Dare Me

I Dare You.

Finally we're back home in Jersey.  The Donald stuff is taken care of.   He is in federal prison now where he should be.  I'm glad to be back in my small apartment next to Gerard's.  He comes over everyday and stays the night every week.  He also is in a band!  They are called My Chemical Romance.  Fancy name.  I help out with guitar, even though they don't need much help.  

I had the band play for the school I teach at.  Not the rock songs with swear words, I had them play some Green Day and Gerard even sang some Maroon 5.  

Gerard has been begging me to go to therapy, but surely I don't need any.  The past is in the past, its like what Donald did to me isn't gonna kill me.  I've put all of that trip in the pass.  Gerard took me to meet his mom.  She is a sweetheart, Gerard says that Donna didn't like most of his past girlfriends, but she really liked me.  It might be I kind of showed off and played some piano for her.

I've been secretly looking for a bigger apartment for Gerard and I to share.  I've been saving up a lot of money to help pay the rent.   

Gerard is going to pick me up in about 20 minutes.  We're going to the park because its snowing, since I was living in California for a long time I never got to play in the snow, now I can't get enough of it.  I had all my warm clothes on and my favorite black beanie.

Knock Knock.  Gerard opened the door, not needing me to do it for him since he does come over all the time. 

"Ready?"  He asked.

"Yup."  I took his hand and we walked to the park not too far from the apartment building.  

The trees where white and the floor was covered in snow.  Children were laughing and playing over by the play structure.  This was like a day in the movies, a perfect day out, everyone seems happy and excited.  

Pull my hand slowly away from Gerard's to pick up a ball of snow.  I then shove it in his face getting snow in his black hair.  He gasped then tackled me to the ground.  We ended up on a pile of snow.  

People were looking at us like we had a third eye.  

"Gerard will this last forever?"  I sit up and turn to him.

"One thing I know is that if you find someone who makes you want to live everyday with your eyes wide open you should hold on to them."

Gerard helped me up.  

"I've been thinking about this for a long time."  He reached into his pocket.

 Maybe this time for the first time love won't run away.  Gerard is not like the guy on the corner of the street you see everyday, he isn't like the man who checks you out at the grocery store he is taylor-made.  Greeks say that humans were created with two of everything, two heads, four eyes, four legs. But each one got ripped apart creating two humans.  They say that your other half is out there somewhere and I think I may have found him.

Cheesy!  I know. But true. 

Gerard pulled out a black velvet box and got down on one knee.  His eyes lit up.  I raised my hand over my mouth because my mouth was wide open.  Gerard took one deep breath.

"Alex, I dare you to marry me."