“Frank, you ready to take your test?” Mom asks as I walk downstairs to indulge in some coffee.
“I’m as ready as I’ll ever be ma” Gerard and I stayed up late the night before to study for this test; I honestly felt pretty good about it.
“Well I hope you’re prepared Frankie. You know what it means if you don’t pass this test. Neither of us want you going down that road”
“Mom… I know. I’ve studied hard for this. I’m going to pass it.”
“Fingers crossed, honey.”
“You worry too much. I’ll see you later tonight, ok?”
“You don’t work tonight Frankie?”
“No. I only work Tuesday and Thursday this week.”
“Oh, ok. Well have a good day. I’ll see you after school.”
I headed out the door and got to school within 10 minutes; I walked in and made my way upstairs to Mr. Grims class, feeling myself start to panic a bit. I guess I’m more nervous about this test than I thought.
“Frank, glad you could make it to take your test. You’ve got about forty-five minutes to finish if you start right now.”
“Okay, I’m ready whenever you are.” I say with a hint of fear in my tone.
“Lets get you your test then. Grab a pencil and sit wherever you’d like.”
I get out a pencil and sit in the back left-corner desk that I typically sit in during his class. He brings the test over and tells me to begin. Looking through this test, I realize that I didn’t study last night with Gee… I just listened to him talk to me and didn’t absorb everything I needed to. Dammit. I take the full forty-five minutes to finish this test and when I’m done, I feel defeated. There’s no way in hell I passed that.

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There wasn’t much time when I got out of Mr. Grims room before first period would start so I decided to go ahead and make my way down to English class. Ray was already in there when I arrived and he looked at me with a shocked expression.
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen you in this class so early, or even at school this early. You feel alright? Everything ok?” Ray says with a laugh
I flip him off “Ha ha asshole. I had to take that history test, remember?”
“Oh yeah! How’d it go man?”
“Awful. There’s no way in hell I passed it.”
“I thought you studied for it all weekend though?”
“I... I did,” I said sounding a little paranoid
“Damn Frank. Well I hope you did pass it and everything ends up working out. I know you needed to pass that test to pass the class.”
“Yeah, don’t remind me. Can we just change the subject? I’m going to have a panic attack if we keep talking about it.”
“Sure thing. So… Have you talked to Gerard since Friday?” Ray’s eyes are full of questions I know he’s eager to ask and he’s got a small smirk on his face. This fucker just wants to talk about stressful shit this morning, not that Gerard is stressful, but the way Ray wants to talk about him is. I’m still trying to figure out what the hell I’m feeling and I don’t want to scare Gerard off thinking I have a crush on him. I finally made an awesome new friend and I don’t intend on losing him any time soon.
“Yeah a little bit. We texted a few times over the weekend” I was lying to Ray. Gerard and I had been texting non-stop since Friday night and we’ve already been texting this morning.
“Oh yeah? A few times?” Ray says full of sarcasm “Frank, we’ve been best friends since 5th grade. Not only do I know when you’re lying, but you’re also genuinely a horrible liar. Especially when you’re trying to hide something” I wanted to punch Ray in the face at this point. He’s been making me think so much about the way Gerard is making me feel and even though I know I need to be concerned about this, I’m not ready at accept it. I’ve thought about it all weekend. Gerard gives me an insane amount of butterflies, he’s made me smile more the last four days than I ever have in my life, he’s making me want to be at school, I crave talking to him, I find him to be the most intriguing person I’ve ever met. I kept finding myself day dreaming about his eyes and the way he talks out of the side of his mouth; I thought about how I’ve never had a girlfriend and have truly never had the desire to have one at the age of seventeen. I knew what all of this meant. I may be a little in denial, but I’m not stupid. I figure I’ll come to terms with everything and process this in my own time, but right now is not that time.
“Ray, shut-up. I’m the first friend he’s had in a long time and he’s the first I’ve had since I met you. We just get along really well and we’re getting to know each other better.”
“Ok ok Frank. But would you do me one favor?”
“Uhh, what is it?”
“When you’re ready to talk about it, come to me. You’re my best friend and we’ve been through everything together. I want to be a part of this for you, too. You’re my fucking brother man. I will never not love you.”
I didn’t know what to say. I was honestly at a loss for words and a bit taken back. I know Ray would never judge me for my personal choices in life, but I also didn’t think he would be this concerned. Sure, Ray had been making me think more than I wanted to the past few days, but I was kind of thankful for it at this point. He’s helping me through something I didn’t even realize I needed help with until I met Gerard. I sent Ray a half smile and turned to face the front of the class. Thankfully the bell had rung so class was starting.

