Gerard's POV
Okay, think of the most glorious way possible to wake up. Got it? Well, that's the exact opposite of how I woke up. I was disturbed from my dreaming by someone sticking their spitted-on finger in my ear. Without even opening my eyes, I knew who it was. "Dammit, Mikey!" I said sleepily, swatting his hand away.
"Gee, you gotta fucking get up! It's Monday!" he replied. I reluctantly rolled out of bed, leaving it unmade. I stepped over piles of clothes and other random stuff that was strewn about the floor to get to my dresser. I pulled out some random clothes and got dressed quickly, then combed my hair and walked upstairs from my basement fortress to the kitchen, where I made myself a bowl of Lucky Charms cereal.
"Why do you still like that stuff? It's for little kids!" Mikey said, grabbing a granola bar.
"If you want a ride to school, you'd better shut up," Iwarned. I knew that would get him; he's only a sophomore, so he can't drive yet, and school is like 5 miles away. I finished my cereal at a leisurely pace, despite Mikey telling me to hurry up every 5 seconds, and then we grabbed our backpacks and got in my car. We listened to some Iron Maiden from my iPod as I drove to Ray's house. Ray's a junior, like me, and he has a license but no car, so I drive him to school every morning. He was waiting on his front porch when we got there. He pointed out that we were late as he got in the car. "Better late than never." I smiled. As I drove the rest of the way to school, Ray started writing something in his notebook. Turns out it was a paper that was due in 3rd period that same day. We pulled up in front of Bellview High just as the bell was ringing. Fuck. We were late again.