Blackheart High (18+)

In Bloom

CONTENT WARNING: This chapter contains themes of hate speech and homophobia.

At Dinner .....

Gerard's POV

"What? What party? When?" My mom looks at me. I look down avoiding eye contact from them, staring at the table.

"He's lying mom." I say, ironically lying myself.

"I am?" Mikey asks, pulling out his phone. He throws it on the table and my smoke screen starts to clear. The veil had been lifted and my parents now knew everything.

"Gerard.... how could you... do that to yourself?" My mom says, tearing up. "Look at you. This isn't you. It can't be you." My dad rubs her back, looking at me like he wanted to blow my brains out. I fell my own eyes burning in sadness, but also rage.

"Oh but it is. Your favorite child is a FRAUD." Mikey insults, getting up from the table. 

I just .... sat there. Like I was in shell shock and didn't know what to think or say next. 

I don't know what happened in that moment. All I know is I get up from the table throwing Mikeys phone to the wall and grabbing him by his shoulders tackling him to the floor. 

We were both straddling each other's necks, kicking our shins in the process. My mother was startled and stood up backing herself to the corner of the dining room, putting her hands over her mouth as she watched in horror.

"STOP! BOYS GET OFF! GET OFF OF EACH OTHER NOW. NOW!" My dad says, pulling us both apart by our shirts. Mikey continues pushing me, but my dad moves his hands and holds both his wrists to restrain him. My mother stands at a distance in disbelief at what I just did.

"I don't know what the hell has gotten into of you, but you've both LOST IT!" My dad rages. His face was completely red and I could see his veins protruding from his temples. "I wan't you both to go to your rooms, you're grounded for a month. No TV, no phone, no laptops, no game system. NOTHING! Am I clear?" 

Mikey and I stare off at each other in hatred as he puts his rules in place.

"Am I CLEAR?" My dad yells.

"Yes." We both say in unison. 

My dad pushes us off of him and begins cleaning up the dining room. As Mikey and I pass my mother, I hold my head down in pure shame. I look back, watching my dad comfort her as she seemed stressed over the entire thing.

I trek down the hall following behind Mikey.

"Way to go." He comments before closing his bedroom door.

"Likewise." I bite back under my breath. I slam my door, letting the sound echo through the hallway walls. I could see all my anime figures on my dresser shake as I do. I collapse on my bed, rubbing my face in exhaustion. But not the sleepy kind of exhaustion.

The exhaustion of school, family, relationships, LIFE in fucking general. I couldn't seem to even get a moment of peace from all the madness in my life.

"Alexa, turn off the fucking lights." I say aggressively to my speaker.

"Theres no need for that." She responds. Ugh.

"Lights off." I say simply. As my room goes dark, I slip out of my clothes and throw them to floor, planning on picking them up tomorrow. I was in no mood to shower or brush my teeth before bed.

 I lay on my side, watching the cars go by and listening to the city noises. I couldn't believe Mikey would do all this after how much I've his back over the years. We used to be thick as thieves and now we just ..... basically wanna kill each other. And in such a short period of time at that. I never thought he'd take all his insecurities out on me. I didn't know if I'd ever be ready to forgive him for all this.