Forced to live with Sway LA

Chapter 60

Tuesday
Knock knock knock
Josh: (groans) get the door jay
Jaden: (half asleep) why
Josh: because I have baby holding my waist
Jaden: fine (opens his eyes and gets off the bed to open the door) hey Rafy what's up?
Rafy: I know lex has therapy today but I wanted to know if I was going to do school with her today?
Jaden: yeah her therapy isn't till the afternoon so you can have the morning with her and I'll wake her up now
Rafy: okay also Michael is downstairs and wants to have a sway meeting
Jaden: okay we'll be right down
Rafy: great (walks away)
Jaden: babe
Josh: I heard (opens his eyes) I don't want to get up
Jaden: I know but we have things to do today so let's get lex up and get ready
Josh: okay (taps on Lexie's shoulders)
Lexie: no (whines)
Josh: lex you gotta get up you have school with Rafy today and therapy later
Jaden: don't mention therapy now she's going to be in a bad mood all morning haven't you learned that by now
Lexie: leave me alone (pulls the sheets over her head)
Josh: nice try (takes the sheets from her) wake up
Lexie: I don't want to (buried her head in Josh's chest)
Josh: cute but you still have to get up (picks her up and stands her on the floor)
Lexie: (glares) fine (walks out of the room)
Josh: on a scale of one to ten how mad do you think Michael would be if we took a quick shower
Jaden: I'd say nine
Josh: good let's go
(Jaden laughs and walks into the bathroom with josh following behind him)
Lexie's pov
I was in my room looking for something to wear and decided on blue tie dye sweatpants with a sway hoodie, Brushed my teeth and hair and walked downstairs to see Rafy in the living room with Michael and the rest of the boys.
End of pov
Michael: morning Lexie
Lexie: (smiles) morning Michael how are you?
Michael: I am good how are you?
Lexie: good
Griffin: Lexie go get get breakfast and then start school with Rafy okay?
Lexie: (whines) fine
Blake: Rafy can you go sit with her to make sure she eats and make sure she doesn't go upstairs or the bathroom after
Rafy: yeah no problem, come on lex (starts walking away)
Griffin: and make sure she takes her pill!
Lexie: yes nurse griffin!
(Rafy and Lexie walk into the kitchen and the rest of the boys are sitting in the couch)
Kio: where are josh and Jaden?
Bryce: probably fucking
Quinton: oh thanks Bryce for that visual (fake gags)
Bryce: hey I was the only one that said it you were the weirdo who visualized it
(Quinton is about to respond when josh and Jaden walk into the living room)
Noah: hey josh you have a little spot on your neck there (jokes)
Blake: you too Jaden
Bryce: told you they were fucking
Michael: okay guys enough and josh and Jaden fuck on your own time not when we need to have a meeting
Josh: I can fuck my boyfriend whenever I want
Anthony: can we stop talking about fucking god damn
Blake: hey Ant where were you last night
Anthony: fuck you (flips him off)
Blake: no thanks I have Avani
Michael: guys! Can we focus now please
Boys: yes sir
Michael: great because I want to talk to you about an opportunity that has come up now Instagram wants to make IGTV more popular and legit as well as Facebook live so they contacted me and asked how would you guys feel about your own reality show
Bryce: are you serious!
Michael: yeah how do you guys feel about it
Bryce: I think it's sick as fuck I am down
Josh: me too
Griffin: I think it's a great idea, it's more content for the fans and they get to see what goes on behind just the YouTube cameras
Blake: yeah I agree and it'll give us a platform for us to talk about other things too
Kio: yeah it also seems like a fun idea too
Jaden: so we are all in agreement?
Noah: yeah
Anthony: sure why not
Quinton: okay
Michael: great I'll contact Instagram and Facebook to let them know in the meantime josh you have to leave for your podcast with Dave, Noah, Blake and Bryce are going to start filming YouTube content, Kio and Ant try and get on twitch today at some point and Jaden and Quinton are you planning on going to the studio today?
