Vintage Misery (Peterick)

Chapter 1: "Wanna Be Friends?"

Patrick's POV:
It all started in 9th grade. Pete Wentz was in a couple of my classes and was the shy, emo, quiet kid. He didn't have any friends and always sat in the grass in the morning before school. He was always bullied and was called a faggot by all the popular kids. I always saw him in the mornings but never had the courage to say hi or talk to him. My friends were Andrew "Andy" Hurley and Joseph "Joe" Trohman. Every day after school, all the popular jocks would beat up Pete, give him wedgies, and throw water bottles at him. His nickname was "Whiney Wentz". They would always chant "Whiney Wentz" to him after they beat him up and pour Fruit Punch Gatorade on his head. I would always end up walking past him after they beat him up and he would give me the death stare with a tear-stained face and when I would look at him I would always ask him humbly, "Are you okay?" and he would always roll his eyes at me and run away to his bike to go home. I would then walk home to go on with my life. I was also bullied like him and my nickname was "Fatrick". Yes, I was overweight but they didn't need to remind me. I was self-conscious about it but they just made it worse. One day in class, we had to pick partners to discuss our opinions on global warming. Nobody asked me or Pete to be partners so I looked at Pete and he was slouching and drawing. I got out of my seat slowly and walked over to Pete and he looked at me. "Hey, do you want to be partners?"
I said rubbing the back of my neck looking at him. "Sure." He mumbled gesturing me to sit down next to him at the empty desk and as I sat down I looked at him. "Wanna be friends?" I asked looking at him smirking as he was blushing and he said "......okay." he said putting his hood on. At lunch, I introduced him to Andy and Joe. "Hey guys, this is Pete." I said gesturing my hand at him. He looked pretty shy and he waved slowly at them. "Well hello Pete, I'm Joe." He looked at Pete smiling and Pete mumbled "Hi." Then, Andy looked at him and he stood up. "Hi Pete, I'm Andy. It's nice to meet you!" He said smiling and shaking Pete's hand. All four of us have been friends ever since and we eventually made a band senior year called "Fall Out Boy" I was the lead singer and lead guitarist, Pets was the bassist, Andy was the drummer, and Joe was also on guitar. Our first album was "Take This To Your Grave". We've been together until 2009, where we went on hiatus.