Now Guys!! I am finally back!!! I AM SO SO SO SORRY THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN ON IN SO LONG!! I have been completely stressed out with large school assignments and being completely flat out with my school work I wasnt able to update when I wanted to :( I was so happy when I was finally able to get the time to write up another chapter! the next one is already under process, so I may be able to make posts at least once every one or two weeks, as once again my teachers are being mean and giving me all of my assignments in the first couples of weeks that we have arrived back at school!! Well, I am still so sorry guys and I hope you enjoy this.
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"Thanks again for taking care of him for me, you didn't have to so stay for long and watch him but it means a lot, I do trust him but..."
"It's completely fine Linda, your son is a pleasure to be around, and thank you for shouting pizza."
My mum had come back around 7:00 that night, the truth was I had no idea when she was planning on returning, and Gerard and I had still been curled up on the couch when my mum had drove in the driveway.
The now empty pizza box was discarded with our empty cans inside, peaking out at odd angles due to being squashed, while we simply laid there on the long couch with his arm around my waist, his surprisingly slightly muscular arm had 'accidently' slipped as time had passed, and I leaned against his shoulder. It was definitely comfortable, and neither of us held any desire to move from the position.
As soon as we saw the lights of my mum's car, we were quick to pull out of our embrace.
Placing a swift kiss to Gerard's forehead, I got up quickly and raced to the kitchen to place our empty rubbish into the bin. I didn't feel like getting scolded from my mum, and I didn't feel like getting in trouble in front of Geard on top of that.
I made it to the lounge room as she unlocked the door and stepped into the hallway, kicking her heels off beside the door as she passed. If you were wondering how I knew this, I had learnt to listen in for her sounds and movements, after all, I was used to sneaking around her.
"Frank?"
"Here Ma!" I called as I sat back down on the couch beside Gerard, and he gave me a quick grin.
As I was taking care of our rubbish, Gerard had straightened up in his place, sitting professionally instead of the comfortable slouching he had been doing moments ago while hugging me. Hands in his lap, his hazel eyes on the opening to the hallway.
Moments later my mother passed, stopping in the doorway. Her eyes landed on Gerard and she raised an eyebrow.
"Mr Way?"
"Gerard please, hello sorry for intruding." His voice was calm, soft as silk and professional sounding like every other time he talked to any other adult.
"No no it's all okay, I just didn't expect you would hang around after dropping Frank off. He did serve dinner right? I'm so sorry..."
My mother rambled, placing her briefcase on the arm chair beside her. She wore her professional clothes, a nice long armed white button up shirt with a black jacket, and a black knee length skirt with tights on under it. I hardly saw her in anything else these days.
Her makeup was on point, obviously she was where I got my eyeliner game from, she was beautiful as always. It always made me wonder why she never did look for another husband...
But anyway, that was beside the point.
"It's all fine. And yeah we ended up getting pizza."
"Good" she chuckled softly.
Gerard smiled softly, but dusted his knees off and stood from his seat. His beautiful red hair slipping into his eyes, giving him a beautiful look as always.
"Well, thank you for letting me inside your amazing house this afternoon, but I believe I have outlived my stay."
Gerard reached behind the couch, and tugged out his shoulder bag and slung it back over his shoulder, brushing his hair from his eyes.
"Oh, you don't have to, but if you need to go..."
"Don't worry Linda I need to get some work done for tomorrow anyway."
He explained, a polite smile on his face as he politely declined my mother's offer. After all, i'm sure it would be quite awkward having the three of us sitting here at the same time. Truly, I didn't want my mother finding out there was anything going on between us, and my mother could see through me quite easily sometimes, hence why I was doing my best to act as normally as I could.
I much preferred spending time alone with Gerard anyways, my mum would be like an unknown third wheeler, and that would just be really weird.
"Thanks again for taking care of him for me, you didn't have to stay for long and watch him but it means a lot, I do trust him but...." My mother spoke up, and her eyes flashed over to me for a couple of seconds before moving back to Gerard.
