All of Gerard's fears went down the drain as Miss Riley beamed at him. "Good morning, Gerard!"

"U-Um... morning?" Gerard frowned. Wow. Should have gathered she actually likes me now. He smiled a little and sat in his usual seat at the back. The teacher said no more, but flashed him sweet smiles on occasion.

Bob walked in behind him, apparently having followed him and Frank along the corridor like a ghost. He jumped when he saw Bob, who gasped.

"I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean to scare you." Bob mumbled, shuffling his feet. Gerard smiled after he regained his composure.

"It's alright. Don't worry about it." Gerard chuckled. "I'm glad you're in here. I'm usually alone."

Bob nodded. "C-Can I sit down?"

"Of course! No one sits here." Gerard grinned. Bob smiled shyly and sat down.

"I'm happy that you're here." Gerard sighed after the register was taken. "Usually it's a drag."

"It's okay, I guess. It's kinda nice to get away from Frank for a few minutes. I do love him, but he's a handful." Bob chuckled a little. Gerard smiled. He has a cute laugh. He reminds me a lot of real Mikey, but more shy than introverted. Maybe they'd be a cute couple, even now.

"Yeah, I understand. You three are real close, though." Gerard admired. "It's funny how you all came here together, really."

"It's because our parents are close. They moved together because they're all that close. Frank, Ray and I have known each other since we were born, essentially." Bob shrugged.

"Aww. That's cute. I'm glad you're all here." Gerard purred. "I really wanted to see you guys again."

"We wanted to see you too. I didn't know you had a brother until Ray told me." Bob replied a little too casually, a small blush in his cheeks. Gerard smirked.

"Oh, did you not? Why are you mentioning it?"

"U-um... n-no reason." Bob stammered.

"Do you think he's cute or something?" Gerard snickered.

Bob shuffled his feet. "M-Maybe?"

"You totally do!" Gerard gasped, giggling. Bob blushed more and hid his face.

"I-I said maybe, not yes!"

"Ah, but your blush tells me that your answer was a lie!" Gerard laughed.

"Shhhh!" Bob whined. Luckily for the shy blonde, the bell rang, and he jumped out of his seat, scampering ahead to Music. Gerard rolled his eyes and followed him out.

Frank waiting for him a few strides away from the door, and Gerard quickly joined him, bounding up to the Music block. He hoped that they were doing theory.

After the register was taken, they were instructed to form small groups and do a song together to show by the end of the third lesson. That gave them three hours to do it. Gerard gulped, groaning. He was a little reassured once his formed a group with his brother and the others, but he still didn't know what he was going to do.

The fivesome picked a reasonably sized practice room and began setting up. Mikey took his bass from the rack, and Ray and Frank took a guitar each. Bob shuffled over to the drums.

"Drums? For the shyest guy I've ever met?" Gerard laughed a little. Bob smirked and broke out into a vicious drum solo. Gerard yelped and jumped, flinching back. Bob finished up and beamed. Mikey gazed at him in admiration.

"That was so awesome!" Gerard's brother giggled. Bob flushed.

"U-Uh... thank you." he mumbled. Frank rolled his eyes and went over to Gerard.

"Looks like Bob has a crush on your brother." He giggled, wrapping his arms around Gerard's waist and leaning close to his face, a smile on his soft looking lips. Gerard blushed intensely and squeezed his eyes shut, his heart hammering fast. Frank let go and plugged his guitar in, tuning it. Gerard let go of the breath he wasn't aware he was holding, gulping.

"G-Guys? What do you want me to do?" He asked the others, trying to forget about what had just happened.

Ray gazed back at him. "Well... I guess you gotta sing."

"S-Sing?!" Gerard squeaked. "No way!"

Ray frowned. "Can you please try? There isn't much else you can do..."

Gerard sniffled and got his papers out. "I have some lyrics, but I haven't figured out a tune..."

Ray took a page and scanned through it. Frank also looked. "I'm good at working out tunes." the short teen smiled. "Maybe..." he began singing out the lyrics. Gerard smiled a little.

"Yeah. That sounds good."

"Now you try, Gee!" Frank beamed. Gerard gulped and nodded, beginning to sing the way Frank had.

The sounds that came out of his mouth after that almost made him faint.