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this next chapter was inspired by Reel Around the Sun from the Riverdance soundtrack, you don't have to listen to it as you read, but that's where it came from, the faster part of it anyway.

this one's pretty short, and the next one is written too so i hope to post them both today!

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F is for Freedom

It wasn't quite freedom, but it sure felt like it.

He raced along the path through the trees, streaking through all the overhanging and branches, sure he knew where he was going.

He felt exhilarated and felt like laughing as he ran, arms flying out to his sides every now and then for balance when he got too ahead of himself, feet sure and strong in his shoes as they beat at the earth in a rhythmic pattern.

Out of the corner of his eyes there was a flash of yellow-, a flash of blonde. A short peal of laughter.

Juliet.

She was racing parallel to him, their paths sometimes crossing, her long legs easily keeping up with him and they raced, the sun slicing through the trees and just barely touching them in the moments they were between leaves. A cool breeze blew off the water as they neared in and refreshed the pair, laughter echoing now.

Headed towards sand and beach now they both felt breathless and ran faster, pushing each other on and then they were bursting through the treeline onto the beach and into the surf, laughing and calling out to each other. They raced along the shoreline in the little waves, running towards what, they weren't quite sure. It had begun as a light jog, and now...

They ran full tilt through the waves, kicking up sand and water, shoving at each other at the same time, until Juliet finally took Sawyer out, his body crashing into the surf with a short, comical yelp.

She slowed and turned back to him, chest heaving with great gulps of air. A wide smile lit up her face, dimples adorning flushed cheeks, blue eyes flashing.

"Looks like I am faster," she panted and stretched out her legs as Sawyer lay in the water, his own chest heaving as he sucked in the fresh air.

He grinned up at her and her heart skipped a beat. She told herself it was from the running.

Neither could remember why they were racing in the first place or how long they'd been running.

"Everythin's tinglin'," he said with that grin, his dimples flashing from stubbled, rosy cheeks.

Juliet smiled too, her cheeks flushing again for a different reason that she tried to ignore. She dropped into the surf next to him and spread her hands through the wet sand.

"Everything is tingling," she agreed.

He looked over at her and suddenly the hot sun and the cool water and her flushed face were the only things in his world.

"You look good when you're sweating," he said with a smile.

Juliet shook her head and pushed her hair off her face. She smirked at him. "You too,"

and there we have it, the letter F.

See, that wasn't so sad, was it? haha

alright, you've been sooo good at it, do i really have to say it?

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