My Cosmical Romance

Chapter 18

It was time.

The Stadium was already filling up. Within 15 minutes of the gate opening there was a full crowd.

Backstage, Gerard bounced up and down on the balls of his feet with preshow nerves. He could feel a familiar excitement bubbling up inside him. This was gonna be fucking awesome.

The crowd rumbled with anticipation as the opening band got ready to go onstage. The two boys turned back to give MCR and The Doctor an enthusiastic thumbs up before they were on.

"WOOOOO YEEAHH" the crowd roared.

"Wooahh" gaped the dark haired one looking over the sea of faces.

"Uh hey" said the blonde into the scratchy mic "I'm Bill S. Preston esquire and this is Ted- Theodore Logan and- and we are...... WYLD STALLYNS!"

"YEAHHH" the audience erupted into whoops and cheers and the band began to play.

They were terrible.

They were the most gut grinding, teeth clenching, toe squirming band you could ever hear. Their guitars were old and out of tune. Neither of them seemed to have a clue what they were even doing and it was clear that they were both having the time of their life.

"AAAAAA" yelled the crowd covering their ears.

"Dude, they love us!" Exclaimed Ted

"Righteous" nodded Bill, obliviously.

"Oh my god my eardrums are bleeding" whispered Ray from backstage "Where did you find these guys Doctor?"

"I dunno" said the Doctor "they seem pretty good"

"Are you kidding me" Frank laughed.

After what felt like hours of excruciating music, Wyld Stallyns were finally finished.

"WOOAAA" the crowd cheered politely as they left the stage.

"That was most excellent!" Cried Ted excitedly.

"Okay, here we go" murmured Gerard, Frank rubbed his shoulder "We'll be awesome"

"YEAAHAAEEAAAWOOOOOOOO!" The audience screeched, slightly uncertainly, in case this band turned out to be as bad as the last.

"Thank you California!" Gerard yelled into the mic, the crowd responded accordingly.

Frank looked over at Gerard with a smile. He wondered if they were going to do what they sometimes did onstage, when the adrenaline was high and the crowd was pumped. He hoped they would, it had been so long since he'd tasted Gerard's lipgloss.

"This one's called Honey, This Mirror Ain't Big Enough For The Two Of Us" Gerard was saying.

Frank concentrated on his guitar again, him and Ray coordinating together.

"The amount of pills I'm takin" began Gerard "counteracts the booze I'm drinkin"

The crowd was jumping up and down now, a mosh pit was forming. This was good music and California knew it.

When the song had finished the crowd went crazy, Gerard had to shout over them to announce the next one, it was a popular one from their latest album called 'Helena' inspired by Mikey and Gerard's grandma. It was an amazing song, the audience loved it.

In fact the audience loved every single thing on their set list it seemed.

"MORE MORE MORE" they chanted, after the band had played their final piece.

"Fine fine" grinned Gerard, leaning into the mic, loving the way it made his fans swoon.

He looked around at the band, they all knew what was coming. "Go!"

"WELL IF YOU WANTED HONESTY THATS ALL YOU HAD TO SAY"

The fans went wild, so did the band, so did Rose and The Doctor and Bill and Ted from backstage as the song continued.

"Newnewnenenew nenenew" went Franks guitar, he was back to back with Gerard who was biting his lip and shining from the sweat.

"Forget about the dirty looks" he continued

"The photographs your boyfriend took. You said you'd read me like a book but the pages are all torn and frayed now..."

He turned to face Frank, who was looking desperately up into his eyes.

"I'm ooookay... I'm okay now, I'm okay now... but I really need you to listen to me... because I'm telling you the truth... I mean this, I'm okay! Trust- mmph"

His lips connected with Frank's for a few seconds before he pulled away, his eyes wide, his heart beating, a huge smile spreading across his face.

"I'M NOOOT OOOOKAY"