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Class went by quickly and I had been texting Gerard all period. We planned to meet after second period and walk to third together. I smiled at the thought that this was going to be my new ‘”normal” routine at school, meeting Gerard after classes and walking together. Second period seemed to drag a little but I knew that was because the anticipation for what was coming when class was over. The bell rings and I take a deep breath before getting up and walking out the door. Why do I feel nervous right now? I haven’t seen Gerard since Friday after school and I don’t think I could wait any longer. I walk down the hallway and wait where Gee and I had planned. I felt a hand touch the small of my back and it caused me to jump a little.
“You ok there, Frankie?” Fuck… I knew automatically who it was then. I turn around to a smiling Gerard with a look of amusement on his face.
“You scared me a little! My bad. Hey!”
Gerard chuckles “I’m sorry I wasn’t meaning to, but hey!”
We start walking towards the science hall, getting into conversation about a new comic book Gerard had been texting me about all morning.
“Oh I feel like such an ass… How did your test go?” I couldn’t exactly tell him that I was paying more attention to him all weekend than the material he was helping me study for, so I lied.
“I think I did pretty good on it. Thanks again for helping me study. I couldn’t have done it without you.” Gerard smiled and his cheeks slightly turned a light pink.
“No need to thank me Frankie, it was my pleasure. I actually enjoyed helping you.”
“You’re awesome Gee, you know that?” He blushed again and smiled down at his feet.
“Oh stop. What are friends for?” Friends… “Friends”. Why did him calling me a friend bother me? We are friends. Great friends, but friends. I just smiled at him and asked him more questions on the comic book he’s been telling me about.

