Staring Down a Loaded Gun

I slowly made my was outside the school building, thinking about what just happened a few moments ago.
He sure was a good artist, I must say.
I headed towards a big, willowy tree that had a round bench surrounding it's trunk. Keeping my head down as I walked I didn't notice the group of four boys, about 30-feet away from me, at a similar bench.
I sat down on the cool, shaded bench and took my sandwich out. Taking a bite out of it, I curiously studied the four boys because I had nothing better to do. I wasn't social so there was no way I was going to approach someone to be friends.
They were all dressed in dark clothes, mostly black and wearing converse, or combat boots. Two boys (one had light brown hair that was straightened and framed his face along with thick rimmed glasses, he was tall, lanky, and resemble a twig. The other had a huge head of curly brown hair, his eyes were a matching brown. His build was a little taller than the skinny one and he was more muscular.) were roughly trying to shove each other off a bench.
Another boy stood in front of them with broad shoulders, standing tall with blonde hair that swept across his face, intense blue eyes and a black lip ring similar to my silver one. He was shouting encouraging words ( which contained a lot of swearing and threatening) at the curly haired guy. Occasionally giving the skinny guy a shove.
The curly haired guy fell on the ground and the skinny one stood up, pumping a fist in the air and shouting out " I WON, BITCH I WON!"
"WHAT THE F*CK HOW THE HELL WERE YOU NOT ABLE TO THIS NERDY, UNICORN LOVING TWIG OFF THE BENCH?" Blondie yelled down the curly haired one.
"Hey!" Skinny objected. His excitement short lived. Seems like he was the one that got bullied a lot in the group.
"THAT PIECE OF SH*T IS STRONG!" the curly one yelled back, trying to defend himself. His voice was a lot higher then I was expecting but it suited him well enough.
I raised an eyebrow and smirked at their immaturity as all three of them started pushing and threatening each other.
I looked away from them and moved my eyes to the last person in the group. Subconsciously, my hand drifted over to the part of the bag where I kept the picture as I looked at him. He had removed his hoodie, but I could tell it was him. His long legs were bent in front of him and his bent was leaning against the tree trunk. Once again he seemed to be drawing, his black hair falling over his pale face.
I wrinkled my eyebrows and continued staring at him. He seemed very different to the other three boys. Almost as if he was part of the group, but..... kept to himself. You could see from the way he was sitting a little away from them. It was like he was in his own little bubble, completely ignoring everything and everyone around him.
I was so lost in trying to figure him out, I hadn't noticed a girl short blonde straight hair, stunning blue eyes and, an eyebrow piercing sit beside me.
"That's my twin brother" I jumped startled and around to look at the girl that had spoken. We stared at one another for a few seconds, in complete silence. "Who's your twin brother?"
She nodded casually at the boys casually "The blonde haired guy with the lip ring. His name's Bob."
I looked over at him then back at the girl, trying to find similarities. But since he was so far away, I could only tell that the hair was identical.
"The curly haired guy with the humongous grin, that's trying to imitate a gorilla is Ray Toro, and the skinny guy acting like a dog is Mikey Way." she continued on "The last one, who sits next to you in maths is Gerard Way. He and Mikey are brothers, although you wouldn't think that at first>'
I raised an eyebrow and stared at her confusedly "How do you know he sits next to me?"
She smiled "I'm not the only" one that knows that. The entire school does as well" She gave me a look of interest "I'm surprised he even let you sit next to him."
I frowned and chewed on my lip ring "What do you mean ?''
She let out a giggle. "Everyone's scared of him, except those three." she pointed at herself "-and me. He likes being by himself. Unlike, others he's not afraid to walk this world alone. Not afraid to tell people to fudge off."
I slowly nodded my head up and down, trying to register what she had said.
Gerard Way. I titled my head and squinted my eyes at him. As if though he could feel my gaze, all of a sudden he looked up, turning his head and look straight at me. My eyed widened and immediately I looked away, ruffling my fringe to cover my eyes and hide my blush.
"Anyways" the girl took a deep breath and connected her hands, placing them in her lap like a good little girl. ''My name is Sniper Bryar and you're Frankie."
