No Coffee For Gee ~rewritten~

Gee woke up to his alarm beeping annoyingly in his ear. He groaned. Summer was over, and school started today. He hit the alarm and rolled over, disappearing under his blankets. But at least it was Highschool, and that meant, no Mikey and Bob, as they still had a year of middle school left.. Thank God!

A knock on Gee's bedroom door woke him just as he started to drop back off to sleep. It was probably his mum.. It was always his mum.

"I'm up mumma!"

He called, rolling onto his back with a sigh.
Donna opened her son's door and saw him still in his bed. She raised an amused eyebrow.

"Really?"

She smirked as Gee groaned and sat up.

"Go jump in the shower sweetie. Pancakes in 15."

Gee grinned and climbed out of bed as his mum vanished off downstairs.
Grabbing a clean towel and his clothes for the day.. black skinnys and a batman shirt.. He left his room and headed to the bathroom.
Two steps outside his door, he bumped straight into his nasty younger brother, Mikey.
Gee gasped, stepping back and dropping his head so he could hide in his hair, dreading what Mikey would say to him now.

"S..sorry M..Mikey."

He mumbled.

"Geeze Gee, you don't have to apologize every morning about how pathetic you are. I knew since you were five."

Mikey smirked knowing that he would start his older brother's day off shitty.

"Are you actually going to take a shower Gee? You must really want to impress Frankie this year by not making him puke when he hugs you."

Gee swallowed, his eyes glued to the floor.

"Can I.. Can I get b..by?.. Please?"

"Suuure."

Mikey stepped aside to let Gerard through. At the last second he tripped him.

"Oopps."

Gee hit the floor on his hands and knees with a thud.

"Ow!"

He squeaked, before gathering his things toward him and starting to climb to his feet, one hand on the wall for balance. He kept his head down.

(time passes)

"Where's Gerard, Michael?"

Don was sitting at the table having his coffee and toast.

"He's taking a shower still."

Don nodded. Mikey opted for toast with cinnamon topping like his dad.

"First day, you ready for it?"

"Of course. I have my back pack ready to go right there."

Mikey pointed to where his back pack was...but Gerard's was missing. Mikey hid it in the closet last night.

Gee left the bathroom and went back to his room to get his sneakers and messenger bag. He found his shoes easily enough, but his bag was nowhere to be seen.

"Mikey!"

Gee groaned as he realised that his brother had probably hidden the bag.. Again!
After another ten minutes of fruitless searching, Gee trudged downstairs and into the kitchen.

"Oh, Gee sweetie!.. You want blueberry pancakes or chocolate chip?"

Donna asked as she turned from the stove to smile at him.
Gee smiled softly.

"Blueberry please mumma?"

He turned hesitantly toward the table.

"Err Mikey?"

He murmured as he sat down, as far as he could from the little horror. Well, not so little, as he was already two inches taller than Gee.

"Yes Gee?"

Mikey smiled sweetly.

Gee looked down, avoiding Mikey's eyes.

"Did you uh.."

He glanced up, then back down again.

"Did you m..move my school b..bag?"

"Of course not Gee, why would I?"

Gee swallowed, looking over at his mum for help. She had her back to the room, washing up the first of the breakfast things, and a couple of mugs from last night.
He turned slowly back to the table, eyes cast down.

"Have you s..seen it, sir?"

He didn't want to ask his dad, but he was running out of options.

"Son, your belongings are your responsibility. Why can't you be more like Michael?"

Gee hung his head, staring down at his hands.

"Yes sir."

He muttered.

"I'll try s..sir."

Mikey finished his breakfast and put his plate in the sink. He went and poured himself a cup of coffee. He added sugar and then went in the fridge to get the cream. He felt there was hardly any in it and smirked. He made a show of pouring it all into his cup in front of Gerard.

"Oh dear, no more cream. I guess no coffee for you, huh Gee?"

"He should learn to drink it without anyway. It's adding weight to his hips. He looks like a girl."

Don finished his coffee and then kissed Donna and left for work.

