Chapter Five

My first few weeks with the black parade were exciting. We would travel around, picking up patients, Gerard giving them their choices, and then them leaving us. Nobody new joined the black parade.

I spent all of my time with Keysie and Abi. They taught me everything there was to know about the black parade and the people in it.

Frank was still staring at me. The day after I joined Gerard introduced me to the entire band.

"Ok, this is Ray," he said going down the line of people, "Mikey, Bob, and Frank."

I shook each of their hands and they all said some form of hello. All except for Frank. Frank shook hands with me, but just mumbled something after Gerard said his name. As I walked away from them I saw Gerard whispering to Frank with an angry look on his face.

But, other then that, life was pretty boring. At the camp we didn't do much of anything besides sleep and eat. And, after two weeks, I was beginning to regret my decision of joining the black parade. I even considered quitting.

But, quitting completely slipped my mind after I spent a day alone with Gerard.