"Woah! What the ever-living fuck? You okay there Gee?!" A panicked voice squeaked as Gerard fell into his arms.
"No…Mikey. I-I just s-saw F-Fran-" Gerard stuttered, still glancing around alertly to see if the figure had followed him back to his house.
"Okay…" Mikey exclaimed slightly calmer, "Let's go sit down and then you can tell me about it Gee. Your face has gone all pale and that and you look like you're going to faint."

Mikey was Gerard's little brother by only a few years. He was slightly shorter than Gerard and had brownish hair with a blond streak running through it. His eyes were a match to his brothers but his face thinner and less-rounded, the hoodie he wore was way too big for him and the arms were way too long. The jeans he wore had rips and holes in them all over the knees and his nails were painted black. He sat next to his brother on the sofa and threw his legs up so that they were resting on the arm of the sofa.

"You okay Gee?" He asked again, tilting his head slightly to one side.
Gerard shook his head tentatively, keeping his eyes glued to the floor.
"Well…" Mikey paused, so as to choose the correct words, "What the hell has happened?"
"I-I…" Gerard stuttered, his hands still shaking from disbelief, "I saw Frank…"
"Who's Frank?"
"The kid that went missing 8 months ago. They found him dead, he went to our school. Assembly today…"
"Oh yeah…Frank. But he's dead…sooo…you shouldn't have seen him…"
"That’s the fucking point!" Gerard shouted, getting to his feet and clenching his fists. He sighed before managing to calm himself back down again, "sorry…" he whispered sitting back down on the sofa next to Mikey.

"It's okay Gee…" Mikey spoke calmly, "Are you sure it was him?"
"Yeah. He looked exactly like the picture…"
"Exactly?"
"Yeah…it was him and he seemed pretty alive. And another thing Mikes. I don't think he committed suicide. I don't know why but I met him last year in the music block a couple of times. He was writing lyrics to a song and I read them by 'accident', they were all happy and shit and about being thankful for life and that, I checked the school records and he had no record of health issues. I just don't get it…"
"Okay…Okay…I get you Gee…And why would his eyes be taken out as well?" Mikey asked in confusion.

"That’s exactly what I said to Ray but he-" Gerard replied, "it just doesn't add up. Frank goes missing 8 months ago, it takes 4 months for anybody to properly notice. He's found dead at the side of a river, unrecognisable, eyes gauged out, with a suicide note that they've been able to read. How's that possible when he's been floating down a river for god knows how long? That would only be possible if someone put it there afterwards. Nobody cares at all and then I see him for real. It doesn't make sense Mikes…"
"It doesn't make sense yet Gee…" Mikey grinned slightly, "not until we find out more about Frank can we start to fix the puzzle together. I say that tonight we go on a little adventure to his old house, you in?"
Gerard nodded, "Okay…tonight's the night…I guess…"

Notes

Hello! Happy new years and all that. Thank you for rating and subscribing, I hope you enjoy the next chapter too. :)
-lou