It's ok to be a Princess!

***Time Stamp: Two Years Later***

"Gerard, I'm sorry can you..."

"I got it Ma, don't worry."

"Thanks you sweetheart."

"Go, have a good night at work."

"I love you Gee."

Donna kissed Gerard and left for work. Gerard watched his mom leave and sighed. The last two years have been rough, but they managed. Donna worked as many double shifts as she could and Gerard practically became the man of the house.

"Mikey, come on, take your shower, we have bed soon."

"I'm not a little kid Gee. You don't have to tell me."

Mikey grabbed her towel and pjs, then disappearing into the bathroom, locked the door behind herself.
Gerard sighed. It's normal for a girl her age to be like this he guessed. He cleaned up from dinner and then straightened the living room.
He still needed to do his homework. 9th grade is harder than 8th ever was. Gerard decided he didn't need a shower tonight in favor of studying for his math test.
He headed up to his room.
As he climbed the stairs he looked at the pictures on the walls. Gone are the ones with his dad in them. They were too much for Mikey to handle. She was daddy's little girl after all. Now they are of them and Frank mostly.
Frank was great for Mikey when everything crashed down. She slept between Frank and him coming down from all her crying. He still remembers the conversation he had with Frank at the after party.

"I promise you Gee, I’ll help you and Mikey any way I can. I want to be here for you guys like you were for me. Mikey and you are my best friends."

He kept his promise too. Gerard got to the door and opened it. It felt weird being in the attic still and having his own room after years with Mikey, but when Donna got rid of almost all of Don's stuff, they had all this room.

"You are a growing boy Gerard; you should have your own place anyway."

Mikey and Gerard managed to keep a few things of Donald's that Donna didn't know about. They hid them in the attic still. Gerard yawned as he sat at his desk and pulled out his math book and started to read.

Mikey had finished her shower and put on her pjs. She went to her room and put her school clothes in the hamper, then headed up to see what Gerard was doing.

"Knock knock?"

She said from the doorway, smiling softly.

"Hey, did you get your homework done?"

Gerard gave her a tired smile. His brain hurt from all the equations.

"Yep!"

She grinned.

"I only had math and geography. You still doin' yours?"

"9th grade is harder than 6th Mikey."

Gerard blew his hair out of his eyes. It was getting long, but they didn't have the money to cut it. Mikey giggled, walking over to Gerard's side and peering over his shoulder.

"I'm gonna have to learn that in 9th?"

She looked aghast.

"I'm gonna be in school forever!"

She moaned, turning to go to Gerard's bed.

"Can I read one of your comics till bedtime Gee?"

"Just be careful okay Mikey?"

"Aren't I always?"

She picked up a copy of Batman and settled against the pillows to read, humming quietly to herself. After a few minutes, she put the comic down and sat up.

"Hey Gee?"

Gerard had his head down figuring out the formula of x.

"Yeah Mikey?"

Mikey moved to the foot of the bed, kneeling up and leaning her hands on the footboard.

"Do you think mum will let me stay over at Frankie's on Friday? We wanna watch that Marvel marathon on tv, and eat pizza!"

She finished, as if the pizza part was a given.

"Mom has to work a double Mikey so I'm not sure, but maybe Frankie can come over here?"

Gerard finally got it and then put down his pencil. He dropped his head back on his chair and rubbed his eyes.

"I hate math."

"That'd be cool I guess."

Mikey sat back on her heels, contemplating the idea.

"But we could still get pizzas, right?"

Gerard yawned. He was really too tired for conversations about four days from now.

"Yeah yeah *yawn* we can do that."

Mikey climbed off the bed and crossed the room to her brother's side, wrapping her arms around his neck from behind and leaning her chin on his shoulder.

"Cool. Well I'm gonna go to bed now."

She giggled quietly as he yawned again.

"Sounds like you should sleep too"

She kissed his cheek, then let go, stepping toward the door.

"Night Gee."

"Night Mikey."

Gerard watched her leave. He then he stripped off his shirt and jeans. He walked to his dresser and got his pajama pants out, but it was kind of warm so he just stayed in his boxer briefs. He climbed into bed and flipped his light off. His head was still hurting from studying. Gerard looked around like someone would hear him and then he whispered into the night.

"Fuck math."

He chuckled that he had cursed and then closed his eyes falling asleep almost immediately.

