AN: Peeps another chapter HA MeRRy ChRistMas! also response to AKathleticnenrd Im not trying to have a deep edgy moment like paper towns...nah im doing it like that sponge bob meme

Example a) lol relatable tho

anyway...

I push through the crowd to get a better look at the zip line. The cable is strong and thick. My eyes follow the cable. It goes down, over a cluster of buildings and along Lake Shore Drive before disappearing from sight. I wonder where it ends.

The group on the roof cheer and pump their fists as another body plummets off the roof into the dark night. We all go over to line up for the zip line. Almost no one seems afraid, people bustle and cheer in anticipation, like they have all done this a thousand times, they probably have.

I somehow end up first in line out of my group, there is seven people ahead of me. I feel a strange sense of disappointment that I have to wait for seven turns. I feel my heart race with anticipation, adrenaline flows through my body. I embrace the feeling allowing my self to feel alive.

"Have you guys all done this before?" I ask turning to Uriah.

"Most of us, but it's Will and Christina's first as well" he replies. When I see their faces, they look considerably different, a film of sweat covers their foreheads and they look paler. I however cannot stop smiling.

The line keeps shuffling forward five people to go. The next person is a young-looking boy who practically jumps into the sling. The line shuffles some more.

Three people to go. My heart race picks up and my smile widens.

Two, one, me.

The guy tying people into the swings looks like a older shorter version of Uriah, he has the same bronze skin and reckless wide toothy smile. He prepares the harness for me and he must notice I'm new because he whispers "Don't worry".

"I'm not" I say clearly with a wicked smile and a fire lit in my eyes. He gives me a hand laying face down in the sling. I remove my sunglasses, thinking, who's going to recognise me when I'm speeding across the air?

"Who are you? Uriah, is this one of your tag alongs?" He asks.

"I'm no one's tag along" I say seriously.

From behind me Uriah chimes in "Zeke meet six" He says very introductory.

"Six?" Zeke questions.

"Yes, have a problem with numbers?" I say, I'm not trying to be so sassy but It seems laced on everything I say.

"No" Zeke laughs it off "You just remind me of someone" He says, like he's hinting at something I don't know.

"Great, then help me with this thing" I respond.

"Yeah, Zeke hurry it up" Uriah complains from the line, clearly only to rile up Zeke. He begins to tighten the straps around my midsection.

"Careful, brother, or I might not tighten your straps enough" Zeke says. For dramatic effect he smacks his knee "then splat!".

"Yeah yeah your funeral, because then our mother would boil you alive" Uriah says.

Brothers, I thought they looked similar. I couldn't help but think of my brother, although I loved him, we have nothing in common, but looking between these two boys is like two pees in a pod. I feel a twinge in my heart for a second. It's hard to look at two brothers with so much in common.

"Only if she found out" he responds with a cheeky boyish smile finishing with the straps.

I'm now hanging off the ground fully supported by the sling and cable. "Ready Six?" Zeke asks.

"I thought you'd never ask" I respond.

Without warning he releases the sling pushing me off into the dark night. In that moment I forget everything, Zeke and his brother, my family, everything. My mind clears. The wind is intense whipping against my body, I love it. You can see so much from up here but as soon as you notice it it whips by in a second.

The sling picks up speed, I wiggle my arms out of the sling and stick them out as if I am flying. My heart strongly pumps in my chest, I can feel the adrenaline charging my whole body, every bone, every nerve. I feel like I am waking up for the first time in a long time.

As I charge closer to the pavement, I notice something out of the corner of my eye, I whip my head to the side in an attempt to see it. I pass it quickly but just for one moment, a split second I see it. And I know exactly what it is. The fire in the ring.

I can't think of that now as I zoom closer to a cluster of people on the ground. I get closer and closer, Wait! How does this slow down? I question, whilst envisaging myself being splatted full force into the next building. Its during my worrying that the zip line slows down and before I know it I've stopped right onto of the group for people. They come together, holding each other arms to form a net of limbs. I release the buckles and fall down into the net of arms.

Even though I fall into many it feels like I'm only caught by one. Strong arms wrap around my petit frame and hold me off the ground. The others break away leaving me being held up. I can feel the muscles flex in the man's arms on my upper back. I turn to my carrier.

A smile pulls up at my cheeks, what are the chances? I notice the close proximity of our bodies and judging by his smile he knows it too.

I recall our last conversation, it has been over a week since I last saw him, and it feels like my world has changed so much. "Hmm" I begin "was that fast enough, high enough" I tease.

"It was ok" he teases "you could do better"

"Got any ideas" I ask in a significantly lower quieter voice. BEATRICE Prior well that's a bit forward of me.

He lets out a laugh which shakes his chest and in turn me, who's comfortably pressed up into it. "Maybe". He responds just as low.

I can't stand the tension, I can feel his breath, I can't breathe.

"Do you ever plan on letting me down?" I ask noticing a few people are staring.

"Haven't thought about it" he casually replies. His cheeks pulling up into a smile, for the first time I get a solid look at his face. Under his long eyelashes hide dark blue stormy eyes, in his left iris there is a lighter blue patch. I could get lost staring at the flicks and complexity of his eyes. His hair is cut short and a brown colour. His upper lip is spare and his lower one full.

I realise I am just staring at his lips. I flick my eyes up to his eyes and am knocked back by the tension. My stiff side cannot help but kick in, I can suddenly feel every point of contact. I can't help but feel frightened. I notice he is also reacting to the tension, he looks nervous but is trying to mask it.

He lets me down slowly. "I'm Four" He says with his deep voice. Four, I thought so.

"Hey Six" Uriah yells, he must have zipped down whilst I was in Fours arms. I look over to where the voice is coming from and realise Four must have walked us away from the zip line drop point, I didn't even realise. "Once every one else comes down were going to the train" Uriah continues "Meet up with us when your done getting handsy" He teases.

I instantly blush, which is not very Six like of me. And a few people laugh at his comment.

"Six?" Four asks, amused.

"Just like the number" I respond.

AN: poo