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Chapter five
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Frank's POV
The morning after our double date was Tuesday, I woke to the smell of bacon, eggs and pancakes drifting upstairs. I crawled out of bed, pulled a plain, dark blue jumper over my head and a pair of black jeans, I adjusted my belt and ruffled my hair and laced up my combat boots. I walked downstairs slowly and caught bits of the conversation between Mikey and Gee.
'Shes not staying here, I can tell you that' Gerard mumbled angrily.
'Gee! Where is she gonna go? It's not her fault anyway...'
'Mikey, I said no. It may not be her fault but it's her ex, just be careful with this one'
'For fucks sake Gerard!' Mikey said frustratedly.
I walked in and sat at the table next to Mikey who was drinking coffee,
'Morning Frank' Gee smiled at me
'Morning' I said smiling at Mikey as he lifted his head.
'Eggs or pancakes Frankie?' Gee asked from the stove,
'Pancakes please'
'Mikes, eggs and bacon or pancakes'
'Eggs and bacon please' he replied.
Gerard came over putting a small pile of pancakes on my plate and some on his while Mikey stood up and cooked his own eggs. After we ate me and Gerard drove to school in the van, leaving Mikey with Gerard's black astra
(he had a doctors appointment and was not going to school), we got to school and sat in our usual seats for homeroom, Jason came over with the other jocks and stood in front of us for about ten seconds, as we looked up slowly he and another jock tipped a cup of ice down our shirts,
'Look who the tools are now!' they laughed
'Nope, its still you' Bandit and Ley-Anne chourused as they walked in. Everyone laughed and Jason narrowed his eyes and shot a look at the twins and said,
'This has nothing to do with you, stay out of it...'
'I think it does since they're our boyfriends. You waste all your time calling them fags but I've never seen you with a girl' Bandit snapped at him. He and Bandit quarreled for a while and she showed her strength by throwing him to the ground, my girlfriend, my girlfriend is amazing I smiled at the thought.
Ley-Anne took Bandit's hand and they came over and sat with us,
'As if you're THEIR girlfriends, you could do so much better'
'Like who?' Ley-Anne asked
'Like me'
'Piss off' She said laughing.
At the same time Gerard took Ley-Anne's hand, I took Bandit's, 'Lets go' I said.
We all went downstairs and outside into the football training stadium, I pulled out a pack of cigarettes and offered to everyone, everyone took one and held it in their mouth. I went to pull out my lighter but it wasn't there, Bandit pulled hers from the pocket of her skinny jeans and lit my cigarette and hers, passing the lighter to Ley-Anne and Gee. We lay there on the grass under the old sycamore tree just smoking, everything else was quiet. I turned my head to see Bandit leaning her head on my chest, my arm around her
'Cherry, if I die now with you I'd die happy. If your face was the last thing I'd see if I never returned home I'd die happy. Right here and now, with you, everything's perfect' I said smiling down at her. She kept her head perfectly still, staring up into the light peeking through the leaves of the sycamore tree,
'Frank, for the first time in about three years I smiled a real smile, when I was with you. You make me happy, there's a light in your eyes that brightens my whole world and just one compliment from you brightens my whole day. I've never felt so alive...'
We finished our cigarettes then me and Bandit took a shot of vodka and stood up together, still holding hands we walked back into homeroom with Gerard and Ley-Anne in front of us.
'Sorry we're late Mr Tasen' Ley-Anne said nudging Gerard,
'Yeah, our van broke down in the middle of the street and the row truck was delayed in traffic' Gerard lied.
'Oh, that's alright, you're not even that late' Mr Tasen told us, 'Go take your seats now' he continued
We sat down and Jason shot an angry look back at us and Ley-Anne winked at him, we all laughed.
'Can't you see how much she wants you?' Bandit joked.
After third period none of us had any classes so we went back to the twins place and had a movie marathon, after the seventh movie we all had macaroni and cheese for dinner and went upstairs and I followed Bandit into her room.
She went into the bathroom and changed into her purple pajamas, I sat on the bean bag and when she came out she sat on my lap.
Tilting her head back I kissed her neck then she dived in for a kiss, we sat there in perfect comfort kissing for a while and we gradually stopped kissing and turned it into a tickle fight. After we tickled each other enough she slid onto the bed, picking up her phone she yelped
'Ow, electric shock!' she pouted, throwing the phone down.
I laughed, kissing her finger,
'All better?' I said picking up her phone, she nodded and laughed.
The phone read midnight
'Is this time right?' I asked.
'Yeah, why?'
'Look' I said showing her the time.
'Shit! I didn't realize how late it got'
'Me either' I confessed 'I better get going...' I yawned.
'Look how tired you are! Just stay the night'
'Are you sure?'
'Yeah, of course. We've got plenty of room if you haven't noticed' she joked gesturing at the wide spaces everywhere.
'Cool, well if you're sure'
'Yeah Frank, no worries'
'Thanks' I said smiling.
She lead me into another room and put a few extra blankets on the bed,
'I better get my bag, I've got spare clothes in there anyway' I told her as I went downstairs.
I picked up my bag and went back upstairs, sitting on the bed I took out my pajamas and Bandit walked in,
'Can I change you?' she asked, biting her lip in a jokingly 'sexy' way.
We started kissing and she removed my shirt, while we lay there kissing I felt something click inside our mouths, when we tried to pull out of the kiss we found we were stuck. Her lip ring and mine were latched onto each other, FUCK!
'Frank, I'm gonna try stand up so you've got to get up as well if you wanna keep your lip' she said.
'Mm'
'Okay, how are we gonna do this?'
'Um, on 3 stand up. 1,2,3!'
We both stood up slowly,
'Ok'
'Now what?' I asked
'Lets go to my room'
I took her hand as she walked backward into her room using me as her guidance.
We sat on the bed and she reached over for the bottle of whiskey on the table, she opened it and poured a generous amount on a cloth, she put this cloth on the inside of my bottom lip to numb where the piercing is. She did this again with another cloth and this time put it in her own mouth,
'Ready... Frank, I'm sorry for this'
I was confused but before I had time to think she pulled her head back fast ripping us apart.
'FUCK!' I yelled in pain.
'Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry!!' she said putting two fingers to my now bleeding lip,
'Look the piercings still there it just ripped the lip a little as I pulled back' she smiled weakly.
I bit my tongue in pain, I was feeling kinda drowsy.
'Its alright, don't worry' I said kissing her one last time before heading back into the room I was to sleep in.
'At least it wasn't her tongue ring and my lip ring' I thought to myself. 'That would've been a lot worse...'
I climbed in bed and went to sleep easily, no sleeping pills at all. I was calm, stress free for once, I smiled and drifted off to sleep slowly- the sound of The Misfits playing in my ears as I browsed my music library on my iPod. I shut my eyes and when I re-opened them there was daylight creeping in through the drawn blinds.
Bandit's POV
The next morning I woke with a migraine, shivering from the cold, I got out of bed and wrapped Franks coat around me tighter. I went downstairs into the kitchen and Jess was already there eating a bowl of fruit loops. I went over and sat next to her, she stood up and went to the pantry,
'What do you want for breakfast B?' she asked me.
