Chapter 23: Lollipops and Big Announcements

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Another month passed. Gerard and I couldn't be happier. He really did keep his promise to me. He hadn't drank any alcohol all.

"We should announce that we're dating," he suggested one day when we were all sitting around in the seating area. Mikey scoffed silently, but I brushed it off once again.

"Why, Gee? Nobody even knows who I am! They'll think I'm just some fan," I protested.

"Did you even read the booklets to our last two albums?" he asked.

"I didn't want anything to do with your albums back then," I admitted. He sighed and walked over to the area of the bus that had our bunks. He came back with a copy of his first album. I flipped through it until I came across our song. Demolition Lovers. At the bottom of the page, there were writing credits. "Written by Gerard Way and inspired by Lillian Gage," it said.

He had also given me credit for "I'm Not Okay," and another song called "Give 'em Hell, Kid." In fact, I was credited a lot on both albums. I smiled at him. "I love you," I whispered.

"I love you too. Can we announce it yet?" he asked.

"They still won't know who I am!" I protested. "They see my name in the albums, but not anything else. I could still be a crazed fan for all they know!"

"Are you sure about that?" Taylor asked. She had just walked into the seating area. Apparently she had left for a moment. I hadn't noticed, but now she had her laptop in her hand. She sat right next to me and logged onto the computer. She typed my name into google.

I saw lots of websites and posts dedicated to me. How did I not know about this? I took Taylor's laptop and read through some of them.

"Have you seen TPR's new stylist? She's totally amazing! I met her in the crowd of an MCR show along with Hayley Williams and Frank Iero's girlfriend, Jamia! That was an amazing experience. They are the sweetest!" one girl posted.

"Has nobody else noticed that TPR's new stylist's name is Lillian Gage? Isn't that the name of the 'mystery girl' in both of My Chemical Romance's albums? And now TPR is tourimg with MCR? Do I smell romance?" another posted. I read through a few more before Taylor took the laptop away.

"See? They love you. In my opinion, you should announce it," she said. She closed her laptop and left the room to put it away.

"Fine, fine! We'll take a fucking vote. Raise your hand if you think we should announce it," I said. Everybody raised their hand except Mikey. Even Taylor came rushing back into the room so she could get her vote in.

"Fine, we'll do it," I giggled, kissing his cheek. He smiled and intertwined our fingers. I heard Mikey mumble something under his breath.

"What was that, Mikey?" Gerard asked.

"Can I talk to you for a minute, Gerard?" Mikey asked coldly.

"Um... Sure. Yeah. I'll be right there," Gerard said. He released my hand and kissed my cheek before he got up to go talk to Mikey. I wondered what this talk was about.

*~Gerard's P.O.V~*

I was talking to Lily about plans to announce our relationship when Mikey suddenly asked to talk to me. He sounded pissed. That was strange. I followed him out anyway and we sat down in the dining area of the bus, where none of the others could hear us.

"What's the matter, Mikey? Is something wrong?" I asked.

"You know exactly what's wrong," he snapped.

"No I don't, actually. I have no fucking clue what's wrong. Why are you acting like this?" I asked.

"You and Lily!" he shouted.

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