Chapter 238 "Make yourself at home" said Gerard nodding towards a sofa. Bill nodded and took a seat.
"What did you come for? To shout at me more?" said Gerard frowning a little.
Bill shook his head "No" he looked at his hands playing with his rings before looking back up to meet the gaze of the other male. "I came here to talk, Amy and Tom have been talking to me and well, kind of made me realize a lot of stuff"
"Like what?" said Gerard not taking his eyes off the other man
"We need to sort this out, its going to break the group apart otherwise and to be honest, that’s the last thing I want to do"
Gerard nodded and continued listening to the other teenager speak
"We need to atleast be civil to each other if we want to group to stay together, I know its been mainly me who has been being a complete dick, but you have to understand how I feel, you stabbed my brother, my ****ing twin.."
Gerard nodded "Bill, I understand, listen if I was you I wouldn’t even speak to me again, I wouldn’t even consider talking to me"
"I know, to be honest that’s how I felt until Amy and Tom knocked some sense into me, and well I don’t want to fight any more, its not doing anyone any good. I think its just causing more problems. Its gonna take me so ****ing long to be able to even consider trusting you again"
"I understand" said Gerard nodding again but then started giggling causing Bill to frown
"What’s so funny?" he asked raising his pierced eyebrow
"We sound like an old married couple making up!" Laughed Gerard trying to control his laughter but failed miserable, but then laughed more when he saw Bill starting to giggle.
"We really do" laughed Bill
"So how do you think its going? Think anyone’s murdered yet?" asked Amy whilst she was sitting behind Tom waxing his dreads for him.
"If my brother has anything to do with it, Gerard is probably a dead man" laughed Tom as he flicked through the TV channels, finally settling on a music station but quickly turned it off as he saw Kiros face come on and the intro to a Cinema Bizarre song started.
"Oh leave that on, I love that song!" squealed Amy "Oh sorry I forgot" she quickly said when she saw Kiros face just before Tom had turned the TV off.
Tom nodded "its cool"
Amy was just about to say something else when she heard a knock on the door.
"Doors Open!" she shouted thinking it was probably Mikey or someone, Amy and Tom looked to the living room door as they heard the front door close and the guest appeared in the doorway
"Frank? What are you doing here?" asked Amy looking at the male with the baby in his arms.
"Bill came over, so I left them alone to talk and to get Jaidon away so he isn’t screaming at Gerard every 2 minutes"
"Wait wait wait, you left those two, alone?" Asked Tom with wide-eyes
"Yes, they need to talk alone"
"****, we better get over" said Tom trying to get up but wincing at the pain in his stomach "It’ll be massacre otherwise!" Amy quickly agreed and grabbed their coats and Tom opened the front door. "Hopefully we’re not too late!" said Amy as they jumped into Toms black Escalade.
DILLIGAF
"it’s when you’re acting selflessly, that you are at your bravest"
- Four.
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Chapter 239
The car screeched to a halt outside Frank and Gerard’s house and they rushed frantically towards it, having to wait while Frank fished around for the key in his pocket. He managed to find it before fumbling around trying to get it in the lock unsuccessfully and he dropped it at least three times before Amy snatched the key out of his grasp,
“Let me do it!”
Frank opened his mouth to argue but quickly stopped himself, knowing that girls could easily match Gerard’s temper if they wanted to. Amy jammed the key into he locked and turned it before pushing the door open and rushing in, Tom and Frank following quickly behind. The three of them were about ready to dive in and stop the fight, so it wasn’t surprising that they were shocked to see Gerard and Bill on the sofa in fits of laughter.
“Uh, I don’t think they’re quite killing each other yet.” Said Frank stupidly, only to receive funny looks from Tom and Amy for stating the obvious.
Bill and Gerard had managed to control their laughter enough to speak. They’d both heard what Frank had said but hadn’t been able to get any words out,
“Well, we talked.” Smiled Gerard, still fighting to keep his laughter in,
“Yah and though things aren’t completely how they were, we’re friends again. Neither of us wanted to see the group split up.” Replied Bill, giving his friend a warm smile as he said it,
“What do you mean, not completely how they were?” Asked Tom. As much as Gerard had hurt him and his twin, all he wanted to do was put all of this behind them and carry on how things were,
“Well,” Replied Gerard, “It’s gonna take a while for me to gain trust again and I completely understand that. I shouldn’t have done what I did and anyway, I’m just glad I’ve still got you guys.”
Tom and Amy went over to hug their friend before sitting down, followed by Frank who sat in Gerard’s lap and looked around at them all,
“So, what are we gonna do now?”
“MOVIE” laughed the rest of them. Frank smiled and got up to put a movie in the DVD player, smiling to himself. It really was good to have all of his friends back.
A few days later the whole group were squashed into their lounge. Normally they’d have fitted in quite nicely but today they also had to accommodate Bob’s drum set, Frank and Ray's guitars and Mikey's bass. All the parts had been written for the song and now they were ready to show the rest of the group. Gerard looked around. Every single member of the group was there and it was nice to have all his friends around, just like it used to be. But it was making him nervous. The only people who’d heard him sing this song were the four guys he was performing it with. He glanced behind him to check the guys were ready to start and then took a deep breath as he heard the guitars kick in. He knew it wasn’t going to sound perfect but at least it was something towards what he wanted to do. He started to sing his lyrics nervously, but growing more confident as the song progressed until he was singing his heart out, putting everything he had into getting it right. Once they’d finished the song, the whole group were amazed by what they’d seen and heard. Gerard could barely hear himself think over the excited talking of his friends and he smiled happily. For the first time in months, he felt the way he used to feel, back when he and Frank were first together. The chatter of the group dyed down enough for Gerard to talk to the other four guys,
“So, this is it then. We need to start thinking about rehearsing and writing more stuff so we can do shows and then saving up for studio time.” Said Gerard, hardly daring to believe that this was actually happening,
“You need to get a job Gee.” Mumbled Frank looking at his fiancée
“What about you?”
“What? I have to look after Jaidon. I’m not leaving him with your mother after what happened at the hospital!”
“Hey!” Said Mikey in a mock-offended tone,
“Sorry but she was pretty crazy.”
Gerard looked up at his brother,
“You said Barnes and Noble were looking for people right?”
Mikey nodded. He’d already applied for a job there and recently been told he was successful in getting the job,
“I’ll have a word Gee; see if I can get you in there too.”
Gerard smiled gratefully at his brother. It was gonna be a lot of hard work but it certainly looked like the whole band idea really could pay off.
