I love Saturdays. They're the only day of the week that I don't have work, so I get to sleep late. Knowing this, I naturally wouldn't be happy to wake up at 8 AM on a Saturday morning to someone knocking on the door of my apartment. But of course I got up to answer it anyway, seeing as it could be important. I sure as hell am glad I did.
Standing outside my door, looking like the emo version of a Greek god, was Gerard Way. Before I get into this, though, let me explain something. I absolutely love My Chemical Romance. I know every single word to every single one of their songs. I've loved them since they first came out when I was in college, and I happen to have the biggest crush in the entire fucking universe on Gerard. We even happen to have the same birthday (April 9th), and were both 25. All my friends knew that. Naturally, I figured this was some kind of prank. Probably Andie. She's loaded; she could probably afford to do something like this... Back to reality.
"Hi," I said nervously.
"Hey," he replied, smiling, "Are you Bethany?"
"Yeah. Um, who paid you to do this?" I said.
"Oh... I guess you already know who I am, then. But no one paid me. I'm here to bring you important news," he replied.
"Sounds interesting," I said. I stepped aside and gestured for him to come in. He walked in past me and I closed the door. "Sorry for looking like a slob; I just woke up," I added.
"Sorry for showing up so early, but I've got a show later today at the Allstate Arens, so it's kind of the only time I could stop by," he replied. I sat down on the couch and he sat next to me.
"So what's your news?" I asked, surprised at how calm I was. I couldn't believe I wasn't going crazy with fangirlingness. Maybe it hadn't really set in that Gerard Way was in my fucking apartment.
"Okay, you're not gonna believe me, but please know, before I say anything further, that this is all true. Got it?" he said.
"Yup," I replied.
"Okay. Oh god, I can't think of a normal-sounding way to say this so I'll just be straightforward. Bethany..."
Bwahahaha cliffhanger!