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I pushed the door open and practically ran into the hall shaking...I went to open the next door labeled 3 when I heard Gerard's voice call my name. I turned around and he was standing in the doorway across the hall.

"Where you going babe?" He smiled at me. "You ditching me or something." He laughed a little.

"Gerard!" I said sighing with relief..."I got lost." I said running towards him. I pressed my face into his chest and shook a little. I was trying not to cry.

"Hey calm down...you weren't lost in the dark now Elle." Gerard joked. I squeezed my self against him harder. "What is it?" He said a little more seriously now seeing that I was really upset.

"I saw him Gerard...I saw..."I said biting down on my lip.

"Who?" He said a little loud.

"It was him... It was dark but I know it was him." I said shaking my head. Gerard pulled my face to his.

"Who Elle?" He repeated a little louder.

"He was with a girl and he was...kissing her and - oh god..." I squeezed my eyes shut trying to forget what I just saw.
"Elle." A mans voice calls out. I let go of Gerard and turn around at the sound of his voice...

"I need to talk to you about this." He says.

"Leave me alone." I say loudly grabbing back onto Gerard's arm. Gerard just looked at us unsure of what was going on..."Come on" I say pulling Gerard towards the doorway.

"Hey-I said I wanted to talk to you...now you come back here." He said forcefully with his voice echoing through the hall. I looked down at my feet and sighed.

"Who the fuck do you think you are talking to her like that?" Gerard yelled back at him pulling his arm away from me. He started to take a step forward.

"Gerard don't" I said pulling him back.

"Mind your business son." He says to Gerard pointing his finger at him. "I thought I told you to stay away from my daughters" He yelled at Gerard.

Gerard was going to say something back but I cut him off.

"Look Mr. Watson... I have nothing to say to you..." I said taking Gerard's hand and squeezing it a little.

"Come one Elle." Gerard said tugging me towards the doorway. I resisted a little. I couldn't focus... Mr. Watsons comment was swirling around in my head...He said daughters... I mean he always use to kid that I was like his other daughter since I was always hanging around with Lia... but he said daughters...when did he tell Gerard to stay away from Lia? Or from me for that matter... I lost my train of thought as Mr. Watson spoke again.

"Its not what it looks like." He said stepping closer to us. "Just wait Elle I can explain, she's just an intern." He said reaching for my hand.

"Not what it looks like!" I start to yell. "Well it looks like you're fucking around on your wife! With your god damn intern no less" I scream. Mr. Watson sighs and looks down at the floor. "God damn it!" I continue to scream at him. "She's not even that much fucking older than Lia! Or than me! I mean you're sick! You really are! You're a sick lying cheating bastard!" I scream. A movie usher is coming down the hall now.

"Folks please." The usher says shaking his head at us.

"Come on Elle." Gerard says pulling back towards the doorway again.

"Elle please don't tell Lia." Mr. Watson says softly as we turn away.

"Are you kidding me?" I scoff looking back over my shoulder.

"I mean it Elle." Mr. Watson says with a threatening tone to it. God he use to talk to us like that when we were kids and we did something wrong... How could he do this? I mean he was the closest thing I had to a father and he was....argh...

"Go to hell." I replied as Gerard pulled me back into the theater.

As we went to sit back in our seats Gerard whispers "Lia's dads a bastard huh?" I just frown. "Come here" He said wrapping his arm around me. I sighed and leant my head on his shoulder...

But that comment Mr. Watson made before was still bothering me...









I watched the end of the movie as Gerard stroked my hair softly. I just couldn't get over it... I mean how could he do that to Lia's mom... I was suddenly glad I didn't have a dad... I didn't even want to think about what I was gonna say to Lia...

As the credits started to roll on the screen, Frankie and Chrissy got up and came towards us.

"Did you like the movie Gerard?" Chrissy asks cheerfully. I just stare at her blankly. Gerard seems surprised she's talking to him. What the fuck is she singling him out for? Why doesn't she ask Frankie that? I mean she's here with him right! She's got her eyes locked on Gerard now and she's smiling at him waiting for his answer.

"Uh yeah I guess." He says shrugging looking over at me. I give him a nasty look. "We uh both did." He said putting his arm around me.

"I didn't like the scene where they killed him did you Elle?" Chrissy asks me.

"What the fuck are you talking about?" I tell her.

