Fic: Fourteen I

Title: Fourteen I (Part One: Introductions and Pregnancies)
Author: 2hot4lilly_kane
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Mild course of swearing. Allusions to sex.
Pairings: Eventual Frank/Gerard (of course)
Word Count: 2,792 words
Age: Frank and Mikey are 14 and Gerard is 16.
Disclaimer: I own the plot, Frank's sister and Corny Conner. Sadly that is all.
Summary: Frank's mother buys him a diary to control his teenage 'angst'. When the Way brothers move to town, the Journal is the only thing Frank can really depend on the very manly and not gay journal.
Snippit from story: I have decided to call you 'the journal' because today I am not feeling very optimistic and I was never one for being spontaneous

Fourteen

Part I: Introductions and Pregnancies.

4th of July 1996

7:51 am

My name is Frank Anthony Thomas Iero, and I'm bi-sexual (I am also in a band but that seems less important). I have decided to call you 'the journal' because today I am not feeling very optimistic and I was never one for being spontaneous (my initials spell F.A.T.I.! I have been doomed since the day I was born to suffer countless abuse and starvation hence the fact of me not feeling spontaneous.) The main fact is, is that I wouldn't be owning this diary if my mom never bought it for me.

Anyway so my mom bought me this journal because she thinks I need to control my 'teen' angst. I kindly reminded her that I am not my sister and I never will be. It's scary enough that my mom knows what angst is (no more soap opera TV for you mom) but the fact that she bought me a journal is enough to send me into my deepest nightmares. Never mind the fact that she is practically holding my hand down to the field of total gayness (Is 'gayness' even a word? I feel it's something I should know of).

So where should I start? I should probably introduce everyone (the only reason I am writing in this is because it makes mom smile.)

OK first of all there is Skanky Mc-crack Whore she is my older sister. She is also pregnant. Either my mom is oblivious and thinking that she is just putting on a few extra pounds or she is trying to ignore the fact that he daughter has a bun in the oven (God I sound like Aunt Gretchen) and is the biggest slut in the neighbourhood. Her and her dead beat boyfriend who's name I can't be bothered to learn are getting married what a fabulous life they shall lead of debauchery. I wonder if I should buy them a packet of condoms and birth control pills for congratulations (I have so much love... it practically bursts off of me.)

Then there is Corny Conner he is my best friend. He also believes that he is God's gift to women (not girls but women!) and is constantly 'corny'. I hate corny, actually I don't know why I hang out with him. If anyone knows please remind me. This is so gay (and I know gay)

8:25am

Am I 'angsting' enough already?

8:17am

Guess its toast for dinner. Mom has a date tonight *cue cheers*

OK bad idea. I wouldn't recommend muttering "this is so stupid" aloud when your mother is in the room (especially when said persons mother bought gift for said person because they love said person.) because it tends to make them burst into tears and then it makes me feel all bad. Especially when she storms out of the room like you have disappointed her. Now I feel all bad. It's not my fault really. What normal American 14 year old would want to sit around writing all his feelings into a 'journal' when you could be out playing sweaty football or 'angsting'. Just letting you know.

Well, doesn't matter anyhow. She'll probably forget about it after watching some soap operas maybe Jack will fall in love with Emma the nurse. I'm hungry. I feel like chocolate. I wonder how much a nice box of chocolates cost. I wonder if Slutty Mc-crack Whore would take me to get some. The possibilities aren't looking good.

9:17am

OK that was weird. Not just in the 'going to dads for the weekend and meeting your hot new step mom' weird but weird as in 'I can't believe that actually happened I am so not jealous that it did' kind of weird. Not that I really care anyway. Who cares if he doesn't want to hang out with me today anyway? I don't even like the guy that much he is way to corny for my taste. You know I could totally just start a whole new thing without him; I could call someone up and totally be there new best friend – but who?

9:30am

Eek. I didn't do it. I did not eat the pie that mom placed on the window sill because her new 'boyfriend' is coming over. This is between me and you journal and if mom found out I will totally know that you told.

Also, it's not looking very promising on the new best friend part. There is no way in hell I will let Corny Conner get a new best friend without me getting one also (I am so not jealous.)

