Kill This Venom From My Heart

I glance around, the roar of the screaming, cheering fan girls dying down to silence and I lock eyes with Jamia again who is being escorted away by security. I hear her yelling but can't make out the words as she's dragged away, her arms restrained so she's unable to use the megaphone. Once she's gone I look back at Bob, wondering what I'm meant to do or say and he shrugs, clearly confused too and I turn my head to glance at Gerard who is standing side stage looking like he's just seen a ghost. I turn my head to glance back at the crowd, quiet chattering going on and I take a deep breath before starting to play the intro to our last song, the rest of the guys joining in after a few seconds and by the time we finish the song the crowd seems to have loosened up again. We all say thanks and give a wave before walking offstage and when we get off our manager is standing there looking pissed off. "Oh shit" Bob says softly as our manager, Brian, turns his attention on me. "What the fuck was that?" He snaps and I sigh before saying "Maybe we shouldn't do this here." Brian nods and turns around, walking back towards the building we were in before and we all follow, Gerard keeping his distance from me until we are inside again. We all go back into the room we were in before and when we're seated I slide my arm around Gerard's waist again and Brian's eyes narrow in on the movement. "Well?" He snaps as he sits opposite us and I hang my head as I tell him the whole story. "You're fucking joking right?" He snaps when I stop talking and I look up and shake my head. Brian huffs out another breath before saying "Have any of the fans seen him? Do they know you're dating?" I shake my head before saying "I put a picture of us on twitter but just as friends" and Brian says "So it's purely your word against hers right now. You two are not to be seen in public together until further notice, no hand holding, no kissing, no cutesy couple shit, nothing. If you're forced to be out at the same place you're distant friends and that's it. In private...I don't really care what you do but Frank be fucking careful." I nod, Gerard leaning over into my side more so I tighten my arm around him in support. "So how long until he's legal?" Brian asks and I frown as I say "Can we stop talking like he's not here? His name is Gerard, he's my boyfriend and he's sitting right here." "Sorry" Brian says half heartedly to Gerard and Gerard nods in acceptance. "Well?" Brian asks and I sigh as I say "Three months." "Well that's not too bad I guess, just keep it to yourselves until then. I'll release a statement, I don't know what the fuck it will say but I'll have it circulate and we'll be fine. Now I told the label you guys would do a signing so get out there and do what you do best." "Uh...." I say as I look over to Gerard, wondering what he's meant to do but Brian cuts in and says "Gerard you should go to it and just act like a fan..." "That won't be hard for him" Ryan mumbles out and I shoot him a warning glare before turning to Gerard and saying "You wanna go?" "Sure" he says softly and we all stand up, the rest of the guys leaving the room and I linger back with Gerard, slipping my arms around his waist and pulling him to me while I rest my forehead against his. "Babe" I say softly and he sniffles a little as he says "I don't want to get you in trouble." "Don't you worry about that. I'm so sorry she did this, this day has been horrible but as soon as we finish up here I'll take you home where it's just us ok?" He nods, biting on his bottom lip and I lean in to kiss him, stopping when our lips are brushing but with no pressure behind it yet to whisper "I love you Gerard." "I love you too" he whispers back before we both press into the kiss.

After we leave the room we go back to the courtyard and the crowd is a little smaller than it was before but there's still a lot of people out there. They have a table set up for us and as we take a seat I notice Bryan walking around with Gerard, talking to him and Gerard nods before Bob kicks me under the table, hissing at me to stop staring and I turn my attention back to the line of fans waiting. The signing passes slowly, some of the fans seeming a little wary of me at first until I climb up onto the table and yell out "Anyone willing to believe that I prey on my fans and am a pedophile can fuck off" and the majority of the crowd screams out "We love you Frank." Once all the fans have their autographs and pictures we are getting ready to leave when one girl comes over and taps me on the shoulder. "Hey what's up?" I say to her and she blushes and says "I was just wondering if I could have a hug?" "Of course" I tell her, smiling reassuringly at her as I can see how nervous she is and I open my arms, letting her step into them and I give her a quick hug before stepping away again and she smiles wide and says "Thanks. I don't believe her by the way, you're too good of a guy for that." "Thanks honey, I would never do anything like that to any of you guys." She nods and we smile at each other again before she turns to leave and as I turn back to follow the guys back inside I see Gerard nearby with Bryan, an unhappy look on his face as he stares straight at me.

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