"Uh I don't think Elle saw that part!" Frankie laughs. Chrissy looked over at him a little confused.

"Do you WANT to walk home or something Frankie?" I snap at him. I am not in the mood for this anymore. Chrissy laughs nervously at us.

"Uh hey did you guys hear those nuts screaming in the hall before?" Chrissy says trying to change the subject. I just looked at her wide-eyed... She had got to be kidding me... Gerard just grabbed my arm and pulled me away from her before I did something I'd regret...

As we were walking out Frankie pulled me aside. "Elle can I talk to you for a minute?" he said and I just nodded. "Um can we go back and hang out at your house for a while?" Frankie asked me softly as we walked towards the car.
I rolled my eyes at him. I wanted to tell him there was no fucking way but he was giving me that look...that god damn puppy dog look...argh...

"Whatever." I said sighing. Frankie grinned and ran back towards Gerard and Chrissy. I could hear him talking to them as I got in the car but I wasn't listening. I was watching the theaters entrance... Mr. Watson and that girl were coming out now...


"I'm glad you invited Chrissy to your house!" Gerard whispers to me as he got in the drivers seat. I just shrugged...

"Why?" I whispered back. Why does he want me to be nice to her so badly? I wanted to look over at him but I couldn't take my eyes off of Mr. Watson and that girl...they were walking kinda close together...but not really that close...

"Cause you said she was a-" Gerard stopped talking abruptly as Chrissy and Frankie got into the back seats. I just frowned and continued to stare straight ahead at Lia's dad... If you didn't know any better you'd think that he was out with his daughter...not his...

"Whore." I whisper.

"Elle!" Gerard gasps a little. He looked over his shoulder quickly at Frankie and Chrissy, I guess to see if they heard me...I guess they didn't...I don't know... and I really don't care. Mr. Watson is opening his car door now and the whore is getting in... she's smiling at him...Gerard is looking back at me now... I shrug and point towards them. "Oh" he says following my line of vision.

Frankie and Chrissy were in the back seat talking amongst them selves about I don't even know what...Everything Frankie said Chrissy was agreeing with...I couldn't take it anymore... I turned the radio up a little trying to drown out their voices and stared out the window as we drove home...I couldn't stop thinking about what Mr. Watson said...

Something just wasn't right... Gerard kept looking over at me... I wonder if he's thinking about it too. We were almost at my house when I felt someone tapping on my shoulder. I look back at Frankie as I lower the radio a little.

"Uh you got anything to drink at your house Elle?" He says smiling a little. Gerard coughs a little.

"What do you mean?" I say trying not to let my voice shake...I knew what he was saying...but there was no way that I could....

"No." Gerard says roughly raising the volume on the radio back up even louder then it was.

"I might have a bottle of something in the kitchen Frankie...but I can't go buy anything..." I say shaking my head a little. I had to practically yell over the radio. Gerard is just staring straight ahead.

"That's too bad you can't go back to 3rd street huh?" Frankie yells back shrugging a little. I went pale. I mean I could literally feel the blood drain from my face. I looked at Gerard he was glaring at Frankie in the rear view mirror...

There's no way that he told Frankie...that...that... Oh god...I reached over and lowered the volume on the radio again...

"What do you mean?" I say softly turning back to Frankie.

"Cause of what happened." Frankie says plainly leaning forward a little.

"Shut the fuck up." Gerard yells over at Frankie. Frankie looked at Gerard and wrinkled his eyebrows a little not sure of why Gerard snapped at him...Gerard reached over and raised the volume back up. I reached over and lower it again and glared at Gerard...

"Stop doing that!" I hiss at him. He didn't answer... Didn't even look at me. "What do you mean Frankie." I say turning around again. Frankie raised his eyebrows at me. He looked at me and then at Gerard. "Fucking tell me what happened!" I yell at him

"I thought you knew" Frankie says still looking over at Gerard a little confused. "That it uh fucking burnt down." He said leaning back and running his hand along Chrissys leg...

"What?" I gasped almost inaudibly. I looked back over at Gerard...he wouldn't look at me... There's no way that he... he couldn't have... fuck..."When was that Frankie?" I said loudly as Gerard raised the volume on the radio again.

"Uh I think it was Christmas Eve." Frankie said shrugging. "I heard someone smashed the windows in and torched the place." He said laughing a little. Oh my God...it wasn't Gerard it was...