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Mikey woke up to a quiet, still dark house. Her heart was racing and she was pretty sure that the shadow next to her dresser was actually a werewolf, waiting to gobble her up. Damn nightmares! Grabbing what had once been a small stuffed cat, but that now closer resembled something that had been dead a month or two, she slipped out of bed and tiptoed from her room, careful not to disturb the werewolf on the way. The hallway was dimly lit with plug-in night lights, and it was just enough for her to find her way to Gerard's door. Opening it with a soft creak, Mikey crept in and up the stairs to his room. She pushed open the door at the top, and slipped inside. There was just enough light from the full moon outside that lead credibility to her werewolf idea, that she could see her brother, curled up in the far corner of his big bed, with his back to the wall. Perfect, lots of free space! Yawning, Mikey crawled under Gerard's covers and cuddled up against him. Luckily he didn't wake, and a minute or so later, Mikey was asleep too

Her hand was soft as it ran through his hair. She smiled at him and favored him with a small sigh. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close.

"What are you thinking of?"

"You."

He smiled at her and then leaned in to kiss her cheek. He moved down her jaw to her neck peppering them with sweet pecks to the dip in her collar bone.

"Gee."

*beep beep beep beep*

"What did you say love?"

*beep beep beep beep*

Gerard groaned as he realized it was the alarm clock. He rolled and hit the snooze button. He rubbed his eyes and smacked his lips.

"Fuck, what a dream."

He snuggled back in to the bed which was soft and warm and...sighed? Gerard opened his eyes and saw his sister sleeping next to him. He also realized that she was pressed against him and that his thigh was wet.

"Fuck, not again."

Not that this happened with her here before, but it made it more awkward. Having a wet dream was weird enough, but with Mikey in the bed...Gerard got up and headed to the bathroom before he had to explain himself further to her.

Mikey yawned as she opened her eyes, light from the window blinding her for a moment. She blinked and looked around, seeing that she was alone in Gerard's bed. She could hear water running in his tiny ensuite shower room as she sat up, putting her hands down beside herself for leverage.

"EWWW!"

She screamed out, bolting from the bed and holding her left hand as far from her face as she could get it. Her hand was sticky.

"HAVE YOU BEEN EATING IN BED AGAIN GEE?"

She shouted through the bathroom door.

"MOM'S GONNA FLIP!"

She desperately wiped whatever the sticky stuff was off of her hand, and onto one of Gerard's discarded t-shirts. She heard the water shut off. Gerard stepped out of the shower and wrapped his towel around his hips. He toweled off his hair and then hung it around his neck. He opened the door to his sister with crossed arms scowling at him.

"Morning Mikey."

"You didn't hear me?!"

She gaped, stomping her foot a little.

"I asked you if you've been eating in bed again, cos you spilled something sticky...AND I PUT MY HAND IN IT!!"

Gerard looked at Mikey and could not help cracking up.

"Geeze Mikey, I wasn't eating in my bed, I had a wet dream."

He moved to his dresser and started to look for clothing for school. Mikey followed him over, a confused look on her face.

"What's a wet dream Gee?"

"Well..."

Gerard pulled out a shirt and then rummaged for some socks and underwear.

"...when boys get to be a certain age their bodies start changing. Remember when Mom pulled that book out and showed us? She said we will grow hair and my voice will get lower and your chest will grow bigger?"

"Eww!"

Mikey sniffed.

"Sounds horrible to me."

Gerard dropped the towel off his neck and put his shirt on.

"Oh grow up Mikey, what are you now 10?"

Mikey rolled her eyes, hands going to her hips.

"I just don't like the idea of growing hair in weird places.. And how does that explain your dream thing? I don't remember mum telling us about anything like that."

"Well she didn't tell you. Later...uh...dad took me aside and explained that boys go through other changes. Remember when he was worried that you and I were sleeping in the same bed?"

Gerard slipped his underwear on under his towel and then let the towel drop. Mikey nodded, frowning slightly.

"I remember."

She giggled.

"I thought at the time that he thought the bed was too small and one of us would fall out."

"Well that too, but no, he said that I would start to have these dreams where I feel likeI am floating and sometimes, it will cause my body to do strange things."

Gerard slipped his jeans on then went to sit on the bed to put his socks on.

"Oh, guess I better change the sheets."

He pulled the bottom one off and tossed in on the floor.

"What kinda strange things?"

Mikey asked, eyes wide and inquisitive. Gerard brushed the dirt off his foot as he put one sock on.

"Well he said sometimes I could have an erection like at weird moments."

Gerard giggled.

"He said once when he was a teen, he went swimming and he climbed up on a rock to dive in like all his friends and when he got there, there were all pointing and laughing at him cause he had a huge boner for no reason and he jumped in the water with a face plant and it hurt so much!"

Gerard cracked up falling back on the mattress.

Mikey giggled.

"And you got an erection in your sleep?"

She tipped her head to the side.

"But what's the wet dream thing?"

