Everything Will Be Okay
Alex's POV
"Ok, bye Jake. Dang it. How'd he know it was me Lola?" Hannah said.
"Well, let's see. A) he's telepathic, B) a witch, or C) caller ID." Lola answered.
"CUT! Great Job, guys. Loved that scene." Mr. Director yelled. That's really his name. "Miley, Emily, Cody, good job. Take a break." The break bell rang.
I'm Taylor. I have and older sister and two younger ones. Aly is 7, Juliet is 15, and Emily, yes Emily Osment, is 18. I'm 17. We are originally from Pennsylvania. My dad still lives there. Only one of our parents could come with us when Emily got the gig on Hannah Montana. Since mom is Em's manager, dad volunteered to stay home. He calls every morning and night. We stay in touch by e-mail, FaceBook, MySpace, AIM, and letters. Dad doesn't know how to text. Anyway, Emily is dating Cody Linley and Miley Cyrus is dating Mitchel Musso. It's kind of ironic because Cody is Miley's love interest in the show and Mitchel is Emily's. Cody appears on every other episode now, but comes to all the shoots to see Emily. They just filmed a scene from "Jake, Another Little Piece of My Heart". We film near the set of JONAS. We're all really good friends. Nick is 15, like Juliet. Kevin is 19 and Joe is 17, like me. Me and Joe have been best friends since forever. Ok, more like since we were 5. That's how old the both of us were when Emily and little Nick broke into acting. They both guest- starred on the same show, That's So Raven. Me and Joe are really close. The boys have been helping us tune our voices for a year now and we are getting pretty good. We even wrote a song together called 'Leave It On the Line.' Our parents think of each other as family and we live across the street from each other. In fact, we're the only houses on the street. Did I mention our houses are huge? Well, they are.
Emily never gets a break when she films. It's always like she comes over to talk and the end-of-break bell rings. I mean I love her, but the only time we can talk is quick in the morning and endless hours at night as long as she doesn't have a premier or a concert. She has a great voice. Oh, here she comes now.
"Hey, Tay." That's one of my nicknames.
"Hi Em. You did great. I thought it was funny when Miley pretended to be Tracey. Especially when you said how he found out." I told her.
"Thanks. I think I'll keep you around. You're a great little sis." Emily says. She opens her mouth to say something else, but the oh-so-famous end-of-break bell rings.
"See you later kiddo." Emily gives me a hug and hurries off to film.
I get up to go to my set room and Aly and Juliet look like they're going to follow me.
"Here, guys. Go get some ice cream." I give them some money and they run off. Actually, Aly ran off and Juliet had to catch her. When I reached the set room, I plopped down on the soft couch and grabbed my laptop. The background is a picture of my dog, Jasmine. She's a black Labrador retriever. I was about to log on, but the phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Hey Alex, its Joe." (Joe Jonas) I smile at his voice.
"Hi, what's up?"
"Ok, what's wrong?"
"What do you mean?"
"You sound a little sad. Let me guess, the bell again?"
"I swear you are a physic, Joseph Adam Jonas."
"Really, Taylor Gwen Osment?"
"Ok ok, enough of the full names."
"You started it. So do you guys want to come swimming? You can bring Juliet and Aly too."
"Sure, see you in a few." We hung up and I ran to tell Juliet and Aly. I almost bumped into them in the hall.
"Whoa, what's the hurry sis?" Juliet asked me.
"Joe said we can go swimming with them if we want. You coming or what?"
"Sure." She said.
We put on our bathing suits, T-shirts, and shorts and start for the set of JONAS. As we walked, Juliet asked how she looked. She won't tell anyone, but me and Emily figured out a long time ago that she has a huge crush on Nick. As we got closer, I heard Joe singing 'Tell Me Why'. As we open the door, the break bell goes off. As we walk over, Juliet slips and falls flat on her face. She stands up and stares at Nick.
"Uh, hi." Nick said.
"Hey, guys." Kevin said.
The others were already splashing around while I was standing on the edge.
"Are you ready, or do I have to push you in like last time?" Joe asked as he came up behind me.
"That was not my fault. I thought someone said my name." I retorted.
"I said your name." Joe said. He grabbed my shoulders and pushed me in. I surfaced before him and as soon as did, I dunked him under again.