Gee's breath hitched, his heart clenching in his chest. He looked down at his pancakes and pushed the plate away, getting up and leaving the room without a word.
He walked upstairs and into his room, closing the door and slumping back onto his bed. His hands fell to rest on his stomach.
Gerard frowned and stood back up, crossing to his mirror and lifting up his shirt to look at his middle.

"I'm not fat, am I?"

He whispered to his reflection, eyes becoming wet.

"Hey Gee."

Patrick knocked lightly on the doorjam.

Gee jumped, surprised by his friend's sudden appearance. He dropped his shirt, spinning to face him.

"Shit Pat!.. You scared me."

He laughed awkwardly, reaching up to rub the back of his neck.

"Sorry Gee. Hey is something wrong with your stomach?"

Patrick looked concerned.

"What?"

Gee squeaked, arms wrapping around his middle.

"No."

"Okay, so are you ready for your fist school year without..."

Patrick looks around and whispers.

"...MIkey?"

Gee shuddered.

"I would be.."

He grimaced slightly.

"If the little shit hadn't hidden my new batman bag."

"Damn...and we have five minutes till we have to meet Frankie."

Patrick paced a little.

"Wait...last time he did this, he hid it in the living room somewhere...no not the living room. It was...the closet!"

Gerard rolled his eyes.

"Very unoriginal if he did it again."

He opened his closet and started searching quickly, feeling Patrick join him to his left.

"We need to hurry..."

As Patrick looked under a pile of dirty laundry.

"...cause your mom is going to call us soon."

"Gee sweetie?"

Donna said from the doorway.

Gee sighed at the ceiling in exasperation, then stepped out of the closet.

"Yes mumma?"

He smiled softly.

"Oh, there you are. You better be ready, you have to leave in five minutes."

"I'll be ready mumma."

Donna smiled and nodded.

"And don't forget, you've got to walk your brother."

Gee's heart and face fell.

"Do I gotta?"

Donna raised an eyebrow, but then sighed and stepped forward, tucking Gee's hair behind his right ear.

"Look, I know you two don't get on.."

At the "duh!" look on his face, she sighed deeply.

"Ok, so he's a little shit!.. I know that, but he's still your little brother, and it's a long walk to the school."

She smiled hopefully at her sweet boy.
Gee rolled his eyes.

"Ok mumma. We'll walk him."

Donna smiled, then grinned wider, looking behind Gee.

"Oh, good morning Patrick. I didn't know you were here."

She frowned.

"Why are you in the closet dear?"

"We are pretty sure that's where Mikey hid Gee's bag Mrs. Way."

Donna rolled her eyes.

"That boy!"

She didn't elaborate, just gently squeezed Gee's shoulder then smiled apologetically and left the room.

"I don't think it's in there."

Gee muttered despondently.

"He probably burned it or buried it in the yard or something."

He could feel tears prickling his eyes, but refused to let them fall. He turned his back on Patrick so he wouldn't see how upset he really was.

"I might as well use my old bag."

He slumped, remembering that Mikey had defaced it with permanent marker. Crudely drawn cocks and nasty words.

"Gee wait...let's check the downstairs closet, like the coat closet maybe?"

Patrick was trying so hard to be optimistic.

"I guess."

Gee sighed quietly, his head down.

Patrick placed an arm around Gerard carefully.

"Come on Gee, what do we have to lose by checking there."

Gee shrugged, knowing his friend was right, then headed out of his bedroom.
When they reached the coat closet, he opened the door and stepped inside, Patrick following closely.
Suddenly, the door closed behind them, plunging them both into darkness.

"No!"

Gee started to panic imidiately, turning and bumping into Patrick. He was somewhat claustrophobic, ever since Mikey locked him in his own wardrobe that one time, putting a chair under the door handles.
His breathing started to quicken.

"Gotta get out gotta get out!"

He fumbled blindly for the handle.

"Gerard Gerard, calm down, seriously, your gonna hyperventilate!"