"Sniper." her name rolled off my tongue smoothly, while choosing to ignore the 'Frankie' nickname.
"That's an awesome name, dangerous." I grinned childishly at her before asking "How do you know mine?"
"Thanks." she beamed at me then answered my question "Everyone in the school now knows your name!"
"What?!"
"Yup!" she stood up and clapped her hands once together, grinning down at me and showing she was much taller than me "It' because you sat next to Gerard."
What the...... they know my name because I sat next next to him?
I rolled my eyes of course, it's not like I saved someone's life or did something to help make our a better place.
"SNIPER!"
I turned my head and nervously chewed on my lip ring as Bob gestured for us- or Sniper- to come to where they were sitting.
"Come on!" she grabbed my hand and pulled me up. The hard pull of her pull of her tug made me lose balance, making my barely eaten sandwich to fall to the ground. "Oh shoot. I'm sorry Frankie.''Sniper cried at she stared down at my tragic sandwich.
Urgh.
"It's okay..." I lightly told her. Trying to act as if I wasn't starving as hell.
I nodded my head and reassured her "I'm sure. And your brother's calling you, not me."
"It doesn't matter. I want you to meet them because they're also my friends!"
I stared at her "What-'
"Let's go!" she cut me off and dragged me in their direction, as I reluctantly followed. Looking back at my sandwich and the place I where I had been sitting with a pout.
What had I gotten myself into?
Not being able to contain myself, I glanced at Gerard from under my lashes and studied his face a little more. He had hazel eyes and a nose that was turned up slightly at the end. It was.....cute. Suddenly his hazel eyes connected with my green ones. He was looking over me intently, studying me. I quickly turned my attention away to hear Bob speak.
"Well well well, who's your friend Snippy?" he winked at and me and ran a hand through his blonde fringe. From close up you could definitely see the resemblance. From the looks I was getting from him, I could tell he wasn't 100% straight and definitely a player type of guy.
It kind of made me uncomfortable the way he looked at me, I blushed slightly at the attention something he didn't miss. He sent me a cocky smile when he saw the pink on my cheeks.
Sniper gave him a slap on his bicep and glared at him "Oi! None of that."
"Why? I just tying to start a conversation so I can introduce myself."
She scowled at him "He already knows who you guys are. I told him, and he's my friend. Frankie!''
His mouth dropped into an 'O' shape and immediately lost his flirtatious look for about two seconds, before it came back at full force, a mischievous glint accompanying it.
"This is Frank?" Mikey questioned as he looked me up and down but not in a pervy way, more of fascination. He pushed his glasses up his nose and tilted his head to the side. From up close he kinda looked like a lanky puppy. You could tell he was related to Gerard by his eyes and eyebrows and his lips, but Gerard's were pinker.
I frowned at them in confusion at the way they were reacting.
"The Frank that was sitting next to my big bro?" Mikey questioned.
Ooohhh. That explains it.
I looked at Gerard to find him ignoring us, drawing as if the pencil leaving the sketchbook for even a second would cause it to fly away.
Hopefully he wouldn't be listening to us as well.
"Yes" Sniper rolled her eyes "This is that Frank."
There was complete silence as the three boys studied me curiously. The silence was finally broken by Bob excusing himself when he got a phone call.
"You finally got a friend then, huh?" Mikey teased Sniper.
She stuck her tongue out at him "I have other friends."
"Sure you do"
"I do!" She defended herself.
"I know" Mikey smirked at her and said in a smartass voice "That's why I said 'Sure you do'"
Then it all went down and they started bickering like an old married couple. I was watching them with a small smile, that is until I was interrupted by Ray.
He stood in front of me with his crossed over his chest and a serious expression on his face. Which broke into humongous grin, which truth be told scared me shitless.
"FRANKKIIEE!" He shouted gleefully and scooped me into a deathly tight hug It was like he had finally found his long, lost sister
I let an 'omph' as he literally squeezed the life out me. Like seriously, it was next to impossible to breathe.
Staring wide eyed as Gerard looked my was. Without hesitation he leant down and grabbed a big rock. Pulling his hand back, he effortlessly pegged the rock straight at Ray's back.