"It's completely fine Linda, your son is a pleasure to be around, thank you for shouting pizza" He said politely, keeping his professional aura about him and giving a big friendly smile that I was sure would make anyones heart melt.
"I'll show him out ma" I said softly.
As I stated this, my mother nodded and gave a small wave to Gerard as I walked into the hallway and the redhead followed behind, his movements as silent as a wolf on the prowl. Okay, was it weird to make a connection between those two things in such a spur of the moment?
Getting to the door he slipped on his shoes, sending a small flirtatious wink as he bent down to push his heels into the back of them properly.
I did my best to control my blush as I pried the oak door open, slipping out into the twilight as I kept the door open for Gerard to step out after me. The air was slightly chillier now and had a rather harsh nip to it, but it was still not too cold to complain about.
I closed the door, leaving both Gerard and I alone out on the deck without any interruptions. I was quick to glance over to the windows to see if they remained undisturbed, and luckily my mother didn't see the need to be spying on us while we were out here. It made me feel happy, but it also made my stomach turn in an unknown feeling.
Turning on his heel to face me, he had a soft and warming grin on his lips as he took a short step towards me. I made no move away, as I felt my heart giving a weird fluttering sensation. We stood close to one another, and I could feel his warm breath on my cheeks as I looked up at him, and just as before, our eyes locked and I couldn't help but get lost in his beautiful hazel eyes. They held such mystery, such warmth.
"Thanks for an amazing afternoon Frank, I'll see you tomorrow yes?"
"Yeah" I nodded in agreement shyly.
He let out a cute chuckle before leaning forward and letting his lips brush against my forehead gently, as if they simply ghosted across my skin. My cheeks warmed slightly at this point and I could feel a familiar unknown feeling stirring at the bottom of my stomach.
"Take care Frankie and I am sure I don't need to tell you to keep... This between the two of us correct?" Gerard asked softly.
Anyone could hear the slight undertone of distress and worry in his voice, leading me to feel quite guilty. Sure, I was a student, but he was putting his work and life on the line to even carry any type of relationship between the both of us. If someone ever found out that he was having any type of relationship out of school bounds with a student, especially a sexual one, it wasn't going to end well for him.
I nodded, a small grin on my lips. I was going to keep this a secret like my life depended on it. Well, it all depended on what you called your life...
"Promise, Gee"
"Gee?" The redhead simply chuckled.
"It's cute." I rebutted stubbornly, making him laugh once again.
I could feel myself trying to fight back the blush that threatened to show on my cheeks, and I simply stuck my tongue out childishly, which was met with Gerard doing the exact same thing. That weird feeling occurred again, and the redhead simply shook his head as his laughing grew a small bit louder.
"Aren't you a special one? Now, I think it's about time I go. I don't want your mother getting suspicious." 'Gee' stated softly, and I couldn't help but give a small nod in agreement as I stuffed my hands in my pockets.
"Goodnight Mr.Way"
"Goodnight Mr. Iero"
With that, Gerard then turned away again and walked down the small drive way, and over to his car. With every step he took, I couldn't help but have a lingering feeling to want to chase after him, but that would be quite awkward and once again as Gerard stated, if I stayed out here for too much longer it would be a large cause for suspicion.
Soon enough he was pulling out of the driveway, and he stuck his hand out of the window and waved as he drove down the road, him and his car disappearing around the corner as I let out a small sigh. Turning towards the door, I pried it open once again and let the warm air encircle me as I stepped back inside.
I already couldn't wait for tomorrow to arrive, and I was anxious to fall asleep and let the new day come with a welcoming sunrise, I would be able to spend more time with Gerard. What could be any better than that?
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Okay, maybe today wasn't going to be the best of days.
Due to my mother being called into work early this morning, earlier than usual that is, she wasn't able to drop me off at school like she would every other morning. Now, i'm all sure you are wondering why that would be such of a problem, sure I could walk or ask for someone else to pick me up, but I didn't want to bother anyone and I didn't know how far I would make it without literally dying. But I was going to take the walking route no matter what, even with my odd limp I was still recovering from.
