Gerard pov

I woke up with a pounding headache. I reached for the aspirin on my night table and then got up to get as glass of water. I filled my glass up at the tap put it on the counter. I placed the tablet in my mouth and took a gulp of water. I swallowed the tablet, as Mikey walked into the room. Mikey sat down in front of me.

"Hey Gerard." Mikey said.

"Hey." I said. Mikey patted the seat beside him, telling me to sit beside him. I sat in the chair next to him.

"So what's up, Bro?" I said. He stared down at the table and played with his fingers and then glanced over at me. I saw a worried look on his face.

"I think I'm in love." Mikey said. I laughed, and patted on the back.

"Bro, I know." I said. He gave me a serious look, and I wiped the smile right off my face.

"Not with Jenny. With someone else." He said. I nodded and told him to go on.

"It's Steph, Gerard. I love Steph." Mikey continued, leaving me in awe, "I don't what to do. Jenny and I are still together, and she and Steph are friends. I don't want to screw things up."

"Dude. How can you possibly be in love with Steph? She doesn't even say anything. What is there to like?" I said. He shook his head.

"You don't understand. When you look into her eyes, you know what she's thinking. She talks with her eyes. She is sweet and so beautiful." Mikey said, as I passed him a glass of orange juice. He gulped it down and stared into the empty glass.

"I can't help you, bro. I don't know what you can do. Try to get to know her more. You just met her yesterday. You might realize your feelings for her are gone. And whatever you do, I'm here for you all the way, Mike and Ike's." I said, using his pet name that I used to cheer him up.

"Thanks, Gee." Mikey said. I just nodded and he grabbed his coat and walked out of the back door. I felt like following him, but I didn't because my headache was killing me, and it would take a while for the medicine to take effect.

Steph's pov

I woke up and looked at the clock. 8:50. I got up and decided to have breakfast, and then call Frank. I wanted him to meet my adopted family. So I got up and searched for my phone hook-up my frined in highschool made for me. He was a huge geek, but he was a life saver. You type what you want to say and an automated voice says is for you. After I found it I ate a bowl of Lucky Charms (yes they were magically delicious) and then I called up Frank.

"Hello." A tired Frank said. I smiled.

"Hey, it's Steph. Sorry, did I wake you up?" The voice said.

"It's fine, I was half asleep anyways. What's up, sis? Wait. Your talking again? Now your totally confusing me." He said.

"No, it's a machine talking for me." The voice replied.

"Oh my god! You got my hopes up. I hate you Steph. So what do you need?" He said. Then I instantly remembered why I called.

"Well, I was thinking that you and Abby can come over one night for dinner, to meet the rest of my family." The voice asked.

"That's sounds great. When?"

"Um, how about tomorrow? My brother, Tom is coming to check out my new place, with his bandmates, and Kari, my sis lives across the street so it won't be a problem about them coming."

"Sure. Good for me. So see you at?"

"5:30." The voice said.

"Okay, so I'll see you there." Frank said

"Alright, bye bye." I hung up the phone, and now had to call Shon, to tell him to come over to New Jersey tomorrow for dinner. After that, I called Kari and told her to come. They were used to the phone thing, and they were happy that I made friends, even with me not talking. Your probably wondering why I wasn't at work. It's because on Saturday we get to sleep in until 1:00, when the place opens. On Sundays, it's closed! I took a shower and as soon as I got out, I heard a knock at the door. I ran towards the door, forgetting I was only in a towel and opened it. Behind the door was a stressed out, drenched Mikey, who had come in from the rain. I opened the door and led him inside. He smiled and sat on a chair.

Mikey's pov

"Sorry. I must have came at a bad time." I said, noticing the fact she was only in a towel. She shook her head and ran off somewhere. I looked around. I really liked her place. I sat there in silence, shivering a bit. Steph ran back into the room with a towel in her hands. She draped it over my shoulders. I smiled and she motioned me towards her couch. I followed her, and we sat down.

"So, how did you find my house?" She wrote down on a piece of paper

"I called Frank. By the way, why do you write and not talk. Aren't you still saying something when you write?" I said. I saw her get a little uncomfortable with what I said. She made a zipping motion on her mouth with her hands, jokingly. After the smile faded, her eyes told me the struggle in her mind. Partly fear, partly desire to be normal. I wanted to know what her fear was, and to help her.

She turned on the TV and we watched the movie that was on TBS. It was a horror movie. There were some pretty scary parts, and Steph got scared and hugged me tight and closed her eyes. I smiled and put my arm around her. The movie ended, and of course so did the moment. She looked at me and backed off a bit. I removed my arm from around her and we had a really awkward silence. Yet, it was always silent with Steph. I looked into her inviting green eyes and knew what she was thinking.

"Well, I got to go home now. You probably will have to get to work soon." I said. She nodded.

"Come around my place later. I don't want Gee to have a heart attack when he sees how different you really are from your brother, but you have to talk to him sober. With all the booze and Xanax he takes in, his world is distorted. I want him to see the amazing girl you really are." I said. She looked at me and blushed, but was confused by the way I was. I knew she knew about Jenny and I. That reminds me; how do I tell Jenny I'm in love with her old friend Steph. I then left her building and headed towards my house. Boy, that girl was one of a kind. I wasn't wrong about how I felt. I loved this girl.

5:00 pm

Frank's pov

I heard the phone ring and I ran to grab it. Abby and I had a bet that she always picks up the phone because I too lazy to. So now I have to beat her to the phone. I had been sitting next to the phone all day. I snickered at Abby, waving the fact that I had the phone in my hand and she didn't.

"Hello." I said.

"Can you drive me to Mikey's house?" A familiar automated voice said.

"Okay, sure. I be there in five." I said. Then I hung up the phone.

"Who was it?" Abby said. I knew she wouldn't believe me when I said it.

"Steph." I said. She looked confused.

"Steph doesn't talk, right?" Abby said.

"Apparently she owns some phone system that allows her to talk. It's pretty funny the voice." I said. She nodded. I got up to go grab my car keys. I had a shitty car. It was a 1969 Toyota Corolla. It had a dent in ever place imaginable, and paint was peeling off from everywhere. I had to duct tape the bumper back on. It came off, when I backed into a tree. It was cloth interior, and its paint colour, when it wasn't all peeling off, was white. The sun and the rain had changed the colour to almost yellow, and part of the car were rusty. But it got me around. And it had a sunroof, so it wasn't that bad. I got it free from my Dad who worked at a used cars dealership, when I learned to drive. So I jumped in, and Abby got in the other side. I opened the windows a bit to let a natural breeze into the car. Abby's black and red hair blew in the wind as we pulled out of the apartment parking lot. We drove towards her apartment and picked Steph up. Steph sat in the back and we were all singing along to 'Bullet With Butterfly Wings' by the Smashing Pumpkins, which was playing on the radio. Of course Steph wasn't. She did hum a bit though. We pulled into Mikey's driveway and got out. We went towards the door, and I knocked.

Gerard's pov

I heard someone knock at the door. I was guessing it was Frank, cause he's always over. I opened the door, to reveal Steph, who had a big grin on her face.

"Hey Gerard." Frank said.

"Hey look, it's mute girl!"