'Nothing, I'm not hungry'
'Okay I'm making you toast'
I rolled my eyes and clicked my tongue as she brought over a plate with two slices of toasted bread drenched in nutella. She left the room and I ate without saying a word and as I stood up to put my plate in the sink Ley-Anne came downstairs looking terrible, she rubbed her eyes and collapsed into a chair. I ran to the pantry and pulled out a jar of nutella and a spoon pushing it towards her,
'Eat something Ley-Anne! You hardly ate last night, just have something!'
'No I'm fine' she said attempting to stand, her knees shook and she stumbled. I helped her return to her seat, pushing the nutella closer,
'Eat. Now!'
She rolled her eyes and ate two or three spoonful's, I handed her a little white bottle of pills, eating disorder pills.
'Thanks' she said popping one in her mouth silently.
I shook my head and cupped my head in my hands.
'What the fuck is going on?! How long has it been since you last ate?' I asked her, she opened her mouth to speak then shut it,
'Ate PROPERLY' I forced because I knew she'd give me some smartass answer.
'Like...last wednesday'
'Thats almost a week ago Ley-Anne, what the fuck. Why haven't you taken your meds?'
'Youre such a fucking hypocritical bitch! How many meds do you have to take everyday Bandit, how often do you take them you bipolar bitch!'
'IM bipolar? Stop trying to make this about me. I DO take my meds' I said shoving a container of empty pill bottles at her. 'Just take your meds and have something to eat Ley-Anne, I'm not fucking fighting with you, not when shes in the house' I said nodding my head at Jess upstairs
'Okay' she looked up as if she were waiting for me to leave
'Oh, I'm not leaving, I want to see you eat'
She rolled her eyes and made dry toast, she ate it and turned to me,
'Happy?'
I smiled
'Clearly'
We went upstairs and changed for school, Jess was going to the doctors with Mikey so she took her own car and we only had three periods today.
We walked in homeroom and once again Jason was tormenting Frank and Gerard, they tipped ice down their shirts but this time me and Ley-Anne had a plan. I don't even remember what I said to him but he turned around with 'This has nothing to do with you, stay out of it' what a shit come back!
'I think it does since they're our boyfriends. You waste all your time calling them fags but I've never seen you with a girl...' I snapped at him.
'Keep your dog on a leash bro' he turned to Frank.
My eyes widened and I balled my fist, I took a step closer
'I may be fucking short but that doesn't mean I can't kick your ass!' I punched him in the face and he came at me, I sent the 'Cherry Wink' to Ley-Anne, signalling her to trip him, she did and he went flying. I went over to where he was lying on the floor, I put my foot on his chest
'Like I said, 5 years kickboxing, martial arts and self defense. Don't fuck with us honey'
We went over to Frank and Gerard,
'As if you're THEIR girlfriends' he asked, 'Hasn't he had enough?' I thought. 'You could do so much better' he added.
'Like who?' Ley-Anne asked.
'Like me'
'Hey dumbshit there's two of us, one of you'
'Piss off' Ley-Anne said laughing.
Frank took my hand and lead me downstairs, all four of us sat under and old tree at the back of the football field. It was a sycamore, the same kind of tree me and Sam used to spend hours sitting under at the old skate park- No Bandit, block that fucking shit out...
Frank offered me a cigarette and I took it, he went to pull out his lighter but couldn't find it. I took mine out insted and lit his and my own cigarettes, passing the lighter to Ley-Anne and Gerard. We lay there under the tree for a while, smoking quietly with my head leaning on his chest.
We went back up to homeroom not long after and we sat in the back, Mr Tasen didn't care if we were late, he was and still is the greatest teacher.
After third period none of us had any classes so we all went back to me and Ley-Anne's place, we nicknamed it 'Barbie Mansion' (three very strange girls, living in a perfect house, you get the idea nonetheless). We all went back to the barbie mansion and had a movie marathon, every 'Scream' and 'Saw' movie back to back all day. By the time we finished most of them we went upstairs, I changed into my purple pjs and sat with Frank for a bit and when we checked the time it was midnight! He looked really tired and I didn't want to risk him driving so we came to the conclusion he'd stay the night. I set up one of the spare bedrooms and we were joking around, he got his clothes and I walked in saying,
'Can I change you?' and i jokingly bit my lip in a 'seductive' way, laughing.
We started kissing and as we went to pull up for air we found we couldn't, we were stuck!
Our lip rings latched onto eachother somehow and wouldn't come apart, we pulled and pulled but nothing! I had an idea so we navigated eachother into my room and I slowly reached for a bottle of whiskey, I wet two cloths with my arms still behind Franks back and put one on the inside of his mouth behind the piercing and did the same with the other cloth in my mouth.
'Im sorry' I said ripping my head as fast and as far back as I could away from his, we were separated but our lips were ripped a little, the piercings were still there though.
He was in so much pain and I could tell by his reaction and I felt so bad. It was kinda my fault in the first place for joking around like that anyway, he forgave me and kissed me one last time before going back to the spare room.
'No more fun for tonight' I told myself realizing my fist was kinda aching, I hadn't even looked at it after I kicked Jasons ass.
It was cut all along the right side on my right hand, meh I'll be fine, I wrapped it in a bandage to prevent it from bleeding or getting infected then crawled in bed.
Warmth.
Cuddly blankets.
Hard skeleton?
I almost screamed at the feel of Death in the dark, I couldn't see her and she's a black cat so that makes it harder. Sam's black cat...his Godsister, Rose, that lived with him gave her to me as a going away present, to keep the memory of Sam.
Death curled up on my feet and I fell asleep to the sound of
'Smells like teen spirit' by Nirvana playing on my iPod.
The next morning I woke to my blinds being ripped open, the sun flooding in
'Can I be your superman?' Frank whispered from over by the window.
I bit my lip and rubbed my eyes, 'Mmmm' I groaned and reached over for my glasses, I put them on and suddenly I could see Frank coming closer.
'I didn't know you wore glasses!'
'Yeah, I'm kinda blind' I mumbled
'Get up sleepy head!'
'Alright. I'm up!'
'No you're not...' he giggled, he grabbed my ankle and yanked me out of bed. I fell with a soft thud on the carpeted floor giggling.
'Ow you douche!' I smiled throwing a pillow at him. He dragged me by my legs downstairs and lifted me onto a stool in the kitchen.
'Now you're up' he smiled and giggled at me.
Gerard and Ley-Anne came downstairs and Gerard offered to cook breakfast,
'Bacon and eggs everyone, except Frank?'
'I'm a vegetarian...' I said looking up at Gerard 'I can't eat bacon'
'You're a vegetarian?!' Frank asked
'Yeah what's so surprising?'
'Nothing.. It's just-' Frank said
'Franks a vegetarian too' Gerard finished for him.
I smiled and he put his hand on mine
'Veggies unite!' Frank said high-fiving me.
'You're such a loser Frank' Ley-Anne laughed.
I went up to Gerard who was standing at the stove,
'Keep an eye on Ley-Anne for me, make sure she eats please'
'Easy' he smiled back.
Gerard's POV
The following day I woke up and went downstairs to make breakfast, Mikey and Frank were still asleep and I didn't want to wake them, there was plenty of time before we had to get ready for school.
