It was two weeks after the band split up and although most of the press had left things alone Matt Pinfield had been putting the blame entirely on Alex, and as Alex walked down the road, the stares people were giving him lead him to believe that they thought it was true. Alex stopped outside an appliance store and indifferently began to watch what was on the TV in the window. They were showing a clip of things Matt Pinfield had said just after the band broke up.
"It's happened again, Alex Wolff has managed to piss of the entire world when he quit the Naked Brothers Band yesterday. This guy is not a problem, he's the cause of them. If he's not causing one problem he's causing another. It would be easy to blame Nat, but why when it is Alex's fault, so join the anti Alex bandwagon and if you see him in the street, throw a tomato at him… he deserves it."
Alex bit his bottom lip and turned to walk away.
"You think your such a big man. But dad clipped your wings" Ryan said as he threw a tomato to himself. "You know I guess I should do what dad says"
Ryan threw the tomato but Alex ducked and it hit the window behind him. Alex then dug in low and charged at Ryan, hitting him in the chest, dislocating his shoulder and bouncing off him in the process. Ryan was winded for a few seconds and in that time Alex was up hitting him with his good arm.
"Leave my son alone!" Matt Pinfield said loudly, appearing from around a corner. He was oblivious that it was Ryan who started the fight.
Matt Pinfield reached out to grab Alex.
WHAM!
Matt Pinfield got blindsided by another stranger entering the fray.
"Pick on someone your own size" The stranger said in a familiar accent.
Matt Pinfield threw a punch hitting the stranger square in the face.
Both pairs kept fighting for around 5 more minutes. Alex vaguely registered the sound of sirens before he was pulled away by the police. It wasn't until they were separated that Alex saw the damage he had done to Ryan. A couple of black eyes and a broken nose, Alex felt pleased with the effort. He then looked over and saw the police shouting and trying to break up Matt Pinfield and the mystery man. He counted 3 police cars there already, and the fight didn't break up until another 3 turned up. Matt Pinfield has blood coming from his mouth, his nose and a cut over his left eye. The stranger who Alex vaguely recognized looked worse, with two black eyes, a broken nose, blood coming through his hair, and a cut by his right ear, and his left hand looked quite limp. With the fight now under control the police put them in the back of separate police cars, and began talking to members of the crowd that had formed to watch. Paramedics arrived and began treating their injuries and it wasn't long after that they were taken away.
Wolff Apartment
The band, although they were not anymore, were at the Wolff's apartment, the TV was on in the background, as the unsuccessfully tried to find out what Alex was scared of everyone else finding out. It was half past eight and the band conceded defeat for another day.
"Tomorrow, I've got a good feeling about Tomorrow," Qaasim said trying to lift everyone's spirits.
"You said that yesterday, and the day before" Cooper complained.
"Hey Nat, Juanita, you need to see this" Thomas said staring at the TV.
"If it's…" Nat began.
"Just watch," Thomas insisted.
"NYPD have announced they have arrested former Naked Brothers Band drummer Alex Wolff…"
Nat and Juanita gasped in shock.
"… after a fight involving a number of people in Manhattan early this afternoon. MTV's Matt Pinfield and his son Ryan were also and arrested and released on bail. A fourth person involved has not yet been charged and is still in police custody. It is believed that the fourth person is New Zealander Sam Hannagan, protected by diplomatic immunity under the Youth Ambassador programme…"
Nat sat down on the couch and almost ripped his hair out in frustration. Nat hadn't seen Alex in two weeks and it still he was making things worse.
Uncle Miles Apartment
Miles had watched the same piece of news. He was annoyed at himself for not having an eye on Alex at all times. Miles could not fathom what was feeding Alex's anger, most kids would forget after a couple of hours, but Alex had just been getting more and more angry. He had been getting worse since he had turned up and now was unnervingly quiet and withdrawn, and now he was in Jail.
Local Police Station
Sonny, Nat and Miles arrived at the police station about the same time. Sonny gave miles a look that caused him some discomfort.
"I thought you were protecting him" Sonny said annoyed.
Miles looked as though he was going to argue back and Nat sensed this.
"Can we not do this now!?" Nat asked loudly, his tensions were running high.
They both looked at Nat and nodded their heads, before walking inside and approaching an officer.
"We are here to see Alex Wolff" Nat said nervously.
The officer bit his lip nervously, this was the part of the job he hated… families.
"We need to talk first" he said showing them through to a meeting room.
"Right… Uh… I don't know how to say this, but Mr Wolff has insisted they he get no visitors… period" He said as they sat down around the table.
Nat couldn't say he wasn't surprised. He felt Alex was getting more and more irrational with each passing day. He knew the fear that was driving Alex was eating him, and if he didn't find what it was soon it would kill Alex.
"Visitors! Aren't you going to release him!?" Miles asked angrily.
"Not Likely, the law thinks society could do with a break from Alex Wolff" The officer said cautiously.
"But you released, Matt Pinfield and his Son," Nat protested.
"But neither of them had assaulted their arresting officer on a previous occasion" The officer replied rubbing his shin. "Jail will do him good."
"WHAT?!" Miles and Sonny yelled together, jumping to their feet.
"I don't make the law, I just enforce it" the officer said annoyed.
"How long?" Miles asked through gritted teeth.
"A month, 3 if he's lucky, more if he's not." The office said shrugging his shoulders.
"So no trial then?" Nat said annoyed.
"Don't blame me, I didn't streamline the system." The officer said in his defence.
Nat, Miles and Sonny mulled it over for a five minutes.
"I know he doesn't want you too, but I can let you see him if you like?" The officer offered as a compromise.
"Please" Miles and Sonny said quickly.
"I don't think I should" Nat said, he stood up and left the room, he needed to speak to someone else.
