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Ch.6--- Bright Futures All Around

"What the hell happened to you?" Brendon asked with amusement as I dragged my heavy self back towards the table. Pete and Patrick were gone which made me relieved because I'm not ready to face him yet.

"You told me to cool down so I decided to go for a bit of a swim." I said as I squeezed more water from my shirt.

"Talk about literal." Ray said as I threw my wet bag onto the table to dry then falling onto the bench.

"Hey Ryan, what's in the library?" I asked as I continued to wring out my clothing.

"Um, books..." Ryan said with a look of 'how stupid are you?'

"I know that." I said, rolling my eyes. "What kind and is that all?"

"All kinds of books, magazines, movies, newspapers, CD's, and computers." Ryan listed off. "Why?"

"I need your help." I told him. "You're going to go on a quest with me."

"W-why?" Ryan asked hesitantly.

"Because you're a giant nerd and know the library." I said. "You staying with Brendon tonight?"

"Um...well..." His face started to redden. "I-I don't know..." I sighed and grabbed his scarf, yanking his face about five inches from mine. Ryan went pale and fear consumed his eyes.

"Stop acting shy and afraid around us Ross. You've been dating Brendon for like a month now which means you've had a month to play shy and innocent. Act's over pretty boy." I told him and he swallowed hard, looking like was going to start crying. "You're one of us Ryan; as much my friend as Bob or Brendon or Patrick. Get over yourself already and stop being afraid to be yourself. Now, I'll ask you again; are you staying with Brendon tonight?"

"Probably." Ryan basically squeaked. I smiled and released him. "Sir." He added quietly and I sighed, shoving him back towards Brendon who instantly pulled him close and glared at me as he held Ryan tight.

"Not everyone is trying to take your boyfriend!" I told Brendon with annoyance. "Relax already!" Brendon continued to glare so I ignored him and turned my attention towards the other two. "Ray, I need your help too." I said with a bit of a whine.

"With what?" Ray asked casually. He's been around for a day or two and is less shy than Ryan.

"I need to know as much as I can about Gerard." I said and Ray smiled, rolling his eyes.

"I should have known." Ray said with amusment.

"Please?!" I whined, pouting after. Bob started laughing at me, shaking his head a little.

"You look pathetic." Bob told me so I flipped him off while still looking to Ray.

"Fine." Ray finally replied and I squealed 'yay' in a childish voice, throwing my arms out which made Bob laugh harder. "But only what I want." He said firmly. "I'll answer any questions that I think you should know. Some things you'll have to learn on your own." I sighed and played with my lip ring as I nodded.

"Meet me in Brendon's room tonight then." I said, Brendon making some noise of complaint. "Get over it." I turned to Brendon.

"But it's my room!" He whined. "You have no right inviting a bunch of-"

"I can tell them about a very fun night you had with your play thing right there." I smiled, Ryan's eyes getting wide and his face losing color again.

"You wouldn't!" Brendon said, eyes narrowing.

"Oh?" I turned to Bob and Ray. "Did you know that Brendon likes it when Ryan-" Brendon tackled me, knocking me off the bench and pressing his hands firmly against my mouth as he sat on top of me on the ground.

"I regret telling you." Brendon said. I liked his hands which instantly got them off my mouth.

"All you did was give me details." Ryan's face hit the table as Ray and Bob got lost in laughter. "I had a very good idea of what happened because I could hear you down the halls in my own room!" Brendon went slightly pink and I smiled. "You know I love you."

"Yeah yeah." Brendon mumbled, climbing off me. "I'm all wet now!"

"I have that affect on people." I sat up and Brendon gave me a look of disgust, going to Ryan to comfort and/or apologize to him. "Well I'm getting really annoyed staying in these wet clothes so I'm going to change. See you all later." I said as I grabbed my bag. "Feel free to join your boyfriend later Bob." I said.

"He's not my-"

"Bye!" I headed for the dorms to change before Bob had a chance to lie to me. I know he's dating Ray and if he's not then they're both driving each other completely mad.

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I slid my key into the lock on the door and twisted it, pushing the door open and going inside to find Pete curled up asleep on his bed; hugging one of my hoodies tightly. I suddenly felt even worse about hurting him because he's my best friend; my brother. I decided not to bother him though and to just let him sleep, carefully pulling off my shoes then the rest of my clothes which I stuck over the side of the tub in the bathroom to dry. I stuck dry clothes on and laid down on my bed, staring at the ceiling with my arms folded behind my head.

I have to prove to Gerard that this isn't about the dare anymore; fuck the dare. I have to show him that I do care about him because even just knowing him three days, call it a crush or an infatuation but there's something about him that draws me near. Unlike all my quick fucks in the past, I have no desire to have sex with Gerard; at least not anytime soon. It's more like I want to get to know him and just spend time around him. Only, I would enjoy less of the ignoring and have him actually talk to me. Do that whole dating thing.

The pond has kind of unofficially become mine and Gerard's spot; at least in my mind it has. That's the place I first found him and the spot he actually talked to me like I was another human being. Plus, that's the spot he (kinda) kissed me at. So as far as I'm concerned that is mine and Gerard's area now. Maybe I'll go pester him tomorrow during lunch since he should be there again. He's always there when I look for him.

