Jaden Hossler's Little Sister

Chapter 15-Hollywood Fix and Hype House Days

10am...
Isabella's POV
We're finally ready for the day.
My outfit:

We wait for Mads, Nessa, and Cynthia. When they arrive, we chat for a bit. And then we leave for the hype house. The boys take the SUV. Us girls wait for an Uber.
When we get to the hype house, the dude from Hollywood Fix is there with a camera. He comes up to me. I tense up. Mads and Jaden instinctively protect me. But the camera practically gets shoved in my face. "So is it true that you locked your friend in your basement for 3 hours?" he asks. "Uhhh. I'd rather not answer that," I say uncomfortably. "What about you and Payton? Are you guys back together? The fans wanna know." the Hollywood Fix dude says. "Well, to all my fans, no. We are not back together. We're just friends," I say hoping that the dude leaves me alone. But then he says, "So you're available?" Jaden instinctively says, "I think she would prefer not to answer that actually." And then he puts his arm around me protectively. The dude says, "Okay. Have a good day." And then he starts walking away. When he's out of an earshot, Mads asks me if I'm okay. I nod. I look back and the Hollywood Fix dude is filming us as we go into the Hype House. So I flip him off.

As soon as we walk in, we find Thomas vlogging. Bryce and Thomas get into a fake argument. I go to find Charli. I find her in her making a TikTok in the kitchen. So I jump in. Scaring her in the process. We take a look at the TikTok. Charli says, "That's pretty good. I'm gonna post it." As soon as she posts it, I'm the first one to like and comment. And then we go to her room and talk. "So how's school?" she asks me. I jump right into explaining everything. "Hold up," Charli says. "You made the cheer team?" I nod. "That's amazing!" she says with a smile. "And nobody has been bothering you right?" "Bothering me?" I say cocking my head. "Bullying you for being famous," she says in a 'duh' tone.  I say, "Oh no. Nobody is doing that." "That's good. Wanna go to Dunkin?" Charli says. "Hell yeah I do!" I say excitedly. And then we head outside and walk to Dunkin.

It takes us about 10 minutes. And then my phone rings. I take it out to see who it is. "Who is it?" Charli asks. "Jaden," I respond back. "Probably worrying about my whereabouts." I accept the call.

Start of the call
Me: Whattup?
Jaden: Where are you and Charli?
Me: We're at Dunkin.
Jaden: Okay. Next time you two should let one of us know.
Me: Yeah whatever. Bye.
End of the call

"Overprotective brothers," I say rolling my eyes. "Well maybe you could and try asking him to lay off on you a bit. I mean you are a teenager. You need your space," Charli says supportively. "Yeah I guess. But do you think that maybe...you could do it for me?" I say, giving her puppy dog eyes. "Nope. You need to stand up for yourself," Charli says firmly. "Hopefully he'll give me some space when I ask him," I say with a sad expression on my face. "Don't worry. He will," Charli says, giving me a sympathetic look. Then for a subject change, she says, "So what are you gonna get?" "Medium iced coffee and a strawberry frosted donut," I say almost immediately. "You?" "Cold brew with caramel and whole milk," she responds. When it's our turn to order, we make our orders. We talk about how hate it toxic while we're waiting for our orders. And then we finally get our orders and grab a seat by a window. We sit there eating, drinking, and talking for about 30 minutes. And that's when he walks in. "Char. We need to go. Now," I say quickly. "Why?" she asks. "Is something wrong?" "I'll explain on the way back," I say starting to get up. We throw out our trash and quickly exit.

I explain my story to Charli on our way back to the Hype House. By the end of it, I'm crying. Charli gives me a long hug. And then we walk inside. That's when I feel something start to come up. "I think I'm gonna be sick," I say to myself. And then I run upstairs to the bathroom. But not the TikTok bathroom. One of the smaller bathrooms. Charli comes with me. She hold my hair back as I lean over the toilet. I start crying. And I repeat the same thing over and over again which is: "I don't wanna throw up." But unfortunately it happens anyway.

When I'm done, I start to feel a panic attack come on. "I want Jaden," I cry out. Charli leaves. Moments later, she comes back with Jaden who rushes to my side immediately.

Jaden's POV
All us boys are in the TikTok bathroom making TikToks and fooling around. And then, Charli comes in. She walks right up to me and says, "Bella needs you." My face changes to worry as I ask, "What? Why? Is something wrong?" "Just come with me," she says sighing. We run across the hall and into a smaller bathroom. Bella is curled up in a ball. Crying. I rush to her side immediately. "Bella. I'm right here. You're completely safe," I say in a soothing voice.
After a few minutes, the panic attack is over. Mads decides to take Bella back to Sway.

"So why did she have the panic attack?" I ask Charli. She says, "I guess I should start from the beginning. We were at Dunkin and then some boy walked in and Bella told me that we had to go. At first I had no clue why we had to go so suddenly. But on our way back home, she told me that it was her ex that walked in and she told me her story which is pretty brave. And as soon as we walked in, she ran upstairs and started throwing up and panicking." "Her ex is in LA?!?" I ask surprised. Charli nods. "Oh this is not good," I say to myself.