I stood at the bottom of the porch steps waiting for the guys. Frank followed me up the drive looking back at the two before shaking his head and walking inside. I followed him in and found Linda in the kitchen waiting for us. She gave me a warm smile and then gripped Frank's arm pulling him upstairs sounding cross with him.

'Where'd Frank go?' Mikey asked walking in. I pointed to the stairs and he nodded turning on the coffee maker. Gerard skipped in and looked around before moving over to the coffee maker and grabbing a mug standing really close to it.

After seeing the two fight some more I decided to head upstairs and find a thicker hoodie to wear. I walked straight into my room and gently lifted out the pile of hoodies I had in my draw searching for the thickest.

I pulled it on and looked over myself. I was in my green Doc Martens with black skinnies. I had a black tee on with an electric green lightning bolt on it. I had a thick black Misfits hoodie on and my hair was hanging in its usual loose blonde curls around my waist.

'Are you ready?' Frank asked standing by my door. I nodded and walked out after him feeling a tense vibe coming from him. Linda smiled at me and gave us some money and a curfew as well as giving the guys tern instructions to stay away from some areas and from any dodgy looking people.

We all piled into Gerard's car, this time with Frank riding shotgun. I sat in the back staring out of the window and picking out all of the things which weren't like LA. I didn't know whether I liked it or not. I suppose time will tell.

'So Laura, where do you want to go?' Gerard asked. I shrugged just as Frank turned around and gave me a look. I widened my eyes and gave him an innocent what look.

'You know you're going to have to talk more than one word to get though the day,' he said smiling at me lightly. I crossed my arms over my chest and shrugged again. 'You can have my spot on the roof if you talk properly.'

'Why are you bribing her with your spot?' Gerard laughed.

'Because I have no idea what she actually likes,' he said turning to Gerard.

'You know she can hear you,' Mikey said rolling his eyes at me. I leant back in the seat and stared out of the window again letting out a long sigh.

The guys were rambling on for ages whilst I zoned out thinking about life back in LA where I had no friends and no one to really miss me. But I missed it back there. With everything so busy and tightly packed and where everyone looked so glamorous and sophisticated or they just looked like they led normal lives away from the chaos that surrounded them. I missed the heat and the sun and the celebrities walking around.

I was snapped out of my daydream when the engine cut off. I looked outside to find myself at a mall parking lot. I looked ahead and the guys were all starting to climb out. I fumbled with my seat belt until it came undone and I could quickly jump out next to the others.

'Where do you want to go?' Frank asked me again. I sighed and frowned at him shrugging again. Gerard walked off and we all just stared after him until he came back a few minutes later clutching a Starbucks cup.

Both of the guys backed away as Gerard pulled the cap off and started guzzling down the steaming liquid.

'Hot! Hot! Hot!' he gasped flapping his hand at his mouth. They both laughed at him whilst I barely managed a smile. He looked up and glared at them before walking forward and putting an arm around my shoulder. 'Laura's my only friend,' he declared turning us around and walking out of the car park. I heard footsteps behind us and soon someone grabbed my arm and pulled me backwards.

'Never! She's one of us!' Frank yelled holding my arm.

'One of us! One of us!' Mikey chanted. Frank and Gerard both laughed and started fighting over me until Gerard let go to finish his coffee. Frank put his arm around my shoulder and looked like he was thinking for a minute.

'How about we head back to the diner and annoy that waitress?' he asked looking down at me.

'Don't you think we already annoyed her enough?' I asked.

'Hey! She speaks!' Gerard cheered making me flush pink. Mikey just laughed and punched his arm as they started walking back down the street in the direction of what looked like a park.

'Come on Laura, you have to talk or something,' Frank said jostling me around. I just shrugged my shoulders and kept looking at the floor as we walked. Frank let out a long sigh and I felt a little bad knowing that he was trying hard to adjust to some kid who just barged in on his life and started taking up his time and space and yet I was being so difficult.

'Sorry,' I muttered. He sighed again and started talking with his friends who I learned to be brothers. Gerard was the oldest and was now in Art school whilst Mikey was in our year at school.

Oh God. I forgot about school.

I was going to be the new kid who joined halfway through the year moving from the famous Los Angeles to grimy New Jersey. Everyone was going to know who I was and it was no doubt that there were already rumours being spread about me. This was going to be hell.

'Are you bored? Cause this is pretty boring,' Frank said squeezing my shoulder. I looked up and shook my head honestly even though he didn't believe me. 'Really? Because if you are just say so,' he said then laughed at his comment. I glared at him just as the waitress from this morning turned around the corner. She gave Mikey a soft smile and completely avoided Gerard giving him a filthy look like he was vermin on the floor. Frank glared back at her despite her seductive smile at him which he completely aired.

'Hey Frank,' she said in her annoyingly high pitched voice. I winced at the sound and she gave me an even dirtier look than she did Gerard.

'Hi,' he said giving her the most obvious fake smile ever.

'So uh, is this your girlfriend?' she asked forcing her gaze to me.

'Yeah,' he said squeezing my shoulder again. Mikey and Gerard looked amused and I blushed slightly even though it wasn't true.

'Oh, I haven't seen you around,' she said.

'Yeah,' Frank said obviously trying to move the conversation on.

'Well I'm Rebecca,' she said.

'Laura,' I murmured. She gave me a fake smile and I just looked at her not even bothering to waste my energy on her pancaked face. Her make up was thick and it was a wonder he could even blink with so much mascara. She had a tight fitting low cut top and a pair of short shorts on with some flats with it. I wondered how she wasn't freezing to death but then again the make up was probably giving her an extra layer of warmth.

'Well I'll see you around then,' she said after no one said anything for a while. We all nodded and walked down the road and into the park. As soon as we got within the rusting gates the three started laughing.

'Oh man that was priceless,' Gerard giggled running over to the swings. Frank let go of me to race him leaving me alone with Mikey who was still chuckling.

'So living with the vertically challenged must be…uh…fun,' Mikey said looking down at me. I shrugged and gave him a brief nod which seemed to make him uncomfortable. 'So uh, is there a reason why you're not talking or are you just not comfortable around here yet?' he asked.

I shrugged again not wanting to tell him that I was still scared that I would say the wrong thing and get punished even though my parents were on the opposite side of America.

We joined the boys at the swings where they were competing to see who could get higher up. Mikey frowned at them and then looked at the baby swings next to them. He walked over and sat on top so his butt could sink into the middle.

Seeing as I was five foot three and I was fairly slim I lifted myself up with the chains and stuck my legs through the holes lowering myself into the seat comfortably. Mikey stared at me and started laughing getting the two guys attention that started laughing when they saw me sitting in the baby swing rocking back and forth slightly.

'How do you fit in there?' Gerard laughed. I just shrugged and started spinning around letting out a long sigh. Frank looked worried for a second but shrugged it off starting to swing back and forth getting higher than Gerard had.

'Frank wins,' Mikey declared making Frank whoop and cheer.

'Shit, let's move,' Gerard said looking across the park at a group of guys loitering around in a huddled group. Everyone stood up and watched me tilt back in the seat and pull my long legs out…well long in comparison to the rest of me.

'Come here,' Frank said reaching his hand out. I moved quickly forward and he put his arm protectively around my shoulder as if he was marking his territory from the guys now staring at us.