Roommates

5. Reunion Of Brothers

After breakfast with the guys, I went to my dorm. I wondered if Mikey would even come or not. I sat on the couch and leaned on the coffee table and worked on an English essay.

"Hey, Gerard?" I asked, I felt stupid still, but its not like anyone else could hear me. I felt the temperature drop. "I met your brother today." I said. The temp dropped even lower. I watched a glass of water from last night freeze. "His name is Michael, but he told me to call him Mikey." I told him.

"He might be coming by later. Do you think you can do some paranormal stuff for him?" I asked. I looked at the TV, I saw Gerard standing right by me in the reflection. "Can you like materialize or something?" I asked. Gerard shifted on his feet and sat down beside me.

He mouthed the words 'okay', he then got up and left the room. The TV flickered and it was just the news. I sighed and crossed my arms.

"Jeez, thanks Gerard." I mumbled darkly. I signed and stared at the screen while boredly doing an essay.

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I opened then door at eight when someone knocked on it. It was Mikey, I felt the temp drop around me. I knew that it was Gerard. I let Mikey in and closed the door behind him.

"I didn't get your name earlier." Mikes' said looking at me. He was rubbing his arms in a way to heat himself up.

"Shit, you're right. Sorry. I'm Frank Iero." I told him, he shook my hand. "Sorry about the cold, its a weird room." I said.

"Don't call this room weird." Mikey said. He walked around and crossed his arms. "So you really saw my brother?" Mikey asked.

"Yea, he's uh, here now." I said. I walked over to the couch and peered into the TV, Gerard was not in the screen. "I'm not sure where, but he's here." I said, I turned and looked at Mikey. He was staring at the wall, I looked at the wall and there stood Gerard. He was slightly transparent, but he flickered into a solid form.

I watched Mikey step forward and touch Gerard's chest. Gerard looked slightly awkward, especially as Mikey hugged him.

"Holy hell!" Mikey squeaked, he actually cried slightly. Gerard looked at me and the corners of his lips turned into a smirk. "Fucking Christ, Gee!" Mikey sobbed. I felt awkward standing there.

"How come you show yourself now?" I asked. Gerard's hazel eyes flicked onto me.

"I liked being mysterious." Gerard said, Mikey chuckled and hugged him tighter.

"You haven't changed one bit." Mikey said laughing and crying. Gerard wrapped his arms around Mikey and kept his eyes on me.

"So now what?" I asked. "D'you like go home with Mikey?" I asked.

"I can't leave campus, my life, well...afterlife is stuck on campus grounds." Gerard said. Mikey frowned. "So, I'm stuck here." He added.

"Why can't you go home? It'd be back to normal, as if you never left." Mikey asked. Gerard pushed Mikey away and began pacing grumpily. I sat down on the couch, this was super awkward.

"Mikey, you really think I want everything back to normal? well you're wrong. I'd rather be fifteen times more dead than back to normal." Gerard said. I looked down at my hands, I ran my fingers over the letters for Halloween inked along my knuckles.

"What's so bad about living, Gee?" Mikey asked.

"What's so bad? Mikey I was nothing but an empty shell! I wasn't happy, I was drunk about ninety percent of the time. I hated my life. I hated living in a world where no one could care less about me. I was nothing, and with me gone, everything is better without me." Gerard said bluntly. His eyes burned into Mikey.

"What about you smiling and laughing all those times with the family?" Mikey asked sadly.

"You think those were real?" Gerard scoffed. He flicked and vanished, when he appeared, he was beside me. His back was against the couch and his arms crossed. He looked livid.

"So all that was fake?" Mikey asked, he was crying.

"Yes Mikey, all fake. Who would've wanted a fucking depressed alcoholic brother?" Gerard asked. "No one." He snapped. Mikey sighed and looked at the floor. His knees were slightly awkward in his stance.

"You were my big brother though, I was crushed when you died. So was Ma and Dad." Mikey said, he was walking toward the door and grabbed the handle. "I'm done trying to get you back. Its useless." Mikey said. "So I guess maybe I'll see you later or something." Mikey mumbled.

"I love you Mikey, just remember that." Gerard said, Mikey nodded and muttered something. Mikey left and closed the door behind him. I got up and locked the door, when I turned around, Gerard was standing there, he gave me a look and frowned.

"Sorry, I didn't know what he'd do." I said.

"Its okay, I'm surprised he bothered to." Gerard said, he walked around the room, pacing once more. "Frank?" Gerard asked, he was looking at me.

"Yes?" I asked.

"Thanks for letting him come. And sorry I ate your cereal every morning." Gerard mumbled knotting his fingers together. I smiled at him.

"Its fine. I guess I'm a little happy that I can finally see and talk to you." I said.

"I've never done this before though." Gerard said, he smiled. "I mean, when I was alive..I talked to Mikey. I've never talked like this."

"You sure like talking." I joked.

"Its my job." Gerard said sassily. I laughed at him and he laughed too. Maybe sharing a dorm with the dead was good.