Jersey Hearts

3

AN: the pic is Quinn's eye color

About an hour later Frank is done getting his tattoo and he asks if I could get a piercing. "Sure! Follow me." Josh says. He leads us to a side room and has me sit down. "So where do you want your piercing?" Josh asks. "Uh like right here." I say as I point to a spot on the left side of my lip. He nods and puts a dot where I pointed with a marker. He hands me a mirror and I look at it for a second before nodding and handing back the mirror. Josh clamps my lip and I grab Frank's hand. Josh sticks the needle in my lip and takes it out before putting the loop I had chosen in. "Ow." I mumble as he lets go of my lip. Frank and Josh chuckle and Josh hands me the mirror again. "Holy shit. It looks awesome! Thank you!" I gasp. "Your welcome kid." Josh laughs. We pay form my piercing and Frank's tattoo before we walk out to the car. "Ya know that didn't hurt as much as I thought it would." I say as I use my camera to look at my lip. "Yeah people usually over react. You did pretty good though." Frank chuckles as he pulls into the drive. I get out and walk into the house. I take my shoes off before walking into the living room. "How'd it go?" Gerard asks. "It went great." Frank says as he walks in behind me. "They didn't scream as much as I thought they would." he teases. "Hey I didn't scream at all." I tell them. "No but you might have broken my hand." Frank laughs. "Sorry." I chuckle. "Let me see." Mikey demands. I walk over and sit next to him. I turn my head so he can see my lip. "It looks great." he says. I smile and a blush creeps onto my face. "That means no kissing for a month!" Kai shouts as he points to Mikey and I. "Oh my god." I mutter as I hide my face in my hands. "Gee make him stop!" Mikey pleads. "Nope!" Gerard chuckles. "Hey Frank will you call Andy? I think Kai wants to talk to him." I say as I look over at Frank. "What?! Nononononono!" Kai panics. "Wait do you like Andy?" Gerard asks. "No!" Kai yells in a defensive tone. "You do!" Mikey laughs. Kai groans and looks down at his feet. "Fuck you Quinn!" he barks. "I'm good." I chuckle. He glares at me and I stick my tong out at him. "Calm down princess." I laugh. He shakes his head as his smile returns. "So there's something we need to talk to you guys about." Gerard says as he looks between me and Kai. "Um ok." I mumble. Frank sits next to me and lets out a breath. "So we were thinking that if you wanted to...we could get your names changed." Frank sighs. "So your name would be Quinn Iero and his would be Kai Way." Gerard tells me. "A-are you serious?" I stutter. Frank nods and I feel Mikey take my hand in his. "So do you want to?" Gerard asks as he looks between me and Kai. "Hell yeah!" I shout. I look over at Kai and see him nodding his head so fast that it seems like it might fly off. "Gerard and I will get it done when we go out tomorrow." Frank says as a smile appears on his face. I look over at Mikey and smile. "Will you guys just admit that you like each other already." Gerard groans. "Oh my god. I don't like them ok!!" Mikey yells as he pulls his hand from mine. My heart sinks and I look away from him. Everyone goes silent and I feel their gases shift towards me. I stand up and quickly walk up the stairs and into my room. I close the door and lean against it. "God damnit." I whisper as I sink to the floor. "How could I be so stupid?" I ask myself. Tears well in my eyes as I hear footsteps coming towards my door. "Quinn?" Frank's voice mutters. "What?" I mumble. "Can I come in?" he asks. I sigh as I stand up and open the door. I step back and allow Frank to walk into my room. He closes the door behind him and turns to look at me. "Are you ok?" he asks. "Yeah why wouldn't I be?" I sigh. "Kid, you don't have to pretend to be ok." he tells me. "I know but...what am I supposed to do Frank? Mikey practically just declared to the whole world that he doesn't like me. And he's probably mad at me and I don't know what to do!" I ramble as tears flow down my cheeks. "Hey calm down. He's not mad at you. He's most likely mad at Gerard." he says as he rests his hands on my shoulders. I let out a shaky breath and shake my head. "I'm gonna go back down there and tell them that you're ok." he sighs as he walks out and shuts the door behind him.

Mikey's POV

I watched as Quinn ran up the stairs. Frank glared at me before rushing after them. "Great. You made them cry." Gerard sighs. "I-I didn't mean to." I stutter. "Mikey I have never seen them look at anyone the way they look at you." Kai explains. I sigh and shake my head. "I fucked up." I mumble. "Yeah, you did." Ray says. "You should go apologise. They think you're mad at them." Frank says as he walks down the stairs. "That's not a good idea." Kai mutters. "Why not?" Frank asks as he sits next to Gerard. "Because if they think that he's mad at them him going and interacting with them will cause them to have a panic attack. They blame themselves and think that he's going to hit them or yell at them because we were taught that we did everything wrong and that everything was our fault and that if we messed something up or if we said anything wrong that the only acceptable punishment was violence!! For 6 years we were in a home with someone that blamed us for his problems and Quinn's brain has yet to adjust to the fact that no one is putting the blame on them anymore!" Kai rambles. We all sit in silence for a few moments as Kai calms down. I turn when I hear someone slowly walking down the stairs. I smile a little when I see Quinn who had now changed into a large, loose, black, sweater that stopped at the middle of their thighs, black shorts that I could hardly see and knee high black socks.  They stopped at the bottom of the stairs and wrapped their arms around their waist. "M-Mikey..." they stuttered. "Yes Quinn?" I winced when the words came out harsher than I had meant for them to. They flinched and drew back a little. "I-I'm sorry that I m-made you mad." they squeak. I could see tears flooding their eyes. I instinctively stood up and walk toward them wanting to comfort them. Their eyes went wide and their body went ridgid when I stepped closer. "Don't hurt me! P-Please I'm sorry!" they shouted as tears streamed down their face. They backed away from me and I stopped moving. I felt my heart break when I looked into their eyes. They were terrified. I could see the panic and the fear and every ounce of pain they had ever felt hidden behind those pastel green orbs. "Quinn. I would never-" I stopped speaking as I watched them bolt up the stairs. "God damnit." Kai groaned as he ran after them. "That kid has been through some shit." Ray sighed. I look down and nod. "I'll be back in a little bit." I sigh as I grab my keys and head out to my car. I hop in the drivers seat and start the car before driving away.

Quinn's POV

I bolt up the stairs and into my room as panic floods my veins. I collapse to the floor as I struggle to breath. Kai rushes in and kneels beside me. "Where's your inhaler?!" he asks. I point to my desk and he grabs it. He puts it in my mouth and presses down as I attempt to take a deep breath. I calm down a bit and my breathing slows. Kai helps me stand up and leads me to my bed. "You should take a nap. You've had a stressful day." he says as he pulls the blanket over my shaking form. I nod and slowly fall asleep as he walks out and shuts the light off.