Quinton: nope I have a ton of overdue assignments I need to catch up on
Jaden: how many is a ton?
Quinton: ten or fifteen give or take
Jaden: get to it or your grounded from going to the skate park with cooper this week
Quinton: yes dad (says mockingly and walks upstairs)
Jaden: I have interview with keven from MTV and then I have to take Lexie to the therapist
Michael: okay oh I wanted to talk to you about that separately because lex is still a minor are you going to want her to be part of the reality show?
Jaden: I mean she lives with us it's going to be kind of hard to cut the cameras whenever she walks into a room... not to mention she goes everywhere we go
Micheal: so that's your way of saying yes?
Jaden: yeah but the guys and I will tell her
Michael: okay I am going to head out with griffin and I'll see you guys later
Jaden: alright later bro (they handshake and Michael leaves)
Scene change
One hour later
Lexie: Rafy for the last time I don't understand this!
Rafy: what don't you understand?
Lexie: 10 to the power of 3 if it's 10x10x10 wouldn't that just be 10x3 why complicate it
Rafy: because it's not 10x3, 10x3 is 30 but 10 to the power of 3 is 1,000 because you are multiplying ten three times
Lexie: this is frustrating (crosses her arms)
Rafy: let's try another one 6 to the power of four
Lexie: 24
Rafy: no write it down 6x6x6x6
Lexie: that's four sixes it's just 6x4 which is twenty four!
Rafy: no the answer is 1,2996
Lexie: I hate math (whines)
Rafy: you just need to practice it, I understand it's frustrating because you see the 6 and 4 so your mind automatically wants to multiply 6x4 but you have to remember your not multiply 4x6 which would give you 24 but because your multiplying 6 to the power of 4 it's 1,2996
Lexie: I give up (puts her head on the table) it's to many numbers
Rafy: come on we only have a few problems left
Lexie: no I don't want to do anymore
Rafy: five more and that's it
Lexie: no I am done (gets up from the table) we've been doing this for an hour and have only done five problems!
Rafy: that's good we are halfway done
Lexie: no it's not any normal kid would have probably gotten ten problems done in ten minutes maybe fifteen we've been doing this for an hour I give up and you should to Rafy your just wasting your time with me!!!
(Walks away and goes upstairs and slams the door to the boys room just as Noah was walking into the dining room)
Noah: what just happened?
Rafy: she got frustrated and left
Noah: (sighs) let me talk to her (walks upstairs and knocks on the door)
Lexie: go away
Noah: let me in lex
Lexie: no
Noah: please
Lexie: no
Noah: pretty please
Lexie: fine
Noah: really?
Lexie: no now leave me alone
Noah: I am not leaving until you talk to me
Lexie: then have fun standing there because I am not coming out
A few minutes later
(Noah's standing by the door when Blake walks by)
Blake: what are you doing?
Noah: patiently waiting for lex to open the door
Blake: why did she lock herself in there?
Noah: because she got frustrated with Rafy and quit
Blake: your kidding me right?
Noah: nope
Blake: I'll be back I am pretty sure Bryce knows where the spare key is from the last prank he pulled on the boys (walks downstairs to see Bryce and Kio making a TikTok) Bryce where's the spare key to josh and Jaden's room?
Bryce: in my room why?
Blake: lex locked herself in there
Bryce: okay it's In my drawer call me if you need me
Blake: got it (walks back upstairs to Bryce's room and opens his drawer and pulls out the spare key and walks back to Noah and opens the bedroom door)
Lexie: (turns around) how did you get in here
(Blake shows her the spare key and him and Noah walk over to her)
Noah: want to tell us what happened down there?
Lexie: no (plays with her fingers and looks at the ground)
Blake: look at us when we are talking to you Lexie (gently grips her chin to look up at them) why did you come up here?
Lexie: because I am stupid and Rafy is wasting her time with me
Noah: stop calling yourself stupid it's not true
Lexie: yes it is
Noah: why do you think that?
