sick and tired | jaden hossler

you forgot your sprite

kaitlyn's pov

i had just gotten done doing my school work for the day when griffin comes in fighting with bryce.

"i think you're a punk!" shouts my brother.

"oh yeah? i think your girlfriend is just jealous because addison gets more hype than she does." bryce fires back.

"bullshit. dixie doesn't even have to try." he walks away from bryce.

"will the two of you quit it? we need to film tea tok tuesday in ten minutes! i can't have you two bickering and ruining the show." josh snaps at the both of them.

"what even started the fight in the first place?" anthony comes into the foyer with a bag of skittles in his hand.

"bryce said something about dixie so i brought addison into it and now we're fighting." griff tells us.

"i swear to god. sometimes you two are literal idiots." anthony shakes his head and walks into the filming room.

"alright, here are the scripts of what we need to address in today's tea tock tuesday. kait, are you joining us?" josh hands out the scripts.

"nah, i'll probably just watch some netflix." i shrug.

"suit yourself." josh replies and they all walk into the filming room.

"hey, baby johnson!" jaden says shrieking like a little girl.

"what's making you so happy on this fine evening?" i raise an eyebrow suspiciously.

"i just released comatose." jaden jumps up and down like a silly kid.

"really? congratulations! how many streams so far?" i congratulate the boy.

"almost 100k right now. i released it twenty minutes ago." he beams.

"i'm proud of you."

"we're having a comatose release party tonight." he alerts me.

"do the boys know?" i question.

"after they film tea tok they will." jaden bursts out laughing.

"do you need me to run to the store to pick shit up or?" i offer.

"i can go with you."

"can i drive?" i innocently ask.

"not sure if i want to die today or not." he makes a thinking face.

"fuck off. i'm driving." i grab my keys off of the bar.

"i'll grab my wallet." he sighs.

-

the party starts and the house is packed with sweaty drunk bodies. the party consists of mostly a bunch of valley girls and wannabe tiktok stars.

my friend brielle and i are sitting on the roof drinking sprite. we watch the group of party people below us and make jokes about specific individuals that we see. just like me, brielle is very antisocial and can spot a pretentious wannabe from a mile away.

most of my brother's friends are fake. they're not really his friends. they're using him for his clout and it's sad that he can't see that.

brielle and i met right before i moved here. i joined an app that helps you get to know people and become friends with them but only in the area you're moving to or are new to. brielle had just moved to los angeles before i did. she had no friends at school and didn't know how to make friends face to face.

luckily, i joined just in time. we clicked instantly.

it felt like we were internet friends at first. i didn't know her in person and she didn't know me either so when we finally met it felt so surreal.

"want another sprite?" i get up from my comfortable placement on the roof.

"bring ice?" she asks kind of unsurely.

"at your service." i salute and she chuckles.

i get downstairs and run into jaden.

"hey, stranger." he smiles down at me.

"just getting sprite and ice!" i cheerfully explain to him.

"i was just about to get some myself." he digs in the cooler for a sprite.

"i'm surprised that you're not drinking. i'm proud." i admit.

"i drink but not that much. besides, it's fun to stay sober for big things like this. wouldn't want to miss a moment like this for the world." he winks and hands me a sprite.

"well, can i drink?" i say which catches him off guard.

"absolutely not." he shoves me out of the kitchen.

"why not?" i pout.

"do you want griffin to kill me?" he panics.

"maybe." i chuckle.

"go back to brielle."

"how'd you know she was here?" i look puzzled at him.

"c'mon. you only disappear from me when you're with her. i know you." his finger bops me on the nose and he walks away.

"you forgot your sprite!" i shout but he's already outside.

i grab his sprite and head outside and i walk into the middle of a truth or dare session. if i could unsee the girl in the pool skinny dipping as a dare then i would.