I was deciding weather to make pancakes or bacon and eggs- Mikey will end up probably having cereal, Franks a vegetarian so I can't make him bacon... Fuck it, I'll just make both.
I went to the pantry and dug out the pancake mix but before I could start Mikey cleared his voice from behind me making me jump and hit my head on one of the shelves in the pantry.
'Ow' I groaned turning around rubbing the back of my head.
'Sorry'
'Forget it'
'Hey Gee' he hesitated then continued 'Jess is sleeping here tonight alright?'
'No that's not alright actually'
'Why not?' he whined
'Why is she staying here in the first place?'
'Coz we were gonna go out tonight and come back here later'
'I seriously don't know if I trust her, her sisters yeah I do, but Jessica's kinda...well I dunno I just don't trust her. You were in a coma for four days because of her'
'Stop changing the subject!'
'She's not staying here, I can tell you that' I mumbled.
'Gee! Where is she gonna go? It's not her fault anyway...'
'Mikey, I said no. It may not be her fault but it's her ex, just be careful with this one'
'For fucks sake Gerard!' he said frustratedly and sat on one of the chairs hard so it wobbled backwards a little.
I shot Mikey a look that said
'Shut up' as I heard Frank coming downstairs, he did and not a second later Frank came in and sat with Mikey who was drinking his coffee at the table.
'Morning Frank' I smiled at him
'Morning' he smiled back.
'Eggs or pancakes Frankie?' I asked.
'Pancakes please' I knew he'd say that
'Mikes, eggs and bacon or pancakes?'
'Eggs and bacon please' he replied.
I placed some pancakes on mine and Franks plates and some bacon on Mikeys as I brought over our coffees Mikey got up and finished cooking his own eggs.
Mikey wasn't going to school, something about an appointment so me and Frank went upstairs for a while- it was still early- I went into my room and I could hear Frank's phone beeping every ten seconds when he received a text.
I pulled a purple sweater that said 'Thank you for the venom' on it out of one of my draws and slipped on a pair of my favorite torn dark blue jeans and let them hang low without a belt. I pulled my converse up over my ankles and laced them, then after flat ironing my hair I grabbed my phone, iPod and cigarettes from my desk and threw them in my bag with my books for today, I had English first, chemistry then break until fourth period art.
In homeroom Jason was acting worse than usual, he tried the old tricks again. Today it was a cup of ice down each of our shirts,
'Who's the tools now?' he said with that stupid smirk on his face.
'Nope, still you' the twins retaliated as they walked in, everyone laughed.
Jason was going on about how he doesn't believe the twins are OUR girlfriends and they can do so much better and blah blah blah. When Ley-Anne asked who was so much better Jason replied with
'Like me'
I was ready to beat the crap out of him, it wouldn't have been the first time today either- Bandit already did- I went all angry red and just grabbed Ley-Anne's hand and Frank took Bandits
'Lets go'
We went downstairs and into the stadium, under some old oak tree or something, I don't know what it was called but Bandit seemed mesmerized by it for some strange reason...
Frank and Bandit lay underneath it and we went and sat at another smaller tree near it, I sat down with Ley-Anne next to me. Taking her hand in mine I could tell she was faking a smile,
'Whats wrong? Did something happen? Have you taken your pills today?'
'Nothing, I'm fine. Yeah I took them, Bandit kinda forced me' she said with a weak smile leaning her head on my chest.
'You look kinda drained'
'Yeah I'm just heaps tired, don't worry Gee' she said looking up.
After we all finished our cigarettes we went back to homeroom a little late, after homeroom I went into the bathroom and called Mikey but Jess answered.
'Hey Gerard, Mikeys still with the doctor but I'll take a message if you want' she said
'Oh, it's alright Jess, thanks anyway. Also while I've got you here, um... This may sound kinda awkward and strange but I was just thinking about you and Mikey, you two hardly know each other and yet you're moving so fast... Hold on someone's coming, I've gotta go'
'Ok bye'
There was no one coming. I lied.
I only had first, second and fourth period today but everyone else had first, second and third so I skipped art and went back to the Barbie Mansion (our nickname for the twins' place) and we had a movie marathon- It was the greatest.
Later that night we went upstairs after the movies and Ley-Anne set up a spare room for me once again, but I actually stayed the night this time, I feel asleep easily and woke the next day groggily.
At school Mrs Gardener was pissed at me, she threatened to kick me out of art if I skipped it one more time, then just before lunch Jess pulled me aside behind a row of lockers,
'Can I have a word with you?' she said quickly, looking around and breathing heavily.
'About...?'
'Mikey'
Ley-Anne's POV
I sat up right in bed for a little until my head stopped buzzing, I got out of bed, put on a pair of socks and walked into the bathroom. I grabbed the sink as I fell unexpectedly to the floor, eyes twitching and flickering I rolled over and flicked open the lid of the toilet, throwing up into it.
I stood up slowly shaking and washed my face and mouth, I flushed the toilet and went downstairs slowly, holding onto the railing in case I fell again.
I stumbled into the kitchen and lent on the wall still shaking, I rubbed my eyes and my body couldn't take it anymore; I collapsed into a chair feeling a vibration of a rush of coldness through my body, it felt like ice through my veins or a bucket of freezing water being dumped on my head, trickling down to my toes.
My eyes rolled back and eyelids flickered before snapping wide open as Bandit forced food to me.
When was the last time I ate anyway?
I had a bite of cucumber and a carrot stick last night- but that doesn't count as a proper feed... The last time I legitimately had a proper meal was over a week ago, I ate a P.B&J (peanut-butter and jelly) sandwich.
After Bandit forced me to eat and take my pills I felt better and noticed a sharp pain in my left forefinger, there was nothing wrong and I couldn't figure out what it was until I heard Bandit yell,
'Fucking hell!'
'What happened?!'
'I just closed my finger in the door' she said coming into my room shaking her hand vigorously
'Which finger?'
'The middle one on my left hand'
'Wow'
'What?!
'Like twenty five seconds before you did that I got a pain in the exact same finger on the exact same hand and nothing was wrong!'
'Ooh creepy, twin forcefields' she laughed
'That doesn't even make sense you dumb shit' I said pushing laughing back.
She went back into her room and I got changed into a grey and white sweater, red jeans and my pink converse; I did my makeup and met Bandit downstairs.
At school Bandit kinda beat up Jason and there was nothing I could do to stop her, it was over before I could even move. We skipped most of homeroom with Gerard and Frank downstairs smoking behind some tree, it was kinda fun just laying there with Gee, I like spending time with him and thank god no one brought up last night or I'd have died!
After third period we had no other classes for the rest of the day so we all went back to our place and had a horror movie marathon.
It was getting kinda late and we were all tired so we went upstairs.
Me and Gee just sat there for ages listening to music, talking about music and artists, talking about comics and movies and whatever else came up. After a while we were sleepy so I set up a spare room for him and we bid each-other goodnight as we separated into the two rooms.
I sat in the dark with my eyes twitching until I fell asleep, slowing drifting off. I couldn't remember how or why I was lying there, I just couldn't stand the pain that wouldn't go away in my stomach no matter what I did. Maybe I should start eating slowly again...
