You. - Jaden Hossler

Chapter One

Zariah's POV

"TikTok? What the fuck is that?" I asked as my best friend Chase showed me his phone with excitement. 

"Come on! How have you not heard of TikTok Ri? It's the biggest app on the App Store right now! It's kinda like musical.ly but like better." Chase explained. 

"Okay.. but like what's the big deal, I still don't get it." I responded.

"Fuck this, I'll just show you then." Chase mumbled. 

He began scrolling through his TikTok feed showing me meme videos and some videos of hot guy legit doing nothing except looking hot. After a while, I started to take a small interest in TikTok and decided to download it myself. 

"Let's make one." I told Chase, who still had his head in his phone laughing at some area 51 raid meme. 

"Hmmm? Oh yeah sure. Why not." He finally replied. 

I picked a sound and started singing along. 

"You got these big blue eyes, drive me crazy." I sang whilst squeezing Chase's cheeks and laughing. 

Chase was the best thing that ever happened to me. He had been there for me through everything since we were 9. Now 17, I finally got most of my shit sorted out and Chase was still right by my side. 

I had gone through a lot as a kid. I know this sounds super generic but my childhood was kinda rough. Mum left when I was merely 1 and dad when I was 5. I guess they had better things to do with their lives than look after their child. They were dysfunctional from the beginning. It was extremely clear to me that I was an accident and that they were not ready to be held accountable for another small human being so they left. I was put into foster care not long after my dad left as the rest of my family didn't live in California, where my parents had moved. I was one of the lucky ones, adopted at 7, I was given the amazing opportunity of having a supportive and functional family. I have grown up in a nice neighbourhood and was home schooled for a while when I was first adopted. I went to the local primary school which is where I met Chase when I was 9. The rest is history. Sure, we can talk about all my fucking issues but that's boring and makes people sad which is definitely not what I'm about. 

"Okay, okay.. I'll post it!" I finally agreed after enduring 20 minutes of Chase's whining. 

"Oi, Ri. Listen to the audio I just found.. I have to post one this is perfect!" he stated as a sound about get punched and his nose getting broken played through his iPhone speakers. 

"Oh God!" I exclaimed as he ran off into the other room to find his ghost busters shirt with the blood from the other night still on it. Long story short, we were out in the city late at night and were just minding out own business when some random drunk guy came up to us and started trying to crack jokes. When we didn't laugh, Chase got socked in the face and ended up breaking his nose. Safe to say, he was not happy about it and ended up with us in the emergency room. His mum freaked and we can't go out late in the city anymore which kinda sucks because it's where we had our most fun. 

I would love to say that I'm a model student with straight As and has never done anything bad in my life. But if I'm being honest, Chase and I are kinda known as they duo that gets into a bunch of shit. He doesn't classify himself as one, but Chase is most definitely an e-boy. We always go out to parties and have a tonne of fun. Yes sometimes those nights do involve narcotics but like, we're not druggos, we just enjoy a bit of a break from reality. If we happen to find that through Molly, Weed and Acid then so be it. 

"C'mon let's get high." Chase said as he re-entered my bedroom. We grabbed the stash and then climbed out onto my roof and into my little section that is protected from all sides. Safe to say our parents would flip if they found out but fuck it. 

We smoked until we felt it hit us and then climbed back into the window and played on my bed, hiding the stash back in it's spot. 

"I love you Ri." Chase mumbled.

"I love you too Chasey." I mumbled back. We both turn into a fit of giggles as we snuggle into each others embrace. No not like that, Chase is like a brother to me and we would never be together but I feel safe in his arms, like he protects me from everything bad about the world whenever I'm with him and I appreciate that. 

"Have you posted your TikTok?" I asked. 

"Yeah.. have you?" he responded.

"Uh huh! All posted!" I mentioned. "Now I need some fucking sleep!"

I looked at the time and saw that it was nearly 2am as the wave of tiredness became very apparent. 

"Yeah same! Goodnight Ri" Chase said into the pillow.

"Goodnight." I said right back. 

A/N - Hi guys! So sorry this is shit and doesn't even involve Jaden yet but I thought that a little backstory was kinda important! I don't think Jaden will actually come into play until about chapter 3 or late chapter two so be expecting a little more lead up and back story. I'm just trying to make it realistic for you guys! 

Thankyou so much for reading! Means a lot!

B x