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Awake and Unafraid

Life of Tristan Iero starting in 2001...how My Chemical Romance was formed and how it changed her life forever. The ups and downs from age 15 to now....
  1. Chapter 1 They’ll Paint the Lockers with Your Brains
    Life of Tristan Iero starting in 2001. Senior year of high school and only 15...best friends with Gerard who is 23....makes for some drama and something unexpected happens
  2. Chapter 2 Cause it Feels Like Yesterday
    Tristan has an eventful weekend with Pencey Prep
  3. Chapter 3 I'm Not O ***ing Kay
    Tristan's last week of High School HELL. A new start in store indeed
  4. Chapter 4 We Could Take to the Highway
    Tristan's 2001 summer with Pencey Prep
  5. Chapter 5 I'm Trying to Tell You Just How Much You Mean to Me
    September 2001....WARNING this is just a story...yes I used the WTC in my story...it is just a story I've had in my head for a long time. I apologize and I do not mean in harm toward those close to 911
  6. Chapter 6 This Ain’t a Party, Get Off the Dance Floor
    Will Tristan live?
  7. Chapter 7 But Does Anyone Notice, But Does Anyone Care
    Darkness has enveloped Tristan's life. Will it all come crashing down for good? Tristan's sixteenth birthday and Frank's birthday on Halloween! Will Gerard and Tristan finally tell each other how they really feel?
  8. Chapter 8 I'd End My Days With You in a Hail of Bullets
    Emotions get the best of Tristan and Gerard after a tragic mistake. What will Gerard do?
  9. Chapter 9 Don't Let Them See Your Back
    The Attic Demos and the first My Chemical Romance show ever. After the show gets a bit violent and bloody. Will Gerard and Tristan ever be...together or are they always gonna fight their feelings?
  10. Chapter 10 I’ll Never Let Them Hurt You, I Promise
    Making I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love is a painful experience for not just Gerard, but Tristan too. Gerard is having issues with his head no one can tell him what is wrong. Tristan needs her friend.
  11. Chapter 11 There’s No Room in This Hell
    Nightmares, arguments, and realizations are plaguing Tristan. Touring continues and the release of Bullets is coming soon. What is going on with Tristan and Gerard? Will they ever get what they want? Or not? Concerns and maybe a lie or two are in sto
  12. Chapter 12 It Isn’t That Much Fun Staring Down a Loaded Gun
    Spring 2002, Blaine meets Nate. Tristan and Gerard spend Gerard's birthday together. Things escalate at at club in New Jersey. Things change yet again with Tristan and Gerard's relationship. Do you think they should be together?
  13. Chapter 13 My Hands Stained Red from the Times I Have Killed You
    Tristan is alone in this world or at least she thinks she is but something unexpected happens when her life is threatened. She is staring down a loaded gun with gerard flashing before her eyes and her whole world changes in the blink of an eye. She c
  14. Chapter 14 Just Me and You, We’re here alone
    Gerard and Donna talk. Tristan and her father talk. A new man walks into Tristan's life. PRIDE is born. Jealousy and issues come to light. What's next for Tristan and the band in the future? Jealousy is peeks it's ugly head out isn't it crazy?!
  15. Chapter 15 To Show You Just What I’ve Been Thinking
    PRIDE is in full swing. Jealous peeks it's ugly head out again and forces Gerard to make a ***ing move (FINALLY). This could be the start of something beautiful.
  16. Chapter 16 Running Away and Hiding With You
    Tristan and Frank go head to head on stage. Matt is sneaky. Frank gets a new tattoo. Gerard and Tristan get close in the back of the van, stranded on the side of the road. Tristan gets braver
  17. Chapter 17 A Kiss Goodbye, Your Twisted Shell
    The van is stuck on the side of the road. First are revealed and Tristan has another nightmare and doesn't want to talk about it. Gerard doesn't know what to do about their relationship. He and Tristan are never alone and that is a problem. Gerard le
  18. Chapter 18 From the Van to the Floor
    Tristan has a doctor's appointment. Gerard and Frank have a run in with the law. Gerard and Tristan share a passionate moment.
  19. Chapter 19 Can You Stake Me Before the Sun Goes Down?
    Vampires Will Never Hurt You video shoot and a party ensures everyone finds out.
  20. Chapter 20 And Should I Be Shocked Now, By The Last Thing You Said?
    Frank is furious. Tristan doesn't know when to stop drinking. Mikey is thrown off guard by Tristan and Gerard the morning after the party and Tristan is hungover. Tristan makes a new friend
  21. Chapter 21 For All the Ghosts That are Never Gonna Get Me
    The hangover is terrible for Tristan. Mikey and Gerard have a talk. Tristan and Frank go head to head at the Way house while everyone is there, including Tristan's new friend, Taylor
  22. Chapter 22 A Thousand Bodies Piled Up
    Mystery box is revealed and who sent it. Tristan comes face to face with someone she shouldn't. Gerard is lost to what is going on with Tristan and the mystery box from hell.
  23. Chapter 23 Until the End of Every-
    Showdown in the backroom of the club. Tristan does the only thing she can think of and saves someone she loathes more than anyone in the entire world
  24. Chapter 24 From Backstage to the Doctor
    Tristan is confronted about her lies. Gerard and Tristan get closer. Tristan thinks she's going insane with yet another nightmare. What is Gerard up to?
  25. Chapter 25 You Can Fight This All You Want, but Tonight Belongs To Me
    Bullets drop show and broken strings. Ray is left. We meet Brian Schechter. What is going to happen next in their lives?
  26. Chapter 26 Hello Angel, Tell Me, Where Are You?
    The anniversary to September 11, 2001. The world is ugly. The group heads to see Ground Zero with Tristan.
  27. Chapter 27 And I Watch You in Your Sleep
    Gerard and Tristan: The morning after. How are things gonna be now? Party time at Matt's house. Taylor and Tristan get a bit drunk, and Frank does NOT approve. Tristan is left to make a rash decision
  28. Chapter 28 From the Times I have Killed You
    Tristan is still stuck in a bad mindset and is on the roof of Matt's house. Gerard can't find Tristan.
  29. Chapter 29 And If I Had the Guts to Put This to Your Head
    Tristan is having nightmares. Gerard tries writing. Tristan goes to her spot. A storm is brewing in the New Jersey sky.
  30. Chapter 30 This Time, I Mean It
    As the storm rages on in New Jersey, Gerard is stuck wondering where Tristan is and Tristan is unable to come home. Gerard decides he can't just sit around waiting to hear from her