The Boy With The Scorpion Tattoo

It had been a couple of days since the incident at the club. Bob ended up filling me in on what happened with Frankie having to be snuck out of the club whilst dressed as a woman. Gerard was absolutely clueless which a relief to everyone was.

Something I forgot to mention to everyone was Ollie giving me his number. Kellin obviously knew as he was there but didn’t tell anyone luckily. I didn’t want to tell Gerard because he would go into protective-brother mode.

Instead of letting Ollie’s number go to waste, I decided to man up and call him whilst Gerard was at school working. I knew Ollie wouldn’t be working since it was around lunch and I wasn’t working ‘til the evening so it was win-win. I just hoped he would accept my date offer thingy.

I took out my phone and dialled the already programmed number that was on my contacts. It rang about 6 times before Ollie picked up. This was the moment where I hoped Ollie gave me the right number and I hoped to god I typed in the correct numbers.

“Hello? Sykes speaking” Came the greeting and my shoulders sagged in relief.

“Hey Ollie, it’s Mikey. I was wondering if you wanted to go out for lunch.” I chewed on my lip and my leg bumped up and down in nervousness, awaiting his answer.

I heard him release a breath. “Oh thank god, I was hoping you would call. Yeah, yes. I would like to go to lunch with you. Meet me at this address” He told me the address and I quickly wrote it down, the smile never leaving my face as I did so.

“Cool. I’ll see you in twenty” I said once everything was arranged. He gave me a goodbye before hanging up. His voice sounded like he was grinning so I guess that was positive.

Remembering that I had to be there in twenty minutes I ran to the door, grabbed my jacket, and then ran out the door. Not before locking up obviously.

***

Okay I never said I wasn’t awkward. So when I arrived at the Starbucks we arranged to meet at, after trading greetings and smiles we sat in very awkward silence as we sipped our coffees and ate our sandwiches.

Finally Ollie cleared his throat and set his sandwich down to speak. “So tell me something about yourself. Something that barely anyone knows”

I thought for a second before taking a deep breath, a blush creeping up my neck and settling on my cheeks. “I have a My little Pony collection” I said quickly and instantly regretted it.

Ollie didn’t even laugh, he just grabbed onto my free hand that didn’t have a coffee in it and smiled widely at me.

“That is one of the sweetest things I have ever heard” He said and stroked his thumb across my knuckles making goose bumps arise on my arm.

I blushed some more and sipped at my coffee before looking up at Ollie “Your turn. Tell me something about the mysterious Ollie Sykes”

He thought for a moment before shrugging “Im vegetarian” (A/N True fact)

“Wow I never would have thought you to be vegetarian. Frankie’s one aswell” I said and he nodded his head with a soft smile everyone seemed to have on their faces when Frankie was brought up, even myself. I thought for a moment and couldn’t help myself from asking.

“Can I just ask, and not in a rude way, but why did you hire Frankie to do such a job at a young age?” I asked. Nothing but curiosity in my voice.

“Well… he looked so shy and when he got tipsy that first time I saw him and got up and danced I saw talent in him honestly. I thought it would be a shame to waste what he could do and he seemed happy to accept the job. It’s like on stage he lets go of his insecurities and shyness and just… owns it. He’s rad and he deserves somewhere where he doesn’t have to worry or feel isolated.”

That seemed very true. I just hoped Gerard saw it that way if he ever found out. He would go all protective and probably explode on everyone for letting little Frankie do such a thing. He would also probably stop Frankie from dancing aswell. Gerard can be… possessive. But not in a worrying way.

Ollie and I got along very well it appeared. He was such a great guy and it was obvious we had feelings for one another. So when the date came to an end and we walked out of the store, readying ourselves to go separate ways, Ollie kissed me on the lips then on the cheek and told me he would see me at work. He made it clear he wanted to see me again and I couldn’t help but agree.

***

Opening the apartment door, Gerard was still gone. I shut the door and put the keys in the bowl by the door and sighed happily.

I walked to my bedroom and looked to my My Little Pony collection.

“Fluttershy, Princess Luna you will never believe the amazing time I had”

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