You and Gerard are curled up on the old couch in his basement, gorging on snacks and listening to Smashing Pumpkins. Gerard has just broken up with his first girlfriend, Barbara, who ended things with him because she is going to travel to Greece and wants to enjoy the trip as a single girl. He wipes his red nose on his sleeve and sniffs, his green eyes swollen from crying. He nibbles on a chocolate bar and says, his voice a little hoarse.

She was my first love, you know?