I ended up going. I had spotted a few people I knew. Jeph, Jared and Tomo stood in a gang. So did Gerard's friends Ray and Bob and his brother Mikey, they all waved at him, guess he was openly gay for his friends then.
I also saw Lindsey and Alicia, I turned around, but it was too late, they spotted me. First they just stared at me, then their eyes widened and mouth dropped, and then they freaked out and screamed my name. Fucking great, thought he said I wasn't recognizable.
Gerard spotted them too and screamed at them, telling them to get their small asses up on the truck we were standing at. They started discussing it, and it ended up with them running after the vehicle for a few meters before Gerard helped them both up.
"Frank, I never, ever, thought I would see you in a gay parade!"
"Or dressed as a cowgirl." Lindsey added and started laughing with Alicia.
"Fuck you! You think I wanted this? He made me!" I said pointing to Gerard, who was also laughing.
He tried to stay serious, but failed. "Don't blame me. You didn't seem to have too much against it!"
When the parade ended we had seen even more people we knew. I spotted Shannon together with Brendon and Ryan, who ran into the parade once they saw Lindsey. Poor Shannon was left all alone, or Bert McCracken was there.
We saw some other people from school too, but no one I actually knew. Ryan and Brendon were making out in front of me. I wished I had a boyfriend. A boyfriend I could make out with in public, hold hands with and just cuddle with and watch a movie. And maybe naked pillow fights? That would be so hot.
I shook my head. What the hell am I thinking? I hit it ones, trying to get the images that could make me hard before I could count to ten, out of my head. Ryan and Brendon turned to me and their eyes widened. "No way! Frank?" Brendon said with his way too flamboyant voice.
"When did you become gay?" Ryan asked me. Fuck, I'm screwed. What the hell should I do? What was the use, I told the truth. I said I was gay and that Gerard made me come here. "No, Gerard's gay too? I always had the feeling."
"Yeah, me too! But never you! My gay-dar said you were straight as a pole."
"Guys, please. I do not want to talk about it. And, please, do not tell everybody." I pleaded.
Brendon and Ryan looked at me with a sad expression. "Still in the closet-zone? I know how that is. I promise, I won't say anything." He put his hand with his manicured fingers on his heart and smiled a small but reassuring smile.
"Yeah, me too, totally. You know, when people found out about me it was because my ex-friend told everyone. I got so made and upset. So I promise that I won't say anything either." He did this weird thing with his hands when he talked, and he sounded even more flamboyant than Brendon. "But I have a tips for you, fag-boy. Don't stay in the closet to long, it's going to do nothing but make things worse."
I nodded and smiled, trying to get them to stop talking, but no matter how much I begged in my head, Ryan kept going. "I had this cousin, yeah, and he was like super flamboyant. He wore white jeans with yellow v-tops and stuff and he listened to Madonna and Britney and all those awesome people. Well, to the point, he kept inside of the closet so long, that he never dared to get out!" He said like it was the craziest thing ever. But by what he sounded like, it must've been obvious that he was gay. "No one expected him to be gay before they saw him on this porn side, you know. He's a porn star, a fucking good one too. He's gotten me off many times. Even in reality a few times.
"But to the point again, he had like this gay cousin, not me, but a cousin on the other side of his family." Do they have a gay cousin on all sides? "He was like so into porn and once he found my cousin in one movie and he like went straight to his house and screamed it out. That's how his parents found out. That is not a good way to come out, you know."
"Thanks for the story, Ryan, but I am not planning on being a fucking porn star." I said with an angry tone. Ryan had always talked too much and he did it with this too gay voice and those annoying arm notions. He also forgot the point ever 5 seconds.
"I think you would be a good porn star! Don't you, honey?" Brendon said, asking for Ryan's opinion.
Ryan looked me up and down, studying me closely. "Yeah, I think you would. But you're too short, and I don't know if your dick is big or not."
He suddenly sat down and raised my skirt. He gasped and dragged Brendon down with him. "It's fucking huge!" He whispered to his boyfriend.
"Dear, you should so get into porn. So should you, sweetheart." Brendon said. He kissed Ryan's cheek and licked his way over to his mouth and they started making out again.
