Ch. 8

*Patrick POV*

I pulled my old green t shirt over my head and put my arms through my jean jacket. As I was giving myself a look over in the mirror I heard the front door shut. I walked outside and saw Pete and Joe looking a little annoyed.

"What's up?" I asked.

It took Pete a minute to answer, he seemed to be deep in thought, "Hmm? Oh hey Trick, what's up?" he said casually.

"Uhh, nothing. Where's Courtney? She's the one who wanted to go shopping," I said stuffing my hands in my pockets.

"She we out with... friends," Joe said hesitantly.

I arched an eyebrow, "What friends? We're all she's got," I said chuckling. They shared a look and stayed quiet. "What? Oh, you don't mean-" my face sank.

Joe nodded, "Yep, she ditched us to go hang out with the Munsters.".

I let out angry sigh, "Well, fine. Fine. It's her life," I stated calmly, "So then I'll just go get groceries in my own."

I can't believe she went out with Gerard and them. Well, Frank's cool I guess, but Gerard is a creep. Plus, I've never even met these other guys, they could be even worse! I was at the door before Pete stopped me.

"Hey, I'll go with you!" he said holding his hand out to stop me.

"Nahh, I feel like going by myself. You stay and help Joe set the stuff up," I said and stepped out the door.

I drove around town a bit before I found a grocery store. I walked in and grabbed the essentials, bread, eggs, milk, frozen meals, soda, candy, and fruit snacks. Like I said, just the essentials. I was walking to a check out line when a tabloid caught my eye. I wasn't looking where I was going and bumpped into someone.

I didn't fall back, but the person I hit flew. I looked down and saw a woman sitting on the floor rubbing her head of dark brown curly hair. "Owch, gosh."

"Oh my god! I'm so sorry I didn't see you there," I said dropping my basket and helping her up.

I held out my hand and she took it, as I pulled her up our eyes met and I froze. Her face was slim with big cheek bones. She had deep dark brown eyes behind her glasses. I couldn't help but stare, a smile began to grow on my face.

She saw I was staring and started to blush, "Uhh, well..." she said hiding behind her hair.

"Oh! Yeah, I'm so sorry-" I was apologizing but she cut me off.

"Oh it's okay, it was my fault. I wasn't watching where i was going and-"

"No, no. It was definitely my fault. Uhh, I'm Patrick by the way," I said offering my hand.

She smiled, "Elisa. Elisa Yao. Umm, do you need to be checked out?" she asked pointing to an closed check out stand.

"Yeah, do you work here?"

"Yeah, as you can tell," she said jesturing to her outfit. I hadn't noticed before but she was wearing a green apron with her name tag on.

She giggled and motioned me to follow me to the cashier. She took my basket and started scanning all my items, the while time I couldn't take my eyes off her. She would glance up at me once in a while and look back down.

"Umm, that'll be $26.38. Will that be cash or credit?" she asked sweetly.

"Cash," I handed her the money and she returned the change and my recipe.

I said goodbye and speed-walked out the door. Wow, she was beautiful and so kind. I got into the van and looked down at the recipe. Something was scribbled on it. Call me and her phone number was written under her name. I felt giddy all of the sudden and a big smile spread across my face. Elisa. What a pretty name.

*Courtney POV*

On the bus ride over to the address Frank had sent me, I started thinking about what I was getting myself into. I wonder what these other two guys in the band are like. Are they sweet like Frank or rough and mysterious like Gerard? Or mabye dorky like Mikey. All I know is that I was excited.

I finally arrived and stepped off the bus. I was in a pretty trashy looking neighborhood. I was beginning to feel scared, I'm not a very big person, so I would be easy to carry off into a alley way and stab. I hugged myself and started walking, I don't know where I was going, but I didn't feel very safe just standing there like a target.

I heard quick foot steps from behind me and I quickened my pace. Then I felt a hand grab my shoulder and I screamed. I turned around quick, with my eyes squeezed shut and kicked. I felt contact and a familiar voice yell. I opened my eyes and saw Gerard hunched over holding his crotch.

"Oh Gerard! It's you! I thought I was going to get mugged! I'm sorry!" I said rubbing his back while he was hunched over.

"I-it's fine," he said, obviously still in pain.

I giggled a little, "I'm sorry. If it helps I'm glad to see you," I said smiling.

He stood back up and pulled me into a hug, "Really?" he said pulling back.

"Yeah, why? Do you doubt my passion?" I asked in an arrogant voice.

"Uhhh yeah. I know you and Patrick still have a little thing going on," he said eyeing me.

"Oh that, that's all over. You have nothing to worry about."

"Good," he didn't sound very convinced though, "Anyway, so now that the little guy is out of the picture," Gerard said snaking his arms around my waist, "are we a..."

"Couple? I don't know? Do you wanna be a couple?" I asked with a raised brow.

He laughed, "Do you have to ask?"

He pulled me into a kiss, it wasn't rough like it usually was, it was different. It was gentle and sweet, I'd seen this side of Gerard before, but that was a long time ago and it was never through a kiss. I reached up and wrapped my arms around his neck.

I pulled away, "Okay, I think we should head to your place before we get shot."

"It's not that bad of a neighborhood," he said putting his arm around my neck as we walked.

"I wouldn't stop to pee in a neighborhood like this." Gerard just laughed and pulled me closer.

When we arrived at Gerard's little condo Mikey and Frank came running out of yhe open garage. I was tackled out of Gerard's arms and onto the driveway. "Owch, haha. Awww I feel loved," then I felt something like rope, "Oh my god, Frankie did you get dreads?!"

