Stay Beautiful Keep It Ugly

Chapter 14

It was now Wednesday, and Gerard and I were in art. I had my head laid down on the table. I had spent Tuesday night texting Gerard about random shit and I didn't go to bed until a little after 1am, so I was tired. I had explained that I was fucked up in the head and that I self harmed and all that great stuff.

"Tori, I'm going to come with you to lunch. Is that okay?" Gerard shook my shoulder. I sat up and sighed, "Gerard, yeah, that's fine. I want you to meet my friends." Gerard gave me a small smile that I wasn't able to return. It was Gerard's turn to sigh. He grabbed my hand and started to talk.

"Tori,I know talking to me last night was hard, but one day you'll be okay again. How you feel is just temporary, even though you don't think so. Be strong for me,okay?" Gerard told me. I nodded and finally returned his smile.

"Ready to go to lunch?" Gerard asked as the bell rung.

"Yeah," I breathed nervously.

'Would my fiends like Gerard? Would Gerard like my friends?' Questions were zooming through my mind, and I didn't know the answers.

"Toria, ready?" Gerard waved a hand in front of my face. I hadn't realized Gerard had lead me to the cafeteria doors until he broke through my thoughts.

"Yup, I'm ready; are you?" I swallowed nervously. I think I was more nervous than Gerard.

"I'm good. Let's go," Gerard threw an arm around my shoulders and pushed open the doors. We walked over to the table where all my friends sat.

"Hey guys. This is mystery guy number one from my rat class. His name is-" I started to introduce Gerard, but Mikey cut me off.

"Gerard? What the hell?" Mikey spokeangerly, and stood up.

"Wait, you two know each other?" I shook Gerard's arm off of me. I looked between Gerard and Mikey and could see the tension in the air. How did they know each other?