go away though. I knocked again and heard a click. Yes! I finally cracked him. I wanted to hug Bryan so badly, but that would be a bad move.

"Hey little bud," I smiled at him as he stuck his head out of the door.

"Can I come in?" I knelt down so we were face to face. Karie walked up the stairs and gasped. I guess she wasn't expecting Bryan to open the door for me.

"Sure, but Karie can't." He pulled my sleeve so I would enter. I mouthed 'sorry' to Karie and went into his room. It was exactly how I remembered it.

"I'm sorry for leaving." I sat on his bed and frowned. It wasn't right for me to leave, but I wasn't thinking at the time. I thought that Mikey was right, but he wasn't. I loved Karie. I did. I can admit that I loved him.

"If you were sorry you would have came back. If you were sorry you wouldn't let Karie bring pizza boy over every day. If you were sorry you wouldn't let Karie have the marks on her arms again," Bryan whined at me. I felt myself chock on my own breathe. Marks? As in scars? As in-

"KARIE!" I ran out of the room and found her sitting on the couch. She looked at me with wide eyes. I jumped onto the couch and pulled up her sleeves.

"What are you doing Gerard?!" She screamed and tried to push me away. I didn't budge.

"Karie..." I saw scars run up and down her arms. I looked at her in the eyes. She looked away instantly.

"I didn't know what to do when you left. I love you Gerard and you left. You went off and loved someone else." She didn't look at me. I let go of her arm and wrapped my arm around her waist. I pulled her and her head was on my chest. She started to sob.

"I never stopped loving you," I whispered into your ear. She kept sobbing. I kissed her head and closed my eyes.

"GERARD!" Karie and I sat up immediately. I saw Mikey enraged standing at the door. Well there goes knocking.

"Mikey.." I whimpered.

"What the fuck?! You don't love her! You love Iris! Let's go! Right now!" He started screaming at me. I felt anger rise up in me. What right does he have to tell me who I loved? None. I knew who I loved and he didn't.

"Mikey shut up. Just shut up," I glared at him, "I do love Karie. I am so sorry, but it's the truth. I love her with all my heart. She is the only one I have loved this whole time." Mikey's face got redder and redder at every word. I had never seen him so angry.

"You are a fucking liar! You are a fucking douche bag! Iris is beautiful and perfect and doesn't deserve you! She deserves someone who will take care or her and hold her close when she is going to cry!" He screamed even louder. Did Mikey like Iris? He did. I could tell.

"She needs you," I said calmly. All the anger went away. He was a sickening pale.

"Gerard," Mikey looked at me with pained eyes.

"You love her Mikey. You love her more then anyone in the world could ever love her. You are right, I don't deserve her. You do," I smiled at him. Mikey looked at me with the same facial expression.

"Fuck you," Mikey ran out of the house.

Well that wasn't what I was expecting.

Notes

A/N- :D I SUCK at updating. Oops D: