Vacation Doesn't Count

“POV Mikey”

I didn’t see my family for almost the entire summer. My parents had sent me to military camp because I had to learn to protect myself and Gee. It was okay, but when I got home, I realized I had missed out on something big. Gerard was locked up in his room most of the day with his music extremely loud, and very distant and sad-looking while we were together eating dinner. At first I thought it was because he didn’t want to move. We had lived in this house forever, but because Gee was bullied at our old school, we moved schools, and even though the new house is only a few blocks away, it was closer to the new school and my parents wanted to move. I was actually really happy we were switching schools since I didn’t want Gee to be bullied and the girl I like goes there. Her name is Elizabeth and we’ve been really close friends since we were 10. I had liked her for a few years now, and we talk almost every day. I had told her I was going to camp for the summer, but not how long or what type of camp, since my parents didn’t want Gee to feel as though he needed a protector or give anybody else a reason to prey on him. Once I told her I was back, she asked me immediately if I wanted to hang out. I said yes and offered if we could meet early in the morning by the playground, which she agreed to. The next morning I quickly put on some jeans, a shirt and simple black converse; then quietly slipped out leaving a note not to worry in the kitchen. It was still a little dark with a small wind. I walked to the playground taking in the quiet, cool air. I waited on the swing set, but it didn’t take long for her to come. We walked around for a bit, talking about where I had been, what she had been doing all summer, letting the small breeze hit us in the face and the dewy grass stick itching our ankles. While the sun was coming up, we had settled on the swings again, still talking. When there was a silence for a while, I told her I loved her. She smiled, her dimples creasing, her dark hair whipping around in the breeze; she was beautiful. She looked straight at me and told me she loved me too. We sat in another smile, this one even more comfortable than the one before. I felt the warmth of her hand rushing through mine as we got up and walked to a little coffee shop down the road. We talked for a while, I told her about where I had been, what it was like, what happened when I got home. Everything. We hung out till the end of the afternoon, and it was amazing. When I got home, I found Gee in his room, crying. I hadn’t really talked to him, mostly because he wasn’t talking much and I’ve been busy with the move and catching up with my friends. I sat next to him in silence for a while, simply holding his fragile, shaking body. I didn’t ask, I didn’t push anything, but soon enough he lifted his head and looked at me. He looked sad and tired; broken. His long hair hung in his hair a little bit as he quietly started speaking. He told me he had missed me, he had needed me. He told me about his vacation, how they went to France (my parents had told me this since I was in England and if there was an emergency, they were closer), and what had happened there. He had apparently met this very cute guy called Frank and had fallen in love. I knew it was no crush because of the way he was hurting, I knew this would take a long time to heal. I felt awful for not having asked or being there for him earlier; but I knew I couldn’t have. We talked till the early evening, about Frank, about our move, about our parents, about Elizabeth, we talked about everything; everything besides “camp”. Our mum called us to come downstairs for dinner. After dinner, my mum told me to go bring her new batch of cookies to our new neighbors; around 9:40. Gee immediately replied he didn’t want to, so I hugged him and walked to the other side of the street, happy. Happy I talked to Gee, happy I was with Elizabeth now, happy about so many things. When I got to the door, I heard the pounding stereo from inside the house; which promised somebody I could actually befriend. When the bell rang, the stereo was shut off, and I heard someone running to the door. When the door opened a short boy around my age, with a lip and nose ring, stood before me. I was not really in the mood to talk, so I give him the little basket, introduced myself, and walked back home. When I got home I realized I was pretty impolite and I hadn’t asked for his name. I’ll find out tomorrow at school, if he really is my age. I texted Elizabeth for a little bit before going to bed, and then slept like a baby. The next morning I was ready to go about half an hour before Gee, so I decided to watch some TV. When Gee finally came downstairs we had to basically run to school to be able to get to our lockers and know where the hallways were. I entered my first class a few minutes before the bell; my first class was with Elizabeth so I ran over to her to give her a quick kiss. I talked to her a little bit, but her friends were there and I was starting to get uncomfortable with the way they were acting about our relationship. I suddenly noticed our new neighbor was in our class, and invited him over to introduce him to the girls. I saw Lindsey wink at him and he was obviously feeling really awkward. I told him all of their names, and that was the moment I finally found out his name; Frank. His fucking name was Frank. And now I know, I know this is “the” Frank. I had to act cool about it so he wouldn’t ask me about it, but I couldn’t tell Gee. No way. It’d drive him mad and make him feel really awkward… But what if they have classes together? I should tell Gee as soon as possible! I decided to not say anything and hope they didn’t share any classes until we got home. Unfortunately my teachers decided to be asshats and give me 3 hours of homework. I also had dinner (no way I was telling him with my parents next to us) and Elizabeth called and well, if they didn’t have any classes together, what are the chances they’ll actually pay enough attention to see each other in the hallway? I decided it could wait, especially since Gee was still hurting very much.

Notes

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