"Well dad said there were two ways you get rid of it...well actually three. I mean you can wait for it to go away of course, but who knows how long that takes. Then you can make it go away by touching or, you can rub on something."

Gerard sat back up and put his other sock on after brushing off his other foot.

"So dad says that all boys get an erection in the morning. He called it morning wood. I don’t understand why still. Anyway, he said that sometimes, guys will rub against the mattress or pillow because they are having a dream and when they wake up, the erection is gone, but there is a mess."

Gerard put his foot down and then placed his hands on his thighs rubbing the jeans down to the knee.

"I guess that is what happened here, but you were here so I hope I didn't push against you. That would be kind of wrong I think."

He stood up and looked at the clock.

"Okay, biology lesson over, you gotta get dressed for school too. At least you showered last night so you can just get dressed."

"Hmmm..."

Mikey mused.

"Well I'm not sticky, so I guess you didn't do that.

She grinned heading for the door.

"I'll get dressed. Will you make pancakes Gee?"

"I don't think we have time for pancakes, but I can make toaster waffles. I will make pancakes tomorrow."

Gerard shooed her out of the room and then pulled out new sheets. He sighed; he would be doing more laundry if this kept happening. He looked at the dirty sheet.

"It isn't really dirty. I bet I can get it out with water and then it will dry in the bathroom."

Gerard dragged the sheet to the bathroom and ran the section with the dried cum under the water. He added a little soap and scrubbed it out. Then he brought it back upstairs and hung it in the corner of the attic where there was sun.

"There."

He then went downstairs to make breakfast.

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"Hi sweetheart, how was school?"

Donna walked into the house exhausted. Gerard was just clearing the dinner dishes.

"Hey mom. It was good. Mikey is done with her homework and is in the shower."

"Good."

She kissed his cheek.

"Want something to eat? I made you a plate."

"No honey, I just want to take a bath and get to bed. I have a nine o'clock shift in the morning."

"Mom you work too hard. As soon as I can, I will get a part time job, i promise."

"No Gee, you are doing enough taking care of your sister."

"Okay mom."

Gerard walked down the hall to the bathroom. He knocked on the door.

"Mikey?"

Mikey was enjoying her shower, pretending she was under a waterfall like Pocahontas, she didn't hear her brother. Besides, she had shampoo in her hair, and was much more interested in keeping it out of her eyes than paying attention to what was going on outside of her little bubble.

"Mikey?"

Gerard carefully opened the door.

"Hey Mikey, you almost done? Mom's home and she wants to take a bath so no stealing all the hot water."

Mikey had just finished rinsing her hair. She still hadn't heard Gerard. Turning off the water, she pulled open the shower curtain, and screamed.

"Ahhh Gee!”

She grabbed for a towel to cover herself.

"Hey, I called you, you didn't answer. Mom needs the bathroom, come on."

He then closed the door and went back to the kitchen.

"You didn't have to do that Gerard."

"Yeah I did, she would have used all the hot water."

Donna kissed Gerard's head and then headed to the bathroom.

Mikey was grumpily drying herself off with a big red towel when her mum knocked.

"Be out in a minute."

She snapped.

The door opened and Donna could see her daughter was upset.

"Don't be mad at Gee sweetie, he just wanted to make sure you left me some hot water."

"He walked in on me mom!"

Mikey huffed. busily rubbing her hair to get the worst of the moisture out.

"I didn't even hear him come in."

"Gerard forgets sometimes that you are a girl and not just his little sister."

She kissed Mikey's head too and then they switched places.

"Mikey, you want dessert? I made jello earlier."

"Raspberry?"

Mikey called back hopefully.

"Is there any other kind?"

Gerard pulled out the two dishes of jello and placed them up on the table as Mikey came running in still in her towel.

"Hey now. Go get dressed for bed first."

Mikey frowned.

"But but it's jello!"

Gerard sighed and nodded. Mikey squealed and hopped up on the chair.

"Want whip cream?"

"Of course."

Mikey replied, like it was obvious. Gerard pulled out the can and shook it up. He then placed a good size whip on Mikey's and his dessert. He then squirted some in his mouth and put the can away. Mikey grinned as she sucked the first mouthful from her spoon, looking up with cream on her nose.

"Mikey..."

Gerard laughed as he swiped the cream off his sister’s nose.

"Can't take you anywhere can I?"

He made a weird slurp sound as she sucked his finger into her mouth to steal it back.

"And you say I'm gross."

"You are gross!"

She giggled, sticking her tongue out, traces of cream around her lips. Gerard laughed and then sucked his finger into his mouth to get the cream she missed. They sat after that eating their dessert and talking about the weekend.

"We should get ready for bed now."

