Hold on Till May
Chapter 46: Facing Sabrina
Gerard P.O.V.
After a week of Irmarie knowing the news that her mother was brain dead, she and her brothers went back to the hospital to unhook her from her life support machines.
They had a funeral for Rosa on Friday. Irmarie was strong, though. She didn't shed a tear, but I knew she was depressed on the inside.
It was now May. Irmarie, Robin, and I would go to the hospital once a week to check on Irmarie's heart block.
"Well, seems like we're getting close to the goal, but we're not quite there yet. I think by next week we'll be there." Doctor Gale said.
"Yes," Irmarie fist-bumped the air.
That same night she told me that she was accepted to the University of Kansas.
"Congratulations. Irmarie." I smiled and hugged her.
"Yeah... I've forgot to tell like, everyone..." Irmarie muttered.
"Are you serious?" I asked.
"Yes, yes I am." She said.
"How can someone forget something big like that?" I asked.
"Because that happened to Robin also." Irmarie said. "By the way, which college are you going to?"
"Actually, in January I had signed up for an art college in New York, so I can be closer to home." I said.
"Really? What are you going to study?" Irmarie asked.
"Drawings." I said.
The room fell in silence. Irmarie had on some Guns 'N Roses playing. I like their music. It was good.
I suddenly thought about the future. We're both going to different schools. She's going to Kansas to study and I'm going to New York.
"Irmarie. How are we going to see each other?" I asked her.
"What do you mean?" She asked me.
"You're leaving to Kansas and I am leaving to New York. That's far away," I said.
Turns out Irmarie didn't give much thought about the situation. "We can Skype each other. Come here to New Jersey for the holidays." She said.
"Yeah. We can make it work." I said. "What are you going to study?"
"Music therapy." She said.
"There's music therapy?" I asked.
"Yeah. Pays good money, too." Irmarie said.
We stayed in silence for a while. It was comfortable. Probably to comfortable because we both fell asleep.
Spike woke us up around seven.
"Why are you guys asleep?" Spike asked as both Irmarie and I sat up.
"Because fuck you." Irmarie said.
"Good one. You should be a lawyer." Spike said and flipped his short hair like a model.
"Maybe I will." Irmarie said.
"Yeah right. You can barley make a speech in front of ten people without feeling like you're going to faint." Spike said.
"Shut up and go get me food." Irmarie said as she laid back down.
"You're not my boss." Spike said.
"Spike, get the girl some food." We heard Rocky yell from another room.
Spike grumbled about him being to slave of this house as he left the room. I heard Irmarie
give a small chuckle.
"What?" I asked her.
"I'm not even hungry." Irmarie said.
"Why did you do that for then?" I asked.
"To piss him off." Irmarie giggled. I smiled and started to giggle.
Irmarie then closed her eyes. I started to poke her shoulder. At first she wouldn't say anything, that is until I successfully annoyed her.
"What?" She said.
"What are you doing?" I asked her.
"Trying to get some sleep." Irmarie said as she turned her back to me.
"No, no, no." I said as I wrapped my arms around her waist.
"Why," Irmarie cried.
"Because I said so." I said in a little kid's voice.
"Hmm, whatever." Irmarie muttered.
I kept poking her.
"Can you not." Irmarie said after a while of poking.
:Can you not go to sleep." I said.
"Don't sass me, boy." Irmarie said.
"Then don't go to sleep." I said.
"But why! I'm tired." Irmarie whined.
"But I'm not and therefore you're not either." I said.
"That doesn't make sense, Gerard!" Irmarie cried.
"It does in my world." I stated.
Irmarie knew I was just messing with her and that annoyed her even more.
"In what world do you fucking live in?" Irmarie muttered.
"I ain't going to tell you." I said.
"Ain't isn't a word, Gee." Irmarie stated.
"And neither is your name." I said.
"Of course- it's my name!" Irmarie said, now sitting up.
"Well, if I type your name up on the computer it will come out wrong." I stated.
"Well that means my name is unique, Ger-ard." Irmarie said.
"No, it means your name sucks." I smiled.
"You suck dick." Irmarie muttered.
"More than you and your brother." I smiled.
"Gerard!" Irmarie said as she hit me with her pillow, twice.
"Okay." I laughed and Irmarie laughed too.
After the laughter died down, silence followed. It was kind of awkward for sure. It was the type of silence that followed with a serious question or talk.
"Have you heard of the rumor that's going around the school about you?" Irmarie asked.
"There's a rumor about me?" I asked.
"Yeah. According to the whole school you suck cock and Frank is using Jamia as a cover." Irmarie said.
"There's a rumor about that? Well, this is what I get for telling Sabrina I was gay and Frank was my boyfriend." I shrugged.