"Paul." I whisper. Gerard nods a little as he looks over at me. ... How could I be so fucking stupid... That was the smell on his clothes... it was gasoline ... I don't believe he did that... Actually I do... that's Paul... he's fucking crazy sometimes... God damn it... I shut my eyes a little.

"Did you just call me?" Frankie says.

"What?" I say opening them and looking back at him.

"You just called my name." He said. Chrissy nodded.

"No I didn't" I said raising the volume back up louder on the radio. Frankie shrugged and whispered something to Chrissy. She giggled as we pulled up in front of my house. My mind was spinning now...all I could think of was Paul... How could he be so fucking stupid... That look on his face when he walked out... Damn it why I didn't I stop him... I should've stopped him...

Chrissy and Frankie got out of the car already and were walking towards my front door. I was still sitting in the front seat staring off into space... Gerard came around and opened my car door. He reached his hand out to me. "Are you okay?" He said lifting me out of the car.

Am I okay? Is he fucking kidding? I smiled at him a little. "I just need to think a little." I said as we walked towards the door. Gerard came up behind me and wrapped his arms around me and squeezed me a little.

"Elle I-" he started to say into my ear.

"No. I don't want to talk... Lets just have a good time okay? Please I don't want to talk about anything tonight! I just want to have fun" I said pulling away from him. He just shrugged a little. I reached over and took the keys from his hand and went up the steps.

"You sure your mom wont mind that we're hanging out here?" Chrissy says with that god damn cheerful tone of hers, as I unlock the door. She was talking to me but looking at Gerard.

"Um, My mom is dead Chrissy...thanks" I say coldly to her giving her a small smile. She just looked at me wide-eyed as I held the door open. "Go head in." I tell her. She hung her head down a little. I tried not to smile as she walked past me. She looked like she was gonna cry.

"I'm so sorry Elle I didn't know." She said softly as she walked past me. I just shrugged.

As I hung my coat back up I could feel Gerard watching me. He was standing in the living room doorway. Frankie and Chrissy had went into the kitchen already. Gerard just looked at me. "What is it now?" I say smiling as I went down the hall towards my room. I wanted to check my answering machine...See if Lia called...

"So is this how you're gonna have fun tonight?" He asks smiling a little, standing in my doorway. I just look at him as he came walking towards me. "By torturing poor Chrissy?" He says laughing a little.

"I am not torturing her!" I protest.

"Elle...Just leave her alone okay?" He says firmly.

"Hey you keep defending her like that I'm gonna think there's something going on between you two!" I laugh teasing him a little.

He started scolding me as little with his finger. "You promised to be good remember?"

"Yeah" I shrug..."I tried." I sighed. "I really did... " I said looking down at my feet. "I guess I'm just a bad, bad girl." I teased grabbing his belt buckle and pulling his body towards me. He was a little startled by it. I laughed slightly as I leant towards him running my other hand along his neck. "So uh what are you gonna do about it." I whispered in his ear kissing it slightly.

And then he just grabbed me forcefully and slammed me up against my bedroom wall. I gasped a little as I hit it. He was pressing himself against me, breathing on my neck, but not kissing it... He ran his hands down my sides and grabbed the front waistband on my jeans like he was going to undo them. "I could think of something." He said pressing his weight against me more. I gasped again as he let go of my jeans and started to slide his hand up the front of my shirt, I could feel his lips brushing against my neck...He let go of me slightly and I slipped out from his grip. I went over and shut the door. Gerard was right behind me running his hands along my hips.

"I can't believe you're still all worked up." I teased him turning around and tugging on his belt again.

"hmm?"He said as he kissed my neck while pulling me towards the bed.

"I thought you had enough at the movies." I laughed as he threw me on to it. He smiled as he got on top of me sliding my shirt up a little. He started kissing my stomach. "Maybe Ill return the favor." He said as he unzipped my jeans and ran his hand along down my panties.

I moaned and I grabbed his shoulders pulling his face away up from my stomach where he was kissing me. Forcing his lips into mine. I could taste him...I could feel his hands on me.. It was like nothing else mattered... How I wished every moment could be like this...

"Gerard." I moaned in his mouth. I could hear him breathing hard now...

"Chrissy." I hear him exhale...He tenses up suddenly... so do I... I pull my face away from him...

CHRISSY?

Did he just fucking call me Chrissy?!