Mikey's POV
I woke up the next morning to the sounds of someone down in the kitchen shuffling around so I went downstairs.
I cleared my throat and Gerard got frightened and hit his head on a shelf in the pantry, I apologized and started talking.
I told him what happened with Peter yesterday and whatever else, Jess was going to stay the night so I let him know,
'No, that's not alright actually'
What the fuck is his problem?!
Apparently he didn't trust her after all the shit that's happened with Peter, he shot me a look that said 'shut up' so I did and not minute later Frank walked in. I could tell he heard everything but he was just pretending he hadn't, he sat down and Gerard cooked our breakfast and I sipped my coffee as Frank smiled 'Goodmorning' at us.
After they left for school I went back upstairs and changed into a white shirt, black jeans and black doc martens. I waited for Jess and when she arrived I drove her and myself to the medical centre to see a doctor. My name was called and I took her hand smiling at her, she gave me a weak smile and clutched my hand tighter, we walked in and sat down,
'Hi I'm doctor Rochester'
'Im Michael'
'Yes, yes I know' he said impatiently.
'Ok'
'So, Michael tell me why you're here, what's going on?'
'Um' I looked at Jess, she smiled 'Well for the past few weeks I've been constantly tired and I seem to wake up at 3am on the dot breathing heavily and-'
'He's been drowsy a lot without realizing it' Jess interrupted.
The doctor spoke next,
'Well we're going to have to do some tests down at the hospital; brain x-rays, body scans etc, but I'll have to give you this and you take it to the people running the tests at the hospital'
He handed me a piece of paper with different tests, medications and diagnosis' written on it. I had to sign some forms before leaving and we headed to the hospital, when we got to the testing area there were no other people so I went right in. After a day of tests we went back to my place exhausted and I plopped onto my bed with her beside me, I sighed heavily and she turned to me,
'Mikey, I'm kinda worried about the results of these tests, I read up on your symptoms and you could have a tumor or something, I don't know what to think' she said running her fingers through her hair. I put my arm around her,
'Its ok, I'll be fine' I said smiling weakly.
Tumor?
Fuck.
I shut my eyes tightly and must've drifted off because I woke to her sitting on top of me shaking me, crying,
'Mikey- Mikey wake up!!!'
I gasped,
'What, what is it?'
'What the fuck? You were asleep but you weren't breathing for a period of time every so often...'
I bit my lip, the phone rang and I answered it.
'Hello?'
'Hi, is this Michael James Way?'
'Yeah'
'Oh hi, I'm doctor Rochester. You're results are in, I'm going to need you to stop by tomorrow'
'Alright, thanks'
'No problem. Thanks for your time'
I hung up, he sounded distressed but he's a doctor so he's got a lot of things to be distressed doesn't he...?
Jessica's POV
I wasn't going to school today, I just needed to go to the doctors with Mikey. If something was wrong with my dark angel I'd be heartbroken if I didn't find out right away!
So in the morning I went over to his place and he drove us to the doctors. In the office we sat down and there was a strong sense of tension in the air,
The doctor cleared his throat,
'Hi I'm doctor Rochester'
'Im Mikey'
'Michael' I corrected him.
'Yes, yes I know' the doctor said impatiently.
'So, Michael tell me why you're here, what's going on?'
He told the doctor he hasn't been able to sleep right lately and he always seems to feel tired and he wakes up at 3am breathing heavily,
'He's been drowsy a lot without realizing it' I added giving a weak smile.
'Well we're going to have to do some tests down at the hospital; brain x-rays, body scans excetera, but I'll have to give you this and you take it to the people running the tests at the hospital'
He handed Mikey a piece of paper.
At the hospital I was in the waiting room all day pacing back and forth while I awaited Mikey and his results, I was really quite bored and mentally exhausted. All I could think about was
'Why are these tests taking so long? What if something's wrong?' I wouldn't have a clue what I'd do if something was wrong with Mikes.
After about three and a half hours I saw Mikey coming downstairs slowly, holding onto the railing as he walked and I could see his hands shaking too- I frowned and he brushed off my flood of questions,
'Im fine' he told me over and over. Even though his smile was convincing and I'd love to believe it, something was just out of place, it didn't feel right...
We went back to his place and I could see him struggling to walk upstairs, when we reached his room he jumped on the bed and lay there staring at the ceiling, he sighed deeply and I let it all out
'Mikey, I'm kinda worried about the results of these tests, I read up on your symptoms and you could have a tumor or something, I don't know what to think' I told him biting my lip worriedly.
He just put his arm around me and repeated the same thing he'd been saying all day,
'Its ok, I'll be fine'
I wanted to slap him, to shake him and yell at him,
'HOW THE FUCK DO YOU KNOW YOU'LL BE FINE? HOW THE FUCK CAN YOU BE SO ASSURING WHEN I'M FUCKING DYING HERE, YOUR IN PAIN I CAN SEE IT IN YOUR FUCKING EYES WHY THE FUCK DON'T YOU SPEAK UP?!'
I lay next to him, his arm still around me I laid my head on his chest and listened to his calm heartbeat while mine was beating hard and fast.
Did his heart just stop?!
No, but his chest isn't moving anymore.
He's not breathing?
HE'S NOT BREATHING!
I propped myself up leaning one hand on his chest,
'Mikey? Don't play with me Mikey!'
There was no movement, no breath, nothing.
He still had a beating pulse but he wasn't breathing, what the fuck?
Wait now he was breathing but it stopped and started.
Without realizing my eyes were full of tears and I sat on him trying to wake him, to make him breathe. I tried mouth to mouth and the only other thing I could think of was compressions but that's only if the hearts stopped, which it's not. I didn't know what to do, I shook him and his eyes fluttered open.
He gasped for air,
'What, what is it?!'
'You were asleep but you weren't breathing every so often...'
I explained as he wiped the tears from my eyes biting his bottom lip.
The phone rang frightening us, he answered it
'Hello?'
The other person spoke,
'Yeah'
The unidentified caller spoke again and I frowned, Mikey mimed 'Doctor' and I realized it was Dr. Rochester.
'Alright, thanks' Mikey said before hanging up.
'So?' I asked
'So what?'
'Really Mikey? Really?'
'What?' he laughed.
'Don't joke, what did he say?'
'They've got my results, I have to go back tomorrow'
I smiled and put my hand on his arm,
'Ive got to go but I'll come with you tomorrow if you want?'
'Sure, I'll call you later' he smiled.
He walked me to my car and kissed me goodnight,
I drove home and I could hear Bandit apologizing, I went into my room and collapsed onto my bed sighing.
I took a shower and later Mikey called. It wasn't a long conversation, he was just trying to make jokes and whatever as usual but I wasn't in the mood, how can he be so relaxed when he stopped breathing in his sleep and he spent the whole day at a hospital doing tests?! He's my angel and I didn't want him to be in pain and I could tell he was even though he never spoke up.
After the call I crawled in bed, phone under my pillow and lay there thinking of what the results of his tests could say and mean...
I hope he's well, I - I love him.
But at least out loud, I won't say I'm in love...
