Gerard made sure to wear one of the best skirts he owned. He wanted to impress Frank. He knew it really wouldn't take much but it didn't matter to him. The black mini skirt hugged his ass in the perfect way. He also had a white t-shirt tucked into it and a light blue denim jacket.

"Why are you dressed up so nice?" Mikey asked, looking up from his book.

"I am seeing Frank today," he said. "We are gonna hang out with some of his friends. What do you think? Do I look okay?"

"Yeah, sure," Mikey said, going back to focus on the novel he was in the middle of.

Gerard put on some eyeliner before going downstairs. He had permission to borrow his dad's car, taking it to the skate park where they said they would meet up. Everyone was there already, smoking joints in the corner. Frank immediately froze when he saw Gerard, his face turning a bit red.

"Hey, what'd I miss?" Gerard asked.

"Let me introduce you to everyone," Jamia said. "This is Gerard. Gerard, this is Pete, Ryan, Josh, Debby, and you already know Brendon."

"Hey," Gerard said with a small wave.

"That is the cutest skirt," Debby said.

"Thank you, bought it online," Gerard said.

"Really? Online shopping makes me so nervous," Jamia said. "I mean, you never know what you're gonna get. Which reminds me, we need to plan that shopping trip together."

"Yeah, definitely," he said. "How's it going, Frank?"

"Going good," Frank said.

His eyes were a bit bloodshot and Gerard guessed that he had been smoking for a little while now, probably why he seemed more relaxed. He sat on the ground against the chain-link fence, dressed in a hoodie and black jeans. Gerard took the empty spot beside him, resting his head on Frank's shoulder.

"I missed you," Gerard said. "I couldn't wait to come and see you again."

Frank blushed but calmly said, "I couldn't wait to see you too."

Jamia smiled, patting his shoulder.

"There we go, we just need to get you high to talk to cute boys," she said.

"Oh my god, Frank is the worst at talking to cute people," Ryan said. "And now that he's questioning his sexuality it makes it even harder, even more people to get nervous around."

"Oh shut up," Frank said. "No more talking about me and attractive people. I am an off-topic limit. A-an off-limit topic."

Jamia chuckled, pinching Frank's cheek.

"Oh my god, how many times have I told you not to do that?" Frank asked, batting her hand away.

"Chill out, Frank, it's not that big of a deal," she said.

"Yeah but I've told you before--"

"Will you two stop arguing?" Pete interrupted. "That is so annoying, just stop doing it already."

Frank sighed, holding his hand out for the joint.

"Want some?" He offered, holding it out to Gerard.

Gerard shook his head, instead wrapping an arm around Frank's shoulders. Frank stiffened for a second before relaxing.

"So, how are all of you guys?" Gerard asked.

"We're good," Brendon said. "It's nice to see you again, man. Let me introduce you to my boyfriend, Ryan. I love showing him off as my boyfriend."

Ryan blushed, kissing brendon's cheek.

"You're the best, baby," he said. "So sweet to me."

"I can't help it because of how cute you are," Brendon said.

"Awe, so cute," Gerard said. "Aren't they just adorable, Frankie? Maybe one day we can be that cute together."

"You two would be so cute together, I would ship you," Jamia said. "Frankie, stop getting so nervous around him all the time. You two would be the absolute cutest."

"I don't get nervous," Frank denied. "I'm fine, I'm totally fine. Gerard is good. Good. Um, he's good. Great, actually. You're just...just fine, Gerard."

"I think you're amazing, Frank," Gerard said. "And you really make it worth moving here."

Frank blushed, taking a hit from the joint.

"So, how many of you are skaters here?" I asked. "I don't wanna be left in the dust when all of you are boarding around or something."

"Well, me and Frank, you already know that," Jamia said. "And everyone skates here besides Ryan."

"Got fragile bones," Ryan said. "Broken my leg, both my wrists and my left arm twice in two different spots. It's definitely better for me to just stay away from boarding altogether."

"That's probably a good idea," Gerard said with a small chuckle. "I guess it'll be good that I'll have someone to hang out with while everyone else is off doing tricks."

"I'm not skating anymore either, not since I found out about my little bundle of joy," Debby said, resting a hand on her stomach.

The notion surprised Gerard as he eyed the stomach with the tiny little bump that he hadn't noticed before.

"We met most of each other here," Josh said. "One day I saw this beautiful girl doing a caballerial kickflip and I just about fell in love right on the spot."

He kissed Debby's cheek, making her smile.

"Are you all dating each other?" Gerard joked.

"Well, there's Debby and Josh, Brendon and Ryan," Jamia said. "And, no, nevermind. Are you still dating that one girl, Pete?"

"Nope, I am currently single and happy," Pete stated. "I prefer being single and free to do whatever and whoever I want."

"I think relationships are great," Gerard said, squeezing Frank's shoulders.

"Are you in a relationship, Gerard?" Jamia asked. "Probably not because you keep flirting with Frank. Hopefully not. What about you, though? Best relationship? Worst relationship? Most recent relationship?"

"Oh, I don't know," Gerard mumbled. "I have never really been a big relationship person. Not that I don't want to be in a relationship but I just never really have. I've had mostly hook ups and friends with benefits types of relationships."

"Ooh, a scandal, how many people have you been with?" Jamia asked.

