June

Pete's POV

"Why do you have a bowl of sweetcorn, tuna and whipped cream in your fridge?" I ask Brendon. He sits swinging his legs from the top of the island and shrugs. "It's Sarah's. She gets cravings." I stop looking through his fridge and move to the cupboards. "There's nothing to eat!" I whine. "That's 'cause Sarah's eaten it all, I'll go shopping later. Does Patrick not feed you? Anyway stop scavenging through my shit and lets talk."

"About what? Aren't we waiting for Dallon, Mikey and his new 'friends'? Who even are they?" I hop up next to Brendon and swing my legs too. "You're not swinging in time!" I stop and watch his legs before restarting, trying my hardest to keep in time. "Yes we are. Mikey's bringing two people, and they're a really cute couple. You'll love them!" I roll my eyes. "Great! More gays. Because that's really what we need."

Brendon hits me and glares. "Shut up! They're both so sweet and pure! We need them anyway, half of our people are dead! We need fresh blood. They'll never replace Gerard or Frank but we could use a couple more people." As if it was planned, the front door opens and four people enter. "Y'all look like Charlie's angels." I laugh. Mikey pokes his tongue out at me while Dallon does a forwards roll and stands with his hands together, two fingers on each hand sticking up. "Mature." I say. Dallon turns and points his finger guns at me. "Pow."

"Oh no! Before I die I shall shoot you with my own gun!" I gasp, clutching my chest before shooting him the finger. Dallon claps a hand over his heart and falls to the floor, wriggling and writhing. A blue haired boy and a brunette peek out from behind Mikey. "Pete, Brendon. This is Awsten," he gestures to the blue boy, "and Geoff, his boyfriend." He points to the brunette. "Hi," blue says, "our friend Otto was meant to be here but he's a sick motherfucker and cancelled. He didn't even drink last night! I mean he never does, Geoff's the only one that does, but I think he's just lazy." The brunette smiles and hits his boyfriend softly.

"So pure." I mutter to Brendon. He pokes me and hops down to go sit on Dallon. "Hi Mikey." He waves but doesn't look up from his phone screen. OK then. Nice to know. Dallon wriggles underneath Brendon and struggles to breath while the new couple in the corner stand awkwardly.

I walk over to them and point at Mikey. "You know Mikey?" Awsten nods and Geoff bites his lip. "He's cute but don't let his looks decieve you. He's a natural killer and handy with a knife and," I rake my eyes over his body, "other things..." Mikey looks at me. "You would know wouldn't you?"

"Not anymore." He turns away and look down. "Yeah, I guess." His tone makes me want to throw my arms around him and kiss him until he feel better but I can't, this needs to seem real. "Mikey-"

"Don't Pete. Please I...I can't."

"You know I don't want this. I love you, I alwa-"

"No you don't! You don't fucking care and you never did, don't worry the feeling's mutual," His words are daggers to my heart, "you made that pretty fucking clear last time. You have Patrick now and I want nothing to do with you." Venom drips from his words as he spits at me. I can feel it dissolve my skin, burrowing into my chest and into my bloodstream making me weak and shaky. "Mikey. I love you so much and I never wanted any of this to happen please ju-" His hand makes contact with my face and the sound echoes around the kitchen. "Leave me alone Pete. You're fucking pathetic! Don't say you love me when you have your stupid boy-toy. I don't have time for cheaters."

I clutch my burning cheek and glare at him. "Fuck you. Don't call him a boy-toy! He's a better lay than you ever were!" That's a lie, he's shit but I won't let him have the satisfaction of knowing that. "Petey, you forget that I can read you like a book. I know when you're lying." I grab a knife from the block beside Brendon's microwave and place the tip against Mikey's throat, right to his jugular. "You're playing with fire Way, you know what happens when you get burned."

"OK that's enough you've had your fun," Brendon interrupts before Mikey can retort. "There will be no blood spilled in my kitchen, no one is killing anyone. Mainly because Sarah will kill me but also because I'm not in the mood to deal with your dead ass and because I need you guys. We're taking down Ross and soon." I lower the knife and spit in Mikey's face.

"So, who are we up against?" Awsten asks from the corner. "Ross has recruited some new guys. We have Tyler, Dun and Gaskarth who we already know but now he has Toro, Trohman and Barakat." Brendon passes round his phone with a picture of them all from Ryan's Instagram. "Wait a minute, I know him. That's Joe!" I point out the froman. "Joe?" Brendon questions.

"He's Patrick's old neighbour." Out the corner of my eye I see Mikey clench his fists but I ignore him. I don't have time for his petty jealousy. "Old?"

"Yeah, Patrick moved in with me. Problem?"

"Yeah I have a problem with that, now we have no way of contacting him you prick! We've lost our connection." Mikey shouts. "Hey! Patrick's still friends with him and as much as I hate it and hate him, if it gets us close to Ross then Patrick can gush over him as much as he wants. At least I'm closer than you are. You can take you closed fist and shove it up m-"

"Children!" Brendon interrupts my rant and brings me back to Earth. "Pete get Patrick to get with Joe so you can meet him. Find out what you can, keep your childish bickering for later at recess, right now we're busy so eyes front and pay attention." Brendon's scary but he knows how to get people to listen. He'll be a great dad.

"What if Joe realises it's a trap?" Geoff pipes up. I almost forgot he was here. "If he does then we're fucked and Ryan will find out." Brendon considers it and nods. "True. But Pete is the only choice we have. He knows Patrick the best and he'll be able to convince him. I'm not happy about any of it. Mainly that fact that the only choice I could think of means my two closest friends hate each other.

"Look you guys don't have to break up, just don't have a public relationship OK? Do whatever you want just don't kill each other." I look at Mikey with guilt. "I'm sorry Mikes."

"Me too." He hugs me and kisses the top of my head. "I'm still not happy but you're right, once this is over we can have a normal life. Hopefully." I look up at him and nod. "Aww." Awsten coos. "Why can't we be like that?" He asks Geoff.

"We are like that, just not all the time." Geoff sounds almost tired and like a broken record player. "I love you Geoff."

"Love you too."

"I love you Dallon."

"Fuck off Brendon."

Yes Awsten has blue hair in this fight me