[*please r&r, let me know what you think
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Frank's POV
The morning after our double date was Tuesday, I woke to the smell of bacon, eggs and pancakes drifting upstairs. I crawled out of bed, pulled a plain, dark blue jumper over my head and a pair of black jeans, I adjusted my belt and ruffled my hair and laced up my combat boots. I walked downstairs slowly and caught bits of the conversation between Mikey and Gee.
'Shes not staying here, I can tell you that' Gerard mumbled angrily.
'Gee! Where is she gonna go? It's not her fault anyway...'
'Mikey, I said no. It may not be her fault but it's her ex, just be careful with this one'
'For fucks sake Gerard!' Mikey said frustratedly.
I walked in and sat at the table next to Mikey who was drinking coffee,
'Morning Frank' Gee smiled at me
'Morning' I said smiling at Mikey as he lifted his head.
'Eggs or pancakes Frankie?' Gee asked from the stove,
'Pancakes please'
'Mikes, eggs and bacon or pancakes'
'Eggs and bacon please' he replied.
Gerard came over putting a small pile of pancakes on my plate and some on his while Mikey stood up and cooked his own eggs. After we ate me and Gerard drove to school in the van, leaving Mikey with Gerard's black astra
(he had a doctors appointment and was not going to school), we got to school and sat in our usual seats for homeroom, Jason came over with the other jocks and stood in front of us for about ten seconds, as we looked up slowly he and another jock tipped a cup of ice down our shirts,
'Look who the tools are now!' they laughed
'Nope, its still you' Bandit and Ley-Anne chourused as they walked in. Everyone laughed and Jason narrowed his eyes and shot a look at the twins and said,
'This has nothing to do with you, stay out of it...'
'I think it does since they're our boyfriends. You waste all your time calling them fags but I've never seen you with a girl' Bandit snapped at him. He and Bandit quarreled for a while and she showed her strength by throwing him to the ground, my girlfriend, my girlfriend is amazing I smiled at the thought.
Ley-Anne took Bandit's hand and they came over and sat with us,
'As if you're THEIR girlfriends, you could do so much better'
'Like who?' Ley-Anne asked
'Like me'
'Piss off' She said laughing.
At the same time Gerard took Ley-Anne's hand, I took Bandit's, 'Lets go' I said.
We all went downstairs and outside into the football training stadium, I pulled out a pack of cigarettes and offered to everyone, everyone took one and held it in their mouth. I went to pull out my lighter but it wasn't there, Bandit pulled hers from the pocket of her skinny jeans and lit my cigarette and hers, passing the lighter to Ley-Anne and Gee. We lay there on the grass under the old sycamore tree just smoking, everything else was quiet. I turned my head to see Bandit leaning her head on my chest, my arm around her
'Cherry, if I die now with you I'd die happy. If your face was the last thing I'd see if I never returned home I'd die happy. Right here and now, with you, everything's perfect' I said smiling down at her. She kept her head perfectly still, staring up into the light peeking through the leaves of the sycamore tree,
'Frank, for the first time in about three years I smiled a real smile, when I was with you. You make me happy, there's a light in your eyes that brightens my whole world and just one compliment from you brightens my whole day. I've never felt so alive...'
We finished our cigarettes then me and Bandit took a shot of vodka and stood up together, still holding hands we walked back into homeroom with Gerard and Ley-Anne in front of us.
'Sorry we're late Mr Tasen' Ley-Anne said nudging Gerard,
'Yeah, our van broke down in the middle of the street and the row truck was delayed in traffic' Gerard lied.
'Oh, that's alright, you're not even that late' Mr Tasen told us, 'Go take your seats now' he continued
We sat down and Jason shot an angry look back at us and Ley-Anne winked at him, we all laughed.
'Can't you see how much she wants you?' Bandit joked.
After third period none of us had any classes so we went back to the twins place and had a movie marathon, after the seventh movie we all had macaroni and cheese for dinner and went upstairs and I followed Bandit into her room.
She went into the bathroom and changed into her purple pajamas, I sat on the bean bag and when she came out she sat on my lap.
Tilting her head back I kissed her neck then she dived in for a kiss, we sat there in perfect comfort kissing for a while and we gradually stopped kissing and turned it into a tickle fight. After we tickled each other enough she slid onto the bed, picking up her phone she yelped
'Ow, electric shock!' she pouted, throwing the phone down.
I laughed, kissing her finger,
'All better?' I said picking up her phone, she nodded and laughed.
The phone read midnight
'Is this time right?' I asked.
'Yeah, why?'
'Look' I said showing her the time.
'Shit! I didn't realize how late it got'
'Me either' I confessed 'I better get going...' I yawned.
'Look how tired you are! Just stay the night'
'Are you sure?'
'Yeah, of course. We've got plenty of room if you haven't noticed' she joked gesturing at the wide spaces everywhere.
'Cool, well if you're sure'
'Yeah Frank, no worries'
'Thanks' I said smiling.
She lead me into another room and put a few extra blankets on the bed,
'I better get my bag, I've got spare clothes in there anyway' I told her as I went downstairs.
I picked up my bag and went back upstairs, sitting on the bed I took out my pajamas and Bandit walked in,
'Can I change you?' she asked, biting her lip in a jokingly 'sexy' way.
We started kissing and she removed my shirt, while we lay there kissing I felt something click inside our mouths, when we tried to pull out of the kiss we found we were stuck. Her lip ring and mine were latched onto each other, FUCK!
'Frank, I'm gonna try stand up so you've got to get up as well if you wanna keep your lip' she said.
'Mm'
'Okay, how are we gonna do this?'
'Um, on 3 stand up. 1,2,3!'
We both stood up slowly,
'Ok'
'Now what?' I asked
'Lets go to my room'
I took her hand as she walked backward into her room using me as her guidance.
We sat on the bed and she reached over for the bottle of whiskey on the table, she opened it and poured a generous amount on a cloth, she put this cloth on the inside of my bottom lip to numb where the piercing is. She did this again with another cloth and this time put it in her own mouth,
'Ready... Frank, I'm sorry for this'
I was confused but before I had time to think she pulled her head back fast ripping us apart.
'FUCK!' I yelled in pain.
'Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry!!' she said putting two fingers to my now bleeding lip,
'Look the piercings still there it just ripped the lip a little as I pulled back' she smiled weakly.
I bit my tongue in pain, I was feeling kinda drowsy.
'Its alright, don't worry' I said kissing her one last time before heading back into the room I was to sleep in.
'At least it wasn't her tongue ring and my lip ring' I thought to myself. 'That would've been a lot worse...'
I climbed in bed and went to sleep easily, no sleeping pills at all. I was calm, stress free for once, I smiled and drifted off to sleep slowly- the sound of The Misfits playing in my ears as I browsed my music library on my iPod. I shut my eyes and when I re-opened them there was daylight creeping in through the drawn blinds.
Bandit's POV
The next morning I woke with a migraine, shivering from the cold, I got out of bed and wrapped Franks coat around me tighter. I went downstairs into the kitchen and Jess was already there eating a bowl of fruit loops. I went over and sat next to her, she stood up and went to the pantry,
'What do you want for breakfast B?' she asked me.
