A Silent Scream *MCR fanfic*

18

I had ended up staying in the hospital for two weeks, which was essentially just drawn-out torture. Thankfully, Gerard visited quite often so, it could have been worse. Regardless, I was finally going back home, and I was extremely excited for that particular trip. Donna had work, and Mikey was at school, so it was just Gerard picking my up. I certainly didn't mind. The first half of the ride back was comfortable, music blasting and each of us off in our own little world. Hopefully Gerard's was the road, because I didn't feel like getting in yet another car crash. Then I started talking, and it got awkward,

"Does Donna know we're dating? Or Mikey? Because those both seem like uncomfortable conversations."

"No, they don't know. You can tell them when we get back, if you want."

"Just me..?"

"Mikey's less likely to be violent towards you than me, and Donna has been avoiding me for so long that I don't even know how she feels about me. Truthfully, it's been extremely difficult to continue living there, with how bad they both are."

"Then why don't you move out?"

Immediately after asking I realized that I hadn't asked an appropriate question. Gerard's face hardened and his grip on the steering wheel tightened until his knuckles were even whiter than the rest of his skin and his eyes were glued to the road, rather than flickering over to me every so often. I immediately tried to fix it,

"Sorry. Shouldn't have asked. You don't have to ans-"

"No, it's fiiine. I can't move out because I don't have a job. And before you ask, I don't have a job because for registrations they tend to ask about any medicines you take. turns out, when someone sees 'anti-psychotics' they have a tendency not to hire that person. Shocking, isn't it?"

"I'm so-"

"Don't bother."

How I manage to immediately start a fight after being with someone for literally ten minutes is beyond me. Maybe I should go on America's Got Talent and simply argue with everyone. Then again, this fight wasn't entirely my own fault. Gerard could've handled this situation a lot better. Nevertheless, I felt awful. I scooted over in my seat so I could rest my head on his shoulder.

"I'm really sorry. We can tell them once you're at peace with the idea."

I felt a wave of relaxation course through his body. I shifted myself around so that I was more comfortable, as I wasn't exactly planning on moving for the rest of the ride.

*****

By the time we got back home, it's already past eight, so neither Donna nor Mikey question us just heading straight up to our room. We made our way to the bed, just sitting next to each other, when I suddenly realized something that could be hugely important,

"Hey Gerard? What day is it?"

"May 27th. Wednesday. Why?"

A soft smile spread across my face.

"Tomorrow is graduation."

In all honesty, I expected him to be excited. Or happy. But no, he looked panicked.

"What college are you going to? What do you want to do with your life? How, with all of our deep conversation and months of friendship do I know neither of those?"

"If my memory is correct, I was accepted to Harvard, for law school. I've never told you because everyone expected nothing from me; I was just some spoiled little white girl. I suppose they might have thought differently if I informed them of my general plan, but I preferred to keep the act going. I was never pressured into doing anything I didn't want to, excluding shopping."

He was silent for a few minutes, presumably processing this new information. It was easy for me to assume that we would be together for the rest of summer, attempt to do a long-distance type of relationship and ultimately break up when we each found someone more interesting. Knowing how my relationship with Gerard worked, I should've at least halfway expected him to say something fairly ridiculous.

"I hear the weather in Massachusetts is nicer than in New Jersey."

"I've never met anyone who said that."

"Considering that I just did, you must be a liar. How rude. I understand that it would be entirely inappropriate for me to imply that I would be moving just to be near you, especially so early in our relationship, and even more inappropriate for me to ask you to live with me. However, I should think that if I moved to Massachusetts for my own reasons, it wouldn't be ridiculous for me to offer to let you share the rent with me. Simply for economic purposes."

I scooted a bit closer to him, so that our legs brushed,

"Yes, I suppose that would be socially acceptable. Let me ask, are you planning to move to Massachusetts, Gerard?"

He smirked, and turned so that his face was mere inches from mine,

"I was thinking it would be a nice change of scenery. Say, if I ultimately move, would you care to share an apartment with me? I doubt I could manage the rent on my own, and living in the college dormitories is almost never a bright idea."

"Sounds like a fantastic idea. Hope you end up moving." I let a giggle out and closed the gap, with a short and sweet kiss. He grabbed me by the waist and pulled me back so we were comfortably lying down next to each out, hands intertwined. He glanced over at me and asked,

"Do you think you've had enough excitement for one day?"

"Oh, I would never dare to think that. But I could go for some sleep." He switched off the lights and we shifted around until comfortable, and eventually drifted into sleep, hands still together.

A/N

... Honestly the best explanation I have is that I started watching like three shows and a bunch of youtubers. *awkwardly exists*

Sorry about the relative boringness of this chapter. I promise there'll be more drama in the next one, and it'll be longer. I feel like such an awful author. Like, I hardly ever update and when I do it;s just short chapters. I have a list of excuses about a mile long, but honestly I've probably used them all before so... Sorry.

On a different hand, ohhhhhh my gosh I ship them so much!! Not to blow my horn but *SHRIEKY FANGIRL NOISES*. What would their ship name be?? Gerskye? Skyerard? Maybe last names? Like. Wayyne? I have no idea. All of those seem awkward. Or like Batman. XD Well, if you have any ship names, comment them.

I will try my hardest to update again within the month, but as per usual, no promises.

Thank you all so much for over 700 reads! I can barely believe it!

Also, I might end up going through and just like, spell-checking everything. IDK if it shows up in your notifications if I'm just editing, but if it does, I just want you to know it's just some minor editing.

Okay. I think that's all I have to say. Love you all, waffles! ^.^

-Tyler