Lexie: because I can't even figure out a simple exponent equation
Blake: that doesn't make you stupid lex
Lexie: yes it does any other person in the world could probably figure it out...
Noah: (sighs) your not like everyone else Lexie
Lexie: (scoffs) yeah no shit I have a million problems
(Just then footsteps under the room and Jaden walks into the room)
Jaden: hey lex you ready to (looks at the three of them) what happened now?
Noah: can I talk to you outside for a sec jay
Jaden: yeah lex go change into something else so we can go to therapy it's too hot for sweats
Lexie: okay
Lexie's pov
I took the first chance I got to get out of the conversation with Blake and Noah and ran to my room and changed into a pair of jeans and walked downstairs to wait by the door.
End of pov
Jaden: so what did you want to tell me?
Noah: I think we are going to create a punishment for lex when she talks bad about herself
Blake: her self esteem is so low and she's going to end up brainwashing herself into believing she's actually stupid
Jaden: I agree but I don't think a spanking is a proper punishment for talking down about herself and I know I have joked about having a sweat jar for it but that won't be effective either
Noah: what if we have her write down on a piece of paper the exact opposite of whatever she's saying about herself
Blake: it's old school but then again so is spanking
Jaden: no I like the idea because if she wants to talk bad about herself then she needs to realize that it's not true and even if she doesn't believe it whatever she's writing on that paper is something she's vividly going to see in writing
Noah: exactly
Jaden: alright we'll talk to her about it later when we talk about the reality show with her
Blake: how do you think she's going to feel about it?
Jaden: no idea but I better go before Lexie decides to run out the front door to avoid going to therapy
Noah: (laughs) good luck
(Jaden says bye to the boys one more time and goes downstairs to see Lexie by the front door)
Lexie: two more minutes and I would have bolted
Jaden: I know now let's go (waves his keys and walks out of the house)
Lexie's pov
Don't run away, don't run away, don't run away but ugh I don't want to go to therapy but I also said I would stop giving them a hard time the last time I went to therapy... can I take that back? On one shoulder I had the angel telling me not to and to listen and go to therapy for once and not make your brother's life ten times harder then you already make it and on the other shoulder I have the devil telling me run run far away and fast so that you can miss therapy and not go back there. I decided for once to listen to the angel on my shoulder and get into the front passenger seat and Jaden started to drive.
End of pov
Jaden: your not planning to run we get to the parking lot are you?
Lexie: no why?
Jaden: because you haven't given any attitude this morning, you didn't try to run and your actually listening.. are you feeling okay?
Lexie: (shrugs her shoulder) I don't have the energy to fight today
Jaden: which brings me back to my question are you feeling okay?
Lexie: just shut up and enjoy it because who knows if it's going to happen again
Jaden: good point
(Jaden turns the radio station on and Lexie's phone vibrates)
Group chat
Dani: girl are you alive?
Clare: yeah you didn't show up at school yesterday
Amy: maybe she just turned into a ghost 🤔
Lexie: sorry guys I am alive, I had a nightmare the night before and the boys wanted me to sleep in
Dani: lucky my parents would never let me
Amy: Dani...
Dani: what?
Amy: we don't have to mention the P word around her
Lexie: guys I don't care if you guys say it, yeah my parents abandoned me but the boys fill in that role pretty well tbh
Clare: true anyway what are you up to now? Want to come over
Lexie: I would but I am on my way to stupid therapy
Clare: haha I saw Callie yesterday
Dani: who's Callie?
Lexie: our annoying therapist
Amy: ohhh
Lexie: anyways Jaden just parked so I'll talk to you guys later
Girls: okay
End of group chat
Lexie's pov
We got out of the car and started walking inside the building, Jaden signed me in and a few minutes later Mariana called me in and I walked into the office to see Callie sitting on the couch but there was nothing else around her. No toys or notepad just her sitting on the couch... I will never understand her logic. Mariana left the room and I sat down on the couch.
End of pov
Callie: hey Lexie (smiles) how are you?
Lexie: hi (fake smiles) I am good and you?