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We got to our classrooms and waved bye, telling each other we’d meet outside after class. I’d go into detail about how we met after class and blah blah blah, but nothing exciting happened and we just talked about the cell cycle… fascinating. Fourth period passed and I was headed to lunch. Gee and I met in front of the library again and waited for Mikey.
“Hey Frank! How was your weekend dude?” Who was this kid? This is not the Mikey I met Friday. He was so excited to see me.
“Hey Mikes! Weekend was chill, didn’t do much. How was yours?” We all started walking to the cafeteria together.
“Mine was awesome. Just hung out with mom and Gerard… and Pete.” Mikey was beaming from ear to ear.
“You hung out with Pete this weekend?”
“Yep and it was awesome. We watched movies and we played bass, did you know Pete plays bass too?” No, I didn’t’ know Pete played bass, too.
“Did not know that,” I said.
“Well he does, and he’s pretty fucking good. We got ice cream and talked a lot and listened to our favorite bands and we got matching unicorn shirts from Spencer’s at the mall!”
“Mikey that sounds… awesome. I’m so glad you and Pete have become such good friends in such a short amount of time.” Ok, the way Mikey was smiling like a fool and how he was describing his “perfect weekend”, this was not strictly friendly.
Gerard spoke up after that, “Oh, they’re great friends alright” Gerard started laughing and Mikey smiled and rolled his eyes.
“Shut up, Gee!” Mikey squealed.
“Am…I missing something?” I was confused at this point.
“Frankie, Mikey is gay… and so is Pete, if you didn’t know that. They hungout this weekend, they watched movies, got ice cream, got matching fucking unicorn shirts… I can’t make this any more clear for you.”
I just looked between the Way brothers in shock. Mikey was gay? I had no clue; he didn’t come off as gay. I knew Pete was bi and prefers men so that was nothing new to me.
“Oh, I… I didn’t realize you were… gay.”
“Is that a problem?” Mikey looked a little offended and I think my facial expression was coming off the wrong way.
“Oh god no! Of course not! I have absolutely nothing against gay people. The more the merrier!” I was rambling, Gerard and Mikey looked at each other and laughed.
“Ok Frankie, we get it, you don’t mind gay people” Gerard chuckled.
We sat down at the lunch table and everyone else was already there. We sat in the same spots as we did Friday except Bob was here.
“Dude, where the hell have you been? You went totally MIA on us.” I asked.
“I got a stomach bug or something and went home early and by stomach bug, I mean I drank too much fireball in the bathroom during third period and needed to go home and sleep it off.” Bob said with a small laugh.
Bob was honestly a really bad kid. He was always in trouble or fighting someone. He treated Ray, Pete and I like brothers and always had our back, which was comforting because nobody messed with us. They knew better. When the school found out about Pete being bi, Bob beat the shit out of half the football team for calling him a fag. That was the first and last time Pete had been bullied.
“Shit man, well I’m glad nothing serious happened. We were worried.”
“Of course you were, you’re like a second mom Frank. You always worry about the shit I do.”
“Yeah well maybe if your ass wasn’t always in trouble, I wouldn’t have to worry.”
“Touché my friend, touché.”
“Bob, I want you to meet our newest friends, Mikey and Gerard way.” I pointed to the brothers who then looked at Bob.
“Oh I’ve met Mikey… him and Pete are like conjoined fucking twins all the sudden. Plus, Pete wont shut the fuck up about him.” Pete just blushes and laughs, taking Mikeys hands under the table.
“But Gerard I haven’t met. Nice to meet you man, welcome to the most fucked up friend base there is at this school.” Gerard just laughed and shook Bobs hand.
“These guys have been pretty cool so far, so I guess this fucked up friend base works for me. Good to meet you man.” Gerard said smiling.
Lunch passed and the only thing exciting that happened is that Pete and Mikey announced that they were dating. We all looked at them like they were idiots because they’ve literally known each other four days, but we weren’t about to take their happiness away from each other. Both of those idiots were giddy over each other and we all agreed that if they were happy, we were happy for them.
