The Beautifully Reckless

Chapter Twenty Eight

Mila-Rose's POV

It's been a week since the phone call. I've stopped all contact with everybody. I've been posting old covers for videos. People have noticed that the videos are old but a lot of people are defending me, saying something must have happened if I'm posting old content. I grab my phone and check Instagram. On Zach's story there is a picture of him and Mariana kissing. Thank god they finally got together. I check the other boys stories and see they are at the mall. I exit Instagram and go to Jonah's contact. I hesitate.

He's having such a nice day at the mall with his friends, should I really bother him? I finger hovers over the call button and I accidentally click it. I panic and try to end the call but he picks up immediately. "Milly? Are you okay?" He asks. I instantly feel bad. He's worried about me. "Jonah I'm sorry. I didn't mean to call you and interrupt your fun. I'm so sorry." I say. "It's fine. I've been worried about you all week. You haven't talked to anyone." He says. "Don't worry about me Jonah. Something happened the night we went to the beach and it's been bothering ever since. Nothing important." I say. He hangs up and I toss my phone on my bed. I lay on my side and let tears slip down my cheeks.

I get so caught in my thoughts that I don't even notice the other person in my room. I feel my bed dip down and someone pull me into their side. I look up and see the wonderful face of Jonah. He gently smiles and wipes my eyes. "Tell me what's wrong baby girl." he says. So I tell him everything. I tell him that my mom called and I have court in two days. I tell him how scared I am that there is a possibility I might go back. How I'm scared of loosing him. Loosing the other boys. Having to stop doing music and YouTube. Falling back into my depression. Going back and relapsing. By the time I tell him everything I'm uncontrollably crying and my hands are shaking. He picks me up and I wrap my legs around his middle and my arms around his neck. I bury my head in his shoulder and feel him going downstairs.

I hear other people in the kitchen and he carries me in there. He sets me on a counter, not saying anything to anyone else, and starts making me a cup of hot chocolate. I sit there, wiping my cheeks constantly and sniffling. He hands me the warm cup of hot chocolate and I sip it. "Better?" he asks. "Kinda." I mumble. He kisses my nose and I lay my head on his shoulder. I sigh and look at the people in my kitchen, which just happen to only be the four other boys. Suddenly I squeal and drop my mug. Everyone jumps at the noise and I smile. "I'll clean that later, don't get your nipples twisted." I say, waving off all the looks. "Why the sudden change in mood?" Jonah asks, smirking. "Zach has a girlfriend!" I exclaim. "How do you know?" Corbyn asks.

"Totally not the picture I took a screenshot of off his Instagram story." I say. Zach blushes and I laugh. I jump off the counter and rush towards him. I sit in the chair next to him. "Tell me everything. I only saw a cute picture." I say. "Mills your foot is bleeding." Daniel says. "That's a problem that can be dealt with later." I say. "It's a lot of blood Mills." Jack says. I sigh and stand up, walking to get a paper towel. I pull myself onto the counter and hold the paper towel to my foot. I look at the floor. "Look I left a footprint." I say. Jonah comes over and take the paper towel off my foot. "It's not gonna stop bleeding Milly. You're gonna need stitches." He says. "Someone call Shawn. That is his song after all." I say. I see Jack sigh and I laugh, the thoughts of court completely gone. Daniel finishes cleaning the glass and Jonah reaches for me. "Go get my first aid kit. I want to clean it a bit so I don't get blood all over the car." I say. He leaves and goes to grab it. He comes back with it and hand it to me. I grab some anesthetic wipes and clean the cut before grabbing a needle and the thread I have for stitches. I quickly sew the cut up and clean it off again. "Are you almost done cleaning it?" Daniel asks.

"Yeah and there is no point going to the doctor anymore." I say. "What did you do?" Zach asks. I stick out my foot so they can see the stitches. "You stitched your own foot?" Corbyn asks. "You haven't?" I asked. He shakes his head. "Why pay money for something I can do myself?" I ask. "She has a point." Jack says. "Don't help justify her." Jonah says. I smile and hop over to Zach. "Now tell me everything." I say, grabbing his shoulder to balance myself. He sighs and picks me up, carrying me to the couch. He sits next to me and tells me everything. "You guys are so cute! I'm so happy for you guys!" I say once he finishes. He smiles. I can tell he really likes her. Just the way the act around each other is enough to give it away. I lean into Jonah and he wraps an arm around my shoulder. "Thanks for coming over so quickly. I haven't thought about any of it since I came downstairs." I whisper. He smiles. "I'm just glad you're okay." he says.