The whole day had been rather uneventful, to say the least.
Lunch came in pretty quickly and we sat down with our usual friends and spoke about the day that had past. Spaced out around the circular table was Danielle Boyle, Angelica Park, Ashton DeHope and Stuart McIntyre.

Or as wee call them:
Dan, Angel, Ash and Stu Mac.

Mikey was already sitting down next to Ash when everyone said "Hey Frankie!" in unison. According to Mikey, Gerard had apparently invited all of us to the party. Problem is that most of his older friends will be there too, So naturally we we're all a little nervous- considering we had never actually been to any big high school parties before. Except amongst ourselves.

And I was particularly nervous about this.

Why? I'll take a moment to explain a day in my life.

I go to school,
I come home,
do my homework,
play guitar,
go over to Mikey's,
Either have dinner with them and go home about 10.30 or have dinner at my house and play guitar until I go to bed.

Yeah, I'm not very extroverted, to say the least..

And it makes the whole 'Gerard' thing even more complicated because I barely know how to talk around him. Mikey always makes fun of me for getting flustered with words infront of people. He usually makes up jokes about me liking Gerard, but if he actually knew... God, I don't know what his reaction would be!

I look around the table and listen to the conversations going on, taking in little details from everyone.

Dan is usually always beside Angel, her cheeks flush with red whenever she brushes against her. Though you could hardly tell behind those massive glasses she never takes off. The silver flashes of light hitting off her braces give her smile a funny little spark that never fails to cheer me up. She's always hunched over and her blazer looks as if it's drowning her, though I've never seen her in anything that actually fits her properly. I don't think she owns a woman's tshirt if I'm honest. Her short, bright red hair always hangs in a messy frame around her small face. If you look at her and Mikey together sometimes, they look like they are brother and sister.

Angelica is a proper Angel, just as her name suggests. She's curvy but slim. I've never seen this girl look bad a day in my life. She usually wears low cut shirts and pretty small skirts but she's never been the 'slutty teenage girl' type thing. She's incredibly smart and sexy. Her soft blonde hair curls down to her lower back. Her tanned skin next to Dan actually makes her look foreign (considering Dan looks unwell every fucking day she is that pastey and white.) She's not exactly who you would imagine to hang around with us, but trust me- No one is complaining.

Mikey is almost always listening to music. If you watch him whilst he's talking to someone you can see his fingers going along to the bass of the music. His hair tucked under his heavy framed glasses, they always seem to slide down his nose and he tilts his head up to look through them, which I'll admit is pretty cute.
(I'm not gay, okay? I just have a thing for his brother...)

Anyway,
Ash will be caught playing on his Gameboy, or DS, or PSP or gaming device of some kind. He's pretty tanned considering he never goes outside. The name Ash works out pretty well since I think he is the only person I know to fill his Pokedex on Pokemon Red and Blue. But yeah, he has the darkest bags under his eyes that I've ever seen, I swear this boy gets about three hours sleep, maximum! He has recently dyed his hair blue. That'll change within the week.

Stu is the more approachable one of us, shall I say? He is pretty handsome, polite, charismatic..(again, I'm not gay.) But he was the nicest guy on the planet. If there was ever anything I couldn't tell Mikey, I'd tell Stu. He always knew exactly what to say and how to cheer you up. Him and Mikey would regularly have bass battles in music which would always make me laugh. His dark, curly hair was still a little damp from the rain but he was looking as cheery as ever with his warm little smile. He kept making eye contact with Angel, and we all thought they had something going on. But practically everyone except Angel knows that Dan likes her, and Stu would never do that to her.

And then you get to me. I'm the shortest out of all my friends. Even the girls are taller than me.
I'm 5ft 4". I have a slightly chubby face and I have quite long, messy brown hair. I play guitar. That's me, summed up.

Almost all my friends aren't half bad looking and then you have me. Who just so happens to like the most flawless guy in school, of all things! I mean, how unfair is that? If it was Angel she could wrap him around her finger and that would be it. But no, let's make Faggoty Frankie like a guy that he has no hope in hell with.

Back to the conversation-
Last time I listened in they were talking about consumes for the party. I'm not the most creative person, so I decide to hang back and let them talk about it.

"I'M GOING TO BE THE VERY BEST! LIKE NO ONE EVER WAAAAAS! Oh my god, I'm going to be Ash Ketchum! It'll be sweet!" ash said far, far to excited.