Lunch ended and I waved bye to Gee, telling him I’d meet him after class to walk to gym. Ray and I headed down the hall for math.
“I so wasn’t expecting Mikey to be gay or to end up with Pete, especially so quickly.” Ray seemed concerned.
“Yeah I didn’t peg him as a gay boy either but the heart wants what it wants”
“Definitely dude. I couldn’t agree more. They obviously make each other really happy so maybe this was meant to be”
“Yeah, maybe” I’ve mentioned before that I really believe in fate, so this is just part of it.
“So if Mikey is gay, is Gerard gay too? Or bisexual?” Ray looked at me raising an eyebrow.
“Ray, I have no idea. We haven’t talked about that at all. It’s not exactly one of the first subjects you bring up when you meet a new friend.”
“I know, I know, but I just figured when y’all talked about Mikey being gay that maybe y’all also talked about each others gender preference.”
“Dammit, no Ray. Stop pushing this ok. This is all you’ve talked to me about since Friday. Stop trying to get me to convince myself that I’m gay!” Ray looked at me with a hurt look on his face. Fuck, I hurt his feelings.
“I… I’m sorry Ray. I didn’t mean to snap on you like that I just-“
“No don’t apologize to me. I’m the one that needs to be sorry. You’re right Frank. I’ve been nudging you about this far too much. I guess I just want to see my best friend happy because you’re never happy anymore, but then Gerard showed up and I hadn’t seen you smile like that in years Frank. I just thought that maybe since you don’t seem to really be interested in girls that maybe you were just interested in guys, and that made me happy to think that maybe Gerard was the one person you needed in your life to make you see things, ya know, help you realize and find yourself.”
I felt like shit. I know Ray is just trying to help and be a good friend. That’s all Ray ever does. If I haven’t said it before, let me say it now; Ray Toro was an incredible person and I was a lucky motherfucker to call him my best friend.
“I know Ray. I know you’re just trying to help. You’re always trying to help me and I appreciate that so much. I love knowing that you’re always going to be there for me. But, this is serious. This isn’t just some silly thing to talk about. This is me, who I am and who I’m not. If I’m being honest with you, I’ve thought a lot since Friday about my sexual orientation and I’ve thought hard about everything you’ve said to me since then. I… think you have a point. I think that everything you’ve said is very true and that I just really haven’t paid enough attention to who I am because, well I’m scared Ray. God, I’m so scared. I don’t want to feel like this. I’ve already got anxiety and depression problems, I don’t need this problem too. Nothing about me is normal.” Ray looked pissed.
“Frank fucking Iero! There is nothing wrong with you. You aren’t normal but nobody as badass as you are is normal. Do you think anybody from the misfits is normal?”
“Well, no. They’re some weird guys”
“Exactly! But you still look up to them because you love their kind of weird and that’s what life’s about, finding the people that are your kind of weird and enjoying the time you have with them.” Ray was good with his words and was wise for a seventeen-year-old junior in high school.
“It’s ok to be scared Frank. It’s ok to not be able to come to terms with everything yet. It’s ok to be concerned. What’s not ok is you saying you’re weird or not normal. Being normal is highly overrated and I would hate you if you were normal. I fucking love you, brother. When you’re ready to sit down and talk, you call me. You’re not alone in this. You don’t have to figure it out on your own.”
I had a few tears rolling down my face at this point. Ray was so incredible. I’m such a basket case, I have no idea how he saw such potential in me. God I love this guy. I wouldn’t want any other person in the world to be my brother and best friend. We got into class and didn’t talk about Gerard or my sexuality any more. We left class and waved bye as usual.