'Nothing, I'm not hungry'
'Okay I'm making you toast'
I rolled my eyes and clicked my tongue as she brought over a plate with two slices of toasted bread drenched in nutella. She left the room and I ate without saying a word and as I stood up to put my plate in the sink Ley-Anne came downstairs looking terrible, she rubbed her eyes and collapsed into a chair. I ran to the pantry and pulled out a jar of nutella and a spoon pushing it towards her,
'Eat something Ley-Anne! You hardly ate last night, just have something!'
'No I'm fine' she said attempting to stand, her knees shook and she stumbled. I helped her return to her seat, pushing the nutella closer,
'Eat. Now!'
She rolled her eyes and ate two or three spoonful's, I handed her a little white bottle of pills, eating disorder pills.
'Thanks' she said popping one in her mouth silently.
I shook my head and cupped my head in my hands.
'What the fuck is going on?! How long has it been since you last ate?' I asked her, she opened her mouth to speak then shut it,
'Ate PROPERLY' I forced because I knew she'd give me some smartass answer.
'Like...last wednesday'
'Thats almost a week ago Ley-Anne, what the fuck. Why haven't you taken your meds?'
'Youre such a fucking hypocritical bitch! How many meds do you have to take everyday Bandit, how often do you take them you bipolar bitch!'
'IM bipolar? Stop trying to make this about me. I DO take my meds' I said shoving a container of empty pill bottles at her. 'Just take your meds and have something to eat Ley-Anne, I'm not fucking fighting with you, not when shes in the house' I said nodding my head at Jess upstairs
'Okay' she looked up as if she were waiting for me to leave
'Oh, I'm not leaving, I want to see you eat'
She rolled her eyes and made dry toast, she ate it and turned to me,
'Happy?'
I smiled
'Clearly'
We went upstairs and changed for school, Jess was going to the doctors with Mikey so she took her own car and we only had three periods today.
We walked in homeroom and once again Jason was tormenting Frank and Gerard, they tipped ice down their shirts but this time me and Ley-Anne had a plan. I don't even remember what I said to him but he turned around with 'This has nothing to do with you, stay out of it' what a shit come back!
'I think it does since they're our boyfriends. You waste all your time calling them fags but I've never seen you with a girl...' I snapped at him.
'Keep your dog on a leash bro' he turned to Frank.
My eyes widened and I balled my fist, I took a step closer
'I may be fucking short but that doesn't mean I can't kick your ass!' I punched him in the face and he came at me, I sent the 'Cherry Wink' to Ley-Anne, signalling her to trip him, she did and he went flying. I went over to where he was lying on the floor, I put my foot on his chest
'Like I said, 5 years kickboxing, martial arts and self defense. Don't fuck with us honey'
We went over to Frank and Gerard,
'As if you're THEIR girlfriends' he asked, 'Hasn't he had enough?' I thought. 'You could do so much better' he added.
'Like who?' Ley-Anne asked.
'Like me'
'Hey dumbshit there's two of us, one of you'
'Piss off' Ley-Anne said laughing.
Frank took my hand and lead me downstairs, all four of us sat under and old tree at the back of the football field. It was a sycamore, the same kind of tree me and Sam used to spend hours sitting under at the old skate park- No Bandit, block that fucking shit out...
Frank offered me a cigarette and I took it, he went to pull out his lighter but couldn't find it. I took mine out insted and lit his and my own cigarettes, passing the lighter to Ley-Anne and Gerard. We lay there under the tree for a while, smoking quietly with my head leaning on his chest.
We went back up to homeroom not long after and we sat in the back, Mr Tasen didn't care if we were late, he was and still is the greatest teacher.
After third period none of us had any classes so we all went back to me and Ley-Anne's place, we nicknamed it 'Barbie Mansion' (three very strange girls, living in a perfect house, you get the idea nonetheless). We all went back to the barbie mansion and had a movie marathon, every 'Scream' and 'Saw' movie back to back all day. By the time we finished most of them we went upstairs, I changed into my purple pjs and sat with Frank for a bit and when we checked the time it was midnight! He looked really tired and I didn't want to risk him driving so we came to the conclusion he'd stay the night. I set up one of the spare bedrooms and we were joking around, he got his clothes and I walked in saying,
'Can I change you?' and i jokingly bit my lip in a 'seductive' way, laughing.
We started kissing and as we went to pull up for air we found we couldn't, we were stuck!
Our lip rings latched onto eachother somehow and wouldn't come apart, we pulled and pulled but nothing! I had an idea so we navigated eachother into my room and I slowly reached for a bottle of whiskey, I wet two cloths with my arms still behind Franks back and put one on the inside of his mouth behind the piercing and did the same with the other cloth in my mouth.
'Im sorry' I said ripping my head as fast and as far back as I could away from his, we were separated but our lips were ripped a little, the piercings were still there though.
He was in so much pain and I could tell by his reaction and I felt so bad. It was kinda my fault in the first place for joking around like that anyway, he forgave me and kissed me one last time before going back to the spare room.
'No more fun for tonight' I told myself realizing my fist was kinda aching, I hadn't even looked at it after I kicked Jasons ass.
It was cut all along the right side on my right hand, meh I'll be fine, I wrapped it in a bandage to prevent it from bleeding or getting infected then crawled in bed.
Warmth.
Cuddly blankets.
Hard skeleton?
I almost screamed at the feel of Death in the dark, I couldn't see her and she's a black cat so that makes it harder. Sam's black cat...his Godsister, Rose, that lived with him gave her to me as a going away present, to keep the memory of Sam.
Death curled up on my feet and I fell asleep to the sound of
'Smells like teen spirit' by Nirvana playing on my iPod.
The next morning I woke to my blinds being ripped open, the sun flooding in
'Can I be your superman?' Frank whispered from over by the window.
I bit my lip and rubbed my eyes, 'Mmmm' I groaned and reached over for my glasses, I put them on and suddenly I could see Frank coming closer.
'I didn't know you wore glasses!'
'Yeah, I'm kinda blind' I mumbled
'Get up sleepy head!'
'Alright. I'm up!'
'No you're not...' he giggled, he grabbed my ankle and yanked me out of bed. I fell with a soft thud on the carpeted floor giggling.
'Ow you douche!' I smiled throwing a pillow at him. He dragged me by my legs downstairs and lifted me onto a stool in the kitchen.
'Now you're up' he smiled and giggled at me.
Gerard and Ley-Anne came downstairs and Gerard offered to cook breakfast,
'Bacon and eggs everyone, except Frank?'
'I'm a vegetarian...' I said looking up at Gerard 'I can't eat bacon'
'You're a vegetarian?!' Frank asked
'Yeah what's so surprising?'
'Nothing.. It's just-' Frank said
'Franks a vegetarian too' Gerard finished for him.
I smiled and he put his hand on mine
'Veggies unite!' Frank said high-fiving me.
'You're such a loser Frank' Ley-Anne laughed.
I went up to Gerard who was standing at the stove,
'Keep an eye on Ley-Anne for me, make sure she eats please'
'Easy' he smiled back.
Gerard's POV
The following day I woke up and went downstairs to make breakfast, Mikey and Frank were still asleep and I didn't want to wake them, there was plenty of time before we had to get ready for school.