Callie: good so I wanted to talk to you today about your mental health
Lexie: why...
Callie: because I got a call from doctor gray and she told me what was going on
Lexie: since when do you two talk?
Callie: she's your doctor, I am your therapist we have to work together so we have each other's numbers
Lexie: I didn't know that...
Callie: I know you didn't but that's okay now want to tell me why you were purging?
Lexie: no
Callie: Lexie we talked about this I can only help you if you meet me halfway
Lexie: fine you want to know why? The stupid comment section constantly judging me and saying that I don't have a good body, that I am not pretty enough to be a sway girl, I am the ugly duckling in the family, I am a disappointment, (says each one with more and more anger in her voice) it's not fair I haven't done anything to either of them to judge me the way they do
Callie: they are just jealous because your living a life they wish they had
Lexie: really they want to live a life where parents abandon their kid as young as a few months old, they want to go grow up with nannies coming in out of their lives, they want to be bullied and in an abusive relationship and have multiple disorders and swallow pills because if by all means if that's the life they want then they can have mine! I don't want it
Callie: really? I think your forgetting something really important in all of this
Lexie: what?
Callie: if you switched your lives with someone else Jaden wouldn't be your brother, you wouldn't have met the boys who are your new family who love you and Stand by you no matter what, if you switched lives you wouldn't be living in LA or have met Clare, you wouldn't have half the things you have and I understand that you have a past and your still dealing with that but you can't keep look at everything you don't have and start looking at what you do
Lexie's pov
I processed Callie's words and for once the words she said made sense in my mind. It was like a click in my brain and made me realize that she's right if I wasn't who I was and didn't have the life I do I wouldn't have Jaden or the boys and I know they drive me crazy and I curse at them and make their lives hard as hell and push them away whenever I get a chance and yet they still love and stand by me.
End of pov
Lexie: do you think you can ask Jaden to come in there's something I want to tell him
Callie: okay (presses a button) hey Mari can you tell Jaden to come in
Mariana: yeah no problem
(A few minutes later Jaden walks into the office)
Jaden: is everything okay?
Callie: yeah but I think Lexie just had a realization and wants to tell you about it
Jaden: okay (sits on the couch)
Callie: go on lex tell him what you want to say
Lexie: Jaden
Jaden: yeah
Lexie: I know I say that I love you a lot but I don't think I tell you how much I appreciate everything you do for me, I know I can be difficult, I lie to you and go behind your back and I say I hate you sometimes and I do everything to try and push you away and you still stand by me and I just want to say how much I appreciate it (walks over and hugs him)
Jaden: (wraps his arms around her) you don't have to thank me but can I ask you why you push me away and the boys so much
Lexie: the truth?
Jaden: yeah
Lexie: I guess even though I have forgiven you for leaving me I still wake up sometimes thinking you'll do it again and this time there wouldn't be anyone to blame but myself and everything that's wrong with me (plays with her fingers)
Callie: Lexie why do you think so lowly of yourself?
Lexie: my own parents didn't want me how could anyone else want me? (looks at her)
Jaden: (sighs) our parents were married to their work that's how they've always and that's how they'll always be, you did nothing wrong and you didn't deserve the way they treated you and you didn't deserve to have me leave you either and I am still so sorry for that but you have to realize your self worth and you can't keep putting yourself down the way you do okay?
(Lexie shrugs her shoulders)
Jaden: and one more thing I am not leaving you again and neither are the boys and we will keep saying it until you truly understand that okay?
Lexie: okay
Callie: alright I think we made a major break through today and we can call the session over, Lexie I am proud of you for finally opening up to me I know how hard it's been for you and I am proud of you
Lexie: thanks Callie... and I am sorry for being a hard ass earlier
Callie: it's okay Lexie trust me your aren't the first patient to come in with trust issues
(Lexie gives her a real smile)
Jaden: thank you Callie for everything we'll see you next week
Callie: sounds good I'll see you both next week (smiles)
Lexie's pov
By the time we got out of the office it was now the afternoon and griffin had called Jaden to stop and get lunch for everyone on the way home so he stopped at can you guess? In and out I swear if this boy could live off of cheeseburgers and fries her would. He got me a mini cheeseburger with small fries and made me at least half it it and all the fries. Then he put the radio on and it distracted me from my thoughts while I ate and finished by the time we got home. The boys were scattered in the living room making content until Jaden walked in with the food and they dropped everything they were doing and grabbed the bags of food.
