I slowly followed Gerard and realised he was singing the song he sung last night. It was really a beautiful song.
"You guys ready to go?"Linda asked as I reached the bottom of the stairs.
"Yeah... Claire I think you should stay here for the rest of day okay?"I smiled as Claire came and hugged my leg.

"Okay... Baby maker."She cackled. Jesus.
"Umm I'm not going to comment."Linda said as she walked out to her car.
"Lets go!"Gerard shouted suddenly and raced out to the car, jumping into the front seat. Cheeky bastard.

I went out after him and slowly got into the back seat of the car. Gerard was giving Linda a weird look that raised a lot of questions in my head but I left them because Linda looked like she was about to cry.

We drove away in silence. Not one word being spoken until we had arrived at the school. Linda stopped the car just before the staff carpark.
"Gerard I want to talk to you before you go home okay?"Linda said, not taking her eyes away from the front window.

"Okay."Gerard mumbled and got out of the car straight away. I glanced at Lindas face before awkwardly getting out of the car. Linda drove off and parked her car. Entering the school through the teahcers staffroom. Fuck that was awkward.

Gerard grabbed my hand and entwined our fingers, pulling me over to the art building.
"So uh..."
"Dont ask."Gerard grumbled.
"Okay..."I looked away and out onto the feild. There was a group of cheerleaders down one end, a class playing football and to Gerard and I's surprise, Mr Stump with a class.

We changed direction and trudged across the field towards him.
"Gerard and Frank. What can I do for you two?"He smiled at us as we apporached. He was sitting on a stool in front of an easel painting god knows what with the rest of his class looking the same.

"Oh well we were just going to spend the rest of the day in art. Is the classroom open?"Gerard said, pointing over his shoulder with his thumb.
"Uh no hold on."Mr Stump put his paint brush down and started rummaging around in his pocket, probably getting paint everywhere, and produced a set of keys,"You know which one right?"

"Yeah yeah thanks. Lets go Frank."Gerard smiled and pulled me away from the field.
"How often are you in here by yourself?"I asked him, curiosity burning my tongue.
"Well until a month ago quite a lot actually. I would always finish my paintings, get tips on a few things... Sit and talk with Mr Stump..."Gerard trailed off. I nodded even though he wasn't looking at me.

We reached the classroom and Gerard unlocked it with ease. The room smelt like paint and something else.
"Jesus do you smell that?"Gerard asked me as he took in a big breath.
"The paint? Or the- something else?"I said, sniffing slightly. I had smelt it once before but I couldn't place it.

"The something else. It's ridiculously strong. You know what it is right?"Gerard looked at me with a grin on his face as he dumped his bag on his desk.
"Uh I didn't think it was that strong but no... What is it?"I asked him and sat down on one of the desks.

"Its fucking sex!"Gerard grinned even wider somehow.
"I-what?"I sniffed again and then it hit me. Sex didn't exactly have a specific smell exactly. More like the stench of sweat and cum and satisfaction all mixing together to create this one weird smell. Sex.

Gerard walked over to Mr Stump's desk and started rifling through some papers.
"Gerard what are you doing?"I asked as I rushed over to him.
"Looking for this."Gerard held up a piece of paper with a grid on it.

"What is it?"I asked coming slightly closer so I could read the words printed on it.
"His timetable. Look here. Before lunch he had a free period. Then lunch. And then a class. I think someone's been doing the hanky panky in his classroom."Gerard winked at me, shaking the paper.

"You really think so?"I grinned, snatching the timetable from his hands to see for myself.
"Well think about it Frankie, this room reeks of it no matter how hard he tried to cover it up with paint. He had a free period then lunch. Plenty of time to use the extra credit students to get the smell of actual art and not the other form pervading the air. Mr Stump had sex and you know it."Gerard was laughing. Loudly.

"Gerard keep it down. Mr Stump might hear you."I giggled at his childish face.
"Sorry... Come on, lets get drawing."Gerard smiled and went back to his desk and pulled his sketchbook out of his bag. I followed him and sat down in front of him.

"Who do you think he slept with?"I asked suddenly.
"I dunno... Another teacher maybe?"Gerard said as he got out his pencils.
"Oooh what if it was a student!"I thought out loud. Wouldn't that be a scandal.

