And at the exact same moment as three shaky wraps were heard ,Tyler 's phone rang out and he fumbled to pick it up " hello? " Tyler sighed out as Gerard rose up to get the door while Pete had a confused expression and Bert being the incredibly high motherfucker he is he knew who was behind that door and wore a mouth eating grin. Ioanna looked at the wall and then at Gerard who she knew he didn't know who ,or what perhaps was behind that door.
She heard a faint " knew phone who dis " from Tyler's phone that she guessed was the smug voice of Brendon urie.
Gerard opened the door and the doorway was clear. He held the door open and looked at Ioanna " I guess it was a ding dong ditch- " and Gerard was tackled to the ground by a short tattoo covered figure that did nothing but hug Gerard and when Gerard noticed who it was he Immidiatally he hugged his best friend back harder as if he was drowning and that kid that tackled him was his air.
" Is thatGerard. Please tell me it's him. I'm not fucking crazy Tyler please tell me it's my brother " the phone rang out as it was now on speaker with a strangled yelp that could only be described as hope and desperation colliding together . And that Yelp was from mikey way, gerards brother. Ioanna looked at Pete and then at Tyler's phone and then at Bert who passed out on the sofa and then back to Pete. Pete had an apologetic look plastered on his face staring right at Ioanna.
Ioanna was confused at first but when Pete glanced at the door frame signaling for her to look with a simple nod in the direction of the door and she knew what he looked so sorry for.
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Mikey held his stomach as if his lungs were going to fall out and he grasped the phone out of Brendon's grasp and ran up the stairs into his bedroom locking the door.
" Tyler ." He breathed out his throat grasping at air and his eyes threatening to spill out a river.
" mikey he's alive " Tyler quietly smiled on the other end of the phone.
And mikey way cried his heart out because he thought his brother had died along with his best friend.
" mikey hes here. And so is Ioanna. They're alive " Tyler calmly repeated " where ."mikey sniffled
"I- they're still in New Jersey mikey. By the coast . Come I'll send you the points " mikeys eyes widened
"Ok " and mikey way hung up. Josh's, Patrick's, Brendon's , and Ryan's banging on the door seeming to fade in back to his reality . He unlocked the door. And was ambushed with questions of if everyone was still alive or if they had been captured and if they were ok and mikeys head wasn't in the mood for this. Not at all. " we're going to the coast " mikey whispered and the questions stopped.
" what " Brendon quizzed. " we're going to the fucking coast because they're at the coast"
And with that they all grabbed their jackets and started they're ride to the coast.
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Ioanna stared at the doorframe where the cold seeped in through the opening. She saw black skinny jean clad legs and a baggy black sweater . She didn't dare to look up at the face she'd been to scared to go back to for 3 years so she looked at the floor Instead. She suddenly found a certain fondness in the tile floor. The tension was so thick it could kill. All that could be heard was the breeze through the window. Gerard and Frank were stuck together. Gerard was now sitting cross legged and Frank was on his lap , his head buried into gerards chest and Gerard's hand running through Frank's hair as if it was their first time seeing each other in forever. And in reality that's what it felt like.
Gerard rested his chin on franks head his eyes bloodshot, and for once it wasn't because of the amount of cigarrets he'd smoked. " I'm so fucking sorry " his voice cut through the tension with a soft whisper.
" im so, so fucking sorry " Gerard repeated burying his forehead into Frank's hair making Frank squeeze him a bit tighter.
Tyler and Pete began murmuring a conversation. That left the kid at the doorframe and ioanna.Ioanna felt his eyes boring into her skull but she was persistent on counting every single detail on the tile floor beneath her feet. And that's when Ioanna thought that maybe she would rather live a life of isolation then a life with risks and a certain boy with bright brown eyes.
So he got up. And she started for the stairs planning on going to her room and listen to some muse til all her problems faded and she thought that maybe if she-
" don't think you're getting rid of me that easy" and Ioanna fucking froze.
She twisted on her heel and saw the same boy she'd loved three years ago but fuck he somehow got better . And he had a septum piercing and she suddenly knew who the septum kid was. The boys eyes were deep in his skull making it look like he's hasn't slept in days. But who was Ioanna to talk, she hasnt slept either. The boys cheek bruised with a nasty purple mark going from his right eyebrow tip to his mid cheekbone, little slits of red littered the mark and his lips charred with broken skin. And it felt like college all over again, and that moment when he spilt his coffee on her and she saw those eyes close and more beautiful than she could ever imagine.
And those words rung out in her ears ' don't think you can get rid of me that easy '
" because you won't " they boy chuckled slamming the door slightly but not enough to break Gerard's reunion and Pete and Tyler's conversation.
And the boy with the bright brown eyes sat on the lawn hoping that maybe Ioanna didn't want to get rid of him like she did three years ago . And that boy was Jason. But Little did He know Ioanna went upstairs and had a perfect view to look at him from the second floor.
