Amelia's POV: 

Jenny, Ashely, Brett, Olivia, and Brandon just ran down stairs to the basement. 

We're they the ones I heard upstairs?

How did they find me?

Zeke was getting really mad at me for being "annoying" so he hit me...a lot. It hurt pretty bad. He tied my arms, and rubbed the rope on my wrists and arms so that they would bleed. The good thing though, is that I don't have rope burn...somehow. But, I do have bloody arms. 

He was punching me, and kicking me. It hurt really badly. He slapped my face repeatedly. My face is very red and irritated now. My wrists feel swollen. 

I feel useless. 

There's no hope. 

How could Josh be friends with this idiot? 

Soon enough, Josh came running down the stairs to the basement. 

His eyes widened at the scene. 

"What did you do to her?" Josh asked. 

"I hit her." Zeke said. 

"Dude, no! You hurt her! Get out of my house, now!" Josh demanded. 

Tears were still streaming down my face. 

Zeke took one more look at me. First, he laughed, then, he smirked at me and winked. He bent down to my level, and whispered in my ear "I'll find you, again, sweetheart. Don't worry you'll be safe with me. Hehe."

Then, he stood up and started walking back upstairs. But, before he was out of my sight completely, he winked at me, again. 

I was crying more now. Two boys came down stairs. It was Bryson, and Cole. 

"Woah, dude what happened?" Cole asked, obviously referring to me. 

"Zeke abused her," Josh said. 

"Amelia, I'm so sorry." Bryson said. 

"Me too." Cole said. 

"Thanks, but that won't change the fact that it happened." I stated.

"Okay, I'm just going to straight up ask. Why did you idiots kidnap Amelia?" Brandon asked, mainly looking at Josh. 

"The truth is, when I was younger I found out that I was adopted, and that my real sister's name is Amelia. So, Amelia is my sister. I found that part out yesterday." Josh said, while putting his arm around my shoulder. 

I smiled...finally! 

A smile!

 And, not a fake one!

 He smiled back at me. 

"We didn't want to hurt Amelia..at all! That wasn't what we wanted. I wanted to talk to Amelia alone, and I didn't want anyone to know. I needed it to be secret. But, when I went to your front porch  and saw that you had your friends over, I got nervous and I didn't want them to judge me or anything. So, I panicked. I found a white mask that was for some reason sitting on your front porch, and I put it on. Then, I grabbed you and brought you here. I brought you to the basement because I didn't want people to suspect anything. And in case my parents come home, I didn't want them to think we're dating, or to think that I went out looking for my lost sister. But now that I found you, I'm so happy. Which is something  I don't feel often." He said. 

Aww! That was so sweet! 

I'm not happy very often either. 

Everyone was speechless by Josh's words. 

For several seconds, everything was quiet. Until, Brandon began to speak. 

"That...was very sweet!" He said. 

Not quite the reaction I had in mind. But, it was better than I thought it would be! Which is a good thing. 

"I'm glad to be your sister, Josh!" I said. 

"I'm glad to be your brother, Amelia!" He said. 

I smiled. 

We hugged.