Think Happy Thoughts

 

 

 

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*Playlist/Soundtrack songs, correlating visuals (both pictures and some videos), and interactive games/polls can all be accessed on Andie's myspace*

BELIEVE...in it all again: LOVE, unconditional and true - two kindred spirits, destined to be together...

WELL LET'S GO BACK TO THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY THAT STARTS IT ALL...

This is a My Chemical Romance/Gerard Way story beginning in July/August 2006. It begins during their video shoots for both "The Black Parade" and "Famous Last Words" videos.

Gerard meets Andie, the love of his life *romance*, behind the scenes during these short days. In the beginning, he comes to grips with allowing himself to let his walls down with someone after years of a non-committal relationship and focusing on the band. He soon discovers the joys of finding that person that he always knew was out there...while finally finding the success he and his bandmates have always strived to achieve.

Andie, every bit his counterpart, is intelligent, talented, comedic, intense, and creative. After finally coming to terms with her brother's untimely death in the war in Iraq, she learns to live again, finding her place in the world...both personally and professionally...with Gerard's love and encouragement to guide her.

Together, they share the things everyone should be so lucky as to share with their other half...from private jokes, to the same views of acceptance of others...and of life and death...

But can their relationship withstand the trials *drama* they will have to overcome? (This is the continuing plot of the story as many, sometimes real-life factors that have affected the band, come into play.)

Note from the author:

Originally, the story was to come to a close after those video shoots and the life-shattering issues Gerard and Andie had to overcome...

However, due to my readers' interest in the story (and my own obsession with writing it) the story continues to follow Gerard's, Andie's, and the band's, trials and successes during the promotion, release, and tour of "The Black Parade" album. I will continue to write until my story catches up with them in real life. Then the story will jump ahead to the future, and a terribly dramatic ending.

The story does focus mainly on Gerard and Andie's relationship, although a great deal of their circle of family and friends are involved in the story. It is fiction, but the story also follows most of the band's actual schedule and things they have dealt with since those videos were shot. I have done a LOT of research for this story...and for my own personal enjoyment. You'd be surprised at the details that are truth. ;)

As my readers' comments have addressed (on mibba.com), it IS rated NC-17, and it DOES reflect the natural progression of an adult relationship. (I encourage you to read these comments, and love to receive new ones.)

If you read the entire story, you will see that these characters develop a true, loving relationship (long before they get intimate). Sex IS a natural part of normal adult romantic relationships. Please be aware of this content before reading it.

Enjoy the story... But sit back and relax, it's turning into a SAGA! ;)

~Shari / Author "Think Happy Thoughts"

ur_beautiful (www.mibba.com)

NOTE I own the following characters (tho they may be based on celebrities in appearance, or occasionally based on a similar character [Aunt Marie, Renaldo]):

Andrea (Andie) Gayle Redmond
Logan Redmond
Steven Redmond & Charles (his partner)
Diana Redmond
Misty Spradley
Kyle Anderson
Ronald (Renaldo) Spencer, Robyn Spencer, Grace Spencer
Aunt Carol
Sarah Jacobs, Trevor Jacobs
Aunt Marie
Uncle Lewis
Grandpa Joe Redmond
Chewy the Hamster
Pinky the Chihuahua

Real Men Wear Makeup 7/17/06 (not factual)

Gerard Gets the Chair 7/17/06 (not factual)

The History of Andie 7/17/06 (not factual)

But I'll Go Down With My Friends 7/17/06 (not factual)

When the Sun Comes Up... 7/18/06 (not factual)

Don't Take Anyone's Shit 7/18/06 (not factual)

Superheroes & Demons 7/18/06 (not factual)

The Collision of Your Kiss 7/18/06 (not factual)

AWW..Sugar 7/19/06 (not factual)

From the Choice You Make 7/19/06 (not factual)

Just Sleep... 7/20/06 (not factual)

For the Monsters That I've Been 7/21/06-7/22/06 (not factual)

The Patient 7/23/06-7/24/06 (not factual)

The Ghost of You 7/24/06 (not factual)

Hello Angel, Tell Me Where Are You? 7/24/06 (not factual)

Things Are Better If I Stay 7/25/06 (not factual)