But the problems didn't stop there. Unfortunately, I had somehow managed to incinerate my toast while I was trying to get all my things ready for school, and when I went looking for more food to have instead, the whole kitchen looked like it had been ransacked from head to toe, not another thing in sight.
Oh did I mention those pieces I burnt seemed to be the last of the bread in the house also?
To add to this, I didn't have any money to buy myself breakfast on the way there, I wasn't even sure there were places on the route to grab something to eat. And of course, it had started to rain by the time I had gotten ready to walk out of the door.
Now, again, this shouldn't be a problem right? Just use the umbrella that your mother bought for you right? Well, it doesn't help when your cute little dog had chewed it up last week, and you had forgotten to ask your mother to buy you a knew one before this situation reared it's ugly head, opps?
So, the unlucky me was saturated head to toe by the time I reached the school gates, my long fringe dripping as I fought back a shiver. Many kids looked at me oddly, and others were snickering as I entered the main building dripping quite vigorously. I was lucky I didn't have anything important in my bag, and that my phone was securely in my hand where I had made sure that it hadn't gotten too wet to cause a problem.
Then, to top it off I was met with a worried looking Patrick Stump, and a snickering Pete Wentz and Kellin Quinn. I shot them a glare as they continued to snicker. I placed my soaking bag down, and a small sneeze erupted from my chest, my hands quickly covering my mouth and nose as I did so.
"What happened to you Iero? I didn't think I could make someone so wet" Pete flirted, and he was holding his stomach as he continued to laugh.
"Pete!" Patrick had scolded the male, hitting him over the back of the head, he groaned in response, but both him and Kellin still seemed to be laughing at my current situation. I, on the other hand, was just praying that I didn't get sick even though it was a quite likely outcome.
"I had to get to school somehow." I scoffed, brushing my wet fringe from my eyes.
"Wasn't very smart, I could have drove by and picked you up. You are probably going to get sick now" Patrick frowned, and I couldn't help but smirk slightly, waving him off.
"Nah, I didn't want to put any of you guys out or having to waste fuel to swing by my house. It was just a bit of rain, I won't die or anythi-" another sneeze, and I covered my face again as I couldn't help but sniffle quietly.
Patrick sent me a 'I told you so' look, but as he opened his mouth to tell me something, it quickly closed and his eyes drifted to something behind me and locked on. I raised an eyebrow, but as I turned around to see whatever he was staring at I was greeted by a towel being thrown at my head, covering my face completely.
More snickers followed as I was quick to remove the towel from my face, and I could feel anger boiling in the bottom of my stomach. Who the hell was trying to pick a fight with me while I was soaked, cranky and hungry? Whoever it was must have a big death wish, because I was ready to bite someone's head off.
"Hey! What the hell do you think yo-"
"Now Frank, I don't think that's an appropriate way to address a teacher who is only trying to help, now is it?"
I quickly shut my mouth as I was met by familiar beautiful hazel eyes. A small smile on his always perfect looking lips, he raised an eyebrow in a scolding way as I quickly felt my words get lodged in my throat as my mouth just seemed to hang open wordlessly, not knowing what to say. I swallowed some of my pride and wrapped the towel around my shoulders, looking down to the ground.
"Sorry Sir, really just not in the mood" I stayed in a huff of a tone, knowing I couldn't exactly be a softie to Gerard in front of my friends, yet again this was something that would raise suspicion that something was going on.
"Why don't we go the art rooms? I have some spare clothes you can borrow, and you can also explain to me why you decided to do such a stupid thing as walk to school in the rain without an umbrella" Anyone could hear the scolding tone lingering in his voice, and I heard quite a few 'ohh's ' radiating from the boys behind me.
"Yes Mr Way."
I sent a glare back to the group of boys behind me as I once again scooped up my wet, cold and saturated bag and shuffled after the perfectly dry red head. My eyes were locked on his figure behind me, and I made sure that it wasn't too obvious that I was checking him out, like I always did, while I walked behind him.
