The Adventures of Mikey Way: New Vampire

When Mikey got home from the meeting with his former boss, he could still feel the garlic burning in his throat. He wasn't sure how to make it stop so he sent a message to the only other vampire he knew. Pete.

Mikey: how do u get rid of garlic
Pete: y? did u eat it?
Mikey: .....
Pete: really? how do u forget u cant eat garlic?
Mikey: i love garlic bread ok its really good
Pete: sure sure. nvm u just gotta sleep it off. coffee helps i think
Mikey: so just do what i normally would?
Pete: yep
Mikey: helpful -_- do i sleep in coffin or bed?

Pete: coffin. less sun in the morning. that just makes it worse.

So Mikey took Pete's advice by making coffee and going to bed in the coffin he kept in the spare room.

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One of the things Mikey never got used to after his year and a half of being a vampire, was sleeping in a coffin. Coffins aren't necessary for vampires, but they are often found to be more comfortable as they block out more sun than curtains do. Because of Mikey's preference of a bed, he kept his coffin in the spare room, hidden among boxes of random stuff that he never got around to cleaning out. Another thing he should probably do. At least the boxes kept Gerard away from the coffin, he also hadn't gotten around to telling his brother that he died.

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Mikey woke from a nightmare and sat up abruptly. He hit his head on the top of the coffin with a heavy thunk and managed to knock himself out again. Good thing it was a Saturday.

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Mikey woke for the second time with a headache. He slowly opened his eyes to glower at the roof of the coffin. He reached out and pushed the coffin open, immediately regretting it when he opened his eyes to the midday sun.

Another thing about coffins, they sat high off the ground on a makeshift table. Mikey forgot that this was higher than his bed and promptly fell off. He lay on the floor grumbling for a while. His grumbling was some how loud enough to drown out the sound of his brother knocking on the front door, letting himself in, walking through the apartment towards the sound of Mikey, and opening the door to the spare room.

"Mikey?!", yelled Gerard.
Mikey's head shot up to stare at his brother, who was alternating between staring at Mikey and the coffin.
"Hi", greeted Mikey.
"Is that a coffin?" Gerard asked.
"No?" Mikey tried.
It didn't work.
"Why is there a coffin with a pillow in it in your spare room?"
"Ummmmmmmm no reason", Mikey said.
This just caused Gerard to glare at his younger brother. They held each others gaze for 10 minutes until Mikey sighed and looked away.
"Maybe we should talk about this over coffee".
That prompted a nod from Gerard and they both wandered into the kitchen.

Once the coffee had been made and poured into two (very large) mugs, the two brothers sat at the island on opposite stools.
"So are you going to explain this to me or what?" Gerard began.
"Promise me you won't freak out", Mikey said to Gerard.
He nodded and Mikey took a deep breath.
"I'm a vampire. I have been for a year and a half. I was turned after I got mugged in an alley and the guy stabbed me. Pete is a vampire too", Mikey rushed out.
They sat there in silence for what seemed like forever until Gerard broke the silence.
"Okay, cool", he said as he sipped on his coffee.

Mikey just stared at his older brother.
"Okay? Really? I tell you that I'm a vampire and that I've kept it from you for over a year and that's all you can say?" Mikey replied.
Gerard shrugged.
"I worked it out ages ago, I just wanted to see what you would say. Think about it, I go in your fridge all the time and you didn't think I would notice the blood packs? I'm oblivious but not like that", Gerard told Mikey.
All his little brother could do was nod.

"So, why do you have a massive bump on your head and sound like you have a hangover?".....

Notes

So this is the next chapter, more on mikey & gerard soon

Next chapter: Chapter 3 - Mikey & Hamsters........
Just wait and see, if it turns out weird I blame emma who gave me the idea

Enjoy!