Just to Get Back In Her Arms 7/25/06 (not factual)

Honey If You Stay, I'll Be Forgiven 7/26/06 (not factual)

If You Were Here, I'd Never Have a Fear 7/26/06 (not factual)

Paint These Walls In Pitchfork Red 7/27/06 (not factual)

I'll Take You Home With Me 7/27/06 (not factual)

Late Dawns & Early Sunsets 7/28/06 (not factual)

Oh Baby! Don't Stop! 7/29/06 (not factual)

Oh Baby! Don't Stop! (Part 2 - encore) 7/29/06 (not factual)

Awake and Unafraid 7/30/06 (not factual)

I'm Just the Way That the Doctor Made Me 7/31/06-8/6/06 (NOW it follows a LOT of My Chem's actual schedule after this point)

You Don't Work Here Anymore 8/7/06

It IS a Fashion Statement (This Time) 8/8/06

I'm So Dirty, Babe! 8/8/06

The Jetset Life is Gonna Kill You 8/9/06-8/12/06

You're In Time for the Show 8/13/06-8/14/06

Well, If You Wanted Honesty 8/14/06-8/17/06

In the Dark Where the Animals Go 8/17/06-8/18/06

What It's Like to Be Me 8/19/06-8/20/06

Trust Me! 8/20/06

The Black Parade Comes to London 8/21/06-8/22/06

Just Like My Favorite Scenes 8/23/06

You Told Me This Gets Harder, Well It Did! 8/24/06-8/27/06 (boo)

Well, When You Go... 8/27/06 (boo)

But Where's Your Heart? 8/27/06 (boo)

