Chapter 45

I thought that I was going to have another unexciting day at school the next day. Transfiguration class was pretty dull, but just as the bell rung, Professor Lester said, "Class dismissed. Frank Iero and Gerard Way, please come to my office."

We grabbed our stuff, and both of us followed Professor Lester to his office. Professor Lester's office was fairly cluttered and the walls were covered in band posters. There was Muggle video recording equipment scattered around the room. Professor Howell was sitting in one of the four chairs set up in the room, and his feet were resting on Professor Lester's desk. He was also wearing his llama hat. "Did you two seriously fly a car?" he asked.

"Yeah, we did," I said.

"That's awesome," Professor Howell said.

"Dan!" Professor Lester exclaimed. "We're supposed to be giving them detention!"

"Oh right," Professor Howell said. "You can both take a seat, if you'd like." Frank and I both did so. "First of all, we already took away forty house points each for leaving the castle after curfew."

"Forty points each?!?" I shouted.

"It's not that bad," Professor Howell said. "We really should have taken away more. Second, your detention is... a little bit unusual, if I do say so myself. Phil and I are making a video today..."

"It's a game of Truth or Dare," Professor Lester interrupted.

"And you're going to be in it," Professor Howell finished.

"Remember, this video is meant for Muggles, so don't talk about magic too much," Professor Lester said. "We can always edit things out, but that's a lot of work, so just avoid talking about or doing magic. Are we ready to start?"

"I think so," Professor Howell said. "Frank? Gerard? Are you ready to begin?" We both nodded, and the camera turned on. "Hello internet!" Professor Howell said. "So today, we're going to play a little game of Truth or Dare. As you can see, I have Phil with me, and we also decided to bring along our two friends Gerard Way and Frank Iero. We're using your truths and dares, so everything that's about to happen is totally your fault."

Professor Lester pulled out a giant list of truths and dares that were apparently submitted by their fans on YouTube. "Who wants to go first?" he asked.

"I will!" Frank said.

"Frank, I dare you to make out with an inanimate object," Professor Lester said.

"Uhh...okay," Frank said. He took the llama hat off of Professor Howell's head and started making out with it.

"Give that back!" Professor Howell shouted as he yanked the hat away from Frank and put it back on his head. "Make out with your own llama hat next time!"

"Gerard, I dare you to give someone a piggyback ride," Professor Lester said.

Before I could protest, Frank jumped onto my back. I managed to make a circle around the room before tripping over a Transfiguration textbook and collapsing onto the ground.

"Best detention ever!" Frank exclaimed.

"Frank, it's your turn for a truth," Professor Lester said. "What's the craziest pickup line that you've ever used?"

Frank laughed. "I actually used this one on Gerard. I think it was 'Are you using the Confundus Charm, or are you just naturally mind-blowing?' or something dumb like that."

"Gerard, what is your biggest regret?" Professor Lester read.

"Letting my brother Mikey shove a fork into a toaster," I said.

"Did he really do that?" Professor Howell asked.

"Yeah, and he almost burned the house down," I said. "You should ask him about it sometime."

"Frank, what would you do if the world was ending tomorrow?" Professor Lester asked.

Frank thought about it for a few minutes, and asked, "How exactly is the world going to end?"

"Killer zombie space llama invasion," Professor Howell said.

"I would spend most of the day making a plan to defeat the killer zombie space llamas," Frank said. "It would probably involve a My Chemical Romance concert that's so loud that the llamas would retreat from Earth and go find another planet to invade. I might do a few other things, but that's about it."

"Gerard, I dare you to...." Professor Lester began.

"Can I see the list?" I asked.

"Sure," Professor Lester said as he handed me the list.

I looked through it and noticed that Professor Lester was skipping all of the fun dares. "How about this one?" I said. "Get someone to lock Dan and Phil in a cupboard until they confess their real feelings for each other."

"NO! DON'T DO THAT!" Professor Howell and Professor Lester said in unison.

"It's what your viewers want!" I argued.

Professor Howell whispered something to Professor Lester. "Fine," Professor Howell said. "We'll do it." The two of them entered the supply closet in the back of the room, and I used the Locking Spell to lock them in there. I then pulled out two Extendable Ears so Frank and I could hear what they were saying in there.

"This is so awkward," Professor Lester said.

"I know, right?" Professor Howell said. "So Phil, how do you really feel about me?"

"I feel like you're my best friend, and I'm definitely not attracted to you at all," Professor Lester said. "How about you, Dan?"

"I feel the same way about you," Professor Howell said. "Let's get out of here. Alohamora!"

The door opened, and the two professors got out of the closet. "Professor Flitwick really should have taught you the Anti-Alohamora Spell," Professor Lester said.

"He did teach us that," I said. "I just forgot to do it."

"Give me that list back," Professor Lester said. I did so, and Professor Lester said, "Gerard, if you and someone else were marooned on a desert island, who would you want the other person to be?"

"Frank," I said. "That's too easy."

"You two haven't done anything yet!" Frank exclaimed. "This is your video, and we've been doing all the truths and dares."

"That's because this is your detention," Professor Howell said. "I'll do one dare though. Just one."

"Professor Howell, I dare you to kiss Professor Lester," Frank said.

Professor Howell blushed. "I'm not doing that," he said.

"Please?" I begged.

"No," Professor Lester and Professor Howell said simultaneously.

"You said that you would do one dare!" Frank complained.

"Anything but that," Professor Howell said.

"I could think of a lot of worse dares than this one, Professor," Frank said.

Professor Howell and Professor Lester looked genuinely scared for a moment. "Fine," Professor Howell said. "I'll do it. This doesn't mean a thing though. It's just a dare." His lips briefly brushed against Professor Lester's.

"Hooray! Three cheers for sweet Phan!" I shouted. Frank was right. This was the best detention ever.