Vampires Will Never Hurt You

“No, here, put your fingers like this,” I said as I showed Gerard how to play a G chord on my guitar, “and push down harder, that buzzing noise is going to drive me insane,” he laughed as I jokingly put my fingers to my ears.

“It’s hard! My fingers aren’t used to this.”

“It would be easier if they were on the right strings,” I chuckled. I stood behind him and put my arms around his body, showing him where to put his fingers and which strings to pluck.

“I need to take a break, my hands are in agony,” he put the guitar down and lay back on our bed. I crawled up next to him and leaned into his side, his arm wrapped around me.

“Gee, you home?” Mikey called, slamming the front door shut as he walked in.

“In here, Mikes,” Gee replied, Mikey immediately storming into our room.

“I need to talk to you,” he said, pulling Gerard’s desk chair over by our bed and taking a seat.

“Are you okay?” Gerard asked as he sat up.

“Yeah, I’m fine; I just need to get this off my chest. If I don’t tell someone I think I might explode. Alright, so Hayley and I were in the park,” he started, “we were lying in the grass watching the clouds and we were laughing at some dumb joke I made and she grabbed my hand. So then we laid there holding hands and it just sort of clicked in my mind that I think I like her. Now there’s all these questions floating around my brain and it feels like my mind is about to explode. I mean, I thought I was gay, and does she even like me? What do I do? Am I bi now?” He groaned and put his head in his hands.

“If I were you I would just tell her how you feel,” I offered. “It sounds to me like when she grabbed your hand she was trying to express her feelings for you in some way, whether you understood that or not. She’s probably too afraid to tell you how she feels, so if you tell her that you like her it might make it easier for her.”

“But what if she doesn’t like me in the way I like her?”

“But what if she does?”

“It’s better to find out how she feels instead of regretting not talking to her about it,” Gerard added.

“I guess you’re right. Okay, I’ll talk to her. Thanks, guys,” Mikey said, his voice much calmer than when he first started talking. He walked out of our room and closed the door behind him, leaving me and Gerard alone once again. I jumped up and grabbed my guitar, placing it back in his hands.

“Come on, I want to teach you at least one more song today,” I smiled. He let out a frustrated sigh but agreed anyway.

Mikey’s POV

I left Frank and Gerard’s room feeling relieved. I no longer felt like my head was going to explode. I entered my room and pulled out my phone, opening a text from Hayley.

Are you okay? You seemed kind of distracted earlier. xx

I smiled at her concern and quickly typed out a reply.

I’m fine, just had a lot on my mind. I was actually wondering if maybe u wanted to go out for dinner tonight? :)

I pressed send before I could talk myself out of it and waited for her response. Not a minute later I heard the familiar ding of a text notification.

Yeah! Pick me up in 15 minutes?

I chuckled at her use of the smiling cat emoji on the end and replied back a simple “sure”. I replaced my t-shirt for a grey button-up and fixed my hair, spraying a bit of cologne. I looked in the mirror and frowned. It definitely looked like I was trying too hard. I eventually settled on a black hoodie and slid my converse on, grabbing my wallet and keys and running out the door. I checked the clock as I parked outside Hayley’s house, I was 2 minutes early.

“Hey, Mikes!” she called as she stepped out of her house, locking the door behind her. She pulled me into a hug and I breathed in the vanilla scent of her hair. I opened the passenger side door for her before sitting in the driver’s seat.

We sat in Domino’s waiting for our pizza when I decided to bring it up. She was talking about her friend who has a crush on a guy she met at a bookstore and I saw my opportunity.

“Whenever I mention him she gets all shy and tries to change the subject, it’s so cute,” Hayley chuckled as she sipped her drink.

“What about you?” I asked, smiling to cover up how nervous I was.

“What about me?” she repeated, confused by what I meant.

“Is there anyone you like?”

“Well, there’s one guy,” she started messing with a straw wrapper as she spoke, “I’m not sure how he feels about me, but I’m too scared to ask, I don’t want to make things awkward between us, y’know?”

“Yeah, I totally understand. I like this girl, I didn’t actually realize I did until recently,” she looked disappointed, probably thinking I meant someone other than her. “We’re really good friends and I want us to be more than that, but I have no idea how she feels about me.”

“What’s her name?” she asked, crossing her arms on the table.

I hesitated a bit before I spoke. “Hayley,” I blurted out, my eyes locked on hers. Her eyes widened and she smiled, I couldn’t help but smile back.

“Well that’s good, because I really like this guy named Mikey,” she leaned forward as she spoke. I was contemplating kissing her when the waitress arrived with our pizza, interrupting my thoughts. We ate pretty quickly and sat there talking for a while; I told her that her holding my hand was what made me realize I liked her as more than just a friend and she said she had a crush on me ever since she first saw me in the music store. That’s how we met; she works at the music store and I would hang out there at least twice a week for two months and then I asked her if she wanted to hang out with me at Gee’s apartment and she said yes.

“Do you want to stay at Gerard’s apartment with me again tonight?” I asked.

“I wish I could, but I’ve got to work tomorrow,” she said, sticking out her bottom lip. “You can stay at my place if you want.” I smiled at the idea.

“Yeah, that sounds great.”

Notes

I started listening to The Brobecks and I literally can't stop someone send help