"Oh, um, I don't know, I don't really wanna get into it," Gerard said.

He didn't think talking about the dozens of people he's slept with would really put him on the good side with Frank. But he was different now, he wanted to change. Moving would be the opportunity to put his reputation completely behind him.

"This is a safe space, Gerard," Jamia insisted.

"Ignore her, she's just, like, a little gremlin when it comes to gossip," Frank said.

"Don't refer to me as a gremlin, those things are ugly and creepy," Jamia said.

"Fits the bill," Frank teased, earning a smack on the shoulder from him.

"You're so mean to me," Jamia said. "Oh my god, stop referring to me as ugly little creatures. We've talked about this, that is so mean. Stop being so mean to me. I'm serious, you're gonna regret it one day. One day when you're shrivelled and old and dying all alone."

"I'm not gonna die alone because I'm gonna have your little gremlin kids here with me," Frank said.

"Why would my kids be with you?" Jamia asked. "Would it be our kids or something?"

"No but I'd be the cool uncle to them so that means they would want to be there with me on my deathbed," Frank said. "I'll be the cool uncle that takes them to amusement parks and gives them candy when you're not looking."

Jamia rolled her eyes but didn't say anything more.

"Whatever, it doesn't matter," she said. "Because I won't have ugly gremlin kids, I'll have the cutest kids in the world. Cuter than the Gerber baby."

"Ooh, that's gonna be a tough level to beat," Debby said. "The Gerber baby is adorable."

"But our baby is going to be the cutest, far cuter than the Gerber baby," Josh said.

Debby smiled, kissing his cheek.

"So, how far along are you?" Gerard asked.

"I am four months," Debby said. "We are having a little boy."

"Oh, that's so cute," Gerard said.

He's never actually met someone with a teen pregnancy but they seemed excited so Gerard decided that he would act supportive towards them, even though he thought it was a little weird that the two of them weren't scared or worried or upset.

"We're naming him Ryan," Josh said. "Because we're gonna get married after high school and  she's gonna take my name and Ryan would be her maiden name."

"Oh, that's sweet," Gerard said. "If I had a kid I would want to give them a really unique, cool name. Gerard is not a cool name. What would you name your child, Frank?"

"Probably name a daughter after my grandma," Frank said. "And a boy...i don't know. We have a tradition in my family to name all the boys Frank. I'm Frank III. I definitely do not want to name my son Frank, especially not after my father."

Gerard wanted to ask more about his dad when someone walked up to the group of kids.

"Hey, I'm looking for Gerard," he said.

Gerard looked up, frowning in confusion. What could some stranger want with him?

"I'm Gerard," he said.

"I heard you could hook me up with...you know, a BJ or something," the boy said. "I've got twenty bucks."

He looked about a year younger than Gerard, wearing baggy pants and a thrasher shirt.

"Yeah, sorry, kid, you've got the wrong guy," Gerard denied. "Not me."

The kid apologized before walking away back to his own group.

"Whoa, what was that all about?" Jamia asked. "Why does he think that you're a prostitute or something?"

"I don't know, that was really weird," Gerard said. "Probably just because I'm the new guy and they're spreading weird rumors about that because nobody really knows me that well here."

"Everyone knows you," Pete said. "Everyone is talking about you. They are naming you the most beautiful person in the entire school."

"Oh, wow, that is impressive," Jamia said. "You've only been here for a week."

"I don't know, it's okay I guess," Gerard said with a small shrug.

"It's so cool, I really don't understand how you have so much confidence, it just radiates off of you," Debby said, resting a hand on her stomach. "I hope that I can give that much confidence to little Ryan when he gets big, how do I do that?"

"I don't know, my parents were just both really encouraging of me and who I was," Gerard said. "They really didn't mind what I did, just always supported me. Even when they learned that I liked to play dress up more than I liked to play with toy monster trucks."

"I would support my child no matter what," Josh said. "I am going to with little Ryan."

"You handle the school hallways like a damn runway," Pete said. "It's really impressive, Gerard. I can see why Frank likes you."

Frank scowled, throwing a pebble at Pete. That only made Gerard chuckle and kiss Frank's cheek, making him blush deep.

"How could I not like someone who's so amazing?" Frank asked.

"Man, that pot must be really working for you, you're barely even nervous at all," Gerard said. "I would say that you should stay high all the time but, honestly, I really like sober you, too. You're really cute when you're all nervous and sweet."

"No, I'm not," Frank denied. "I get all flustered and weird."

"I think it's adorable," Gerard said. "You're really adorable."

"You are just the sweetest to him," Jamia said. "Frank, you should bag him before he gets away."

"Oh shush," Frank said, pushing her lightly. "You know, you romanticize things way too much."

"She may romanticize but anyone here can tell how cute you two would be together," Brendon said. "Really, you two should go for winter kings at the winter dance."

"Winter dance?" Gerard asked.

"Oh, yeah, it's kind of like homecoming except not as big," Frank said. "I don't really know why we have it, it's from some old tradition back when the school was first started."

"So you've got homecoming, winter dance, and prom?" Gerard asked and they nodded. "Yeah, that is pretty weird. Show me some tricks, skater boy?"

Frank chuckled, grabbing his board and running off to the ramps while Gerard watched happily.