It was a rainy day, in New Jersey. Gerard way sat in his old, cramped bedroom, STILL attempting to learn Sweet Home Alabama on the guitar. His fingers plucked at the strings, and frazzled, confused sounding notes resonated, giving off an uneasy feeling. He sighed, and put away the old instrument under his single bed. October 19th, 2006 read the calendar on the wall. In a mere 4 days, the bands third album would be released to the public, and it made him anxious.
"Knock, knock." came a grizzled voice from the door. there he stood, wearing his flagship black eyeliner and bright red eyeshadow. It was his trusted band mate, and friend, Frank Iero.
"Oh...hey dude." came Gerards voice quietly. He couldn't quell his overwhelming feelings about the album release.
"Everyone's looking for you, man. We have a party to go to, remember?"
He'd nearly forgotten about it, the release party. Everyone must've been waiting for him.
"Shit, what time is it?"
"6:56," Frank clicked his tongue in his mouth, "On the dot."
Gerard nearly flew off of the bed, grasping for his car keys and wallet, "doesn't it start at 7:30? In New York?"
"Yeah," Frank responded cooly, with no hint of hesitation in his deep voice, "It's at Angels, ya know, Pete's club?"
Gerard stubbed his toe has he tried to hurry out of the room "Fuck!"
Frank Iero grabbed him and pulled him close. "If you insist... nicely." He licked his lips and pressed a damp kiss on the back of Gerard's neck, and suckled at the skin before Gerard managed to pull him off.
"You can't do that. Not here. Not anywhere people could see us. We have to be a secret."
The group's popularity mostly reflected the sexual pre teen angst of young girls just discovering black lipstick and their mom's playboy perfume, and the tabloids calling them devil worshippers. Gay as well? Not to be discussed. not here, or there, or anywhere.
"Fine, whatever," Frank pulled away, seemingly hurt and sulked for a second before regaining his usual composure. "We better go to Pete's now, we wouldn't want to be late for our own Black Parade release party, would we?"