"Frank Anthony Iero! You're going to be late!" I finished doing my eyeliner. I honestly had to think about wearing make-up today. Based on the circumstances I was going to face. I couldn't promise myself I wouldn't cry when I saw Gerard. The last time I had seen him was when I walked in on him and Lindsey. Since he was in 11th grade, and I was in 10th I found ways to avoid him during school. I never went anywhere I thought he'd may be, in fact I barely went anywhere at all. Mikey, my best friend, always came over to my house. What's even worse is the fact that Mikey is Gerard's younger brother. He never brought up Gerard around me after we broke up, and I loved how he could accept the situation I was in. That's what I loved about Mikey. He was always sweet and caring, he's actually what had me realize I was bisexual. I did have a crush on Mikey, but it wasn't anything serious. He's just the cute ex's brother, right? Right. I grabbed my bookbag and headed out the door, after kissing my mom's cheek and grabbing a Monster energy drink. Since we lived about 5 minutes away from school, I just walked. I met Mikey, and his two friends Ray and Bob outside of the school doors, like always. "Hey guys." I said, as I chugged the energy drink, I was gonna need it. "Hey, Frank. How's it going?" Mikey said. "Ehh, good. I'm not even ready for exams in 8th period today. I didn't study at all." I had said, kinda in a sickly humorous way. Mikey sighed, I knew he was dissapointed. After Gerard, I sunk into a deep depression. I started to self harm, which landed me in the hospital twice, and all my grades sunk. I actually use to be an 'A' student, like Mikey. Now I was barely getting by with D's. Mikey fidgeted around in his bookbag and pulled out a packet of paper and handed it to me. "Here, it's notes. I figured you weren't gonna study, and I don't want you to fail bro." I took the packet, and flipped through it. All the notes were so clear, and easy to read. "Mikey, this is gonna save my ass. Thanks, man." "Welcome, shit we're gonna be late." We all entered the school and went our seperate ways. Like I said earlier, I found ways to avoid Gerard himself in school, but that didn't stop me from hearing about him. He was the talk of the school, the most popular guy there was. Not only that, but he was the frontman of the band, My Chemical Romance. It wasn't famous or anything, but it was known around the town. My band, Pencey Prep wasn't nearly as known as them. But we were getting there. I walked to my locker, unpacked my shit and headed for Algebra.