Pizza or Chinese... That's a Deep Question
"Let's just order some pizza, Gee!" Mikey pointed at a flyer laying on the kitchen table while looking pointedly at Gerard who was fumbling with a giant phone directory after I'd answered to his question what I'd like with "Chinese!".
I shrugged and nodded, blushing only a moment later as I once again realised where my head was after all resting - Gerard's lap!
After Frank had made me fall backwards a large throbbing lump had formed on my head and I'd felt quite dizzy, blacking out for a short time. When I'd awoken I'd found myself in this position with five guys looming over me.
Especially Frank had been sorry, admitting that he'd been faking to hurt that bad but strange enough as I asked him why he did it, he wouldn't tell me, looking to Gerard and then back to me.
He could be a weird kid but he'd already grown on me, especially after he told me that his mother, who he lived with, had sent him to a further away catholic high school, because she believed that he'd be affected in a wrong way by people on a normal high school.
Such he'd been teased about his looks and taste in music in school rather badly. Poor kid!
Now, all of us were sitting (or lying in my case) on the kitchen-floor, didn't want me to feel all alone down there, they said, and I quite enjoyed my position, probably more than I should, but seeing Gerard pouting at Mikey's suggestion (and from upside down even) was quite a sight and I was beginning to feel thankful that Frank had sent me crashing to the floor, headfirst.
"It's okay, really! I just couldn't think of anything besides chinese, you know!", I told Gerard, hoping he'd finally give Mikey the directory back and order. I was hungry and...
Whoops... sorry!
I grinned apologetically as my stomach growled loudly.
"Really, Gee, the girl's about to starve and you're not helping!" Bob pointed out while trying his best to cover up a growl himself.
"Okay, fine!", Gerard huffed as he simply threw the directory across the room, now crossing his arms, pouting again. "Hawaii!" he mumbled as Mikey quickly snatched the phone from the table, "I'll have a large Tuna!" Bob, rubbed his stomach and Ray gagged in mockery, "Salame for me!", "Hawaii, for me as well!" said Frank.
"What do you want, Hannah?" Mikey asked as I was still asking myself the same.
"Spinach!", I blurted out, wondering why all guys suddenly looked a little green in the face.
"Spinach?", Gerard asked, forgetting that he was supposed to be mad, looking equally sick as the others.
"What's so bad about it?" I asked and decided that maybe now was the time to get up... before he vomited all over me, he sure looked like he would.
"It's pizza!", Ray began, "You shouldn't desecrate a holy and wonderful thing such as pizza."
"So?"
Bob continued, "It's spinach, a food, a... a vegetable," he shuddered, "that was only invented to torture little kids with, it's bound to violate a pizza."
"It is against the codex!", Gerard went on.
"It is INHUMAN!", this was Mikey.
"It is just food guys, let her have what the holy motherf*cking hell she wants!", Frank cut in, snatching the phone from Mikey who stared in utter shock at Frank.
"You're only saying that so she'll forgive you for earlier!" he exclaimed but Frank wasn't listening as he'd already dialed the number.
"Hi, this is Frank Iero."
"..."
"Yeah, we wanna order some pizza!"
"..."
"No, it's not a prank call!"
"..."
"No, just six, not fifty,"
"..."
"Nah that was last time!"
"..."
"Hey, wait...!"
"He hung up on me!", Frank looked at us wide-eyed.
"Gimme, the directory!", said Gerard, "We're gonna order chinese."
The woman Gerard had spoken to had actually believed him that it was not a prank call and had taken our order, saying it would take about half an hour for the food to arrive at the Ways.
For the time being I had excused myself and went over to tell my mother about the sleepover and pack some things.
"As long as you're doing nothing forbidden!" she had told with a raised eyebrow and then sent me back over to the guys, winking as I waved goodbye. Oh that mother of mine... One day she'd succeed in driving me nuts.
I didn't need much for this night and if I'd forgotten anything I could still just go back and get it after all, so I'd barely taken along a nightie, some fresh underwear and clothes for the next day, toothbrush and cosmetics.
Talk about travelling lightly... on the other hand I was barely travelling anywhere.
I had just made it to the middle of the street as a shrill whistle caught me offguard. Turning around I saw Brian leaning out of a different window this time.
"Hey pretty," he started but I was still angry about earlier that day, simply anknownledging him with a nod that I wasn't even sure he'd be able to see.
Getting off the street I walked a little closer up to him.
"Look, I'm sorry about this morning, okay?", he scratched the back of his head. "It's just that me and Gerard, we've always got this little thing going on." he looked at me, his face scrunched up.
"I guess it's because I teased him a lot, ever since I can remember actually.", I scowled up at Brian who had the decency to look at least a little ashamed.
"He was just this weird artsy kid, you know?", I shook my head no though I did know what he mean, I'd been kind of the same my whole life. "He was always either drawing or writing and he kept to himself back then, too. Of course he's got his friends now but all of them were kind of the same and now look at them, they've found each other.", he sneered.
"You're an asshole, Brian!", I snorted, "If you believe that different, for themselves thinking and not wanting to belong to the popular crowd for the hell of it, is the same as freaky, twisted, sick or that those guys are losers, then you're really nothing more than an asshole.", I turned around.
"Hannah, wait!", he called out, "I'm sorry! I just need some time to get used to not simply labeling them as those freaky nerd-kids, but I'll try!"
"You will?", hopefully I turned on my heel and smiled up at Brian.
"I will, if..."
"What?"
"If you'd go out on a date with me at least once!", he grinned and for a second there I was about to decline because of Gerard, but what could one date hurt, right?
Especially if Brian, who obviously was part of the popular crowd, would then leave Gee and the others alone. It was just one date and apart from that, me being interested in Gerard didn't equal me going out with Gerard."Okay!", I exclaimed but the moment I'd said it felt my heart plummet deep. I knew by then that I'd made the wrong decision but there was no turning back, or was there?
Nope, I decided, looking up at Brian's radiant face, he could be such a cutie and I liked him in a way, if only platonically.
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"Goodnight then, beautiful!", he winked and I cringed a little but said goodnight anyhow, turning towards the house I'd actually been heading. As I reached the other side of the street suddenly I could make out that somebody was sitting on the front steps, smoking, probably having heard the whole conversation between Brian and me... Feedback's appreciated, on my homepage you'll find a lovely little message tool called c-box, or maybe you're more of the quizilla-message type.  |
