A/N: As promised, another chapter update. This one is a little bit shorter, but I was actually in a rush as I had to wash my hair, but please enjoy. Thank you again for the comment Lou Lou! :). Made my morning when I got up and read it. I didn't get my three chapters done, but this one will have to do. Sawy!

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Morning came and I yawned as I crawled out of Leonardo's bed. My back felt stiff as a doornail and I stretched out a bit to try and work out the kinks in my back. A soft knock was placed on the door and I saw Ezio step inside with a smirk on his face. "Oh god." I mumbled, running a hand through my bed hair, trying to tame it so I didn't look like a complete fool. "What are you doing here?" I asked, bending down to touch my toes a couple of times. I hear that exercising in the morning is good to get your blood flowing. "Leonardo and I are headed to the rooftops."

"To do what! Teach you how to die." I retorted while coming back up from my bending position. I twisted from side to side and stretched my hands in the air as I waited for Ezio to answer with a witty comeback. "No." He answered in a monotone voice. Dammit. Why isn't he responding with a snarky comeback?

"Well then…" I began, staring at him with tired eyes. "Anything else?" He shook his head, but instead of leaving like I expected him to, he closed the door behind him and walked towards me. I held my breath as he walked past me and sat in the chair behind me. What exactly was it that he wanted? "Umm…." I wasn't exactly sure what I was supposed to say to him as he was just lounging on the bed, and it honestly made me extremely uncomfortable.

I could feel his eyes on the back of me and I didn't really like that at all. He chuckled a little and then silence fell around us again. Turning around I saw his back against the headboard of the bed and his feet were just spread out in front of him. I couldn't tell what he was thinking, nor could I see his eyes because of the stupid hood that was covering his face. Only his lips were visible and I could clearly see a smirk lining his face. What the hell does he need to smirk about? It's not like I was naked or anything, because I'm pretty sure that I would have noticed something like that. He's just sitting there acting like he owns the damn place.

"Is there a reason why your smirking Auditore?" He smiled and I growled under my breath. He just loves it when I call him by his last name. The only times that I did that was when I either a, get fed up with him, or b, have a rude comment to say to him. In this case, a applied perfectly with this situation and yes, I was fed up with him. Him and his damn attitude. Him and his damn arrogant self. Him and his damn sexy self. What the hell am I thinking? I grabbed the end of my hair and started tugging on it roughly to try and rid my head of these thoughts. Not….that I minded his hot self, but STILL, I can't just be easy for him. I have to make his life miserable, and be the arrogant person that I am. I have my image to keep up here.

"You."

"Me what?" I asked, crossing my arms to let him know that I was not about to play games with him. He shrugged in response, and I threw my hands into the air completely fed up. Not a day after I get back from the real world does he start pestering me and getting on my damn nerves. And I said I missed him. I snorted at my thought. "Is there a reason why you just love to bother me to no end? Surely you must have some reason behind all of this?"

"Nope."

I glared knives and bullets at him. No not daggers honey. Daggers won't get the job done.

"Ezio." I cooed sweetly while sauntering over to him as sexily as I could, which in my head I felt like I was a freaking duck penguin, waddling over to him…which makes no sense at all. I could see him look up slightly as I leaned over him while grinning. "Come on. You know you want to tell me."

"Do I?" I bit back a slap and rude comment to him. He's lucky I like him. "Yes. Because you know you like me." He grabbed my waist and pulled me close enough that I could see his brown eyes under his eyes.

"Oh really." He whispered. I nodded and he moved so that his lips were just centimeters from mine. What the hell am I doing? I don't want to kiss him. And why am I using this kind of tactic just to get stupid information out of him. I shyly glanced at his lips and then back towards his eyes. I could see a hint of lust forming in his eyes, and I knew that if we kissed, Ezio wouldn't be able to stop. Thank the lords that Leonardo is a mood breaker, and that he opened the door asking a question.

We both pulled away swiftly, as Leonardo continued to talk while flipping through his book. Leave it to Leonardo to be the oblivious one. I smiled as Leonardo continued talking about his contraption as he left the room in a flutter of red robes and rambling nonsense. My eyes stole a quick glance at Ezio, and he seemed to be a little mad, but I wasn't about to complain. Somewhere inside of me I was also slightly disappointed, but another part of me didn't want to find out what would have happened if we did.

"Well…I guess we should get going then…" I trailed off.

I lingered for a little why before exiting the room quickly. A breathe that I didn't realize that I was holding came out and I started taking in gasps of air while walking down the stairs quickly.

That was something that I didn't want to experience again. Well at least not anytime soon.

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Leonardo, Ezio and I were standing on top of a building not too far from his workshop. In front of us, in the center of the roof, was Leonardo's contraption, which looked more of an oversized bat than a flying machine. I laughed to myself as I thought about people look up into the sky and finding this. Imagine the screams of citizens, and them yelling about it being the end of the world as a demon 'descends' upon them. My thoughts were cut off as I heard Ezio begin to speak towards Ezio.

