You Give Love A Bad Name (Frerard)

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Gerards POV

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I tried to remain calm but on the inside, I was freaking out. What did I do? Did I do something wrong already? Is Mikey okay? What did HE do? I gave Mr. Iero a slight look of confusion before backing up and gesturing him to come inside. He raised his eyebrows and slowly walked in. I opened my mouth to speak but he cut me off.

"Let me explain"

I gestured him to continue 

"I'm here on account of what happened this morning."

Now it was my turn to raise an eyebrow

"The fluffy dude running me over?"

"No."

I tried to recall everything that had happened after that but the rest of the day was a blur. I tapped my foot impatiently.

"Then what?"

He slightly backed up

"Well, it's ridiculous actually, but some kid saw you wink at me this morning and got the wrong idea. They brought it to the school board and they made me come here to warn you of what might happen if anything goes on between us.." he stops to chuckle "but since nothing is going on or will be going on, there isn't any need to warn you"

I giggled slightly 

"So why are you here then? Couldn't you have just told them you warned me already?"

He cleared his throat 

"No, they wouldn't believe me and would've asked you if I did."

"Wait, so they don't trust you fully?" I looked confused now

"Right" he looked down

"Why?"

He looked me dead in the eyes 

"It's none of your concern. I must be going now..see you tomorrow, Gerard"

I nodded and shut the door behind him. I spent the next few hours contemplating what had just happened and tried to figure everything out but I couldn't. Eventually, I grew tired and crashed.

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I awoke to startle as my alarm blared throughout my room. The sound waves were ricocheting off my walls making the sound 1000x louder than it actually was. I groaned loudly and slammed my hand down on the power button which cut the sound immediately. I threw my legs over the side of my bed and got up to take a shower. 

After I was finished, I realized I didn't have a change of clothes so I wrapped my towel around my waist and bolted to my room. I began to get dressed in my casual black jeans and band tees. I topped it all off with black converse and eyeliner. When I was finished dressing, I took locks of my long red hair and squeezed the ends of it releasing the water. I brushed through it once and pulled on a black hoodie. I unplugged my phone and grabbed my bag. 

When I went to Mikey's room to get him, I discovered a note on his door

'Morning cherry head, my friend already came and got me. Didn't text you because I know you don't turn your phone on until later. See you later, punk' 

I laughed and got into my car. On my way to school it started raining. I was halfway there when I saw a taller high school kid (I assumed because he had books and a bag) he had a giant hood over his head and he was visibly shaking. Feeling sorry, I pulled over and gestured him to get in. He studied me for a bit and realized I wasn't trying to kidnap him. He gets in and pulls his seatbelt on.

"Thanks man, it was getting awfully cold out there"

His voice sounded familiar but I didn't think much of it since I heard tons of new voices yesterday.

"Hey, no problem" I smile 

He pulls his hood down and reveals a poofy mess of brown curly hair

"My name is Ray"

I nod

"My name is Gerard, you know, the kid you knocked out yesterday morning"

He immediately looks in my direction and studies my face

"Oh man, I knew you looked familiar. Dude, I am so sorry..I was in a rush and I was busy and I didn't see where I was going and when I did it was too late and-"

I laughed and cut him off

"Dude, don't worry about it. it's okay. Do you want to listen to music?"

He sighs relief 

"Thanks man, and hey, sure, what do you listen to?"

I turn the CD on and it blasts Black Flag

"No way!! I play my guitar to these songs often" He beams

"You play guitar? Dude, that's so cool!" I smile widely

He smiles and nods and we ride the rest of the way without speaking. The music speaks for us. 

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We pull up to the school and Ray visibly tenses up (as do I) 

"Ready?"

"Now or never" He states 

We both bolt out of the car, slam the doors shut and run up the concrete steps. He's under the roof but I remember I didn't lock the doors and it won't lock them from a certain distance so I had to run in the parking lot again and lock them.

"GERARD!! YOU'RE GONNA MELT OH MY GOD HURRY UP DUDE. DON'T DIE ON ME NOW"

I'm laughing too hard to walk straight but eventually we push through the double doors and barrel in side the school. I'm laughing so much that I don't realize someone is headed my way. It was too late before I realized it and I ended up running into a guy.

Mr. Iero

"O-oh, I'm sorry sir..."

A blush rises up to his cheeks 

"Uh, that's quite alright Gerard" and with that he's already around the corner and gone.

I turn my attention back to Ray who has a smug grin on his face

"You know Mr. Iero is gay, right? and being gay here is like having Ebola."

"Oh."

"Yeah, some kid saw him and his boyfriend outside of school last year. Big riot it brought up"

"Oh.." I stand on one side awkwardly 

"Yeah, so anyway, there's someone I want you to meet"

"Okay"

We walk into the second hallway and Ray runs up to a tallish guy with a black fringe. The guy smiles when he sees Ray.

"Hi Ray! Who is this? Isn't this the dude you almost killed yesterday?"

"I am he. My name is Gerard" I smile 

He smiles "My name is Pete"

I nod and the first bell rings 

"Have fun in class, guys, see you at lunch?"

Ray nods

"Thanks Pete."

I slowly back up and walk to class.