The Boy With The Scorpion Tattoo

I ran down the corridor with Kellin and Pete. All three of us thankfully looking more than presentable, we were late on our first day of being seniors.
How the fuck did we manage to be late on our first day do you ask?

Well all three of us forgot to set our alarms and we do actually care about appearance, hence why we were half an hour late to our first lessons. We all had separate lessons.

"Bye Frankie, bye Kellin!" Pete called as he shot into his classroom. Kellin soon went to his leaving me late to art.

I turned a corner without looking and bumped into someone. We both fell to the ground groaning.

I stood quickly "I'm so sorry" I said quietly, I hardly talked especially to strangers. The dude grabbed the hand I offered and stood up as well. He was taller than me which wasn't hard considering I was 4"9.

He had black hair that was rather long, his face softened when he saw me.

"It's okay kid. I was late so kind of ran, not looking where I was going. I'm the new art teacher Mr.Way, um what's your-?" He said rather anxiously.

"Frank Iero" I answered and he nodded muttering "Frank, right" I giggled making him smile.

"Wait did you say art teacher?" I asked, he nodded hesitantly.
"Um... that's where I'm heading as well" I said quietly.

"Could you lead the way? I have no clue where I'm meant to go..." He said blushing, obviously embarrassed about being late and getting lost on his first day.

I nodded and started walking to art, Mr.Way following.

"So, you look a little young to be a teacher" I started, trying to break the silence. He chuckled and smirked slightly.

"Well I'm 22 years old. Just graduated from SVA in New York and moved here with my brother." He said. his voice had a thick New Jersey accent and his voice was slightly nasally.

I nodded. "Cool well you're the same age as Ray and Bob then" I said, still shy.

He looked at me confused so I explained "Ray Toro is the music teacher along with Bob Bryar. Bob's only 21 but still got the job." I explained and Mr.Way nodded, obviously filing those names away for later.

"How do you know so much about teachers if you don't mind me asking?" said Mr.Way. I shrugged not minding at all, everyone found it weird for me to be friends with teachers.

"They're my friends" I said and his eyebrows both rose in surprise. "Oh, Ray and I went to High school together. He never mentioned he worked here, although I haven't spoken to him since we were 18" He said in a rather sad tone, I smiled sympathetically.

"I've known Bob since I was around 12 years old which is 5 years and became friends with Ray a few years back. They were both already friends so met Ray through Bob. Ray taught me guitar at first but then we just stayed friends." I said and Mr.Way hummed whilst nodding his head.

"Wow, didn't know you were allowed to be friends with students" he muttered and I giggled again, god I hate my girly giggle.

"Well you're not but as I said we already knew one another so they couldn't do much about it." I shrugged again and he chuckled.

"Well here we are, why is this school so fucking big" I muttered the last bit but Mr.Way still heard and chuckled with an amused look.

"Well thank you for showing my lost ass here. Oh and don't worry you wont be in trouble for being late" He whispered the last part and winked before entering the classroom, holding the door open for me to enter.

***
It was lunch and I was walking with Kellin and Pete to the music block. We always ate with Ray and Bob now.

"Hey Frank!" I heard a familiar voice call, the three of us turned to see a smiling Mr.Way walking towards us. I smiled and waved shyly, ignoring Kellin and Pete's looks aimed at Mr.Way.

"Hey Mr.Way. We're going to see Ray and Bob. Wanna come?" I said quietly, he smiled and nodded.

"These are my best friends Kellin and Pete" I introduced.

"Hey" Kellin said in a sceptical tone.
"Yeah, hey" Pete said in the same tone.

"Well call me Gerard, I fucking hate the while sir thing. I'm only 22 not 50" Gerard said making me giggle.
Kellin was slightly glaring at Gerard as we walked and Pete had walked the other side of me so I was now walking in between the both of them.

Gerard raised a questioning eyebrow at me but I just rolled my eyes.