I might as well listen since I'm already here to begin with.

"So how does she work?" Ezio asked, walking towards the contraption and laid a hand on it.

"Have you ever watched a bird in flight? It's not about being lighter than air. It's about grace and balance! You must use your body's own weight to control your elevation and direction." Leonardo walked next to Ezio and brought a firm hand unto his shoulder.

"Good luck Ezio." Leonardo told him before pulling away and stepping back.

"Yeah. You're gonna' need it." He glared at me before stepping towards the oversized bat and getting under it. I watched as he placed both hands unto the wooden beam across the front, and positioned himself on the board that jutted a little ways out of the roof. It was one of those leap of faith boards, which I absolutely hated. Those things will cause nothing but my death, and I don't ever want to jump off them ever again. I held my breath as Ezio started backing up so that he could get somewhat of a running start.

Oh God. Oh God. Oh God. My stomach was doing flips as I watched Ezio run off of the building and just drop. I was mentally screaming as I started running towards the end of the roof expecting to see a body on the ground. Instead a big gust of wind blew in my face causing my hair to whip back and forth. Ezio rushed past me and continued forward. "My God. It works." Leonardo claimed, standing next to me with a wide grin plastered to his face. I started jumping up and down yelling and hugging onto Leonardo, happy that Ezio hadn't killed himself, and that his machine had actually worked.

This man was seriously a genius, and I had the urge to kiss him. What happened next was a shock to both Leonardo and I, as we saw Ezio slowly start descending to the ground. "Holy fuck. He's going to crash!" I yelled, placing both hands over my eyes. Even when people do that they still end up peeking through their fingers, which was what I did. The machine went up a little bit, but then started spiraling towards the ground at a fast rate. 'Don't die you fucking idiot'. I yelled in my head. No matter how much I said that, it looked as if Ezio really did die. I saw the machine smash into the ground as it crumbled in on itself.

I couldn't even see his robes or anything. The machine was just still and I turned around letting a tear slip out of my eye. "I told him to be careful." I whispered. Leonardo stood next to me and I started crying to myself as he pulled me into a hug. "I'm sure Ezio's fine." Leonardo whispered.

I hope so too.

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I sat on the couch quietly, not exactly sure what to say. Leonardo said that he would busy himself with his sketches as he didn't want to sit around and wait the entire day. I wanted to yell at him, and tell him to wait for Ezio to come. He told me that I can't just sit around and wait for someone to come back. He said that I need to occupy myself with something as I wait for him to come. I didn't have to wait for long before a racket could be heard outside. Rushing to the door, I threw it open to see a soaking Ezio and a broken machine lying on the ground next to him. His face wasn't really pleasant to look at right now, and I could tell that he was clearly aggravated at how much of a failure the contraption was.

"Are you okay!" I asked, hugging him around the waist. I didn't wait for him to hug back as I pulled away to stare at him. "I am fine." I smiled widely, and stepped to the side so that he could enter. Leonardo came forward quickly and started beaming widely. "I can't believe it!" He started stretching out his arms wide as that was the only way he could really express how happy he was. "It worked! It really worked! You flew Ezio! You flew!"

"Si, but not very far." He responded with an annoyed tone.

"Well what were you expecting? The machine wasn't designed for distance." And you think you could have told him that in the first place, before letting him blindly jump off of a building expecting it to work. I rolled my eyes at Leonardo's answer.

Ezio responded with a hard glare sent in Leonardo's direction. "Alright." He said, throwing his hands into the air. "Let me go over my plans here. Maybe I can find some way to extend the duration of the flight." Leonardo walked over towards his desk and began writing, when there was a loud knock at the door. Antonio opened the door and nodded towards me, but made his way towards Ezio. What is with it and people not saying Hello these days?

"Ezio!" He turned around at the call of his name. "My men tell me Carlo has the poison. We must hurry." He nodded and then introduced Antonio to Leonardo. "Antonio, this is Leonardo. The master inventor who built this…this—" He turned around and waved his hand at the contraption. "Pezzo di merda (piece of shit)!" I giggled at his angry tone.

"Hey it's not the machine's fault…it's mine. I've checked and rechecked my blueprints. It's just impossible. I don't know how to extend the flight! Ah. Che idea del cazzo (crazy fucking idea)."

"Don't say that." I told him, while placing a hand on his shoulder. "I'm sure you'll figure it out." Leonardo didn't listen to me, but instead he crumpled up a piece of paper and tossed it into the fire before throwing himself down into a chair. It wasn't even a minute later did he jump up shouting "Eureka!" This man is going to give me a heart attack. My eyes went wide as he explained that heat rises, and that if they plant fires all around the city, it would take Ezio to the Palazzo Ducale without any problems.

"Leonardo. Sometimes I wonder what goes on inside that head of yours."

He looked up and shot me a wide grin.

Guess we'll just have to wait and see if these fires do work. Or if Ezio falls to his doom.

Cliffy! :D