A/N: Picture is of Scarlett!!!

The next day had come and it was nearing the end of lunch.

Hayley came to the spot behind the gym where Billie-Joe, Mike, Tre and I were smoking.

She seemed extremely pissed off.

"Hey, what's up?" I asked as she aproached me.

"Tell your boyfriend to control himself around mine. They may be brothers but he had no right to act the way he did. They almost got into a punching match outside Mikey's classroom whilst he was supposed to be teaching the class I was in." She whisper-yelled so Billie-Joe, Mike and Tre didn't hear.

"What happened?" I asked. "What was it about?" 

"I saw Mikey after class and apparently 'it was nothing' but that's a lie if ever I heard one. Find out what it was all about for me." She sighed. "I'm sorry I came across bitchy just then. It just made me really mad. They could've spoken that little bit too loud and one of the students would've heard and spread it around the school or something."

"It's cool." I smiled and hugged her tightly. "I'll go find out where Gerard is. You cover for me with the boys." 

I beckoned over my shoulder where the boys were betting on arm wrestles between themselves.

She chuckled and nodded.

I went to the art studio and sighed just before I opened the door.

I can't get worked up otherwise someone will notice and ask questions... I thought.

I entered the studio just as Gerard came out of his office.

He smiled a gentle smile and gave his signature awkward wave.

"Hey. What's up?" He asked.

"What the fuck did you say to Mikey?" I asked, not getting caught up in small talk.

Gerard thought for a moment before sighing heavily.

"Did you speak to him?" He asked.

"No. I heard it from Hayley. Since she was in his classroom when it all went down. Now answer my question." I spat.

"Before going to him, I'd thought for a while about what Fra-Mr Iero said yesterday about how Mikey had pretty much told him. So I knew that if I just stayed where I was, I would forget about it and nothing would've been done. So I went to his classroom and asked him to come outside and we talked about it." He shrugged.

"And...?" I beckoned.

"And we ended up getting into an argument where only my side was valid and he knew it. I told him it wasn't his secret to just spread around the staff room like some teenaged gossip, but he still argued his side." 

"And the almost-fight?" I asked, putting my weight on one leg and folding my arms over my chest. 

"He shoved me so I tried my best not to shove him back twice as hard." Gerard simply shrugged again.

"This isn't some stupid fucking child's play, Gerard! So you may have 'tried', but the point is, it still happened and a class of teenagers still saw it. What if they had heard too? They'd tell someone, or a teacher would overhear it or something and I'll be moved back into care and you'll be in prison." I scoffed.

Gerard winced.

"I know. I'm sorry. I'm just trying to cover our tracks. There's no way on Earth I'd let us be found out. I lov... I care about you too much." He sighed.

"I'll give you some lessons on track-covering when we're home. In the meantime, stay away from your brother and Hayley." I warned, sticking my index finger out at him.

He chuckled lightly and nodded.

"I'll see you later in class." 

"Will do." I smiled and exited the room.