A Kiss and I Will Surrender

26

After a shitty night of ugly crying over Gerard again, I came up with a plan. Was it a good plan? No. But was it something to think about that wasn't him? Well, no, it did have to do with him, but still. I had a plan. My next step was to put it into action:

Hey Pete wyd today?

uhhh nothing, why

are you still trying to get back with Patrick?

They had been dating again for at least a month or so, then they got into some argument over something and broke up again. He still obviously loved and cared about Patrick, so clearly he wanted to get back with him. He responded:

shut up

no no, i'm serious, are you?

yeah....

why?

meet me at Mikeys asap

ummm ok

I shoved my phone into my back pocket and headed to Mikey's.

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"That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard," Mikey crossed his arms over his chest and moved away from Pete and I on the couch.

"What? No it isn't!" I jumped in defensively. I had just explained my plan to the two of them, Pete nodded along as I spoke, but Mikey was much less intrigued by it.

"Look, it's gonna work. And it's not like we haven't kissed before or-"

"You did what?!" Mikey interjected; oh yeah.. we hadn't told anyone about our little... meeting on New Years Eve.

"I- We-- We just um..." Fuck I didn't know how to tell him. I looked hopelessly to Pete for assistance.

"We made out on New Years Eve because we were sad and lonely which is basically what's happening now," Pete said flatly.

Mikey rolled his eyes, "You guys are gross."

"That's homophobic!" I shouted, causing Pete to break down laughing.

"What if it just makes Patrick more upset with you? Did you think about that?" I hadn't told Mikey about the whole Gerard-and-I thing yet, and assuming Gerard didn't either, he was completely clueless. My main motive with this was to get him jealous; sure it was childish and stupid and he probably wouldn't care because he didn't even like me, but I thought it was worth a shot. Plus, Pete was a good kisser, and although I had little experience and he was nowhere near as good as Gerard, he was still good in my books.

"Whatever, I'm not part of this though," Mikey put his hands up and walked away, sitting down on the cushioned chair next to the couch and flicking through the channels on the TV.

"So um... Should we practice or something?" Pete looked at me like I was completely insane. I was trying to find a subtle way to have it happen in front of Gerard.

"You want to practice kissing me? But aren't you only kissing me to make G-" I slammed my palm across his face and glared at him, looking over to Mikey to make sure he didn't hear anything.

"Yeah, I'm only kissing you to make Patrick jealous."

"Uh huh," Pete said, rolling his eyes at me. We were going to hang out with Andy, Joe and Patrick later today and Pete and I were going to.. well, make out at some point in hopes of making Pete's ex lover jealous. We were so fucking stupid, but if it worked then it worked.

I sat back on the couch, glancing at the TV for a moment before I heard Gerard's footsteps coming down the hall. Look, it's not that weird that I knew exactly what his footsteps sounded like... I spent a lot of time at Mikey's.

I looked to Pete and he quickly moved to sit next to me. I wrapped an arm around his shoulder, leaning into him.

"Oh, hey Gerard," I called out, not looking back, "Want to come watch some..." I looked at the screen, it was some weird animal documentary thing, "Animal Planet with us?"

"Sure," He yawned, it was 2 in the afternoon, but he had somehow managed to just wake up. I wished I could sleep like that.

"You can sit here," Pete gestured to the space on his other side.

"So Pete," I gave him a look, "How about that..." He nodded, catching on to what I was saying. He pressed his lips to mine quickly and we made out for about ten seconds before pulling away. I smiled at him, gently brushing a strand of hair out of his face. It was all an act.

"Oh my god," Mikey groaned from the seat, looking back at us like we were monkeys.

"Hey! How come you can make out with Kristen constantly but I can't give Pete here a quick kiss?" I batted my eyelashes. Mikey was a lot slower to catching onto what I was saying. Granted, he hadn't been previously informed about the plan to make Gerard jealous.

"Because you guys-"

"Shut up Mikey, you're just jealous because for once you're not the one with someone to kiss," Pete interjected. Thanks Pete.

"Whatever," He sighed exaggeratedly and returned his gaze to the television.

I looked over to Gerard and just as I did he looked away. He had been looking at me! It was working! Or he just thought I was crazy, who knew? Either way, he looked at me, and that was a win.

I leaned into Pete again, cupping his face with my hands and pressing my lips to his. This time I used tongue, and I made it obvious that I was enjoying it. I let out a quiet moan against his lips as he trailed his hand down my body, resting it on my hip.

"I'm gonna go," Gerard said, standing up.

I pulled away from Pete only to rest my head back on his side. Gerard left the house with a tense air to him. We had definitely made him feel some kind of way.

If he wanted to go get a boyfriend at college, I could get a fake-boyfriend here in Belleville. I didn't need him. This definitely wasn't all an act to try and win him back. I would never do something like that.

"You guys are disgusting," Mikey groaned as he clicked the TV off and went to find his keys. Now it was 1:30, time to go meet Patrick and the boys.

"Homophobe!" Pete and I shouted at him as we followed him to the car. I'll admit, the kisses didn't ignite the same sparks in me that Gerard's did, but they were fun nonetheless.

It was same routine at Andy's house, Pete and I were all over each other and when Patrick showed signs of discomfort, we gave each other a look that said 'good job.' Maybe it was kind of mean, but we had both been dumped and were practically desperate to get our exes back. My God we were pathetic.

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A bit of a shorter chapter and hella uneventful but oh well

Im so sorry about the Frete.... im so so sorry--

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