How the misery begins

Ray came up behind me as I scanned the seating area.
"hey, wanna come sit with me and some other friends?" He asked, slapping me on the back playfully.
"I'm actually waiting for someone, but maybe some other time" I smilled back.
"okay, I'll see you later then" he walked off, hair bobbing all over the place.
It took me a while to find mikey, but I headed over to the table he was sat at, and there I saw Ray. They were sat with gerard and a cute strawberry blond boy.
"hey, couldn't you find your friend?" Ray asked as I walked up to the table.
"actually, he's right here" I gestured to mikey.
"what, no way?" He said enthusiasticly.
"my name is m ikey way, not 'no way'. Come on frankie, sit down" mikey chuckled, pulling out a chair.
I sat down and I was then introduced to the other boy, his name was bob. He didnt seem to talk much, but h was still pretty cool. Mikey told them about how I was living with the ways, but he said it was because of family problems. I knew he would never tell them the real reason without my consent.
we all chatted for a while, all exept Gerard, that is. He mostly just glared at me, and after a while Ray said something about it.
"hey gee, I'm sensing a little hostility between you and frankie here" ray cocked an eyebrow, pointing between the two of us.
"Ray just leave it" Gerard said through gritted teeth.
"woah, calm down" he said, holding up his hands "are the lovers having a bit of a domestic? " he laughed.
"I mean it Ray, stop."
"what happened, did one of you leave the toilet seat up?"
Gerard stood up, his chair flying backwards.
"I said leave it alone, you never fucking listen do you!" Gerard shouted, then stormed out of the cafeteria with everyone's intruding eyes focused on him.
I was getting tired of him being a complete dick around me, and I felt even more guilty now he was taking out on his friends. I stood up calmly and turned around, then walked off without a word.

*
I stood outside the gates at the back of the school after I left the cafeteria, out of sight of any teachers or students wandering around. After rummaging through my bag for five minutes I finally found what I was looking for, my pack of cigaretes and my little black lighter. As I put one of the long, white cancer sticks between my lips and cupped my hand around the flame to light it, a small voice startled me from behind.

"you know, smoking is kinda bad for you" bob stated.
"yeah well, a lot of things are bad for us but we do them anyway" I retort.
"what's up with you and gee?"
sigh.
"I don't know, he just doesn't seem to like me all that much"
"well he never pays this much attention to anyone else, so there must be something sspecial about you"
"what do you think it is?"
"your guess is as good as mine buddy"
we stand in a comfortable silence for a while, then bob pulls out his own pack of cigarettes and puts one to his mouth.
"fuckin' hypocrit" I smirk at him.
"shut up and gimme your damn lighter" he laughed lightly and stuck out his hand. I placed it inhis palm and we smoked in silence.

After a while he suggested that we bunk off and go to a park down the street, so I agreed and we snuck out of the school. After about an hour or two at the park, I realised what the time was.
"crap, I need to get back to school!"
"come on, if we run we'll get there in like five minutes"
we started sprinting to the school, stopping a few times to catch our breath. By the time we got to the parking lot, gerards car was the only one left. I got closer and closer until I saw a very pissed off looking mikey walk out from behind the car. I wasn't looking forward to what he was going to say.

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