and he never heard from him again (on short break!)

Surprisingly Gerard did get a cab back to his apartment and he struggled to punch Franks number into his phone along the bumpy ride, he finally finished putting it in properly and pessed enter.

The car stopped with a squeak, Gerard handed the driver the money and ran out into the cold and into the apartment building and up the stairs as quick as possible. He unlocked the door to his apartment and pushed through the door locking it again behind him.

it was a good hour or so he had stared at the un-named contact he had put into his phone, wanting to say something but holding himself back every time.

'hi, just wanted you to have my number to...its the guy that walked into the theater btw' that text had been sitting in the typing box thing, rotting away, not sure if he should really text him at all, was it worth it, what if it was only one time again, what if he would get to attached to him and it would all go away, then suddenly he hit send.

'hi, just wanted you to have my number to...its the guy that walked into the theater btw'
sent at 6:07pm

seen at 6:11pm

the three dots pop up as he was typing and another text shows up.

'Oh, okay, I don't think I got your name..''

'Gerard, nice to meet you"

'I would still like to meet you for coffee, are you free tomorrow?'

'completely, well mostly...but yes?'

'okay? so could you meet me at 11 or so at the Starbucks near Richard Rodgers?'

'sure, I'll see you there'

the little 'seen' image pops up a second or so, and Gerard realized, he had a date.

A real ass date, with a real person. it was shocking at first, that he was going to see the colorful boy again.

about 5 or 6 hours passed before he ended up getting to bed and about 10 more till he got up.

the morning was bright and cheery, reminding Gerard of a warm summer day even if it was the middle of winter, then he remembered Frank, the colorful cheery boy, the coffee.

Getting up was somewhat of a struggle as to Gerard it was 'early morning'.

it was 11:17 when he made it to the coffee shop next to the theater.

"I'm so sorry I'm late" he said as he sat down opposite to Frank

"Its alright, I thought maybe you forgot or just didn't want to go, which would have been fine, well I'd of been sad and stuff like any normal person would but you are here so its fine..." Frank just smiled unaware of what he had said as it replayed through Gerard's mind

'like any normal person would'
'like any normal person would'
over and over, again and again like some bad but catchy song that's overplayed on every radio station

He had stared off again as this played through his mind but he quickly shakes his head and tried to pay attention to what Frank was saying again.

"you alright?" Frank laughed looking confused

"yeah, yeah, just tired, I don't normally wake up so early" He mutters, but smiles lightly

"it's nearly noon why are you tired" he asked

"I um...I'm an artist, as long as I have things to the publishers on time then I don't have a real schedule, its a bit problematic.." he admits

"oh cool" Frank smiled looking down "you don't smile much, do you ?" he said again quickly before Gerard could talk.

"I um... well, it's...um nothing" nervous again, it felt good, less empty, but it was gone again as soon as it came

"is it bad, I didn't mean to.."

"its kinda a story, a long on at that..." Gerard sighed

"I've got time..."

Notes

I wish I wish someone would read my damn storys