Cancer

Ten

*mikey*

Touring is a lot more stressful than I thought it would be. Between interviews, rehearsals, shows, and doctors appointments, I forgot what it feels like to be normal.

Thankfully, today was our day off. Ray said he was just going to chill and watch tv, Bob was going to some club tonight with his friends, leaving my brother and Frank to hang with me. We decided on going to a few shops and some lunch, just a relaxing day. I head downstairs and see everybody is already there.

"Well are you ready?" Gerard asked rasing his eyebrows. He was so impatient for somebody who was slow as internet explorer.

"Yeah, calm down," I say as they head out the door. We head into the car, and they put me in the backseat. Probably because I'm not fucking Gerard. Who cares that we shared the same womb, his boyfriend gets to be up front. I'm not hurt at all. In fact, I like it better in the back.

"So where are we going to first?" I ask putting my head in between the seats. Forget what I said earlier, it's too lonely back there.

"Let's head down to that new comic book shop," Gerard said excitedly. I just sigh knowing we're never gonna leave there.

"How about we get something to eat first?" Frank suggested, was he even talk enough to be in the front?

"Alright, sounds cool," Gerard said still focusing on the road.

The restaurant was pretty empty, but I guess that's what to expect on a Tuesday afternoon.

"Excuse me, could I get a table for three?" Frank says stopping a waitress walking by. She looks at the three of us and puts on one of those fake smiles.

"Sure thing," she says taking a few menus and leading us to a booth in a corner. Gerard sits next to Frank and I sit across from the two of them.

"What can I get for you today?" A women in her early twenties says coming up to our table, eyes on Gerard the whole time. "Wait, do I know you from somewhere?" She asked confused.

"Possibly. Have you ever heard of My Chemical Romance?" Frank asked the lady. She looked at us confused.

"Oh, that band that played here last night? Yeah. That's you? Wow, you sounded great" she said in the darkest time I've ever heard. I doubt she was there.

"Yup, that's us," Gerard said emphasizing the us.

"Nice. So what can I get for you guys?"

~

We walked out of that restaurant laughing. That waitress just couldn't take a hint.

"Her face when you kissed me, oh my god," Frank was saying in between firs of laughter.

"She probably spit in your food!" I said joining the laughter.

"Oh so you're just playing hard to get?" Gerard said kicking the lady from earlier tonight. She was convinced Gerard loved her, and Frank was just a distraction.

"So... Wanna head to that comic book shop now?" Gerard asked with a sly smile on his face. He knew the torture he was putting us in. Frank and I both just sighed in response. "I'll take that as a yes," he said leading us back to the car.

About an hour later we were still in the comic book shop and I was convinced Gerard was never leaving. Frank was sitting in one of the chairs supplied by the store.

"Come on Gerard, we've been here forever," Frank said getting annoyed. The guy at the cash register just sent him a sympathetic smile."they're gonna close and you're gonna be stuck here forever and I'm gonna have to explain to the press that you're not in the band because you got eaten by a comic book store. Do you really want that to happen?" He continued. I just chucked, this is nothing compared to how long he normally takes to pick out a book.

"I'm gonna go walk around for a bit," I tell them leaving the small store. I head to a party store down the street to get a drink.

I opened the door and the bell goes off. The guy at the counter looks up from a book he's reading to great me.

"Hi, is ther- HOLY CRAP YOUR THAT GAY GUY FROM THAT EMO BAND WHO HAS CANCER!" The guy shouts pointing at me. I'm honored for a minute that someone recognizes me but lose that feeling the minute I realize; how did he know I had cancer? We've been very quiet on the whole issue, seeing as nobody needed to know.

"How do you know that?" I ask, but as soon as I ask I see a magazine on the cart next to him- "My Chemical Romance bassist diagnosed with cancer?" Oh no.

"Hey can I buy that?" I ask pointing to the magazine I just saw. Who told them I had cancer?

"Sure, and I'm sorry about the... You know. I bet it sucks..." The guy says scamming the magazine. I begin pulling out my wallet but he stops me.
"It's on me," he says handing me the magazine. I don't argue cause I really didn't want to pay for that anyways.

I walk back to hat comic store and found Frank in the same spot he was when I left fifteen minutes ago.

"You okay? You look startled," he asked as I sat down. I just shook my head and held up the magazine I just bought.

"Found this," I say showing it to Frank. He looked really pissed for a minute.

"What the hell?! How did the media find out about this?" He asked in an angry whisper. He knew none of us would tell, but we were the only ones who knew.

"I don't know, I just found it at this party store I walked to," I admit opening up the magazine. There's a few stories like "who wore it better" and "new singer released new hit song" and I keep flipping until I finally find the section I was looking for.

"What Extremes Will My Chemical Romance Go To Gain Popularity? Some artistes have done some crazy stuff to become famous, but recently pop punkers My Chemical Romance claimed bassist Michael (Mikey) Way had cancer. After asking tour manager and record label co founder Tom Delonge, he confirms rumors are false..." The article read. Now I was getting upset, why would I fake something so real?

"I'm gonna find whoever wrote this and kick their egotistic asses. You don't need this, especially now," Frank said balling his fist up.

"What's up?" Gerard asked coming back with stacks of comic books. He looked at his angry boyfriend and back at me to explain. I just handed him the magazine.

"Is this some kind of sick joke?" He asked opening it up. I just stood quiet and let Frank explain.

"Some asshole leaked that Miley had cancer, but now people are convinced that he's faking it to gain popularity," Frank said with his eyebrows furrowed. Now both of them looked pissed.

"Let's go talk to Tom," Gerard said heading to the exit of the store.

"Um you need to pay for those," I told Gerard before he left. I didn't need him getting arrested added to the list of things going on right now.

"Oh yeah, my bad," he says walking over the the cashier.

After his books were paid for, we made our way to go talk to Tom for real this time. He better have a good explanation for this or he's gonna have two angry emos eat his heart out.

~

Tom leaked heathens...

Goodnight
-the other half of kess