3rd Period

Ray continued to look at Charlotte from across the classroom talking to another girl. He smiled when he saw her snort after laughing so hard. He thought that was adorable, it showed that she was just as dorky as he was. Even though it seemed a little elementary school, Ray had taken a crayon and started writing his and Charlotte's name together with hearts all over it.

"You know dude, any more drool and you might need a bib." Gerard stated from behind Ray.

"Shut up Gee. I'm working up the courage to ask her out."

"By writing your name with hers over and over with tiny little hearts?"

"You have your ways of getting a date and I'll have mine."

"Come on Toro." Gerard said. "She's right over there. Waiting for you to ask her out already."

"It's not as easy as you try to make it sound." Ray stated. "You didn't have to ask your prom date, she asked you."

"Well that's because I don't usually get crushes so I don't make such a big deal out of asking someone out. But you do and the girl of your dreams is just a few feet away. If you like her so much then you should do something about it already."

"I can't just walk up to Charlotte. Especially with people around."

"Uh, yeah you can dude. But since you're so scared, I'm going to help you out. Hey Charlotte! Come over here a second."

"Gee what are you doing?" Ray exclaimed.

"Helping a friend out." Gerard replied. "Look Charlotte is already on her way here."

Ray saw as Charlotte came towards him and Gerard. He smiled when she waved at him. He then turned the other way so his face couldn't be seen. That was when Ray noticed the crayon he still had in his hand; he developed an idea.

"Hey guys." Charlotte greeted her friends. "You called me?"

"Yeah." Gerard told her. "Ray would like to ask you something."

Charlotte turned to Ray who was still facing away from her.

"Ray?" she asked.

Ray responded by turning her way while licking the crayon he had in an unusually seductive way. Charlotte and Gerard just stared at him with their eyebrows raised and wondering if he was insane. His insanity was proven when he suddenly bit off some of the crayon.

"I was just enjoying some of this crayon." Ray explained. "And I was just wondering if you would like to have a bite."

Gerard let out a small giggle while Charlotte released a dorky snort like she had earlier.

"Thanks for the offer Ray but I'm off of crayons." Charlotte said. "I've switched to markers."

"That's too bad." Ray said. "This crayon is mighty tasty."

"You're such a dork Toro. But very adorable." Charlotte then went back to her seat since class was about to start.

Gerard gave Ray a small smirk as he took his seat next to him.

"That was quite sexy." he told him.

"Oh hush Gerard."

"No I'm serious." Gerard continued to tease. "I got a little turned on by that. You might want to save that trick for prom. You might get some."

A blushing Ray responded by punching his friend on the arm. He looked towards Charlotte's way and saw her smile at him. He smiled back at her. He was getting closer.

Mikey was glad that his 3rd period class was finally over. World History was his least favorite subject. His teacher Mr. Pavilion was an ancient man who probably lived around the moments in history that he always rambled on and on about. Mikey was just glad that he was done with it for the day and in a few minutes could go to English which was a class he actually enjoyed. He made it to his locker and was about to open it to grab his text book but found a folded up note taped on the door. It was small with a big blue heart sticker on it. Mikey blushed a little and started to grin, hoping that it was from Blake notifying how excited he was for their prom date. Mikey hurriedly took the note off and happily opened it. His smile and excitement went away in a flash when he recognized the hand writing. He knew no one else but his ex Jake Martinez wrote with curvy y's, j's, and g's and with i's dotted with tiny skulls. Knowing he'd be near, Mikey looked around for him until finally seeing him drinking from a water fountain. He knew that shaggy dark hair and almond brown skin anywhere.

Jake and Mikey had secretly dated during the beginning of their second semester of their freshman year. Jake would always give Mikey small love notes that he hid in his jacket, his book bag, or he would just tape it to his locker. When Mikey had come out, Jake told everyone that there was absolutely nothing between them and broke the relationship up in hopes to protect his true identity. Mikey felt devastated and betrayed. All he wanted was for someone to show him that he could be loved as well.

"What is with the note?" Mikey snarled at Jake when he finally made it to the water fountain.

"What note?" Jake asked.

"The note you taped on my locker. I know it was you. We were together for like more than four months. I know you're the only one who dots their i's with skulls."

"Will you keep your voice down?" Jake harshly whispered.

"Why are you still ashamed of me Jake? Are you still embarrassed? Hey, where are you taking me?"

Jake grabbed Mikey's hand and led him somewhere while looking to see if no one was noticing. Mikey hated to admit it but he still loved the way Jake's hand felt with his. He loved how warm it felt and remembered how warm Jake's hands were when they cupped his face that one winter evening and then planted an equally warm kiss on his lips. That was Mikey's very first kiss.

Jake took Mikey under the hall way stairs. Mikey got out of his daydream but then into another one when he looked into Jake's eyes. He forgot how much he loved to get lost in them. He knew that he still thought he was beautiful. But he didn't have time to admire such unique beauty; he knew it was the time to be very upset. So Mikey crossed his arms and kept his face stern while Jake tried to explain.

"Okay, maybe I did leave that note. You weren't talking to me for the longest time so I had to do something to get your attention."

"You have it now? So what do you want?" Mikey asked as coldly as he could.

"I miss you Mikey." Jake started. "I want us to be together again. Do you want to hang out at my place tonight? No one will be there."

"Oh so you'll be willing to be with me as long as no one else is around right?"

"I just want you for myself." Jake explained.

"No, you just want to be with me when you think no one else is watching us." Mikey corrected. "That's why we're under the stairs so no one will see. You haven't changed a bit Jake."

"Look I'm sorry for what I did to you in the past but I actually am very sorry. I really miss you."

"I don't care." Mikey snapped. "I'm already seeing someone so you can just cut the crap."

"You're seeing someone else?" Jake asked with disappointment hidden in his tone. "Who is it?"

"It's none of your concern." Mikey said while smirking. "Let's just say that he's a senior who's taking me to prom next Friday."

With that, Mikey left a shocked Jake under the stairs and walked triumphantly to his English class.

Meanwhile, Gerard had just told Frank about what had happened in his and Ray's third period class. Frank had trouble breathing after laughing so hard.

"Did you seriously bite off that crayon?" Frank asked Ray through breaths.

Ray just rolled his eyes and nodded as he continued to blush.

"Smooth move man. Smooth move indeed."

"It actually was surprisingly." Gerard stated.

"What do you mean?"

"Charlotte called Ray adorable and also couldn't stop looking at him the whole class."

"Looks like you caught her Toro." Frank said to Ray while smirking. "Now all you have to do is reel her in."

"There she is right now." Gerard pointed out Charlotte picking some books out of her locker for her next class. "You can go over there and ask Charlotte to prom now that you know that she likes you."

"You know what? I think I will." Ray stated as he straightened up his tie. "I shouldn't be so shy. It's possible that she might really like me. I'm going to do it."

"That a boy Toro." Frank said while giving Ray a pat on the back. "But wait before you go. You need to fix your hair a bit."

Being the dwarf he was, Frank stood on his tip toes and fixed Ray's hair with his comb. Gerard then reached into his pocket and got out a bottle of breath spray.

"Open up Toro. You still have some morning breath lingering on you."

A few seconds later, Ray got his friends to stop and went on his way to talk to Charlotte.

"Go get her dude." Frank said to him.

Ray smiled as he got closer to Charlotte. His heart was thumping a little louder than usual but he still felt very confident. He was suddenly stopped, however, when Charlotte's ex Dwight came up to her. She looked happy to see him.

"Oh crap." Gerard muttered under his breath.