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Earnest part II

~Kaitlyn's POV~

Earnest, who informed me to call him Ernie, took me to Starbucks later that afternoon.

"Okay, so where did you come from?" He asked.
"Texas, then North Carolina, you?"
"Jersey."
"Cool."
"I just wanted to say that-" He started.

"Two Mocha Frappachinos" The register lady announced. I blushed and got our order.

'I'm Not Okay' Came on the radio.

"Hell, I love this song!" He mused.
"Yeah me too."

"Well if you wanted honesty that's all you had to say.

I felt tears in my eyes as the song continued.

I never want to let you down or have you know It's better off this way

Ernie started singing.

"Forget about the dirty looks the photographs your boyfriend took."

I joined in.

"Remember when you broke your foot from jumping off the second floor."

I'm Not Okay

"I'm not okay!!" I sung.

"Well I'm not okay! I'm not oh-fucking-kay!"

When the song finished. He looked at me.

"Let's head back. I want you to see my dorm.."
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~Gerard's POV.~

I tried her cell again. No answer. Damn, where could she be?! I blocked out the images in my head. She couldn't be... No... She wasn't I was just being paranoid.

"Gerard!" Ray burst in panting through the door.
"Ray! I am so fucking pissed at you!"
"Gee, I know! I saw her-"
"Her what?!" I ask terrified.
"No, her with!"
"With who?"
"Another person."
"What?!?!"
"They were in Starbucks."
"What the-"
"Singing 'I'm Not Okay."
"Boy or girl?"
"Boy."
"No."

I gasped. It couldn't be.

"How long ago?!" I shook Ray by the shoulders. We were in Amarillo, about a three hour drive to Norman.
"About Three hours!"
"Dammit Ray!"
"Gerard, don't get worked up! I'm sure they're just friends."

I started hyperventilating. If my speculations were correct-

"Gee, they were just friends, okay."
"But-"
"Just go in your bunk and chill, okay, I'll call her. She'd be alot more easy to talk to me than to you about it."

He had a point.

"Yeah."

I went to my bunk.

And got out a knife.