"OH SHIT!!" Ray cried out in pain, immediately releasing my short from, and glared back at him, as he rubbed the place the rock had hit him.
Unfortunately for him, Gerard had already turned away, acting indifferent as he continued sketching.
I covered my mouth to stop a giggle from coming out, man I really hated my feminine giggle.
Ray turned to me with a confused pout "Okay.... well. Why don't you sit with us for a bit." Of course , he pulled me over to Gerard and made me sit by him.
I tried to get back up with objection, but he clamped a hand down on my shoulder and forced me to sit.
"Sit and eat something. I saw you sandwich fall to the ground so you can have my sushi." He grabbed a slightly squashed sushi roll out of a torn up Elmo bag and passed it to me.
I raised my hand and shook my head shyly. He raised hie eyebrows in the way of a concerned parent.
"No thank you I'm not hungry. Besides I'm vegetarian." I said quietly, he sighed and shook his head before shoving the sushi in his mouth.
Quickly after he was running around with Sniper on his back and chasing Mikey with a stick.
I jumped when I suddenly felt something fall into my lap. Looking down I realised it was a sandwich cut in half.
I held it and stared for a couple of seconds, feeling weird unknown emotions rise in me.
Swallowing thickly , and turning my head to the side I shyly thanked Gerard. He slicked his strangely interesting eyes away from his pad to look at me. I bit the inside of my cheek as we looked at each other. He gave me a curt nod then turned back to his drawing, hiding behind his hair.
I unwrapped the sandwich and took a small bite. It was cheese, lettuce, and really good.
***
Classes went by with a breeze. Mikey, Ray, Bob, and Sniper were in more classes with me. Gerard was only in math though.
Thank god. Seriously, if he'd been in any other classes I would have zero concentration. The worst of all this, was that he probably wasn't even gay, so that always sucks.
When school was finally over. I saw my mom's car and ran over to it and hopped in the front seat.
"Hello, Frankie sweetie!" she leaned over and gave my temple a kiss her wild reddish-black curls tickling my face.
I turned around and grinned at my five-year old brother, Cobalt.
"Coby!" I leant over and squeezed his chubby cheeks. "How was kindy?"
He gave me a toothy smile. Cobalt had dark brown hair that was almost black and green eyes much like my own. "It was good! And look! Six girls gave me valentines cards!"
I couldn't help but feel a weird aching in my stomach. My parents knew I was gay and they were fine with it, my dad was a therapist for Pete's sake but it still made me feel shitty next to Coby.
As if my mom could feel my sudden change in mood, she gave me a reassuring smile and a kiss on the cheek.
"How was your first day? Have you made any friends?" mom asked as she slipped on her shades and accelerated forward.
"Everything was good." I had to think about her second question. I guess Sniper was somewhat my friend. She stuck with me the entire day. And the boys.. Smiling I thought back to Ray, the darling offered to carry my bag for me, but I didn't accept. Turns out the boys treat me like a girl due to my shy nature and feminine stance.
Surprise, surprise.
I wasn't actually offended by this, surprisingly I found it both funny and cute of them. They also guessed that I was gay, which totally took a load off my chest. They were totally okay with it claiming they weren't the straightest pencils in the pot. Bob kept flirting with me, but more in a friendly way. Mikey, the bumhead, was very touchy. He loved hugs and affection like that. I've already given him 10 hugs in only 5 hours. As for Gerard...he was.. I didn't know what he was to me. Guess I could say he was a friend but I knew you had to gain his trust first. He was so silent yet people noticed his presence and backed away from him instantly.
"I made some friends.. kind of, I think, maybe, I don't know." I finally answered her.
"Hmm. That's good baby." She patted my knee. I chewed on my lip ring and smiled at her.
Staring out the window, I spotted two familiar strolling down the street together-where hardworking families lives to survive, to make a good living. One haunched with his hoodie up whilst listening to his brother chattering away. Not looking remotely interested in the conversation, but at least trying. Gerard and Mikey Way.
I craned my head back to look at them, as we zoomed past.
Did they live in this area?

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