bad for you//wdw//

eight

(jonah's pov wha what) (but also slight talk of sexual abuse  so please read carefully)

i open my eyelids just briefly and see the ceiling to our living room and i shut my eyelids for a quick second before realizing i'm in the living room. i sit up, and prop my body weight on my elbow. when i'm sitting up, i look down and see that hazel is draped across my lap, sleeping rather peacefully. i widened my eyes for a second and then relaxed. i clicked my tongue and shook my head at the beauty laying on me. bright blonde hair, blue eyes... everything about her was so overwhelmingly beautiful i had to look away. my eyes zip to my ridiculous band members. jack, daniel, and corbyn are dog piled on top of one another, snoring to no end. i then see zach laying his head on the couch, with one of our blue throw pillows placed over his face. i snickered and ran my hands through my hair. being the first one up was awkward. what do you do? it's like, you wanna go up and do things, but you don't want to wake up the people you're with. i wasn't going anywhere without waking hazel up, so i just decided to go through my phone. a little bit passed, the guys not moving at all. until i saw jack open his eyes briefly. i met his, and he tried sitting up, slightly shoving daniel and corbyn off of him. i saw him eye hazel hugging my thigh like a stuffed animal. if this was any other girl i wouldn't be able to control myself right now. but it's hazel... our friend. it would be weird to me if i got excited over hazel doing something so innocent as sleeping. so i tried focusing on anything else. "wow we really passed out jo" jack finally whispers. "yea" i say quietly, adverting my gaze from the window to jack. "look jack i'm sorry for like being a complete jerk lately. you and hazel getting close just irks me a little because i kinda like her too and i really don't want this amazing girl like her to get in between our friendship" i tell him, being completely honest. "its alright... i know i haven't been the best either... how could one girl have complete control over our emotions?" he asks with a frown. "i dont know man... she's something isn't she?" i concur. he nods. "whatever.. or.. whoever happens... bros?" jack asked giving me his hand to shake. i shake. "bros" i nod conclusively. silence takes over, and i breathe a breath of relief to get that off of my chest. "jack man we gotta take her back to the apartment... she hasn't heard from the police yet, and as much as i absolutely love her here, our fans are begging new music and our manager is trying to set up tour again" i pause, rubbing my eyes, from either stress about the situation, or because i was tired, or both. "i know" he admits sheepishly. "you think she'll want to do it today?" he asks, searching my eyes for an answer. zach finally wakes and sits up, staring at the two of us... well three. "who? hazel?" he makes a weird face, and runs his hand through his bedhead tiredly. "we're you listening?" jack asks with confusion. "i was all the way awake when jonah finished his sentence, i just didn't want to interrupt" he points out, yawning. "oh alright. but yea hazel... what are we gonna do?" jack asks, looking between zach and i. "well we should ask her about it first don't you think?" corbyn yawns, and awakes. "jesus h does everyone in this house listen to conversations half awake?" i whisper shout. "yep" daniel says opening his eyes. "she looks deep in sleep so i don't think she could be listening" zach points out, getting up. they slowly start to gather their phones and start leaving the room. "wait guys what do i do with hazel?!" i whisper shouted, gesturing violently to the sleeping girl dangerously close to little marais. "you'll figure it out" daniel says and shrugs. he leaves the room with a silent chuckle. i roll my eyes and look down at hazel. ill just have to wait till she wakes up...