End of pov
Lexie: y'all are animals
Anthony: hush, did you eat already?
Lexie: yes sirrr in the car
Josh: good job bud I am proud of you
Lexie: thanks speaking of bud where's buddy? I'll walk her while you guys eat
Jaden: okay but then come back because we need to have a family meeting
Lexie: okay
(Lexie grabs buddy's leash and starts and walks into the room where buddy's in and takes her out and clips the leash)
Lexie: I'll be back!
Boys: okay
Lexie's pov
I walked out of the house with buddy and thought about walking around the neighborhood or walk by the Rowland's house and say hi to them. I decided to do that because I didn't feel like going to the park so I took buddy by the leash and started walking to their neighborhood and I was almost there when I saw fletcher talking to Hunter so I am guessing they were walking to or they were getting home or something who knows how fletcher knows where to find everyone. I have come to the conclusion he's some kind of wizard, I was going to start walking back to my house when I heard Hunter call my name.
End of pov
Hunter: hey lex (smiles)
Lexie: hey Hunter, hi fletcher (fake smiles)
Fletcher: hey lex can I ask you a couple questions
Lexie: when don't you
Fletcher: the fans just want to know how your doing? I know it was kind of tough for you lately and we just want to know how you are
Lexie: I am good thanks for asking
Fletcher: fans noticed you haven't been posting on social media lately how come?
Lexie: you know when quote on quote fans decide to be nicer I'll think about posting but as of right now they are brutal and I want no part in that world
Fletcher: that's kind of tough no? I mean you live In a social media how how can you stay away from it completely
Lexie: I can't but I'll try my best
(Brandon walks over to them and puts his arm around Lexie's waist)
Brandon: hey fletcher
Fletcher: hey Brandon we saw you on tittok room a couple days ago because you commented on I think it was Rachel's TikTok or something like that
Brandon: yeah I didn't expect it to end up on TikTok room to be honest I am not like a big Tik toker by any means
Fletcher: no but you are an OG musically kid
Brandon: (laughs) that's true but anyway fletch we are going to head inside and we'll catch you later
Fletcher: okay thanks for your time guys
Them: no problem
(Brandon leads Lexie into the house with buddy and closes the door)
Lexie: thanks B
Brandon: no problem I saw you getting annoyed and didn't want you to say anything you regret
Lexie: (laughs) it might be to late I did insult their fans
Hunter: nah it's fine and if TikTok room posts that small clip they would be ridiculous
Lexie: I think that's what they are known for other then just wanting to create drama
Brandon: I agree which is why Hunter and I stay away from all that
Lexie: but you have fletcher outside your house?
Hunter: yeah Taylor and some of the hype guys were here and fletcher found them they left a few minutes before you showed up
Lexie: ohh that makes sense and since you were there he chose to interview you
Hunter: yeah
Fifteen minutes later
Ring ring ring
(Lexie's phone is ringing and she picks up to see Jaden is calling her)
Phone convo
Jaden: Lexie where the fuck are you!!
Lexie: sorry I am at Brandon and hunter's house fletcher was outside and asking me questions so they helped me out and we've been talking
Jaden: next time text me lex, don't scare me like that when that stalker is around
Lexie: I haven't seen him
Jaden: you might now have but Blake saw him at the business house the other day
Lexie: oh okay I'll start walking back to the house now
Jaden: okay see you in a bit
Lexie: alright
End of phone convo
Lexie: sorry but I have to get going my brother is going crazy (rolls her eyes)
Brandon: I'll walk you in case fletcher shows up again
Lexie: okay thanks, bye Hunter (waves at him)
Hunter: bye Lexie (waves back)
Lexie's pov
Brandon and I left the house with buddy and started walking back to my house and we just started making conversation again, and it just came so naturally instead of forced we just vibed really well. We both made stupid jokes on the way and couldn't stop laughing even though it made no sense sometimes and then I felt the butterflies that always showed up whenever I was around him stir in my stomach again and I smiled and he smiled back at me. Then he pulled me closer to him and wrapped his arm around my waist and I felt safe instead of scared. Ten minutes later we got to the front of my house and I looked at him.
