Hold Tight |Jason McCann|

Chapter 50

| Savanna |

I was now home, it was 8pm and I had left Jason like, 100 messages because I told him i was going to spend a few hours at Jade's house to study however, when he didn't reply and I got home and he still wasn't home himself, I was worried. He hadn't even sent me a text to say he wasn't going to be home either, let alone call.

And then the phone call. Every time I called, it cut off after a few rings which meant somebody was hanging up on me and I knew it would never be Jason because he answered my calls right away. But finally, after a final call, he picked up and to my bad luck, I didn't hear anything I wanted to hear.

I was looking forward to him saying he got held up and that's why he couldn't call, that would be better than hearing he was drunk, drunk enough to have Ryan call me and sound equally as concerned.

Jason never ever got drunk.

He was smart. He hated not having control and so that meant even having control over himself, which nobody had when they were drunk. Of course, he drank alcohol, that was a must for him but he never let it get too out of hand, especially when I was around. But this was just so unexpected. He told me he had meetings all day and that he was tired, how he just wanted to cuddle up with me and sleep. What could have possibly happened in the mean time for Jason to be so drunk he couldn't even find his phone to pick up my calls?

Regardless, after the talk with Ryan, a weight was lifted from my shoulders that he was safe with him, nothing had happened and most of all, he was coming home. I sat in the living room, a soft throw covering my body as the tv played lightly in the background. Mostly, I was waiting for the sound of the front door closing and possibly a joking Jason saying he pranked me and was just trying to get me worried for fun.

But that wasn't going to be happening.

The door opened and closed and soon enough, the sound of Ryan literally yelling at Jason was heard from the hallway. I quickly turned the tv off, jumping off of the couch before I left the room. My eyes met with Jason, well, not his eyes, just his hanging body that literally clung  on to Ryan, struggling to stand up.

"Jason?" I whispered as I approached them. He and Ryan looked up at me, Ryan gave me a look of sympathy as Jason just smiled, stumbling over to me before he threw his body on to me, hugging me before burying his head in to my neck.

"I missed youuuuu, that's why I'm hugging you right now. Because I missed you." He muttered away in to my neck.

"How much did he drink? And why?" I asked Ryan. "And why- why do you smell like a girl?" I wasn't crazy, I could smell girls perfume on his clothes and it definitely wasn't mine. I could literally feel my heart beating out of my chest, afraid of his answer.

Ryan sighed, "It's not what you're thinking..." he trailed off instantly making me sigh of relief.

"I don't know if it's my place to say anything-"

"Ryan, please." I said.

"Let's get home upstairs first eh? I don't want him to flip out at me. He's being a little bitch" He told me making me slowly nod as I peeled Jason off of me. "You're the bitch. bitch." Jason yelled at Ryan who simply ignored him and helped him up the stairs.

I quickly headed to the kitchen, filling up a glass with water and taking the bottle of Advil pills with me.

As I stepped in to our bedroom, Ryan was busy taking off Jason's clothes which made me pause in confusion. "He's getting pissed at me. He want to sleep in his boxers" He told me as pulled down his pants. I slowly nodded, that was a true best friend there.

I helped Ryan before we both stood next to Jason who now dropped his body back on to the bed, staring up at the ceiling.

"Jase... here." I told him, handing him two pills and the glass of water.

"I ain't want that" he didn't even make sense.

"Jason you will-"

"Stop fucking with me Savanna. Get your ass in bed and tell him to fuck off" He harshly said as he pushed my hand away. I sighed, looking up at Ryan who just nodded at me in support making me set the pills down on the side table along with the water.

I stood up, walking out of the room and Ryan followed, closing the door behind him so that Jason couldn't hear us and probably get even more angry at him.

"Im telling you this because you're like my little sister right? And I also know you're the only one who can make Jason see sense, even if he's being a bitch about it" He whispered the last bit, acting as if he was afraid Jason was going to hear which although, brought a smile to my face, it was soon to disappear because my heart was racing, anticipating what he wanted to say.

"Alex showed up at the warehouse."

As soon as the name left his mouth, I felt nothing but sadness. Why, why after 6 months of recovery, my nightmares had to come back, literally.

"He did?" I said, my voice low.

He nodded slowly. "It's a very, very long story but the only thing I remember about Alex was that he was a trouble maker, and he got Jason in to a whole lot of it as kids. And now, he's back and Jason seems to be falling for his shit because well, he's drunk off of his ass because of the guy" He explained.

I couldn't believe Alex was the reason why Jason was like this right now. I was disappointed in Jason but mostly shocked, he knew what Alex had done, he knew what kind of person he was and sure, he never touched me, but he was still a part of it.

He still hurt girls like Eva, who didn't deserve the pain they went through.

"What?" I whispered in disbelief.

"And Eva is back"

I frowned looking at him with confusion not understanding how he knew Eva was here considering she told me she didn't want to be seen, let alone seen by Ryan who was very much in this criminal life.

"How do you know about her being back?" I asked.

He looked at me with confusion as he frowned, "What?" He shook his head. "You know she's back? Here?"

"She...she showed up at college today, she told me she was in trouble with some people and needed money-" He was very quick to cut me off, "Please tell me you didn't give her the money, Savanna" He said, panic in his voice.

I shook my head a no, "only 350 for her to pay for the motel she's staying in... I don't understand how you know about her being here though? She practically begged me not to tell Jason she was back" I told him.

"Yes! Because she's fucking Alex! She was there, she showed up at the damn warehouse and was all up on Alex's dick. She ain't in need of no money, just greedy for more"

I didn't think I could possibly hear anything more shocking than hearing Alex was back and now toying with my boyfriend who seemed to be going along with it without even realising how toxic his brother was. That was until Ryan now dropped the bomb on me that the girl I wanted to help, the girl I literally cried and prayed for after it was all over, she was part of it. Why? Why did she choose Alex? The same man who put her in that place? And why come back and act as if she had nothing? Why would she lie?

"I can't believe she tried to fuck with you. She has no fucking shame, she was rubbing on Jason like she knew him." I looked up at him, my eyes wide at what he said.

"She what?" It was a new feeling of anger that filled my body, one that didn't come often.

"Yeah but I didn't let nothin happen, the main point is that bitch is part of Alex's weird ass crew..." he trailed off. "You think Jason will listen to you?"

I paused, rubbing my forehead with my hand as I felt nothing but weights on my shoulders.

"Jason has to listen to me."