A Kiss and I will Surrender || A Frerard Fanfic

Chapter 4

Geewhiz137: Frank just left. He said that he had an emergency band meeting and I really hope that everything is okay and that nothing bad happened.

Gerard continued to text with Bert after Frank had left.

TheBert: Frank's in a band? And don't worry it's probably nothing bad.

Geewhiz137: Yeah :) he plays guitar since he's like eleven and he always wanted to be in a band

TheBert: I play guitar as well since a few years

Geewhiz137: That's so cool! I sadly can't play anything. My brother plays bass and I tried to learn guitar once but I'm terrible at it. I like to sing more

TheBert: I'd love to hear you sing one day. I bet you have a really good voice :)

Geewhiz137: I normally don't sing with others I'm sorry

That was a lie. Gerard loved to sing with others, especially with Frank. They had sat together countless times already. Frank gently strumming on his acoustic guitar while Gerard sang. Sometimes Mikey joined them and played along. It wasn't like Gerard didn't like singing with others, or for others. It was more the fact that he couldn't do it in front of strangers. His self esteem was already pretty low, and he never knew how they could react to his singing. He hadn't known it as well when he first sung with Frank too. But he hadn't wanted to impress Frank then. And he felt the slight need to impress Bert. If even by just a little.

Geewhiz137: Do you have a band as well?

Gerard quickly typed, before Bert could answer to his last text. He didn't want to ruin the good mood they were in right now.

TheBert: I am actually :) I'm the singer of TheUsed

Gerard didn't know that band, but Bert said it in a way as if he should know who they are. So he quickly searched them up on YouTube and also found a video from a show. He figured it was the right band, because the singer looked exactly like Bert. He tapped on it and watched the whole video. The music was good. It was slightly punk, but mostly emo. And okay, Bert could scream. Gerard immediately knew that they wouldn't be his favourite band, but they definitely weren't bad.

Geewhiz137: I just looked you up quickly and your music sounds cool :)

TheBert: Oh thanks :) maybe you can come to one of our shows one day

Geewhiz137: Yeah maybe

Frank was right. Bert kept hinting on that they should meet up, and Gerard realized as well that it was a little too fast for him.

Geewhiz137: I don't want to sound rude but I don't really want to meet just yet. I mean I don't really know you and I mean, you could be a pedophile after all. No offense

TheBert:  I'm not a pedophile lol don't worry and it's okay if you don't want to meet yet. I'm already glad I'm even able to talk to you like this :)

Gerard felt himself blushing again and told himself, that he should really try to train not to blush this easily. He just wasn't used to this. To compliments, attention. He ran a hand through his hair and started to type a reply as someone knocked on his door. Looking up, he saw his mom standing in the doorway, having her arms crossed.

"Gerard, do you have a minute?", she asked, already closing his room door behind her. Gerard nodded and put his phone down, sitting up on his bed more.

"Sure, what is it?", he asked, watching as his mom sat down next to him.

"I know you normally don't like to talk about this", she started and Gerard immediately knew what it was she wanted to talk about. "But we thought that we should ask you again". She talked very carefully, as if Gerard was a wounded animal, that would run away if she got too loud.