thirty minutes later, hazel stirs for about the third time. i figure i can wake her up now, she keeps moving. which isn't great because of where she is. plus my legs were falling asleep. "hazelll" i called lightly, dragging the l out. she makes an unknown face and then relaxes as if she's trying to fall back asleep. i chuckle. "hazel wake up love" i say a bit louder, with a poke of her nose. she opens her eyes this time. she eyes me with confusion. "why are you here? what room are we in? why are we so close? why am i sitting on your lap?" she asks and i watch with amusement as her face contorts into panic. "holy shit! i fell asleep on your lap i'm so sorry i bet you were uncomfortable and not happy about this oh my god i'm so sorry holy holy shit" she has well pushed herself off of me. she pauses and looks up at me. "why are you staring.. this is embarrassing enough?!" she shrieks. "because you're so god damn adorable" i mutter, but because of how not very far away we are, she heard. she blushed and my heart took a dive. i was pretty much all about this girl. she was pretty and interesting. "i'm gonna go get dressed" she laughed "alright same" i said, walking upstairs. once i get in my room, daniels in there putting on socks. "yo" he said, looking up at me. "hey" i reply, taking off my pajama shirt and putting on one of my band t shirts. i threw some jeans and socks on. i leaned into the mirror to come my hair, making sure it wasn't too crazy, and i put some cologne on my wrists and neck and looked once more to make sure i looked good. i was pretty satisfied with how i look. "how do you do that?" dani asks me, with a look of disbelief. i looked at him with a weird expression. "do what?" i question. "get ready in like two minutes. like you have such great style you didn't even know how long it takes me to plan one outfit" he exasperates. "oh that. i dont know really i just pick what i see and hope it matches i guess. "that must be why you get the ladies then huh?" he asks devilishly. i laughed and waved it off. "i get the ladies because i have no shame in going up to a girl and asking her her name" i state. dani chuckles and we walk out of the room. everyone else was down in the kitchen having conversations and such. "so should we go to the apartment first or eat breakfast first?" i heard hazel ask. i almost choked on my coffee. "wait you want to go back?" i ask, surprised that she wanted to. "yeah, jack talked me into it and he told me why i should go. i haven't heard from the police, plus you guys need to focus on tour and new music" she stated, trying her best to feel strongly about her decision, when even an idiot could tell she was scared. "oh so that's what you guys were talking about when we came down" zach said standing next to corbyn. all i can see is red. jack asked hazel if she wanted to go to the apartment, without us, and used all the reasons i had said. i pursed my lips into a fine line. "ok" i grunted. i look at jack and he's looking elsewhere, most definitely trying to ignore me. i wanted to be anywhere else but in his presence. i went in the foyer and scrolled through my phone with a frown. minutes later zach came in the room. "hey jonah weren't we supposed to ask her altogether?" he asks me quizzically. "yea supposed to" i snorted, but my tone was all zach needed to know why i left the room. "man i really don't understand jack sometimes..." he mutters. "same here" i say, and roll my eyes. corbyn comes bounding in. "hazel wants to go now" he said sadly. i knew he was just the messenger in this situation, but i really didn't feel like talking to anyone. "to breakfast?" i ask snapping my eyes up. "no to the apartment" he responded lightly. "oh alright lets go" i groan. we pile up in the car, this time i'm in the passenger while daniel drives, and i let whoever wanted to sit next to whoever in the back. i took a boomerang on instagram of my window, it was rainy out today, so i had a few rain drops on my window. i posted it to my story, and watched the thousands of viewers come through. "jeez your insta story is kinda depressing jo" hazel laughed. i didn't say anything, just shrugged. "maybe i am. not like you care much" i said in a low voice. daniel elbowed me in the side. "ow.." i muttered. "apologize" he yelped, and looked at me sternly before focusing back on the road. "whoops. i meant to say that the window looked cool i guess" i said instead of what i wanted to say. we were getting closer, and all of our anxiousness tendencies kicked in. "guys maybe we could grab a waffle first?" hazel whimpered from the back. jack finally spoke up for the first time today. "look we'll go first to make sure nothings dangerous" i can hear the comforting smile in his voice, and it immediately empowered an eye roll. "ok that sounds good" she replied hesitantly. we finally pull up into the complex, and hazel can't sit still, i can hear her squirming against the leather of the car seat. we get out first, the guys, and get into a huge group before even approaching the door. the closer we are, the safer we are. i stay as far away as possible from jack as i can. we inch up her sidewalk, careful to make any noise. it felt like a spy movie, only it was in real life. we finally reached her door frame. daniel looked at the four of us, silently agreeing he would go first. i look back and see that hazel is in the front seat with her eyes closed. daniel turned his head into the door frame. he let out a small gasp. "guys the place is empty, the door is kicked down and there's a note on the counter" "we need to go in there and read it then" zach said whisper shouted with determination. we all went in, slowly. we gave everybody a job to do. daniel, zach, and i read the note, while jack and corbyn grabbed as much of hazels belongings as they could, and searched the rest of the house to make sure it was empty. once everyone was back, zach read the note out loud. (warning coming up)  "miss gray, mr collins is currently in our possession, we'd like you to come down to the station. you did a great thing by leaving. he was planning on doing a lot more then just hit you" when he finished, our worlds stopped. "more then just hit her oh my god.... does he mean....?" corbyn questions in a light whisper. "yeah. he might've raped her" i whispered, my voice wobbling. 

(warning over)

to say that our morning excursion to waffle house was awkward, was a giant understatement. the only people that were talking were jack and hazel. which bothered me, but oh well, it's not exactly my choice here. statistically speaking i'm a better boyfriend, considering most of jacks relationships get really rocky really fast. what zach had read off that piece of paper was so mortifying we couldn't really look at each other in the eye, more or less eat a waffle. after the breakfast was over finally, we started to make our way onto the police station. hazel had taken the news that we had to go to the station pretty well. the boys and i made sure we didn't tell her the other part, and the cops did that part. we didn't have the heart to tell her. cowards, you would think. but she's had it rough as it is. the car pulls to a stop at the police station. the six of us pie out of the car, careful not to step on any of hazels stuff we had. i saw her shuffle out of the car, looking absolutely terrified. i met her eyes just briefly, encouraging her on with a small, friendly smile. she returned it ever so slightly, before paying her unwavering attention to jack. i grunt loudly out of exasperation. what is so captivating about jack. in the end i have a strong feeling that he's not going to be faithful. and i just can't let that happen. "ms hazel gray, a pleasure to finally meet you" says a gruff voice from over in the hallway. we were sitting in the lobby, and we brought our wandering attention up and sat up a bit. a short man, with a casual police officer get up. they shake hands. the mans eyes wander to us, anxiously anticipating acknowledgment. "and these boys are?" he asks with one eyebrow raise. "these are my friends. that one with the curly hair was the one that drove me away from the complex" she states somewhat proudly, as if she hadn't had a nervous bone in her body two seconds ago. my head has an utter explosion. that's where jack went off to?! and he didn't even tell us. "had to go somewhere i'll be back" my ass. that's why he was so urgent. we were having a word tonight, i didn't care. all the officer did was nod. "well i'm officer dan, thanks for coming by again. now i don't know if this what you were planning on doing, but would you like to press charges?" he questions seriously. she gave a hesitant look to us, and we all start nodding our heads. why wouldn't she? "yes sir"

o shit