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Eleven

-- Frank Iero, The Shitty Excuse of a Detective --

another irl chapter woohoo **dying inside as i write this all in a few hours*

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"Ray, who the fuck could he be?" Frank groaned, flipping through his yearbook in defeat. "There's like-- eight people he could possibly be."

"Well, what's your list so far?" Ray asked, chewing the end of his pencil curiously.

Frank sighed. "So far I've got Grayson White, Gavin Turner, Garrett Wilkinson, Gage Hudson, and Gordon Roberts."

"Alright, well, what do you know about them?"

"I know Gage, but I'm pretty sure it's not him," Frank said. "He's way too much of a dick."

"Right, okay, what about Grayson?"

"He's the most popular guy in Junior year, I've never talked to him, for obvious reasons," Frank explained. "I don't think he'd waste his time with me. Plus, he's super homophobic, so that's kinda a huge turn-off."

"Oh," Ray said lamely, biting his lip. "Gavin?"

"Super sweet, but has a girlfriend."

"Garrett?"

"Super gay, super antisocial. Probably one of our best bets."

"Well, that's positive!" Ray beamed.

"Yeah, except for the fact that he hates my guts." Frank dead-panned.

"Oh," Ray deflated. "Guess not then. Gordon?"

"He's bi too," Frank said. "We're acquaintances. Only thing is, I already have his number, and it's not G's."

"Damn," Ray seethed, making grabby hands towards the yearbook. "Lemme see it."

Frank passed it over with a small sigh, watching as Ray scanned the pages with knitted brows.

"Frank!" He exclaimed suddenly. "You fucking idiot! You missed somebody!"

"What?" Frank asked, shooting up into a straighter sitting position. "Who?"

"Look," Ray said, pointing to one of the last kids on the page. "Gerard Way."

Frank examined the photo carefully, furrowing his eyebrows at the raven-haired boy printed onto the page.

"No," Frank said. "No way that's him. He's way too hot. G always acts as if I wouldn't like him because of his looks."

"Maybe he's just self-conscious," Ray shrugged. "Because right now, he's kind of our only option. I mean, I vaguely know his brother, I could ask about him, if you want?"

"No, no, don't," Frank said quickly. "It would seem suspicious, and you'd just sound stupid if it wasn't him. I don't think it is. It can't be."

"So who is it then? We've looked through the entire grade," Ray asked with a frown. "He's got to be one of these guys."

"Maybe he's new this year." Frank rationed. "I could ask him."

"Well, I've known Mikey since last year though..."

"That's assuming it's Gerard," Frank pointed out. "Which I don't think it is. Just let me text him."

"Fine," Ray sighed. "Do it."

"'Kay," Frank said, pulling out his phone quickly.

Message Sent, 5:27 PM -- March 30th

hey, weird question

Read -- 5:29 PM

yeah..?

is this ur first year at kearny?

... no..?

oh

ok thank u <3

...ur welcome?

:)

:)

Read -- 5:31 PM

"We've got an issue," Frank sighed, turning off his phone and placing it back onto the mattress. "It's not his first year."

"Well, then it just confirms that it's one of these guys," Ray said simply, glancing at the list with half the names etched out.

Frank sighed. "I just wish it wasn't like this."

"I know," Ray said. "I know."

"Do you think he'll ever tell me who he is?"

"I think if he likes you enough," Ray started, pausing to glance at Frank. "Then, yes. You just have to give it time."

Frank nodded slowly, pursing his lips. "I just hope that's the case..."

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a/n: and so the mystery deepens :0

xoxoxoxmikes

((ps, the next chapter skips forward a little bit so don't get confused okie?))