Their Sweet Chemical Romance, chapter 2

Nicky entered Frank's house as he held the door open. She took off her shoes. She was actually in Frank Iero's house. For real. Hard to believe, but there she was standing in front of him taking off her shoes.

"So, why are you so dressed up?" Frank looked her up and down again. "Were you on your way somewhere?"

"Oh, no I wasn't going anywhere," Nicky looked down. "Just out for a walk. This is my first night in Jersey"

"I see...well, do you wanna go sit down?" Frank asked. He had his hands in his pockets and he seemed quite nervous.

"Sure,"Nicky replied, she followed him into the living room. She looked around. The house was average, smaller than her parents home in the upper east side of New York and quite less than what she would have expected a famous rock star like Frank.

Frank sat down beside her on the couch. Quite close actually. It was only a loveseat. He smelt of Malboro Red cigarettes and Axe. There was an awkward silence until Frank spoke.

"I'm gonna go outside and have a smoke. Come with me?" he said as he got up from the couch and stretched. Nicky got up and followed him outside. They sat on the front doorstep. It was dark out, it stopped raining though. Frank put a cigarette in his mouth and lit it; he did the same for Nicky.

"You look cold," Frank said. He was right, she was cold. "I'll be right back." He went back inside and returned with a black Skeleton Crew zip-up hoodie. He draped it over her shoulders.

"Thank you," Nicky said as she took one last puff of her cigarette. She studied his profile. He was even more attractive in person...irresistable.

"No problem. You know, you are wearing my favorite jacket. The first person who's even touched it, other than me," Frank said sounding quite serious. "Let's go inside"

"Well, I'm flattered," Nicky said as she let him help her up. She followed him back inside. They sat on the couch.

"You can stay the night if you want," Frank said blushing and looking down "But only if you want to. I hope I'm not being too forward.."

"I think I will. I mean, I don't know how to get back to my cousin's house and y'know, this is, well...Jersey," she said nervously.

"Sweet. Well, I'm pretty tired...are you?" Frank asked as he yawned and got up from the couch.

"Ya, I'm really tired. Like, pass-out tired," Nicky said as she followed him down the hall. He walked into a nice room with a queen sized bed.

"You can sleep in here. It's the guest room." He ran his hand through his hair "The bathrooms across the hall and my room's at the end, if you need me"

"Kay, thank you," Nicky said as she put her purse on the floor beside the bed and then let herself fall backwards onto the bed. Frank turned to leave the room. "Frank. Come here..." Nicky said as she sat up. He walked over to her and she hugged him.

He smiled and said, "Good night," and then he left her room and went to his.

He sat down on his bed and layed down, his feet still on the floor. He sighed and got up. He took off his pants and shoes and was only wearing boxers and a t-shirt. He walked back into the guest room where Nicky was laying in bed trying to sleep.

"Hey.." Frank said as he opened the door a little bit, "Do you want anything?"

"Oh, no I'm fine," Nicky said as she opened her eyes and looked at him.

"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow," Frank said as he closed the door and went into the kitchen.

He got ice tea and then went back to his bedroom. The bright red numbers on his digital clock said 12:04 am. He got into bed, turned off the light and drifted off to sleep.