Entering the classroom, I shuffled in and placed my bag back down carelessly as the door was closed again. As I turned to see what Gerward was doing, the towel was taken off of my shoulders and thrown over my head once again. Hands cupped over it and began to vigorously rub back and forth, and I let a small groan leave my lips as the redhead dried my hair.
"Why did you do such a stupid thing Frank? On top of walking in the rain and risking getting sick, your leg still has a limp and it probably didn't help that you walked." Here went the scolding. But before I could make any come back, I let out my third sneeze and I felt another shudder run down my spine unpleasantly.
"See, you have already caught a cold." He scolded, and the towel was taken off my head, and was wrapped around my shoulders once again.
Gerard locked his eyes with mine, and I could see that he was slightly aggravated but truly it seemed more that he was worried than anything. It was not only written in his eyes, but it was also showing on his face, even though I was sure that he was doing his best to hide it.
"It doesn't matter, a little cold never hurt anyone" I sniffled.
"And that doesn't stop me from worrying Frank" He muttered, and I felt his large hands incase my shoulders, keeping my body close to his.
I tugged at my lip ring a little, and simply shrugged my shoulders. I truly didn't care if I got sick. I mean, if it wasn't too bad I simply continued to go to school and reek my havoc on the people who wish I would stay at home, but if it did get bad, I would just stay home. I truly didn't understand why people made such a big deal over the common cold, it's not like it was going to kill me or something.
"I am going to worry no matter what you do, you realise that you idiot?" He scolded again, and I could see his expression break into a small smile before he started to chuckle softly. I said nothing as I just continued to watch the teacher.
"Why didn't you call me or something? I would have happily come and picked you up" Gerard questioned.
"I didn't want to bother you with it. And don't you think it would look a bit weird if I got a ride from you? If that wouldn't start talking around kids, I don't know what would" I scoffed, and then Gerard simply hummed in agreement.
"True, true"
"At least one of us has a brain in whatever this is" I teased, a small smirk sneaking onto my lips as I watched Gerard's face form into mock shock, and he placed a hand to his chest. He was making it out to be like I stabbed him or something.
"Ouch, such harsh words to your saviour" He gasped dramatically, and the both of us started to laugh at one another as we leaned slightly closer to one another, and I couldn't help but once again get lost in his beautiful and melodic laugh. God, I wish I could just listen to it all goddamn day...
As we both started to regain our breath once again, I couldn't help but take notice of the warm feeling that was Gerard's coffee scented breath rolling across my cheeks as his face was leaning close to mine, a smirk still on his lips. I felt my heart beginning to pick up its pace once again at the close proximity that we held. Just being this close I could simply feel the heat that radiated off Gerard, and I couldn't help but want to hug him right now to warm myself up.
"I looked forward to seeing you this morning." Gerard whispered, and it was as if his lips were on top of mine as he talked, they brushed so softly against the top of my lips as he talked.
I nodded in agreement "So did I..." I whispered back.
"I have been wanting to kiss your pretty little lips all night.." Gerard scoffed softly, and I couldn't help but feel my heart ram even harder against my rib cage.
"Really Mr Way? Already addicted to me?" I taunted, and I could simply feel the smirk that grew on Gerards lips.
"Quite literally, your almost as good as a drug... But sorry honey, you fall short." His voice had a whole new edge as this left his lips, and I couldn't help but feel a pleasurable shiver run down my spine as my eyes couldn't move away from his. We were simply locked onto one another and had no chance of pulling away.
"Hm... maybe I could prove you wrong?" I grinned further as a small chuckle vibrated from the back of Gerard's throat.
"Well, I do believe we can take a shot."
Our lips were about to meet again, and I couldn't help but crave the soft feeling of Gerard's perfect lips against mine, molding against mine passionately and lovingly. It made time stop, and it made me feel like the whole earth could implode on itself and I truly wouldn't have a single care about it.
But, as they simply brushed against one another, we both heard the noise of the art room door creaking open. Why the hell didn't Gerard lock the door or something!? The two of us were quick to jump apart, and I could feel my heart pumping in my chest for a whole other reason now.
Anxiety.
Oh god had someone caught us?
"Frank? Gerard? What the hell are you guys doing?"
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