Kill This Venom From My Heart

Lunch passes smoothly, the waitress asking for an autograph and as she starts gushing about how much I've changed her life and how much I mean to her her manager calls out to her, getting her away from us and Gerard giggles and says "That was so weird." "Get used to it babe" I tell him, smirking across the table at him and he keeps laughing, shaking his head as he says "I don't think I could ever get used to that." After we finish eating we take a walk around and look at some of the stores near the cafe, going into a comic book store and I buy Gerard the comics he wants before we walk back to his house, our hands linked the whole way. When we get back to the house we go down to the basement and I tell Gerard I need to use the bathroom, slipping upstairs and I go into the living room where Donna is painting her nails. "Hey, I was just wondering if I could get Gees suit and the tickets" I tell her and she smiles at me and says "He agreed to go?" "I haven't actually asked him yet" I say sheepishly and she laughs and says "Come with me," standing from the couch and walking upstairs, getting me the suit in it's bag and the tickets. I take a deep breath and turn to walk down to the basement when Donna calls out "Good luck, I know he'll say yes." I turn back to her, slightly confused and she says "I found the ring when I was down there getting Gerard's dirty laundry the other day, I didn't mean to snoop, it fell out of your pocket when I moved your jeans." I feel all the colour drain from my face as I swallow hard and Donna chuckles and says "It's fine Frank, Don and I couldn't be happier for you two. I know you're both young but Gerard has been unhappy for so long and it's like you've brought him back to life and I've never seen anyone change someone the way you've changed him and I would never dream of standing in the way of that." I sigh in relief before turning back and making my way down to the basement, hoping Gerard will agree to atleast the prom.

With each step I take down to the basement I feel my heart pound in my chest and the ring box in my pocket grows heavier and heavier and as I step off the bottom step and into the room Gerard turns from where he's sitting at his desk and a slight frown crosses his face when he sees me. "What's that?" He asks, sounding unsure and I smile as I lay the suit bag on the bed and cross the room to him, kneeling beside his chair as he turns to face me. "Baby" I say softly and he reaches down and gently runs his fingers through my hair, making me lean into the touch as I softly sigh in contentment. "Will you go to prom with me?" I ask softly, looking up at Gerard's face hesitantly as I offer him the tickets and he looks confused for a few seconds before he laughs and says "Are you serious?" "Yeah, I know you're not super keen on the idea but I don't want you to end up regretting not going later and I thought maybe you didn't want to go cause you had no one to go with so...." "Yes I'll go to prom with you, I'd go pretty much anywhere with you" he tells me, smiling wide and I smile back as I say "Good cause there's lots of places I want you to go with me to but we'll start by going to the prom tonight." Gerard chuckles again and I stand up before offering him my hand and I help him up too, guiding him to the bed where I open the bag and show him his suit. "How did you even...." "I have allies" I tell him and he shakes his head and says "Of course my mom would want me to go to prom. What else have you been scheming behind my back?" "Uh....nothing" I tell him and he raises his eyebrows at me, looking unconvinced. "All in good time babe" I tell him, pecking his cheek before pulling away and he sighs and says "Well if I'm wearing this what are you wearing?" "This" I tell him, kneeling down and digging out my own suit from where it's laid in the bottom of my suitcase.

After we're dressed we go back upstairs and Donna is waiting to take cheesy pictures, Mikey sitting on the couch waiting for us to be ready to leave so we can go pick up his date, one of the girls Gerard graduated with. Gerard allows her to take a few pictures before he gets annoyed and says "That's enough" and takes my hand, dragging me towards the door, taking the car keys from Don. "Have a good time boys" he tells us, shooting me a reassuring smile and I smile back as I let Gerard lead me out the door, Mikey following us to the car. The whole ride to Mikey's dates house and then the hotel where the prom is being held is almost silent, Mikey keeping his mouth shut for a change and when his date gets in the car she looks shocked to see Gerard before she turns her attention on me and I smirk at the look she's giving me before I slowly reach my hand out and rest it on Gerard's thigh, rubbing back and forth gently while I watch her in the rear view mirror, her eyes watching my every move and I feel smug knowing that she knows he's mine now and very soon everyone else will too.

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