Keep Me Safe from Myself

Blair?

I unlocked the door and darted back to my room. I snatched Gerard's sweatshirt that I had taken hostage since I first got here, and slipped it on. I slid on my hello kitty pants and proceeded to make my way back to the front door, but turned to see she had already let herself in. I rolled my eyes; Typical Blair. She was rummaging through the fridge, grabbing whatever source of chocolate she could find. She finally settled for the chocolate ice cream Mikey was saving for himself in the back of the freezer, grabbed a spoon, and ate straight from the container. I softly chuckled. I slowly staggered into the living room, almost tripping over nothing- still shocked that she was actually here. I gripped the recliner and lowered myself into it. Gerard came back from the bedroom and knelt beside my seat, a puzzled look forming on his face. He still had no clue what was going on.

I refused to talk, so it was Blair who broke the silence.

"Well, since my dearest sister won't introduce me, I'll do it myself." She shifted awkwardly, removing the spoon from her mouth. Gee looked at me and I buried my face into my hands, embarrassed.

"My name is Blair, but call me Blaze; Kind of like a mix between my first and last name, you know?" She took another spoonful and licked it clean. "Anyways, Frankie failed to mention that my Hannah had actually found a decent guy to call hers. What's your name, strange-ah?" She stared at Gerard, her northern accent slipping through. I picked my head up- Frankie?

"Frankie called you?" I questioned, intrigued.

"Well DUH, who else would call me up to this God-forsaken town? You sure as hell didn't. Didn't even tell me you moved after mom n' pops died. May they rest in fuckin' peace."

"What about art school?" I asked her. It was the middle of the year. At least I had a reason for skipping.

" M- Transfered to the one a couple towns over. I'm staying with Frankie for the time being!" She garbled, her mouth full of chocolate again. "Little shit finally got some sense into him."

I leaned over to Gerard. "She's had a crush on him since they first met." I whispered, and he nodded, laughed.

"So-uhh..." She paused. "What happened with Zack? Weren't you two all lovey dovey over each other?" Gee picked me up and took my seat, then snuggled with me on his lap.

"You really wanna know?" She fiercely nodded her head, and I started from the beginning. She was my sister, after all.


30 minutes and many tears, cuddles, and hugs later, Blaze and I dropped Gee off at the comic shop for his shift, and we drove to the mall. Believe it or not, I was really happy she showed up. We stopped into several stores, including Hot Topic. I got another white tank top and several band bracelets. She bought an Fall Out Boy wristband. We both walked to the other side of the mall and bought some subs. I showed her my favorite booth with different pencil and marker artwork plastered to the wall next to it. It wasn’t just me- most of this was already there. I was just contributing to a town tradition. At least, that’s what I assumed.

I was almost done with my sandwich when Blaze stood up to fetch another refill. She was more of a Sprite kind of person, but it didn’t bother me.

I scarfed down the last bite of my turkey sub and stood up, just to be pushed right back down into my seat. I felt a sharp pain slide across my cheek and immediately pushed what was in front of me. I looked up to see the blonde headed bitch and her little crew behind her. She crossed her arms.

“Look who I found, guys. It’s the little whore who stole my boyfriend!” Her voice escalated as she slapped me again.

I rolled my eyes and relaxed into my seat rubbing my cheek. “One- I didn’t steal your boyfriend. He left you because you’re a psychotic cunt and-“ I didn’t get to finish before I heard a loud grunt and saw Jenna crash to the floor, knocking over a small table she tried to grip.

“Two. Sweetheart, she’s been called way worse.” Blaze smirked. She took a forced step towards the clique and half of them flinched, but all of them fled like rats away from the scene. She wasn’t afraid to beat the shit out of people. I tried to avoid it as much as possible, but she was a completely different story.

“Come on, this mall smells like fish.” She nodded her head towards Jenna, still sprawled on the floor. I couldn’t help but giggle.

“Hold up-“ I took two steps and knelt beside Jenna. “By the way, you’re looking at the wrong Way. I’m not interested in Mikey; Im fucking his brother.” I moved a piece of hair from her face and stood back up. I picked my sister up piggyback style and flew back to the car.

The car ride home was full of us screaming the lyrics to our favorite songs. I was in the middle of one she didn’t know when she turned the volume down, and I scowled at her.

“Hey, do you think Frankie likes me?” She questioned. She sounded scared, terrified even.

“Honey, what’s not to like? You’re smart, talented, may I mention GORGEOUS. Of course, not as pretty as me-“ I stopped and flinched- she hit my side.

“Oh come on, everyone knows Blaze is the better Daze.” She smiled and looked down. “Ok that was really cheesy.” She started to laugh.

“Hey, thanks for sticking up for me today. And being here- in particular. I’m more grateful then you can ever realize.” I slowed to a stop at a red light, and looked at her.

She giggled. No matter how much I loved her, her giggling always got on my nerves. “Oh I’m not here for you. I’m trying to start things with Frankie.” She stated. My face fell, and she lightly shoved me. “Kidding! I’m only kidding, Jesus. Three years and you STILL take everything way too seriously.” She laughed once more, than started hiccupping.

“Oh don’t you fucking start that shit again. Three years or not, those are still going to drive me nuts.” I groaned and turned the music back up.

It was good to have her back.

Notes

So my sister finished reading it behind my back, and she actually likes it. She begged me to add her in the story, and now she's helping me write it, proof-reading and giving me ideas that are better then what I originally planned to do with the story. So yeah, another character. I think I'm done with Jenna- maybe not. Thoughts?

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