Not So Pleasant Surprises (3/?)

Chapter 3.

There was something about Gerard the others didn’t know.  No one knew, not even Mikey. 

When he was born, he was different from all the other babies. So different in fact, that his childhood was filled with doctor appointments and medical studies.  He was what was referred to as a hermaphrodite.  There were lots of others out there, but not quite like him.  He was by all definitions both a guy and a girl in one.  He had full functioning male anatomy and the internal organs that go with it.  And unlike most hermaphrodites, he also had semi functioning female internal organs.  There was one ovary and a uterus.  On occasion his hormones would get all out of whack due to what girls would refer to as ovulation.  No he didn’t have a monthly visitor like most females would.  There were parts missing but the organs did function enough to cause problems with his hormones. 

The doctors had wanted to remove one set of the organs, but Gerard’s parents wouldn’t hear of it.  He would be raised as a boy, but if ever he thought he didn’t fit that category it would be up to him to identify with the sex he felt most comfortable.  So far he had felt most comfortable as a boy.

When he was 13 he refused to be poked, prodded and studied by the researchers anymore.  He locked himself in his basement and became the tortured soul everyone knows him as today.  Regardless of what he was, or did, his parents loved him no less and supported him fully.  Mikey had no idea, he just thought Gerard was sick all the time and had to go to the doctor.  The band, his outlet for all that was evil, was what kept him sane.  His relationship with Frank is what kept him happy.  His wife was the new highlight of his life, but he was still trying to work out the husband role.  During those “hormonal” times he wasn’t quite sure if he had made the right decision marrying her or not.

As he left the plane, he could only surmise this was going to be hell on earth.  He would go to his regular physician, be stabbed with needles having blood taken, only to be told he had a virus or a hormonal imbalance that was going to require a pill.

He threw his glasses on and slung his head to the side flicking the long strands of hair out of his eyes.  He still had a hint of nausea but nothing he hadn’t felt before in the last three weeks.  He could deal as long as the bile stayed down.   A finger found his belt loop and hung on.  He turned his head to the side to see amber colored orbs blinking at him lovingly.  If he wasn’t feeling so pitiful he would have melted. 

“Since Lindsey is still on tour, do you want me to go to the doctor..?”  Frank offered only to be cut off quickly.

“NO!  I mean... no, that’s ok.”  Gerard returned with a half smile. 

He grabbed Frank by the back of the neck and pulled him in close.  He kissed him slightly on the mouth, then quickly twisted him into a hug.

“I will call you when I get out tomorrow.”  He whispered into his ear.

”I love you.”  Gerard said squeezing his small frame tight and letting go quickly.

He glances around the terminal; no one saw the exchange.

“Yep I know.”  Frank says as he winks at him playfully.

"I hope you feel better soon.” He says to him, out of ear shot, as he watches Gerard run his fingers through his hair and catch a cab.  

“I hate to see you like this.” He says out loud, watching his heart pull away with the cab.