Forced to live with Sway LA

Chapter 39

Tuesday
Beep beep beep
Josh's pov
My alarm was going off so I turned it off and saw that it was eight in the morning ugh it's so early but we have to get to the studio to record with Dave since he's actually in LA today so I decided to wake up Jaden first by leaving little kisses on his face.
End of pov
Jaden: (smiles and opens his eyes) good morning babe
Josh: morning sexy
Jaden: when do we have to get to the studio?
Josh: in like an hour so I am gonna get ready and you wake up lex
Jaden: okay sounds good (pecks him on the lips)
(Josh gets up from the couch and Jaden turns to lex and lightly shakes her)
Lexie: hmm (opens her eyes)
Jaden: morning princess
Lexie: good morning bubba (hugs him)
Jaden: are you ready to go on the podcast?
Lexie: I am nervous...
Jaden: it's okay like josh said if you want to stop we'll stop okay?
Lexie: okay
Jaden: and if you don't want to do it all we don't have too
Lexie: (sighs) no it's time for me to get this out and move forward
Jaden: (smiles and kisses the top of her head) I am proud of you
Lexie: thanks but Jaden
Jaden: yeah?
Lexie: uh I am gonna be telling everything because I don't want there to be anything else anyone can expose me with and there's still some stuff you don't know...
Jaden: okay do you want to tell me first or do you want to just say it all at once?
Lexie: can I say it all at once over there? I don't want to have to tell it twice I want it to be once and done
Jaden: okay you can do that now why don't you go upstairs and get ready
Lexie: okay (gets off the couch and walks upstairs)
Jaden's pov
Once lex got up and I knew she was going to stay up I got off the couch and walked into my room and threw on a blue t shirt and jeans and just left my messy curls alone and sprayed some cologne on, grabbed my phone and walked back downstairs.
End of pov
Lexie's pov
I don't know how long I looked in my closet but eventually I gave up on trying to look cute because it wasn't going to do me any good anyway and just put on my pink lace crop top with some navy patterned sweats and tamed my curls by putting a little bit of moose in it and scrunched it up. I looked at my reflection in the mirror and even though I wasn't happy with it I took several deep breaths and told myself today's the day, all my secrets come out and I tell it like it is. I grabbed my phone and headphones and walked downstairs to see josh on Jaden's lap and they were kissing aw how cute.
End of pov
Lexie: love birds are we ready to go?
Josh: good morning to you too lex
Lexie: morning so like I said are we ready to go?
Josh: do you have your stress ball?
Lexie: no...
josh: I think you should bring it just in case you want something to play with
Lexie: okay (walks back upstairs and grabs her rainbow one and walks back downstairs) okay I am ready
Josh: alright let's go
Lexie's pov
We left the house around eight thirty and the drive to the studio took about thirty minutes so we got there at nine. I was starting to get nervous so I pulled out my stress ball and started squeezing and second guessing whether this was a good idea or not but then I felt a hand on my shoulder give me a light squeeze and I looked up and saw josh reassuring me that it was okay so I took another deep breath before we walked into the studio and we saw Dave with Briana talking.
End of pov
Josh: ay Dave what's up (daps him up)
Dave: hey josh how are you?
Josh: I am good anyways this is my boyfriend Jaden and his little sister Lexie
Dave: it's good to finally meet the guy josh is obsessed with (jokes)
(Josh blushes and Briana looks at Lexie)
Briana: hi Lexie it's nice to meet you
Lexie: you too
Jaden: hey (smiles at them)
Dave: okay so should we get started?
Josh: yeah let's do it
(They sit down at the table josh, on the right, Lexie in the middle and Jaden on the left with Dave across from them and they start filming)
Dave: okay uh another episode of BFFs and today we are doing something a little different instead of one guest we have two so why don't you guys introduce yourselves
Jaden: what's up I am Jaden hossler
Lexie: and I am Lexie hossler
Dave: also Josh's new boyfriend right? You guys are public now
Josh: yeah we went public New Years
Dave: well I guess now I can't tease you about dating nessa
Jaden: no but feel free to tease him about dating me
Dave: I will definitely do that but not only do we have two guests today we are also going to be talking and getting to know Lexie a little bit more because even though she has no social media she has still managed to be all over the media lately why is that?
Lexie: because people are bitches and they want to expose me all the time
Dave: why though? I mean your fifteen I don't understand why it's pretty much a trend at this point i mean it's like a tabloid every week with your name in it
Briana: and you don't post on TikTok or do YouTube at all? (Looks at Lexie)
Lexie: no I mean I show up the boys YouTube videos here and there and I have made a few Tik toks a few of them being taken down because of someone (looks at Jaden)
Jaden: I am protective sue me
Lexie: hmm protective is one word for it but anyway yeah I guess people just target me because I am Jaden's little sister
Josh: when did people start targeting you Lexie?