I was deciding weather to make pancakes or bacon and eggs- Mikey will end up probably having cereal, Franks a vegetarian so I can't make him bacon... Fuck it, I'll just make both.
I went to the pantry and dug out the pancake mix but before I could start Mikey cleared his voice from behind me making me jump and hit my head on one of the shelves in the pantry.
'Ow' I groaned turning around rubbing the back of my head.
'Sorry'
'Forget it'
'Hey Gee' he hesitated then continued 'Jess is sleeping here tonight alright?'
'No that's not alright actually'
'Why not?' he whined
'Why is she staying here in the first place?'
'Coz we were gonna go out tonight and come back here later'
'I seriously don't know if I trust her, her sisters yeah I do, but Jessica's kinda...well I dunno I just don't trust her. You were in a coma for four days because of her'
'Stop changing the subject!'
'She's not staying here, I can tell you that' I mumbled.
'Gee! Where is she gonna go? It's not her fault anyway...'
'Mikey, I said no. It may not be her fault but it's her ex, just be careful with this one'
'For fucks sake Gerard!' he said frustratedly and sat on one of the chairs hard so it wobbled backwards a little.
I shot Mikey a look that said
'Shut up' as I heard Frank coming downstairs, he did and not a second later Frank came in and sat with Mikey who was drinking his coffee at the table.
'Morning Frank' I smiled at him
'Morning' he smiled back.
'Eggs or pancakes Frankie?' I asked.
'Pancakes please' I knew he'd say that
'Mikes, eggs and bacon or pancakes?'
'Eggs and bacon please' he replied.
I placed some pancakes on mine and Franks plates and some bacon on Mikeys as I brought over our coffees Mikey got up and finished cooking his own eggs.
Mikey wasn't going to school, something about an appointment so me and Frank went upstairs for a while- it was still early- I went into my room and I could hear Frank's phone beeping every ten seconds when he received a text.
I pulled a purple sweater that said 'Thank you for the venom' on it out of one of my draws and slipped on a pair of my favorite torn dark blue jeans and let them hang low without a belt. I pulled my converse up over my ankles and laced them, then after flat ironing my hair I grabbed my phone, iPod and cigarettes from my desk and threw them in my bag with my books for today, I had English first, chemistry then break until fourth period art.
In homeroom Jason was acting worse than usual, he tried the old tricks again. Today it was a cup of ice down each of our shirts,
'Who's the tools now?' he said with that stupid smirk on his face.
'Nope, still you' the twins retaliated as they walked in, everyone laughed.
Jason was going on about how he doesn't believe the twins are OUR girlfriends and they can do so much better and blah blah blah. When Ley-Anne asked who was so much better Jason replied with
'Like me'
I was ready to beat the crap out of him, it wouldn't have been the first time today either- Bandit already did- I went all angry red and just grabbed Ley-Anne's hand and Frank took Bandits
'Lets go'
We went downstairs and into the stadium, under some old oak tree or something, I don't know what it was called but Bandit seemed mesmerized by it for some strange reason...
Frank and Bandit lay underneath it and we went and sat at another smaller tree near it, I sat down with Ley-Anne next to me. Taking her hand in mine I could tell she was faking a smile,
'Whats wrong? Did something happen? Have you taken your pills today?'
'Nothing, I'm fine. Yeah I took them, Bandit kinda forced me' she said with a weak smile leaning her head on my chest.
'You look kinda drained'
'Yeah I'm just heaps tired, don't worry Gee' she said looking up.
After we all finished our cigarettes we went back to homeroom a little late, after homeroom I went into the bathroom and called Mikey but Jess answered.
'Hey Gerard, Mikeys still with the doctor but I'll take a message if you want' she said
'Oh, it's alright Jess, thanks anyway. Also while I've got you here, um... This may sound kinda awkward and strange but I was just thinking about you and Mikey, you two hardly know each other and yet you're moving so fast... Hold on someone's coming, I've gotta go'
'Ok bye'
There was no one coming. I lied.
I only had first, second and fourth period today but everyone else had first, second and third so I skipped art and went back to the Barbie Mansion (our nickname for the twins' place) and we had a movie marathon- It was the greatest.
Later that night we went upstairs after the movies and Ley-Anne set up a spare room for me once again, but I actually stayed the night this time, I feel asleep easily and woke the next day groggily.
At school Mrs Gardener was pissed at me, she threatened to kick me out of art if I skipped it one more time, then just before lunch Jess pulled me aside behind a row of lockers,
'Can I have a word with you?' she said quickly, looking around and breathing heavily.
'About...?'
'Mikey'
Ley-Anne's POV
I sat up right in bed for a little until my head stopped buzzing, I got out of bed, put on a pair of socks and walked into the bathroom. I grabbed the sink as I fell unexpectedly to the floor, eyes twitching and flickering I rolled over and flicked open the lid of the toilet, throwing up into it.
I stood up slowly shaking and washed my face and mouth, I flushed the toilet and went downstairs slowly, holding onto the railing in case I fell again.
I stumbled into the kitchen and lent on the wall still shaking, I rubbed my eyes and my body couldn't take it anymore; I collapsed into a chair feeling a vibration of a rush of coldness through my body, it felt like ice through my veins or a bucket of freezing water being dumped on my head, trickling down to my toes.
My eyes rolled back and eyelids flickered before snapping wide open as Bandit forced food to me.
When was the last time I ate anyway?
I had a bite of cucumber and a carrot stick last night- but that doesn't count as a proper feed... The last time I legitimately had a proper meal was over a week ago, I ate a P.B&J (peanut-butter and jelly) sandwich.
After Bandit forced me to eat and take my pills I felt better and noticed a sharp pain in my left forefinger, there was nothing wrong and I couldn't figure out what it was until I heard Bandit yell,
'Fucking hell!'
'What happened?!'
'I just closed my finger in the door' she said coming into my room shaking her hand vigorously
'Which finger?'
'The middle one on my left hand'
'Wow'
'What?!
'Like twenty five seconds before you did that I got a pain in the exact same finger on the exact same hand and nothing was wrong!'
'Ooh creepy, twin forcefields' she laughed
'That doesn't even make sense you dumb shit' I said pushing laughing back.
She went back into her room and I got changed into a grey and white sweater, red jeans and my pink converse; I did my makeup and met Bandit downstairs.
At school Bandit kinda beat up Jason and there was nothing I could do to stop her, it was over before I could even move. We skipped most of homeroom with Gerard and Frank downstairs smoking behind some tree, it was kinda fun just laying there with Gee, I like spending time with him and thank god no one brought up last night or I'd have died!
After third period we had no other classes for the rest of the day so we all went back to our place and had a horror movie marathon.
It was getting kinda late and we were all tired so we went upstairs.
Me and Gee just sat there for ages listening to music, talking about music and artists, talking about comics and movies and whatever else came up. After a while we were sleepy so I set up a spare room for him and we bid each-other goodnight as we separated into the two rooms.
I sat in the dark with my eyes twitching until I fell asleep, slowing drifting off. I couldn't remember how or why I was lying there, I just couldn't stand the pain that wouldn't go away in my stomach no matter what I did. Maybe I should start eating slowly again...