Patrick is getting scared 'cause Gerard is making noises like he can't breath. He makes a decision and, taking his own breath, he grabs at his best friend and kisses him. He hopes that the kiss will make him stop and take a moment to calm down...and if it happens to become true loves kiss, well...who is he to argue with that?"

Gee gasped, eyes widening in the darkness.
After a second or two, his brain caught up with the situation and he pushed Patrick back gently, his hands on the other boy's chest.

"P..Patrick?.. Why'd you d..do that?"

"To get you to focus. Now, we aren't locked in, watch."

Patrick took his wallet out, removed his library card, fitting it into the space where the knob was, shook it and wiggling it, and the door popped open.

"See?"

Gee gaped.

"How do you know how to do that?"

"I magician never reveals his secets my dear."

As the door opened, the light shined on Gee's bag.

Gee grinned.

"You were right Houdini!"

He grabbed the bag, holding it tight to his chest.

"Let's go, before Frankie thinks we're not coming."

Patrick opened the front door, basking in the glow of Gerard's smile and walked right into Mikey.

"Bout time you two losers showed up."

Gee sighed, his mood dipping dramatically.

"Let's go."

He muttered, his shoulders slumping and eyes dropping to the ground as he started down the drive.

(time passes)

Mikey was having fun. He was walking behind Gee, kicking any rock that got in his way at his brother's ankles. All he ever did was give him a dirty look for it. Patrick never did anything either...now Frank, was another matter. As they got closer to Frank's street, Mikey did one final kick and then stopped. Gee and Patrick were pushovers, but Frank...he was a bit of a force to reckoned with.

Frank was sat on the wall outside his house, the remainder of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in one hand, and an open can of Monster in the other.
His mum had left for work already, so he'd decided to just wait outside. It was a nice day after all.

"Hi Frankie!"

Gee called, waving with a big grin as the other boy looked up. Frank grinned back, stuffing the last of his sandwich in his mouth before jumping down and running over, pulling Gee into a one armed hug, careful not to spill his drink, and feeling Gee hug back, then let go and smiled at his friends

"Hi Gee, hi Pat!"

He saw Mikey behind them and frowned, looking back at Gee.

"You ok?"

Gee nodded, but looked down slightly. Frank sighed, taking Gee's hand and squeezing it gently.

"What happened?"

Gee shrugged, looking at the ground.
Frank looked at Patrick.

"Pat?.. What happened?"

Patrick looked at Mikey and swallowed, not wanting to start anything.

"Nothing, we just have to drop Mikey off at his school, that's all."

Frank could tell by the fact that Gee's hand was trembling slightly in his, that that wasn't all, but he decided to drop it.. for now.

"Ok."

He grinned wide, taking a large gulp of his drink and bouncing slightly, his hand squeezing Gee's reassuringly.

"Let's get going before we're late for our first day."

They started walking. After a minute..

"Frankie?"

"Hmm?"

Frankie turned his face to Gee as they walked, side by side, hands still linked.

"How many of those have you had?"

Gee pointed to the large energy drink can, as Frankie bounced along to his right.
Frankie screwed up his face and thought for a second, then grinned.

"Only three Gee!"

"Oh Lord!"

Gee groaned.

"You're gonna be bouncing off the ceiling all morning, then you're gonna crash."

He frowned.

"I'm not carrying your ass to class if you fall asleep Frankie."

Frankie laughed.

"Course you will."

Gee rolled his eyes, but smiled anyway.

"Yeah, you're probably right!"

Gee seemed happier now. Frankie felt proud that he'd cheered his best friend up. He only ever wanted Gee to smile.
He turned to Patrick.

"How's your mum Pat?.. She doing better?"

"Uh, yeah, she's doing good thanks."

Patrick couldn't help that he was jealous of how much brighter Gerard's smile was when Frank was around. He wanted to make Gerard smile like that.

"Hey losers."

Patrick watched Gerard pitch forward, and he would have hit his face on the concrete is Frank was not there to save him.

"Sup Bryar."

