Thnks Fr Th Mmrs

Patrick’s P.O.V.

I took one last look at Pete before I confronted the train wreck I had just set into motion. There was no turning back now. I turned to the audience, took a giant breath, and tried not to talk to fast.

“I have a confession to make. It’s true. Pete does taste sweet. He often tastes like Pixie sticks.” The entire audience started laughing. What’s wrong with people? You tell them rumors aren’t true and they won’t believe you. But here I am telling them that they are true and they think I’m joking. Well, since I’ve already started this as a large production… I walked towards Pete, who was staring at me like a baby deer who just set eyes on their first set of headlights. I stopped in front of him, grabbed his face and pulled him in for a kiss. The laughing stopped. I turned to the microphone, “See, Pete tastes like you but sweeteeeeer.” Joe and Andy started playing again. “One more night, one more time. Even though they weren‘t so great. He tastes like you but sweeteeeeeeeeer. Oh. One more night. One more time. For the memories. For the memories. See he tastes like you but sweeter. Oh.”

The audience erupted into thunderous applause. I walked back to center stage, grabbed my guitar and we finished the show like nothing had happened. I occasionally looked over at Pete, who was beaming the whole time. Once the show was over I pulled Pete into the room we’d been in before the show. I sat down and stared at him. “I’m sorry. I’d been trying to shake these thoughts all day. I thought I’d finally gotten rid of them, but apparently I hadn’t. I’m so sorry I did that to you.” Pete stared at me with that goofy grin. “No Moonbeam. Don’t apologize. That was great, although I think everyone thought it was one giant prank.” I couldn’t help but smile. I could see tomorrow’s headlines now: “Fall Out Boy Pulls Prank On 3,000 People.” I shook my head. It doesn’t matter what they think. All that matters is that I…” I took a giant gulp. “I love you, Peter Bear.” Pete stared at me, and grinned. Pete jumped into my lap, kissing me so sweet, and so lovingly. “I love you too, Moonbeam.”

“It’s about damn time you two said that to each other. For fuck’s sake, how long have you two been going at it?” We both turned and saw Joe and Andy in the doorway, smirking at us. “Well Joe, I do believe today is the one year anniversary of when I first heard them. That’s a record for Wentz.” Andy laughed. “Yea, I was thinking it was something close to that time frame. They’ve been making goo goo eyes at each other forever though.” Pete and I looked at each other and back at them. “You knew? Why didn’t you say anything?” “Well, because we knew it was a delicate subject and we wanted you two to tell us when you were ready. But we never imagined it would be like THAT!” Joe laughed. Andy grinned down at us. “Yea you two. We can honestly say we won’t forget this for a long time. So um, Thanks for the memories!"