cut yourself in conversation | gerbert

chapter seven

bert waits excitedly outside the local cafè for gerard to show up. he offered to pick him up at his home but gerard insisted they meet in town. bert's really excited to spend some time with him tonight, especially since he had to cut their coffee date off early a few mornings ago. bert isn't usually like this when it comes to guys. let alone ever this forward and confident. it's just gerard sparks something in him that makes him feel so calm and soft. he really hopes gerard enjoys tonight, he was worried that he's come off strong by asking him to go tonight. but thankfully he said yes.

"hey! sorry i'm a little late, i had to walk mikey to his friends house on the way." gerard's voice snaps him out of his thoughts. glancing up from the ground to see gerard approaching and looking absolutely beautiful. black skinny jeans that frame his hips and ass just right, a grey tee with a soft white open sweater. his strawberry hair brushed out, touching the top of his shoulders. the outfit really makes his hazel eyes pop. not to mention it actually matches well with the camouflage uniform bert wears for the event tonight. though they're not on duty, they all feel the need to wear it. the pride that comes with wearing it, a reminder of the good that they do in what it represents.

"you're okay. you look absolutely amazing by the way" bert smiles. gerard thanks him and the two begin talking while they walk beside each other, headed further into town. everything comes so naturally for them, being able to just talk and talk. learning more and more about each other. approaching a building music is head playing from, gerard grows nervous. what if he does something embarrassing? what if they don't like him? his nerves don't seem to go un-noticed by bert who nudges his arm and offers a smile and some reassurance. "don't worry pretty boy, my friends will love you."

they enter the front doors, bert can't help but to laugh when he sees quinn already wasted and chatting up some girl through the crowd of people in the well lit room. "mccracken! it's about time you got here, i was worried you were going to bail." dan laughs approaching the two, hugging bert tightly.

"it was tempting but i'd rather come and watch you idiots get drunk. this is gerard." bert chuckles as they pull away from the hug. nodding to the pretty red head who stands beside him, fiddling with his fingers nervously. gerard recognizes him from joe's the night that him and bert met. he isn't usually this nervous when meeting people, it's just that they're all friends of bert's. he and bert just met, if gerard messes something up then there's no coming back from that. these are his friends, gerard's just some random guy bert's taken a slight interest in. right?

"yeah i recognize you from joe's. it's nice to actually meet you. i'll grab you guys some drinks." dan smiles before walking away. bert laughs when he sees gerard's still very nervous. bert leads him over to jeph introducing them. which seems to relax gerard more now that he's met most of bert's closest friends and they all seem to like him. gerard smiles as he watches bert light up when they approach a guy leaned against the wall with a beer in hand, next to the blonde chick he's chatting up. the guy smiles when he sees bert before hugging him.

"lay off the alcohol quinn, you're aging already. sargent will agree when he sees your drunk ass hitting on some random girl." bert jokes before pulling away from the hug. dan and jeph are his best friends, it's different with quinn. while he and the other two have been friends since highschool, he and quinn have been best friends since they were children. quinn means everything to bert. they've been there for each other through thick and thin, they always have each others backs. while they do get into many arguments due to how stubborn and hard headed they both are, they love each other more than anything. they'll always be best friends.