"F-Frankie?" I turned my head to the side upon hearing my name. I saw Pete look at me with slightly fearful, sorry eyes.

"Hey Pete." I said with a smile, rolling onto my side to face him. "Sorry about earlier."

"Do you hate me now?" He asked and honestly, I've never seen Pete this sad looking before. Usually he's obnoxious, loud, peppy, annoying; but right now he looks really really upset.

"Of course not." I told him which seemed to brighten his mood. "You're my best friend Pete; you're pretty much my non blood brother. I shouldn't have acted the way I did earlier."

"So you forgive me?" Pete asked with a small smile and hopeful eyes.

"Only if you forgive me for attempting to break your face." I said and Pete nodded, jumping off his bed and running towards me; literally jumping on top of me and crushing me against my bed as he hugged me tightly. "Pete...can't breathe..." I gasped as he squeezed me as tight as he could.

"Don't care." Pete's voice was back to its normal hyper obnoxious self. "I hate when we fight Frankie."

"You make us sound like a married couple." I said with a smile as he eased his grip enough to allow the passage of oxygen through my body.

"Aren't we?" Pete smirked as he pulled away enough to look me in the eyes.

"I'll leave that right to Patrick." I told him as I pried his arms off me then sat up. "My goal is to get Gerard to the dance; not because of the dare anymore but because of I want to." Pete looked at me then smiled and nodded.

"How can I help?" He asked and I could tell that he really didn't want to but was trying to be a good friend.

"First, you can give my hoodie back." I pointed towards his bed. Pete shook his head with a giant grin and I sighed. "Alright well I'm not sure at the moment. I'll let you know when I do."

"Ok well I'm going to go find my boyfriend. See you later." Pete said, kissing me quickly then getting off my bed and left (skipping) the dorm to go hunt down Patrick; taking my hoodie with him. I have no idea why he wants it but I really don't care because I have a bunch more. I practically live in hoodies. At least that was one dilemma solved.

Not knowing what else to do, I grabbed my cellphone from my stand since luckily it spent the day charging instead of going for a swim with me and decided to text Gerard. I scrolled through previous numbers to find his then added him a contact before opening my messages and clicking 'new'.

I can cook. I smiled as I clicked 'send' and found his name, adding it and sending it to him. It didn't take long for me to get a reply.

Yay?

Yes yay. I could totally cook you stuff to eat. But it'd be vegetarian cuz I am. Might as well try to learn things about him by telling him things about me.

Freak :D I started laughing when I read it.

Hey! There is nothing wrong with being vegetarian! It's so cruel about how they kill the animals! And you're the freak with your comics and such >l I laid down on my stomach with my phone in my hands before me, waiting for Gerard's reply.

Don't dis comics >(

Why not? What are you gonna do? ;)

Suck your blood. I started laughing hysterically and almost fell off my bed.

What are you, a vampire?

Of course. Rawr. :D Wow, I greatly underestimated Gerard. He's not all that bad.

What are you doing tonight? Hell, why not make it a date already.

Slitting my wrists and being emo. Why?

Wanna hang out?

Haha Frankie, you're not that far yet. Keep trying. I sighed and smacked my head against the mattress of my bed in frustration. I should have known it wouldn't be that easy. I should be happy that he's amusing me with texting.

Well what will get me farther? Meet the parents? xP

Start with my brother. Mikey Way; I have a class or two with him. Well, that was until I changed my schedule to match Gerard's. All I really know about him is that he's quiet and gets good grades.

Won't date me if your brother disapproves?

Basically

That's stupid

How so? I sighed in frustration. He's really trying to make this difficult.

What if your brother just doesn't want you to date me? He could lie to you or something...

Mikey's my best friend. He does what's in my best interest. Have to go through him to get to me

Fine; have Ray bring him to my dorm.

No. I practically yelled in angst as my head collided with the bed again.

You're making this incredibly hard on me >.>

I try :D I smiled, shaking my head a little and playing with my lip ring.

How do I get to Mikey to get to you then?

Figure it out pretty boy

Can't I have a hint?

No

Fine; I'll ask Ray.

Pansy

That's my guitar's name!

...wow. Dork

Nerd. Naming my guitar is perfectly normal.

Suuurrreee. I was back to laughing. I really wish we were face to face to have this conversation. I can just picture his face and hear the emotion in his voice; hear the joking in his voice.

Yeah well reading comics 24/7 isn't normal either

never said it was

Smart ass

dumbass

Why don't you tell Mikey to come with Ray to Brendon's later?

Why? I moaned in annoyance because Gerard was making this as difficult and frustrating as possible. I didn't mind too much because it was actually rather amusing. At least I have something to do for once other than waste time at some party or playing 'truth or dare' to watch Pete streak.

So I can talk to him about you

Fine. Just because you amuse me. I smiled. Another victory for me.

Yaaay!

You're wasting my battery. Stop texting me. I laughed a little more.

Fine. This'll be my last one. G'night vampire boy

G'night Pansy. With a large grin, I set my phone on the nightstand beside my bed and thought about what I would talk to Mikey about and how to answer questions he may have. I really hope he's not as shy as Ryan.

Humming some random tune to myself, I got off my bed and headed towards the door to go bother Brendon and spoil his alone time with Ryan; just because I can.