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football game

Frank had texted his best friend Pete, asking if he was going to the football game tonight. Pete had said something about it at lunch, so Frank knew he was good to go- or he thought.

Crowds made him very anxious, so having a friend there to talk to helped. He only talked to about 3 people- Mikey, Pete, and Awsten. Mikey was in the marching band and couldn't hang with Frank, Awsten was a pothead and didn't care for school spirit, and Pete was iffy. Frank was hoping he didn't let him down but of course he did.

Frank arrived at the game, looking around for Pete and saw him no where. He sat on the bleachers, staring at his phone for a bit. He was messaging an acquaintance of his about school work and playing back everyone in iMessage games. He occasionally looked up, seeing if he saw any of his friends, or even people he had seen in the halls that were nice to him. All he saw were the popular kids buzzing about some drama that was going on. Kids kept coming up to him and asking him if he was okay and why he was sitting alone. Frank just gave them a small smile and the "I'm waiting for a friend" excuse. It was kind of the truth. He shouldn't have trusted to think that Pete would actually show up. Anxiety was bubbling in his stomach as more people filed in around him.

frank: pete? where are you!?! i'm sitting all alone and i'm about to cry. there's so many ppl
read at 7:28pm

"That fucker left me on read!" Frank grumbled, standing up. Right by the entrance, there was a corner type of thing. He sat down on the asphalt and put in his headphones. He listened to a music playlist until he saw someone sit down next to him. He pulled out his earbud and gave the mystery boy a questioning look.

"Hey?"

"Hi. I know you don't know me, but you looked a little bit lonely so I decided to come over here."

"Okay... I'm Frank, what's your name?" he mumbled.

"I'm Gerard. nice to meet you, Frank."

"So why are you all alone?" Gerard asked.

"I don't really socialize and my friend ditched me, so I decided to come sit here and listen to music- maybe get some pics of the sunset too. Why are you over here?"

"I kinda hang out with the 'bad crowd'- so to say-and they went off to go do drugs, so I decided that maybe that wasn't a good idea."

"Yeah, I think you made the right choice." Frank replied.

"Yeah, me too. especially when I get to sit next to someone who's really cute."

Frank felt his cheeks get hot, and he replied "Oh, thanks."

Gerard switched the subject, asking Frank some other random questions and that kind of stuff. One of those conversations where you 'get to know' the person.

As the football game was coming to an end, Gerard and Frank both realized they had a lot in common... and both secretly liked one another.

The sky was pitch black as the moon shone through the clouds on the late August night. Everyone was leaving and that meant Gerard and Frank would be parting ways. They traded numbers, instagrams, snapchats, and both stood up.

"See ya later, Frank." Gerard said, pressing a light kiss on his cheek. Frank froze, stunned. Wow.

"Uh, bye Gerard?" he replied, stuttering and flustered.

For once in his life, Frank didn't feel like he was alone.