End of pov
Lexie: thanks for walking me
Brandon: your welcome I just wanted to make sure you got here safe
Lexie: well thanks again
Brandon: oh and lex you still have my number right?
Lexie: yeah
Brandon: call me so we can hangout more
Lexie: okay sounds good (smiles)
(Brandon kisses her cheek and walks away while Lexie opens the front door and sees the boys standing there while her cheeks are red)
Quinton: awww looks who's blushing
Lexie: stop it (whines)
Bryce: did he kiss you?
Lexie: no
Josh: then why are you blushing so much?
Lexie: because he kissed me on the cheek
Kio: aww our baby's first crush!
Griffin: no way she's not getting a boyfriend till she's forty
Noah: well I think It's cute and Brandon is a good kid
Josh: don't care she's our baby (walks over to her and picks her up)
Lexie: put me down josh
Josh: no I don't want to besides we need to sit and talk on the couch
Lexie: okay...
(They all sit on the couch and Lexie is sitting on Josh's lap)
Lexie: so what's up
(The boys look at each other and then at Lexie and Jaden is the first one to speak)
Jaden: okay so basically Michael came this morning to tell us that we've been offered the opportunity to have a reality show
Lexie: seriously?
Jaden: yeah
Lexie: and did you accept it?
Griffin; (scratches the back of his neck) yeah
Lexie: am I going to be part of this?
Kio: I mean you live with us and we can't cut the cameras every time you walk in the room...
Lexie: so you just accepted it without talking to me first, did you forget that I go into little space, and have anxiety attacks I don't want that aired for people to see
Josh: and that's why we'll have complete control over what goes in and what doesn't
Bryce: we get to watch the raw footage before it airs and we take out what we don't like and you'll get in a say in that too obviously
Lexie: what about if I get punished (crosses her arms) the whole world's going to see that to?
Jaden: obviously not lex we will cut the cameras so there's not even a chance that they will see that stuff
Anthony: look lex if you really don't like the idea then we'll call Michael and say forget it
Lexie: (looks at the boys) you really want to do this? Allow cameras into our home and expose everything?
Kio: not everything but projects and things that we are all working on, extra content stuff like that
Lexie's pov
I looked at all the boys faces and I could tell they really wanted to do it and after what I thought about earlier at the therapists and how much they do for me and how much they have also had to give up... it's only fair that I allow them to have something too.
End of pov
Lexie: (sighs) okay I guess we'll do the show
Bryce: seriously!?!?
Lexie: yeah (laughs and rolls her eyes)
Bryce: you are the best little sister ever! (Walks over to her and picks her up from Josh's lap and hugs her)
Lexie: okay okay put me down but this happens on one one condition
Boys: okay
Lexie: if I don't like something that has to do with me we take it out and they don't follow me to high water or the therapists office deal?
Boys: deal
Lexie: then I guess we are having a reality show
Lexie's pov
After I said that the boys turned the Bluetooth radio on and started celebrating, Bryce and josh shot gunned white claws and I just shook my heads at them but I knew they were all happy about this and that made me happy. They deserve to be happy too, I am still not a hundred percent comfortable with the idea of cameras but I guess that's something I am going to get used to. The rest of the day was spent celebrating and ordering pizza for dinner and I had one entire slice and I saw how proud the boys were of me for eating one entire slice without complaining. I know that seems like a small win and for anyone else it would be but today has shown me that maybe I can get better for once and leave the past behind me and it's possible Because I have my family by my side.
End of pov