Playing with Fire // Braddison

Sixteen.

~ bryce pov

"Hey man.." I heard Blake say as he took a seat on the couch in front of me. I waved at him as I laid down, being exhausted from the workout we had just had. "How's Addison?" he asked, catching me off guard.. he never asked about Addison.. that was weird and random.

"Um, good, I guess? I don't know.. we haven't really spoken much." I said, not fully telling the truth.. but people didn't need to know that we were still in contact. I would text her every now and then to make sure she was okay because I of course worried about her.. but we hadn't been hanging out in person unless she needed me.

She was thankfully doing well though and I was proud of her for going to therapy and being open to receive help. She would message me every once in a while to let me know about her progress. Any time I would receive a message from her though, I couldn't help but smile.. it was the best part of my day.

"Well, the internet seems to say something different.." Blake said as he showed me his phone, an article of Addison and I being plastered all over it.

Bryce and Addison back together?

Bryce Hall, a cheater?

Addison's apparent overdose: what we know

"What the fuck." I said as I scrolled down, reading the article. This was filled with speculations, none of it being backed up with statements or anything.. until I saw screenshots of messages. They were messages between Addison and I.. as well as Sheri and I. What the fuck.. how..

sheri: bryce, please update us as soon as you get to the hospital.

bryce: i will, i'm ten minutes away.

bryce: just spoke to the nurse, she was treated for an overdose when she arrived..

The rest of the messages were blurred which I was thankful for, the last thing I needed was for the world to know that Addison had been raped, that would really break her. But the world knowing that she had been in the hospital for an overdose wasn't any better.

I scrolled down to look at the messages with Addi now..

addi: thank you for staying with me last night.. I love you so much bryce. I don't know what I would do without you..

bryce: I love you babe. I can't wait until I can fall asleep every night with you in my arms.

addi: soon...

The screenshot showed the conversation to be last week, this being enough to expose us talking again and possibly being involved.. I cursed under my breath as I gave Blake his phone back, not being able to see any more of this.

"Is Addison okay?" he asked, of course being worried about her after reading what was in the article. I just nodded as I excused myself, telling him I couldn't speak about this at the moment. I was fuming, who had sent this in?? How did they find out about this. The screenshots were from my phone and I sure as hell didn't send it in.. was I hacked?

As I got up to my room, I closed my door and grabbed my phone.. looking through it to see if anything was different. But nothing seemed different. As I sat there though, I received a couple of messages from Addison.. a pissed off Addison.

Bryce, how could you..

What is wrong with you..

I trusted you and this is how you repay me?

Was this your plan all along, to get me to fall for you and then expose me to the world? I'm already struggling so much, I don't need the world to know that too.