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Gerard wants to talk to Frank right from the beginning of art class, but he spends the first ten minutes in silence because he doesn’t know how to start. Finally, Frank mutters,
“You know, you can laugh at me.”
“What?” Gerard asks.
“Go ahead. Laugh at me. I beat up your brother, and…” Frank slams his paintbrush down on the paper, painting furiously. “I got humiliated in front of a quarter of the school. And the rest of the kids heard about it from their friends.”
“Frank, I wouldn’t laugh at you over something like that,” Gerard assures.
“Why not?” Frank mumbles. “Everybody else thinks it’s fucking hilarious.”
“Hey, Frankie!” an older boy calls. He’s in Gerard’s grade, although he’s 18. He puts an arm around Frank’s neck, pulling out his phone and showing Frank something. “Your little wardrobe malfunction is on Facebook. 30 likes, and 16 comments!”
Frank turns bright scarlet and covers his eyes, rubbing them.
“Don’t worry; at this rate; you’ll go viral!” the boy laughs. He leaves, chuckling to himself.
“Told you,” Frank grumbles.
“Hey, cheer up. It’s not all bad,” Gerard comforts.
“Not all bad?!” Frank snaps. “I’m the biggest laughing stock in the school, my former friend is bullying me, my phone is constantly buzzing with mean texts, and you say it’s not all bad?!”
Gerard ducks his head guiltily. “I was just trying to make you feel better.”
“Well do me a favor and don’t, cause it’s not working!” Frank barks.
Gerard looks at Frank as though he’s about to cry.
Oh, shit. Now Frank’s the asshole for yelling at the only kid in the school besides Ray that’s being nice to him right now. “I’m sorry, Gerard. I’m just fucking pissed and embarrassed and I want to go home.”
Gerard nods understandingly. “I kind of know how you feel.”
“How?”
“Well, I can’t say I’ve ever been that…. Um… exposed…” Both of the boys go red in the ears. “But, at my old school, this boy gave me a wedgie in the locker room when I was wearing… um….” Gerard bows his head, playing with his fingers as he mutters, “Floral panties. They spread it all over the school, and the bullying doubled.”
Frank raises an eyebrow. “So I’m going to get bullied?”
Gerard shrugs. “Sorry, but probably.” He looks up at Frank, explaining, “Which is why we should be friends again.”
“Why?” Frank asks. Not that he isn’t grateful for Gerard to be taking him back, but he’s just confused as to why he’s doing this. Gerard better not be forgiving him out of pity.
“Well, I….”Gerard begins. He finally, turning a bit pink, confesses, “I missed you.”
Frank grins, and replies, “I missed you, too.”
“Do you want some assistance taking down Pete?” Gerard asks.
Frank shakes his head. “If you mean at the fight, no. I can take him.”
“No, not that. Let’s stop him now, before things get worse,” Gerard suggests.
“I’m listening,” Frank tells.
“So, what if we could embarrass him even worse than he humiliated you? Make him the new laughing stock?” Gerard starts.
“How would we do that?” Frank asks. “Pete never wears girl underwear, at least not any that I know of.”
“Well….” Gerard trails off. “Wait! Didn’t he get nudes sent out how long ago?”
Frank nods. “How’d you hear about that?”
“Mikey told me,” Gerard answers. “Talking about how hung he was.”
Frank groans at the thought of Pete’s junk. “Wait, your brother’s gay?”
Gerard nods. “You have something against gay people?”
“Not at all,” Frank assures. “Just, the rest of the school does.”
“He doesn’t give a fuck,” Gerard boasts. “Anyways, Pete isn’t gay or bi, is he?”
“Quite the opposite. He’s a giant horn dog for big boobs,” Frank mutters.
“Then…. I don’t,” Gerard blushes as he adds, “I don’t really know any girls, but do you think that you know one well enough for them to do you a giant favor?”
Frank’s mind heads directly towards one specific girl. “Yeah.”
“Do you think…” Gerard drops his voice as he continues, “Do you think we could get her to anonymously send tit pics to Pete? Without her face showing, of course.”
“Actually, that might not be necessary,” Frank replies.
“Why not?” Gerard questions.
“You know, we could just get a picture off of the internet. Yeah, that way we can get a full body picture, just to ensure that he sends a full body one in so we can see his face and prove it’s him,” Frank realizes.
Gerard smiles. “So you can tell where I’m going with this?”
Frank nods and grins. “Get him to send us his nudes, send it to everyone in the school.”
“Correct,” Gerard agrees. He’s quiet for a moment, chewing his bottom lip in thought, until he finally asks, “Do you think he has to see like, a whole boob to send a full body picture?”
Frank chuckles, shaking his head. “I told you, man, he’s a horn dog.”
“Do you think…. Do you think that we could really play him and just send him a picture of one of our nipples?” Gerard questions.
Frank considers it, and then replies, “Sadly, that would probably work.”
Gerard grins and asks, “Want to do it after school?”
Frank’s heart goes into flutters, because what Gerard just said could be interpreted in a very different way. He then nods, happy to be able to get even with Pete.
Ray catches up with Frank later that day. “Hey, Frankie. I heard about what happened.”
“And?” Frank demands. He’s still touchy over the whole thing, mainly because he’s still being called G-String by 88% of the student body.
“I’m sorry, man. Pete’s a dick,” Ray comforts. “Don’t listen to what anyone says.”
Frank looks up at Ray, who is at least two heads taller. “Thanks, Ray. Seriously, thanks for sticking by me.”
Ray grins, shrugging as he replies, “It’s what friends do.”
Frank’s smile grows bigger as he realizes that what Ray just said is exactly what brought him and Gerard back together.

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