Do You Wanna Hold My Hand?
New School.
Chapter 1 : New School
It was a Monday morning during November and Gerard was walking the long way to his new school in Hull. It was too cold for his liking even though he'd put on a dark scarf and matching leather gloves to protect his ivory skin from the bite of the frost. Music was blasting from his headphones as he turned the corner onto the street of his new school. Kids were everywhere of all shapes and sizes, most of them a similar height to Gerard but few as thin and stick like. As Gerard entered the courtyard via a pair of large rusted gates, he noticed the school looked a lot less appealing then it did in the leaflet. The paint on the window sills was flaking and the guttering above part of the entrance had become loose and was dripping rain water onto the left hand side of the schools main entrance. As he walked up the winding path towards the main entrance a group of girls walked by giggling at him, probably laughing about his long dyed hair like most kids did. The hallway that lead to various classrooms inside the school looked as dilapidated as the outside, the paint on the walls had began to flake and the white floor had turned an unappealing grey colour. Gerard followed the sign that directed him to the main office so he could collect his timetable.
As Gerard turned a corner on his way to the office he walked into a large, well built boy who towered over him. The boy turned to Gerard and looked slightly stunned that he didn't know who the boy was. Gerard tried to walk around the jock and his friends whilst mumbling an apology at the floor but the jock grabbed Gerard's bag and pulled him back.
"Hey there, you must the newbie all the teachers have been talkin' about" the jock said, getting practically nose to nose with Gerard who sighed at the thought of everyone talking about him before he'd even started his first day.
"Apparently so" Gerard said as he yanked his bag back from the jocks greasy hands. Gerard turned to carry on his journey to the office but the jock grabbed his shoulder and slammed him into the nearby dark green lockers.
"Look freak, don't get all sarcy with me, you don't wanna get beat up on your first day now do ya ya little emo" the jock spat on the floor next to Gerard.
"I'm no freak thanks, but maybe if you stopped taking all those steroids you wouldn't be one" Gerard chuckled to himself but was smashed to the floor by the jock. Gerard's nose suddenly went numb with pain and he wondered what had happened until he heard the jocks friends start shouting "Fight! Fight! Fight!" and came to the conclusion the jock must have punched him in the face.
"Fucking bastard" Gerard muttered.
"What the fuck did you say you little freak?!" The jock screamed in Gerard's face as he bunched up Gerard' white shirt in his fists.
"You heard perfectly fucking well what I said bastard" Gerard laughed before the jock delivered yet another blow to Gerard's face. A small crowd had begun to gather around the two boys on the floor before a teacher ran up and dragged the shouting jock off of Gerard. A small boy with part of his hair shaved and the other part dyed black and gelled into spikes walked up to Gerard and offered him his hand.
"It's not the brightest idea to piss Bert off on your first day" the small boy chuckled. Gerard took the boys hand and pulled himself up, swaying slightly as he did so. A girl that was stood near by began to scream as she saw Gerard's nose and all the blood.
"You might wanna get that checked out by the nurse" the small boy said pointing at Gerard's bloodied nose.
"Yeah, yeah, I gotta go pick up my timetable first though. Wouldn't wanna be late on my first day." Gerard chuckled as the bell rang.
The small boy accompanied Gerard to the office to collect his timetable and insisted Gerard visit the school nurse before he go to class.
"Fine, fine, if it'll shut you up." Gerard moaned. The two boys walked down the corridors to the nurses office in silence till the smaller boy turned to Gerard and offered him his hand.
"My names Frank, what's yours?" He asked in a cheerful tone.
"Gerard" he muttered and shook Franks hand lightly.
The two boys carried on walking in silence till they reached the nurses office at which point Gerard handed Frank his timetable and asked if he could look after it whilst he saw the nurse.
"Sure thing Gerard." Frank smiled and sat down with the timetable on a small blue plastic chair next to the door of the nurses office.