"Yeah! How do I look?" he asked proudly.

"They look great. You look a lot older and tougher, which helps a lot given your height problem," I said laughing.

"Owch, she called you out!" Gee said smiling.

"I wouldn't call it a problem. I just grew in some places and not others," he said motioning out from his crouch. We all laughed.

"Courtney! How the hell have you been!" Mikey said exictedly.

"I've been great! How 'bout you Mikes? Has Gee been treating my favorite Way right?" I asked laughing.

"Hear that Gee, she's mine!" Mikey said hugging me around the waist.

Gerard just laughed sarcasicaly and pulled Mikey and Frank off. "No one touches, she's mine."

Then two guys I'd never met came out. One had short blonde hair and a lip piercing. He was holding a pair of drumsticks, so he must be ther drummer. The other had a head of hair that could probably be seen from space. It was a big, curly afro, even bigger than Joe's. He looked hispanic maybe, he had a guitar huanging from his neck.

"Hey," the guitarist said, "I'm Ray, Frank's babysitter."

I laughed ans shook his hand, "Hey, I'm Court-"

"Oh we know," the drummer said, "You are the only thing Gee talks about anymore," he said sounding a little annoyed.

"Oh, well sorry," I said awkwardly.

"Oh it's not your fault. Although, I do see why he fell so hard."

I could feel myself turning red, "I-I wouldn't say he fell that hard."

"Sugar, I just about crack my head open when I hit the ground," Gerard said hugging me from behind.

"You wanna hear us play?" Frankie asked inviting ne into their garage.

"Yeah! Why else would I be here?" I said smiling. I looked over at Gerard who pretended he was stabbed in the heart.

"You've got a real heart breaker donttcha," the drummer said. I still never got his name.

They all got in position and the drummer counted off. He started off the song with a simple beat. Then Mikey on bass, and Ray on guitar. The guitar riff Ray was playing was rather ominous, I was already getting a creepy feeling from the song. Gerard winked at me and started to sing. He sang in a soft voice, then once the chorus came he began to scream.

It was really different from what I was used to with the guys. Gerard's voice sounded so sweet and smooth before he started screaming. Maybe he just haven't perfected it yet, because it didn't sound very great. He was so dramatic while he performed, he would sway with the melody and reach into the air. As the song came to an end Gerard took a deep bow and slowly came back up to meet my eyes.

"So," he said almost out of breath "how was it?"

I couldn't tell him I didn't really like it, so I quickly smiled, "It was... great! Like the Misfits almost."

"Cool," he said calmly.

"My favorite part was watching Frank's dreads fly everywhere while he was playing," I said laughing and messing with Frank's hair.

He giggled, "Hey cut it out! I told you the ladies love the dreads."

"Oh shut up," the drummer said laughing, "I've gotta head out, see ya."

"Wait! I didn't get your name!" I called after him.

"Bob," he said, not even bothering to look back.

"Rude, what's his problem. Won't even tell me his real name. It's not like I'm gonna stalk him er somthing."

"No. That is his real name," Mikey said.

"Oh... Well. He seemed nice."

"Haha yeah, come on let's go inside and get something to drink," he said walking inside the house.

Frank, Ray and I followed him, but someone grabbed me from behind. Gerard had me by my arms and pulled me up against him. "Where do you think you're going," he whispered into my ear, "I'm not done with you yet?" his voice sent shivers done my back.

"W-what?" He ignored me and started walking backwards and we disappeared behind a curtain hung up behind the drum set.

"We didn't even really get a chance to say hi, did we?" I could hear the smirk in his voice. He spun me around quickly and grabed me by the waist.

"I-I uhh.." My head was spinning and I couldn't talk.

"You'd better stop acting like that, or else I won't be able to stop myself," he said cupping my face with his hand.

"A-acting like what?"

He answered me with a kiss. This one, unlike before, was rough and passionate. He held his hand behind my head and pushed our heads together, deepening the kiss. My legs became weak as he slipped his tounge into my open mouth. I decided that two could play at this game and dropped my hand down. I grabbed his crotch and he groaned into my mouth.

A smirk grew across my face and he pushed me up against the wall. He broke the kiss and smirked at me, "I didn't think you were that kinda girl."

"Well I'm full of surprises," I whispered inching closer to his ear and nibbling his ear lobe.

"Hey! Where'd you guys go?!"

Gerard and I pushed each other away at the sound of Mikey's voice. Mikey found us behind the curtains and his eyes went wide, "Oh, sorry for bothering you... uhh," he said awkwardly.

Gerard glared at him and I just stayed quiet. I could feel my cheeks heating up. Mikey took Gerard's hint and awkwardly shuffled behind the curtain, leaving us alone again. It wasn't long after Gerard was all over me again before we heard Frankie yell. Then the door slammed open and Frankie came bursting through the curtain.

"Haha! No way! He wasn't lying!" Frankie said pointing.

Ray came chasing after Frank, "I'm sorry about him. Let's go little man," he said scooping Frankie up and carrying him out.

I laughed, "I think we should go inside."

"Yeah, I'll deal with you later," Gee said smirking and grabbing my hand.

Hey guys! I'm sorry I took so long. So I've made up by making this one a long chapter. I really hope you guys liked the chapter and don't mind me posting later than usual... I don't know, it's been taking me longer to write these things. I'm sorry. Anywhore... Thnks Fr Rdng!