Worse Than Nicotine

~Frank's POV~
The next morning my alarm woke me up at 7:00 in the morning, giving me an hour to get ready.
My legs swung over the edge of the bed lazily, a groan escaping my lips as I stood up and started my walk to the bathroom. I turned on the hot water and began to strip to my bare, naked body and stepped in once it was steaming and becoming foggy. It took awhile for me to get used to the temperature, but soon enough I was washing my hair with a fair amount of shampoo, and cleaning off my body of any dirt.

Taking a shower always cleared my head, but today there was something still not clear just yet. You guessed it, its Gerard.

He can't seem to leave my mind like any other human being in the world. Maybe he wasn't a human, maybe he was a creature from another world besides earth in the universe.

I shook my head, making myself realize that was one of the stupidest things I could've ever came up with this stupid mush of a brain inside my skull.

When I finished, I stepped out and dried off my body thoroughly so I wouldn't get my floor wet. I went to my room without a towel on since I live alone and began to get dressed with the usual black botton up shirt, black skinnies, and my pair of converse. And with that, I was out my room and on to school with my guitar Pansy on my back.

I couldn't go anywhere without it, this guitar is my life before this life I live now. It holds all my happiness and joy. But nowadays, it doesn't seem to help like it used to. I need a new distraction...

Maybe I can become interested in someone, and I can maybe start to date them if I'm up for it. Maybe I can Gerard as my new distraction and do what I can to see his pretty smile.

I stopped dead in my tracks once I understood what I had just said to myself. "Become friends with.. Gerard? Would he really want to be.. friends with.." I trailed off once I remembered yesterday and smiled, my confidence going up some so I can talk to this guy.

When I got to school, the bell had already rung for first period. "Just fucking great.." I heard someone say behind me. "My fourth day here and I'm late."

Wait. That voice. Sounds familiar. I turned around immediately and seen a bright red hair right before me. "Gerard..?" I asked softly, seeing the boy pick up his head and sure enough, it was him staring in shook as well. "Frank.." He said.

I smiled softly and walked over to him, filling in the somewhat space between us. "Its nice to see you again."

My hand stuffed itself into my pocket, fiddling with something to distract me from his face. "Yeah, you too.."
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"You pretty much have the same classes as me. So you don't have to keep looking at your schedule to make sure you're going to the right places. Just follow me and ask whatever you need to ask." I told Gerard as we started to walk to first period together. "Okay, then there is something I need to ask, but nothing school related. It's more like our personal life matters.."

What? What was he going to ask me right now? Is he going to ask me out? What?! No! We just met yesterday, there's no way he would ask me out like that.

All these questions went through my head when he said that to me, but all that came out was, "Oh, okay. What's up?"

"Well the thing is.." Oh god. He might ask me out. I don't know what to do. I felt my cheeks beginning to heat up. "Yesterday when I got home, I told my mom that I had made a friend.. She got excited and told me I should've invited you to dinner.." He said scratching the back of his head embarrassed.
I couldn't help but chuckle at him silently. So that's all he wanted to ask. Nothing more.. Good.

"So I was wondering if you would want to come over for dinner.. That's if you don't have plans later on to day that is.." He responded so fast, I couldn't really understand him. "Yeah, sure. Cool. I would like to. No plans." I said with a smile as I opened the door.

It was a sure good thing there was a substitute today, we both ended up sighing in relief. I walked in and went to the back of the room, with Gerard following behind quietly like yesterday. It made me smile that we were becoming friends already.

When we sat down, I took out my notebook and flipped to a empty page and began to doodle around random shit. While I was doing so, I didn't notice Gerard looking over at the side of my face. His cheeks were even red as he did so, not knowing I'm looking at him.

But I think he did notice shortly after, suddenly turning away and looking down at his hands in his lap. I laughed silently and looked over at him.

"I think its cool we're becoming friends.. You seem like a really cool guy." I told him in a soft whisper, resulting in him getting even more red. "M.. Me too. I'm glad we're becoming friends too.." He responded quietly, having me lean in some.

Once the bell rang, I gathered my bag and notebook and went out to the halls with, like always since yesterday, Gerard following behind like a clingy child.

When I seen a fro near my locker, I grinned. "Ray Toro my man!" I said punching him in the arm. "Frank! Sup man?" He asked.

"Who's that?" I heard him ask, and I seen him looking over my shoulder at a shy red head behind me. "Oh him? He's new here in school. His name is Gerard."

I must've knocked him out his thoughts because he jumped slightly and only waved some. "Hey.." He said simply. "Gerard, this is Ray. Or I would like to say, the FroFro King!" I said with a huge laugh and grin. "Aww man, Frank you know I dont like to be called that!" The bell rang again for second period and I groaned. "Shit man. I have to go. See you guys at lunch!" Ray said running past us to his class. "Later!" I shouted back and began to run, holding onto Gerard's hand so I wouldn't loose him in the crowd of rushing teens.

We got to class just in time before the music teacher closed the door. "This is finally a class I love.." I mumbled going to a chair in the back, pulling along Gerard. "Fr.. Frank." I heard him say softly. "Your hand.." He said poking me slightly. I must've forgotten, because I let go of his hand almost immediately and turned red, resulting in me looking down at my feet.

In the front of the class, the teacher began to talk. "Okay, class. Today we will do a group project. The group may only consist of 2 or 4 people. This project is to do a song and perform it at the end of the year. You have the remaining time of the period to chat amongst yourselves about the project." Everyone high-fived and clapped. I turned to Gerard to ask him if he wanted to work together. He agreed and then my friend Bob came out of nowhere to join us.

"So, Frank. Who's this quiet person?" He asked, of course motioning to Gerard. "Oh, this is the new kid, Gerard. He's a really cool guy." Gerard nodded in agreement and Bob grinned. "I'm Bob and I play the drums." "I sing." The red head responded. I smiled and nodded, "So then. I guess this is our group. Let's go then."

We all got up and walked over to a drum set and a amp. I took out Pansy and hooked her up, tuning her a bit after.

"Shall we do a quick check up?" Bob asked from behind the drums. Me and Gerard nodded. "What song then, dorks?" He asked. "How bout a Green Day song? Wake me up when September ends?" Gerard asked. Me and Bob both grinned at eachother and began to play without a heads up to Gerard, but he caught up.

And before I go on, can I just say that this quiet boy had one hell of a voice. His voice was so electrifying with each word he sang out into the mic. It made something spark in me, but not just about his voice. Its about everything of him.

Did I, Frank Iero, start developing a crush on Gerard Way?

The answer is yes. I am.

Notes

Hello Darlings! I am very sorry for posting late. I have to do this thing now to where I can update at least, or try to at the least, 2 or 3 times a week. I'm sorry. I've just been doing things on other websites and I can't keep track. I guess that's all I can say for now. But I hope you like the story thus far. This is what I just wrote. It all came from nowhere, no planing, just letting it do its own thing. Have fun with this weeks chapter!
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