Gerard walked out of the office 15 minutes later with a bundle of discoloured tissues pressed against the bloodied collar of his shirt trying to remove the stain. Frank hopped up from where he had been sitting studying Gerard's timetable to greet the black haired boy.
"What did the nurse say?" Frank asked, a note of genuine sympathy in his voice.
"Just to take some pain killers and make sure it doesn't keep bleeding." Gerard shrugged.
"Oh right," Frank murmured at the floor, "hey you'll never guess what Gerard! We have all the same glasses except History!" Frank was practically jumping up and down with excitement.
"Oh, that's, nice." Gerard mumbled whilst looking down at his bloodied shirt and taking his timetable back from Frank.
The two boys had maths first, a lesson Gerard had hated all 14 years of his life, especially on Monday mornings. Their teacher Mrs Bedford glared at the two of them as they walked in 40 minutes late for class. Frank walked to the back of the classroom and took his usual seat and put his satchel on the empty chair next to him. Gerard walked up to the teachers desk and handed her a note from the red headed receptionist which pointed out the fact that Gerard was the new student. Mrs Bedford pointed at the seat next to Frank telling him to sit there and carried on with her lesson before Gerard had even managed to take his seat next to the small boy who had a creepily large grin on his face as he moved his satchel.
The last 20 minutes left of maths went by slowly, time was only filled by the dull questions Gerard had been ordered to answer. Everyone had been told to sit in absolute silence whilst the teacher marked a bunch of test papers so there was no chance of having a conversation with the strange boy next to him.
History period two flew by, the teacher Mr Wadley was a bit of a strange teacher, but in a good way. He quizzed Gerard on what he knew about the Russian revolution and the Bolshevik party which allowed Gerard to take his teacher by surprise considering he had finished the topic a month ago at his previous school. Mr Wadley gave all the kids revision guides for their test next week and let them out just after the bell signalling break time had gone.
Gerard wandered around the school trying to find the rooms of some of his classes and his locker. He eventually found the dark green locker on the top row that belonged to him. After throwing his history revision guide and maths homework into the green abyss, Gerard found his way to the canteen to try and find the strange Frank boy. Just as Gerard was about to give up and try looking around the outside eating area, he spotted the black haired boy sat opposite two other kids, one with short blonde hair, the other with a dark brown afro. Gerard walked over to the three boys and smiled at Frank who signalled for Gerard to come over and sit with them. The two boys sat opposite Gerard smiled brightly at him as he sat down next to Frank.
"Hey Gerard!" Frank beamed, "this is Ray," he signalled to the boy with the brown afro, "and this is Bob." He signalled to the blonde. The two boys said hi as Frank pointed to them. Gerard smiled back at the two meekly and said hi.
"Ray was just saying that him and Bob went to see the new Frankenweenie film at the weekend, have you seen it Gerard?" Frank smiled brightly at the olive eyed boy whilst trying to incorporate him into the conversation.
"Err yeah, I've seen it three times actually, I went with my little brother Mikey a couple of days ago and I've seen it twice on my own." Gerard said, looking down when he mentioned about going by himself.
"Lucky, is it good? I haven't gotten to see it yet and these two assholes won't tell me about it." Frank winked.
"Err yeah I suppose," Gerard smiled, "I mean it was good enough for me to go see it three times so it must be right?" Gerard laughed slightly hoping the other boys would join in, which thankfully for Gerard they did. The boys continued to chat about the film until the bell signalling the start of lessons rang once again. Frank smiled at Gerard and grabbed his arm, dragging him to geography with Mrs Thompson.
Frank and Gerard ended up sitting next to each other again in geography and happened to have Ray and Bob in front of them. The teacher handed out books and sheets for everyone to fill in and sat behind her desk sipping away at her cup of coffee whilst reading Twilight. Everybody began to turn to their partners and start chatting whilst doing the work. Frank turned to Gerard and started quizzing him on himself, what was his favourite comic book character? Did he like the misfits? Was Mikey his only sibling?
