The World is Ugly

(A/N: So, uh, I didn't know where to go with the story? Sorry for the huge time skip.)

"Are you sure you wanna do this?" Gerard asked.
"I wouldn't have made you bleach my hair and buy a bunch of dye if I didn't want to do this?"
He sighed. I had a point. "Just don't want you to remember your sweet 17 " he squirted some of the purple dye into a bowl and started applying it into my hair.

I've been dating Gee for 6 months now, next week is our anniversary. Tomorrow is also my birthday. I told him I wanted to dye my hair purple, and her was more than willing to do it for me. Thank god, I probably would've fucked it up soooo badly. He said it could be my Valentine's day present too.

For Christmas, we got matching tattoos again, this time on our backs. They simply said "MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE". I honestly really like that name. I'm really happy for them. They told me they dreamed of starting a band since they were little. They're going to New York in June, after school ends, to start recording and I'll be joining them! Anyways, Gee told me that was the first Christmas he'd celebrated in a while, along with our Thanksgiving celebration (which involved throwing frozen turkeys at eachother and pretending to get drunk off sparkling cider); "There's no point in celebrating Christmas or Thanksgiving if you don't have a family," he told me.

My scars have almost fully healed, I've tried my best not to cut. Gee told the school about the merciless beatings (and that my stress was effecting his performance in school) and we now go to the online program for Belleville High. I remember the first day we got back after our leave.

I gripped Gerard's hand tightly as we approached the school. "Ready to do this?" I asked.
"No, but it's mandatory we attend. So pretend I said yes." He chuckled. 1... 2... 3!
We walked through the doors, behind Mikey, Frankie, and Ray (we're kinda our own little clique) and, as expected, all eyes turned to me and Gee. There were several whispers and glances until I heard JJ's quite familiar voice. He walked over to us, a cheerleader by his side. I turned to Mikey and he looked like he was about to beat JJ. I mouthed, "Not unless he throws first," to him and he nodded, putting his hands down.
"So, the two emos got together, huh? Everyone expected it."
"We've been together a long time. You shitheads are just too stupid to notice," I hissed, trying to be sassy. I just sounded stupid though.
"Everyone in school knows why you weren't at school for a while, y'know. You two probably got it on. Fuckin' slut got an abortion!"
"I'll have you know, JJ, that Gerard happens to be a lot bigger than you," I snapped. I wasn't necessarily angry, just felt particularly sassy today. I turned to the cheerleader next to him. "Not worth it. He's as small as a fucking Tic-Tac. And I slept with him so he would stop annoying me to tutor him." The girl let out a small chuckle.
"You fucking bitch!" JJ yelled, and he pushed me into a locker. His eyes trailed down to my arms. "Look, you've lived up to your emo name!" He grabbed my arms and raised me by them, showing everyone the near-faded scars on my left arm. Almost everyone broke out into laughter. I, however, was thrashing about trying to escape his grip. Suddenly, JJ let go and I fell to the floor. I turned to see what happened. Mikey had apparently punched JJ in the face. Hard. The bell for class rang and Ray helped me up as Mikey and the rest threatened JJ about killing him if he ever hurt me. Greatest friends ever.

We got in trouble that day, during lunch, and that's when Gee talked about the bullying and my self harm and they told us online courses were available. We obviously agreed.

When Gerard finished, he put my hair into a net and told me it should take an hour or so. I kissed him as thanks and went downstairs.

I found Ray sitting upside down on the couch, flicking through channels.

Did I mention that the rest of our little clique practically live here at this point?

I mean, they still have rooms at their own houses, but they've brought 90% of their belongings over here and stay here almost every night. When I first found out, I was really confused. I thought we only had three rooms? I wasn't willing to share our room with anyone, as selfish as it sounds. There was apparently a guest room downstairs that I never noticed. Ray and Frankie shared that room. When I went downstairs. I heard something moving. Like, when you bump into a couch really hard and it moves a bit. That sound-- repeatedly-- coming from their room, along with several gasps and grunts.

Holy shit are they doing what I think they are.

I slowly inched towards the room. I quietly sighed before I bit the bullet and opened the door.

Mikey was hunched over Frankie, both completely uncovered. They were covered in sweat, and their faces red. It took them a few more seconds, grunts, and thrusts until Frankie saw me and yelled. He grabbed a blanket and covered both of their bodies with it. My first response was to yell "MY SWEET VIRGIN EYES!", cover my eyes, and close the door.
"YOU'RE NOT A VIRGIN ANYMORE, SWEETHEART." I heard Gee yell.
"REALLY NOT THE TIME, BABE," I yelled back. The door swung open and there stood Frankie, now clothed and blushing like mad.
"H-Haven't you heard of... of knocking?" Frankie stuttered.
"I'm sorry. I should've knocked but curiosity got the better of me..." I uncovered my eyes. "You guys couldn't've waited until tomorrow to do that?"
"Well, if you and Gerard were gonna... we didn't want to interrupt you two. Even if you weren't gonna get it on, we don't want to ruin your birthday."
I poked my head in to see Mikey sitting on the edge of the bed, head in his hands. "I won't tell, I promise."
"Well, we were kinda gonna announce it tomorrow," Mikey replied.
I turned back to Frankie. "Sorry again. Continue." I smiled. "Just not too loud." I gave him a wink and went back upstairs.

"What was that about?" Gee asked me when I came back.
"What? O-Oh, nothing..." I started blushing.
"C'mon, babe!"
"Promise me you won't pass this on and will act surprised if someone else tells you?"
"Promise."
"Fine." I sighed. "I walked in on Frankie and Mikey..."
"Fuckin' knew it."
"What?"
"You don't notice their winks at eachother and suggestive looks?"
"No...?" I really hadn't. Damn was I unobservant. Gerard chuckled. "They're gonna announce it to us tomorrow. Just... act surprised, okay?" He didn't reply, just kept smiling, probably proud of himself for being observant enough.

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