Gerard P.O.V.
And so Monday comes to be a pain in the fucking ass.

Mikey went up to my room to wake me up. He always does that. He knows my alarm clock doesn't wake me up.

"Wake up, Gee. Time for school!" Mikey said as he shook me.

"Fucking school," I murmured.

"Hey, I hate school just as much as you do, too," Mikey said and turned on the light.

I literally went blind in that moment. "Dammit Mikey!" I said.

"Revenge," he said and left the room.

I smiled and got ready.



"Bye Mom and Dad!" Both Mikey and I yelled and we closed the door.

We both took the bus. Our school is a little bit far away.

There were already people there. About five so far. Irmarie was there too. She was in the far back of the rest.

"I'm going to talk to her," I said to Mikey and he nodded.

Irmarie had her back to us, so I decided to sneak up on her. I slowly approach her, trying not to make any sound.

"Boo!" I said.

Irmarie jumped and screamed, making her drop all of her books she was carrying to the ground.

"Fuck, Gerard!" Irmarie breathed out.

"Well, I guess I did scare you," I said looking at where the books landed.

"You think!" Irmarie said. She then started picking up her books.

"Here, let me help," I offered.

I bent down and started helping her pick up her text books. After I had gotten the books picked up, I handed them to Irmarie.

"Tell me why those books aren't in your book bag?" I asked.

"Some are and some arn't. My bag is already heavy, so, I'm carrying the rest." Irmarie said.

"School gives us way too much homework," I said.

"Yeah. They do." Irmarie said looking at the ground.

I was about to say something, but the school bus pulled up to the curve.

Irmarie got in the bus first before I did.

The bus was always crazy in the mornings. Mr. Edwards didn't give a shit about us, he just wants to do his job.

Spit balls flying everywhere. Someone threw a crumbled up paper ball and threw it at Irmarie, making her jump a little bit.

"What's wrong emo?" Brain Walters laughed. His little crew laughed with him. Soon did the whole bus.

Brian Walters, let's say everyone hates his guts. The only people that actually like him in school is his little stupid ass group that is just as annoying as he is. He and the crew is scare of me, Giovanni, and Gabriel. Wannabes, that's what they are.

"Leave her alone," I snapped at Brian.

Everyone is the bus suddenly went silent. I knew Brian was scared of me. Giovanni and Gabriel didn't hop on to this bus, so Brian was actually lucky.

Brian just looked at me. He smiled. "What are you going to do, Way?"

The whole bus gasped and there was small talk around too. The little line had stopped moving, so Irmarie was trapped between me and another kid named Augustus Hanson.

"Do you really want to know," I said.

He kept looking at me, like he was trying to think of something to say.

"Don't mess with my friends and you'll be fine," I said.

The people in the little line got that that was the end of the conversation, so they started taking the seats.

I wanted to sit next to Irmarie, so I followed her. She kept walking until we got to the back of the bus.

"Thank you," she said when we sat down.


Tuesday was pretty boring. Nothing happened at all. Irmarie wasn't in any of my classes until Wednesday.

On Wednesdays I had music class. For a person who hated another person, I never noticed
Irmarie at all in my classes, just when I was with Giovanni and Gabriel.

In music class, we were learning how to play an instrument, that includes singing. I chose singing because I didn't want to carry anything.

Ms. Lee, our music teacher, asked if anyone knows how to play a certain instrument. A few people raised their hands up. I saw that Irmarie had her hand up, too.

Wait, she plays an instrument? I thought to myself.

On Thursday, we had art class. Mrs. Hale said the project was extended. She said it was going to take some time to know someone really well, so, she said it's going to be due in May. It's January.

For a strange reason, I was actually happy that it was extended. Shouldn't I be mad? But that was the thing, I wasn't. I wasn't calling anybody emo. I wasn't bullying anybody like Giovanni was. I noticed Gabriel was changing, too, just like me.

On Friday, Giovanni called for a group meeting during lunchtime.

We know where to meet, so I told Irmarie that day that I wasn't going to sit with her at lunch and that we had a group meeting. She was okay with it.

Me and Gabriel met Giovanni at the locker rooms. Gabe and I can tell he was pissed off.

"Hey, Giovanni," Gabriel said.

"Don't 'hey' me, bastard," Giovanni snapped.

"Whoa, don't need to be rude to your brother," I said.

"Oh, fuck you Gerard. Fuck you too Gabe. You guys are letting them change you! You're becoming just like them, emo." Giovanni said.

"Hey, maybe Mrs. Hale is right. We're ignorant. My partner, Augustus Hanson was literally scared of me. He didn't talk to me until yesterday when I started to apologize for beating him up!" Gabriel said.

"And my partner, Irmarie, she's been teaching me a lot too. Things I never thought I would get about her! She even got me and my brother to talk to each other now without fighting!" I said.

"And it's been a week!" Gabriel said.

"Fuck you guys are becoming too soft!" Giovanni said.

"And what's wrong with that?" I asked.

"You emo faggots." Giovanni said.

"Hey! Are you going to be like this to your brother?" I asked.

"Yes! And he's not my brother anymore." Giovanni said.

"Giovanni! You can't do that just because we're changing just a little bit," Gabe pleaded.

"Oh yes I can, faggot! Now get away from me, go fuck each other!" Giovanni said and left us in the locker room.

Gabe and I just looked at the door Giovanni used to exit the room. We were stun at what just happened.


I walked Irmarie home that afternoon. I told her what had happened.

"Who's his partner?" Irmarie asked.

"One of Brian's little crew buddy," I said.

"No wonder he's still an asshole," Irmarie said.

"You got that right." I said.

"Giovanni is so wrong. He can't do that to his own brother! It's just stupid." Irmarie said.

"You're kind of making me feel guilty here," I mumbled.

"Why?" Irmarie asked.

"Well, I was kind of like that with Mikey," I mumbled.

"But that's all in the pass. You and Mikey are bonding together now," Irmarie said giving me a small pat on the back.

I just smiled because it's true. All that week I haven't fought with Mikey. Haven't called him any mean names.

"Want to eat at my place?" Irmarie asked as we stopped in front of the house that was always loud.

"Sure. Can I bring Mikey?" I asked. I wanted to bond with him more.

"Sure you can! Be here around four. Expect it to be loud, okay." Irmarie smiled.

"Okay." I said.

"IRMARIE!!!!" I heard someone yell and open the door and tackled her.

"What the fuck?" Irmarie said still on the floor.

"Sorry about that, Buddie." A guy came out and pulled the dude who tackled Irmarie. I held Irmarie up.

She saw at the dude who tackled her. She shrieked and jumped. "FRANK!" She yelled in excitement and tackled the guy named Frank.

Irmarie was shorter than Frank by like an inch or so. Frank had all black hair, and his arms was full of tattoos.

"And who's this?" Frank said eyeing me as they stood up. "Is he your boyfriend!?"

"Why does everybody assume that! This is my new friend, Gerard." Irmarie said.

"Oh. Nice to meet you Gerard..."

"Way. Gerard Way." I said.

"Nice to meet you Gerard Way. I'm Frank Iero!" Frank said.

"Oh, and that on the door way is my brother, Rocky," Irmarie said.

"Hey." I said to Rocky.

"Hey." Rocky said.

"Anyways. I should leave. I have to tell Mom and Dad and ask Mikey if he can come. Bye Irmarie. Later Frank and Rocky," I said.

"Bye." They all said.

As I walked back home, I couldn't help but think who this Frank guy is. Is he an old friend? Did he use to date Irmarie?

Why are you worried about it! The guy could just be an old friend. Nothing more. Just an old friend. So why are you worried? I asked myself.