I Will Be With You 8/28/06

Just You Mind Your Manners When You Go 8/28/06

The Sharpest Lives are the Deadliest to Lead 8/28/06

Go and Try, You'll Never Break Me 8/28/06

If This is What You Want, then FIRE AT WILL 8/28/06

I'll Never Let Them Hurt You, I Promise 8/28/06 (yeah still)-8/29/06

Mass Convulsions, Strike the Choir 8/29/06

Elevators and Half Price Sales 8/30/06

In the Best Damn Dress I Own 8/30/06-8/31/06

Wait Until it Fades to Black, Ride Into the Sunset 8/31/06

It Was the Roar of the Crowd 8/31/06

Do You Have the Keys to the Hotel?! 8/31/06

Just Like Up On the Screen 9/1/06

Hand In Mine, Into Your Icy Blues 9/2/06

Ashes to Ashes, We All Fall Down 9/2/06-9/5/06

The Savior of the Broken 9/5/06-9/6/06

Gather 'Round Piggies, and Kiss This Goodbye 9/6/06

To The End 9/6/06

Call Her Black Mariah 9/7/06-9/9/06

If Living Was the Hardest Part 9/10/06

We Got Innocence for Days 9/10/06

We Laughed So Hard, It Would Sting 9/10/06-9/11/06

Mama 9/12/06

The Hardest Part of This, Is Leaving You 9/12/06

It's Better Off This Way 9/12/06 

'Cause I'm Out Here, On the Other Side 9/13/06

Just Know That I Will Remember You 9/14/06-9/17/06

Too Much, Too Late, Or Just Not Enough of This 9/18/06

Send You Roses When They Think You Need to Smile 9/19/06-9/22/06

I Spent the Night Dancing, I'm Drunk I Suppose 9/23/06-9/24/06

Nevermind the Friends I'm Making 9/25/06-9/26/06

Singing Songs that Make You Slit Your Wrists 9/26/06-9/30/06

Shotgun Sinners, Wild Eyed Jokers 9/30/06

Gun It While I'm Holdin' On... 9/30/06

Let's Say Goodbye, The Hundredth Time 10/1/06

We Want It All, We Want to Play This Part 10/1/06-10/4/06

Juliet Love the Beat and the Lust It Commands 10/4/06

Thank You For the Venom 10/4/06-10/5/06

Back Home...Off the Run 10/5/06-10/6/06

You Said We're Not Celebrities 10/7/06-10/9/06

Can You See...My Eyes Are Shining Bright 10/9/06-10/12/06

Listen Here, Because It's Who We Are 10/12/06-10/15/06

I'd Maybe Then Sing You A Song 10/15/06-10/19/06

Tell Me I'm An Angel 10/20/06

If Life Ain't Just a Joke, Then Why Are We Laughin 10/21/06

As Days Fade, And Nights Grow, And We Go Cold 10/22/06-10/23/06

I'm Unashamed, I'm Gonna Show My Scar 10/24/06

Drowning Lessons 10/25/06

There Ain't No Way That I'm Sorry For What I Did 10/26/07

From the Times That I've Killed You 10/27/06

Fall On Your Tongue Like Pixie Dust 10/28/06

I'll Serve It In Drag 10/28/06-10/30/06

This Night, Walk the Dead 10/31/06

House of Wolves 11/1/06

And As Always, Innocent Like Roller Coasters 11/1/06-11/3/06

What You Got Under Your Shirt 11/3/06-11/5/06

Ever Get the Feeling That You're Never All Alone 11/6/06-11/8/06

Romance 11/9/06

Drain All the Blood, And Give the Kids a Show 11/10/06-11/13/06

Oh Baby, Let Me In! 11/13/06-11/22/06

Your Dreams and Your Hopeless Hair 11/23/06-11/24/06

As We're Touching Hands 11/24/06-11/27/06

How the Misery Begins 11/27/06

U Must Keep Your Soul Like a Secret In Your Throat 11/28/06

Tell Me, Baby, Who Do You Wanna Be? 11/29/06

I Held You Close As We Both Shook 11/30/06

Down By the Pool, He Doesn't Have Any Friends 12/01/06

But It Started With An Alright Scene 12/02/06-12/03/06

It's Really Quite Pleasant, Except for the Smell 12/04/06-12/05/06

Trapped In By All These Mountains 12/05/06-12/06/06

Mistaken By the News I Heard From Waking 12/06/06-12/07/06

I'll Never Let Them, I Can't Forget Them 12/7/06-12/8/06

Starless Eyes, For Heaven's Sake 12/9/06

She Won't Stop Me, Put It Down 12/9/06-12/10/06

The Angels Just Cut Out Her Tongue 12/10/06-12/11/06

Clouds Move Like A Wraith 12/11/06-12/12/06

Can We Settle Up the Score? 12/12/06-12/13/06

Can I Meet You Alone? 12/14/06-12/15/06

There's a Dozen Reasons In This Gun 12/15/06

If I Had the Guts to Put This to Your Head 12/15/06

It Isn't That Much Fun, Staring Down a Loaded Gun 12/15/06-12/16/06

With Words I Thought I'd Never Speak 1216/06-12/17/06

Forget About the Dirty Looks 12/18/06-12/19/06

So Paint It Black, And Take It Back 12/20/06

And Let the Spirit Come On Through Ya 12/21/06-12/22/06

Make My Wish Come True 12/23/06-12/24/06

Baby, All I Want For Christmas Is You 12/24/06-12/25/06

I Just Want You For My Own 12/25/06-12/27/06

Holdin On To Me So Tight 12/27/06

More Than You Could Ever Know 12/28/06-12/29/06

I Just Want You Here Tonight 12/29/06-12/31/06

And In This Promise That We Make 01/01/07

This Is The Best Day Ever 01/01/07

We'll Show Them All How Much We Mean 01/02/07-01/03/07

On Your Mother's Eyes, Say A Prayer, Say A Prayer 01/03/07-1/04/07

And Holding On, Well I Hope You Do The Same 01/04/07-01/07/07

Pull The Plug, But I'd Like To Learn Your Name 01/07/07

So Go On, Live Your Life 01/08/07-01/09/07

Well They Encourage Your Complete Cooperation 01/09/07-01/10/07

If You Can Stay, Then I'll Show You The Way 01/11/07-01/12/07

But I'm Counting Down The Days To Go 01/12/07-01/14/07

We Could Be Perfect One Last Night 01/14/07-01/15/07

As If Somebody Was Gripping My Throat 01/15/07-01/16/07 (US) -01/17/07 (NZ)

Words I Thought I'd Choke On Figure Out 01/16/07-01/17/07

And All The Wounds That Are Ever Gonna Scar Me 01/17/07-01/18/07 (NZ)

