" hunny , wake up" i heard a voice say. my eyes fluttered open , the figure in front of me sent shivers down my spine.

"what's wrong , did you fall last night?" she asked , i was shaking by this point. was she still drunk?

"y-yeh" i stuttered

"let me get you some ice" she said standing up walking towards the kitchen

"no!" i yelled out , she looked back at me "it's fine , i'm fine. i'm just going to go to bed and maybe do some school" i said standing up and walking back into my room.

my phone was on the floor. i was live when she came home. hopefully it didn't look bad as i thought it did...

i flipped my phone around and saw my phone was spammed from the group chat and finn separately.

: are you okay ?

: why did you end the live stream so suddenly ?

: please tell me you're okay

: alex?

: jack's worried

27 unread messages from

😤

: alex are you okay ?

: please be okay

: jack is really worried , he's stressing out.

: please tell us if you're okay

: alex ?

73 unread messages from , and

: baby are you okay

: why did the live stream end so suddenly

: i'm really worried

: and it sucks because i can't hug you to calm you or hug you and that's all i need right now

: alex

: baby

: please tell me if you're okay

35 unread messages from

[ messages between finn and alex ]

: hey , i'm fine. something just came up and i had to help

: you didn't seem okay , you looked scared...

: my cousin scared me because she walked in without knocking and i thought she was asleep

: okay. you better text jack , he hasn't slept since last night

: omg okay

[ messages between jack and alex ]

: hey bb sorry about last night you don't have to be worried

: omg are you okay ?!

: i'm fine

: are you sure?

: ofc

: why did you look scared then ?

: my cousin came into my room when i thought she was asleep

: oh okk , as long as you're okay then that's all that matters

: i love you

: i love you too , more than anything

:

😤

: guys i'm okay

: omg omg omg omg

: what happened

: guys if she doesn't want to tell us don't force her to

: it's just my cousin came into my room and scared me a little because i thought she was sleeping

: what about your aunt ?

: she was out

after sending that one message i knew they would figure something out. i could just say she was getting mail or groceries. no. at midnight?

: can you FaceTime ?

shit. i quickly grabbed my makeup and tried to cover up the bruises and marks as best as i could.

: sure

incoming call from jaeden

"hey!" i said faking a smile

"what's up?" he said

"school" i said with a disgusted face "you?"

"same" he whined

"is that alex?" i heard someone say , the voice was very familiar

"alex!" finn screamed

"finn!" i said back , smiling. this time a real one. these people are the only ones that actually make me happy. who knew?

"jack , alex is here" finn said , i heard a lot of noise in the back then saw a tired jack

"still beautiful" he said causing me to blush , i looked down trying to hide it

"awh look you made her blush" finn pointed out

"oh shut up" i said laughing

"we miss you!" sophia yelled from the back

"i miss you guys too , hopefully i can see you soon or something" i said shrugging my shoulders

"or something? you are seeing us no matter how much trouble we have to go through , i wanna see my baby" jack said trying to act mad

"you know for an actor you can't act mad" i joked

"because i'm thinking of you and you're right there!" he said pointing at the phone.

we were talking for what felt like forever and it felt like i was right there with them. if only i was.

: hey alex , so we heard about you moving in with your aunt and we all have made the decision to continue with your fame because we just love you too much to let you go. anyways there is a premiere coming up and we would love it if you could come , we will contact your aunt and talk to her about it. also you will be staying overnight in a hotel with the rest of your cast.

: that sounds amazing! thank you so much.

: shmood

: miss you loser

: beauty beauty beauty , i'm jealous !!1!!1!!

: bubba

: i miss youuuuu

: can i have a relationship like you and jack pls and thankq

:, miss you losers more

: have you seen yourself omg 😍😭

: ☹️💛💛love love love you