The Boy Who Lives Downstairs: Frank Iero

Chapter Four: The Break In

And the way he sits out half the night and rocks out
Under the porch light


Two weeks and five days since Katie had moved to New Jersey, to apartment sixteen on the third floor. Since she first had met the tenant of the room below her own, Frank Iero. Katie quietly thought of this as she brushed her teeth. Walking from the bathroom when she was finished she removed her shirt and went to go to her bedroom. She stopped however, because of the clapping she heard.

"You should style that look more often," Frank said.

"You should knock instead of breaking in," Katie said as she turned toward him. That’s when she saw another person, a man. "Crap Frankie, you could have warned me!" she exclaimed as she shrugged her top back on.

"We did knock, you didn’t answer. We resorted to opening your unlocked door," Frank calmly said.

"Personally I like the previous look better," said the man. Katie's cheeks flushed red.

"Gerard, knock it off," Frank said trying to be serious, the not well held back smile though told that he agreed with the statement.

“Dude, did you tell her about the last-”

“No Gerard,” Frank said cutting him off.

“But I’d want to know,” Gerard insisted.

"So why did you two break into my apartment?" Katie asked tapping her foot in mock impatience.

"We didn’t break in!" Frank said throwing his hands up in frustration. Katie only smiled evilly.

"Well, when Frankie boy here was gushing to me about," Gerard started only to be interrupted by Frank's elbow. He mouthed 'ow' and stopped.

"Gerard wanted to meet you," Frank simply said.

"Okay then. Howdy Gerard," Katie said offering him her hand, to shake. Instead of shaking her outstretched hand Gerard raised it to his lips and kissed it. Katie started into laughing fit about this.

"What?" Gerard innocently asked in a miffed tone, "I was only being a gentleman."

"It's just," Katie paused to search for the words that best described it, "just that I didn’t expect that."

"Well, I am unpredictable," he said giving her a sly smile.

"I do so hope it's in the worst possible way," she said going along with it seriously.

"That's it!" Gerard exclaimed, simultaneously picking up Katie and slinging her over his shoulder. "I'm kidnapping your girly friend Frankie!" Katie was now laughing so hard that her stomach ached, Gerard's shoulder sticking into it wasn’t helping things either.

"GERARD!" she yelped.

"Yes m'lady?" he nonchalantly replied.

"Don't you dare even think of carrying me down those stairs," she said laughing slightly.

"Which stairs?" he asked as if he didn’t know, beginning to go down them.

"The ones your climbing down!" she said getting somewhat scared.

"Oh well too late. Its been thought on and decided," he said climbing down more and they were now on the second floor.

"Gerard! Put her down now," Frank said seriously.

"I don’t think I will," he said as he started down the next flight.

"Please put me down," Katie pleaded.

"What will you do to me if I don’t?" Gerard asked.

"This," she said as she spanked his butt.

"In that case, we'll stay on the stairs all day."

"Pervert," she said simply.

"But don’t you love it?" he asked. She could sense the smile in his voice.

"In the most twisted way."

"Ooh why cant you live where I live?"

"Because I don’t want to be that close to you all of the time," she said honestly.

"I'm hurt," he said as he set her down, though not before spanking her for good measure.

"That, was unnecessary," Katie said.

"I agree," Frank said, he looked sort of angry.

"Sorry, couldn’t resist."

"So where are we off to?"

"Well, we have practice tonight," Gerard began.

"And we wanted-" Frank went to say.

"Frank wanted," Gerard whispered in Katie's ear.

"For you to come," Frank finished.

"Because practice is far more interesting with a female around. Mikey could count, but we like not to."

"Be nice to Mikey, he's your brother."

"I know, that gives me license."

"So, where is practice?" Katie cut in.

"Gerard's parents house," Frank said.

"Ah and that is?"

"In frolicking distance," Gerard answered, and began skipping. Frank caught Katie's eye and mouthed 'insane'. Katie laughed and Gerard turned around.

"Staring at my butt are you?"

"You know it," Frank answered.

"We're here!" Gerard announced.

"Oh yay," Frank said.





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