Lexie: uh it was a little bit after Jaden left for tour
Dave: and we'll get into that a little bit later but why don't you start with just giving us a bit of background
Lexie: okay so Jaden and I grew up in Tennessee which most people know but what they don't really know is that our parents were pretty much married to their job so even though we grew up on the wealthy side of Tennessee it also meant that our parents were constantly away so that left me with Jaden and the nannies
Dave: okay so your parents really weren't in the picture of you growing up is that right to say?
Lexie: yeah
Briana: how did that affect you as a little girl?
Lexie: I don't think I really paid attention to it, it was just like oh mommy and daddy are leaving again but at least I had Jaden he pretty much raised me
Briana: wow so what's the age difference between you guys?
Jaden: I am nineteen and lex is fifteen so five years
Dave: so you didn't really get to have a childhood either then
Jaden: no but I loved lex so it didn't matter to me at the time
Dave: okay so fast forward a few years jaden is starting to get famous on TikTok how old were you Lexie?
Lexie: thirteen
Briana: so literally just starting your teenage years
Lexie: yeah
Josh: okay so walk us through the day when you found out Jaden left for tour if you want too if not we can skip over that
Lexie: no no I think that's a uh very pivotal part of the story so I can't just skip over it... so like I said before I was thirteen and people at home knew that I was Jaden's sister and a lot of people who I thought were my friends had turned against me they were teasing me verbally but one day it uh escalated into physically bullying by this girl named Katherine, she was one of my best friends and she became popular and turned on me and found a group of girls and together on that day they beat me up and I came home with a black eye... and I was looking for Jaden but the nanny said he left to go on the lights out tour and he left me a note but at the time I was hurt and angry that I just tore it up and didn't bother reading it
Briana: and that was the first time things got physical?
Lexie: yeah... and I never told Jaden about the verbal bullying because I just figured I could handle it at the time
Dave: wow okay so Jaden you didn't know anything about this?
Jaden: no and before she continues talking I just want to let everybody know how sorry I was for not being there for Lexie, I was a shitty brother at the time and I'll own up to it
Lexie: you weren't a shitty brother.. you were going after your dreams and I wasn't gonna be selfish and hold you back, I mean yeah I was angry for a long time but we moved past that
Josh: it took you a while though
Lexie: yeah
Dave: wow okay what happened after that?
Lexie: I started getting bullied to the point that I would come home with scratches, bruises, blacks eyes it became a normal routine for me and then the verbal abuse got worse people were telling me I was fat, I looked like a whale, I should lose a few pounds etc to a point where I started to believe them and I just stopped eating completely until my nanny found me passed out in my room and took me to the hospital where they diagnosed me with anorexia
Briana: where were your parents?
Lexie: England at the time I believe.. they didn't care enough to fly back and check on me and the only thing the nanny did after that was just sit in the kitchen while I ate and when I was done she went to the room so I would go up to mine and just purge everything...
josh: how did chase find out about it? I know when he wrote the BS on Twitter that night he said that he found you but in your words what exactly happened?
Lexie: well Jaden came home for Christmas after the lights out tour and he brought you, Anthony, griffin, Payton and chase
Briana: so did Jaden find out what was going on then?
Jaden: no at the time I was so wrapped up in my own world and wanting to show the guys Tennessee that I didn't really pay attention to lex that trip and it's something that I wish I had but I can't so now I am just trying to make up for it
Lexie: which he has by the way but anyway back to the chase story so we had just finished eating dinner as a group and Jae and the boys went down to the basement of our house to watch some movie or something and I went up to the bathroom to purge and i didn't think anyone was following me but chase heard me in the bathroom and he pulled my hair back for me and I tried to play it off as I was just sick but he saw right through me and I promised that I would stop if he didn't tell Jaden...
josh: did you stop after that?
Lexie: no.. at that time I was just saying whatever to make sure he wouldn't say anything and it worked until the night when all the drama went down and he exposed me... I know he was trying hurt Jaden but I still had nothing to do with the situation so I just thought it was unfair that he brought me into it
Dave: did Jaden or Bryce kick his ass? Because I know if you were my little sister I would have kicked lil huddy's skinny ass for doing that to you
Jaden: oh no don't get me wrong I was pissed that night but at the same time like it had already blown up on social media and if Bryce and I had actually fought him it would have escalated it even more so I just talked to him and told him that we were done and that was that
Josh: yeah and the reason I didn't go over was because I was extremely pissed that I would have hit him so I decided to stay back with lex because we didn't want her going to the house obviously
Dave: well yeah that I understand so what terms are you on with chase now?
