Love Is Insanity

It was the day of our big concert, and i had slept like a log. My thoughts would drift from celebrating our gig success, to me and Frank together. I preferred both mediums, however wished my thoughts would come true, and Frank could be here right now. It felt like home here at Mikey's, so for me it was weird not to see Frank sitting opposite me with a bowl of Frosties. Instead, i just had to spark up a conversation of my own with Mikey, who was cooking pancakes for Ray.
"So, Mikey...did you get an email for the concert tonight?" He turned, and put the frying pan to the side, and sat at the bar with me.
"I did actually, there wasn't much more they needed to inform us on. Just that we'd be performing in front of five to six thousand." I gawked at the amount of people who got tickets to see us and the other bands. Why were we getting so lucky so fast? I never knew we would reach such a high point in so little time.
"I think it's because of the band's were playing with you know? They are pretty big, and i wouldn't be surprised if they were the main reason over half of the audience came to see them. I mean, we aren't exactly getting popular anytime soon."
"Sure we are. We get a gig after two hours of searching. Get a record deal on our first gig, and the next day asked to be played at a fairly large venue." Mikey's face seemed to light up a bit more at my response. I had to give him some encouragement, because it seems he was always in a mood in the mornings, much like myself.
"You make a fair point Gee, i have to agree with you there. I think as well as communicating with the other bands, i'm looking forward just as much as you, to see Frank again. I always found him like a little ball of energy." I blushed when he said Franks' name, and felt a hint of respect in Mikey's voice, when he talked about Frank like that. He had obviously discovered Franks' kind nature, and got to know him as a friend.
"So your friends now?" I said, hearing Mikey chuckled.
"You could say that, however, i think in your case it's much different!" And so the rest of the day continued, with the slight hint of mockery whenever Frank was brought up. He seemed to be seemingly interested in my love life, and it bugged me to a certain extent in which i couldn't stand.
We were all excited for tonight's show, and had rehearsed our butts off in the basement to make it a night to remember. I even tried jumping on one of the amps, and onto another before heading back to the front, however i might of clicked my ankle slightly after failing it miserably. By the evening, we were decked out, but knew we had to get on with it. We had an early tea of meat filled tacos, and had crumbs all over our faces once we were fished.
"I am so pumped for this!" Ray shouted, as we arrived at the building. It was quite large, and looked colossal as it curved over above our heads. We stepped in, and showed our passes before being directed to our own V.I.P prep room. We had two. One for our clothing and makeup, and another for our instruments and recording. We all settled into the clothing prep room, and began to change into our black parade outfits all over again. I think we all had decided we would get changed early, so we had time to say hello to the other bands, for some quality time. My hands were sweaty, but i felt i could cope with being sociable at this point.
"Hey, your My Chem right!" A tall slim figure ran towards us backstage, and embraced us in a group hug. When he pulled back, i looked up to see his cheery smile. The man had dark brown spiky hair, that flew out 15 inches from his head in every direction. He had a colorful suit on, and was quick to shake our hands after the hug.
"Sorry for that surprise introduction, i'm Jimmy Urine. Member of Mindless Self Indulgence." Whilst he spoke, a curvy black haired women stepped out from behind him. She had a gorgeous smile that suited her red stained lips, and large eyes. She wore a schoolgirl outfit, with a short tartan skirt, and had tattoos running down one arm. I looked up at her, and flashed a grin her way, and she gladly returned it.
"Oh yeah, this is Lindsey our guitarist. She is lightning on her feet."
"Sure am Jim, sure am." She shook our hands, and stepped to the side whilst Jimmy began talking.
"I would introduce you to the others, but there pissing about in the changing rooms for some reason or another." We laughed at his remark, and the look on his face, which showed he was annoyed at there absence. "It's fine though, i'm sure dealing with the two of us is hard enough!"
"Nah, it's nice to meet you buddy, looking forward to hitting the stage after you." I spoke quite boldly, and he patted me on the back afterwards.
"All's good then. Anyway, we'd better be checking on those two idiots, see you!" They waved us goodbye, and i watched them dissapear behind the cluster of amps back to their room. They were very friendly, and i think all would be good and well if everyone could just be as sociable and nice as them. We continued heading up to the seating area to look for Fall Out Boy, and marveled about how large the venue was itself. It was a long wait, so we ended up sitting at one of higher seats above. Luckily, whilst we were seated and in a full depth conversation, two of the members decided to join us on the row of seats below.
"You alright there?" A dark haired boy asked.
"Oh yeah, were fine. Sorry..nice to meet you." They both laughed cheerily, and we gave each other a friendly hug from the space between our seats.
"My Chem right? Were Fall Out Boy." The dark haired boy said.
"I'm Patrick Stump." The short long haired boy chimed. He wore a cute tweed jacket, with a paperboy cap resting gently on his head.
"And i'm Pete Wentz." We high fived, and i looked back at him. He had dark chocolate hair, and wore some thick eyeliner that complemented his light cream tan.
"All good, all good!" I said, and we began to introduce ourselves to them. After some time they eventually left, after we talked about the many concerts we had played. They had also apologized about the other two members not being there to say hello, because they were looking for some spare amps the right size. We had laughed, and considered it a coincidence that both bands were missing two of their members.
"At least they were friendly." Ray had said, as we continued are conversation. We had an hour till the performances would start, and i could feel my knees start to wobble slightly. I wished Frank could be here to calm me down, and give me some reassurance. I actually felt i loved him now, and it definitely wasn't the same when someone you only just liked tried to reassure you. It was the feeling of not being able to act yourself, however around Frank, i was more than happy to be a laughing prancing idiot. That thought made me drift slightly, and like on queue, my phone began buzzing.
"Hello?" I could tell the hospital had called, because of the rattle of trolleys, and shoes on marble floor in the background.
"Hello Mr.Way, this is the hospital. We are very glad to inform you that Franks' condition has covered up extremely well, and with that, he is able to visit you at your concert venue tonight. He is very happy, and will be walking on a small leg brace. Keep on eye on him, and i'm sure we can discharge him if all is good." I felt breathless and so relieved. I had been waiting for what felt like forever, and now he could see me at my best on that stage. I had always wanted him to see me up on that stage, with a different ego on my agenda. I could imagine him standing in front of the barrier, and clapping along to my every word. It made my face light up, and my body buzz with even more energy than i had gathered for tonight.
"Hello?.." I shook myself out of my thoughts, and put the phone up to my ear again.
"Hey, sorry. Thank you, that means loads to me!"
"That's completely fine, we hope you have a great night with him." And with that she hung up, and i was left on the receiving end, happy and lost for words.
"You all right there Gee?" Mikey and Ray had remarked.
"I'm fine, um the hospital ringed and.." They both shot me glares like it was going to be really bad news. "No it's all good news. Their discharging Frank, who is coming to see the show tonight."
"I bet you'll look forward to that!" I smiled into my lap, because this time i truly couldn't hold back the excitement.
After an hour, the show had begun, and me, Mikey and Ray were backstage in the music prep room. I was singing into the amped mic, whilst they strummed on their guitars gently. My mind was racing with thoughts, and whilst i practiced singing, i imagined Frank watching me, eager and happy in the crowd.I honestly couldn't wait to sing to him on that stage tonight.

Notes

*Frerard will be happening real soon! <3