Best Friends Forever, But Not Now

We caught a plane to NJ for our record release show, We all hadn't brought much besides carry on luggage and the guys' instruments. I had to meet Frank at the front entrance of Eyeball Record House an hour after the show.

I was going to propose to him.

On the plane, all of them were taking naps and Frank was leaning on my shoulder. I couldn’t sleep if I tried. I was so terrified and so excited all at the same time. It took five and a half hours to get there, and I just couldn’t sleep. Our show would be three hours of me waiting to propose to Frank, and the show would be something so much more to the fans.

We were backstage, Frank was literally running back and forth from the bathroom three times a minute and I was trying to fix my makeup. Mikey was gelling his hair us while Ray was deciding what Metallica shirt to wear. Everything was like it used to be, but My Chemical Romance had real romance behind it and less tension.

Blood played in the background like it did during the Black Parade, changing to Look Alive Sunshine halfway through. We walked out, completely unprepared for the show with a shock of adrenaline coursing through our veins.

“We want to thank all of you for everything. Are you ready, Jersey?” I yelled into the mic.

The crowd cheered and Frank showed up behind me, throwing his guitar onto his back and reaching for the microphone.

“Today is real and everything you see tonight is a reality.” Frank put the mic back on the stand, walking back towards the right of the stage.

We played a few songs from the new album, but mainly songs from the old ones. Frank swung his guitar around as usual and we were all over the place, singing, jumping, and dancing. Towards the end of Prison, he took of his guitar, leaving it on the stage and ran up to me.

He kissed me. I don’t think we stopped exactly when we were supposed to but everyone went crazy. It wasn’t an act anymore because it never was in the first place. I wanted to tell everyone my plan to ask Frank to marry me but I couldn’t. The rest of the set was as it always was, but more real.

Once the set ended, I got changed into a suit while Frank was in the bathroom and I bolted out the door. I drove towards the Eyeball record house, a jewelry box in my lap, a silver band with gold lining inside the box. It was freezing out and I had texted Mikey, telling him he needed to show up with a camera or something to record me with and asked Ray if he could pack my things and show up.

I was sitting in the doorway of the place since Eyeball shut down years ago. I was terrified and it was 11:56. I grabbed the box and stuffed it in my inside coat pocket. The guys pulled up in Ray’s brother’s car since Ray had borrowed it for the trip.

Mikey and Ray got out of the car first, Mikey turned on his phone’s camera, stepping behind me. Ray watched from behind Frank, confused as hell. Frank was clueless and looked confused as fuck.

“What are we doing here? It’s fucking freezing!” Frank announced.

I walked over to him, and began speaking. “I met you here, 15 years ago. Before you joined MCR, before you had to sober me up, before everything. You were fresh out of high school and were attending a university on a scholarship. Here we are, in 2017, thousands of fanfictions have been written about us, you dropped out of college, we have both divorced our wives and have kids. We’ve been through almost everything together.” I gulped, kneeling down and grabbing his hand. “Here we are, fifteen years later, I’m confessing my love to you.” I bit my lip, reaching for the band. “Frank, will you marry me?”

Notes

Haha cliffhanger.
Chapter title from Till the Wheels Fall Off by L7
Anyway, click here for the playlist from the last chapter.

Tracklisting:

Coffee & TV // Blur
First Date \\ Blink 182
Baby, I'm an Anarchist // Against Me!
There is a Light That Never Goes Out \\ The Smiths
Till the Wheels Fall Off // L7
I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone \\ Sleater Kinney
Luna // The Smashing Pumpkins
505 \\ The Arctic Monkeys
Everlasting Arms // Vampire Weekend
Only of You \\ Green Day
Song 2 // Blur
You're My Best Friend \\ Queen
Do You Wanna Dance? // The Ramones
Now My Heart is Full \\ Morrissey
Destroya (Live) \\ My Chemical Romance