"What the fuck?!" Gerard gasped after he sang the first line. Mikey chuckled.

"I take it you couldn't sing in your... other world?" he hummed, pushing his glasses up.

"Um... no. I definitely cannot sing." Gerard whined, breathless.

"Why are you acting as if it's a bad thing?" Frank smiled, rocking back on his heels. "It sounds like your 'normal' world is a lot worse than here."

"I-I know. It's just a shock, really." Gerard breathed. "Sorry."

"It's okay. If it was one of us, we'd be freaking out too. To say you've woken up in a completely different world slash dimension or some shit, you're dealing with it pretty well." Ray sighed softly.

Gerard put his head in his hands. "I just don't know what I want. I kinda don't want this to end, but it's freaking me out. What if I stay here forever? Or what if I suddenly woke up back in my normal world? What is happening in my normal world? What will happen to this world if I wake up there? Anything can happen now.

"We'll just have to see, Gerard. The answers will come, I'm sure. Or maybe they never will, and you'll be here forever. But from what I've gathered, that might not be such a bad thing." Bob soothed in his deep yet gentle voice. Gerard sighed.

"I guess you're right." He gazed at his lyrics again for a few moments before smiling and looking back at them with a small nod. "Alright. I can sing now, and I guess that makes life easier. Let's do this thing."

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After their performance, the music teacher Miss Wilson wouldn't stop showering them with praise. "Oh, you were just wonderful!" she squealed. "You should actually form a band!"

"That isn't a half bad idea," Ray grinned.

"Yeah. I've always wanted to start a band!" Frank began jumping up and down.

"W-Won't I just be an inconvenience? I'm not that good..." Bob mumbled quietly. Mikey wrapped an arm around his waist.

"Don't be stupid... you're incredible!" he purred. Bob flushed dramatically and smiled shyly.

Gerard, Ray and Frank rolled their eyes at the pair. Bob glared and the three of them snickered simultaneously. Mikey didn't notice, too busy making goo goo eyes at Bob.

"Anyway," Gerard chuckled after making kissy noises, "do you guys really wanna start a band?"

"Of course!" Frank beamed, jumping on Gerard's back, who yelped and whined. "Why not? Everyone loved our performance!"

"If we managed that in three hours, imagine what we could do in three days, or three weeks?!" Ray exclaimed, his eyes shining. "I love music so much. I can't let this chance go to waste."

"I feel the same." Mikey beamed, still glued to Bob's side. "Like Frank said, why not? We do like, nothing in our spare time anyway, so we might as well make the most of it."

"I guess you're right." Gerard nodded. "I'm just worried something will happen to me and you'll be left without a singer."

"Don't worry. We know you can't help it." Ray shrugged. "Maybe you and this world Gee swapped places. If that theory is true, perhaps he'd come back here and take your place if you ever left."

"Maybe." Gerard shook himself. "I don't wanna talk about it. Talking won't help anyway."

"Yeah, you're right." Ray hummed as the bell rang. "We'll meet after school, okay? Probably go to Bob's garage. It's easier for us to get our instruments there than it is for Bob to carry his drum kit to one of our houses."

"True." Gerard smiled. "See you later!"

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After dropping his bags off at home, Gerard and Mikey met up with the others at Bob's garage. Gerard's Mom was fine with everything, which was nothing new. Other world Gerard's Mom couldn't care less where he went or what he did.

When they arrived, Gerard watched everyone set up. Frank bounced on his chair in front of Gerard.

"So," Frank smirked as he checked his guitar was still in tune. "Are we gonna keep perfecting The World is Ugly, or should we try a different song?"

"I think we should carry on doing The World is Ugly." Ray hummed. Everyone nodded in agreement and Gerard smiled.

"Alright. Well, are you ready Ray?"

"Yeah," Ray grinned.

"How about you Frank?"

"Oh, I'm there, baby." Frank purred smoothly.

"How about you Bob?"

"I got this." Bob chuckled.

"How about you Mikey?"

"Fuckin' ready." Mikey almost growled.

"Well I think I'm alright." Gerard smirked, tapping his foot as he counted them in. "One two three four!"