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I met up with Gerard and we walked to gym together. We got into the locker room and I remembered that Gee had moved lockers to be closer to me. Shit, I had to watch him change again. Maybe this would help me get some answers on my feelings towards him, not that I really needed any. In the back of my mind I knew I had a huge crush on Gerard Way, I just wasn’t ready to admit that to myself or anyone else for that matter. We changed clothes, both of us watching one another from the corners of our eyes but neither of us saying a word about it. As much as I wish I could read Gerard’s mind right now and see the way he feels and thinks about me, there was no questioning that he at least found me attractive. Nobody “secretly” watches someone change if they don’t think you’re hot. This thought made me blush. Gym went by uneventful; my class went outside while Gerard’s stayed inside so we didn’t see each other during class. After school, Gerard and I walked out to the parking lot together, meeting Ray at his car who had Mikey and Pete with him.
“Hey guys! Have fun in gym?”
“Always” says Gerard with a sarcastic tone.
“What are you guys up to today after school?” Asks Ray
“Well my dads out of town so I’m gonna spend some time with my mom. I feel like I haven’t really seen her that much lately. I miss her.” It was true, mom and I are so close and ever since I started working, I haven’t been able to spend as much time with her.
“Awh, are you a momma’s boy Frankie?” Gerard was smiling when he asked me.
“Yeah I really am. My mom is like my best friend.”
“Besides for me, obviously” Says Ray with a smirk
“That’s cute. I love it when guys are momma’s boys. I’m one myself so I completely get it.” Did Gerard just indirectly call me cute?
“What are y’all doing today?”
“I have a lot of homework to do honestly.” Ray said
“Yeah I have an art project due tomorrow so I’m sure I’ll just work on that” Gee focused on his artwork more than any other class work. He wants to write comics when he’s older, so it makes sense.
“Well Mikey and I are going to my house for a horror flick marathon and a snuggle session if anybody would like to join” Pete practically purred.
“Uhh, I think I speak for everyone when I say we’ll pass” I say while scrunching up my nose.
“Suit yourselves! Ray, do you mind dropping us off at my house?” Pete and Ray lived down the street from each other so Ray usually took Pete home after school. His mom typically brought him but she worked so she couldn’t pick him up.
“Of course man, hop in.”
“Wait, Mikey, if you’re going home with Pete that means I have to walk home alone and I left my keys in my room by accident this morning.”
“Oh, I didn’t think about the fact you’ll have to walk home alone. I don’t want you to have to do that.” Mikey looked guilty.
“Well what if I drove you home Gee?” This was perfect. I’d get some extra alone time with Gerard and I’d get to see where he lived.
“I don’t want you to have to do that.” Gee looked down at his feet and rubbed the back of his neck. He seemed to do that a lot when he got nervous.
“No seriously, I don’t mind at all! Let me drive you home. It’s not a big deal.”
“You sure?”
“Of course I’m sure Gee. Stop being silly!”
“Ok, if you insist. Mikes, can I have your key though so I can get in?”
“Sure thing bubs. I’ll see you later tonight, ok?” Mikey said to Gerard.
“Ok. You two love birds have fun” Pete and Mikey laughed at that and got in Rays car.
“See you assholes tomorrow. Later dudes.” Ray shouted out the window as he sped off.
Gerard and I looked at each other and laughed before getting into my car.
“Ok I have to be honest, I’m super excited about riding in your jeep. This is my dream car! It’s all black and its perfectly lifted and has a brand new stereo and sound system. This car is gorgeous and perfect in every way.” I didn’t think it was possible, but I like this kid even more. Anyone whose dream car is the same as mine, is a cool son of a bitch in my book.
“Well prepare for an awesome ride then because this is the best car you’ll ever get in. My jeep is my baby”
“If I had this car, it’d be my baby too. Hell, I’d probably make babies in this car, it’s that beautiful”
I laughed at that “Yeah, I probably would too if I’m being honest. Buckle up dude.”
Gerard lived about a mile and half from the school so with traffic, it only took us about 10 minutes to get to his house. We blasted the misfits through the speakers and sang like little fan girls at the top of our lungs to the few songs we played. I pulled up in front of the Way’s house and took the sight of it in. It wasn’t anything special. It was a two story, brown-bricked house with rose bushes out front. Their yard was really nice and it was obvious that their mom enjoyed gardening.
