Hello Angel, Where Are You?

And If They Get Me...

yo yo yo. here's the second chapter, hope you enjoy and sorry it took so long to write.    -J

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Frank's Point Of View***

    I really hated asking him about how his therapy went, but I needed to. Not for his sake, but for mine. Even though it was almost a month since he tried to kill himself and he was doing amazing to say the least- you could still see it. or I could, at least.  At moments when he was staring into space, his eyes would loose their shine and his shoulders would slump. It pissed me off, what one person could do. 

But we didn't need her. At all.

" I love you. " I told him, in a low tone, trying to look him in the eye because he had lowered his head once again. He squeezed my hand tightly, looking up at me, a single tear going down his pale cheek.

" I love you too Frankie. "

I reached across the table and wipped it away with my hand, giving him a smile.

" How about we go to the mall or something? Just like walk around?" I asked him, standing up and taking our empty plates to the sink and setting them down softly. I turned around to look back at him only to find Gerard standing in front of me. He wrapped his arms around me, putting his head on my chest and breathing in heavily. I didn't say anything, I just put my arms around him also. I rubbed his back in a rhythmic motion, leaning my head against his.

" Can Mikey come too if he's not busy?" Gerard asked. I nodded.

" Yeah, of course. " I assured him. Ever since everything that had happened, he had been trying to include Mikey and Ray more. He had seen Mikey last weekend, and he had just went to his house to hang out. That's when Ray had come over, when Gerard was gone. We decorated the house with a lot of colors, so it didn't seem so dark. The dark purple curtains were now replaced with bright pink with blue polka dots. We had hung lots of party streamers along the hallways and walls. Gerard, the least to say, was surprised when he returned.

We even decided to paint the hallway walls. After laying down tarps on the floor and getting all of Gee's paints out, all of us ( Mikey, Ray, Gerard and I, ) finger painted and splattered colors all over the walls. Now, the hallways has a bunch of hand prints, and not to mention ' Ray Rules'  in bright yellow paint.  It was a lot of fun, and Gerard agreed we should do the same thing to the rest of the house.

" I'll go call him. " Gerard said, kissing my cheek and walking away to go find his phone. I watched him walk away, and then I returned to the table to get the rest of the dirty dishes. About five minutes later, Gerard came back.

" He said he'll be here in about ten minutes, so go get dressed. " he told me, shuffling over to me and poking my bare stomach. I smiled at him and went go change. 

*** At The Mall ***

   For a Wednesday, it was quite busy in the mall. We all had to walk behind each other, because there were so many people. I felt Gerard's hand tighten around mine as we dodged through the crowd. Mikey was showing us to a small shop in the back, where there was likey to be a lot less people. He told us that it was a store like Hot Topic, but it wasn't as pricey or popular.

The crowd was starting to thin out, but not by much. The lights in the back of the mall were very dark, as if they had gone out. I sighed. This mall was pretty shitty.

" They need to get this place fixed up. " Gerard commented, glancing up at the flickering lights above us. I wondered if the power was going out down here or something.

" Hey, maybe they're doing it on purpose, to set the mood, y'know?" Mikey replied, chuckling slightly, " in a creepy dark alley sort of way."

The three of us laughed as we made it to the store and walked inside.

Mikey had been right. This place was like a copy of Hot Topic, with the punk music playing in the background and tall walls showing the band merch they were selling. Anti-Flag's  '1 Trillion dollar$'  was playing  throughout the store as we walked in. A blue haired girl in dark purple skinny jeans and a Fall Out Boy shirt came up to us, telling us about the buy-one-get-one-half-off sale they were having. I headed to the back of the store to look at the belts and bracelets, while Gerard and Mikey decided to check out some of the t shirts in the front.

I hummed along to the music and I shifted through one of the many braclets bins, trying to find a Green Day one I didn't already have.

I felt someone tap my shoulder, and I turned around expecting to see Gerard or Mikey. Instead, it turned out to be one of the employees. His hair was short and brown, and he had a nose ring.

" Hey, is there anything you're looking for inparticular?" The man asked. He was a whole head taller then me, not like that was much of an accomplishment, but he was like towering over me, as if he was trying to intimidate me. He looked kind of familiar.

" Do you have any bracelets for Green Day? I can't seem to find any. " I said, backing up a little in the small area.

" Actually, yes we do. It's in the back, if you could follow me, I could show you. " he explained, turning away and staring to walk to the backdoor a few feet away. I nodded and looked to the front of the store, where Mikey and Gee were looking at a Against Me! shirt.  I looked over to where the guy was standing at the door, waiting for me. I looked at him again, trying to force myself to remember where i had seen him before.

I walked over to the door and walked inside, with him following behind me. I heard the door shut behind him. Other then a muted sound of the music playing in the store, in was silent in the room. He brushed pass me going over to a box by the wall, next to many others. I stood where I was, watching him starting to dig through a box.

The guy turned away from the box quickly and raised his fist, making a motion to strike me. He hit me square in the head, making me stumble backwards and cry out in surprise and pain. I raised my arms trying to block anymore hits coming from him.

Well, I guess that i was way too slow,

because the next thing I knew,

everything went black.

** Gerards Point Of View **

" How much is that one Mikey?" I asked my brother as he picked up another t shirt and looking for the price tag. " hmm.. Like ten bucks.'' He said happily, throwing the shirt on his pile of stuff he was buying. I nodded and continued to look for shirts myself, and after not finding anything else, I deciced that I was going to go look for some other stuff.

" I'm going to look around, okay?" I told my brother, walking past him. I travled past the pants. A pair of pajama pants with the Ramones logo all over them caught my eye, and walked over to them and picked them up. Frank liked the Ramones, right? I needed to ask him. I looked around the store, trying to find the shorty.

I didn't see him.

I walked to the back, looking still. Maybe he was looking at something on the lower shelves? I tried to reason, but I still could not find him. A knot rose in my stomach, and I hastily made it to the front were Mikey was.

" H-have you seen Frankie?" I stammered obviously concerned. Mikey turned around and shook his head.

" Relax Gerard, maybe he went to another store without telling us. "

" He w-wouldn't do that. He just.. wouldn't. " I continued to look around the store frantically, desperate to find him. I turned back to Mikey, biting my lip. " I know Frank. He would not go somewhere w-without telling me Mikey.. somethings wrong. "

I looked him directly in the eyes, letting him know I was completely serious. Mikey nodded. " Youre right. " he set down the t shirts that he was going to buy on the ground and started to walk out of the store.

" Cmon, were going to find him.  " mikey told me, as I set my stuff down also. I followed him out, into the crowd.