Jaden Hossler

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Elle pov

And there he left me, sitting on my bed, a single tear slowly dripping down the side of my cheek.

I flopped down laying on my bed, my head resting on my memory come pillow as I felt another tear slowly drip down my other cheek.

I don't know what to do.

I need to think

I want to go back home.

When I think of home, I think of my old home, my home back in Maryland. But just for a split second, because then my mind immediately goes to LA, to Sway, which I know is my home. I guess it still feels a little different, still a little bit surreal. I of course feel super comfortable in my home, In Sway, but once in a while it feels like it isn't my house or my home. But again, just for a split second. And I've never even said it at loud before, because I didn't want Bryce to feel bad. I know that if he could move back to Maryland after our parents died he would have, but we needed money to live and he's making money in LA. A lot of it. So I got moved here. And I love it, but sometimes it feels odd.

I haven't gone back to Maryland since my parents died, I felt as though if I did I would be too sad. But now I feel like I need to. I need the old comforts of the place I grew up in. I made all of my other hard decisions there, after all.

I immediately sat up, my cheeks stained from the two tears that fell only moments prior. I crawled across my bed and reached over to grab my MacBook. I went to the LAX website and booked the next flight to Maryland. It was for 4:00am tomorrow morning. I didn't think twice about it. I then searched the web for hotels near my home town, and found one that I recognized. I booked a cheap room on the 3rd floor. I then closed my MacBook and went out of my room, wiping my cheeks with my sleeve to take off any trace of tears.

I walked around trying to find Bryce, before finding him in Joshes room. I knocked on the open door, to see both Bryce and Josh turn their heads backwards to look. They were sitting at joshes desk, editing some sort of video sitting with their back towards the door.

"Oh hey Elle. Come check out this clip" Bryce spoke.
I nodded as I walked towards them. I stood behind and in between the two chairs, facing the large monitor where I could see Joshes face. Bryce pressed play and the clip started.

"WELCOME BACK TO THE FUCKING VLOG" Joshes pre-recorded loud voice shot out through the massive speakers on either side of the desk. He was in the middle of the rode right outside the house.
"What is UP!!!????" Bryces voice said as the camera showed him, standing next to josh.
Then the clip showed Griffin driving with his car and "hitting" them, causing them to very dramatically fall.

The clip ended and Bryce and josh glanced behind them to see my reaction.
"Looks pretty legit, huh?" Josh asked me.
"Definitely" I answered.
"Anyways what's up?" Bryce asked me next.
"I just wanted to let you know that I'm going back to Maryland for a bit."
His expression changed from happy to confused in the blink of an eye.
"Why? Is everything okay?" He asked with the tone of concern in his voice.
"Yeah everything's fine I just wanted to go back for a bit. Just to think things over." I informed him.
"Ah about the whole Jaden thing." Josh stated, like he knew exactly what I was thinking.
I nodded.
"Okay it's fine by me. Do you need me to book you a flight? Or a hotel?" Bryce spoke again.
"I already did." I responded.
"Okay. When do you leave?"
"Tomorrow morning at 4. Can one of you drive me?" I asked both boys.
Bryce looked at josh and put his hands up in defence.
"I'm not waking up that early." Bryce said to josh.
"I will. Just wake me up." Josh said to me.
"Okay I will. Thanks guys." And with that I walked out of Joshes room to go pack.