A Life That's So Demanding, I Get So Weak 01/18/07-01/19/07 (NZ)

So I Won't Stop Dying, Won't Stop Lying 01/19/07-01/21/07 (AU)

Someday, This Day, Set The Ferris Wheel Ablaze 01/20/07-01/22/07

Would You Leave Me Lying Here? 01/22/07-01/23/07 (AU)

You're So Far Away... 01/23/07 (US) - 01/24/07

I've Been a Bad Motherfucker, Tell Your Sister... 01/24/07 (US) - 01/25/07 (AU)

A Drink For The Horror That I'm In 01/25/07 - 01/26/07 (AU)

White Lies, You've Worn Out Your Dancing Shoes 01/25/07 (US) - 01/26/07 (AU)

Well After All, We'll Lie Another Day 01/26/07 - 01/27/07

Touched By Angels Though I Fall Out Of Grace 01/27/07 - 01/28/07

Life Is But A Dream For The Dead 01/28/07 - 01/29/07

Give Me A Reason To Believe 01/29/07 - 01/30/07

I've Really Been On A Bender And It Shows 01/30/07 - 01/31/07

To Wage This War Against Your Faith In Me 01/30/07 (US) - 02/01/07 (AU)

And You Can Take All The Pain Away From Me 1/31/07 - 2/2/07

I'm Trying To Let You Know How Much You Mean 2/2/07 - 2/3/07 (AU)

We'll Love Again, We'll Laugh Again 2/3/07 (US) - 2/4/07 (AU)

My Way Home Is Through You 2/4/07 - 2/6/07

It's The Tearing Sound of Love Notes 2/5/07 - 2/6/07

Let Me Break This Awkward Silence 2/7/07 - 2/8/07

Will It Wash Away This Jet Black Feeling 2/8/07 - 2/9/07

This Is How I Disappear 2/9/07 - 2/10/07

After All The Things We Put Each Other Through 2/10/07 - 2/11/07

And If You Can Stay, Then I'll Show You The Way 2/11/07

I Would Drive On To the End With You 2/11/07 - 2/12/07

S-I-N...I S-I-N 2/13/07

Running Away and Hiding With You 2/14/07

These Hands...Stained Red 2/15/07

You Can Take Off Your Skin In The Cannibal Glow 2/16/07

Bury Me And Fade To Black 2/16/07 - 2/17/07

Come With Your Arms Raised High! 2/18/07

I Can't Control Myself Because I Don't Know How 2/19/07 - 2/20/07

Heaven Help Us Now 2/20/07 - 2/21/07

Welcome To The Black Parade 2/22/07

And We'll Keep It Running 2/23/07

He Calls The Mansion Not A House But A Tomb 2/24/07

Take My Fucking Hand 2/25/07

You Better Run Like The Devil 2/26/07

Should I Be Shocked Now By The Last Thing You Said 2/27/07

Do or Die, You'll Never Make Me 2/28/07

You've Spun This Chamber Dry 3/01/07

Stay Out Of The Light 3/02/07

The Photographs Your Boyfriend Took 3/3/07 - 3/4/07

All The Ghosts That Are Never Gonna Catch Me 3/4/07 - 3/5/07

You Can't Keep My Brother 3/5/07 - 3/6/07

To The Vows You Take 3/7/07

That Girl's Not Right In The Brain 3/8/07

Some Other Way To Continue To Hide My Face 3/9/07

Wedding Gown That You Can't Wear In Front of Me 3/10/07

She's Got Something Else In Mind 3/10/07

She's Got A Life Of Her Own And It Shows 3/11/07

It's Really Quite Alarming 3/12/07

Come On Angel Don't You Cry 3/13/07

Pennies And Colder Fountains 3/14/07

I'm Not O-Fucking-Kay 3/15/07

Like A Bullet Through A Flock Of Doves 3/16/07

Maybe They'll Leave You Alone, But Not Me 3/17/07

I'm The Kind Of Human Wreckage That You Love 3/18/07

Or Strike A Violent Pose 3/18/07 (US) - 3/20/07 (UK)

They Sold The Cause For The Queen 3/20/07 (UK)