1:13pm

Well, I gave up on finding a new best friend and decided to go back to angsting. It's nicer here inside this totally not girl like journal (it is very manly.) I feel I should put a naked woman on the cover to make it look like a book of porn (though that's just sleazy, I leave that all to my sister she does it enough to pay for the both of us.) AND it's not like I even like naked girls anyway. It will totally steer mom away from reading it, unless she decides to turn lesbian – which I doubt will happen, because she dated dad and he smells like a man should (like farts and oil I'm so glad I don't get much from my father.)

So I guess I should tell you how the search for the best friend went. It didn't go very well. All the kids in my street are either 5 or too much of a dick to hang out with a 'goth' kid like me. I was so tortured with this new best friend issue I went down the street to Grandma Burls house (she is so old, you can't not call her Grandma, I don't know where he head ends and her neck starts!) and willingly looked at her cat photos. All 1095 of them, in pure long detail. I know more about Siamese cats then I know about my own life (if i see another cat I won't be held for what I do to it BEWARE CATS FRANK IERO IS ON A ROLL)

It's safe to say I have no life.

6:22pm

This day seems to never end (especially when you write it down) Corny Conner ended up calling me today. Explaining exactly why I couldn't come over his house and beat him at soccer (even though he is twice my height and a faster runner than me). You know what he had to say? Well not only did he make a new best friend; he also said that this new best friend has MOVED NEXT DOOR.

I feel totally and utterly betrayed. I think I might cry.

Damn Corniness.

6:44pm

Ok, I'm fine. I'm over the 'I have officially lost my best friend' tragedy and found that maybe I don't need to have any friends. I mean half the school hates me already (I am clearly a martyr for still having the guts to walk into school.) and what would I be missing. Parties, playing games, the graduation after party with friends, the good time moments. So really all I would be missing out on is 99% of my life.

I am so fucking sad.

9:18pm

Hehehe. Skanky Mc-crack Whore had to finally tell mom that she has a dare I got back to sounding like Aunt Gretchen 'bun in the oven'. It was hilarious (clearly an up point for today.) mom was in the middle of her date with 'I work at a big company respect me' man and Skanky Mc-crack Whore gallops in with her big stomach with a huge diamond encrusted pointer saying LOOKY HERE I AM PREGNANT and scowling like somebody who scowls.

Mom was like totally shocked. It was like she had just realised that HER DAUGHTER WAS PREGNANT. I knew she was pregnant before she even had the bump. The constant 'OMG MY LIFE TOTALLY SUCKS' episode she went through was totally not convincing enough and I found her out.

So anyway mom's in the kitchen her mouth hanging open and dead beat boyfriend walks in humming some Michael Jackson tune and goes to mom:

"Hey Mrs. Ear-O" like he is something special, he then laughs at his own LAME joke and mom is practically fuming and I'm all gleaming with joy at being able to witness the diminishment of my eldest sisters INNOCENCE (which she lost when she was 12 who knows it could have been 11 her and Billy were very close if you know what I mean).

So I literally felt the need to get out popcorn but all we had were chips so I sat there eating chips and then mom was like deathly silent, and the date had escaped out the back door with a frightened look on his face (our broken family). Then all of a sudden out of no-where mom screeches.

"YOU'RE FUCKING PREGNANT"

And that totally made my day. Then I got locked out of the room, which is totally stupid because I can hear them through the door. Now I can just imagine what is happening and why was I kicked out anyway? I'm surely old enough I mean I'm 14. I'm at one of the primes of my life. But according to mom:

"At least she has one innocent child yet"

And I don't think I need to prove that to you journal that is none of your own business.

10:12pm

NO! Stop looking at me like I am doing something wrong. Stupid mom for getting me in this journal mess, soon enough I will be calling you Edgar and acting as if you are a person with feelings.

Which you are not.

5th of July 1996

9:15am

Well, apparently Corny Conner wants me to meet him at the park. I'm not going to go, especially after what he did to me yesterday. Skanky Mc-crack Whore finally moved out say ca-ching I am getting a bigger bedroom. Though mom is still crying and that is the only reason why I am still using this very manly journal.

I am still not going to Corny Conner's.

9:25am

Eekk. I wonder what he wants though. Probably something stupid like giving him back his comic books. Well that is one thing that I am never going to do. Give him back the comic books he leant me. TRAITOR.

