MCR Highschool [highschool AU]

Chapter 11

It was Sunday afternoon and Gerard and Mikey were sitting in the living room. They were watching a show when Gerard's phone rang. They looked at it and Gerard picked it up

"Hello?" he asked. 

"Hi Gerard." A voice said. 

Gerard almost dropped the phone.

"Listen, Pretend to talk to a friend and go to a different room."

Gerard swallowed and pretended to talk to Frank and walked to the kitchen. When he got there he spoke.

"What do you want Dustin? How did you get my number?"

"That's for me to know and you to never find out." Dustin said.

"What do you want?" Gerard demanded.

"Just wanted to talk." Dustin said.

Gerard went to hang up.

"You know what will happen if you hang up." Dustin threatened.

Gerard ground his teeth. Dustin kept talking. "I had a friend follow you home. I know where you live Gerard, and I can show up any time."

"You're lying." Gerard breathed.

"Nope, I'm not." Dustin said.

"Why can't you leave me alone!" Gerard yelled. 

He hung up and threw his phone. Then he collapsed to the ground.

"Gee!?" he heard Mikey yell.

Gerard didn't answer, he just curled up in a ball. He heard Mikey run in. 

"Gerard!" Mikey yelled, running over, "What happened?"

Gerard shook his head, tears falling down his face. Mikey knelt down and picked up his brother. He carried him to the living room and sat them down on the couch. Mikey held his brother as he cried, trying to calm him down. 

"Come on Gee, talk to me. Tell me what's wrong." Mikey pleaded. 

"I-I ca-can't." Gerard cried.

"Why not?" Mikey asked.

"B-Be-because th-they'll hurt y-ou." Gerard said.

"Who's gonna hurt me?"

Gerard just shook his head. Mikey hugged his brother and quickly texted Frank, Ray and Bob, telling them to come over as fast as possible. While he waited he tried to calm a still crying Gerard. A few minutes later car doors were heard. Gerard shot up.

"No no no no no..." He ran away and down to the basement and locked the door. 

"Gerard!" Mikey yelled, trying to open the door. "Open the door!"

"NO! They're coming for me!" Gerard yelled back.

Ray and the other two walked in.

"Gerard, no one is coming for you. Open the door." Mikey pleaded.

"No. I-I can't anymore. I'm so tired. Why can't I just be left alone." Gerard yelled.

"G-Gee? Wh-What does that mean?" Mikey asked scared. 

"What's going on?" Frank asked, walking over to Mikey.

Said boy turned around. "Someone called Gerard earlier and now he hasn't stopped crying. He couldn't tell me why because he said someone was going to hurt me. And when he heard the doors he locked himself in his room." Mikey said quickly, "And he says he can't anymore. He's tired."

The three looked at Mikey, then to the door. 

"Gerard, it's Ray. You need to come out."

"Please buddy. We wanna help." Frank said. 

"Just open the door." Bob said. 

A lock clicked and the door opened to reveal Gerard. Mikey took him by the arm and led them to the couch. 

"What did you mean by 'I can't anymore.'?" Mikey asked.

"I-" Gerard looked at them all, "I'm tired of Dustin and Jason. They won't leave me alone."

"What's happening?" Bob asked. 

"They'll hurt you guys if I tell you." Gerard said. 

"Please." Mikey asked, about to cry himself.

"Who called you?" Bob asked. 

"Dustin did. Said he knew where I lived. And that he could show up any time." Gerard said, "I'm so tried of them threatening me and my friends. Maybe..." he trailed off.

Everyone got an uneasy feeling at that last word. Ray spoke up.

"Gerard. Maybe what?" he asked, scared of the answer. 

"M-Maybe if I wasn't here th-they would l-leave you alone." Gerard said quietly. 

Mikey felt like crying. No wait.... he was crying. His brother should have told them sooner but he wouldn't threaten their safety, even if it meant he got hurt. 

Frank hurt. Gerard has been his friend from pre-school, and now he was thinking of leaving. 

Ray was angry. He should have noticed something. Gerard was like a little brother to him. 

Bob was upset. He was the oldest out of all of them. He felt like it was his job to protect everyone, and he had failed. 

"N-No Gee. Do-Don't think l-like that." Mikey said, holding his brother. "That woul-wouldn't solve any-thing."

Gerard buried his face in Mike's neck. 

"We love you man. Don't leave us." Frank said, joining the hug. 

"What would our little group be without our little Sass Master." Ray said, also joining. 

Bob joined silently, but everyone knew what he was trying to convey. 

"Tha-thanks guys." Gerard cried. "I-I love y-you too." 

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Hey, so I'm gonna update this story until all the drafts are gone and then I'm gonna stop. I sort of have writers block but I'm also really stressed out with school and life in general and have little to no time to write and I'm not really getting any ideas either at the moment

I apologize and I hope ya'll don't get upset

-fullofcrazyness