Josh: well Jaden's making a movie with him so... wait can I say that?
Jaden: yeah i believe Colson made the announcement a few days ago so yeah it's fine
Briana: wow so your gonna be in a movie with MGK and Travis barker?
Jaden: yeah it's gonna be sick I believe we start filming next week
Dave: is it gonna be awkward seeing chase again?
Jaden: I hope not I mean I think enough time has passed that we can be civil with each other at least
Dave: I guess what about you josh?
Josh: I think like Jaden said you know we were friends with chase for so long and yeah he fucked up but I think we can move past it hopefully what about you lex?
Lexie: I guess... I don't know if I am gonna be a hundred percent comfortable around him anymore but I can always try you know
Dave: the level of maturity you guys have at this age amazes me I don't know if I could forgive someone for doing something like that but okay moving on the next thing you got exposed for was a relationship now josh told me it's a sensitive topic so you can just say what your comfortable with
Lexie: I appreciate that Dave honestly but I am tired of people exposing my shit so I think it's best if I just expose myself and move on so I'll just talk about everything
Jaden: are you sure lex?
Lexie: yeah (squeezes her stress ball and takes a deep breath) so I had just turned fourteen and the bullying was getting to be a lot and I found myself in a very low point at the time and I was in the bathroom.. cutting myself and crying when the door opened and this girl named Naomi walks in
Briana: she's the one that was on the live yesterday right?
Lexie: yeah so anyways I was curled up in a ball thinking I was just gonna get kicked again when she walked up to me and actually helped me clean my wrist and from then on she introduced me to her friends who became my friends as well and we became the bad kids of the school, constantly skipping, getting into fights and suspended and one night we were at a party and this boy named Jake came up to me (squeezes the stress ball a couple times)
Josh: it's okay take your time
Lexie: (takes a deep breath) at first he acted super sweet and asked me to dance with him and then eventually we started drinking and he slipped something in it when I wasn't paying attention.. he took me up to the room and started recording well that video... after that night he pretty much claimed me as his boyfriend, I was a freshman and he was a popular junior so no one suspected anything wrong with the relationship
Dave: other then the age difference apparently
Lexie: yeah other then that but behind closed doors he was really abusive both physically and sexually (squeezes the ball) I was terrified of him and he threatened me if I ever tried to break up with him.. so I stayed in the relationship and after like six months one of naomi's friends his name was Leo caught Jake beating me up behind the bleachers and he and his friends beat Jake up, since Jake was popular the principal believed him and Leo and his guys were expelled so it was just the girls and I in the school until Katherine beat me in the hallways which started another fight and once again Naomi and the rest of the girls were also expelled
Briana: and did you try telling the principal what really happened considering you were the victim?
Lexie: yeah but by that point I was already labeled one of the "bad kids" so he just thought I was coming to their defense after that I started skipping because I didn't want to be there, I hung out with Naomi and her group getting high and drunk to numb out my feelings and then one day my parents came home from one of their business trips I was drunk so my mom kicked me out of the house and I stayed with Naomi for three months
Dave: and Jaden still didn't know any of this was going on?
Lexie: he was so busy here in LA that we didn't really talk at all and even if we did talk I wouldn't tell him.. he was going after his dream and he didn't need to worry about me
Briana: so what were those three months like?
Lexie: I didn't go to school at all, I was high on whatever drug was at the house, I drank any kind of alcohol you could think of until my fifteenth birthday my parents came home out of the blue and wanted me back home, they re enrolled me at school because they found out I hadn't been going and at that point I learned how to defend myself, I took on the bad kid label at school on my own and the day I got expelled was for beating up Katherine in the hallway and that's when my mom decided to get rid of me and send me to live with Jaden here in LA
Dave: wow you have pretty much been to hell and back and what has LA been like for you?
Lexie: at first I hated it and the only thing I wanted to do was go back home but after a while I realized that the boys are my home and even if they drive me crazy I love them and they are my family
Briana: how long did it take you to forgive Jaden because I am sure there was a lot of anger and resentment built up
Lexie: oh yeah I definitely gave him the hardest time out of all the boys (laughs) but when the video got leaked on insta I couldn't hold it together anymore and realized I needed my brother
Dave: okay so we have your side of the story and now I want to talk to Jaden because I can't imagine what was going through your brain at the time when you found out everything that happened
Jaden: I was definitely shocked but at the same time I had noticed how different Lexie was when she came to live with me in LA and I knew something was up and we tried to get her to open up to us but she was so closed off it was really hard so when I finally did find out everything and to be honest I still didn't know everything until now like lex hurting herself and our parents kicking her out so I am just trying to process that information but I definitely felt guilty.. I still feel guilty some days
Dave: what about you josh? What was it like being in a house with all the boys and having a fraternity environment to then having a fifteen year old girl in the house
Josh: we definitely dialed down on the partying, we rarely drink around her because we try really hard to just be responsible when it comes to lex
Briana: sorry this might be off topic but Cynthia said on the live that she has to do age play therapy do you want to explain a little bit about that?
