❝ I knew, from that moment on,
that nobody could ever confess,
they love me, without the splintered thought of you
running through my mind.
Consciously or not, my soul will always be tangled
with you. ❝
Aurora Matthews, the daughter of Jeanine Matt...
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As we all walked back to the train, I grinned as I saw all the people still cheering.
"I can't believe I missed it!" Will says again, shaking his head.
"You were performing the very important job of staying out of our way," says Sarai, beaming.
Al groans. "Why did I have to be on the other team?"
"Because life's not fair, Albert. And the world is conspiring against you," says Will. "Hey, can I see the flag again?"
"So you climbed the Ferris wheel, huh," says Uriah. He stumbles behind me. Marlene, the girl with the flirty smile, follows him.
"Yes," I say.
"Pretty smart of you. Like...Erudite smart," Marlene says. "I'm Marlene."
"Quinn," I say. "And I was an erudite born."
"Then maybe that's where I was getting that from. And yeah, I know who you are," she says. "The first jumper tends to stick in your head."
"Anyway, Quinn come with us!" Uriah smiles.
"Where are yous going?" I question.
"Shortcut back!" They both smile, "A little initiation ritual, dauntless style." Uriah hints.
Looking over my shoulder, I look to see Four pretending like he wasn't listening to our conversation. His nosiness makes me want to take this shortcut back.
"Sure!" I smile back as we ran past Four.
"Let's go," one of the members says as a group of us follow them. I stay close behind Uriah as I pass into darkness and my toe hits a step. I catch myself before falling forward and start to climb.
"Back staircase," Uriah says, almost mumbling. "Usually locked."
I nod, though he can't see me, and climb until all the steps are gone. By then, a door at the top of the staircase is open, letting in the nightlight.
I exhale out as I look over the wall among many others. The view of the city appears before my eyes, my previous home was submerged in there somewhere, but I couldn't find it. Not even if I tried. For the first time in my life, I could see how the city was, at night, in the peace and quiet.
"Wow." I managed to release.
I began to think about how Parker would feel if he saw this view, but I knew that he would rather be in them buildings than see them. I look down to the streets. We were very high, higher than what I had assumed.
I see Uriah leading the ziplines as he helps each person get up and strapped in. Everyone cheering for every person that gets up.
"Hang tight!"
"Fly baby!"
I hear the laughs from the people on the ziplines from a far and I examine what is going on.
