The Crash
Chapter 21
Just over a couple of months passed (Katy and Frank's birthdays had gone by-for Halloween they all painted his face with dirt) and Taylor started throwing up. Gerard knew he was going to be in deep shit. Taylor didn't think she was pregnant because she didn't know about the condom breakage, did she?
"Have you eaten anything unusual? Like, did you eat any berries or a bad coconut or something?" Ke$ha asked her.
"No. I've been eating bananas and coconuts. All of them tasted fine." Taylor said. She was really panicking. It's not like you can get medicine on an island in the middle of nowhere, is it?
"Well then there's nothing explaining you and your sickness, is there?" Katy said. The MCR guys were attempting to catch some fish.
"Unleeeessssssss." Lady Gaga said, making one of THOSE faces.
"Yeah. UNLESSSSS." Ke$ha made a face too.
"Well. Gee and I did. Um. You know." Taylor said, blushing
"Then you're SO pregnant." Katy said
"I'm NOT pregnant. We used protection." Taylor argued.
"Protection CAN fail, you know." Lady Gaga said.
"Well he never said anything. He'd have known right?" Taylor was almost having a nervous breakdown.
"Yeah, but if he'd knocked you up...Would he tell you?" Katy said.
"Of course he would...Gerard's not the kind of guy who wouldn't tell me, is he?" Taylor said. Her pulse was racing.
"But he's, like, 12 years older than you, right? I can see why he might not." Ke$ha said.
"Yeah, I guess." She sat there for a few seconds before realisation sank in. "Oh my GOD, I'm pregnant. HE KNOCKED ME UP!" She shouted, catching everyone's attention.
"What is it, Taylor?" Gerard asked, running over to her.
"I'm pregnant, Gee!" She said, and the tears spilled.
"Well, you might not be. It might just be you being ill."
"WELL I FUCKING FEEL PREGNANT."
Gerard took a step backwards. She had this look of anger and hate in her eyes. He felt so bad.
"Taylor...I-I, I just..." He looked around. Everyone's eyes were on him. He felt really singled out. Like a little kid in trouble.
"Did you KNOW that the condom broke, Gerard?" she asked, sniffing.
He didn't say anything. He'd forgotten about it completely. He looked around at everyone's shocked eyes, and Taylor's distraught little face, before he shouted, "JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE OF YOUR FUCKING LIVES, PLEASE. I NEED SOME AIR." And then he stormed off into the forest.
Everyone looked around at each other.
"I'll go check on him." Mikey said, following his brother through the forest.
He found him on the beach, throwing bit of rock and old coconut and wood into the sea, taking his anger out on the ocean.
"Gerard." Mikey said, walking over to him and putting a hand on his shoulder. "Bro."
He looked at his big brother's tear-stained face.
"Why id her being pregnant such a bad thing?" Mikey said.
"Because we're stranded on a desert island, she's really young, that was the first time she'd ever had sex and I'm married to Lindsey and we already HAVE a kid."
"Gerard," Mikey said, "Look. We're aren't getting off this island, Ok? You need to understand that. I don't think you're gonna see Lindsey or Bandit again. Just the same as Katy's never gonna see Russell, Frank won't see Jamia, Cherry or Lily, Ray's not going to see Christa and I'm not going to see Alicia." His voice cracked slightly at the last bit.
"So?"
"You gotta try and forget them."
"Really? Well every time I look at my left hand I remember them." He said, gesturing to his wedding ring.
"Look." Mikey said, taking Gerard's left hand and wiggling the ring off his finger.
"What are you doing, Mikey..."
Mikey held the ring up and said, "You can either keep it on your finger and get depressed about Lindsey and bandit, or you can get rid of it."
Gerard looked at his brother. "Give me the ring."
Mikey reluctantly handed Gerard the ring. Gerard looked at it, as if he was closely examining it. Then he looked at Mikey, and without looking at the sea, he threw it in.
Then he and his brother joined in a hug-only a hug two brothers could share-and the tears soaked into Mikey's shirt.