Josh: do you want to lex?
Lexie: you can explain this part (shrugs her shoulders)
Josh: okay so basically when Lexie came to live with us she started having nightmares about everything because she wasn't able to drink until she passed out like she did in Tennessee and having those nightmares also brought anxiety attacks during the day as well so her stress levels were always up and we took her to the doctor where they said we need to do this therapy so that her stress levels can reduce and it gives her the opportunity to regress into a kid and get taken care of in a way she wasn't when she was actually little
Dave: wow what else did you guys find out when she came to live with you?
Lexie: uh besides the age play we also discovered I have PTSD, anxiety, and a learning disability in math oh and before anyone else wants to expose me for anything I am just gonna do it myself and say that because I fell behind in school I am learning eighth grade material so as you can see I am a very very normal teenager (says with sarcasm)
Dave: hey I give you props for at least behind able to have a sense of humor I mean really it couldn't have been Easy going through all that and it really does take courage to come on here and say the truth
Briana: yeah it shows that your not gonna stay quiet anymore and hopefully it'll stop people from putting a target on your back
Lexie: I don't know we'll see I think I am always gonna have a target on my back because whether I like it or not I am in the spotlight because I am Jaden's sister and I can't just hide every time some shit happens
Dave: very true okay we have time for two more questions and this is for josh and Jaden
Josh: Dave if you say anything to embarrass me I am quitting (jokes)
Dave: no nothing like that on some real shit because there were rumors that you josh signed custody papers over lex so is that true?
Josh: yeah it is, their parents sent custody papers over to Jaden and when it came to signing a second legal guardian he was going to leave it blank but I told him to put mine because I love her as much as Jaden does
Briana: okay second question when did you and Jaden realize you had feelings for each other?
Jaden: I think part of us always knew we had a special connection from the time that we met we just clicked and in the first Sway house we shared a room and the connection just grew from there but to us it was just our friendship, I started dating Mads and josh dated Nessa but even then the connections in those relationships were very different then the connection that josh and I had and when lex came to live with us we both unconsciously took on the role of her quote on quote parents
Lexie: yeah I mean I love all the boys and everything but they are more like my brothers we tease each other like brother and sister and even though they can be strict at times at the end of the day my connection with josh was different and I got close to him faster and then everyone saw that they were starting to catch feelings and I played match maker and locked them in a room till they admitted it (laughs)
Josh: she did do that and we wanted to kill her at first but it ended up being the best thing that could have happened
Dave: okay well before josh goes and fucks Jaden we are out of time so that's it for this episode thank you Lexie for coming on here and sharing your story, and thank you Jaden for coming on too, josh I'll see you the next episode
Josh: later guys
Lexie's pov
Once the cameras cut and I thought about what I just did and said and how it's going to be out for a million people to see tomorrow a wave of emotions came over me. I felt physically and mentally drained but at the same time I felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders, that it it's over. I don't have to carry it anymore and yeah I might still have those nightmares and anxiety and the after math but I don't have to keep it to myself anymore and that's why the weight is off my shoulders. I got pulled out of my thoughts feeling a pair of arms wrap around my waist and I turned around to see Jaden.
End of pov
Jaden: I am so so so proud of you lex you have no idea! (Hugs her tighter)
Lexie: that's great bubba but I am gonna need to breathe
Jaden: right sorry (let's go)
Josh: buddy!! You did it!! (Picks her up and swings her around) and you didn't have any anxiety attacks or break down that's progress lex!!
Lexie: (smiles) I guess it is
Josh: it is come on let's go home and tell the boys
Lexie: okay can I sleep in the car? I am tired
Jaden: yeah we also need to get something to eat since we skipped breakfast so we'll stop at McDonald's or something
Lexie: okay...
(Josh gets in the drivers seat while Jaden gets in the passenger and Lexie sits in the back and falls asleep and josh grabs Jaden's hand and kisses it)
Jaden: (smiles) what was that for?
Josh: I am just happy, I am happy being with you and I am proud that lex was able to do that makes me think we are doing something right you know?
