Bad Boy

I Believe You

Hera's POV
I slept at Rowan's house last night so I wasn't alone. I woke up to the sun immediately blinding me. My eyes were puffy from crying so much last night. There was still the heartache when I wake up and am already thinking about him. I just laid there, staring at the wall. I just felt blank. Of course I'm mad at Brandon for what he did. I'm furious at him. I wasn't fully lying when I said I couldn't ever trust him again. But I was lying when I said I never wanted to see him again. And now he's in jail. How though? Did the cops catch on? Or... did one of the girls tell the cops? I sat up and looked over at Rowan. She was in front of her mirror getting ready. I felt my body heating up with anger. If Rowan or any of them ratted him out I'm going to lose it. Yeah what he did was messed up but I believe him when he said he didn't try to get anyone to kill us. That he started it but he can't stop it. As mad as I am, he didn't deserve to get arrested. My thoughts were interrupted by my phone buzzing quietly. I pick it up and unlock it. It was from king cobra. So he was telling the truth? How would he be messaging us from jail? I open it and read the message. I felt anger rise through out my body. "Rowan" I say. She stops and looks behind her at me. "Morning" she says with a smile. "How did Brandon get caught?" I say emotionless. She stops again and refuses to make eye contact with me. She didn't say anything. "Did you guys get him arrested?" I say, now getting more upset. "Hera, he was trying to get us killed" she says standing up. "I told you what he said. He didn't mean to" I say. "How do we know that wasn't just a big lie to get you to forgive him?" She says. "Then how the hell are we still getting messages if he's in jail" I say. She stays quiet this time. "And the fact that you guys did this and didn't even tell me. You guys got the man I love put away. No matter what he has done, these feelings won't change" I say standing up. "But that's the thing Hera! I knew you wouldn't stay away from him. You love a criminal and would forgive him for anything he does!" She exclaims. "You have no right to make my decisions for me! I'm grown I can make my own life choices! I don't need you guys getting everyone I care about locked up. You saw how happy he made me Rowan. But you didn't care about that did you?" I say. I grab my things and storm out of her house. I felt the tears falling down my cheeks. I need to see him.
An hour later, I walked through a metal detector. The guard walks me to a door and knocks. I hear the lock move and the door opens. The door opens all the way and reveals him. He looks up and I can see his eyes grow wide. "Hera" he says. I walk in and sit down in front of him. "Your here" he says with a smile growing on his face. "What happened wasn't fair" I say, ignoring his other comment. "What part?" He says. "You getting locked up" I say, starting to feel like I could cry. Seeing him so rough. It looks like he hasn't gotten any sleep since he got here. He looks like the life was drained out of him. "I love you Brandon" I say letting a tear fall down my face. He looks at me shocked. "I love you too Hera" he says with no hesitation. "But I just don't know how to trust you again" I say. "I promise I'm going to fix this. I'm going to stop king cobra and I'm going to gain your trust back. I'm gonna work so hard to get things back to the way they were. If not better. I swear Hera. I'm going to fix it all" he rambled on. "I'm going to try to slowly trust you again. But I can't promise anything" I say. "That's fine Hera. Take all the time you need. We don't need to rush it" he says with a smile. Of course I smile too. His smile is just contagious. We continue talking for a while about random stuff. Not king cobra not jail, just random things. This is what I missed about him. No matter what was going on in the world, we could just sit here for hours talking about stupid stuff that would make me smile. Eventually, the guard came back in to tell us our time was up. I told Brandon he can call me and I would come visit him again. I walked out to my car and sat in the driver seat. I couldn't help but cry. I hated what he did to me and the other girls but I can't completely point a finger at him for everything. Yes he started it but he didn't want us to be killed. He wasn't king cobra and now he's in jail for something he didn't even do. I love Brandon but I can't even say I could get back with him because a part of me knows it's not right. I just wanted to go back to the way things were, when we would just hang out on the roof, talking the night away. He made me feel like no matter what happens it would be okay because I had him. But now I don't even have him. We're not even sure how long he'll be gone for. I went straight home and stayed there. I was still afraid to go anywhere because now I don't even have friends to be with me. King cobra is still out there and he still wants to kill us all. I laid there on my bed reading my favorite book. I like to read fiction books to escape reality. Getting into these books and just thinking it's you, gives you a little peace. I was into reading when my phone buzzed. I pick it up expecting it to be Brandon but of course, it wasn't. King cobra. I open the message and see a picture of Ash. He was sleeping in a hospital bed. King cobra was at the hospital. I didn't see any of the girls in the picture so he's all alone with Ash. I jump out of my bed and speed away to the hospital. I park my car and run inside, straight to Ash's room. I stop at the door and see him peacefully sleeping. I let out a big breath and look down. "Hera?" I hear a voice call. I look up and I didn't even realize Elisia sitting there in front of Ash. I freeze for a moment, thinking. I stay silent. "Are you okay?" she says standing up. That phrase hit hard. I think that's the first time someone has asked if I was okay in a long time. With the way she said it, made me think maybe she doesn't know about Rowan putting Brandon away. I just shake my head and tears start falling uncontrollably. "What's going on?" she says coming up to me and wrapping me in a tight hug. She led me to a seat and I explained it all. "Wait, Rowan put him away?" she says, visibly upset. Of course she didn't know Brandon that well but she knew how much I cared about him and knew I was hurting. "But wasn't he king cobra?" she asks. "No, he started talking about you guys online but he wasn't the one who said we should be killed. I know Brandon wouldn't want to hurt anyone, he was just upset and I understand that" I say. "So Rowan framed him so you wouldn't go near him ever again?" she asks. I just nod my head in return. "I'm so sorry Hera. Rowan is our friend, she shouldn't have done that" she says. I felt understood for once. "So what are we going to do?" she says. "I don't know. Brandon said he's going to help me figure out who king cobra is. He wants to end this just as bad as we do" I say finally looking up. "Hera, I'm here for you. If you think Brandon is innocent and you think working with him is the way to go, I'm here with you. Let's end it" she says. I smile at her, I have someone who won't back stab me. I filled her in about meeting with Brandon and putting more pieces together. We agreed that we will go see Brandon together tomorrow and talk about what we have so far. And with that, I went home. As soon as I hit my bed, my phone rang. I picked it up expecting the worse this time. It was an unknown number. I answer it and ask "Hello?". "Hi" the other person says. I sighed of relief, recognizing the voice. "Hi Brandon" I say smiling. We sat there for a while just talking. I told him about tomorrow and we continued to just talk. He said that he'll be seeing the judge at the end of the week. He also said that there's a chance he may be released that day if all goes right. Apparently, his lawyer has proof that the picture is fake and plans on showing the judge and hopefully, gets him released. I was so happy to hear this. It would be so much easier to solve this without having to be pat down every time, and of course I get to see him outside of a stinky jail. But, I was also a little worried, yeah I believed him when he said he was innocent, but I just still feel a little hurt and scared. I guess we will see what happens on Friday in court.