HURT •Jaden Hossler•

Chapter 27

I turned around and see the short brunette behind me. "Ness", Josh said sighing. "I-I'm gonna g-go", Nessa said stuttering and walking back inside. "Fuck", Josh said under his breath. "Nessa, wait", I said walking behind her. As I walked back in I see everyone looking at me. That also meant, Jaden... He looked down at the ground. I wanted to talk to him, but I needed to talk to Nessa first. She seemed very upset and I get that. Nessa walked out of the front door and I walked past my group of friends looking surprised and mad at me. Great. I walked out of the front door and stopped Nessa before she could call an Uber. "Can we talk?", I asked standing behind her. She turned around and there were tears in her eyes. She looked down and stared at her phone. "Just let me explain okay?", I asked. She looked up at me but stayed silent. "Let's get coffee?", I said kind of like a question. She nodded and we got into my car. After a longest ten minutes drive of my life, we got to Starbucks. We ordered our drinks and sat down as soon as we got them. It stayed silent for a few minutes before I finally decided to say something.

"I didn't kiss him back", I said looking up at her. She looked at me and pressed her lips together. "I don't know why he kissed me, but I don't li-", I started rambling but Nessa stopped me. "It's fine, I know", she said giving me a little smile. "Are you sure? You seemed upset", I said. "Yeah... we were on a break, but he called me two days ago that he was coming to LA", she said looking down, "and I told him I needed some more space." I nodded and then I understood why Josh was that upset last night. "He was really upset last night, that's probably why he...", I said not finishing my sentence. "I feel so stupid right now", Nessa said putting head in her hands. "Hey, it's not your fault", I said. "No, it is", she said looking up, "I tell him I'm not ready yet, but I'm just lying to myself." "What do you mean?", I asked frowning a bit. "I love him, I really do. It's just... complicated", she said shaking her head. "What is complicated?", I asked smiling a bit. I know how she is feeling. You just need someone to make you say it. "We live far away from each other a-and... I'm just...", she said stopping and looking down once again. "You can tell me", I said grabbing one of her hands. "I feel like I'm not good enough for him... or anyone for that matter", she said shrugging, "and the media? Is just worse." "Okay listen, you are good enough for anyone and for Josh. I don't know your relationship but looking at you and how miserable Josh looked yesterday, you guys love each other. And I know social media is THE most toxic thing, but if the love between you two is real? Then it doesn't matter what they say", I said giving her a smile.

She smiled back at me and I explained everything what happened last night. She also told me about her and Josh and how much he talked about us. After an hour we drove back and actually got pretty close. I told her a little bit about Jaden and I. The second we arrived I remembered I needed to talk to Jaden. And I'm scared of how he would react. We got out of the car and walked to the front door. I let out a breath and Nessa grabbed my hand. "Hey, you'll be fine. Jaden would understand", she said. I nodded and gave her a hug. "Thank you", she said. "No problem, talk to him okay?", I said. She nodded and we walked in. She immediately walked to the girls and soon after Josh pulled her to his room. I smiled a little bit at them and walked to the girls. "He's in his room", Addison said with a sympathetic look. "Thanks", I said with a little smile and started to make my way to his room. Before I could reach his room, Anthony pulled me into his room.

"What are doing? You can't go kiss all of my friends, Ali!", he said getting angry. "They are my friends too, Ant", I said calmly. "That doesn't make it 'okay'", he said. "I know, but I didn't kiss Josh, he kissed me!", I said raising my voice. "What is going on with you?", he asked still angry. "What do you mean?", I asked confused. "You just broke up with Payton and you're already kissing Jaden. Then you have sex with him for how many times? And then you kiss MY best friend!", he yelled. "I didn't kiss him!", I argued back. "Ali, I don't know what is going on with you, but you need to stop", he said. "What are you saying, Anthony?", I asked partly yelling.  "You can't just sleep around with everyone! Who's next? Bryce? Or maybe Blake?!", he said throwing his hands up. "Can you just stop! I'm not sleeping around!", I said stepping closer to him. "Okay, then what is going on between you and Jaden? And don't you dare say nothing", he said stepping closer to me. I looked down not knowing what to answer. I didn't even know what we were. "What? You have nothing to say?", he said getting closer, "you need to stop Ali." "With what Anthony?!", I asked finally speaking. Well more yelling. "You need to stop being a fucking whore!", he yelled. I didn't even know what to say. Hearing that to come out of your brothers mouth, just hurts ten times harder. "Fuck you!", I yelled pushing him and walking out of his room.

I needed to calm myself down, before I hit something or someone. I walked to the nearest bathroom and locked the door. I sat on the ground with my back hitting the bathtub. I rest my head on my knees and let out a big breath. I hate arguing with Anthony, but he is acting stupid. He knows I don't do that. I was in a relationship with Payton for two years. Payton cheated on ME, and Jaden was there for me. Josh and I are nothing, other than friends. I take some deep breathes slowing down my heartbeat. Sometimes I can get so angry I just lash out. It happened once when I was done with my 'parents' putting me down every time. They would constantly get mad at me for nothing and tell me I'm too fat, too short, too blonde, too... everything. That night they told me I couldn't come to the trip to Vegas because I would be an embarrassment for the family image. The moment they left, taking Anthony with them, I went up to the bathroom. I tried to calm myself down, but this time it didn't work. I punched the mirror in the bathroom, making it break into a million pieces. My hand was cut really bad and blood was everywhere. I called Addison and she came over and helped me. That night I went to sleep at Addison's. I never told anyone what happened that night, only Addison knows.

After a few minutes I hear a knock on the door. I looked up and close my eyes letting out one last breath. "Who is it?", I asked. "Jaden... can I come in?", he said. I really hope he didn't hear anything that just happened, but I doubt it. I reached for the lock and unlocked it. I sat back down and Jaden walked thru the door. He closed it behind him and sat next to me. "You okay?", he asked looking down. I stayed silent for a moment thinking about what I should say. "I'm sorry", is all I said. He didn't say anything. "I didn't kiss Josh", I said turning my head to look at him. He still didn't say anything. "I mean it, Jay. I really didn't. I don't like hi-", I started, but Jaden just chuckled. "Why are you laughing? I'm serious", I said confused. "I know", he said still laughing and looking at me. "Know what?", I asked frowning. "I know you didn't kiss him back", he said with a smug smile on his face. I just looked at him still confused. "Josh told me. And about him and Nessa", he explained. I nodded slowly and looked down again.

"Okay come on", Jaden said standing up and pulling me up. "What?", I asked frowning, still a bit irritated. "This", he said putting his hands on my cheeks and pulled me closer. He connected  our lips and the frown on my face disappeared. After two seconds he pulled away, but still held my face. "I don't know what happened with Anthony just now, but know I'm here okay?", he said looking at me. I nodded slowly and looked down. It felt like he just took all the anger out of me, within seconds. He puts his thumbs under my chin making me look at him. He gave me a little smile and kissed my forehead. I didn't smile back but he took me in for a hug. We stayed like this for a long time and my body started to get relaxed. He pulled away and pecked my lips. We walked out of the bathroom and started to walk back to the living room, where everyone was. I looked up and saw Anthony, he had red eyes. Avani looked at me giving me a little smile, before Anthony looked up. I knew she had something so say, about all of it, but I didn't want to hear it. I looked away and walked to the kitchen letting go of Jaden's hand. I was not in the mood to hear Anthony's lame excuse, again. And I knew Avani was going to lecture me, or whatever. I wish she was my best friend again, and not choose Anthony side every time.

A/N

I hate to make them fight, but... it's my story :))) (it just came up in my thoughts)
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Nessa Barret, played by herself