Jaden: yeah I feel the same way and I wouldn't be able to do any of it without you by my side so thank you, I love you
Josh: I love you too now let's get food I am starving
Jaden: me too
Thirty minutes later
(They have McDonald's and pull into the driveway of the sway house and Jaden opens the door for Lexie and lightly shakes her)
Lexie: bubba I sleepy (mumbles)
Jaden: I know but you gotta wake up now and eat (picks her up and carries her into the house)
Lexie: I hungry
Jaden: I know that's why you need to eat and after if your still tired you can go back to sleep okay?
Lexie: okay
(Jaden passes her chicken nuggets and fries as Bryce walks into the kitchen)
Bryce: hey you guys are back, how did it go?!
Josh: great lex did Awesome isn't that right baby girl
Lexie: yeah! (Claps her hands)
Bryce: haha when did she get into little space?
Jaden: she fell asleep in the car and woke up in little space
(Blake, griffin, Noah and Kio, walk into the kitchen)
Kio: how did it go? Any anxiety attacks
Jaden: not one but she's in little space right now so ask her when she's out of it
Noah: okay
Lexie: look Noah nugget!!
Noah: yeah that's a chicken nugget baby but eat it otherwise it's gonna get cold
Lexie: okay (takes a bite of it)
Griffin: well I am happy to hear the podcast went well
Bryce: Dave wasn't rude was he because If he was I won't hesitate to roast him
Jaden: no he wasn't trust me if he was I would have shut it down real quick
Josh: Bryce will you please come back on the pod and squash the beef with him it genuinely sucks
Bryce: I'll think about but I am going out with Addy and then probably stay with her tonight
Blake: SIMP
Bryce: shut up and go fuck Amelie
Lexie: fuck!
(Griffin smacks him upside the head)
Bryce: ow
Griffin: that's for cursing in front of little Lexie
Lexie: fuck! Fuck! Fuck!
Jaden: no Lexie we don't say that okay? It's a bad word
Lexie: but bice said it
Josh: Bryce is an Idiot
Lexie: idiot!
(Anthony walks into the kitchen)
Ant: alright little one eat your chicken nuggets
Lexie: okay! (Grabs a chicken nugget and puts it in her mouth)
One hour later
Jaden's pov
Lex is still in little space watching Barbie a princess and the pauper while josh and I were just cuddling up on the couch and the other boys were scattered around the house when I got a call from Travis.
End of pov
Jaden: I'll be right back (gets off of josh)
Josh: okay
(Jaden walks away to answer the call)
Phone convo
Jaden: hey trav what's up?
Travis: I have to tell you sometime and after your going to label me the best manager in the world
Jaden: why...
Travis: I just got off the phone with scooter braun and guess what
Jaden: what?
Travis: Justin wants to collaborate with you
Jaden: shut up Travis you better not be messing with me!
Travis: I am not his step daughter Clare showed him your song pray and he told scooter to get In touch with me and knowing you I already told him you would be down to collab so when I know more details I will let you know
Jaden: okay wow uh I am gonna get off the phone now so I can scream
Travis: (laughs) okay bye Jaden
Jaden: bye
(Jaden hangs up the phone and runs into the living room)
Jaden: BABE GUESS WHAT!!!
Josh: what?!
Jaden: I AM COLLABORATING WITH JUSTIN BIEBER!!!
Josh: no way!
Jaden: yeah Travis just called me and told me
Josh: oh my god that's huge!! Babe I am so proud of you (kisses him)
(Kio walks Into the living room)
Kio: what's with the screaming? I was streaming
Jaden: I AM COLLABORATING WITH JUSTIN BIEBER!!!
Kio: yo that's awesome!! I am proud of you man
Lexie: wait a minute did you just say Justin Bieber like the Justin Bieber!!
Josh: I guess your out of little space
Lexie: uh huh not important (looks at Jaden) you better take me to the studio when you go!!!
Jaden: we'll see (laughs)
Lexie: I am proud of you bubba (gets up and hugs him)
Lexie's pov
Later that day Jaden had told the rest of the boys that he was going to collab with Justin and they celebrated with a little bit of alcohol not a lot because I was still here but they definitely wanted to party and obviously they can't party without the party animal so Bryce came back with Addy and we blasted music, hung our of the pool and barbecued and at the end of the night I fell asleep with a smile on my face hoping whatever chapter is next it's gonna be better then the last.

Author's note: well Lexie's secrets are out do you think it's going to be for the better or for the worst? And it's official the Clare and Lexie crossover is officially happening for those of you that might not know Clare is another character in one of my other books but you won't have to read that one to read this one they are entirely different except Clare has a similar attitude like lex and might be a little crazier than her so... let's see where this goes 😂