Feelings (Harry Styles x Gerard Way)

5 - I Can't Avoid You

Gerard's POV
I woke up and got ready for my first day of rehearsals for the big show. I tried not to spend too much time thinking about what happened last night since every time I think about it I remember the extreme embarrassment I felt when I walked out and saw Harry.

I got dressed in a casual dark outfit with black skinny jeans, boots, and a black simple T-shirt. I headed out the door and walked to the convention center where all the planning would take place. When I left, Harry was still asleep. I wanted to go early to hang out with my band. As soon as I walked in, I saw Frank. He was running up to me excitedly to tell me something.

"Gerard!!! Jamia asked me out! She called me and asked me if I wanted to go to a karaoke bar with her tomorrow night. I of course said yes!"

"That's awesome Frank! Gonna be honest, I wasn't entirely sure she was gonna call you after all the embarrassing comments Mikey was making." I said jokingly.

He practically went around and announced it to everyone there he was so excited.

As I was sitting in some of the seats towards the back of the seating area talking to Ray and Mikey, I saw Harry and his band walk in out of the corner of my eye. They came in through the left door. Harry was wearing a dark flannel over a white t-shirt and black skinny jeans. Those jeans looked so good on him, I thought. 

I avoided making eye-contact with Harry throughout the whole rehearsal. I was so embarrassed and I thought he hated me. I don't think he will ever talk to me again after that situation, I thought. I'm doing him a favor by not forcing an awkward conversation.

The director of the show helped us digitally design our costumes for the official show. I showed him my artwork and he was quite impressed. We will have the actual costumes ready within a few days. That was pretty cool. 

I got a lesson with a professional vocal coach. I practiced my singing with her for about two hours. She had a super encouraging and happy personality. A bit to the point where it was a little annoying but she was still nice. Her name was Anna.

Ray, Frank, and Mikey got guitar coachings while Bob had a Drum one. They actually were pretty useful lessons.

My lesson was finished and I was sitting out by the door waiting for my band mates to be done so that we could rehearse together.

After a few minutes, I saw Harry come out of the studio he was practicing in. He walked by me and I tried my hardest not to acknowledge him. He sat a few seats away from me. 

As I sat there, I texted with my friend Bert from one of the other bands that didn't make it to finals called The Used. He was asking me how the rehearsals were going. Even though he didn't win the competition, he still was so supportive of me. He was a good friend. He is honestly one of my favorite people to get drunk and party with. He is a lot of fun. We had been doing those types of things for years.

As I was sitting there, I saw Anna, the vocal coach, walking over to me.

"Gerard! Maybe you and Harry can train vocals together. I bet you could really help each other." She said to me enthusiastically. I looked to Harry who was listening in from close-by and looked back to the coach awkwardly. 

"I... I mean I don't think that is a good idea. We have like uh different voices and styles and that would like probably never work." I told her, coming up with every excuse to not have to face what happened last night with Harry. To be honest its mostly because I don't even know what I would tell him. He probably thinks I'm extremely fucking weird.

At the end of the day, it was time to have band practice. Basically to just rehearse things with our own groups. I met with my band and we decided on the songs from the new album to play for the final show: