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Cari's POV

Rain, shit it smelled good. I walked down my street without my hood on, my red hair soaking wet, trying to break in my new converse as quick as possible. Today was perfect, well, it is only 3:30 pm but so far it is perfect. Now all I need is....

"aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrgh!!!!!!" someone grabbed my waist from behind and put me on the wet ground. I tried to escape but someone was holding my legs while someone else tickled my brains out.

"Gee, Frankie, lemmego!!!" I choked out between laughter. My shirt and pants were soaked from the mud and wet grass (that's the only bad thing about rain); I could just see the marks. Awesome.

"Do you surrender?" asked a familiar voice, the one that makes the butterflies in my stomach want to sing.

"Yes Gerard, I surrender, now please get off of me!!!" I begged. I was finally released, but I'll admit, I wasn't so happy about that.

"How was work my sweet little sugarplum?" asked Frankie as he helped me off the ground.

"If I hadn't known you all my life Frank I would swear to god that you were gay." I laughed as we all walked towards Frank and Gee's house (they share cause they're in a band 2gether)

Frank's POV

God, if it was only that easy. If I was gay I would never have to worry about getting to close to her in case I lose control. I have known Cari my whole life, loved her my whole life, and wanted her my whole. Fucking. Life. Why can't she see that? I always catch her when she falls and then she just turns around and tells me she loves Gee? My best friend? How could I have fallen in love with a girl who is so blind? Can't she see I know her real name, her pet peeves, all the songs that make her cry, or dance, or just shine? I love her; I love her I love her why is that so fucking hard for me to say?

Gerard's POV

I really hate math, geometry especially. With all those fuckin shapes. And squares, squares are my least favorite. I am in one right now. I love Frankie, Frank loves Cari, Mikey loves Jess (Cari's best friend), and Cari...who knows, she is the queen of hiding her feelings.

"I see her, quick sneak up behind her and grab her." Whispered Frank excitedly.

" You are such a dork Frank, you realize that right?" I whispered back.

"Yeah that's why you love me" he smiled.

"Whatever, lets get her" I blushed (he doesn't know how I feel about him) and jumped out of the bush I was hiding in and grabbed Cari, I love to touch her, you can almost feel the super hero inside of her. She's amazing, I guess I don't deserve her, but I didn't choose who my best friend is. I have tried but I cant love her anymore than a sister. I've been her older brother for two years, watching her grow closer and closer to people, only to be ripped into shreds and fed to the lions. She's so brave it hurts when I see her smile, knowing that there are more reasons for her to be loading a shotgun than smiling. But she brightens the world anyways.

Cari's POV

Why can't Gee touch me like Frank can? I want his arm around my shoulders or his fingers wiping away my tears. Yeah I love gee, I just can't tell him. I've told frank, (he is practically my brother) but I'm just chickenshit and Gerard will probably be married by the time I have the guts to even say the word love in front of him. My mom and Frank's mom met at the hospital, they were both complaining about how the emergency room is too busy. They talked for hours, and Frank's mom then started to go into labor. My mom called Frank's dad and got him to come down. My mom was just there for a check up, so I was born exactly two months later, December 31st. We have always been in at least one class together all through school. Now we are out of school, and Gerard came into the picture. Gee and I have been friends since 8th grade, but I truly realized my feelings early this year. I hope Frank will talk to him about it, or get him on the right track, cause I'd trust Frank with my life, yes, even my love life.

"Again? Why don't you guys have security guards at your store? He could be a psycho rapist or whatever," Frank said.

"Yeah, but I mean its not like I can just say dude get out of this store you smell like shit," I said smiling.

"Well, I'll come to work with you on Monday and kick his ass if any of his rotten smells even try to come near your nose." Gerard said as he opened the door.

"Frankie, 12 more days till your bithday!!!!" Mikey screamed, jumping out from behind the door. He was dressed in a yellow tutu and a black and yellow shirt.

"nice outfit" I said, trying to keep a straight face.

"I'm helping mom with Alicia's costume, Ariel." Mikey said with a smirk looking at my red hair.

"oh no you diint" I said throwing Mikey one of my don't-mess-with-me-bitch looks.

"no I think I just so totally did" he yelled as he turned to run up the stairs.

I may not have an A in gym but I can outrun Mikey without losing my breath. I pushed him onto the sofa and sat on him. I grabbed my handy dandy sharpie out of my misfits bag and drew a lovely moustache on his upper lip and a matching sign that read LIL'SHIT on his forehead.

"shit I'm meeting up with Jess in an hour, I have to look good....oops." Cried Mikey suddenly turning pale.

"Oh, and why would Micheal James decide to shower to meet "just a friend"? " I asked playfully

"I well um no I y'see shit." Mikey studdered turning red.

"aw mikey that so cute go for it she totally likes you!" I squealed acting like it was the first time I'd heard Mikey was in love with Jess.

"Really!!" he said, his eyes widening at the thought.

"Hells yeah, now get out of my sight pipsqueak!" I laughed

"Who did you just call a pipsqueak cause I know you are the shortest in this room" said Frankie with a grin.

"Shut up you aren't so tall yourself," I said defending my height.

"Awww, are we still making fun of Cari and Frankie's low altitude?" Said a new voice.

"Jess!!!!!!" everyone cried. The noise and her arrival of course caused Mikey to fall down the stairs in his tutu, but this time he had an Anthrax shirt on, quite a combo.

"Hiya Jess, you're early," said Mikey, his cheeks bright red

"No I'm not, I guess time flies when you're in a tutu." Said Jess who was holding back a laugh.

"Am I the only one who smells something burning? I think we'd better check the kitchen." I said as I turned to walk away.

"Oh yeah don't want the house burning down" winked Gerard

"I don't smell anything" frank said. Good Lord that boy is dim.

"Bloody hell frank, the lovebirds needed some privacy!!!" Gerard and I yelled.

"Douche bags." Mumbled frank as he walked towards the kitchen.

FRANK'S POV

"This is uncomfortable Cari." I said. We were dog piled behind the couch so we could watch Mikey and Jess.

"Here, I'll lay."Cari started.

"Jesus girlfriend, you are the smallest one here. You deserve to be on top of the pile." Gerard cut in.

"Uugh" said Cari as we all switched positions. She wrapped her arms around my shoulders to keep from slipping. Thank you Jess and Mikey.

GERARD'S POV

Oh. My. God. News fa-lash. Frank is on top of me. Thank You Jess and Mikey.

"Guys you can come out from behind the sofa." Said Jess. Fuck that, Jess just ruined my heaven. Frank stood up with Cari still on his back. He gave her a piggyback ride to the other room where he sat on her.

"Fuck. Off. Heavy.Ass." Cari screamed to the best of her ability. He moved so she could escape and she sat on Jess's lap.

"So anything amazing to tell us?" Cari asked.

"Well..."Said jess with a smirk.

"Her band got on Taste of Chaos and she's leaving tomorrow!"Mikey squealed.

Jess punched Mikey in the arm.

"That's awesome!" Frank, Cari, and I yelled. But we all shot glances at Mikey, he'll be crushed that she is leaving.

" I have to go pack, I'll miss you guys so much!" Jess said tears almost escaping her eyes.

"I'm coming to help you, you can't get rid of me that fast!" Cari said.

We all said goodbye and they were off. Frank put on some movie that I'd seen millions of times so all I did was watch Frank. Then I kissed him. I don't know why, but I did. He didn't fight it he just gently pushed me off of him and just whispered," honey, no, I'm straight, and i'm sorry. This never happened, go to sleep. Somehow, I fell asleep and I almost forgot about what happened, but his lips stained my heart.

CARI'S POV

Jess has been gone for a month now. She would have known how to handle this. Frank's grandfather died. He was the coolest dude I have ever met. He gave me my first guitar. I'll miss him just as much as Frank will. So what did I do? I accompanied Frank to a bar where he decided to get drunk. And I got drinks bought for me by old men without teeth. I don't even drink! So here I am still at the bar surrounded by smoke, when I look at the clock

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"Shit its late, I hope I didn't miss the last bus!" I yelled

Frank looked at his watch. "We'll probably make it if we run." We sprinted down the street just in time to see my bus pull away from the stop. Frank tried to get the drivers attention by running alongside it, waving his hands, but the driver obviously thought he was a drunken lunatic and picked up speed.

