You're The Only Hope For Me

Chapter 4

Gerard's wolf looked very similar to his father and Mikey's. They were pack alphas so they had a dark gray coat and Gerard even had one white paw. His mother had a white coat and so both Gerard and Mikey had a white splotch of fur on their bodies that they inherited from her. Mr Way was the largest alpha, but Gerard wasn't much smaller than him. The rest of the packs alpha's, betas and omegas were smaller yet.

Gerard spent his time silently running through the woods, listening to nature around him. His human form hated any type of cardio but his wolf loved it. Running was a stress reliever. And fortunately for him, the Way pack owned a large territory of land.

He had been running around aimlessly for about an hour before his wolf picked up a scent. A lovely mouthwatering musky scent. Jerking his head in the direction it was coming from, Gerard took off at full speed. As he got closer, it got stronger.

Stepping to the edge of the woods, Gerard saw a small red house. It was on the end of a dead end road. It was a simple two story home with a driveway and garage. The house was mostly dark, except for one window that was lit up.

Gerard sat there quietly, trying to take on the sights and the smells before a figure walked in front of the window. Frank. Oh fuck this was Frank's house and here he was walking shirtless in front of the window. Gerard had to mentally will the wolf back from running and breaking into the house to have Frank in every way he could.

The woods by Frank's house were considered neutral territory and Gerard knew for a fact there were other packs around. If something were to happen here he would be alone, without backup. And taking out a high ranking rival alpha would definitely be bragging rights for any rival pack, so as hard as it was for him to do, Gerard slowly retreated back towards home.

Because it wasn't a full moon, Gerard was able to shift as he chose. On the full moon, every wolf that has hit puberty shifts and cannot shift back until sunrise. It wasn't all bad and you get used to it.

As Gerard approached the shed that held his clothes, he smoothly shifted back to human form. His hands and feet were muddy and he was sweaty but not any more tired then when he left. Grabbing his clothes and pulling them on half hazardly, Gerard made his way back inside to shower and turn in for the night.

Gerard hadn't realized he left his phone in his room until he walked back in after his shower. Grabbing it he expected to see some stupid meme sent to him by Brendon or something flirty by Ashley who just wouldn't take the hint that Gerard's wolf wasn't interested. But he didn't have either of those things, it was an unknown number.

Unknown Number: you really didn't have to do that, you know 🙂

Gerard wanted it to be Frank. Fuck his stomach lurched a little at that thought. But as he thought about it, Frank was the only one who he recently gave his number to. Going on blind hope, Gerard responded.

Gerard: maybe that means you should use it to take me out 😘

Fuck, that was smooth, right? Gerard didn't have a lot of time to question his flow before he got a response.

Unknown Number: maybe I will 😉

Gerard: is it safe to say this is Frank? Cuz if it's not I'm gonna kick your butt!

Unknown Number: well unless you flirt and give our your number all the time ...

Gerard smiled shyly at that because no, he didn't do that much even though he probably looked like he did.

Unknown Number: but if I looked like you I probably would too 😳

Fuck Frank was so awkwardly charming and Gerard adored it. He quickly saved Frank's number on his phone before texting back.

Gerard: I only save that kind of attention for the most beautiful ones, sweetheart

Frank: 🤓 good to know

Gerard was still naked and wrapped in a now cold damp towel, so he threw his phone on the bed and got dressed.

Gerard: So ... about that date ...

Frank: damn you're speedy. if you wanted to get into my pants so quickly you could just ask 😉

Gerard thought he was going to die a little inside. Frank was definitely flirting back and his over emoji use was annoyingly cute.

Gerard: I didn't know you were that easy, Frankie. Wish I would have known a few hours ago 😘

Frank: Wait this is Gerard, right? Not Mikey or *gulp* Donald??

Gerard laughed out loud at that message. Obviously Frank assumed it was Gerard too which made his heart swell a little.

Gerard: why don't you find out tomorrow. ill meet you at the diner at 3

Frank: ok but if this is Mikey I'll slug ya and if this is Donald I swear to god I'll take out a restraining order 💪🏻

Gerard: LOL goodnight Frankie

Frank stopped responding after that so Gerard curled up under the covers to have a restless night of sleep. His body physically ached to hold Frank and that was alarming. He hardly knew the kid yet he felt like he had known him all his life. Before surprisingly drifting off to sleep, Gerard promised himself he would take a picture of Frank just to have it.