Authors Note: Okay so this story is dedicated to Keely Jade and Andra Dee two people who have really helped me out in several ways. I added more detail so its hopefully a lot better!

A Fragile State By: Juno227

Chapter One:

It had been around one week since Kyle had found the Latnok ring in Amanda's place after prom. Kyle had tried everything, used all of his abilities but Amanda was nowhere to be found. The police had been contacted though there were still no leads. Kyle was extremely depressed and spent most of his time sitting in his tub staring at a picture of her.

Nicole, Stephen and the Trager kids were worried about Kyle. Jessi was with Sarah and nobody knew how to contact her. Nicole had informed Stephen that she was not sure Kyle would react to going to school- a place that was full of memories of Amanda. So, Kyle didn't have to go to school but he wanted to. It was around the time when the kids would get back from school. Nicole was in her office when she heard her front door open and she went to greet her kids in the kitchen.

"Hey guys!"

"Oh, hi mom." Lori said, looking up from rummaging in her purse. She pulled out some lip-gloss and began to apply it.

"Hey mom." Josh said as walked over to a cabinet and pulled out two bags of Sour Patch Kids.

"Hello." Kyle mumbled quietly and walked to his room with his head down. Josh sighed and put one of the bags of candy back. He would never admit it but he missed his best friend.

Nicole frowned and looked at Josh then Lori, "How has he been today?" She asked in a worried tone.

"The usual. He doesn't talk much, stares off into space and looks heartbroken most of the time." Lori said, as she checked her makeup with a small mirror. Everyday, since Nicole couldn't be with Kyle during school the kids gave her a summary of his behavior. The counselor in Nicole was always analyzing Kyle's actions but it was the same day after day.

"Man, it sucks seeing him act this way." Josh said voicing everyone's opinion. Kyle was his big brother and it really hurt him seeing the guy this way.

"Yeah it does. Hey Mom did you talk to Mrs. Bloom today?" Lori asked.

"Yes I did. Unfortunately she's not doing well either." Nicole called Mrs. Bloom everyday to check up on the woman who was extremely upset at losing her daughter. She never blamed Kyle but knowing how traumatized she was Nicole wouldn't blame her if she did. Carol Bloom had to blame somebody and Kyle was an easy target.

"Hey Mom can I invite Andy over? I'm not sure how Kyle will react to the whole me having a girlfriend when his is… You know." Josh didn't know that his mother was extremely impressed with how he was handling the situation.

"That's fine. Thank you for asking." Nicole knew how hard this was on Josh and hoped Andy could take his mind off of it.

"No problem." Josh walked off to call Andy, grabbing his Sour Patch Kids in the process.

I'm going to go talk to Kyle." Lori told her mother.

"Okay." Nicole said, hoping Lori could get through to Kyle. Lori walked over to Kyle's room she looked in the open door and saw her brother sitting in his tub gazing at a drawing of Amanda on his wall.

"Knock, knock." Lori said while tapping the door lightly. Kyle looked up.

"Hi." He said in a tone that broke her heart. Lori took a seat in one of Kyle's chairs and swiveled around to face him.

"How you holding up?" she asked, looking at him with concern.

"Not very well. I just can't stop thinking about all of the bad things that could happen to her. It's driving me crazy!" Lori was surprised Kyle hadn't opened up to anyone since prom night.

"You just need to wait I guess." Kyle looked at her sadly,

"I know."

"How's Kyle?" Andy asked. She had come over that afternoon and stayed for dinner. Now she was sitting next to Josh on his bed. Sure, they saw each other at school and at The Rack but they didn't get to spend as much quality time together because Josh didn't know if bringing his girlfriend over was a good idea. They could have gone to Andy's house but her brothers always teased them and glared at Josh.

"Bad. I want to help him! I just don't know what to do! His girlfriend is missing and he's heartbroken! If you were missing I'd be just as messed as he is! And he would know how to help me…"

"Josh the only thing you can do is let him know your there!" Andy pulled Josh into a hug. "And that's how you can help him!"

Later that night Kyle's cell phone rang and he checked the caller id and saw it was a restricted number. He let the phone ring once more and then, he answered it.

"Hello?" He asked uncertainly.

"Do you want your girlfriend back? Do you want her to be safe?" A raspy man's voice asked He was breathing heavily and speaking softly.

"You have Amanda" Kyle whispered, feeling his blood run cold.

"Yes we do." The man answered after a long pause.

"Who is we?" Kyle asked feeling braver. He had to get her back!

To be continued...

Authors Note: Who has Amanda? Please review and tell me if you like it!