Bullied by The Sidemen

Chapter 16

The first thing I feel is my pounding headache and the rough, carpeted floor that I'm lying on. I must've passed out last night.

I sit up slowly, looking around at the unfamiliar bedroom I seem to be on the floor of, and start to panic. Thankfully, I quickly realise that I'm just in the hotel room. I start to relax, until the thought of last night crosses my mind.

Memories flood my mind and I groan, remembering what went down.

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"That's it, you're coming back with me" he growled, pulling my body so I could follow him.

I turned around to face him with a smirk plastered on my face, that is, until I realised that it was JJ, not Simon.

"JJ what the fuck" I slurred, trying but failing to wriggle out his grasp. He roughly forced me closer to him, with a menacing look on his face.

I was getting pretty uncomfortable now, struggling weakly against his strong grasp.

"I've always thought you were pretty fit you know," He whispers intensely in my ear, his hot breath making me shiver. Not in a good way. "I didn't act on it though, I thought I'd leave you to have Josh and Simon first, and then you'd want me. But it didn't work out that way... I thought you'd realise they're both worthless anyway. I've waited long enough. Now it's time for me to take what's mine."

His words send a jolt of fear through my body, but I can't help but focus on one specific thing he said.

"Josh? Who said anything about me and Josh?" I ask, curiosity getting the better of me, even in my current situation.

"Don't worry about him right now baby..." He snarls, tightly grabbing my wrist, pulling me towards the club's exit.

At this point I don't even try and get away. JJ's far too strong. I'm still shocked, trying to figure out what brought this on. Loud, obnoxious, but stupidly sweet JJ, acting like this? It just feels wrong.

Lost in helpless thoughts, I nearly miss what happens next.

The grip on my wrist falls away completely, and I look up to see JJ on the floor clutching his face. I notice Josh standing over him, his fist clenched and a beyond furious expression on his face.

Relief floods through me, and I stumble over to thank him, but a crowd quickly forms around the two, and I can't push through. I stand on my tiptoes and see JJ slowly stand up, enraged.

I've seen him properly angry a few times before, and it's never a good idea to be around him when he's this way. He scares me like this; he acts almost as if he's a whole different person.

My stomach drops at the thought of Josh hurt, just for protecting me. Through everything, Josh has been there for me, and I can't let him get in a fight just for my sake.

In a blind attempt to stop this madness, I start shoving into the crowd to get to the two, but I feel someone grab my arm and pull me back; Vikk.

"C'mon Ava, let's get out of here, before this gets ugly." He shouts over the pounding music.

"No, I can't let Josh do this" I shake my head and struggle, trying to get to Josh.

"You need to let him do this Ava; he would do anything for you." He replies, continuing to pull me away from the now horrible scene of JJ and Josh manically attacking one another. This statement makes me frown, confused.

Before I can shout to them or even do anything, I find myself in a taxi with Vikk, being driven back to the hotel. At this point I'm pretty out of it, and as we get there and get up to the rooms, I can't even make it to the bed.

I collapse on the floor, and just before I black out, the last thoughts running through my mind are about Josh.

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I put my head in my hands, wondering how the hell things are going to be okay after what happened last night. I don't even know what happened after I left; I really hope Josh is okay. Even if he was acting a bit dodgy last night, I still care about him.

I shakily stand up, trying to ignore my looming hangover, and make my way to Josh's room, thinking hard.

JJ is like my annoying little brother, and we've always had a laugh, so I just don't get what has brought this on. I decide to just put it down to drunkenness, because I can't stand the idea of any other reason.

Also, where the fuck was Simon when I needed him? He Why is it Josh that's always there for me, not him?

I come to Josh's door, and stand for a minute, a little scared to see what's on the other side. I finally knock on his door loudly, and after a while it swings open, revealing the man himself. I gasp at his face, which is pretty messed up and covered in bruises.

We stand in a painful silence for god knows how long, until Josh starts to speak;

"Ava, I-" He abruptly stops, staring at something behind me. His wide eyes and blank expression scare me a little, and I turn slowly around to see the last thing I expected just now,

JJ.