Common People
2001
September 19 2001
It had been a week since Gerard had called me. We haven't done much about the band but apparently Gerard had found positions for everyone. I was going to his house for practice or writing or whatever. I knocked on the door and Gerard opened the door and immediately greeted me. Gerard was still in his pyjamas and large black hoodie when he greeted me. I shouldn't be talking though, I was in sweat pants and a hoodie as well.
"We're going to the attic" He stated and I started laughing at him. "I'm serious!" He exclaimed.
"Alright" I groaned and twirled on of my dread locks between my fingers.
He lead me up a set of old stairs to his attic and when I got there I saw another familiar face and a couple new ones. Gerard lead me to the first guy who had short and curly hair and round glasses. He introduced himself as Ray and then Gerard lead me to the next person.
"Matt, this is Frank" Gerard said.
"Aw he's so tiny. Like a little baby" Matt said and started laughing. Yeah I was shorter than everyone there, like usual.
I started giggling to myself but apparently it was too loud cause everyone else noticed. I have a really high pitched laugh due to the amounts of pot I smoked awhile back but I have quit recently.
"You're the band's baby from now on" Matt said and backed up, letting me come through. The rest of the guys started giggling at that and nodded.
"Okay fine" I agreed and nodded.
Gerard sat down in a folding chair and looked up at me.
"You brought your guitar right?" Gerard asked.
"No, the case that I'm carrying is empty" I said and started giggling at my own joke.
"Don't get it out yet, I'm not sure if we're doing anything music like" Gerard said.
I set my guitar case up against a wall and walked back over to everyone. All we were really doing was sitting around and talking. We just really got to know each other and didn't do much stuff involving the band.
"At this rate, we wont have anything out for the next year. But I'm okay with that" Gerard said.
When it was late and Matt had left and Mikey had gone to bed, I decided I should probably get going. Gerard walked me downstairs and waved me goodbye at the front door.
"I think this is going to turn out really great" Gerard said and smiled. I nodded my head and reached my hand out for him to shake and he denied it.
"We're band mates now, I think I deserve a hug" Gerard chuckled.
"You fucking flirt" I smiled and hugged him. Gerard started giggling at what I said.
Yes he giggled. I hadn't heard him giggle in the year and a half we had known each other for.
"Oh I know" He said after I let go of him. "So uh I don't know if the band is going to do anything really soon but I'll write some songs and we can go over them some time?" Gerard said.
"Yeah sure!" I smiled.
"Alright, well i'll call you when I know what's going on" He said and smiled.
I smiled back and shifted a bit, grasping onto my guitar case tighter. I smiled back to Gerard and waved him goodbye for today leaving his house and sighing deeply to myself.
It had been a week since Gerard had called me. We haven't done much about the band but apparently Gerard had found positions for everyone. I was going to his house for practice or writing or whatever. I knocked on the door and Gerard opened the door and immediately greeted me. Gerard was still in his pyjamas and large black hoodie when he greeted me. I shouldn't be talking though, I was in sweat pants and a hoodie as well.
"We're going to the attic" He stated and I started laughing at him. "I'm serious!" He exclaimed.
"Alright" I groaned and twirled on of my dread locks between my fingers.
He lead me up a set of old stairs to his attic and when I got there I saw another familiar face and a couple new ones. Gerard lead me to the first guy who had short and curly hair and round glasses. He introduced himself as Ray and then Gerard lead me to the next person.
"Matt, this is Frank" Gerard said.
"Aw he's so tiny. Like a little baby" Matt said and started laughing. Yeah I was shorter than everyone there, like usual.
I started giggling to myself but apparently it was too loud cause everyone else noticed. I have a really high pitched laugh due to the amounts of pot I smoked awhile back but I have quit recently.
"You're the band's baby from now on" Matt said and backed up, letting me come through. The rest of the guys started giggling at that and nodded.
"Okay fine" I agreed and nodded.
Gerard sat down in a folding chair and looked up at me.
"You brought your guitar right?" Gerard asked.
"No, the case that I'm carrying is empty" I said and started giggling at my own joke.
"Don't get it out yet, I'm not sure if we're doing anything music like" Gerard said.
I set my guitar case up against a wall and walked back over to everyone. All we were really doing was sitting around and talking. We just really got to know each other and didn't do much stuff involving the band.
"At this rate, we wont have anything out for the next year. But I'm okay with that" Gerard said.
When it was late and Matt had left and Mikey had gone to bed, I decided I should probably get going. Gerard walked me downstairs and waved me goodbye at the front door.
"I think this is going to turn out really great" Gerard said and smiled. I nodded my head and reached my hand out for him to shake and he denied it.
"We're band mates now, I think I deserve a hug" Gerard chuckled.
"You fucking flirt" I smiled and hugged him. Gerard started giggling at what I said.
Yes he giggled. I hadn't heard him giggle in the year and a half we had known each other for.
"Oh I know" He said after I let go of him. "So uh I don't know if the band is going to do anything really soon but I'll write some songs and we can go over them some time?" Gerard said.
"Yeah sure!" I smiled.
"Alright, well i'll call you when I know what's going on" He said and smiled.
I smiled back and shifted a bit, grasping onto my guitar case tighter. I smiled back to Gerard and waved him goodbye for today leaving his house and sighing deeply to myself.
Notes
I had to do a fuck load of research for this fic and watch so many mcr videos and interviews and jot down stuff and just do a LOT so i'm very excited to continue.
wait its chapter 2. did I really already get into the Frerard? hahahahahaha no. I'm not doing Frerard this early...maybe in 2003 or 2004...
okay
well fuck.
sorry for the short chapters.
bye xo
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I was gonna go to a Pierce the Veil/Sleeping with Sirens concert with my friend, but they just jumped up one day and said I couldn't, I was like what the actual fuck?! My dad was gonna come with us and everything, so I don't understand what the problem was. Anyway yeah, rant over :)
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