Everybody's Got a Story

*Randall's P.O.V.*

I walked into school. It was the last week for seniors and everything was kind of hectic.
We were to graduate on Friday, today being Tuesday.
I walked into my second period class and smiled to Chaz as he sat down in front of me. Gerard came in right before the bell and quickly walked to his seat, keeping his head down.
I looked at him and he laid his head in his arms.
"You okay?" I whispered.
"Uh. Yeah." He lifted his head slightly to speak, but didn't look at me. "I'm good. Fine."
I knew he was lying. "Whatever it is you can tell me." I spoke honestly. I still cared a lot about him.
Probably more than I should, knowing he's moved on.
He picked his head up all the way, but still looked forward.
"I'm fucking horrible actually." His voice was so quiet that it was hard to hear him. He sounded like he was on the verge of tears.
He looked at me and my jaw dropped just slightly.
His face was completely covered in bruises.
He had two black eyes, one so badly bruised that it was almost shut, his nose had a deep scratch on it, and his lip was busted.
"You know that 'Tell me if Jim does-" He cut me off.
"It wasn't Jim."
"Who didn't then?"
His lip quivered and he looked away.
I could tell he didn't want to talk about this anymore.
I laid my head on the desk so he could see my face.
"You wanna come over to my house today?"
"Please." His voice sounded strained.
"I'll get you after school. And this time. I'll actually show."
He gave me a sad smile.
"Okay."

*Gerard's P.O.V.*

(After school)

"Hey." I heard a voice behind me and I jumped. "Sorry." he said quickly. "I didn't mean to scare you."
"No. It's okay. I'm just-"
"No need to explain. You ready to go?"
"Yeah." I turned and we walked towards his car.
He walked over and opened my door for me.
"Sorry." He looked away and I could see he was blushing. "Force of habit."
"It's fine. Thank you." I got in and pulled the door shut as he walked to the other side.

(At Randall's house)

We walked into his house and he dropped his bag by the door.
"Mom! We're home." Randall yelled.
"We?" She sounded confused.
"Uh. Yeah. Gerard came over." He smiled to me.
We walked in the living room and his mother smiled to us and then looked upset when she saw me.
"Oh, Gerard, honey. What happened?"
"I'm fine." I quickly said and smiled to her.
I don't like seeing her upset.
She stood up and enveloped me in a hug. I tried to hide my pain when she squeezed my bruised side, but I failed and she pulled back.
"I'm sorry."
"No no. It's okay. It was a good pain." I smiled sheepishly. "I like your hugs."
She smiled back. "I like your hugs too."
She sat back down and Randall looked at me.
"Wanna go to my room?" He asked.
"Sure." I said quietly.
We walked down the hall and into his room. He sat down on his bed.
"You wanna watch a movie?"
"Sure. What do you have?"
He pointed in the direction of his movie collection.
I turned to looked at it and looked for a movie.
I handed him The Amazing Spider-Man. "I mean. You don't have Iron man. So."
He smiled and took the movie. "That's cause I gave you my copy."
"Oh yeah." I laughed and spoke seriously. "It's a great movie. I watch it all the time."
He continued to smile as he put the DVD in the player.
He laid down on the bed and patted the spot beside him.
I sat down and he looked up at me.
"So." He said. "You gonna tell me what happened to your face?"

*Randall's P.O.V.*

I looked at him waiting for an answer.
"Can we just watch the movie?" He stared at the screen.
"Can you just tell me what happened?" I pleaded.
He looked at me and his eyes looked so sad and broken.
"Jamie."
"What?"
"It was Jamie." Tears started coming out of his eyes. "I- I never thought." He stopped talking and just cried. I sat up and pulled him in my arms.
I just let him cry.
Jamie looked harmless. Like he couldn't hurt anything.
Gerard sobbed and continuously wiped his eyes.
His phone started ringing and he quickly sat up.
He looked at who was calling and I leaned over to look too.
Jamie was calling and there was a picture of him.
"Hey." I said to distract Gerard so I could grab his phone.
He looked at me and I quickly grabbed it.
'Hello?'
'Uh who is this? Can you put Gerard on?'
'Gerard doesn't want to speak to you.'
'Put him on. I know this is you, Randall.'
'He really doesn't want to talk to you.'
Jamie sighed and sounded angry on the other end of the line.
'Fuck you, Randall.' He said and hung up.
Gerard looked really upset. "I'm sorry. I should've never agreed to come over."
"Don't say that." I was slightly offended. "We're gonna watch this movie and have a good time and forget about that jerk off."
He just smiled and laid down.
I laid down too and pushed 'play' on the movie.
He scooted closer to me and laid his head on my shoulder, but kept his hands near himself.
I smiled and felt a little more comfortable after that.