Gerard's POV

Once Bob and Ray had exited her apartment, she moved back onto the couch with the phone in her hands. That was when I revealed Frank and I to her. She jumped a little upon seeing us.

"Whoa, I was expecting you both to have left with Bob and Ray," she said to us. Expecting? She knew we were here?

"What the fuck Erica?! You're a fucking traitor," I said to her.

"Right. And as if I would care about what a guy who is trespassing on my property would say? You're forgetting that I can morph my powers into both of yours, plus Bob's, Mikey's and Rays all at the same time. " Erica replied smartly.

"Hey! Don't fucking try and start shit with Gerard. I can't believe I actually trusted you! I can't believe I didn't believe Gerard when he said something was fishy. I can't believe that you are full of shit!" Frank exclaimed.

"If you would both shut the fuck up and sit on the couch, there would be no need for anyone to start shit!" Erica yelled at us, her phone still in her hands.

Frank and I did as she said, waiting to see what she had to say.

"Firstly, I am not a traitor. I am not super smart for nothing you know!" she said in an irritated tone, her voice at a relatively normal volume.

"I knew that if I pretended to not show too much emotion in front of you both, that you would come here today to overhear this conversation. If I were to show my emotions yesterday, I would've been morphing into everything, from Homer Simpson to Paris Hilton. And I knew that Gerard had clued into me, wanting to speak to you in your bedroom after we'd all watched the video and spoke about what we'd seen. I'd come up with a plan, so I was glad that Gerard still didn't trust me. I needed him to not trust me in order for this to work. And it did, because you were lured here with every intention of probably wanting to burn me alive after what you've just heard me say. But let me tell you, I am working for your side. I truly am. I'm just trying to get information out of Bob and Ray. I'm trying to figure out a way that we can all catch them. No offense, but you both were losing your battle against them, letting them have control of the city by bowling pink crystals full of electric current at people. And so I figured that if we can get them when they least expect it, then they won't know what's hit them. But we need to work together. And we need to do everything we can to get Mikey's powers working to their full potential. His powers will be crucial in stopping any bits of acid crystal and electric current from hitting us." Erica lectured.

As her words sank in, I realized what she was doing. She had decided to lure us into her apartment to see Bob and Ray so that she could allow us to overhear everything that Bob and Ray had said. But why did she have to lure us in and not just fill us in on everything beforehand?

"Why didn't you just tell us beforehand instead of luring us in like you did?" I asked her.

"If I'd told you my plan beforehand, I knew that you both would want to do more than just listen to what they had to say. You would've tried to plot to get them and I figured if you didn't know what I was up to, then you wouldn't plot to get Bob and Ray straight away. We all need to figure out a plan rationally rather than just have two of us go straight in for the capture," she explained.

I let out a sigh of relief. I was so glad that Erica was on our side.

"I knew she was on our side!" Frank exclaimed happily. "Told you so Gerard," he said, smirking.

"Whatever," I replied, as he giggled and kissed my cheek.

"So are we all friends again?" she asked Frank and I.

"Yes! We're all friends again. Aren't we, Gerard?" Frank said, pouting at me.

"Yeah, we're all friends again," I announced as Frank got excited and ran over and tackled Erica on the couch.

"Hey, don't get it on with her, the plan was that tonight you'd get it on with me, remember?" I pointed out to my boyfriend, making him laugh.

"Yeah, but first, you owe me a date on top of the Empire State Building," Frank decided.

"That sounds romantic. You'd better tell me all about it tomorrow at work!" Erica demanded. Frank giggled.

"Sure thing. I'll even tell you all about the love-making Gerard and I do afterwards," Frank joked.

"You can spare me those details!" she replied, making Frank giggle.

We said our goodbyes to Erica who then dialed Mikey's phone number to speak to him while Frank and I invisibly flew off into the sunset, off towards the Empire State Building.

Date: 2015-02-28; view: 509