in a place of god- ferard

Thanks.. bro?

FRANKS POV

Wednesday.
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I don't think opening the door on Gerard and Bert was what I expected that Monday afternoon, but that's how it happened. Unfortunately.

And I don't think I could've been anymore embarrassed, starting off, Gerard knew I listened in on his conversation and he probably thought I was a total creep now.

Then, I had to keep a secret from Mikey who's my best friend in the entire world. Also, not to mention my science grade that was at an all time low currently sitting at a B minus.

Embarrassing and definitely unlike me, I've always had straight A's and this was something I didn't need to add to my already annoying week. Anyway, I think something I had to look forward to was Sadie coming over this weekend, she's been one of my best friends since we were 14. We met in church but her family didn't stick around and moved out of Jersey, to some place in Arizona. I can't say I blame her, I wouldn't stick around in this place either if I was her or her family.

"I lost the charger to my Nintendo DS" I groaned, complaining to Mikey. "Good, maybe then you'll do something other than go to church and play on that crap" he commented, I shot him a glare which he shrugged at in response. "It's just the truth." I rolled my eyes, "I wanna talk to Kim on Sunday" Mikey said, "what are you gonna say?" I asked, he shrugged. "Do you think I should ask her out?" He asked. "Are you insane? You've never had a real conversation and you wanna ask her out? If I was her I'd say no" I said. He rolled his eyes, "yea whatever, you don't know anything about asking girls out" he said.

And he was right about that, Candice was the one to ask me out, other than her I've never dated anymore before. I wasn't sure what real "love" was supposed to feel like, but I felt for her like I did for Mikey, which was positively. So that was good for me?

"I hope she isn't a jerk when I talk to her" Mikey said, sounding a little worried. "I hope not either" I agreed. I was gonna try and provide some type of reassurance and say I was sure she wasn't, but that would be lying, which was a sin. With Kim I honestly wasn't sure of anything.

"Gerard is home by the way, this is your warning" Mikey sighed, pushing opening his front door. I stepped in, I know Mikey didn't have an actual problem with Gerard, he also didn't actually hate him, I didn't either, but he was a very irritating and irresponsible person to me. We went up to Mikey's room and he made a point to lock the door this time to prevent Gerard from bursting in like any other time which made me chuckle a bit. "Don't laugh, living with him is torture" he groaned.

We sat down on the floor and started working on our science homework together, "are you sure you got the answers right?" I asked, "well who's passing and who has a B minus" he mumbled. "I heard that" I said. "I just wanna double check to prevent myself from keeping the B minus" I said, "well I'm sure I have the answers right, so here, copy them" he said, sliding his binder of work to me. I shook my head, sliding it back. He looked at me confused, "if I cheat that's dishonest, I'd rather just learn the work then copy" I said. He rolled his eyes, "should've guessed you of all people wouldn't copy."

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After we worked for a while and him desperately trying to teach me how to understand it because I refused to copy. We were done, we started at 3:20 and finished at 6:12. I put my stuff back in my backpack and said goodbye to Mikey, upon going downstairs I see Gerard. Sitting on the couch talking to someone on the phone I could only assume was Bert based off the way he was practically blushing and kicking his feet when I saw him. Not literally, but if he was alone in his bedroom he probably would be.

"I'll call you back, Bert" he said, abruptly hanging up the phone and standing up. I knew it was Bert. "Did you tell Mikey anything?" He asked, I shook my head, "no. But that's because he didn't ask" I said, he let out a sigh of relief, "thanks.. bro?" He thanked me, clearly unsure of his words. I rolled my eyes, "don't ever call me that again" I sighed. "You got it!" He grinned.

"It's getting late" he said, referring to the fact the sun was setting sort of, I wouldn't say late but okay. "You want me to walk you home?" He offered. I thought about it for a second, did I really want Gerard Way to walk me home? I knew my mom sure wouldn't like it. So that means I should probably say no, right? I mean why say yes if I know my mother wouldn't appreciate it? No was definitely the right decision.

"Sure" I agreed, a little more hesitantly than I meant to, he looked at me weirdly, "really? Cool!" He said a little too enthusiastically for me, opening the door. "Ladies first" he said, holding the door open for me with a grin on his face I'd kill to slap right off.

This was clearly, for lack of better words. Not my brightest decision.

We walked for a while in silence, but it surprisingly it wasn't awkward silence or anything like that, despite the fact I totally thought it would be. "How long have you and your little girlfriend been a thing?" He asked. I shrugged, "about 7 months" I replied. He hummed in response. "Why?" I asked, he shrugged. "Just wondering" he said, "how long have you and Bert been.. a thing?" I asked.

"I don't kiss and tell" he said, flashing me a toothy grin. I rolled my eyes, "kidding, kidding" he rolled his eyes. "About 4 months ago, give or take" he said. I nodded, "have you and her.. you know, don't anything?" He asked, I shook my head. "Premarital sex and porn and everything that falls under that is a sin" I reminded him. "Virgin" he mumbled, "what was that?" I asked, pretending that I didn't hear him, he smiled. "What? I didn't say anything."

"So you really don't watch porn, like actually?" He asked, seeming really surprised. "No, it's a sin, whys that so hard for you to get?" I asked. He shrugged, "I dunno, I just assumed every teenage boy watched porn. I should've assumed you didn't though with your whole religion cult thing." He commented.

I glared at him, "religion isn't a cult" I argued. "Really? But you give and devote your life to some dude you call God that isn't even proven to be real while you pray to him and let
him dictate your lives choices like when you have sex and shit. Sounds like a cult to me."

"You have to keep your faith and always believe" I said. "You sound like a 5 year old preaching the existence of Santa, plus you don't think faith and belief is what they told them in cults?" He asked, "I'm not gonna argue with you about this" I said. "Why? Is it because you think I'm right?" He asked, "what? No, Gerard it's because you comparing God to Santa is just stupid" I shook my head. "Who cares? Both aren't real" he said. And with that, we turned the corner and there was my house.

"Whatever you say, Gerard. Bye I'll see you later" I said, going inside. Making a point to slam my front door, I wasn't sure why or when I even started, but I was holding my breath. I exhaled and went to my room, I checked my phone to see a message from Candice, I opened it. Just a goodnight text. I texted her back and set my phone down.

After I played video games way longer than I meant to I took a shower and lied down, I looked over at the clock on bedside table. 10:12pm, I sighed. Doing my prayers and trying to fall asleep, I couldn't get Gerard out of my head. He made good points about religion, was it really a cult? No.. no, he's stupid. Maybe my mom was right about Gerard, I should stay away from him. Far, far away.

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school starts soon and I'm so nervous guys😭 also I've gotten such a weird motivation to write lately? Anyways. How do we feel abt this chapter? I need opinions because I'm not sure how to feel anymore😭😭