"Gerard, why didn't you tell her the truth?" Irmarie asked.
"If Sabrina found out who I was with, God knows what she could have done. I don't want you getting hurt because of me." I said.
"Gerard, I already get hurt by her." Irmarie said.
"What?"
"She's been bullying me for a long time now. There's really nothing you can do about it."
Irmarie shrugged.
"What do you mean? There's many ways you can stop it. One: you can tell me so I can tell her." I said.
"But who the hell likes a tattle-teller." Irmarie stated.
"It matters when she's getting hurt. Especially the day when I found you all bruised up and cut up during lunch." I stated.
"That was the past-"
"Yeah, and I don't want it to continue anymore." I said.
"Well, I don't know what you're going to do, but don't do anything stupid." Irmarie said.
"I'm not. And you're right about it though. I should have told Sabrina the truth and not lied to her and bring Frank and Jamia in this situation." I said.
"Well I'm glad you learn from your errors, but how are you going to tell Sabrina without getting bitch slapped by her?" Irmarie asked.
"It doesn't matter if I do get bitch slapped by her. I just want to stop Sabrina from hurting you any further." I said.
"Thank you for being concern about my safety." Irmarie said.
"Hey, I would go to the edge of the world with or for you." I said.
"Aww... don't get all gushy lovey on me." Irmarie said with a smile.
The next day I went straight to Sabrina. I left Irmarie with the guys.
"Hello Gerard." Sabrina smiled. "Finally came around to sleep with me."
"No Sabrina. I came here to tell you the truth." I said.
"About what? Are you going to confess your love for me." Sabrina smiled.
"What? No. Sabrina, I know it was you who spread the rumor of me being gay and Frank using Jamia as a cover." I stated.
"Isn't that the truth?"
"No. It's not. And it was wrong for me to put Frank and Jamia on the spot like that." I said.
"What are you saying, Gee?" Sabrina asked.
"I can't believe you got the best of me." I muttered. "I'm not gay. I never have been and Frank isn't gay either. He really is straight believe it or not, and he is dating Jamia. And for me, well, I'm actually dating Irmarie. I have been since March. Well, I first kissed her in February, but that doesn't matter."
"You and that skank are dating." Sabrina snapped.
"Irmarie is not a skank! And yes I am dating her." I said.
"Gerard. Please tell me you're lying."
"No. I'm not lying. I'm telling the truth." I said. And the next thing I know, I felt a sharp pain on my cheek.
"You fucker! Fuck you and you're slutty ass girlfriend." Sabrina said and left. She walked towards where the guys were. I ran to where they were.
"You little bitch!" Sabrina yelled, which caught everyone's attention.
"Shit, Gerard what the hell did you told her?" Frank asked.
"Austin, Aaron, please take her away from here." I said.
"Gerard-," Irmarie began, but Austin and Aaron had already carried her away. Alicia, Venus, and Jamia went up to Sabrina and tried to calm her down, but that didn't go well because Sabrina went all ape on them, which then made us and Giovanni separate the girls from Sabrina.
"The hell is wrong with you?" Giovanni asked Sabrina.
"Gerard isn't gay. He lied to me!" Sabrina said.
"I know. And I don't blame him." Giovanni said.
"What? What do you mean?"
"You're a nut case, Sabrina. Not everybody in this whole world has to like you! And you don't have to keep on opening your legs in order for someone to like you. And who can blame the guy, he knew you were going to go ape on his girlfriend." Giovanni said to Sabrina.
Sabrina stood there, dumbfound. She didn't try to say anything. She then suddenly left down the hall.
"You girls okay?" Both Giovanni and I asked them.
"Yeah. But that was not a smart idea..." Venus said as she wiped away some blood of her cheek.
"Let's clean you guys up." Mikey said.
We all walked to the nurse's office. Alicia and Jamia weren't badly hurt. Probably because they were trying to pull Venus away from a ape Sabrina.
"What happened?" Mrs. Flowers asked as she saw the girls. Irmarie, Austin, and Aaron were there, sitting on the chairs.
"Uh... ape Sabrina." Jamia said.
Irmarie stood up and ran to me. She hugged me and kissed me.
"You're an idiot." Irmarie said.
"But I'm your idiot." I smiled.
"You're still an idiot." Irmarie said before hugging me.
"Hey, but at least I faced my fear." I said.
"Fear? What was the fear?" Irmarie asked.
"Sabrina hurting you." I said.
"Now that she knows about us, that sentence isn't exactly correct." Irmarie said.
"Then I will have to protect you." I smiled.
"Oh God, please don't get all gushy lovey on me, dude." Irmarie said before bringing me for
another hug.
