Gerard hated Chemistry. The lesson itself didn't bother him. It was the teacher. The teacher was an obnoxious woman who only cared about the money she was getting from the job, rather than teaching the kids life lessons. Her name was Mrs. Law. She was a bitch. Gerard would've coped better with Frank teaching the lesson. Gerard got sent out a few times in that lesson for "threatening behavior" .
When art came back around, Frank apologized for being a dick. He didn't acutally say he was a dick. But he did say sorry for being slightly aggressive.
"Maybe I just over reacted."
"I understand, man." Gerard replied playing with his pencil. "If you really want to do this project. Come to mine Saturday afternoon."
Frank sighed heavily.
"Here's my address." He handed over a piece of paper. Smooth.
The school week carried on as normal. Ray and Bob were totally awesome dudes. They liked similar shit and was just amazing to be around. Ray was planning on having a sleep over on the Friday night. And, of course, he invited both Mikey and Gerard.
"So, it's just a few of my friends." Ray said on the way home. "Don't worry, I didn't invite Frank."
"So you're friends with him?" Mikey asked casually, kicking a stone across the ground.
"Yeah. I guess you could say that. He's my neighbor."
Gerard's eyes went huge. That meant he lived on their street...
"Anyway, I'll see you at seven?"
"Yeah. See you." Mikey replied.
Ray answered the door when they arrived.
"I'm going to have to apologise. Thobbe and Bob brought their girlfriends along. Luckily they are rad as fuck."
"Great!" Mikey replied.
Ray's room wasn't exactly big but it did accommodate the 7 people present. Bob's girlfriend was very chatty. Her name was Chloe ( as Gerard found out within 2 minutes of meeting her. ) She was quite short. She had medium length hair up to her shoulders, it was a reddish brown. It was slightly back combed. Her eyeliner was thick around dark brown eyes.
Thobbe reminded Gerard a bit of Bob. Sure enough, it was obvious who was who, but they had the similar look. Maybe it was the blonde hair. It was a lot longer than Bob's, however. Maybe just a bit shorter than his girlfriends. He seemed quite energetic and maybe a tad bit crazy.
Thobbe's girlfriend - Lucy - was quiet in the first 5 minutes. Probably figuring out how to kill everyone! However, she seemed really sweet so that's probably not true. Lucy's hair was midnight black and was VERY long. Like Rapunzel's hair length. Okay... Maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration but it's the general idea. She was short, possibly even shorter than Chloe... And Chloe was short.
Lucy had decided on the film that they were going to watch. She'd picked out Rocky Horror and snuggled up against Thobbe's side. It turned out that Bob and Thobbe were really close as little kids and that's how they knew each other. Thobbe had moved over to the UK when he was 6 from Sweden. Bob took an immediate liking to him and they've been friends ever since. Even though they spend less time together at school, they still spent a lot of it together outside of school.
Gerard and Mikey were both singing along to Sweet Transvestite and Bob was making out with Chloe when the doorbell rang. Everyone were a little tipsy.
"I'll get it." Ray said, stumbling over his feet as he stood up. Gerard didn't know what was at the door, nor did he want to know. He was too busy signing along to his favourite show.
From a distance Ray could be heard shouting at someone or something. He didn't sound angry but he was definitely annoyed.
Almost everybody had fallen asleep by the time Ray got back. Only Gerard was awake.
"Hey. What happened?" Gerard asked politely as Ray sat back down on his bed. His bed was currently occupied by a sleeping Mikey, but he still found room to lay next to him.
"Just a bit of a problem with a neighbor. Needed some advice."
"That sucks man. What did they want the advice on?" Gerard asked, slouching into the side of the bed.
"Boy troubles."
"Ah." Gerard sympathised. "That sucks."
"Yeah. He'd been drinking and threw up on my floor. Took him a while to calm down from crying so much."
Gerard nodded, not wanting to press matters any further. It wasn't his business so he didn't want to get involved. Sure, he wanted to know but he couldn't just ask questions about something that didn't concern him.
"Oh, Frank told me to tell you something."
Gerard sighed and rolled his eyes. "What is it?"
"He will come to yours tomorrow. You know, to get research done for your project?"
Gerard took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He regretted asking him. "How can I trust him? He'll come over and I will get attacked."
"He's not a dick like you think he is."
"Oh yeah? Why the fuck is he always saying shit about me then?" Gerard's voice rose slightly.
Ray just sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Look. He doesn't want to fail the subject. The only way he can pass is by actually researching you and implementing it into his work. Just go along with it, you'll be fine."
"He hates me, Ray."
"He hates everyone. Including himself."
"He told me he didn't even want to do the fucking project."
"Well now he does and you invited him anyway, so get over it."
Gerard just sighed and closed his eyes.
Everybody woke up the next morning with a crushing headache. They didn't exactly drink much last night, but it didn't stop them from having a hangover the next morning. Chloe and Bob were a mess in the corner of the room. Both of them were groaning in agony. Thobbe and Lucy were okay, but still had a persistent headache.
Gerard was the last to awake. He woke to someone opening the blinds. It almost blinded him. The light was so strong outside.
"Get up, dickhead." Mikey said, kicking him playfully on the floor. "You have to go to home to see Frank, remember?"
Gerard squinted, not remembering much from last night. "Right, right." He fumbled.
Lucy laughed at him and his pain.
He picked up his bag, carefully, off the ground and headed home. Mikey was trailing behind him.
Frank would say he was nervous to go to Gerard's, but he totally was. He even had to go to Ray for advice on what to do. Ray. He's never done that before. Not even when he was nervous about asking Chelsea on a date. She was renown for fucking the entire school. Obviously, when Frank and Chelsea started dating he didn't know that. He thought she was just over the top. Oh, how he was wrong. He cheated on her with the entire school.
Frank does feel bad for being so mean to Gerard. It's not like he did anything to provoke Frank. It was his beautiful fucking face that got to Frank. And his beautiful fucking eyes. It was overwhelming, and Frank didn't understand it.
When Frank finally plucked up the courage to walk out his door and head to Gerard's house, it was already 1pm. He'd spent the last hour freaking out about what to wear, what to say and what to do in a close proximity of Gerard.
"Hey Gerard." Frank said when Gerard opened the door. He started playing with his Misfits' jacket in his hands.
"Hey Frank. Didn't think you'd show up." Gerard said, un-amused.
"Well, yeah... I want to do this project." He was staring at the ground
"Well, uh, come in."
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Far Away From Home - Frerard
FanfictionAfter Gerard Way moves to England, he meets an arrogant, homophobic boy named Frank. When they get paired up to do an art project together, what will Gerard do to stop himself from falling for Frank? And what will Frank do to stop himself falling fo...