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The parade was over and we were waiting for king and king, king and queen or queen and queen to be chosen.
"Ok, so this year we decided to not only have kings and queens, but also prince and princess and a married couple at last. The citizen married couple must be a girl and a boy. All winner couples have to make out and that is a final rule." The man said with his women voice. "So the married couple is Alex Gaskarth and Jen Ledger. Can you please come up here?"
A blonde girl as a flower and a guy dressed in white underpants with bananas standing up from the sides of it came up to the stage. "Do I have to kiss her?" he said in a jokingly voice. "You know I'm into guys, one guy, right?" he said and winked at what seemed to be his boyfriend.
"Who's the lucky one?" The leader of the show said.
"Jack Barakat." He said excitedly and did a hand motion for him to come to the stage. A tall and brown and blond haired guy in the same outfit as Alex came to the stage. They put their arms around each other and made out for some time before they let go. Alex and Jen kissed for just as long as they had too, got their small pink crowns and got off of the stage.
"Next we have the princes. There were two guys winning that this year too. We have Adam Gontier and Pierre Bouvier. Please come up here."
Two guys came up to the stage, hugging each other. They weren't wearing anything special. A super short pink shorts on one of them and the same one in green on the other. They both had bunny tails and bunny ears and they were tight sitting tank tops in the same color as the other person's shorts. They had makeup like a bunny, only with more colors.
"Can I kiss my bunny now?" One of them said after they had been standing up there for a while.
"You can now kiss the bunny." The entertainer said.
The two boys kissed, got their silver crowns and walked off the stage hand in hand.
The host started rambling about random things to make the crowd irritated. Finally she was going to declare the winners. "We have two guys in this category. One of them you might know well, and one is new, but he is good!" He said with an excited voice.
Some people around us started shouting Gerard. I looked over to him and he blushed lightly. He looked so cute when he blushed; I just had to smile at the sight. "So, as you probably expected, the king is… Gerard!" He screamed Gerard's name and my jaw fell and I started laughing. I hugged him and he went up to the stage. "You're a really sexy cowboy, Gerard, but what is with those boxers? You know you're supposed to be naked under, right?"
Everyone in the crowd started laughing at host. Some screamed for him to take it off, including Lindsey and Alicia. "Yes, I know. But you know how I am, always trying to be sexy, but never so sexy I'll get you off." He said into the mic, smiling a seductive smile.
"Oh, we know, Gerard. But now it's time for king number two. He's also a really sexy dancer, and he looks good as a girl. Let's give it up for Frank Iero!" I froze again. Me? Nonono, I do not want to go up there!
"Go up there!" Lindsey and Alicia hissed, pushing me.
I shook my head with too much speed, making me dizzy. I saw Gerard coming towards me again. "Frank, are you ok?" He asked in a low voice. "Don't you want to go up there? We won't make you."
His words felt so good right now. It made me loosen up a bit. But what kind of a bad winner would I be if I stayed down here? I started walking towards the stage and Gerard smiled one of his big, adorable smiles.
Everybody started applauding and it actually felt good to go up there, standing in front of everyone. It made me more self-assured. "You may now kiss the king!" The host said in a happy voice.
I had forgotten about that part. Kissing my friend was so weird, I had done it before, but it was truth or dare. This wasn't that much different, but it felt weird. Gerard and I stared at each other for a while and I got that same feeling as I did when we had that skittles fight a few weeks ago.
"Come on, kiss your boyfriend!" He said to Gerard, and everyone chimed in.
"He's not my boyfriend…" Gerard said in a low voice. He leaned in and kissed me. My eyes closed and so did his. Our lips moved together with the beat of the music that was playing in the back. Our tongues found their way out of our mouths and played with the others. They fought for the first entrance; I won and started exploring Gerard's mouth.
People around us were cheering and making 'aww' sounds. My hands started moving up and down Gerard's back and ended up on his ass. His hands were messing up my wig badly, but I didn't care. When we finally broke the kiss I looked into the crowd and spotted Alicia who had a raised eyebrow and an 'I knew it' look on her face.
"If you weren't boyfriends before, you sure are now!" The host said and gave us our huge, gold crowns. We walked off the stage smiling. This turned out to be a great night after all.