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Gerard walks through the double door entrance of the school, her head down. She waves goodbye to her brother; Mikey. The same way they do everyday, They share headphones while walking to school together and dispersing once they actually get there to go do whatever they need to do before their classes started.
Gerard watches as Mikey makes his way through the crowd of their classmates, ducking and weaving past them. She smiles to herself when she sees Mikey joining Ray at the lunch table he had been occupying.
Sometimes Gerard would join Mikey in hanging out with their friends before classes, Ray had been her friend first after all. But she always much rather enjoyed going to the art room before class since the art teacher would let her not only use the classroom but also any supplies that she wanted. Plus, she was pretty sure that Mikey has a small crush on Ray…. even though she knew her brother would never admit it.
Gerard smiles when she sees Ray and Mikey look over at her, Ray waves at her and she waves back. She chuckles to herself when the two boys turn back to each other, the small flush on her brother's cheeks.
Finally turning away, Gerard's eyes fall to the floor once again as she ventures further into the winding halls, the pack of students thinning out as she gets further away from the entrance. She ignores the feeling of her sweaty palms trembling at her sides.
Gerard has never really been when you would consider… Popular; she was probably whatever you would consider the opposite of popular. And ever since she had come out her already non-existent popularity points tanked.
She hadn't even wanted to come out… Not really anyways. She only came out to her friends, and they all of course supported her. But once she started to grow out her hair, that was when the rumors started. They didn't bother her at first, they were just rumors…. even if they were true.
What really bothered her was when the names started, the harassment. The name calling wasn't even just toward her, it was also towards her friends…. and towards Mikey. She would eventually end up snapping when she walked in the bathroom and saw Mikey laying on the floor in a ball, Some shitty jock standing over him. He was shouting awful thing at Mikey about his 'freaky faggot brother'.
So what if she was a freak was all that Gerard could think at that moment. So she screamed and screamed about how Yeah, she was a freak. A freak that wanted to be a girl and be able to wear pretty dresses and have pretty hair.
She even got a good punch in on the asshole before he dragged her onto the dirty bathroom floor right next to Mikey. He kicked and yelled at her until eventually ended up wearing himself out. The way that Mikey had beamed at her afterwards was completely worth the bruising to her rubs, the way he said 'She was the coolest big sister he could ever have'. She would never forget it.
The 'rumors' if she could even call them that now only increased tenfold, it even eventually ended up making its way to the teachers. She even got called up to the principal's office to get asked about it, only to be lectured about her 'strange' behavior.
The bullying got super bad during the first weeks of this, so bad that Mikey would refuse to leave her side. He would walk her to all of her classes, and when he couldn't he would assign either Ray or Frank to walk her to her classes.
Mikey only recently stopped doing this, but only after she had a conversation with him and assured him that she would be okay. But she couldn't help the way her nerves spiked when they did leave her side.
"Trish…" Gerard shook from her thoughts when she heard the breathy voice from around the corner, usually there was nobody over here this early in the day. "P-Pete.. Wait." Gerard heard a separate voice speak. Her shoulder tensed as she pushed back against the lockers behind her to hide, she peaks around the corner.
"C'mon trick…" The short boy whines out as the girl pushed him away, her cheeks flushed and rosy. "I told you I don't want to!"
"C'mon, Don't be such a prude! I felt how wet you were." The boy complained harshly, gripping the girl's arm tightly so she could walk away.
The girl snapped back to look at the boy with a scoff. "Prude? Don't be an ass Pete. It's my first day. I'm sorry if I don't want to have sex with you in the hallway!"
"Don't be mad at me." The boy whined pathetically, he pulled the girl closer to hug her from behind. "It'll help you calm down baby-"
Gerard couldn't stand to hear anymore, she popped out from behind the wall. The couple froze when they saw her, The girl pushed off of the boy behind her. Her cheeks flush as she stares at the floor embarrassed.
"She said no." Gerard squeaks out trying to sound more intimidating than she probably looked at the moment.
The boys scoffed at her in return, chuckling to himself. "She wasn't talking to you so this is none of your business."
Gerard stomps closer to him. "It's my business now."
The boy rolls his eyes, taking a step closer to Gerard seeming to not feel threatened by the way she was towering over him. He opens his mouth to say something only to get cut off by the girl running up to push lightly against his chest. "Pete, Don't!"
He pushes her away and she stumbles back against the lockers with a gasp. Gerard's eyebrows furrowed, she reached out to grab the boy's arm. He immediately flinches Gerard off of him. "Don't touch me! Fucking faggot."
The girl timidly comes running back up, grabbing at the boy's wrist. Her eyebrows were furrowed when she looked over at Gerard. "I'm so sorry!" She exclaims, tugging against the boy's wrist she quickly pulls him away and they disappear behind the corner.
Gerard stood there in shock for a moment, she was taken aback by the whole interaction. Looking down at herself she straightens out her uniform before she turns around and starts making her way back to the art room.
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Gerard sat at her desk in English class, doodling in her notebook while she waited for the class to start. The students slowly flood in and fill in the seats around her. She ignores the loud chatter of her peers around her.
The bell rings signaling that class is going to start, The teacher closes the door behind her. Students make their way to their seats as the teacher walks up to the front of the classroom, Gerard looks up from her notebook once the teacher's high heels lick to a halt.
The teacher smiles at the students, her eyes scanning across all of them. "It's good to see you all today!" Her voice was sickeningly sweet and cheery as always. Stepping to the side she holds her arm out towards the door. "We got a new student today."
Gerard looked over at the door, her eyes widening when she saw the girl. Her eyes trailing her as she walks in front of the class, her eyes staring down at the floor. "Why don't you introduce yourself?" The teacher says.
The girl fidget nervously in her spot, picking anxiously at her nail polish. "Uhm…" She starts, her voice in a whisper as she looks up through her glasses across the students sitting in front of her. "…My name is Patricia"
The teacher smiles down at Patricia, raising her hand up to pat her shoulder, giving it a small squeeze. "Would you like to say anything about yourself Patricia?"
"Uhh.. No thank you..." Patricia says looking back at the teacher with a pleading look in her eye. The teacher simply nods her eyes scanning across the desks once again. "Why don't you go sit next to Gerard, in the open seat." She says pointing over to it. "Gerard raise your hand please."
A breath caught in Gerard's throat, she shot her hands up. Patricia's eyes go wide when their eyes meet, she down-casts her gaze once again as she walks over to the desk plopping down into the seat.