"A loser free year, that's what Mikey."

Gee whimpered slightly as Frankie stood him up, making sure he had his balance before turning to scowl at Bob Bryar, Mikey's best friend, and a source of constant grief for Gee, Patrick and him.. mostly Gee.

"What's your damage, Bryar?"

Frankie said through gritted teeth.
Bob was the same age as Gee, Patrick and him, but had been held back two years ago, so was now in Mikey's grade.
He was taller than any of them by at least four inches, and just bigger in general.
He could easily swat little Frankie like a fly, but Frankie never cared much about that.. Cos, as long as Gee was safe, that's all that mattered to Frankie.

"Ya mum drop you on your head as a baby?"

He could feel Gee shrink up to hide behind him, pressing against his back, still gripping his hand like his life depended on it.

"At least I have one Frank...now you on the other hand ain't gonna have one 'cause you're gonna be six feet under if you keep talking about my mom like that."

Bob grabs Frank's shirt and growls in his face.

"Bryar, crossing guard."

Bob let's go of Frank as the crossing guard comes over.

"Everything okay boys?"

"Sure Mr. Stanley. Frank here tripped and Bob was helping him up."

Mr. Stanley looked between the five of them.

"Alright boys, well come on, cross the road, coast is clear."

All five walked across and then headed to the schools as the Mr. Stanley continued to watch them. They got to the entrance of the middle school and with one last shove to Gerard's back, Mikey and Bob walked away.

"I am so glad we are in a different school this year. We can get a fresh start."

Gee smiled slightly. The day was only just starting, and he was exhausted already.
Frankie suddenly shoved his hand into his hoodie pocket.

"Gee.. I got you something."

He pulled his hand back out, a wide grin splitting his face.
Gee looked at Frankie's hand and saw a small, silver pin badge, in the shape of the Batman symbol.
He gasped, looking up at Frankie.

"You.. You got that for me?!"

"Who else silly?"

Frankie giggled, letting go of Gee's hand to pin the badge to the strap of Gee's bag.

"There!.. Perfect!"

He grinned.
Gee looked at the badge in awe for a moment before enveloping Frankie in a tight hug.

"Thank you Frankie."

He breathed against the smaller boy's neck, making Frankie shiver slightly as he hugged him back.

Patrick just stood there as Frank and Gee had another moment that he was not a part of. He could feel the warmth radiating from the hug and he remembered when Gee told him how he felt about Frank.

"So why can't you just tell Frank that you like him like that Gee?"

"You know why Pat!"

Gee said, dropping his head to hide in his hair.

"He's probably straight, and if I tell him that I like him as more than just friends.."

He shook his head.

"I don't wanna lose him as my friend Pat. I couldn't cope with Mikey if I didn't have Frankie around."

Patrick rememebers how hurt he was hearing that he was second to Frank, but Frank has been around forever in Gee's life, and he has only been around for three years.

"Hey, I hate to interrupt you two love birds, but the bell is going to ring and we stil don't even know where our lockers are."

Gee pulled back, blushing and dropping his head, but tucking his hair behind one ear and smiling softly, looking up through his lashes to gauge Frankie's reaction to Patrick's comment.
Frankie was grinning at him.
Gee swallowed then raised his head, smile growing.
Frankie took his hand again, squeezing it gently.

"Come on guys, let's go."

The three friends turned and headed into their new school.
Let the fun begin.

Notes

Hi there chipmunks, how's you?

So this is a rewrite (as you can see from the title), because I wasn't happy with the original, and I had no idea where I was going with it.

I'd like to thank my wonderful friend and co-writer, momiji_neyuki for joining me on this. Please check out her notes and other fics on AO3.

To anyone who was reading the original, thank you for checking this out, and I hope you subscribe and continue to read this new and improved version.

To anyone who is new to this fic, WELCOME!, and if you haven't already, please check out the prequel one-shot that this comes from. Link... http://www.mychemicalromancefanfiction.com/Story/61480/No-cookies-for-Gee/

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