Frank carried on quizzing Gerard whilst Gerard studied Frank. The smaller boy had a silver lip ring which Gerard was fascinated by, he was lost in the boys chocolaty brown eyes whilst he talked. Frank seemed to have a similar skin colour to Gerard's, just not as pale and death like. Frank giggled childishly at a joke Gerard had made about Batman which made Gerard's heart melt a little inside. The teacher came around the desks and collected everyone's work as the bell signalling lunch time rang.
Frank and Gerard walked to the canteen and sat down where they had been sat previously. Ray and Bob came and sat with them a few minutes later, Ray leading Bob via his hand. Gerard looked at Frank quizzically.
"Yeah their together, have been for 3 years." Frank chuckled as Bob pecked Ray on the cheek before taking back his hand.
"Aww don't worry Frank, you'll find that special guy one day." Ray winked at him and chuckled. Frank just muttered and shook his head. Gerard looked quizzical.
"So, are you guys all gay?" Gerard asked.
The three boys nodded in unison. Gerard just made an o shape with his mouth and unpacked his lunch box from his bag.
"That's not a problem or anything is it?" Frank asked, a note of worry in his voice.
"Well it might be if I wasn't gay but I kind of am." Gerard chuckled as the three boys looked slightly worried. Frank looked relieved when Gerard said that. The boys carried on with their lunch time, munching their way through their sandwiches and chatting about comic books and bands.
The rest of the day flew by after lunch had ended. Frank had carried on his quiz of strange little questions throughout ICT and Science until the end of the day. Gerard had waved Ray, Bob and Frank goodbye at the gates as they filed into Bob's mums car for a lift home and plugged his headphones into his iPod and turned the volume up.
Gerard walked through the front door of his small three bedroom house to be greeted by a hyper Mikey with a packet of skittles. Gerard just laughed and ruffled his hair on the way to his room, opening the door which had the misfits logo stapled onto it and a range of different comic book heroes next to it. Gerard shut his door, dropped his bag and collapsed onto his bed, entering dreams filled with images of Frank.
It was a Monday morning during November and Gerard was walking the long way to his new school in Hull. It was too cold for his liking even though he'd put on a dark scarf and matching leather gloves to protect his ivory skin from the bite of the frost. Music was blasting from his headphones as he turned the corner onto the street of his new school. Kids were everywhere of all shapes and sizes, most of them a similar height to Gerard but few as thin and stick like. As Gerard entered the courtyard via a pair of large rusted gates, he noticed the school looked a lot less appealing then it did in the leaflet. The paint on the window sills was flaking and the guttering above part of the entrance had become loose and was dripping rain water onto the left hand side of the schools main entrance. As he walked up the winding path towards the main entrance a group of girls walked by giggling at him, probably laughing about his long dyed hair like most kids did. The hallway that lead to various classrooms inside the school looked as dilapidated as the outside, the paint on the walls had began to flake and the white floor had turned an unappealing grey colour. Gerard followed the sign that directed him to the main office so he could collect his timetable.
As Gerard turned a corner on his way to the office he walked into a large, well built boy who towered over him. The boy turned to Gerard and looked slightly stunned that he didn't know who the boy was. Gerard tried to walk around the jock and his friends whilst mumbling an apology at the floor but the jock grabbed Gerard's bag and pulled him back.
"Hey there, you must the newbie all the teachers have been talkin' about" the jock said, getting practically nose to nose with Gerard who sighed at the thought of everyone talking about him before he'd even started his first day.
"Apparently so" Gerard said as he yanked his bag back from the jocks greasy hands. Gerard turned to carry on his journey to the office but the jock grabbed his shoulder and slammed him into the nearby dark green lockers.
"Look freak, don't get all sarcy with me, you don't wanna get beat up on your first day now do ya ya little emo" the jock spat on the floor next to Gerard.