“Thanks man for the ride home. I really didn’t want to walk without Mikey. I haven’t ever had to do that before.”
“Hey, it was on my way home. I really don’t mind at all. If you want, I could start taking you home after school? I mean, I work some days but if we left right when the bell rings, I could drop you off at home before heading to work and still make it on time.”
“Are you sure Frankie? I don’t want you to feel obligated to take me home just because my brother got a new boyfriend and doesn’t walk home with me anymore.”
“I’m positive Gee. I’d enjoy taking you home after school! We could have some serious mini jam sessions in this Jeep! I don’t have this badass sound system for nothing!”
“Ok, you won me over with the jam session.” Gerard said while laughing.
“By the way, I just wanted to say thank you for being so cool about Mikey being gay. A lot of guys aren’t ok with it and have treated Mikey like shit because of it. That’s kind of why he’s such a shy kid. We were bullied a lot at our old school for it so it’s nice having friends who wont judge us for it.”
“We?” I asked Gerard without even thinking before I said it.
Gerard took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. “Yes, we. Um, I’m gay too actually. I hope that doesn’t bother you either.” Oh my gosh oh my gosh OH MY GOSH. Gerard is gay… Gerard Way is fucking gay. That means every time I thought he was flirting with me, he probably was. And every time I caught him looking at me, it wasn’t just a coincidence; he was looking looking at me. Does this mean that maybe he’s feeling the same way about me as I’m feeling about him? Does he have a crush on me too? I felt like 50lbs was just lifted off my chest that I didn’t even know was there. It was so comforting to hear Gerard Way was gay too. And that’s when it hit me even more, I’m not straight y’all… I am not straight at all.
“N-no.. It doesn’t bother me at all that you’re gay. Not even a little bit. I think that’s awesome actually.” I was rambling again.
Gerard looked at me shaking his head and he laughed. “You’re too funny Frank. Thanks for everything the past few days, from the new friendships to the ride home. You’re awesome, Frankie.” Gerard looked into my eyes and smiled. I swear this shit was like a movie scene where the girl is waiting for the guy to kiss her goodbye in the car after a date. Gee was staring into my eyes and I was happily starring into his until I snapped my ass back into reality.
“So I was telling my mom that I made two new friends on Friday.”
“Oh yeah?” Said Gerard, still smiling.
“Yeah. And she wanted me to invite you and Mikey over for dinner on Wednesday. She really wants to meet you and with my dad out of town, it gets a little lonely around our house sometimes so we’d love to have the company. That is, if you’d want to. You don’t have to! I just thought it might be fun, I don’t know.”
“You sure to ramble a lot when you’re nervous.” Shit, he can tell I’m nervous. Hell, a blind bat could tell I was freaking nervous right now. I’m so embarrassing.
“I would love to come over for dinner on Wednesday and meet your mom. I’m sure Mikey would enjoy that too. I’ll ask him about it tonight when he gets home.”
“Ok! Well if Mikey wants, Pete is more than welcome to come too, ya know, so Mikey might feel more comfortable.”
“That’s so sweet of you to think to invite Pete to help Mikey out. You’re a good guy, Iero! Well it’s a yes from me so I’ll be there, but I will ask Mikes about it tonight and I’ll let you know about him. Sound good?” I had to be smiling like an idiot, but I didn’t care in this moment. I was so caught up in the thought that Gerard would be at my house Wednesday night, eating dinner with my mom and I, and having a good time. It seemed almost too good to be true.
“Yeah that sounds great Gerard. Just let me know what Mikey says whenever you ask him. Make sure he doesn’t feel obligated to come though. If he’d rather not, it’s ok. I get it.”
“I’ll make sure he knows that he doesn’t have to come, but I really think he’s going to want to.” That made me smile.
“Ok great. Well I guess I’ll see you at school tomorrow Gee”
“Yeah, guess I’ll see you at school tomorrow, Frankie” Gerard’s face went from a smile to almost a frown as he looked at me before getting out of the car.
“Is it ok if I text you?” Gerard asks, sliding out the door and grabbing his backpack.
“Gee, you don’t have to ask to text me. We’ve been texting non-stop anyway so I kind of figured you would” He smiled when I said that and I blushed. He has to know I have a crush on him… I make it too obvious.
“Perfect. I’ll text you then. Bye, Frankie.” And with that, he walked to his front door and went inside.

