The next morning I woke up with my hands sore as hell. I push myself up and go see what I looked like. As soon as I walked into the bathroom I noticed I was wearing someone else's clothes. What the fuck happened last night?! My hair totally looks like shit. I brushed through it with my fingers the best that I could and used the mouthwash that I found on the sink counter. My phone! Ok, ok its still in my bra along with my bike keys, and money. I look and see that it's five thirty in the morning.

Damn, I should see who's house I'm in because I don't know what the hell happened after I blacked out. Walking into a kitchen I see Gerard. "Good morning. You hungry?" I nod and he points to eggs, bacon, and pancakes. Bacon, oh sweet bacon! I made my plate and sit next to Gerard. "Hey Gerard, um, what happened last night? I kind of blacked out." He smirks and pulls out his phone. "Well Pepper, a guy tried to force himself onto you and you wooped his ass. For a small girl you pack a mean punch." He goes to his gallery and presses play on a video.

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"Oh my god. Is that dude ok! Did I kill him? Did I hit anybody else?!" He smiles a big grin at me. "Well you put him in the hospital, and punched Ronnie when he finally managed to pull you away. He's got a black eye but that's about it." Oh my gosh I'm so sorry Ronnie. I can't believe I put that dude in the hospital. "Oh I changed your clothes by the way. I hope you don't mind." My face instantly turns red. I hope he didn't see all of those bruises that I had. "Hey I noticed some pretty nasty bruises on you. I know they aren't from that guy because he could barley even fight back. So can you tell me where they are from?" I look down at my breakfast and debate whether I should tell him or not. "I won't freak out or anything, I promise." I sigh and decide on telling him. "Well it started when I was five after my mom died. My dad turned into a washed up drunk and drug addict and beat me if I didn't do what he wanted. It got even worse in third grade. These boys constantly asked me to come over. I constantly denied their request knowing full well what would happen. Ever since they bullied me. They beat me before school almost everyday. It got so bad that I started to cut myself, just not on my wrists. I did it on my thighs so nobody would know. I finally managed to stop and push myself as hard as I could to finish school. I did finish and there is still three months of school left before graduation. So in about a week I'm gonna move out fully and start fresh."

After I finished telling him I looked up to see him crying with his fists clenched so hard his knuckles were white. "I'm so sorry Pepper." He whispered. "Its fine-" he interrupted me before I could finish. "No its not. You really didnt deserve any of that. Um, if you dont mind,c-can i see your cuts." He asked with big eyes looking down on the table in concentration. I nodded and he took me into the room that I woke up in. I started to blush when I realized that I had to be in my underwear to show him. "Its ok I'm not a big huge pervert, I've already seen you in your underwear when I changed your clothes." I roll my eyes knowing full well that he was becuase all guys are pervs atnsome point and sit on the bed now showing him. He ran his fingers over them gently. "Pepper has your dad or those guys ever done anything else besides beat you?" I shake my head no. "I'm still a virgin. I would fight constantly in order to save myself for that one special person." He smiles softly. "Good." Is all he says still examining my thighs. He then looks up at me. I look back at him in curiousity of what he was thinking. We stare at each other's eyes for a while. He then slowly leans in and I freeze.(I was back in my pants by the way.) He stops and cups his hands on both sides of my face. I still freeze. "Pepper, do you, um, wanna hang out sometime or something?" Before i could awnser his question we were then interrupted by a knock at the door.

"Gerard, is Pepper ok?" I recognize that voice was Frank's. God damnit Frank! I was about to accept a date from one of my idols you twat! I scream in my head. He walks in and sits on the bed with us. I look over to see a pissed off Gerard and a smirking Frank. "Is Gerard mad that I killed his moment with Pepper?" Frank said, his voice filled with satisfaction. Gerard just gets up and leaves. "Talk to you later Pepper." He mutters while walking away. "Whose house am I at?" I ask. Frank smiles. "Well Pepper you are at Gerard's house. I just stopped by to see if you were ok." I laugh. "That's not the real reason! Oh well." He laughs too. "Yea. Well I gotta go. Everyone put their number in your phone. You should really get a pass code on your phone because some of your pictures are pretty embarrassing." He chuckles while leaving. Oh crap, I guess he's right.

I put a pass code on my phone and go sit on the couch next to Gerard. "Hey Pepper, where do you plan on moving to?" He asks. "Well somewhere close to college." I say. "Well I actually live two blocks away from the college." He says proudly. "Well I've been looking at alot of places latley to be honest. I have the money for all of them, the only problem is location." He sighs. "Well you could be my neighbor possibly. That would be pretty awesome." He said smiling. "Maybe, but I'll have to think about that." I say nonchalantly. Neighbors with Gerard huh? We'll just have to see.