Fifty Shades of Way

***Ivy's POV***

I headed back to Gerard's house after three and a half hours of being at the mall. I softly knocked on his door, and waited. No answer. I knocked a little harder, and saw a shadow moving towards the door. I stepped down one of the steps, and patiently waited for Gerard to open the door. The door swung open, and I was met with a guy I've never seen before. Did I have the wrong house?

"Uh, are you, Ivy?" the guy asked. I slowly nodded my head, as he opened the door wider for me to come in. "I'm Mikey. Gee's brother." he extended his hand for me to shake it. "He's out with our mom right now, but should be back soon. You can stay here if you want."

"How'd you know my name?" I blurted. He stared at me for a moment before answering.

"Gerard told me you might be stopping by while he's out." I nodded my head. That makes sense. "Alright, well you're free to watch TV, or help yourself to some food. Like I said earlier, Gee should be home in a couple minutes. I'm upstairs if you need anything." with that, he walked off. I sat awkwardly in their living room, waiting for Gee. I tapped my foot on the floor, until I felt my phone buzz in my pocket, causing me to jump. It's a rare occasion I get a text from anyone.

-Hey, it's Jackie. I just wanted to tell you, we all had an awesome time with you today, and we were wondering if you wanna do something with us tomorrow? It'll be fun, I promise!-

I thought for a moment, before remembering Gerard. I told him I'd spend all day with him. But then again, we wants me to make friends, right? I'm sure he'll be fine without me anyways.

-Of course, I'd love to. After school?-

-Yep!-

I smiled to myself before checking the time. 8:30pm. My mom doesn't get home till about 11, so I'm fine. I sighed, and played on my phone, until I heard the sound of Gerard's car pull in. Finally.

"Oh, hey, Ivy." he said, walking through the door. "I thought you said you'd be back in an hour." he chuckled

"Oh, yeah. Sorry about that."

"Nah, no need to be sorry.

I smiled, and nodded. "So are you feeling any better?"

"I mean, maybe a little. Spending time with my mom really helped though." he walked over to the couch, and sat next to me. "So I assume you've met my brother?" he said, changing the subject.

"Oh, uh, yeah. I don't think he likes me very much though."

"Why would you think that?"

"I dunno. He didn't really talk to me. He just went upstairs, and did his own thing, I guess."

"It's not that he doesn't like you, it's just that his grandmother died too, you know? It's taken a large tole on him as well. " I nodded.

"Does he live here with you?"

"Nah, he lives with his girlfriend. He's just here cause we thought it would be good to keep each other company." I looked up at him, and smiled, giving his hand a light squeeze.

"Oh, shit." he groaned. "You wanna come to the grocery store with me? I just have to pick up something to make for dinner. I completely forgot." I nodded, and we got into his car.

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We came back with two boxes of pasta, bread, and ice cream. I took everything out of the bags, and organized them into his fridge.

"Fuck, I have to grade papers." he mumbled to himself.

"You want me to make dinner? You could grade the papers, while I do that?"

"No, Ivy. I'm not gonna make you cook din-"

"No, no. It's fine. I like cooking." I smiled. He mouthed 'thank you' before sitting down with a huge pile of tests. Damn.

"Oh, look! I found your paper." he exclaimed. Shit. I know I failed that test.

"Yeah, I don't think that was my best one." I mumbled. He made numerous red marks throughout the test. I just stared at him, not realizing the water for the pasta was already boiling.

"Well, all I can say, is that, yes, it definitely was not your best, but compared to the rest of the class, you did fairly well. That was a hard test, so good for you." he smiled.

"What did I get?"

"You'll just have to find out when I hand them back next week." I sighed, and poured the pasta into the pot of boiling water.

****Next day****

***Gerard's POV***

I woke up from the sound of my beeping alarm. I groaned, and slammed my hand on top of it, shutting it off. I looked at the time, seeing it was 7:30am. Ivy should be here in half an hour. I got up, and went straight to the bathroom, taking a five minute shower. Once I came out, I blow-dried my hair as fast as possible, and styled it the way I normally do. I ran back to my bedroom, grabbing an Iron Maiden T-shirt, black skinny jeans, and my usual converse. I then headed down the stairs, and into the kitchen to prepare myself a cup of coffee. I looked down at my watch, seeing it was 8:05. Okay. She'll be here any minute.

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Time kept going by, and I started checking my watch twice a minute. It was now almost 9:00, and still nothing from Ivy. The girl's never late to anything. Maybe she over slept? I continued pacing the kitchen, hoping she'd turn up.

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I began to get worried once it was 9:30. This is so unlike her. I sighed, and finally sat down. I give up. I'm sure she would have told me if she couldn't make it. I rested my head on the table, and sighed. I've been stood up.

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