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I only lived about two miles away from the Way house so it was a short drive. I finished listening to the misfit’s song we had been listening to and I allowed my mind to wander off. How was Wednesday night gonna go? Would mom like Gerard? Would Mikey agree and want to come? I was excited and nervous all at once and I loved it. When I got home, mom had just started to make dinner.
“Hey sweetie, how was your day?” asked a dancing mom.
“Well you’re in a good mood! My day was really good actually. And by the looks of it, I’m going to assume yours was too?”
“Any day I’m above ground and being your mom is a great day Frankie.” Mom was dancing all over the kitchen and listening to Nirvana. This woman was like a national treasure, I swear. I fucking love my mother.
“How did your test go?” Oh gosh, I should’ve known she was going to ask.
“Uhh… well um..”
“Frank Anthony how was your test?”
“Mom, it was honestly really hard and I’m a little nervous about it.” Mom quit dancing and paused her music.
“Honey, I thought you studied all weekend for that. I thought your new friend even helped you study.”
“He did ma, but I guess it wasn’t enough or something. I’m sorry. I’ll figure this out ok. We get our tests back on Thursday so we’ll go from there.”
“Alright Frankie. You better hope you passed. I’d hate to be in your shoes if you didn’t!” With that being said, mom turned the music back on and started to dance again.
“Oh, Frankie?”
“Yes ma?”
“What did your new friends say about coming over Wednesday? I’m so excited to meet them!”
“Gerard said he’d be here but he has to talk to Mikey about it still because he wasn’t there when I asked. Ray took him and Pete home.”
“Oh ok dear. Him and Pete getting along nicely?”
“Ha… you could say that again,” I said with a sarcastic tone.
“Details! You know I love the details Frankie”
“Well it turns out that Mikey is gay, and as we know, Pete is bi. Well they met Friday and have basically been inseparable since. They even spent the weekend together. They went over to Pete’s after school today. We all agreed it was way too soon for them to be a couple, but they’re honestly really happy and pretty damn cute, so we all agreed to just go with it.”
“Hey, sometimes you just know when it’s the right person. Good for them! That’s great that they’re so happy together” Mom didn’t mind gays either. Her best friend growing up was gay and her roommate in college who now owns the hair salon mom goes to is a lesbian, so mom doesn’t mind.
“Yeah I guess that’s true ma”
“Well let’s get to cookin beh-bay! You’re getting in the kitchen tonight Frankie!”
“Ahhhh, for you, I’ll help cook”
“Oh, you’re dancing and singing to some Nirvana too!”
“Well duh mom”
We cooked dinner, danced and sang and laughed till mom accidentally peed her pants. I have missed times like this so much. Spending time with my mom was my favorite thing in the world. I couldn’t wait for Gee to meet her; I hope he liked her and she liked him. Well I know she’s going to love Gee. He’s just like me but sweeter and more inviting. Ma and him will get along great. I hope she liked Mikey, too. After we ate and cleaned up, we settled down in the living room and watched a few episodes of the twilight zone before we both agreed we were too tired to watch any more. Gerard had been texting me since mom and I were cooking so that made me not want to go to bed. He let me know that Mikey wanted to come to dinner Wednesday but Pete didn’t have to come. I told them to go ahead and bring Pete anyway because I knew it would make Mikey feel better about being in a new situation where he didn’t know my mom.

12:30AM From: Gee (:

“Ok, it’s 12:30. If we’re going to get up tomorrow, we should get some sleep.”

12:31AM To: Gee (:

“Agreed. I’m pretty tired if I’m being honest. Text me in the morning?”

12:33AM From: Gee (:

“Sure thing. But Frankie?”

12:34AM To: Gee (:

“Yeah Gee?”

12:38AM From: Gee (:

“Thanks again for being so cool about Mikes and I’s sexuality. It’s not something we’re real open about so you accepting us and not judging us because of it means a lot. We’re really thankful for your friendship and everyone you’ve introduced us to. You’ve become such a big part of our lives in such a short amount of time and we just really appreciate you”

12:42AM To: Gee (:

“Please don’t thank me for being a civil human being. I hate that y’all have ever felt ashamed or were made fun of because of whom your heart chooses to love. That’s so unfair. Y’all are amazing guys and I’m so incredibly thankful we have become so close. You’re amazing, Gee… So is Mikey.”

12:45AM From: Gee (:
“Yeah… you’re pretty amazing yourself, Frankie. Goodnight.”

12:47AM To: Gee (:

“Goodnight, Gee.”

Notes

How will Wednesday night go?!

XoXo