"Frankie stop its no use!" I called out between giggles. He looked like such a dork. He leaned over, hands on his knees, trying to catch his breath back, as I walked over to him. I dug around in my bag until I found my wallet and started sorting through coins. " I've got $1.75 and a couple of old movie tickets," I announced." can you lend me a tenner for a cab home?" Frank straightened up and rummaged in his pockets. "I've got about three bucks, do you think that will be enough?" I pulled a face. "Probably not...I can walk its no big deal." "You can't walk on your own, " Frank protested. "Its dark and late, and you could be attacked by a homicidal rapist or y'know a crazed bunch of Little Mermaid fans." "You're so much more fun when you've had to much alcohol." I announced. Frank looked offended. "Hey, i'm always fun. I'm the very definition of fun." He insisted as we walked up the road. "Look up fun in the dictionary and there's a picture of me."

As we cut through the park Frank suddenly disappeared into the shadows, leaving me to wander along the path bleating " Frankie, that's not funny i'm scared." "ROAAAAAAAARRR!" I screamed at the top of my lungs as Frank leaped out of the bushes and landed on top of me. My knees buckled and I fell over with him following me down. "What did you do that for, you moron?" I yelled, struggling to get out from under his weight. " You nearly gave me a heart attack!"

"I was just showing you how fun I am," he said innocently, making no move to get up. "If I've got grass stains on my pants, I'm going to kill you," I warned him. "Do you know how hard it is to get cords clean? Especially...." I stopped my rant halfway through when I became very aware of Frank's body pressing on every inch of me, our legs entwined and his face buried in my neck. "Hey." He whispered when I finally shut up. He lifted his head so he could look at me properly. In the faint glow of the streetlights, his eyes seemed to gleam as he took in my sad attempts to not move a muscle. "Hey you," I managed to whisper back. "Can I kiss you?" he asked. Instead of answering him, I managed to get my hands free and twine them around Frank's neck so I could pull his mouth to mine. His arms wrapped around me and pulled me even closer as he gently tugged on my bottom lip with his teeth, before planting butterfly kisses on my mouth, never resting for too long, until I gave out a groan of frustration and he sank into my mouth. I don't know how long we lay there, all I was aware of were to curls of his hair between my fingers and the comforting weight of him on top of me and how his kisses felt better than anything in the world. "No, don't stop" I moaned, when he took his wonderful mouth away from mine. "Cari, its really late and we're lying on damp grass." Frank murmured. "I've got to get you home."

Now that he'd mentioned it, my back felt cold and clammy where it had been resting on the wet ground. Frank got to his feet and held out his hand to me. I let him pull me up and wondered how long it would take before we both started coming up with excuses or outright denials for what just happened. But, instead Frank kept holding my hand and his other arm wrapped around me as we started to walk.

GERARD'S POV

Mikey just came in and collapsed on my bed. Frank and Cari ran in after him. Ah, Frank. I've gotten over him thank gawd. I want Frank to be happy. He deserves it.

"What's wrong?" I said.

"I don't know, he wouldn't tell us." Said Cari obviously concerned.

"She's dead...van...black ice...crash...JESS!" Mikey screamed. He jumped on me and cried openly. Cari, who always knew the right thing to do, walked backwards out the door dragging Frank by his shirt. Mikey and I needed "brother time".

Mikey was thrashing around, throwing punches at everything he could. I was just trying to keep him steady when he kissed me. Full on. I felt shockwaves all the way up my spine. People always told me boys weren't supposed to kiss other boys, but brothers? It just felt to right.

FRANK'S POV

The second I closed the door to Gerard's bedroom Cari started sobbing. Jess was one of her best friends. My first instinct was to kiss her, but she was already crying, I didn't want to remind her of the night my grandpa died. I hugged her; she was a close as she could possibly get to me. We stood like that for a long time, kind of swaying. She almost fell asleep in my arms so I carried her to my room. I set her down on my bed and rapped blankets around her. I was just leaving to sleep on the sofa when I heard a noise.

