You Only Hear The Music When Your Heart Begins To Break

I walk outside after the final bell and begin looking around for Gerard. I see him standing over near the tree we agreed to meet at and when he meets my gaze his face breaks into a huge grin. 'He looks so hot when he smiles like that' I think to myself as I walk over to him.
"Hey, how was your first day?" He asks me when I reach him. "It was about what I expected" I reply, suddenly feeling anxious to get out of there and go home. "I see my brother over there so let's go" I tell him and begin to walk towards him. When we reach him he pulls me into a massive hug and kisses the top of my head. "How was school Z" he asks as he steps back from the hug. I just shrug my shoulders and hope he gets the signal that I don't really want to talk about it. "This is my friend Gerard" I tell him motioning to where Gerard is next to me. "Gerard this is my brother, Patrick. But everyone calls him Trick." After they greet each other I tell Trick that Gerard is coming home with us and we get in the car.

When we arrive at the house Gerard follows me inside and upstairs to my room. "Sit wherever you want, make yourself comfortable" I tell him as I motion towards my bed and the couch off to the side of the room, indicating his choice for seating. He takes a seat on the couch while I move around the room gathering clothes to change into. The sooner I get out of this uniform the better. I excuse myself and go into the bathroom next to my room to change. When I come back I ask if he would like anything to eat or drink and we make our way back downstairs to the kitchen for a drink. When we enter Trick is sitting at the table filling out job applications. He looks up at us and tells me to take my medication. I go bright red from embarrassment and hope that Gerard isn't judging me. He just gives me an easy smile the next time our gazes meet and it relieves the tension of the situation. We decide to watch a movie after we have drinks and go back upstairs to my room.
"Pick a movie" I tell him as I motion toward the tv and DVD stand next to it. He picks The Conjuring and then sits on the couch. I sit down next to him and start the movie. As the movie progresses we keep stealing glances at each other to see if the other is scared. We catch each other a few times and share a smile before turning back to the movie. After a while I see his hand slide towards me out of the corner of my eye right before I feel him grab my hand. I don't look over but smile widely as I link our fingers together and continue to watch the movie. After another ten minutes I slide right up next to him and rest my head on his shoulder. I glance up and he's smiling down at me. He wraps his arm around me and we both settle back to finish the movie. I get an overwhelming feeling of being calm and safe that I haven't felt in a long time and this is the last thing I remember before I drift towards sleep, cuddled into Gerard's side.

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