thank you quarantine // braddison

chapter 14

bryce pov
sitting in this jail cell made me feel as if i had turned out like my father, which is something i promised myself i never would. i thought about my mom and how disappointed she would be in me. my mom raised me by herself, and this is how i pay her back.. by getting arrested. i was beyond let down by myself.

i thought about addison.. i told her i wouldn't do anything stupid, i told her i wouldn't get into trouble, but here i am, sitting in a jail cell. and to top it off, she probably thinks i cheated on her. i couldn't even imagine how she felt. i wanted to explain everything to her to take the sadness that i know she's feeling away, but i couldn't. i didn't know how long i was going to be in here for and when i got out, i didn't even know if she'd let me.

addison pov
even though the picture of bryce and that girl hurt me, i knew i had to go with my heart and my heart was telling me to bail bryce out. if the picture was just a misunderstanding and i didn't bail bryce out, i don't think i'd ever be able to forgive myself. i don't even know why i had to think about it.. bryce has done so much for me and i know how horrible it is for him in that jail cell, so the least i could do is bail him out.

but i didn't know if i was ready to see him, that picture really did hurt me.. bryce looking as happy as ever with some random girl's arms around his neck. i trusted that he wouldn't cheat but maybe the alcohol got to him or maybe it wasn't even the alcohol.. i didn't know. all i could do was hope, and i hoped that it wasn't what it looked like. because of the possibility that it could be what it looked like, i decided to give the bail money to nessa and mads. they would be flying out to texas in a few hours to get the boys released, whilst dixie and i stayed in la.

nessa phoned josh and let him know about everything.. "addison has bryce's bail sorted and mads and jaden's family have sorted jaden's. we have a flight to texas soon, so we're about to leave for the airport." "thank you so much, i'll pick you up from the airport and then we'll go from there" josh said before hanging up. dixie and i then said our goodbyes to mads and nessa, wishing them the best of luck as their uber arrived.

dixie pov
i decided to call griffin, who had gone back to the airbnb, to ask him about the night in a bit more detail, putting it on speaker for addison to hear too. he explained everything to us, also saying that none of the boys were too drunk, which was good because that wouldn't have helped their situation at all. i then asked him about the bryce cheating situation, him saying that he didn't know too much about it but he didn't see bryce doing anything with any girls and he also reassured addison that bryce would never cheat, telling her how much bryce loves her.

addison pov
"how are you feeling?" dixie asked me.. "i don't know." "when bryce gets back please let him talk to you and don't push him away. i know it's hard for you to see all of this stuff.. the supposed cheating and the arrest, but i know how much you both love each other. addison, trust me, he wouldn't cheat on you. i know the picture seems like it but i'm sure it's just being taken out of context. please give him a chance to explain addi."

i opened twitter and my timeline was full of the boys' arrest.. the fact that this was now public would only make things worse. my comments, replies, dms.. literally everything were full of people telling me i deserved better.. bryce cheated on her and got arrested all in one night, i feel so bad for addison, she deserves so much better. the comments were getting to me, they were making me question whether i truly did deserve better.

"addison, the people writing these comments don't know how much love you and bryce really have for each other. they don't know the full story to anything, so please don't let them influence your thoughts. bryce loves you and only you, i promise. like i said earlier, please let him explain himself." dixie was right, avoiding him would only make things worse. i was thinking of going home but i decided to stay at sway because i knew i had to talk to bryce.

nessa pov
we met josh at the airport, him then driving us to the prison where we would bail out the boys. "i thought you said addison paid bryce's bail?" he asked, being confused as to why i was here with mads, rather than addison. "there's some rumours about bryce cheating so she didn't want to see him, but she's at sway waiting." "oh damn i haven't seen that, but it's definitely false, bryce would never cheat on addison."

when we got to the prison, we went up to the front desk, telling them who we were here to bail out and giving them the money. they told us to go and wait in another room and that they'd have the boys released in no time.

bryce pov
i was woken up by the sound of keys jiggling in the door. i was expecting to be given breakfast or something but what actually happened was so much better.. i was being released, the boys had bailed me out.

even though i was angry with myself for being arrested, being in this cell for the night had really put me in check. it made me realise that my actions will have consequences. maybe it was the reality check i needed to finally mature.

as i walked out i saw mads, nessa and josh. i gave josh and nessa hugs as mads gave jaden a hug, crying in his arms. josh informed me that the arrest had gone mainstream, telling me not to say a word about it, which i obviously wouldn't. i didn't really know why mads and nessa were here, so i asked josh.. "mads and jaden's family sorted jaden's bail, and addison sorted yours. according to nessa, she didn't wanna come because she thinks you cheated on her or something."

what i thought had been confirmed.. addison thought i cheated. she thought i cheated but she still paid my bail. she really did have the biggest heart. i grabbed my phone, wanting to call her and thank her, but i got sent to voicemail four times.. i understood why though. instead i decided to thank her over text, not mentioning anything but how grateful i was for her paying my bail, because i hoped that she'd let me explain everything else to her when i got back to la.

josh, jaden, mads, nessa and i got a flight home, whilst the rest of the boys would be coming back to la later on.

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