Gerard put the dishes in the sink to soak and then headed to his room. He pulled the sheet down, which was dry now, and put it back on his bed.

"You can't even tell."

He then started to strip for bed. Mikey pulled on her pjs then snuggled under her covers, reaching over to her bedside lamp to turn it off, hoping the werewolf from her nightmare wouldn't return. There was no sign of it now, so she closed her eyes with a yawn, and was soon fast asleep. Gerard climbed in his own bed yawning. He looked at the clock. It was crazy he was tired already.

"Maybe I can get through the next issue."

He propped up his pillows and pulled out his latest X-Men comic and started to read fighting his drooping eyes.

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Mikey woke with a start. It was back! Heart pounding, she reached for her bedside lamp. Logically she knew it wasn't really a werewolf, but with the light off, it sure looked like one to her. She clicked the switch…nothing. The light didn't turn on. She looked at it as if it offended her, then tried again still nothing. Breath getting a bit fast and shaky, she climbed quietly from her warm bed and tiptoed to the door, fumbling for the handle in the dark. Once in the hallway, she realized with horror that the night lights weren't on. That could only mean one thing, it cut the power!

"Oh no."

She whimpered, feeling her way along the wall to the door to the attic. There was an ominous creaking sound somewhere behind her. Mikey panicked, yanking the door open and flying up the stairs before barreling into Gerard's room and throwing herself onto the bed, landing straight on top of the pile of blankets that contained her brother. The pile of blankets let out a pained oomph noise.

"What the...Mikey? What's wrong?"

Gerard could tell that Mikey was shaking.

"There was a werewolf and then the lights..."

She swallowed deeply, staring wide eyed at him in the darkness.

"Gee, it cut the power!”

Gerard looked outside his furthest window. The street lights were all out.

"Relax Mikey, it's just a black out. No one cut the power, least of all a werewolf."

Mikey frowned, lightly hitting Gerard's arm.

"Don't laugh at me Gee. It was real and I heard it following me in the hall."

"Awww frightened little mouse. come here."

Gerard pulled Mikey into a hug and stroked her hair lightly.

"There there, big brother will keep the big bad wolf away from eating you..."

Gerard then lifted Mikey face and looked deep into her eyes.

"...cause I'm going to eat you myself!"

He then knocked her on her back and pounced on her tickling her to take her mind off the dark and what was scaring her. Mikey squealed, wriggling and thrashing, trying to bat Gerard's hands away from her sides.

"Geeeee.. Stooooop!"

She whined. It turned into a giggle.

"I can't…breathe!"

She panted out.

"Sure you can, that's how you are talking still."

Gerard fingers creeped under her shirt to tickle her ribs and then down to her hips where she was also ticklish.

"NoooOOO!"

She squealed even louder, her hands hitting out, one connecting with Gerard's mouth.

"Ow shit!"

Gerard fell back as his sister got a good one off his jaw. Mikey sat up quickly, eyes wide and hands going to her own mouth in shock. After a second's hesitation, she moved onto her knees and crawled into Gerard's lap, reaching out to his hand that was still cupping his face.

"Gee... I'm soooo sorry!"

Tears sprung to her wide eyes.

"I didn't mean to!"

She pulled his hand away.

"Let me see?"

Gerard moved his hand slowly. He could feel the sting, but was sure there would be no bruise. It was probably red though.

"Geeze Mikey, I think you channeled Batman himself on that punch.

Mikey giggled, glad Gerard was ok. She leaned her head on his shoulder and yawned.

"Can I sleep with you tonight?"

She looked up at him hopefully.

"Pleeeease?"

"As long as you promise not to punch me again."

Gerard shifted over bouncing Mikey in his lap a little to make room for her.

Mikey giggled.

"I *yawn* promise Gee."

She snuggled against him as her eyes started to flutter closed.

"G'night Gee."

She mumbled, drifting off to sleep.

"Mikey, you gotta..."

Gerard looked down at his sister asleep in his lap. She was wrapped around him still in slight fear so he could not easily pry her off without waking her up and she was already exhausted. He didn't need her not going to school cause then he would have to stay home and he had a science test. He sighed and propped the pillows up more. It was not like he didn't ever sleep in this position when reading. He flipped the light since it was still technically on and set his watch to wake them up since they had no alarm clock. He pulled the covers over them and kissed the top of Mikey's head.

"Night night Mikey."

Notes

Hi there chipmunks, how's you?

So so we decided to change the name of this fic because our plans for it evolved.
We had planned quite a bit of angst later in the story, but we have now finished writing it (just editing to do), and we realised that the title no longer fit.

Hope you like the chapter. As always, check AO3 for my co's notes and other fics.

Til next time.. Please comment, and peace out babies!<3