The sun rose from drinks bedroom window, shining on Franks dark grey walls, with various band posters, plastered up. Similar to Gerard's except Gerard taped up scraps of posters people had thrown out because magazines had been too expensive.

A small alarm clock woke the two kids. The morning seemed quiet and slow. They managed to get dressed eat breakfast and be driven to school in silence.

The gates of the school felt like the gates of hell for Gerard. The vacant stares of every person he walked past unnerved him. Gerard and Frank had separate classes and now Gerard was alone. Last night, Frank had fallen asleep instantly but Gerard hadn't slept, all he could think about was getting his brother back.

The classes seemed slower than normal as if time was reluctant to exist.

When lunch grew close, Gerard went looking for Frank, but no matter where he looked no matter where he went, Frank was nowhere to be found. Gerard checked the medical rooms, the library but Frank was gone.

Frank grabbed his lunch money and left school, he found a pay phone and called Frank.

"Hey, where are you?"

Gerard heard sniffles from the other side.

"Yeah um, my, my, my family is moving. We are leaving tomorrow, turns out that they decided a week ago but didn't tell me."

"What no, what, I need to see you, please don't go."

"Look I'm really sorry but we are going to visit the new house and decide on rooms."

"Can't you at least come say goodbye?"

"I don't know, I'm sorry, we will stay in touch, we can call each other."

To continue the call insert another quarter.

Gerard hung up, he slumped to the floor, he couldn't take it anymore! What was the point in going back inside, graduation was in a month. He just had to hold out one month, one month, then he could rent a place, get a job, get Mikey back, get Frank back, one month.

He walked back into school. The empty seat in his classes made his heart sink. He had lost everything.

"Hey, heard you were in a car accident, that sounds pretty rough," Tobias said mockingly.

"Yeah" Gerard muttered. To depressed to deal with Tobias.

"Well that sucks, almost as much as this," Tobias launched his fist into Gerard's stomach Gerard didn't even flinch. He was so done with being used as a punching bag. This time he punched back. He threw his fist at Tobias, felling a satisfying crack of Tobias' nose under his knuckles.

Tobias screamed out in pain, he grabbed Gerard's neck and held Gerard up, chocking him, Gerard struggled but it was only when a group of girls came to grab Tobias off of Gerard, screaming to "get off of him!"

Tobias finally let go of Gerard and let him fall to the floor, gasping for air. Tobias opened the door to the janitor's cupboard. Picked up the gasping Gerard stripped him of his jacket and backpack and threw him in the cupboard.

Gerard was in that same closet, in the dark, with empty lungs, unable to fill them with oxygen, he began panicking as the asthma attack continued.

"TOBIAS, what have you done with Gerard?" Frank yelled as he sprinted down the crowded halls of the school.

"Why are you here? Word is you finally manned up and ditched the dickweed."

"where is he Tobias?"

"you know I've never had a problem with you."

Frank quickly pushed past Tobias and followed the sounds of banging. Frank came to that same janitors' closet.

"hey it's me, I came back"

there was no reply.

"Hey, im sorry."

"please don't be mad, Gerard, Gerard," Frank said worriedly

"hey Gerard, hey" he frantically unlocked the door to find a chocking Gerard. he was pointing to his backpack.

frank reached into his backpack, among many bottles of pills, he found Gerards inhaler and gave it to Gerard.

Gerard felt the air flood back into his lungs like water rushing around them. The dark black blur faded from his vision. the ringing in his ears faded and Frank wrapped his arms around Gerard unaware of the large group of kids gathering around them.