Drums Of The City Rain

I opened the bedroom door slowly, Mikey was still sat on the bed drawing.
“What was that about!?” he exclaimed as I entered.
“Um it was Ray, you know that guy I met at fall out boy?” I said, sitting down on the bed. He nodded. “I was just asking him about if um if h-he- we um” I trailed off, stupidly I hadn’t planned what I was going to say at all. “Don’t worry”
“What!?” He demanded. I sat in silence with no idea how to phrase what I needed to say. “What’s going on?”
“Mikey, do you enjoy living here?” I asked.
“Fuck no”
“How would you like to, well, not live here?” I whisper, even though no one was around to overhear. He looked blankly at me in stunned silence.
“You mean like… run away?” He mumbled eventually. I nodded. “But like how would we you know like we- we need money and like I don’t like you know it’d be i-impossible”
“Ray has a flat with some guys with a spare room, they’re financially stable, I could get a job, it’ll be fine” I reassured.
“Are you sure? I mean is it safe? Would Ray be okay with this?” He questioned.
“Yeah, I explained our um situation” I told him, omitting the fact I’d also told Ray about the eating disorder thing.
“And its completely safe?” He asked. It wasn’t really, in fact it was incredibly risky but we had to go through with it.
“Yep” I nodded.
“So when are we going?” He murmured. I paused for a moment before taking a risk.
“Tomorrow night?”
A smile spread across my brothers lips.
“Seriously!? Awesome!” He squealed delightedly. I grinned and pulled him into a hug.
“But mikey, I need you to eat and drink quite a bit over the next 30hours, it’s a bit of a journey and you can’t pass out like before” I informed him.
“Yes, for fucks sake why do you have to bring eating into everything” He snapped.
“Sorry bro” I apologised before hugging him and grinning again “We’re actually getting out of here!” He smiled back at me and I could feel my heart pounding. It was actually happening.
The rest of the day was spent gabbling excitedly about our plans and making lists of things we’d need to pack and what we needed to prepare. I was feeling oddly tense and I must have had gallons of adrenaline pumping through my veins. The hot water ran out quickly in this house so it was unlikely we’d both be able to shower the next day even tho we both desperately needed too. I decided to take mine then, partly to relax slightly.
I stood under the shower head feeling the water splatter weakly onto my back. I thought about what was actually happening and couldn’t help but smile. I just hoped Mikey had the physical and emotional strength for it. I washed my body to distract myself and got lost in a daydream.


***

The next morning I woke up to Mikey bounding in.
“It’s today!” he cried.
“Well yes it is. The date is July 2nd. That as far as I know is today.” I teased.
“No no no, tonight we’re out of here aren’t we?” He replied.
“Oh yes of course, that too” I joked, prodding him gently.
“What is the plan again?” He asked.
“Um, I think we should spend the day making sure everything is ready but not pack until the evening, it’ll look suspicious, it’s Friday so the rents will probably be going out tonight, that’s when we’ll scarper” I explain “I was thinking we could get the 10:31pm train into the city, we’ll get there at about 11:11, hey that’s lucky, then it’s about 20 minutes on the tube, so that’ll take us to 11:31,then it’s a 15 minute walk to Ray’s flat so we should get there just before midnight.”
“That quite l-late, you know, for a Friday night” He muttered worriedly.
“It’s okay, it’s when we’re least likely to get caught, don’t worry, I’ll keep you safe, promise” I assured him. “We should get some breakfast, fuel the day and all that”
We both ate some cereal, I watched carefully as Mikey slowly nibbled at some plain shredded wheat and I tucked into some coco pops. It looked gross but it was something he felt comfortable having inside him so I let it slide. Hopefully he’d eat enough to keep him going. I found myself worrying more about his mental stability, if this went wrong it could push him over the edge. Although Ray had said he’d look after him I still worried about the other guys in the flat. I hoped they weren’t arseholes, I mean this could potentially be a very dangerous environment for a 13 year old. Especially one as fragile as Mikey.
I suddenly remembered I needed to talk to Ray again, tell him we were coming down. I sent his number to that automated service I’d used before but this time seconds after I got the confirmation message my phone started vibrating.
“Gee!” Ray cheered before I even got the chance to say hello.
“Ray, tonight!” I grinned. He made an excited almost squeal.
“Frank! Lindsey! Gerard and Mikey are moving in tonight!” He called back to his friends. I could hear the hum of faint voices in response. They didn’t seem to object in fact I was getting relatively positives vibes. “So what time are you gonna be here?” He asked me.
“If all goes to plan just before midnight” I answered.
“Awesome. And you still have my address?”
“Yep” I assured him. I might have memorized it as well. You see friends weren’t really my specialist subject so when I found one I went slightly overboard. “Is there anything you need us to bring?”
“Nope, just yourself really, clothes and your personal things” He told me.
“Okay, awesome” I replied slowly, my heart thumping at the reality of the situation.
“You alright?” He asked sounding concerned.
“Yeah yeah just I don’t even know” I mumbled.
“Okay, everything’s gonna be just fine” He reassured me. We said our goodbyes and he hung up, and I just stared at the blank phone screen for a few moments, taking everything in.

***

By 8pm we had everything ready as we heard the front door click shut and our parents head out for the night. Mikey had had lunch as well but no dinner but I was proud of him regardless. He’d also had tons of bottles of water which worried me because I knew he’d be needing to piss constantly on the train but I’d prefer that to him collapsing.
“Mikey, now is our time!” I announced. He smirked and I could see he was radiating excitement. “Is that suitcase still under your bed?”
“Yes” He confirmed “Lemme go get it”. I sipped my coffee and within seconds he was back dragging along the case.
“Awesome, You read out the list and I’ll get the stuff and put it in the bag, we need to be quick” I ordered. He wanted to pack too but I was too worried about his energy levels. I mean I might be slightly paranoid but I needed to be safe.
“Gerards ripped jeans” He read. I grabbed them and shoved them in the case.
“Mikey’s hoodie”
“Gerard’s converses”
“coffee”
“Gerard’s fall out boy tee”
We went on like this for about an hour and a half, it was very systematic but I could feel my nerves building. Once we were done we had to sit on the case to zip it up. I mean we didn’t own much but it was shocking to see it all together and it came to more than I’d thought.
“Is this everything” Mikey asked.
“I don’t know maybe we should like check through the entire house, make sure theres nothing we forgot” I suggested. The next half an hour was spent dashing round the house in a frenzy, much less systematic. I grabbed random things and shoved them in my pocket. A pencil sharpener, some earphones I knew were broken, a few pieces of lego.
Suddenly my phone buzzed. I had set an alarm for 10pm. It was time to go, it was a half an hour walk to the station.
“Mikey!” I called while dragging the case down the stairs “Time to go!”. My brother leapt past me and ran to the door. Once I made it to the bottom I set it down on the floor. It was one of those ones with wheels so was quite easy to walk with. He opened the door holding it for me.
“Thanks” I whispered. I pulled it out into the drive and watched slightly emotionally as Mikey shut the front door. We made eye contact for a moment and out of nowhere he pulled me into a hug. As I stepped back I smiled at him.
“Lets go!”

Notes

The ending is rushed im so sorry my mum needs on the laptop but i think the rushed vibe is representative of what gee n mikey were doing anyway. And this isnt proofread agaain
How was the er shower scene? Ive never written anything like that before.
Also it feels good to not have to use trigger warnings for a chapter.

also i made another fic :) gee swaps tumblrs with a blind kid called frank n id love for u to check it out http://www.mychemicalromancefanfiction.com/Story/74442/You-Are-A-Beautiful-Human-Frerard/

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