Chapter 5- Ready Set . . . Fall

Sam, Edilio and Quinn had walked the entire length of the town beach and were now walking past Sam's old house, still looking for Astrid. Sam and Quinn were walking ahead while Edilio staggered behind.

"Hey Edilio, you ok man?" Quinn turned and asked.

"Yeah just a little dizzy." Edilio replied then his knees gave in and he landed on the sand with a thud.

"Whoa, Edillio!" Sam shouted running forward to turn Edilio over.

"Hey man is he ok?" Quinn said kneeling next to Sam, then looking over Edilio. Edilio had come over in a cold sweat and was now breathing in small harsh gasps. His eyes then flew open but his pupils didn't focus.

"Urgh, guys what's going on?" Edilio murmured pupils dilated and his hair a bit ruffled.

"Are you ok?"

"Yeah, but I've got a massive headache"

"Edilio how long have you been feeling like this man?"

"Not long the feeling was sudden." Edilio replied.

"Are you ok? Or do you wanna go back to town?" Quinn asked.

"No I'm fine, come on let's go find Astrid, don't worry about me."

"OK if you insist" Sam said getting up then holding a hand out for Edilio. He took it then stood up too.

"Hey, dude who's that up there?" Quinn asked pointing towards a figure on the cliff edge. Sam and Edilio turned to look at where Quinn was pointing. The moment Sam saw what Quinn was talking about his face paled and his breath caught in his throat.

"Oh my god, that's Astrid!" Edilio shouted. That statement jolted Sam and he started running towards the cliff.

"You guys get her talking to you, ask her what she's doing, and just keep her attention off of me!" Sam shouted before disappearing in the shadows. Quinn and Edilio looked at each other before jogging to the end of the beach, where water met sand and blocked their path. . .

Astrid looked out to sea and tried to find the FAYZ wall, it was all she could think of to help clear her mind. She didn't want to think about little Pete, Sam, the night's previous events but most of all Astrid didn't want to think of her father. Astrid just focused on eyeteeth rocks and slowly swayed back and forth on the balls of her feet.

"Astrid!" Astrid slowly turned to see Sam running, towards felt something in her snap.

"Come any closer Sam and I'll jump!" Astrid threatened, taking a shaky step towards the cliff edge. As soon as the words left Astrid's mouth Sam stopped dead in his tracks. It was not clear whether this was from shock or because he was told to.

"Astrid" Sam whispered then raising his voice "Astrid! Stop! Don't do this!" Astrid just turned her head and ignored him.

"Hold on, just listen to me for a sec" Astrid heard but chose to ignore him.

"Can you just look at me, please?" Sam pleaded. Astrid turned and glared at Sam. Sam could tell Astrid was deeply upset just by the look on her face. But he chose to ignore it and focus on what he was saying.

"Astrid, I'm sorry for what you saw tonight with Taylor. I take full responsibility for what happened." Sam soothed in an attempt to get Astrid to forgive him.

"You don't understand, why I am here has nothing to do with that." Astrid muttered.

"Then what is it? What happened? What aren't you telling me?" Sam probed taking a small step forward.

"Nothing!"Astrid snapped stomping her foot. "Just leave me Alone!"Before whipping back around.

"It obviously isn't anything if you're planning on getting skewered over it!"

"What?" Astrid questioned, again turning to face Sam.

"That's what will happen, that's why they're called Eyeteeth rocks" Sam replied, causing Astrid's breath to quicken.

"Astrid, I just wanna understand, please tells me what happened" Sam soothed in a low whisper. After a few moments Astrid spoke her whole body tense with anger and fear.

"Well after I caught my boyfriend cheating on me, I was told that my father is dead by some 10 year old genius, along with being in the FAYZ and looking after little Pete, I have become very stressed and tonight's events have been the icing on my cake!And you know what I can't do this anymore! So I figured if I take a long walk off a short cliff maybe I'll wake up and this will all be some kind of twisted nightmare!" Astrid angrily announced leaving Sam shocked at her words.

"You'd call our time together a twisted nightmare." Sam whispered Astrid considered this.

"Well if he shoe fits . . . wear it, anyway you ended up cheating on me. Now if you don't mind! Leave me alone! "Astrid shouted, punching every syllable with a stomp of her foot. Suddenly the ledge Astrid was standing on started to crumble beneath her feet. She screamed and tried to step forward but the ground was gone and she fell.

"NOOO!" Sam shouted lunging forward with his arm stretched out but unfortunately not far enough . . .

Oh yes it is a cliffy!

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