"I'm no freak thanks, but maybe if you stopped taking all those steroids you wouldn't be one" Gerard chuckled to himself but was smashed to the floor by the jock. Gerard's nose suddenly went numb with pain and he wondered what had happened until he heard the jocks friends start shouting "Fight! Fight! Fight!" and came to the conclusion the jock must have punched him in the face.
"Fucking bastard" Gerard muttered.
"What the fuck did you say you little freak?!" The jock screamed in Gerard's face as he bunched up Gerard' white shirt in his fists.
"You heard perfectly fucking well what I said bastard" Gerard laughed before the jock delivered yet another blow to Gerard's face. A small crowd had begun to gather around the two boys on the floor before a teacher ran up and dragged the shouting jock off of Gerard. A small boy with part of his hair shaved and the other part dyed black and gelled into spikes walked up to Gerard and offered him his hand.
"It's not the brightest idea to piss Bert off on your first day" the small boy chuckled. Gerard took the boys hand and pulled himself up, swaying slightly as he did so. A girl that was stood near by began to scream as she saw Gerard's nose and all the blood.
"You might wanna get that checked out by the nurse" the small boy said pointing at Gerard's bloodied nose.
"Yeah, yeah, I gotta go pick up my timetable first though. Wouldn't wanna be late on my first day." Gerard chuckled as the bell rang.
The small boy accompanied Gerard to the office to collect his timetable and insisted Gerard visit the school nurse before he go to class.
"Fine, fine, if it'll shut you up." Gerard moaned. The two boys walked down the corridors to the nurses office in silence till the smaller boy turned to Gerard and offered him his hand.
"My names Frank, what's yours?" He asked in a cheerful tone.
"Gerard" he muttered and shook Franks hand lightly.
The two boys carried on walking in silence till they reached the nurses office at which point Gerard handed Frank his timetable and asked if he could look after it whilst he saw the nurse.
"Sure thing Gerard." Frank smiled and sat down with the timetable on a small blue plastic chair next to the door of the nurses office.
Gerard walked out of the office 15 minutes later with a bundle of discoloured tissues pressed against the bloodied collar of his shirt trying to remove the stain. Frank hopped up from where he had been sitting studying Gerard's timetable to greet the black haired boy.
"What did the nurse say?" Frank asked, a note of genuine sympathy in his voice.
"Just to take some pain killers and make sure it doesn't keep bleeding." Gerard shrugged.
"Oh right," Frank murmured at the floor, "hey you'll never guess what Gerard! We have all the same glasses except History!" Frank was practically jumping up and down with excitement.
"Oh, that's, nice." Gerard mumbled whilst looking down at his bloodied shirt and taking his timetable back from Frank.
The two boys had maths first, a lesson Gerard had hated all 14 years of his life, especially on Monday mornings. Their teacher Mrs Bedford glared at the two of them as they walked in 40 minutes late for class. Frank walked to the back of the classroom and took his usual seat and put his satchel on the empty chair next to him. Gerard walked up to the teachers desk and handed her a note from the red headed receptionist which pointed out the fact that Gerard was the new student. Mrs Bedford pointed at the seat next to Frank telling him to sit there and carried on with her lesson before Gerard had even managed to take his seat next to the small boy who had a creepily large grin on his face as he moved his satchel.
The last 20 minutes left of maths went by slowly, time was only filled by the dull questions Gerard had been ordered to answer. Everyone had been told to sit in absolute silence whilst the teacher marked a bunch of test papers so there was no chance of having a conversation with the strange boy next to him.
History period two flew by, the teacher Mr Wadley was a bit of a strange teacher, but in a good way. He quizzed Gerard on what he knew about the Russian revolution and the Bolshevik party which allowed Gerard to take his teacher by surprise considering he had finished the topic a month ago at his previous school. Mr Wadley gave all the kids revision guides for their test next week and let them out just after the bell signalling break time had gone.
