*the next morning*

"Could any of you here please explain to me, why when I came to visit my son there were two guys, obviously a gay couple, sleeping with each other on the sofa when I walked in?!"
"Hey. Mum it's fine. Calm. They're my friends. I let them stay."
"Then why aren't they sleeping in the spare bedroom?" she asked, her light blonde hair curling at the ends slightly with a hint of worry for her son creeping onto her face, "And why did you not pick up the phone last night?"
"Bed's broken in the spare room and sorry I was out…"
"Uh. That beds not broken. And why were you out so late?"
"I went to Al's and Frank's concert…" sighed Gerard, blushing a little from embarrassment .
"I suppose that Frank and Al are the couple…" she said smiling towards them. She sat on a chair opposite the couple who were still laid out on the sofa mumbling and smiling to each other.
"Sorry…." whispered Gerard as he walked past the cosy Al and Frank, "My mum likes to assume things…."
"Don't worry!" smiled Frank, "It's true anyway. A year today, Al?"
"Yeah…" Al replied sleepily, "Exactly one year ago I made the biggest cock up in my life and decided to ask you out…"
"Hey!" replied Frank, laughing to himself and kissing Al lightly on the cheek.

Gerard felt his heart drop, it was true what Al had said last night. Frank and Al were a couple and it wasn't just Al's drunkenness allowing him to make things up. At least the tears and fists he beat against the wall last night in sadness weren't a waste.

"Why haven't you got a girlfriend yet?" Gerard's mum, Christine, moaned.
Gerard stared at her blankly, trying to ignore Al and Frank who were giggling to each other in the corner with hints of Al complaining about his headache from a 'slight' hangover.
"Or boyfriend…" Gerard's mum quickly added.
"I just don't mum, okay?"
"Aw. Gee. Are you just trying to hide them from me?" She teased.
"No mum."
"Are you sure? I would really like to meet them. I'm sure that they are great regardless to whether they are your boyfriend or girlfriend."
"Mum. I'm pretty sure that I don't have a boyfriend or girlfriend. And I'd be pretty surprised if I ever got one because I don’t deserve them."
"Aw. Has little Gee got a crush?"
"Had." corrected Gerard, "But they hardly even noticed me and I'm probably just going to be alone forever. Okay?"
"Hey Gee!" butted in Frank, "You're not gunna be alone because you have us too! And we'll be the bestest friends you could ever have!"
"Great…" muttered Gerard.

The room was split by the ringing of Frank's phone which buzzed annoyingly through the air making everyone jump. Frank leapt from underneath the blanket and then stole another blanket from Al as his bare chest showed. Al giggled at the sight. "Better watch you going around with your shirt off, eh?"
Frank smiled.
"Someone might just…catch you!" he giggled again but sighed as Frank walked away from him and picked up his phone.

"Yeah- hi Joel-yep still at Gerard's-yeah, everything's okay-no, no ones hurt- yes I suppose there is but I'm sure it's nothing- no Joel! Please- I wanna spend time with Al and Gerard! No- Please-It's not that I don't like you- I just…."
He looked sadly to Al as Joel kept on muttering down the phone.
"Okay…I'll see you soon-bye."
He sighed and collapsed back down onto the sofa.
"What's wrong Frankie?" asked Al.
"Sorry guys…" Frank said looking around the room, "I have to go. Joel won't shut up about something he wants to tell me. It's apparently very important and crap. It might take a while…" He looked glum as he placed his shirt over his head and headed towards the door.
"Okay…See you" they chorused back, Al following Frank out of the door.

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"Don't be late tonight Frankie…" Al said acting cool. "At 8:00 I got us a table at that fancy restaurant in town. 1 year today. Love you now as much as I did the day that I first set eyes on you."
"Yeah. Promise I'll be there." Frank muttered back allowing his lips to connect briefly with Al's.
"Okay…" Al whispered, "See you there…."

Notes

Hello again! So, like chapter 25 now. When I planned it the whole story was only supposed to be 21 chapters, oops. Hope this chapter was okay though it was a bit of a filler, or was it?
Thank you for reading and some stuffs gunna happen in a few chapters. so...yeah.
(I may have changed the name of this chapter just so that it is an arctic monkeys reference)
Thank you all for the absolutely fantastic (and of course turtle-dastic) 2,380 views! You guys are the best and I never though that this should even get over 50 views. Thank you, sorry for the long paragraph. :) x
-Lou