To Cast Turpentine Kisses (A Frerard Student/Teacher)

Chapter 30

That was the closest they ever came to getting caught, until this day. It's early May and they've been at this for a while and they're starting to think they'll make it past Frank's graduation and then it won't really matter, right? That line of thinking has them acting a little too reckless, and they get caught at school. Like, it's one day after school and they're staying late and they thought everyone was out of the building and Gerard really wants to fuck Frank up against the wall of the showers in the locker room (Gerard wants Frank to think about him whenever he's in there all hot and sweaty from PE class) and they get all fucked out and it's awesome, but they're putting on their clothes afterwards when a janitor comes in and sees them, and then all hell breaks loose. And Gerard tells Frank to RUN, right, just get out of there before he gets caught but Frank is like FUCK YOU I'M STAYING but Gerard is like >:( GO >:( so Frank books it out of there.

So Gerard gets in trouble but the janitor didn't get a good enough look at Frank to tell who he was, but it was enough to know that it was a half-dressed guy. Gerard gets fired for 'inappropriate behavior and misuse of school property' or some shit. He tells them that the guy was his boyfriend, not a student, and since no students come forward to accuse him of anything there's really nothing they can do. But he's still fired. And rumors still fly. And Frank just has to SIT there and listen to everybody gossiping about what went down, or whatever, or people guessing who the student was that the rumors say is the reason Mr. Way's leaving. But nobody really knows! And the school isn't going to comment on it so people can only speculate.

Gerard's classes are canceled (they have to sit in independent study with a pinch-faced substitute teacher the entire time every day until the end of the semester). Frank tried to stop by Gerard's classroom the day after they got caught to see him but he's already gone, so he shows up to his house but Gerard doesn't let him in. He just doesn't want Frank to get in trouble! He knows people are watching him more closely now. Frank is like, absolutely fucking distraught. And then he goes home and his parents are fighting and then they get onto Frank and then one of them mentions Mr. Way and Frank just like SNAPS, right, like just LOSES IT for a second, he doesn't give up the relationship with Gerard, but he AT LEAST admits that he's gay. But his parents put it together (or at least get super gob smacked-suspicious). And his parents are just like FRANK D: D: D: and Frank runs out and he doesn't know where to goooooo so he goes and buys a pack of cigarettes and sits in the park and cries and smokes where nobody can see what a huge stupid loser he is and he's never gonna see Gerard again and bawwwwwww.

Back in his little house, Gerard's packing up to move. He's gonna move in with Mikey for a while until he finds another job somewhere, he was thinking about moving to Portland anyway, he has some friends there who can help him get set up and he heard that their comic store needs some help or whatever. The incident isn't going to go on his public record and he's not getting charged with anything, but his reputation is shot to hell and everyone's super suspicious of him, but he's pretty much done with the community there. And Frank comes over and Gerard doesn't let him in and it breaks his HEART, okay, and then eventually Frank leaves but then he comes back at like three in the morning and starts banging on his door.

Gerard lets him in, finally, if only not to wake up the neighbors, and they end up having it out. Gerard thinks Frank's drunk, at first, but he's not, he's just freaking the FUCK OUT and he smoked too many cigarettes and hasn't eaten anything in like a day and a half because he's been too nervous to eat and he's just a mess, and when he sees the boxes he flips. And Gerard admits that he's moving away and Frank is like WERE YOU GOING TO TELL ME and Gerard is like uhmmmmmmmm and Frank is like WELL FUCK YOU TOO, YOU PIECE OF SHIT, I HATE YOU >:( and Gerard is like IT'S FOR YOUR OWN GOOD >:( and Frank is like DON'T TELL ME WHAT'S FOR MY OWN GOOD, FUCK YOU, THIS ISN'T FOR MY OWN GOOD YOU ARE JUST RUNNING AWAY and Gerard is like I TOLD YOU IN THE BEGINNING YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANTED, I TOLD YOU, THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENS, OKAY, THIS WAS NEVER GOING TO BE FOREVER and Frank is like FUCK YOU I TOLD YOU I WANTED YOU, YOU STUPID SON OF A BITCH. And then Frank says something so shocking that Gerard feels like he's been slapped and he feels his own eyes well up! And Gerard never cries! Like, seriously, he never cries, WHAT THE HELL, and Frank is about as shocked as Gerard is even though Frank is already crying at this point! They are both huge messes! Tears and snot and angry snapping at one another and Frank throws one of Gerard's huge fancy art books against the wall.