"I dont think Mr Stump is the type of teacher to do that... Although he is young enough."Gerard said. He got himself comfortable and looked up at me,"Okay... Ummm. Wait right there."He smiled. I watched as he started closing the blinds around the room. Okay. Then he turned the lights on. There were three rows and each row had a switch.

He came back over to me and sat in his chair.
"Shit."He mumbled and got up again. The middle row of lights went off and he was in front of me again.
"Nope."He grumbled and got up again. The middle row of lights came back on then the far left ones went off.

When he sat back down he grinned.
"Perfect."
I smiled at his perfect face and watched him as he erased whatever he had already drawn and started drawing something new, looking up into my eyes everynow and then.

-time lapse-

The bell rang and shook me out of my trance. I never knew it took so long to draw a pair of eyes. The classroom door opened and Mr Stump walked in with his class filing in behind him.

"Put your things back, wash your hands and give me your work. Once you've done that you can go."Mr Stump smiled at his class. He walked over to us as the teenagers started creating a racket that seemed extremely loud compared to our silence beforehand.

"Well well well. Gerard this looks amazing."Mr Stump stared down in amazement at Gerard's drawing.
"Let me see."I said, standing up to get a look but Gerard hid it from me.
"Not until its done."He smiled at me as I sat back down annoyed. I just wanted to see it.

The people from the class seemed to disappear and all was quiet again. I looked at Gerard and sighed. I couldn't understand why he was keeping it from me. I had already seen the rest of the drawing it was just the eyes.

"Oh now Gerard... I don't think there is anything you could do to make this better. Just show him."Mr Stump said. Gerard looked up at him before looking back down at the drawing. With a sigh he flipped it around and showed me.

It was beautiful.
"It's beautiful."I said aloud.
"Thank you..."Gerard blushed. Cute.

"Right. Do you guys want to stay here any longer?"Mr Stump clapped his hands together and looked at us both.
"Uhh why the rush?"Gerard asked him innocently.
"Oh no reason I just um... Have plans."Mr Stump smiled and turned away from us. I looked at Gerard who was staring at the back of Mr Stump.

"Oh right okay well um... Frank acutally wanted some help on his ah drawing."Gerard made up. Shit.
"Well let me see it then."Mr Stump came back over to us and waited for me.

I slowly pulled my drawing out of my bag. From the day I drew it I hadnt even looked at it.
"This one? I thought you finished this weeks ago?"Mr Stump said and took it from me.
"Yeah I um have sort of been... Tweaking it a bit?"I lied.

"Oh I see yes..."Mr Stump was looking it up and down nodding.
"I think what it needs is... A little more expression on her face."He said and pointed to the woman.
"Yeah I see... Okay I'll get started on that now."I smiled and took it from him.

Gerard grinned at me as Mr Stump went to his desk and started going through some work while I pretended to draw.
"Soo.. Stumpie. What are your plans for tonight then?"Gerard asked casually. I kept my head down as Gerard started to wheedle who Mr Stump was screwing out of him.

"Oh just a um... Drinks thing with a collegue."Mr Stump stuttered.
"Oh yeah? Which teacher?"Gerard turned to a new page in his sketchbook and winked at me.
"Look it's none of your business okay?"Mr Stump burst out.

You know that whole word vomit thing? Like when you are going to throw up but you cant stop it? Thats what I had with my words. It was horrible. I could not stop myself and was apalled when I actually said it.

"Mr Stump we know you had sex in here today."I blurted out. I gasped and put my hand over my mouth.
"Frank!"Gerard looked up at me in shock.
"I- am so so sorry. I cannot believe I just said that."I said. I was blushing furiously but so was Mr Stump.

"I-it's okay... Just- ju- how do you know?"
Wow he wasnt even going to deny it.
"Oh okay we were right um. The- the room smelt like it?"Gerard shrugged his shoulders. I looked back down at my drawing. It must have fucking sucked to be in Mr Stump's position right now.

"Oh fuck- uh excuse my language but fuck."Mr Stump got up from his seat and started walking around the room.
"You wanna talk to us?"I asked him softly. He looked really stressed.

"Its probably not the sort of thing I should be discussing with students..."He mumbled as he pulled up a chair and sat down next to us.
"You can hardly call us students though... Can you?"Gerard prompted. Jesus he really wanted to know.

