Jaydee stepped out of the shower and tightly wrapped the towel around her. She just couldn't stop thinking about Gerard. She picked up her jeans from the corner of the bathroom and dug into the pocket for her cell phone. Her thumb scrolled through the contact list and landed on Mikey then pressed "send". The phone rang three times before she heard movement on the other line.

"Hellooo?" Mikey sang on the other end.

"Hey Mikey. I was wondering if you wanted to get together tomorrow for lunch or something."

"I knew it! You want to start a secret sex-ca-paid with me! Don't worry I won't tell your dirty little secret." He laughed obviously joking. "But yeah sure what's up?"

"I just wanna talk....about Gee. You know him better than anyone." Jaydee chewed on her lip and tried to keep quite worried Gerard would hear her talking.

"Yeah that's cool. Is noon-ish ok?" He asked sweetly through the receiver. Mikey was always so nice.

"That sounds great." Jaydee let out a deep sigh of relief. This was at least one step closer to understanding what was happening. She needed all the help she could get.

"Ok sweetness I'll see you tomorrow."

"Cool. See you later Mikey." A smile spread across her face and she hung up.

She braced herself then slowly turned the door knob letting the steam that built up from the hot water escape into the hall way.

She made her way to their room and saw Gerard sitting on their bed where she had left him and turned to the dresser in search for clothes.

He watched her get dressed and smiled to himself. She was all his. He ignored the fact that the lock was open on the box. That thing had always been faulty. The black velvet box burned against his hand in anticipation.

"Jay?" His voice had become shaky and slightly nervous.

She turned and smiled at him it was hard not to smile at him when he looked at her with those amazing eyes.

"What's up Gee?" She asked as she wandered around the room in search of her slippers.

"Could you sit down for a moment? I want to talk to you about something."

Her stomach twisted. In that moment she began to feel sick assuming he somehow found out about her finding his box. She dragged her now Jell-o like legs over to the bed and sat on the edge. Gerard stood and began to pace back and forth. She had never seen him this way before. So...Nervous?

"I love you. With everything I've got. You're my world Jay. And now that we've moved in I was

hoping that....uh...maybe you....might....wanna....be my..." He trailed off and muttered the last word so it was inaudible to Jaydee.

"Be your what?" She almost whispered knowing what he was going to say having read his speech.

"Be....my wife?...maybe?" He slowly got on one knee and handed her the box with a shaky hand. He may have plans for her if she said no but he wanted more than anything for her answer to be yes.

In that moment she forgot all the scary past events. All she knew was that the man she had loved for 3 years was there on one knee presenting her with a ring asking to spend their lives together. Just looking at his cute yet sexy perfect face all she cared about was that she loved him.

"Yes...god yes!" She almost screamed and flung her arms tightly around his neck.

He smiled and wrapped his arms tightly around her waist. So she chose plan "A". A much better option than plan "B" and he was happy that he finally found the girl who really loved him. For the first time since he was a little kid he felt normal again. He was just a person.

He wasn't a pathetic mental patient with a tormented past. Or the faceless nameless man in the news reports. He was just Gerard and he hoped this could be the start of a normal life.
As she tightened her grip around him it all sunk in. She was about to be Mrs. Way. But would that also make her the wife of a killer? Was he really a killer? Or was she in denial. There’s no way he had that box by coincidence. She just didn't want to believe it. Thinking about this just made her want to talk to Mikey even more

-Time elapse-

Mikey had been sitting in the booth at the diner for close to 10 minutes awaiting Jaydee’s arrival. He wondered what she wanted to talk about Gerard for. Then again Gee was a very closed off person. She appeared in front of the table before his eyes smiling.

"Hey Mikey." She sat across from him with a warm smile.

"What's up Jay?" He smiled back and sipped at his coffee. Only Mikey and Gerard would order coffee with their lunch. It must have been a Way thing.

"So....uh....let's get straight to it. I was wondering if you've ever noticed your brothers...mood swings....I guess you could call them?"

"Oh you mean his PMS moments?" Mikey laughed "yeah why did he start crying while watching "Click" again?"

Jaydee laughed slightly, "no. He's just been...Angry I guess....at certain things. I mean he's always been like that but lately it’s started to worry me. I don't really know a lot about his past. And I was wondering if you knew a lot about his past girl friends or something like that? Do you think the two are connected? I know his one girl friend was murdered." Jaydee failed to mention how she had huge evidence to believe Gerard was not only her murderer but others. Though she was in denial.

Mikey looked down into his coffee and sighed deeply. "You shouldn't try and drag up the past Jaydee. “It'll only find a way to hurt you and the people around you." He muttered.

"Mikey what do you know? I love your brother but he's always been a little off...I just....I need to know why." She sighed.

"Well....sit back....you're in for one hell of a story."