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Thirty Seven

"How long have you been down here?" Daisee asks. My brother shrugged. He had dirty blonde hair, which was almost brown. Brown eyes. Tan skin, proving he had been in the sun. And the name Zach seemed to fit him pretty well.

"Well, this is just my room. I go anywhere I please," he states, looking down at me. "How have you been?"

"Peachy perfect. I've been kidnapped by my own mother," I snapped, looking up at him. Our eyes met, but I couldn't hold his gaze. I hated him, for numerous reasons.

I felt Sam sit by me, and wrap an arm around my shoulders.

I just want to go back to where I didn't know he wasn't my brother.

"I promise we'll get out of here..." he mumbled, and I leaned on him. Unless someone busted in and saved us, I doubted this would end well for us.

"How long have you known about Raylin?" Daisee questions the boy. He thinks for a minute.

"About three years," Zach replies. "I wasn't told about her until our mom started to look for her."

"You say you go anywhere you please, so how do you get out?" Tyler asks. I could tell he didn't like Zach either. The tone of his voice gave it away just as easy as the looks he gave him.

"Mom let's me out," he states simply.

"You've been locked down here. She is a screwed up person," I tell him. He shook his head.

"Not screwed up. Just given wrong information," he replied. "But soon, you'll see that she's not so bad. She'll teach you that she knows what's good for you. You won't need a boyfriend," he looked at Justin as he spoke. I moved closer to him, and let my head rest on his chest.

"Just get us out of here," Justin snaps. He sighed, and shook his head.

"I can't."

I stood up, wishing my sore arms could move from the stupid rope thing.

"Because of her, I have a brace. I want out."

"I'm sorry about that," he replies. I groaned, and looked at Justin. He shrugged.

"Can you at least get this rope off of me?" I snapped. He looked around, and slowly nodded.

~

I was looking for something to get us out. We'd been stuck down here all day, and finally Zach fell asleep.

"Raylin, it's alright. People will go looking," Justin reassures me. I shook my head.

"Nobody knows. Only Sammi, Baby, Ava and Sadie, and I doubt they'll be much of a help. And Jaime will think I'm at school. That, or that I'm at your house," I reply.

"Well, she knows Sam doesn't go after school," he replied.

"She'll think he's with me," I replied. "Well, I don't know.."

"Can't you try moving the lock around?" Daisee whispered, interrupting our conversation.

"I don't know.. I haven't tried that.." I replied. She pushes me towards the door, which was about three feet away from where I was previously standing.

"Well, now's the time to try," she said. I groaned, and looked into the small area of the lock.

I concentrated on pushing one part up, and holding one down.

I heard a click, and let everything go. I pushed the door open slightly. I turned and gave them all a smile.

I made Daisee go first, then Sam, then Tyler. Justin made me go next, because if Zach woke up, he'd "shut him up".

Justin's hand slid in mine, and kissed the top of my head.

"Well get out," he says. I nodded, and stopped him from walking.

"I love you," I say, wrapping my arms around him. And as his arms slid around me, I felt safe.

But that didn't last long, because before just knew it, I heard Daisee screaming.