I ran up the stairs to my apartment, already nervous as hell. I had no idea what to wear on my date. Sure, it was only the movies, but still, it was with Gerard Way. He would probably be wearing the same thing I saw him in earlier. I finally decided to get over it and, in the spirit of being a total kiss-up, I threw on a My Chem t-shirt.

I still had, like, 7 hours until Gerard was supposed to show up so I spent most of that time online, Google searching My Chemical Romance (to find out as much as I could that I didn't already know about them, so maybe I could impress Gee with my knowledge later). Most of the stuff I knew already, but I did find out a few new things, like:

- two video games have been created involving them, Helena and The End

- Gerard was an animator before he joined the band

- the name of the band came from Irvine Welsh's book, "Three Tales of Chemical Romance"

Before I knew it, it was 6:25 and I went over to my window and stared outside until I saw Gerard's car pull up at 6:32 (2 minutes late). I dashed downstairs as fast as I could and walk-ran over to the car, not wanting to seem too anxious. Then, it occured to me.

What if this isn't real? Not in the sense that it's a dream, but what if Gerard thinks I'm a total creep for staring at him at the audition? What if this whole thing was a dare from Frank? (I had seen those two whispering...) But Gerard had given me his phone number, he couldn't have faked he had seemed genuinely happy when I said yes...

I decided to base wether this was real or not on how he acted on the date. I opened the car door and got in gracefully. "Hi," I said sheepishly.

A smile lit up his face. "Hey," he said cheerfully as he reached over to hug me. He was warm, even though the black leather of his jacket was cold. I want so much to believe that this means something...

I felt oddly comfortable with him, like I had known him for a long time. Gerard put the car in drive and we went on our way. "So... I never really asked you what movie you wanted to see..." he said.

I wanted to say "It doesn't matter as long as I"m with you" but instead I said, "Are there any good horror movies out?"

He smiled and said, "I was hoping you would say that. Um... I think Scream 4 is playing."

"Oh, cool. I've been wanting to see that for a while," I said truthfully.

Then, out of the blue, he asked, "What kind of music do you like?"

"Well, My Chemical Romance (obviously), Queen, Green Day, The Misfits, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, H.I.M., Yellowcard, The Doors, Cage the Elephant... alternative bands like that. What about you?" I said.

"Actually, you just named most of my favorite bands," he said. He quickly rifled through some CDs and popped an Iron Maiden one into the CD player. One of my favorite songs came on, and I started singing along quietly. Then Gerard joined in, louder. Soon, we were both singing at the top of our lungs. We knew every word. When the song ended, we both burst out laughing. It was amazing how alike we were.

We arrived at the theater a minute later. We walked inside and got in line. "Shit! I forgot my wallet!" I said, searching my purse.

"It's fine," Gerard replied, "I was going to insist on paying for you anyway."

"That doesn't mean I would have let you..." I said. He laughed and put his arm around me. I had no choice but to suck it up and let him pay for my ticket.

We walked into the theater and Gerard led me toward the back. We sat in the third-from-last row and he put his arm around me again. I moved closer to him.

Here's the thing about horror movies: I love them, but sometimes they scare the shit out of me. During the bloody scenes, I buried my face in Gerard's chest and he held me close. At some points, I was practically sitting on his lap. I was close enough to hear his heart beating, and from the sound of it, the movie didn't seem to scare him at all. I felt like a little kid. I was sure he would make fun of me for being so scared, but he didn't.

Before I knew it the credits were rolling. "Pretty gruesome, huh?" Gerard said.

"Yeah..." I replied timidly. The look on his face suddenly turned serious and...

Haha cliffhanger! Read chapter 4 to know what happens next.