Mikey's POV
I woke up the next morning to the sounds of someone down in the kitchen shuffling around so I went downstairs.
I cleared my throat and Gerard got frightened and hit his head on a shelf in the pantry, I apologized and started talking.
I told him what happened with Peter yesterday and whatever else, Jess was going to stay the night so I let him know,
'No, that's not alright actually'
What the fuck is his problem?!
Apparently he didn't trust her after all the shit that's happened with Peter, he shot me a look that said 'shut up' so I did and not minute later Frank walked in. I could tell he heard everything but he was just pretending he hadn't, he sat down and Gerard cooked our breakfast and I sipped my coffee as Frank smiled 'Goodmorning' at us.
After they left for school I went back upstairs and changed into a white shirt, black jeans and black doc martens. I waited for Jess and when she arrived I drove her and myself to the medical centre to see a doctor. My name was called and I took her hand smiling at her, she gave me a weak smile and clutched my hand tighter, we walked in and sat down,
'Hi I'm doctor Rochester'
'Im Michael'
'Yes, yes I know' he said impatiently.
'Ok'
'So, Michael tell me why you're here, what's going on?'
'Um' I looked at Jess, she smiled 'Well for the past few weeks I've been constantly tired and I seem to wake up at 3am on the dot breathing heavily and-'
'He's been drowsy a lot without realizing it' Jess interrupted.
The doctor spoke next,
'Well we're going to have to do some tests down at the hospital; brain x-rays, body scans etc, but I'll have to give you this and you take it to the people running the tests at the hospital'
He handed me a piece of paper with different tests, medications and diagnosis' written on it. I had to sign some forms before leaving and we headed to the hospital, when we got to the testing area there were no other people so I went right in. After a day of tests we went back to my place exhausted and I plopped onto my bed with her beside me, I sighed heavily and she turned to me,
'Mikey, I'm kinda worried about the results of these tests, I read up on your symptoms and you could have a tumor or something, I don't know what to think' she said running her fingers through her hair. I put my arm around her,
'Its ok, I'll be fine' I said smiling weakly.
Tumor?
Fuck.
I shut my eyes tightly and must've drifted off because I woke to her sitting on top of me shaking me, crying,
'Mikey- Mikey wake up!!!'
I gasped,
'What, what is it?'
'What the fuck? You were asleep but you weren't breathing for a period of time every so often...'
I bit my lip, the phone rang and I answered it.
'Hello?'
'Hi, is this Michael James Way?'
'Yeah'
'Oh hi, I'm doctor Rochester. You're results are in, I'm going to need you to stop by tomorrow'
'Alright, thanks'
'No problem. Thanks for your time'
I hung up, he sounded distressed but he's a doctor so he's got a lot of things to be distressed doesn't he...?
Jessica's POV
I wasn't going to school today, I just needed to go to the doctors with Mikey. If something was wrong with my dark angel I'd be heartbroken if I didn't find out right away!
So in the morning I went over to his place and he drove us to the doctors. In the office we sat down and there was a strong sense of tension in the air,
The doctor cleared his throat,
'Hi I'm doctor Rochester'
'Im Mikey'
'Michael' I corrected him.
'Yes, yes I know' the doctor said impatiently.
'So, Michael tell me why you're here, what's going on?'
He told the doctor he hasn't been able to sleep right lately and he always seems to feel tired and he wakes up at 3am breathing heavily,
'He's been drowsy a lot without realizing it' I added giving a weak smile.
'Well we're going to have to do some tests down at the hospital; brain x-rays, body scans excetera, but I'll have to give you this and you take it to the people running the tests at the hospital'
He handed Mikey a piece of paper.
At the hospital I was in the waiting room all day pacing back and forth while I awaited Mikey and his results, I was really quite bored and mentally exhausted. All I could think about was
'Why are these tests taking so long? What if something's wrong?' I wouldn't have a clue what I'd do if something was wrong with Mikes.
After about three and a half hours I saw Mikey coming downstairs slowly, holding onto the railing as he walked and I could see his hands shaking too- I frowned and he brushed off my flood of questions,
'Im fine' he told me over and over. Even though his smile was convincing and I'd love to believe it, something was just out of place, it didn't feel right...
We went back to his place and I could see him struggling to walk upstairs, when we reached his room he jumped on the bed and lay there staring at the ceiling, he sighed deeply and I let it all out
'Mikey, I'm kinda worried about the results of these tests, I read up on your symptoms and you could have a tumor or something, I don't know what to think' I told him biting my lip worriedly.
He just put his arm around me and repeated the same thing he'd been saying all day,
'Its ok, I'll be fine'
I wanted to slap him, to shake him and yell at him,
'HOW THE FUCK DO YOU KNOW YOU'LL BE FINE? HOW THE FUCK CAN YOU BE SO ASSURING WHEN I'M FUCKING DYING HERE, YOUR IN PAIN I CAN SEE IT IN YOUR FUCKING EYES WHY THE FUCK DON'T YOU SPEAK UP?!'
I lay next to him, his arm still around me I laid my head on his chest and listened to his calm heartbeat while mine was beating hard and fast.
Did his heart just stop?!
No, but his chest isn't moving anymore.
He's not breathing?
HE'S NOT BREATHING!
I propped myself up leaning one hand on his chest,
'Mikey? Don't play with me Mikey!'
There was no movement, no breath, nothing.
He still had a beating pulse but he wasn't breathing, what the fuck?
Wait now he was breathing but it stopped and started.
Without realizing my eyes were full of tears and I sat on him trying to wake him, to make him breathe. I tried mouth to mouth and the only other thing I could think of was compressions but that's only if the hearts stopped, which it's not. I didn't know what to do, I shook him and his eyes fluttered open.
He gasped for air,
'What, what is it?!'
'You were asleep but you weren't breathing every so often...'
I explained as he wiped the tears from my eyes biting his bottom lip.
The phone rang frightening us, he answered it
'Hello?'
The other person spoke,
'Yeah'
The unidentified caller spoke again and I frowned, Mikey mimed 'Doctor' and I realized it was Dr. Rochester.
'Alright, thanks' Mikey said before hanging up.
'So?' I asked
'So what?'
'Really Mikey? Really?'
'What?' he laughed.
'Don't joke, what did he say?'
'They've got my results, I have to go back tomorrow'
I smiled and put my hand on his arm,
'Ive got to go but I'll come with you tomorrow if you want?'
'Sure, I'll call you later' he smiled.
He walked me to my car and kissed me goodnight,
I drove home and I could hear Bandit apologizing, I went into my room and collapsed onto my bed sighing.
I took a shower and later Mikey called. It wasn't a long conversation, he was just trying to make jokes and whatever as usual but I wasn't in the mood, how can he be so relaxed when he stopped breathing in his sleep and he spent the whole day at a hospital doing tests?! He's my angel and I didn't want him to be in pain and I could tell he was even though he never spoke up.
After the call I crawled in bed, phone under my pillow and lay there thinking of what the results of his tests could say and mean...
I hope he's well, I - I love him.
But at least out loud, I won't say I'm in love...
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