"True... It's Miss Bellato..."Mr Stump sighed and fell back in his chair completely.
"Go on."Gerard whispered, giving me a look.
"We- One night at a teachers conference we found ourselves at the coffee machine together. We got to talking and then suddenly we were going out on dates and hanging out with each other whenever we could and t-today was probably not allowed to happen but it was- great."Mr Stump smiled to himself. I did not want to know what about.

"Thats the cutest thing. The music teacher and the art teacher."Gerard chuckled.
"You are not allowed to tell anybody okay? If anyone at all finds out two teachers had sex in the classroom then we will both lose our jobs and you guys wont be able to do this anymore. You'll have to actually go to classes."

"Oh believe me I wont tell anyone. I aint ruining what I've got."Gerard smiled.
"Thank you..."Mr Stump sighed and rubbed his face.
"Uh we should probably go... Right Gerard?"I kicked his foot and he nodded, packing up his stuff immediately.

"Right well umm thanks for the help Mr Stump and uhm... Enjoy your evening?"Gerard stumbled over himself as we left the room hurriedly.
"Now where?"I asked him.

"I have no idea... I should probably go get my car from the cafe..."Gerard sighed.
"Lets go do that. Then we'll grab a coffee and go home to see Claire?"I asked him as we started walking towards the front gate.

"Sounds good to me."He smiled as he took my hand.
"Faggots!"Someone shouted behind us. I longed to turn around and show them the finger but it wouldn't do anything and Gerard said,"Just ignore them. They just want a reaction so dont give it to them."

We continued walking until we reached the cafe. Outside, Jade was walking out and down the street.
"Do you wanna go talk to her?"I asked as Gerard watched her go.
"I- no... I mean... I- She is-"
"Gerard go. I'll wait."I smiled at him, letting go of his hand.
"Thank you. I wont be a minute."He promised me then ran off after her.

I watched as he shouted her down. She stopped and looked around. Now she was walking up to him. They were talking. She was smiling at him and hugging him. He smiled back at her and started walking to me. She looked at me then started walking in the opposite direction.

"How did it go?"I asked him when he reached me.
"Okay... She understands that we cant be friends anymore. She said that if I ever need her to call her but. Thats not going to happen."Gerard smiled down at me.

"Oh?"
"Because I have you now dont I."He smiled even wider. I blushed and grabbed his hand so we could cross the road together.
"Shit I think I left my keys in the car... And its locked."Gerard groaned as the car door wouldnt open.

"Its Gerard right?"Some burly looking man walked out of the cafe.
"Uh yeah why?"Gerard looked across the car roof at him.
"Jade told me to give you these."He held up the car keys and threw them at Gerard. Gerard caught them easily and thanked him. We got in the car and I sighed quietly. I was so tired for some reason.

"Right... You ready to go?"Gerard asked me as he did up his seatbelt.
"As ready as I'll ever be."I smiled and looked out the window.
"Lets go then. To the Magic Bean."Gerard grinned then stopped.

"What whats wrong?"I asked him.
"I have to go and see fucking Linda."Gerard sighed and started the car up.
"Well thats okay. We can go and do that then go get coffee."I touched him on his oh so warm thigh.

"Yeah okay."Gerard sighed again as we drove off. I wonder what Linda wanted to talk to him about. We drove the way back to school in an almost awkward silence. When we arrived Gerard said,"Stay here. I wont be long okay?"

He got out and left me alone. I sighed and waited. Impatiently. I really wanted a fucking coffee it was crazy. I started fiddling with the radio and immediately some hardcore metal band started blaring into my ears. I turned it down a tad as some of the other teachers gave me weird looks for being parked so close to the staff carpark.

The song ended and the man came on the radio. I zoned out a bit as he started talking about heavy metal bands I didnt know but one thing he said made me zoom right back to awareness.

"...-ic Bean. It was supposed to be their first show with eyeball records having picked them up the day before but their thunder was stolen by another unknown group who started their set with an argument. The lead singer stalked off stage along with the rest of the band but they returned after another band and played their hearts out.

"They started with American Idiot by Green Day then moved onto Last Caress by The Misfits but the crowd was shocked when the rest of the band excluding the singer and drummer left the stage for an original piano piece. On lookers were moved by the emotional song that followed. The singer who remains to be named, stated that it was for his Grandma.

"Whether Asking Alexandria are happy over their possibly new managers attention being stolen is yet to be found out. In other news tonight at The Drunken Crayfish a live show..."I stared at Gerard who was walking with his shoulders hunched over back to the car.