Be concerned:// A Twenty One Pilots Fan Fiction//

//Chapter Eight: What A Catch//

Josh's POV:

     We arrived at my place a half hour later. Tyler and I had barely spoken, and Rylie was still asleep on my shoulder. I have to admit, she looks really beat up. I gently nudged her and her eyes flew open. She looked panicked, and looked around before relaxing and looking at me.

"Hey Ry, we're here" I said. She nodded and got out of Jenna's car. The rest of us got out, and I grabbed her bag from the trunk.

"Josh, I can carry my stuff, you don't have to do that" she said with a frown.

"Rylie you can barely walk without help. I got it, don't worry about it" I smiled. She nodded and her and Jenna began to head towards the door, talking and laughing. I stayed back with Tyler, I intended to get to the bottom of his attitude, and hopefully fix things. He slammed his door shut and huffed.

"Go ahead Josh! Yell, scream if you must. Come on, let's hear it. Let's hear all about how she's a victim who needs help, even after she lied to us!" He yelled. I clenched my fists and spoke.

" Tyler, she lied to us to protect us. HOW COULD YOU OF ALL PEOPLE NOT UNDERSTAND THAT?! She was ABUSED Tyler. She's mentally in the position that you were in a few months ago" I yelled. He turned bright red.

"Josh, I don't trust her. She's just going to use you, and you're too fucking stupid to see it! She's just doing it for attention, and you're too-" punched him square in the face before he could finish. She needs help and he's being an asshole. He stumbled backwards, and ran at me. He tackled me, my head slamming into the concrete. I winced. I shoved him off, and we both stood up.

Tyler's POV:

I was pissed. I'm trying to help him and he's being irrational. When he punched me I went into a complete rage and tackled him. He shoved me off, and we both stood up. We just glared at each other before his expression softened, and he spoke again.

"I'm sorry Tyler. Violence isn't the way to solve this. I'm just trying to help her. Please forgive me" he said with tears in his eyes. It was in this moment that I realized I was in the wrong. I had completely overreacted, and took this way too far. I was mad at Rylie for no reason. I felt choked up and felt the tears burn my eyes. I broke down into violent sobs and collapsed. I felt Josh hug me and try to calm me down.

"I'm so sorry Josh. I completely overreacted, and I'm so sorry" I said between sobs.

"Tyler it's okay! Just please can we still be friends?"

" Of course Josh, I'm so sorry" I replied. He smiled and wiped the tears away from his face. I'm sure two grown men crying was a great image to bring to the band but I didn't care. I stood up and helped him to his feet.

Josh's POV:
    I was really glad to work things out with Tyler. I saw the bruise forming in his face before he stood up, and I instantly felt horrible. He tried to help me up, but I felt really light- headed, and collapsed.

"Josh are you okay?!" He said, clearly panicked.

"Yea, just a little light-headed " I replied.

"Okay, let's just get you inside okay?" He asked

"Yea" I replied. We headed inside.

Jenna's POV:
     I had been talking to Rylie for nearly twenty minutes, and the guys were still outside. I knew Tyler and Josh had fought, and figured that they were working things out.

" I'm going to get some juice, want anything?" I asked Rylie.

"Umm juice too please" she said. I nodded my head and began to pour us some juice. I returned to the small kitchen island, and handed her the cup. She nodded a quick thanks, and took a drink.

" So Jenna, I know that you and Tyler are a couple, and that you are incredibly nice, but nothing much outside of that....  What do you like to do?" She asked.

" Well, I like to cook, read, snowboard, and third-wheel Tyler and Josh" I said. She laughed at the last part.

"What about you? What are some of your hobbies? I asked. She frowned a little.

" Well, I wasn't allowed to do much growing up, so I read whatever books I could find. When my dad was still around, we would go to the soccer fields by our house and would play. I got pretty good, but when he left I stopped playing." She said. I felt so bad for her. Nobody should have to go through what this girl has. I was about to speak again, but before I could, the door swung open to relieve a bruised Tyler, and Josh who was in the verge of passing out.

"WHAT THE HELL?" I yelled. Tyler looked at me and sighed. I grabbed Josh's other arm and we took him to the couch. Rylie gave Tyler ice for his black eye, and gave Josh a worried look. I pulled Tyler into the kitchen.

" Explain. Now." I said. He sighed again and told me everything. 

"I'm sorry Jenna" he said, on the verge of crying.

"It's okay Tyler! You both were in the wrong for the fight, but you owe Rylie and apology." I said. He nodded and gave me a worried look.

" I don't know what's wrong with Josh, I went to try to help him up and he collapsed. He said he was light-headed" he said.

"Tyler, when you tackled him, did he hit his head? He may have a concussion." I said. He nodded his head yes, and I called my friend Elisa. She is a great doctor and will know what to do.

Rylie's POV:
   When the boys came in the door looking beat up, I felt sick. They looked terrible. While Tyler and Jenna helped Josh to he couch, I got Tyler some ice. Jenna pulled Tyler aside, so I took this as an opportunity to talk to Josh about what happened.

"Josh?" I asked.

" yea?"

"What happened? You weren't fighting over me were you?" I asked. He sighed and opened his eyes. He cringed at the light and spoke.

" please turn off that light, my head is pounding" he said. I quickly turned off the light and closed the blinds for good measure.

" okay, it's dark in here now" I said. He opened his eyes.

" we were fighting over you. I didn't like how badly he was acting towards you, and the fight escalated quickly. I don't know what game over me, but I punched him. He then tackled me, and I hit my head." He said. Two people got hurt over me. I'm like a disease. All I do is cause problems and get people hurt.

"Josh I'm so sorry" I said through tears.

"Rylie, I threw the first punch. It's not your fault. I'm really tired, I'm going to go to sleep" he said before closing his eyes. Remembering that he hurt his head I spoke again.

" Josh no, you can't sleep, you might have a concussion." I said. He opened his eyes and growled. This was going to be harder than I thought. My mother was right, I am nothing. I just hurt people.