• Ugh, stupid humans... I was getting picked on again....

    "Hey Darth Vader, get over here!" Chandler exclaimed, making his way towards me with his jock buddies. 'Darth Vader' was my nickname to the jocks, because when you're Gerard Way, you get picked on everyday. Chandler pushed his way past all the kids, and I stood with my back to him at my locker. "Hey Darth, I'm talking to you!" Chandler screamed, pulling me away from my locker and knocking the drawings I had drawn out of my hands. He slammed me against the lockers and punched me in the face, making my nose bleed. "How's it goin' Darth? What about Veggie Man?" Chandler spit on my face. 'Veggie Man' was the nickname used for my best friend, Frank Iero. The principle came and yelled at us to 'break it up'. He punched me a last time and left me with a bleeding nose.

    "Thanks, moron..." I muttered, wiping the blood from my nose. Frank came bouncing up to me, and asked if I was okay. "Yeah, fine Frankie. Thanks." I smiled, my best friend always cheered me up. The bell rang for our next class and Frank and I groaned in unison.

    "Bye Gee, I love you." Frank told me. See, Frank and I say 'I love you' to each other so often that it just comes out naturally.

    "Bye Frankie... See you after school." I smiled, and made my way slowly to my art class.

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    I stood outside my car, leaned against it and smoking. I blew out smoke as Frank came trotting to me, his black hair literally stuck to his forehead. He smiled and his eyes read: 'Gee! I missed ya!' I smiled back and held out my pack of Marlboro Reds and a lighter. He took a smoke and lit it, puffing on it slowly.

    "Thanks. I needed one." He said, blowing out some smoke. I said 'No prob.' and saw this goth girl getting picked on by Chandler and his pack. She looked really mad and she screamed as he smacked her butt.

    "Aw crap..." I muttered and I handed my ciggarette to Frank and ran towards the girl. "Chandler leave her alone!" I screamed at him in the most menacing voice I could use without growling in the process. He laughed and smacked the girl again. "CHANDLER LEAVE THE GIRL ALONE!" I screamed at him, a little growls coming out. Chendler pushed the girl towards me and got out a knife. He stepped towards us and held the knife out at arms length.

    "Make me, bat boy!" he yelled at me, and grabbed the girls arm. he held the knife to her wrist and cut it, while the girl screamed and tried getting away from him. He cut along her arm, and he grabbed the other arm and cut that too. The blood was bright red against her pale skin, and I tried desperately not to breathe. I suspected Frank was looking in my direction, wondering if I would snap or not. The blood smelt really good, but I tried my hardest not to suck it, because I knew it would blow my cover and possibly even get me killed.

    "No!" I screamed, and rammed Chandler in the side, making him fall to the ground and the knife to fly away from his hand. The girl ran to Frank and hid behind him. Chandler ran away from me and I walked back to Frank and took back my smoke.

    "Hey, thanks for helping me... I'm Raven, by the way." The girl, Raven, told me as I took a puff.

    "No problem, Raven. I'm Gerard. This is Frank." I told her, pointing to Frank as he blew out more smoke. The ciggarette was almost done for him so I took out another cigg and took the other one out and popped the new one in his mouth. he nodded his head and smiled. Raven looked at me strangely.

    "You smoke?" she asked me, and I nodded my head in response as I blew out smoke. Frank looked at me with sparkling eyes, and I looked at him confused.

    "What?" I asked him, and he took his smoke and smiled.

    "Nothing... You just look really hot today." He answered in a really big smile. Raven looked at him oddly and I smiled back at Frank.

    "Thanks Frankie... You do too." I said sarcastically, and smiled a really bad smile at him. He laughed in his girlish laugh and walked away and went to his car. "Bye Frankie..." I muttered.

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    END OF CHAPTER ONE