Queen of Hearts

Monday

Gerard walks to school, his mopey self. Life sucks.

Mikey is sick again, their mom is still trying to keep herself sane between her husband leaving and Mikey getting sick so often, so Gerard pretty much fends for himself. For the most part.

As he's grabbing his books, he hears that oh so familiar voice.

"Hey there cutie."

Bert Mccracken.

"What do you want.." Gerard says, turning around.

"You know what I want."

"Look. Im not in the mood to have the shit beat out of me."

"Well I am."

"Ok well I have to say to fuck yourself Mccrack-head." Just for that Gerard gets hit in the face.

"Dude why do you let him do that?!" Frank asks as he and Ray walk up to their friend.

"I cant fight."

"I dont care jab him in the eye with a pair of scissors do something!"

"Thats technically assault, and possibly attempted murder-"

"Gerard! Just.. you have to fight back!"

Then she walks by.  Lindsey Ballato.

'Huh.. she dropped a paper..'Gerard thinks to himself.

"-Gerard. Helloooo, Earth to Gerard!"

"Huh..?"

"Dude. You spaced out." Ray says.

"Oh. Uh.. sorry."

"Seriously? Her?! Gerard come ON!-"

"Frank calm down." Ray says, putting a hand on the short teen's shoulder, while Gerard goes to pick up the paper.

'It wouldn't hurt to read it, would it?'

'Stay possitive'

"I should probably just.. I'll just put it in her locker."

After everyone gets to class, practically everyone is looking at Gerard.

Bert was glaring at him, while somehow smirking.

Frank was definitely mad. He was glaring daggers at Gerard.

Ray just looked at him with pity.

The rest of the class was staring at him, mostly because of the bruise on his face.

All but Lindsey, who was just watching him through the corners of her eyes with a smile on her face.

'Oh boy. This is gonna be a fun ride..'

At that, Gerard gets up and runs to the bathroom.