-Frank's pov-

' Ray, hurry up! they're waiting for us at the theatre already!' as much as I cared for Ray, he takes forever to get ready ' all right man, I'm done, let's go' ' finally' I'm pretty sure we were going to get to the theatres during the trailers...
while Ray and I were in my car, he brought up the very subject I have been dreading to talk about 'so, you talk to Gerard about your feelings yet?' just to clarify, both Ray and Mikey have known about my crush on Gerard since the 8th grade 'no, I freaked out again, every time I try to tell him I freak out and tell him to forget it.' 'why do you keep doing that, man? I mean, its Gerard, you two tell each other everything. I don't think things will drastically change if you tell him how you really feel' 'you're probably right, but its still nerve wrecking, when I think about telling him how I feel, my heart starts beating so hard I feel like it's going to burst out of my rib cage. I get these butterflies in my stomach so angry that feel like they're ripping through me, my palms start sweating and I get choked up' Ray nodded, a huge smile on his face ' I used to get like that when I first started talking to Mikey, dude!'
'yeah, but he turned out liking you back. Gerard doesn't date, like anybody at all. ever. what if he rejects me and stops talking to me completely? he's my best friend, dude, I can't mess that up' Ray shrugged ' won't know til you try' he's probably right.. 'don't say anything to anyone, not even Mikey. promise me.' 'i promise, Frank, don't worry' he smiled
we pulled into the parking lot of the theatre and rushed to get our tickets before the movie started

- Gerard's pov-

the theatre was about 10 minutes away from our house, but Mikes wanted to be there early enough to save seats and get popcorn, so we ended up being there 45 minutes early, and decided to hang out for a bit
' so, what did Frank tell you last night?' I looked at my little brother, hoping that he would be able to help me sort out these emotions I've been feeling 'uh, nothing, he started telling me about this one guy, but stopped midsentence and switched the conversation. but like as soon as he mentioned another guy, I got furious at the thought of him being with some guy' Mikey stopped eating nachos and looked at me like I revealed the secrets of the world
'Gerard, that's called jealousy... how do you feel when it's just you and him?' I paused thinking, could I actually have been jealous? I mean, I don't get jealous- at all. its not in my nature to. its not in my nature to feel any type of human emotion
' I feel like I'm invincible, you know? like I can do anything and everything with him by my side. even when I'm talking him, or am even near him, my heart goes insane and my stomach feels like.... like angry bees. I don't know how else to explain it, I've never felt this way before. about anyone, what does this mean?' I was starting to worry now- these are new occurrences to me.
Mikey grinned and looked at me with a gleam in his eye 'well, Gerard, I think you have a crush on him' I felt my eyes widen 'a what? ' he nodded 'yup, a crush' I shook my head 'no, no, no. Mikes, that's not possible. I don't catch feelings. for anybody. at all' he shrugged ' how long have you been feeling like this about him?'
'since the 7th grade, I think' can I really have feelings for him? does he have them for me? why didn't I notice sooner? 'definitely a crush, then'
after a few minutes of silence, I finally voiced the questions going on in my head '..do..... do you think h-he has them for me? should I tell him about them? what to I do? MIKEY TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD DO, I NEED YOUR HELP' 'okay, for one: let go of me' I didn't even notice I had gotten out of my chair ' and two, be honest and tell him. what's the worst that can happen? he won't tell you to fuck off or anything like that and you know this won't really change anything and you two will still remain close friends, so you've got nothing to lose' that's true, Frank is a really nice, understanding person.
' I'lI tell him later, but don't say anything to anyone- not even Ray, you hear? I want this be between Frank and I, nobody else' once I got a nod from him, we went to get our popcorn and our seats for the movie.
as soon as we sat down, Frank and Ray got there- and as soon as I saw Frank, I swear to all that is good and holy, my heart did a billion back flips ' hey, man, after this can you and I go somewhere.... alone? Ray and Mikey can go in my car to the restaurant... I really need to tell you something important' did Mikey already say something to him? I swear I'll kill him
'yeah, sure' 'great' Frank handed Ray his keys and whispered somthing in his ear, I wonder what he said...?

Notes

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