My Chemical Romance

Seventeen

In the past two weeks things have been pretty uneventful.  No creeps attacking me or attempted kidnaps.  We’d had some gigs here and there and we were starting to see familiar faces in the crowd and backstage which was exciting. 

Link slept at my place the one night because his heat broke which didn’t make Jay too happy.  Of course he said he had his mind on something else and it was unrelated to me having another guy sleeping at my house.  Later that night Link told me his heat wasn’t broken, he just wanted to see Jay’s reaction to him sleeping over at my place.  Evil little brat.  But I’ll admit it was kind of funny.        

Oh and Frank left for Afghanistan yesterday which means that I was miserable all day.  We Skyped before he had to leave for the base and I tried my hardest not to cry.  Things had been crazy for him the past 2 weeks with preparing for it and helping others prepare so we hadn’t had much time to talk. 

The guys tried their best to comfort me but I think they figured out pretty fast that I just needed a day to mope around.  I was kind of surprised that they remembered he was leaving; then again Frank could have texted Jay as a heads up.  Am I the only one that finds that kind of weird?  Whatever. 

Chris and Lily had already called me today to see how I was doing.  They both sounded as sad as I felt which was relieving in a way.  It let me know that I’m not overreacting to him leaving for 15 months to go and get shot at by terrorists.

Now I sit on this leather stool in this deserted book store attempting to read a book I’m not really interested in.  Its a Saturday which means we have the day off from the studio, but typically we’d all still get together and practice. 

I held the cooling cup of tea from Starbucks Jay had brought me with both hands, trying to preserve its heat.  I could see his legs sprawled across the farthest isle to my right.  He’d been visiting me here on shifts, knowing how bored I’d get from the lack of customers.  Kurt would show up with him sometimes since he had a secret passion for books too.  Link stated he wouldn’t be caught dead in a book store and therefore would never visit me. 

I’ll admit its nice having someone in the store, even if they are buried in a book on the opposite side of the store.  Its comforting to feel Jay’s presence in the store, knowing hes there if I need him or if I just want to talk to him. 

Christmas is coming up fast and I pretty much have all my gifts for the guys.  We plan on opening them in Jersey with the family which I’ll admit I’m slightly nervous about.  Link was there to reassure me that Jay and Kurt’s family is the most welcoming family on the face of the earth.  He’d be there too and be accompanied with his dad.  I bought a present for Jay’s parents whom I’d never met before.  It feels wrong to give the guys present but leave everyone else out.  After Jay refused to tell me what they would like or find useful, I went to Kurt and he told me to get them a gift card to Barnes and Noble.  Apparently they love books too. 

“What are you reading?”  I nearly fell out of my chair at the sudden sound of Jay’s voice.  He had a tendency to sneak up on me, resulting in me having a heart attack.  “Sorry,” he mumbled. 

I flipped the cover of my book over and said “Infinity.  I haven’t really been reading it though so don’t ask me to explain what it’s about.”  I looked up at him as he took a drink of my tea without asking.  His elbows rested on the counter as he stared at me.  “What,” I asked, insecurely touching my face, searching for something that might be stuck to it. 

“Your bruises are pretty much gone now.”  I let out a sigh of relief and replied with

“It’s about time.  It was super annoying between that and my lip constantly splitting open.”  It was now sealed and a pinkish scar.  That and the one across my palm from the cookie sheet.  We were distracted by the chime of the stores door opening.  It was Tammy who would now be taking over with her shift.