Captured in a photo frame

Starbucks

A/N the pic is an example of what happens sometimes when light is hitting a persons face at a specific angle. No it isn't photoshop, it's actually a cropped selfie My friend took ages ago.

You will understand once you have finished reading this chapter.

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I swung open the door to Starbucks and looked around until I saw a mop of red hair sitting in the back looking right at me. He smiled revealing some small white teeth and waved at me with his hand that was free of coffee. I smiled and waved back, my hand hitting of my camera when it fell back to my side. I made my way over to the table and he stood up and pulled out my seat for me. Seriously does he do this for everyone? It's kind of cute. But it can kind of lead a confused teenage girl like me on.

"Thanks. Sorry I'm late, I was having hair problems." I said and giggled up at him as we both sat down.

He returned the smile and I saw his cheeks turn a little red. What? Why? Did I do something? This is confusing. Why is this so confusing?

"It's fine, don't worry about it. So do you want a drink? I'll go and order it for you, I'm going to get another one." He asked and stood up again picking up his empty coffee cup.

"Erm, yeah sure thanks. Whatever your having." I said and smiled thankfully up at him.

"You sure. I like strong strong coffees. You okay with that?" He asked.

"Yeah sure, I love strong coffee." I said and smiled up at him and he smiled back down at me.

Well that was the biggest lie I have ever told.

Truth is that I have never actually had a cup of coffee, like ever. So today that is about to change. I hope it is as nice as people say it is. If it is then it must be like heaven on earth. People I know speak so highly of it. Some, you could even say, are addicted to it. It is possible to be addicted to coffee and I genuinely believe that them people are. Those people consist of:

Gerard Way

Mikey Way

Frank Iero

Josh

And unfortunately the wicked witch of the west, Sarah.

Before I knew it Gerard was back at the table with two cups of coffee for us both. I thanked Gerard for the coffee and he simply nodded at me while he took a sip of his own. I opened up the lid and steam came rushing out. Better let it cool down, I thought to myself.

"So then Eloise. How are you doing?" Gerard said casually.

"Fine. You?" I said before casually picking up my drink.

I lifted it to my mouth and casually took a sip forgetting my plans of letting it cool first. It was hot. It was bitter. It was disgusting and I needed to get it out of my mouth. I could feel my tongue shrivelling in and burning to death.

Gerard opened his mouth to speak but before he had a chance to say anything he was shower in coffee. That's right. I'm Mrs smooth. Spitting coffee all over someone when they had their mouth open after acting all casually cool.

He just sat there for a second in shock while I fanned my mouth and panted like a over heating dog.

"I'm so sorry, oh gosh. I'll go get some napkins. I'm so sorry. Oh gosh. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry." I stuttered out before running off to find some napkins.

I came back to the table and Gerard was sat there laughing his ass off, drenched in coffee. The sight made me smile yet I still felt guilty for drenching him. It was hot coffee plus it got in his mouth. I just laughed at his excessive laughing.

"Are you okay?" I asked concerned as to why he was laughing so much.

"Your face was priceless. Oh god. You spat the coffee out then you just... Then you just looked at me like this." He explained in hysterics before demonstrating what my face was like.

To be honest it was pretty funny. I looked like I had sucked on a lemon and forced myself to keep my eyes and mouth open when the sourness hit. But when Gerard pulled the face he just looked all too attractive for me. I giggle along with him while I wiped the coffee from the table.

I looked up at Gerard and saw he wasn't laughing as hard anymore, just plainly smiling and giggling every know and then. He had wiped most of the coffee of his face by the time I had finished wiping down the table. He had almost wiped it all off but he still had one bead on the side of his face.

"You have a little coffee there." I said pointing to where it would be if it was on my face.

His hand went up to his face but it was the wrong side. He started to feel around for it but I shook my head and pointed to the other side of his face. But he still couldn't find it.

I grabbed a clean napkin and leant across the table briefly to wipe at the spot. He just froze and looked up at me in the eyes and he had these huge puppy dog eyes. He was like a cute week old Labrador. Big, round, cute, hazel eyes that could melt your heart in an instant.

"Here." I said indicating to where it was.

Suddenly no one was laughing. We were just looking at each other. I sat myself back down and looked down at the table uncomfortably before looking back up at Gerard again. He was just staring at me creepily with a small smile on his face.

"Thanks, E." Gerard said.

I was shocked as to how he knew my nickname but I just rolled with it. Because I'm Mrs smooth and all. I just simply smiled and started playing with my hands because right now they were shaking to take a picture of Gerard's puppy dog eyes. I was resisting the urge so hard, but I really did want to take a photo so bad. It's a bad habit I have. I take at least 5 photos a day. Just stay calm Eloise. You can do this. Just sit back and drink your coffee. And try not to dribble or spit it out on Gerard again.

We just sat in silence and drank our coffees for a few minutes until I couldn't resist the urge.

"Hey Gerard, I have this really bad habit of taking random photos every now and then. I was just wondering if it was ok with you... If maybes I could take a photo of you." I asked fiddling with my hands.

"Sure, do what you want. I'm not going to stop you if you want me to pose naked." He said as a joke laughing along with it. "I'm joking, sure. Just do what you want. You don't need to ask any of us. Maybes ask Bob before you take a pic but other than that, your good." He cleared it up for me.

"Thanks," I muttered from behind my camera.

I moved the camera so the light was hitting of him at a great angle. It made his eyes glow and his teeth sparkle white when he smiled. I clicked the button and the picture was taken within a split second. It was a pretty good one. It was definitely worth keeping in memory.

I turned the camera around so Gerard could see the camera screen. His eyes widened and his jaw slacked a little. I could see he was in awe of the way that a simple change in angle can make light reflect in different ways.

"Wow, that's awesome. Could I maybes see some more?" He asked smiling.

"Sure. Why not?" I said before handing over the camera.

Gerard Way. The first person ever to handle that camera with permission from me. Someone who is very protective over what is mine. If that camera was to break apart in his hands right now, I would literally scream, then cry, then go on a killing spree.

So yeah, this is a big deal.