9:36am

Do you think he wants to apologise or is that too girly?

9:40am

Well I don't know if this is important or anything but he called a left a message on my answering machine. I was actually in the shower when it rang and because I am the only one home (mom went to cry at her sisters at least I won't have to hear gasping sobs anymore.) i had to run out with my hair half shampooed (going to have to wash it all over again to style it) to answer the God damned thing and of course I miss it.

"Hey, just checking if you are going to meet me at the park. There is someone I want you to meet, I bet you will get along".

Sure I am going to get along so well with the guy who is stealing my best friend (not that I care). So I think I'm going to go only to prove him wrong of course.

6:31pm

Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. I feel as if i have met my soul mate. I feel as if I have found my other half. The half that I have been searching for my whole life I HAVE FOUND IT. I am so giddy I almost hugged skanky mc-crack whore when I saw her when she picked me up (though of course I didn't I don't want to catch something off of her). I guess I should explain what happened. That would simply be the best way to show you.

Yesterday Corny Conner decided to ditch me as a best friend like you know. Today I have found the replacement I have been looking for. So what if he was Corny Conner's best friend first, but we have so much more in common (well I don't think he is gay and everything but whatever.). Anyway so this guy is like wicked awesome and I love him. Not like that, but you know anyway.

So I went to the park, it was still early. I waved to some of the 5 year olds at the swing set I was surprised when they waved back (fuckers at school). I could see Corny Conner on the swing set. And if this was a dream I would totally think that I was sitting next to the guy that was on the swing. He was wear black skinny's like I was (the sad thing is, is that the jeans I am wearing are my sister mom won't buy me clothes anymore and I can't really afford top notch skinny jeans stupid money) and a Misfits top.

He was like my twin. Anyway so I continued to walk over and while I was walking I thought. Well isn't Corny Conner really smart, replacing me with somebody who looks exactly like me what an idiot. Because that is something Corny Conner would do. So I continue to walk to the swing set, which surprisingly takes a longer time then you think. When I get there Corny Conner gets off of the swings and greets me very manly with a hand shake hug (I remind him that we are not gangsta's)

"Hey Conner, what's up with all this gangsta business" Corny Conner shrugs his shoulders, he is not big on the talking. Which isn't really surprising if you think about it? The only time he really ever talks, he acts 'corny' hence the name.

"Franklin Iero" I really do hate when he calls me that (die corny Conner die) I don't know what possessed him to call me that.

"...this is Michael Way" the boy scrunches up his nose in distaste. I hold out my hand to him because it seems the appropriate thing to do. The boy shakes my hand.

"Call me Frankie" the boy nods his head "Good, you can call me Mikey" Hehehe I already have a nickname and we just got introduced (Conner better be bloody jealous.). Mikey smiled nervously and I took over the swing that Conner was sitting on. Conner looked put out but I didn't really care – he ditched me yesterday and all. So I took Mikey in (and wondered if he wrote in a diary like i did). Anyhow, conversation went on forth.

"So, what brings you to this town?" I drawl in the coolest un-gay voice i have. Mikey looks up at me through his glasses, and smiles. Mikey likes to smile a lot.

"My brother got expelled from his last school. So we moved here. Mom wanted a different 'scene'. So yeah!" I nodded my head.

"Well, my mom clearly needs a new scene. If you ever come across a pregnant chick, that looks sleazy and has a dead beat boyfriend, that's my sister, and remind her that she owes my $12 for the lunch i shouted her." Mikey didn't know whether to laugh or to not say anything so he chuckled lightly. Conner never chuckles he's just all Corny.

"Well, if you ever come across a dude with chick hair that is my brother. Though I wouldn't talk to him. He is very 'angsty'" I nearly squealed then, the most perfect family moved to town. And now I found the soul mate in one of them. Though I won't mention that to Mikey yet. It might scare him. That's like saying "i love you" on the first date. Then I tried to picture Mikey with long hair. I laughed. That was hard to cover up.

And the best thing about tonight is that I am going to his house tomorrow after school. I will possibly meet his angsty brother. He is supposed to be 16. Maybe mom will buy him a diary also (Note to Self: Keep mom away from Mikey's brother. Also book a haircut, your hair is so getting split ends.)