I'll Be Your Gerard If You'll Be My Frank

An Uninvited Visitor

{Gerard's POV}

I was bored already and it was only nine in the morning.

My Mom had insisted on Mikey and Ray going to school.

There was a bit of protesting but eventually they gave in.

They had left a couple of hours ago.

And left me all by myself.

Well, not by myself.

My Mom was here.

I wish she wasn't though.

I loved my Mom and everything but she was babying me way too much.

She wouldn't even let me out of my room.

Just a bit frustrating.

So I had been down here for ages.

I knew that that was what I'd be doing anyway if I was off school but because I didn't have a choice, it made it less bearable.

I still couldn't believe my mom called in sick just for my benefit.

Honestly, I was fine.

After the initial shock of it all, it was like nothing had happened.

I didn't feel any different in myself at all.

People were making way too big a deal out of this.

I sighed and sat down at my desk.

I wasn't in the mood to draw.

Which was a first for me.

It was understandable since I didn't really have anything to draw.

I could sketch straight from imagination but my mind was blank.

A knock on the door pulled me out of my thoughts.

"Gerard?" My Mom came down the stairs.

I turned to see she wasn't alone.

Frank smiled awkwardly.

"Hi... Frank."

Ugh what was wrong with me?

"Hey," His smile grew a little.

"I'm not sure why you're not at school, Frank," My Mom was going all authority figure now, "But since Gerard is a bit lonely this morning, I'll pretend I didn't see you."

"Thanks," Frank grinned.

My Mom smiled before heading back upstairs and closing the door behind her.

Frank stood by the bottom of the stairs with his hands in his pants pockets.

"Uh would you like to sit down?"

Being a host was never my strong point.

Frank replied with a smile before sitting across from me, on the end of my bed.

I felt a bit awkward sitting at the desk so I got up and sat next to him.

He turned to face me as I sat down, that smile still on his face.

I still couldn't really get over Frank's smile.

Whenever I saw it, my heart leapt a little.

I wasn't sure what that reaction meant and it was hard to ignore seen as Frank smiled a lot.

"I told you I'd be over to make sure you're okay," He reminded me suddenly.

I nodded.

He didn't say anything else.