A Work In Progress

Gerard’s POV

I’m listening to music when Mikey barges into my room. “Mikes, why are you so late? Did you miss the bus again?” I questioned while taking out my earbuds.

“Ya, I got caught up and I had to walk home. I just meant to ask you if it’s okay if I come with you on your shift today?” Mikey asked. Judging by the way he is shifting his weight from foot to foot and picking at his fingernails, I can tell there was something else. “Sure,” I shrug, “Is there anything else you want to ask me?”

Mikey looks down, then back at me.”Well, I met this really cool guy when I was walking home, his name is Frank, and I think you’d really like him. So.. I.. sorta-maybeinvitedhimtocometothestorewithus.” I sigh, just barely understanding him. Mikey knows I’m not at all good at adjusting to new people. But, if he trusts this Frank enough to invite him to the store, I could at least give him a chance.

“It’s okay Mikes. He can come,” I assure him. Mikey shoots me a small smile and leaves, pulling the door shut behind him. I honestly just hope that Frank isn’t as much of an asshat as some of Mikey’s other friends.

(Timelapse)

“MIKEY,” I yell, “WE HAVE TO GO!” I groan unnecessarily loudly. Mikey’s gonna make me late for my shift. I am already regretting my decision to let him and his friend come along. “MIKEY I SWEAR TO-” he cuts me off by punching my arm after finally coming down the stairs.

“Was that necessary?” I asked. “Oh, can we get something to eat before we go? I’ve been hungry for a while,” Mikey said, blatantly ignoring my previous question. I sigh and nod as we head out the door.

(Timelapse)

Once we get to Breakdown Comics, I walk inside and quickly start to work my shift since I’m already late. Then my boss came out of the storage room. “Hey Pete,” I yelled. “Oh, hey Gerard! Today, I need you to lay out the new shipment of records we got this morning,” he replied cheerfully. “Sure, boss,” I said, and I walk into the storage room to grab the records.

After grabbing an entire crate of record albums, I head back out to the main part of the store, just barely holding the heavy crate in my arms, and call out, “Hey Mikes? Can you go grab me a coffee from across the street?”

When there is no response, I set down the crate and look up to see Mikey laughing with the most gorgeous boy I have ever seen.

He looks so perfect, and when he smiled, I swear I felt my heart stop. Looking at him, I can tell I’m going to like him. I mean, anyone that’s wearing a Misfits tee should already be on my radar. He is also wearing black, ripped skinny jeans and I can see that he has tons of tattoos and a very attractive lip ring. His eyes were a hazel-y green color and around them, black eyeliner has been smudged messily.

He smiles at Mikey, a cute, half-smiling smirk that makes me want to die and run a hand through his messy black/red hair. Wait- did I just call him cute? And gorgeous? Why can’t I stop looking at him? I’m- I’m not... What?



Frank’s POV

I quickly find the comic book store that Mikey and his brother are supposed to be at and walk in. Inside I am greeted with a smiling Mikey.

“Hey!” I say, and even I can tell I’m trying too hard to be cheerful and polite. “Hey, Frank. You look smokin’ hot. Did you change?” he raises his eyebrows up and down and then erupts with laughter. I can’t resist, I burst out laughing at his awkwardness. I can tell he is joking though, so I smile and run my hand through my hair.

“This place looks really cool, I’ve never been here before,” I state, looking around. “Ya, it’s pretty awesome here. And since my brother works here, the manager lets me hang around and read comics whenever I want,” he says.

Suddenly my eyes meet a pair across the room. They are so hazel that they look almost green, and they belong to a beautiful boy with fiery red hair. He has a pixie nose and soft-looking pink lips. Just looking at him makes my heart beat faster. He has black Converse on, like me, and is wearing black skinny jeans, but not ripped like mine. And oh- his shirt- I love the Smashing Pumpkins.

“Hey Mikes, it- is that your brother?” I ask since the boy has a striking resemblance to my new friend. “Yeah..” he says hesitantly, “How’d you know?” I laugh. “You guys look so much alike,” I say, finally breaking the gaze of Mikey’s brother. “Gerard!” calls Mikey.

Oh no, he’s coming over. What do I do? Ohhh no. “Hi,” I say, just trying to even my breathing when Gerard comes up to us. Okay, not too bad. “Hey, I’m Gerard,” says the boy, sticking out his hand. I shake his strong hand and I can feel myself blush at the feeling of his hand on mine.

Wait a minute. What am I doing? Gerard has me blushing?! I don’t date guys. Realizing I’ve been shaking his hand for a second too long, I bring my hand back to my side reluctantly.

I smile at Gerard politely and looked down. “Well. Mikey, earlier I was asking if you’d go get me some coffee from the café down the street. Could you do that?” Gerard says, now facing Mikey. “Ugh fine,” Mikey says, dramatically I might add. “Hey, I’ll go with you,” I quickly add. I have to get my thoughts aligned. What is going on?


Gerard’s POV

That’s Frank?! I swear, the second I saw him something just clicked in my heart. He seems so… perfect. I really can’t think of a better word to describe him.

Minutes later, Mikey and Frank come back from the café with coffee. “Thanks, guys,” I say, reaching for my black coffee. Frank eyes meet mine and he gives me his adorable little half-smile. I feel the blood rushing to my cheeks but I quickly turn around to hide it. I take a sip of my coffee, trying to act casual, and decide I should get back to work.

Just then, a tall man with brown eyes and really poofy hair walks in. I walk over to the cash register to greet the customer. “Hi. Can I help you?” I say, putting on my best ‘customer smile’. “Hey. I was just wondering if you had any vintage ‘Batman’ comics?” he asks. Nice. This guy seems pretty chill. “Yeah right over there,” I say, pointing him in the direction of the ‘Batman’ section. “Ray?!” I suddenly hear Frank’s voice from behind us.

After Frank and Ray had talked, I find out from Mikey that they were old friends and Ray is really cool. Well, if Ray is anything like Frank, I’m sure I’ll like him. So after I finish my shift, we all come to the conclusion that we’d head over to my place and hang out.

For some reason, my heart flutters when Frank accepts the invitation.

When we get to mine and Mikey’s house, Frank points out some old horror movies that are being displayed in the living room. “Oh! I love Halloween!” he squeals, excitedly. “Yeah? Me too. I’ve got a whole collection of my favorite horror movies,” I tell him. I can’t help but smile at seeing him so worked up. He looks like a puppy being adopted for the first time.

“Can we watch Halloween, guys?” Frank asks and looks around the room for approval. Everyone agrees, so we play the movie and Frank and I sit down on the couch.

We are really close. I feel his hand subtly touch mine as we sit down, and I’m surprised when he doesn’t pull away. I feel the heat from his body and chills spontaneously run up and down my arms. I’ve seen this movie millions of times, so I’m not really surprised when someone dies horrifically, but it scares Frank. This particular time, he jumps up and somehow ends up in my lap and grabbing my arm. I wonder if he has any clue what he’s doing, but I gladly hold him and I have to resist the urge to stare into his gorgeous hazel-brown eyes.

I absolutely love the way his eyes glitter with excitement and fear when someone lets out a blood-curdling scream. I mentally scold myself for being so intrigued with someone I had met only hours ago, but I can really see myself loving this boy.

By the time the movie is over, we’d eaten all the snacks, so Ray announces that he is going home and Frank is already asleep with his head on my chest. I instruct Mikey to call Frank’s mom and let her know that Frank is going to sleep over. I fall asleep dreaming of Frank and I walking in the park, hand-in-hand, smiling at each other fondly.

Notes

I'm sorry this isn't very exciting