Pick Up The Phone..Pick Up The Phone, Fucker 3/21/07

'Cause I'm Such An Awful Fuck... 3/22/07

In The Center Of A Restaurant 3/23/07

And When I Can't Complain, With The Falling Rain 3/24/07

Well, I'll Be Granting Your Permission 3/25/07

Now, Now, Now...Yeah! 3/25-3/26/07

Unapologetic Apathy 3/27/07

We Don't Have To Stay, Stay Inside This Place 3/28/07

The Blue Ones Help Me Fall 3/29 - 3/30/07

Now The Red Ones Make Me Fly 3/30/07

We Hold In Our Hearts, The Sword and The Faith 3/31/07

You're Not In This Alone 4/1/07

To Show You Just What I've Been Thinking 4/2/07

And I Love You For..This Day 4/3/07 - 4/4/07

Price You Pay 4/4/07 - 4/5/07

I Never Want To Let You Down 4/6/07

And I Know..There's Nothing I Can Say 4/7/07

Kick Me Like A Stray 4/8/07

A Celebrated Man Amongst the Gurneys 4/9/07

Well, I've Been Holding On Tonight 4/9/07 (US) 4/10/07 (SWE) - 4/11/07

As Razor Sharp White Teeth Rip Our Our Necks 4/12/07

Tongue Tied And Oh So Squeamish 4/13/07

Where Did You Run To? 4/14/07

I'd Encourage Your Smiles 4/15/07

Please Understand It Has To Be This Way 4/15-4/16/07

A Temporary Stand-In For Your Face 4/16-4/17/07

Shut Up And Play 4/18/07-4/19/07

You're The One That I Need 4/19-4/20/07

From Backstage To The Doctor 4/21/07

Tragic, With A Capital "T" 4/22/07

We Could Take To The Highway 4/23/07

Another Line Without A Hook 4/24/07

All The Smiles That Are Ever Gonna Haunt Me 4/25/07

Disappointed Faces of Your Peers 4/25-4/26/07

If You Take Me Down 4/27/07

They Never Had The Time 4/28/07 Part 1

Tell Me Where We Go From Here 4/28-4/29/07

What'd You Call Me?? 4/29-4/30/07

There's Nothing I Can Say To Change That Part 5/1/07

To Unexplain the Unforgivable 5/2/07

Would I Lie To You? 5/3/07

We're Hanging Out With Corpses 5/4/07

Well It Rains and It Pours 5/5/07

And Don't Look Back 5/6/07

I Stared As This Moment Was Held For Me 5/7/07

And Return From the Ashes You Call 5/8/07

You Can Cry All You Want To 5/9/07

Alright...Give Up! Get Down! 5/10/07

There's No Way I'm Kissin' THAT Guy! 5/11/07

A Love That's So Demanding, I Get Weak 5/12/07

I Took Her Down 5/13/07

We'll Solve The Mystery of Laceration Gravity 5/14/07

They Say You've Been Pleading 5/15/07

So Why Don't Ya Blow Me A Kiss Before She Goes 5/16/07

They're These Terrors... 5/17/07

And If You Carry On This Way 5/18/07

Mama, We're All Full of Lies 5/19/07

Well I Find It Hard To Stay With The Words You Say 5/20/07

I'm Just The Worst Kind of Guy To Argue With 5/21/07

To The Last Parade 5/22/07

Come Crashing Down 5/23/07

We Could Be In The Park & Dancing By A Tree 5/24/07-5/25/07 (JAP)

Make Your Choice 5/26/07 (JAP)

On And On, We Carry Through The Fears 5/27-5/28/07 (JAP)

And In My Honest Observation 5/28-5/29/07

Take A Good Hard Look 5/29/07

Like A Match You Strike To Incinerate 5/30/07

She Keeps A Picture Of The Body She Lends 5/30/07 (US) - 5/31/07 (JAP & GER)

Let Me Go..Go On Record 5/31-6/2/07

You're Still The Good For Nothin' I Don't Know 6/1-6/2/07 '

Cause All My Hair's Abandoned All My Body 6/2-6/3/07 (EUR)

You've Got Front Row Seats To The Penitence Ball 6/4/07 (EUR)