"I'm going to be a belly Dancer, I love those cute little gypsy outfits. They are to die for, don't you think?" Angel giggled.

"I think I might go as Ariel from The Little Mermaid. That would be pretty cool, I think.." Dan smiled awkwardly, twiddling her thumbs and looking at the floor.

"I don't have any money... Fuck it, I'll be Alan Wake, that'll do right?" Stuart asked, Ash and Dan nodded in approval.

"Hmm... I'll probably go as that dude from Saving Private Ryan... I have some of my dads old army gear, what about you Frank?" Mikey asked me, I was a little stunned to say the least as I'm not the best at thinking on my feet.

"I.. I'm not sure. I might rip up some clothes and be a zombie?" I shrugged

"Original or Remake of Night of the living dead?" he quizzed, to which I shrugged before he got into a big horror movie spiel.

I saw Gerard sitting chatting with a curly haired dude and some snobby chick which he seems to be completely ignoring. He talks with his hands a lot, really into everything he says. He's so creative and passionate and... Everything, really. He takes a bite out of his apple and glances over at me. Once he catches my gaze he nods and winks.

It feels like butterflies from my tummy had flew up into my chest and exploded. This man is responsible for tiny bits of butterfly guts and wings covering my ribcage. Okay, that metaphor was pretty gruesome but you catch my drift.

I try and focus back into the conversation of the moment but I actually can't. You think I'm over exaggerating, well here is proof. From two seconds of eye contact I can't concentrate in a simple conversation.

'Wow, Iero. You've truly outdone yourself this time.'

The bell rings and we scramble to gather our books and papers before class. We were in biology next which I couldn't be bothered with at all. I was with Angel though, so I'd have someone to talk to. Then music last with Dan, Stu and Mikey. The best combination ever.

Biology seemed to drag on, we had a substitute teacher which meant we could sit and do fucking anything we wanted. Angel was playing with her hair and going on and on about nonsense. "-I mean, he's hot and everything. But he doesn't seem that interested in me, it's as of he's holding back. I'm not sure if he likes me or not, what do you think?" she asked.

My mind was occupied by the nauseating thought of this party. That many people in one room was enough to make my head spin.

"sorry, who are we talking about again?" I blinked coming back into reality.

"Stuart? I was asking about- ugh, forget it." she seemed annoyed.

"sorry, I was just thinking about this party. I'm really nervous.." I admitted half heartedly.

"...is it because you like Dan?" she attempted a whispered, just as loud -if not louder- than normally talking.

"What, No! Where the fuck did you get that idea from?"

"well, you were staring and blushing at her today. I just gathered.." she shrugged.

I cast my kind back to the sitting order of the Lunch table, Dan had been sitting in line with Gerard's seat on the other side of the room.

"For Christ sake, I wasn't staring at her!" I spat defensively.

"who was it then?" her eyes bulged as she assumed she was getting some gossip.

But, luckily the bell rang out over her. I grabbed my books and ran downstairs, I couldn't believe how close that was. Music would surely ease the tension of this party thing.

I walked down the corridors staring at my feet when I suddenly felt the collision of my body against someone else's who I had just knocked to the floor. When I focused I noticed it was Dan. Her glasses were smashed in one lens and her books where all over the floor. Stu and I helped pick up her books and Mikey helped her into her feet. If I had counted the amount of times I apologised I'd be on about 50. But she excused it and shrugged it off with a smile like she usually does.

Music I could really let myself go and enjoy every minute. I would rock out to Black Flag and The Smashing Pumpkins. Mikey would be playing along to The Smiths and Misfits. Stu would be playing Blink 182 or Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Dan would be playing some obscure ukulele shit. It was just amazing.

When the bell rang through the halls there was a sea of bodies as people pushed and shoved to get out of the crowded school halls I had to wait on Mikey before we met up with Gerard to get a ride home. Both brothers made there way over to me before making a quick get away through the large metal doors. When they get into Gerard's slightly dirty Subaru they start talking about their day and comics and video games and stuff, everything really. And I mean everything. They are so close it's unreal. We get home quicker than I would like though.

Before we all scramble out, Gerard turns to me and says "why don't I take you to school too, Frank? I mean, it'll save waiting on that bus?"

My heart was in my throat as I nodded. "Sounds good.."

"Great, I'll be over first thing tomorrow! Be ready for me." He said with a smile.
He then got out the car, as did I. Mikey asked what time I'd be over and I just said the usual time. I then burst through my front dorr, ran into my room and tried to calm myself down.

Holy fuck.