Dance moms: Amber Alert ( a Paige Hyland, Chloe Lukasiak, Maddie Ziegler, Kenzie Ziegler, Kalani Hillker, Brooke Hyland, Nia Frazier, Kendall Vertes fanfic) ~DM AWARDS WINNER!!!

Chapter 8: If I only knew

Paige's POV

"Ohh you two know each other?" I nod my head accordingly.

"He used to go to my school." I lied. If he knew we were siblings he'd use it against us. I thought Josh moved out and never called us; I guess I was wrong.

"Well you have to share a room because I have stuff to do." He uses emphasis on the word "stuff." He shoves my brother into the room and bolts it behind us. When I see the coast is clear I dial 9-1-1 on my phone that I kept in my pocket. I quickly hang up because I don't want to be caught. The police will track me and save us. That was my only hope. I was just so ecstatic to have my phone.

"Josh!" I hugged him. It never made me so happy in my life to see him. We could work together- as a team! The thought just brightened my day. Two beats one almost every time. I smiled at the thought of seeing my disabled family at the fireplace getting ready for Christmas. Wait Christmas! I looked at the date on my phone. I was stuck in this horrendous place for already nearly a week. What would happen on Christmas? All I want for Christmas is my family. That's the best present in the entire world. Even if they aren't as much as loyal as the family on the wall, they're mine and that's all I care about.

"Paige!" He hugs back. He had great excitement in his eyes. I knew he'd miss me most of all. The happiness in both of us was like a child laughing for the first time. The way the parents would look at the child is the same way they'd look at us if we were being filmed right now, except if it were our kidnapper of course. "Did you read a book that will get us out of this?" He joked and I chuckled. I'm kind of a book worm, and when I say kind of I mean completely.

"I wish." I sighed.

"Do you have a plan?" He asks.

"Josh! After all this time you ask if I have a plan! When did this happen to you? Explain everything first!" I can't believe that those words were his first that I just got so perplexed and angry. I haven't seen him in years and this is what he says. I don't even think he cares, he's just like the rest of them.

"We need a plan first Paige. This isn't time to catch up." He answers sternly.

"Yeah well what if you die? Then what do I tell my mom?"

"She never cared anyway." Those words made a rush of anger fulfill me.

"That's 'cuz you never gave her a chance." I spoke softly. The anger on his face faded as if it were words on a paper erased.

"Well clearly you know best. I was taken here after an amber alert message about myself. There were about forty kids and now I'm the only remainder. I was kidnaped the year that I graduated high school. That's when I started going missing and never returned my calls. Not one of those calls were from mom, all from you. He had my phone. He would play them every night to torture me." I almost cried. I realized crying isn't bad if you care. My brother was here all this time and I couldn't protect him; he couldn't protect me.

"Do you have a plan?"

"Nope that's why I asked you." He sighed.

"It's not hopeless. I called the police." He slapped me across the face. The tears trickled down my eyes as well as blood from my nose and cheek. He slapped me hard and it was excruciating.

"Paige he will know. Trust me you did the wrong thing!"

"Huh? And you did the right to do nothing! To slap me in the face! I thought you were different!" My voice rose. I saw the car of the mystery person pull out of the window. I couldn't stop myself at these next words, "I'm running away."

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