"Frank, please stay." Cari mumbled softly. It almost made me cry. I laid down as gently as I could and wrapped my arms around her. She buried her face in my neck.

"I love you." She whispered.

"What about Gerard?" I dared to ask.

"He is an amazing best friend, but you just seem so perfect for me, and he's gay."

"Who told you?"

"Gerard. Do you know how much that hurt?"

"How do you think I felt when you told me you loved Gerard and I have-I've-I've loved you my whole life?" I asked, my voice now shaking.

"You have?" said Cari raising her head to look me straight in the eyes.

I kissed her, I just peaked her on the lips, but she grabbed my hair and kissed me hard. This had to have been a dream. Neither of us were drunk this time. I could feel her tear stained cheeks against mine.

I pulled her closer to me and straddled her. It seemed as though we shed our clothes in seconds, and we never broke our kiss. I kissed her all the way down to her belly button, then the inside of her thighs. She shivered slightly and I sighed. This was way to beautiful, I always pictured this moment.

"Is it alright?" I asked. She looked at me in a way I'd never seen before, she meant yes.

I entered her and began my dirty work. My face was buried in her neck and Cari was tearing into my shoulders. When we both came, we started sobbing. If you've ever known your true love and had them realize that they love you too, you know why we are crying. "Love never fails..." I whispered. I kissed her on the lips and we drifted off to sleep in each other's arms.

CARI'S POV

I woke up the next day, not believing anything that had happened. My best girlfriend died, I'd found my true love, and even with the death of my friend, I was insanely happy. I slowly opened my eyes, praying I'd see those eyes I love. My prayers were answered. Frank was awake, just staring at me. He had a half smile on.

"Hey sugar," he said. He got out of bed. He was already dressed. He threw me a shirt of his and a pair of boxers. He went into the bathroom and I got dressed. When he came out he gave me a kiss.

"Its all yours." And he left the room. I washed all the tear stains off my cheeks and applied new eyeliner (thank gawd Gerard wears makeup)

When I opened the door Frank was standing right in front of me. He kissed me hard, then reached down my shirt and left something in my bra.

FRANKS POV

Okay it sounds rushed, but think about, I've loved Cari since forever. I've paid my dues.

First she looked pissed that I left something in her bra, but when she saw what it was she started crying. Then I said the five magic words "Cari, will you marry me?"

"Yes, Yes!" she cried,

"Did she say yes yet?" asked Gerard who ran into the room.

"Yeah I did " smiled Cari. God she's beautiful.

"Ha, and on my birthday too, I'm honored." Said Gerard.

"Wait a second, how long did I sleep?" Cari asked trying to do the math in her head.

" Four days Hun, and My Chemical Romance got a record deal." I said pushing back her hair.

"I couldn't have slept that long...you didn't tell me you were even meeting with agents!!! Erg, Why did I put this eyeliner on? I just cried it off again!" Cari said frustrated but happy all at once. "Oh my god. How is Mikey feeling?" she asked.

"I'm just fine." Said a small voice next to Gerard...WTF they are holding hands? Maybe more stuff went on in that room four days ago than I thought. Gerard kissed him on the lips. Um. Wow?

CARIS POV

Four days? How could I have missed four days? Gerard and Mikey going out? It will take some getting used to (I've never seen brothers make out) but its okay with me. Just as long as I'm with Frank. Record deal? How does life change so fast? That retarded saying is wrong. What goes down must come up. Cause Frank and I are as happy as possible and it can go down from there, never. Love never fails...

Epilogue

Frank and Cari were married on October 31st. Gerard and Mikey are living happily. My Chem. Hit it big and are on tour constantly, but Frank always finds a way to spend a lot of time at home with Cari and their two kids, Griffin and Charlotte.

Love is patient and kind

It is not jealous or envious

Never boastful or proud

Love is not ill mannered

Or selfish

Or easily angered

Love does not keep a record of wrongs

It does not delight in evil

But rejoices with the truth

Love never gives up

It always protects

Always trusts

Always hopes

Always perseveres

Love never fails...