Juliet, Nick, Kevin, and Aly were watching us have a water fight from across the pool.
"Why don't they just admit their feelings? I know Taylor likes him." Juliet said.
"And I know Joe likes her." Kevin said.
"It's killing me. I mean look at them over there." Nick pointed to us. I was chasing after Joe because he had snuck up on me from underwater and pulled me down.
We all played some water volleyball, then got out and got dressed. We were going to go for a walk. Nick, Kevin, and Juliet decided to leave our feelings alone for the time being.
As we walked, I felt someone give me jumper-cables and I jumped, almost knocking Joe over.
"See, she is weird." I heard Juliet tell Nick. I began to chase after her. I was closing in when someone grabbed me from behind. I thought it was one of the brothers, but this man was way too big. I saw another man in a mask holding Juliet and I began to struggle. I saw my attacker's face was covered by a mask.
"LET ME GO!" I screamed. I opened my mouth again, but he put he put a piece of black duct tape over my mouth. He twisted my arms painfully behind me and forced me to start walking. I saw a black van up ahead. The man opened the back of the van and handcuffed me to a pole stretching horizontally across the van. Aly was across from me with Juliet next to her. Kevin was next to her, then Nick, then Joe, then me. They all had duct tape over their mouths, too. I gave Joe a scared look. He looked at me with his chocolate brown eyes. He looked so calm. It instantly calmed me down a bit and I nodded at him. He began to look around. I knew he was looking for a way out of this. I looked around, too, but found nothing.
Awhile later, the van came to a sudden stop and I fell into Joe. He pushed me back up with his knees and gave look, which I assumed was asking if I was okay. I nodded yes. All of a sudden, a bright light hit us. One of the huge men had opened the door. He tried to put a blindfold on me, but I wouldn't let him.
"Stop that!" he yelled. I still struggled. He slapped me across and I almost hit Joe again. It felt like I had been hit with an anvil. I saw Joe struggling after the man hit me and glanced at him to warn him to stop. He was too busy glaring at the man, who thankfully didn't notice. I let the man blindfold me and he also blindfolded the others, I'm guessing. One of the handcuffs was taken off my wrist for a moment only to be put right back on. Someone picked me up and began carrying me. When he finally put me down, he took off the handcuffs and I heard a door slam. I quickly took off my blindfold. I saw Nick as I slowly began to take the tape off my mouth. We heard a noise outside the door and a man threw an unconscious Joe on a cot and locked the door again. As I flipped Joe over onto his back and began taking the tape off, I looked around the room. There was a cot, a toilet, a sink, a bright light, and a barred window and door. It was made of concrete. There were some blankets and pillows by the cot. I saw a cup by the sink and filled it with cold water. I was about to pour it on Joe when someone said my name. I saw Juliet through the window.
"How did you get up there?" I asked her.
"I'm standing on Kevin's shoulders." Juliet answered me. "What happened to Joe?"
"He got knocked unconscious. Who's in there with you?" I asked.
"Kevin and Aly. I'll try to think of a way to escape. You think to." She was lowered down and I turned back to what I was going to do. As I tipped the cup upside down, the water fell onto Joe and he shot up.
"You're ok!" I hugged him, but I got scared when he didn't hug back and looked at him.
"What happened?" Joe asked me.
"One of those guys knocked you out." I told him.
"Are you ok?" he asked me as his hand gently touched my cheek where I had been slapped.
"I'm fine. I'm just scared. Not for myself, for Juliet and Aly." I told him.
"Taylor, sit right here." He said, pointing next to him on the cot. I sat down and he took my hand. I felt so safe when he did.
Taylor, stop it. He only likes you as a friend. But his eyes are so cute. Stop!"
"You're going to keep hearing this until you believe it, but everything will be ok." Joe told me quietly. I nodded.
"Do you believe me Taylor?" he asked me.
"No, but I trust you with my life." I told him.
"That works for me." He said, letting go of my hand. I started to worry again. I had felt so safe when he held my hand. "Now, starting, Osment."
"Yes sir, Jonas." I said and saluted. We both started laughing despite the situation.
I began pacing and Nick and Joe sat on the cot, watching me.
"Taylor! Stop pacing! You're making me dizzy!" Joe said, which shocked me.
"Fine." I grumbled as I sat down next to him.