After a week of Irmarie knowing the news that her mother was brain dead, she and her brothers went back to the hospital to unhook her from her life support machines.
They had a funeral for Rosa on Friday. Irmarie was strong, though. She didn't shed a tear, but I knew she was depressed on the inside.
It was now May. Irmarie, Robin, and I would go to the hospital once a week to check on Irmarie's heart block.
"Well, seems like we're getting close to the goal, but we're not quite there yet. I think by next week we'll be there." Doctor Gale said.
"Yes," Irmarie fist-bumped the air.
That same night she told me that she was accepted to the University of Kansas.
"Congratulations. Irmarie." I smiled and hugged her.
"Yeah... I've forgot to tell like, everyone..." Irmarie muttered.
"Are you serious?" I asked.
"Yes, yes I am." She said.
"How can someone forget something big like that?" I asked.
"Because that happened to Robin also." Irmarie said. "By the way, which college are you going to?"
"Actually, in January I had signed up for an art college in New York, so I can be closer to home." I said.
"Really? What are you going to study?" Irmarie asked.
"Drawings." I said.
The room fell in silence. Irmarie had on some Guns 'N Roses playing. I like their music. It was good.
I suddenly thought about the future. We're both going to different schools. She's going to Kansas to study and I'm going to New York.
"Irmarie. How are we going to see each other?" I asked her.
"What do you mean?" She asked me.
"You're leaving to Kansas and I am leaving to New York. That's far away," I said.
Turns out Irmarie didn't give much thought about the situation. "We can Skype each other. Come here to New Jersey for the holidays." She said.
"Yeah. We can make it work." I said. "What are you going to study?"
"Music therapy." She said.
"There's music therapy?" I asked.
"Yeah. Pays good money, too." Irmarie said.
We stayed in silence for a while. It was comfortable. Probably to comfortable because we both fell asleep.
Spike woke us up around seven.
"Why are you guys asleep?" Spike asked as both Irmarie and I sat up.
"Because fuck you." Irmarie said.
"Good one. You should be a lawyer." Spike said and flipped his short hair like a model.
"Maybe I will." Irmarie said.
"Yeah right. You can barley make a speech in front of ten people without feeling like you're going to faint." Spike said.
"Shut up and go get me food." Irmarie said as she laid back down.
"You're not my boss." Spike said.
"Spike, get the girl some food." We heard Rocky yell from another room.
Spike grumbled about him being to slave of this house as he left the room. I heard Irmarie
give a small chuckle.
"What?" I asked her.
"I'm not even hungry." Irmarie said.
"Why did you do that for then?" I asked.
"To piss him off." Irmarie giggled. I smiled and started to giggle.
Irmarie then closed her eyes. I started to poke her shoulder. At first she wouldn't say anything, that is until I successfully annoyed her.
"What?" She said.
"What are you doing?" I asked her.
"Trying to get some sleep." Irmarie said as she turned her back to me.
"No, no, no." I said as I wrapped my arms around her waist.
"Why," Irmarie cried.
"Because I said so." I said in a little kid's voice.
"Hmm, whatever." Irmarie muttered.
I kept poking her.
"Can you not." Irmarie said after a while of poking.
:Can you not go to sleep." I said.
"Don't sass me, boy." Irmarie said.
"Then don't go to sleep." I said.
"But why! I'm tired." Irmarie whined.
"But I'm not and therefore you're not either." I said.
"That doesn't make sense, Gerard!" Irmarie cried.
"It does in my world." I stated.
Irmarie knew I was just messing with her and that annoyed her even more.
"In what world do you fucking live in?" Irmarie muttered.
"I ain't going to tell you." I said.
"Ain't isn't a word, Gee." Irmarie stated.
"And neither is your name." I said.
"Of course- it's my name!" Irmarie said, now sitting up.
"Well, if I type your name up on the computer it will come out wrong." I stated.
"Well that means my name is unique, Ger-ard." Irmarie said.
"No, it means your name sucks." I smiled.
"You suck dick." Irmarie muttered.
"More than you and your brother." I smiled.
"Gerard!" Irmarie said as she hit me with her pillow, twice.
"Okay." I laughed and Irmarie laughed too.
After the laughter died down, silence followed. It was kind of awkward for sure. It was the type of silence that followed with a serious question or talk.
"Have you heard of the rumor that's going around the school about you?" Irmarie asked.
"There's a rumor about me?" I asked.
"Yeah. According to the whole school you suck cock and Frank is using Jamia as a cover." Irmarie said.
"There's a rumor about that? Well, this is what I get for telling Sabrina I was gay and Frank was my boyfriend." I shrugged.
