Stay Alive

No Friends

Alyssa handed her suitcase to Tyler. He lifted it into the trunk of the car. Mom gave Alyssa another hug. "I love you. Don't forget it," She said.

"I won't forget," Alyssa promised.

She got in the car next to Josh as Jenna took the driver's seat. She had offered to drive. Tyler sat beside her. Alyssa rolled her window down and waved to her parents. Jay ran up to the car and hugged her for what was the 10th time. She laughed and the car began to back out of the driveway. Everyone called out their final good-byes and the car drove down the street.

It was SUPPOSED to be only an hour drive. But not long after they got on the freeway, there was traffic. No cars were moving and everyone was stopped, bumper to bumper. Alyssa groaned and leaned back in her seat. Sitting in traffic was SO boring! Especially when none of the cars were moving at all!

Alyssa gazed out the window. She began thinking about what it was going to be like living with Tyler, Josh, and Jenna. "Here, catch," Tyler said.

Alyssa looked over and Tyler threw back a box. Curious to see what was inside, she opened it. It was an iPhone. Beside it, was a note that said, Love, Tyler, Jenna, and Josh. Alyssa gasped, "Wow! Thank you guys!"

Josh helped her set it up and add contacts. He showed her the app store and Alyssa downloaded Instagram. After creating her account, she got a notification that said she had been tagged in a photo. Tyler had taken a picture of her and Josh looking at her new phone. The caption said, She got an account! Go follow!! Suddenly, Alyssa got hundreds of notifications that she was gaining followers.

Quickly, she took a picture with Josh and added a caption: Hey everyone! I got an Instagram! Woo hoo! She posted it and instantly received a flood of likes and comments. Everyone was leaving comments like You're so pretty and You look so much like Tyler! Alyssa smiled. She set it as her profile picture. But then, her flip phone vibrated. Confused, she turned it on. It was a text from one of her friends, Miranda.

M- Hey...
A- Hey Miranda! I've missed you so much! Sorry I haven't kept contact. It's a long story.
M- So, I'm hanging out with Jasmine and we were checking Instagram...

Alyssa froze. Her best friends had no idea what had happened.

A- Yeah. About that, the people I lived with weren't my real parents. Apparently they kidnapped me when I was just a baby. I was at the park on my birthday and Tyler and Josh were there. Tyler knew it was me because of my birthmark on my neck.
M- Likely story.
A- Huh?
M- Even if Tyler really is your older brother, they probably just took you in because they felt bad.

Alyssa looked up as the car began to move. Traffic was clearing up. She looked over, Josh was talking to Tyler. They didn't notice that she was using her flip phone.

A- Tyler, Josh, and Jenna took me in because they love me...
M- Why would they take in someone like you? You'll just cause them more problems. They'll have to drag you with them when they go on tour.

Alyssa shut off her flip phone. She didn't want to deal with Miranda. If Miranda decided to act like that, that was her issue. Alyssa put a smile on her face and said, "Let's play a game!"

"What should we do?" Josh wondered.

"Kentucky!" Jenna said as she punched Tyler's shoulder.

They all laughed. Alyssa spotted the car with the Kentucky license plate. It was a few cars ahead in the next lane over. For the rest of the ride, they looked for out of state license plates and played "I Spy." It was so fun that Alyssa completely forgot about Miranda...until they stopped for lunch.

They went to Taco Bell. Everyone got out of the car. Alyssa checked her flip phone. There was another message from Miranda. Nervously, Alyssa opened the message.

M- Jasmine and I don't believe you. If you want to live with people who actually cared about you, don't live with TØP, they don't have time to take care of you. You're just a waste of their time. TBH, Jasmine and I never liked you. Noone does. We don't want to talk to you anymore. We were never your friends. You'll never get any real friends.

Alyssa's eyes welled up with tears. She quickly wiped them away as she followed Tyler inside. But she had a sickening feeling. The feeling of having no friends...

(A/N Hey! Sorry for not updating much! But I'm back! Let me know if you liked the chapter! I'll be updating more soon!)