I Will Keep You Safe Tonight - Frerard / Fun Ghoul and Party Poison Fanfiction

Chapter 20 : Endings to New Beginnings

A/N: Just a little tip for this chapter. You might want to read the last half of it while listening to All Of The Stars by Ed Sheeran. It may or may not make you cry as it reminds you of The Fault In Our Stars. Have fun! >.< ~trustmeiero

I thought nothing of it at first.

'We need to talk...'

Gerard probably wanted to discuss Mikey's strange behaviour lately or let out his feelings on Ray's demise.

It wouldn't be anything more.

Right?

Judging by Gerard's facial expression though, I guess I didn't have long to find out.

As Mikey and I had slept last night, Gerard had driven nonstop again. He had driven a couple of hours before he had to finally throw in the towel. Despite diving two long terms in one day, he managed to drive us all the way to Fort Stockton without pulling over. We were so close to our families now. It was just under 250 miles away to the base camp.

Gerard knew this too. He seemed angry with himself for stopping this far away from the finish line. He seemed as though he was pushing himself too hard.

It was early morning when I was woken abruptly by harsh braking.

It must have been the crack of dawn judging by the splash of pink that was washed against the horizon.

Not that I saw this sliver of pink for very long. The sudden force of the braking caused my head to smash into the dashboard.

I heard Mikey grumble in pain as his forehead hit the back of my seat.

I let out an inhuman groan.

"Gee?"

Through one squinted eye, I could have sworn I saw him flinch at the nickname. He normally loved it...

"Sorry, I thought I saw something up ahead. It doesn't matter."

His voice was very strained and his expression was forced.

What was going on?

"Are you okay?" I asked cautiously. I knew the answer already but I wanted to test the waters before delving into that subject.

"I'm fine." He swallowed loudly before turning his attention back to setting up a sensible parking space.

I could tell he was lying. It only made me doubt the topic of conversation we would be having later.

"Whatever you say."

I turned into my seat to speak to Mikey, already knowing that my conversation with Gerard this morning was limited.

"Hey Mikey, you doin' okay?"

He was rubbing his forehead where there appeared to be a large red mark.

"Hey Frank. I'm okay I guess. What about you?"

"Better than last night." I answered simply. Mikey nodded in agreement.

"How far away are we now?"

"250 miles." Gerard answered, peering in the rearview mirror to get a look at Mikey. He squinted to look at him before exclaiming.

"Bro, you have a red mark-"

"Wow, thanks Gerard. I had no idea."

I snorted, Gerard hit me on the arm.