Gerard wandered around the school trying to find the rooms of some of his classes and his locker. He eventually found the dark green locker on the top row that belonged to him. After throwing his history revision guide and maths homework into the green abyss, Gerard found his way to the canteen to try and find the strange Frank boy. Just as Gerard was about to give up and try looking around the outside eating area, he spotted the black haired boy sat opposite two other kids, one with short blonde hair, the other with a dark brown afro. Gerard walked over to the three boys and smiled at Frank who signalled for Gerard to come over and sit with them. The two boys sat opposite Gerard smiled brightly at him as he sat down next to Frank.
"Hey Gerard!" Frank beamed, "this is Ray," he signalled to the boy with the brown afro, "and this is Bob." He signalled to the blonde. The two boys said hi as Frank pointed to them. Gerard smiled back at the two meekly and said hi.
"Ray was just saying that him and Bob went to see the new Frankenweenie film at the weekend, have you seen it Gerard?" Frank smiled brightly at the olive eyed boy whilst trying to incorporate him into the conversation.
"Err yeah, I've seen it three times actually, I went with my little brother Mikey a couple of days ago and I've seen it twice on my own." Gerard said, looking down when he mentioned about going by himself.
"Lucky, is it good? I haven't gotten to see it yet and these two assholes won't tell me about it." Frank winked.
"Err yeah I suppose," Gerard smiled, "I mean it was good enough for me to go see it three times so it must be right?" Gerard laughed slightly hoping the other boys would join in, which thankfully for Gerard they did. The boys continued to chat about the film until the bell signalling the start of lessons rang once again. Frank smiled at Gerard and grabbed his arm, dragging him to geography with Mrs Thompson.
Frank and Gerard ended up sitting next to each other again in geography and happened to have Ray and Bob in front of them. The teacher handed out books and sheets for everyone to fill in and sat behind her desk sipping away at her cup of coffee whilst reading Twilight. Everybody began to turn to their partners and start chatting whilst doing the work. Frank turned to Gerard and started quizzing him on himself, what was his favourite comic book character? Did he like the misfits? Was Mikey his only sibling?
Frank carried on quizzing Gerard whilst Gerard studied Frank. The smaller boy had a silver lip ring which Gerard was fascinated by, he was lost in the boys chocolaty brown eyes whilst he talked. Frank seemed to have a similar skin colour to Gerard's, just not as pale and death like. Frank giggled childishly at a joke Gerard had made about Batman which made Gerard's heart melt a little inside. The teacher came around the desks and collected everyone's work as the bell signalling lunch time rang.
Frank and Gerard walked to the canteen and sat down where they had been sat previously. Ray and Bob came and sat with them a few minutes later, Ray leading Bob via his hand. Gerard looked at Frank quizzically.
"Yeah their together, have been for 3 years." Frank chuckled as Bob pecked Ray on the cheek before taking back his hand.
"Aww don't worry Frank, you'll find that special guy one day." Ray winked at him and chuckled. Frank just muttered and shook his head. Gerard looked quizzical.
"So, are you guys all gay?" Gerard asked.
The three boys nodded in unison. Gerard just made an o shape with his mouth and unpacked his lunch box from his bag.
"That's not a problem or anything is it?" Frank asked, a note of worry in his voice.
"Well it might be if I wasn't gay but I kind of am." Gerard chuckled as the three boys looked slightly worried. Frank looked relieved when Gerard said that. The boys carried on with their lunch time, munching their way through their sandwiches and chatting about comic books and bands.
The rest of the day flew by after lunch had ended. Frank had carried on his quiz of strange little questions throughout ICT and Science until the end of the day. Gerard had waved Ray, Bob and Frank goodbye at the gates as they filed into Bob's mums car for a lift home and plugged his headphones into his iPod and turned the volume up.
Gerard walked through the front door of his small three bedroom house to be greeted by a hyper Mikey with a packet of skittles. Gerard just laughed and ruffled his hair on the way to his room, opening the door which had the misfits logo stapled onto it and a range of different comic book heroes next to it. Gerard shut his door, dropped his bag and collapsed onto his bed, entering dreams filled with images of Frank.
7/27/13