Thank You For The Venom (Frerard)

9 - El-Oh-Vee-Ee

9 - El-Oh-Vee-Ee

Whilst Brian and some others dragged the entirety of The Used, and all of Bert's so-called friends out of the party and back to their bus, Gerard and his bandmates were left to head back into the house and sort themselves out.

The party was still in full swing, so the four of them went upstairs into one of the empty rooms, where Ray made Gerard and Frank both sit down of the edge of the beds. Mikey fetched some ice for both their knuckles, returning with two packs of frozen peas and handing them out. Gerard eagerly placed them on his stinging hand, knowing that Frank's must have been far worse than his: he'd only thrown one punch, whereas Frank had thrown about fifteen. Gerard had been the only one to fully receive one though, so he tried to hold the peas against his face with the same hand that had sore knuckles in an attempt to reduce the swelling.

"Are you okay?" his younger brother looked at his face with concern, biting his lip.

"I'm fine Mikes" he smiled reassuringly "I should've known punching Bert was a shit idea, honestly, it's my fault."

"A shit idea, but the right one" Frank gave a small chuckle from beside him, nursing his own hands.

"Remind me to never get on your bad side Frank, Jesus christ" Ray rolled his eyes "I've never seen you that angry before and I never want to see it again either."

"Yeah Frank you were mental out there" Mikey agreed "I'm glad though. They deserved it, all ganging up on Gee like that."

Frank just shrugged. "It's nothing."

"Shut up" Gerard sighed "it wasn't nothing, I owe you."

"Do you guys need anything else?" Mikey asked, and they both shook their heads. "Okay, well I'm going to go find Adam and tell him you're both okay. He was worried." After Mikey disappeared, Ray yawned and stretched his arms.

"Well, I'm going to go back to the bus and tell Bob what he missed. He's going to be livid he missed a chance to fight that bunch of dicks. You two gonna be okay here?"

"Yeah, we'll be fine" Frank smiled "once we've nursed our injuries we'll get a lift back to the bus too."

"Okay, I'll see you both back there. Nice to know you both made it out of that in one piece." Ray wandered off downstairs, leaving the two of them sat quietly on the edge of the bed.

"Thank yo-" Gerard started.

"I swear to God if you thank me one more time I'm going to whack you with this bag of peas" Frank rolled his eyes "what was I supposed to do? Let you get beat up by some thugs that think they're hard because they did a few lines in the bathroom? No fucking way. And as for McCracken, he better stay out my fucking way, or he's getting punched again. No hesitation."

"I did punch him first, Frankie" Gerard giggled, shuffling to face his best friend more as he spoke.

"And with good reason I'm sure" he retorted "what did he say to you?"

"Well, he tried to tell me he was sorry and that we should get back together" Frank grimaced as he spoke "and then, well, he tried to kiss me, and that's when I thought it was a smart idea to punch him. I've never punched anyone before, it was weird."

"He tried to fucking kiss you?!" His eyes went comically wide and his sore fist balled at his sides "Who the hell does he think he is?"

"It's okay Frank, really, I shouldn't have hit him-"

"Yes! Yes you should've! How dare he think he can kiss you like he didn't cheat on you, the scumbag" Frank was almost shaking with rage, so Gerard used his good hand to place on his shoulder in an attempt to calm him.