"Guys, Gerard isn't a total stranger. He went to school with Ray, stop being silly" I said. My voice was never loud, even when I was annoyed. I trusted Gerard though he seemed like a generally nice guy.
We had the same interests and he was super dorky but great at art, I found all this out in art lesson.

"Sorry Frankie. No offence meant dude" Pete said but still had a weary look. Kellin still looked slightly weary as well but nodded along to Pete's apology.

"None taken dudes" Gerard waved a hand dismissively.

"Right here we are. I swear this school gets bigger every fucking day" I said making the three of them smile.

"Frankie a little walking is nothing to you" Kellin said in an amused voice to which I just stuck my tongue out. He returned the gesture.

"Children, children! Enough or it's time out" Pete said. I pouted at him using my puppy eyes. Kellin did the same next to me.

"Kellin, don't copy Frankie's infamous puppy look. You just look like a constipated squirrel" Pete said making me giggle, Kellin kept pouting but for real this time. Gerard snickered but covered it with a cough.

I shook my head, amused and knocked on Ray's classroom door.
"Come in!" Came Bob's voice so all four of us entered.

"Hey guys and new person I don't know!" Bob greeted us from a desk he was perched at.
Rays fro appeared from the music closet where he was obviously putting instruments away.

"GERARD!" Came Ray's shriek. His voice was seriously high for such a big dude and him shrieking made everyone cringe slightly.

"Hey Ray! Long time no-" Gerard started but was cut off when Ray tackled him to the floor, hugging him tight.

"Wow Ray, I had no idea you liked man on man action" Pete said making me, Kellin and Bob snicker.

Ray got up, helping Gerard as well and huffed at Pete. "Don't test me Wentz! I'll tell Patrick on you!" Ray warned and Pete pouted in response.

"Yeah Pete, wouldn't want the wife to know now" Bob hollered from where he was still sitting.

"I'm going to go smoke and then find Vic" Kellin told me. I whined at him and he smirked.
"Sorry Frankie, you can buy your own smokes when you're 18 this month" He said in a parental tone before walking out bidding farewell to the others as well.

The others said bye before getting back to their conversation.

"Booooobbbb!" I whined at him with my puppy eyes. He rolled his eyes but fished out a full box of smokes and tossed them to me.

I caught it and squealed, grinning.

"I'll pretend I didn't see that. Kellin wouldn't be very happy." Pete called from where he was with Gerard and Ray.

"And I'll pretend you don't give me cigarettes when he isn't looking" Came my reply.

"Frankie, me and Bob cant give you smokes all the time." Ray said with a fake parental tone making me roll my eyes as I pocketed given to me by Bob.

"Hey I'm next month then I can buy my own but until then mama Kellin will just have to deal with me scrounging off friends" I joked.

"How is it allowed for students to smoke?" Gerard spoke up for the first time.

"They aren't but since they showed us the best places to smoke and are our friends they get away with it" Bob said. Gerard made a noise in his throat and nodded his head, looking amused more than anything.

"Right gentlemen, me and Frankie are going to see Kellin and his boyfriend to stop whatever PDA shit they have going on" Pete announced making me giggle.

The three teachers waved goodbye looking amused. I waved before being dragged out by Pete.

"I know you trust Gerard and everything but I'm going to say this anyway. Be careful and let us know if anything happens. He seems like a good guy but you can never be too careful" Pete said as we spotted Kellin and Vic playing tonsil tennis. I nodded in reply and he hugged me before running over and tackling the kissing teens.

Kellin and Vic fell to the ground whilst Pete was sprawled out on top of them. People sat near them on the field were giving them weird looks but obviously too scared of Kellin and Pete to say anything.

I saw Ray, Bob and Gerard watching and laughing at us from the window. They waved at me and I waved back, obviously Bob was videoing all this from his phone.

"Come on Frankie, let's share the love!" Pete called out dramatically. I shrugged and ran, joining in on the pile up.

"NOOOO!" Kellin and Vic yelled before I landed giggling with Pete.
My friends are awesome.

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