Song for the chapter- Scotty doesn't know by Lustra...bc it's funny
Mikey leads me to the room at the back of the house. He opens it to reveal a navy blue room with Metallica, Iron Maiden, and Misfits posters. I look at his bed the was neatly made and his desk all organized. The complete opposite of Gerard's which was always messy, filled with drawings and his walls being grey-blue.
"Welcome to...my room," Mikey says extending his hands outward. I giggle and flop onto his bed and he stands at the edge of the bed staring at me while his eye twitches.
"What's wrong dude," I say leaning back on my hands.
"Uhm...n-nothing...uh..it's just...your shoes," he points to my shoes touching the end of his quilt.
"...okay I'll take them off," I reply. Once I do he sighs in relief, "so what do you wanna watch?"
"I was thinking....Memento?"
"...it's like we have one brain," I reply smiling at him. He throughs the movie in and sits next to me in the bed. I really enjoy Mikey's company. He is kind, quiet, and someone who is very select with who he talks to. I don't know how or why he chose to be my friend but I am happy he did. Sitting here with him is comfortable; there is no tension sexual or awkward. It feels natural.
"y/n I just wanted to say I'm sorry about how Gerard barged into your house last week. I really don't know what has gotten into him lately," Mikey says looking down at his hands.
"It's not your fault Mikey don't apologize for your brother's actions," I say smiling at him and he smiles back.
"I know but..idk. The way he treats you is wrong and I don't really understand it," he sighs.
"once again...not your fault," I giggle.
"he wasn't always like this l he used to be fun and nice," Mikey says.
"Frank said that too. I really don't understand what you guys mean. It seems like this is who he is," I reply.
"Ya...maybe this is him now. When we were younger he used to be a real nerd; bigger than me. He was shy too but not as shy as me. He was in school plays and used to say he wanted to go to graphic design school to make comic books," Mikey says. Honestly, I cannot picture the guy I see pushing 'nerds' into lockers to be one. The man Mikey is telling...well the boy; is nothing like Gerard.
"I really can't see that to be honest," I say honestly. Mikey laughs.
"Ya...well if he wasn't my brother I probably wouldn't either," Mikey says.
"What happened?" I coax.
"High school. As you know our school is different; we actually moved schools to go to the one we are currently in because Gerard begged our mom to go here when he met Frank at the comic book store. He knew that he had good vocals and Frank wanted to start a band because 'bands were cool' at our school. Gerard I think was kind of desperate to fit in," Mikey says.
"So how did he get this way?" I ask. Honestly, I want to know more. It was like only eating a fork full of cake; it's not enough.
"I-ugh I really shouldn't be talking about it," Mikey says. I can see hurt in his eyes and as much as I want to know I don't want to push Mikey to do anything he doesn't want to do.
"No it's ok Mikey. We don't have to talk about it," I say placing my hand on his arm. He smiles at me and we continue watching the movie.
I hear my phone vibrate and I look to see Hayley texted me. I decide to ignore it and just text her when I get home. It vibrates again but I don't look to see who it is.
The movie ends at his alarm clock reads 8:45.
"Are you up for another or do you need to go home," Mikey asks.
"I can stay until 12 so we should have enough time," I say. He tells me to pick the next one from his collection. I sift through and land on 28 days later. I look over at Mikey who is texting. I clear my throat swinging it at him; he stays glued to his phone. I roll my eyes and proceed to through it onto his lap...hitting him..well..ya.
"Ow y/n!," Mikey says coughing. I run over and stand at the side of the bed with my hands over my mouth.
"Oh my god.. I'm so sorry! You didn't look up!" I say.
"So you attack me instead! How am I going to have kids," he says rolling on his side. I start to giggle and he sends daggers at me causing me to laugh even more.
"Ok I said I was sorry I think your kids will be fine. Now can you put the movie in," I say walking back over to my side of the bed. He gets up milking his 'bruised jewles'
As we are sitting watching the movie we are commenting on how well the movie was filmed and how we liked the interpretation of 'zombies'. I feel my phone vibrate again but it's such a good scene that I ignore it again. It vibrated later as well but at this point, I'll just read them when I get home.
There is a knock on the door and I start to giggle knowing it's Mikeys mom and Mikey rolls his eyes.
"Mom go away! We don't want snacks," Mikey says hitting me in the arm from laughing. I push him back causing him to laugh and he pushed back.
"Dude do you have girl in he-" a male voice says. We both smile over and look at the door. OH FUCK.
Gerad is standing there in sweatpants and a t-shirt; something I have never seen before. He looks between both of us; I can't really tell what facial expression he is giving considering the only light is coming from the movie. We both move apart on the bed and don't know what to do.
"G-Gee uh...I thought you were going to Britney's tonight," Mikey says.
"Ya...I did. I just got back..I'll leave you guys to it then," Gerard says shutting the door.
We both look at each other stunned. It's unlike Gerard to just...leave.
"Is he ok," I look over at Mikey.
"Honestly..I have no idea," Mikey says.
We finish the last 30 minutes of our movie and I decide it's best that I go home. Luckily it was done exactly at 11:58 leaving me enough to be home. Mrs. Way must have gone to bed because none of the lights downstairs were on. I say good night to Mikey and head over to my house.
I enter my bedroom and change into my pajamas and hop in bed. I look at the texts that I completely ignored.
Hayley 🎃: Soooo did you decide on Saturday sent-8:10 pm
Hayley 🎃: If you don't answer by 10 tonight I'm sending a text out sent- 8:10 pm
Tyson: Are you going to Hayley's Saturday? She just texted us that she is throwing a party? sent-10:05 pm
Satan: you closed your curtains tonight...what's wrong? Sent- 11:20 pm
I read all of them but the only one that made my heart actually drop was Gerard's. I left my fairy lights on but my curtains were closed so he must have thought I was home. Why did he ask if I was alright? I mean it's not a crazy question but he has never cared about how I was or if he ever hurt my feelings.
I run over to my curtains and rip them open to look at his. They were closed.
A/n: ok....might be shitty considering I just continued writing after literally finishing a chapter...sowwy 😥
