Free Rein

|Chapter Sixteen|

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-Amsterdam, Netherlands-
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"No fucking way," Tobias said. "There's no way I'm doing that. You know how I feel about heights."

"Tobias, please? We can be in a double."

He paused. "You can do that?"

"Yeah. Pleasssssse?"

He ran a hand through his hair and sighed. "Bloody hell."

So they got strapped in to the straps on the bridge stood on the other side of the bars.

"I can't believed you talked me into this," he whispered to her because their faces were so close. The double cords made them extremely close.

"Oh, come on. Bungee jumping can't be that bad. I'm terrified too, if that makes you feel any better," she said in the same tone.

"Then why are you doing it?"

"Sometimes," she whispered, "the things that scare you are the most worthwhile."

Tobias breathed. "1... 2—"

But Tris jumped, taking him down with her, and she was half laughing and half screaming as she clung tightly to Tobias. They reached the very bottom, they were splashed with water from the river below them. They were swinging, but it was over.

And their faces were less than an inch apart.

"Hi," Tris whispers, causing Tobias to laugh.

"Cheerio," he said, all British-like.

There were unhooked from the bungee cord and went down in the water, and they both were laughing.

When Tris popped up from the water, she said, "That was awesome."

"I can't believe I let you do that," Tobias breathed as he swam over to her. "I can't believe I let myself do that."

Tris smiled him. "I guess we're both feeling pretty brave today."

"You make me brave," he said.

"You're brave all on your own."

"I don't think so. You do something brave. It's easy."

"I just jumped off a bridge. That was reckless, not brave."

"Then do something brave. Not reckless."

"Brave?"

"Yeah."

"Like what?"

Tobias smugly grinned. "Kiss me when I least expect it."

"You'd consider that brave?" she chuckled.

He shrugged. "Yeah."

"So I can pick any time to kiss within the timespan till France?" she clarifies.

"Yes," he said with a nod.

"Challenge accepted."

They heard the boat to come pick them up, and as it did, Tris couldn't help but think when she'd do it.

Tobias and Tris camped out with the other bungee-ers. The guy who owed the business had a bunch of his friends and invited us to come with since they had an extra tent. Since they hadn't bought their train tickets to London yet, they agreed.

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