"Gerard, why didn't you tell her the truth?" Irmarie asked.
"If Sabrina found out who I was with, God knows what she could have done. I don't want you getting hurt because of me." I said.
"Gerard, I already get hurt by her." Irmarie said.
"What?"
"She's been bullying me for a long time now. There's really nothing you can do about it."
Irmarie shrugged.
"What do you mean? There's many ways you can stop it. One: you can tell me so I can tell her." I said.
"But who the hell likes a tattle-teller." Irmarie stated.
"It matters when she's getting hurt. Especially the day when I found you all bruised up and cut up during lunch." I stated.
"That was the past-"
"Yeah, and I don't want it to continue anymore." I said.
"Well, I don't know what you're going to do, but don't do anything stupid." Irmarie said.
"I'm not. And you're right about it though. I should have told Sabrina the truth and not lied to her and bring Frank and Jamia in this situation." I said.
"Well I'm glad you learn from your errors, but how are you going to tell Sabrina without getting bitch slapped by her?" Irmarie asked.
"It doesn't matter if I do get bitch slapped by her. I just want to stop Sabrina from hurting you any further." I said.
"Thank you for being concern about my safety." Irmarie said.
"Hey, I would go to the edge of the world with or for you." I said.
"Aww... don't get all gushy lovey on me." Irmarie said with a smile.
The next day I went straight to Sabrina. I left Irmarie with the guys.
"Hello Gerard." Sabrina smiled. "Finally came around to sleep with me."
"No Sabrina. I came here to tell you the truth." I said.
"About what? Are you going to confess your love for me." Sabrina smiled.
"What? No. Sabrina, I know it was you who spread the rumor of me being gay and Frank using Jamia as a cover." I stated.
"Isn't that the truth?"
"No. It's not. And it was wrong for me to put Frank and Jamia on the spot like that." I said.
"What are you saying, Gee?" Sabrina asked.
"I can't believe you got the best of me." I muttered. "I'm not gay. I never have been and Frank isn't gay either. He really is straight believe it or not, and he is dating Jamia. And for me, well, I'm actually dating Irmarie. I have been since March. Well, I first kissed her in February, but that doesn't matter."
"You and that skank are dating." Sabrina snapped.
"Irmarie is not a skank! And yes I am dating her." I said.
"Gerard. Please tell me you're lying."
"No. I'm not lying. I'm telling the truth." I said. And the next thing I know, I felt a sharp pain on my cheek.
"You fucker! Fuck you and you're slutty ass girlfriend." Sabrina said and left. She walked towards where the guys were. I ran to where they were.
"You little bitch!" Sabrina yelled, which caught everyone's attention.
"Shit, Gerard what the hell did you told her?" Frank asked.
"Austin, Aaron, please take her away from here." I said.
"Gerard-," Irmarie began, but Austin and Aaron had already carried her away. Alicia, Venus, and Jamia went up to Sabrina and tried to calm her down, but that didn't go well because Sabrina went all ape on them, which then made us and Giovanni separate the girls from Sabrina.
"The hell is wrong with you?" Giovanni asked Sabrina.
"Gerard isn't gay. He lied to me!" Sabrina said.
"I know. And I don't blame him." Giovanni said.
"What? What do you mean?"
"You're a nut case, Sabrina. Not everybody in this whole world has to like you! And you don't have to keep on opening your legs in order for someone to like you. And who can blame the guy, he knew you were going to go ape on his girlfriend." Giovanni said to Sabrina.
Sabrina stood there, dumbfound. She didn't try to say anything. She then suddenly left down the hall.
"You girls okay?" Both Giovanni and I asked them.
"Yeah. But that was not a smart idea..." Venus said as she wiped away some blood of her cheek.
"Let's clean you guys up." Mikey said.
We all walked to the nurse's office. Alicia and Jamia weren't badly hurt. Probably because they were trying to pull Venus away from a ape Sabrina.
"What happened?" Mrs. Flowers asked as she saw the girls. Irmarie, Austin, and Aaron were there, sitting on the chairs.
"Uh... ape Sabrina." Jamia said.
Irmarie stood up and ran to me. She hugged me and kissed me.
"You're an idiot." Irmarie said.
"But I'm your idiot." I smiled.
"You're still an idiot." Irmarie said before hugging me.
"Hey, but at least I faced my fear." I said.
"Fear? What was the fear?" Irmarie asked.
"Sabrina hurting you." I said.
"Now that she knows about us, that sentence isn't exactly correct." Irmarie said.
"Then I will have to protect you." I smiled.
"Oh God, please don't get all gushy lovey on me, dude." Irmarie said before bringing me for
another hug.
Are you alive???
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