Until Dawn Prompts

Don't Fall

Prompt for Anon on Tumblr; 'Sam Teaches Ashley how to rock climb'

Because we all need more Sashley in our life~ ^u^

(I have so many prompts to write, omg)

Words: 1131

Rating: T

Pairing(s): Ashley/Sam (The Badass and The Paranoid), Chris/Josh (Climbing Class)

Additional Tag(s): Fear of Heights, Inaccurate Climbing stuff, People being punched, girls kissing, Kids are fucking spider monkeys, Awkward flirting, Sam gets her way, Ashley loses the last bit of her dignity.

"Ashley. Just take a deep breathe. We're not going to an actual mountain yet." Sam giggled as she looked at me, I was obviously freaking out since my veins felt cold, my breathing became a bit labored, and my face was flushed when she mentioned the climbing trip she has been planning for us. I couldn't help this reaction, I had a huge fear of heights, I've had it for who knows how long. I feel like maybe it came out of something that happened to me when I was younger, but there was no telling since my parents died a few years back and my younger sister would have been too young to remember anything. "Instead we'll be going to the YMCA, they got new climbing gear and I'm really excited to try it out." Sam finished and a look of pure joy covered her face and I couldn't bear to make her sad by refusing so I nodded, eyes still wide and mouth still slack but was able to get some color back to my face, I guess it didn't sound all that bad. Just a small little climbing wall with a soft landing wouldn't be all that bad. She grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the front door, this girl was way too strong for her own good sometimes, I don't think she realizes that she drags me around like a ragdoll most of the time. Because if my small stature I couldn't fight back all that much. She was the same height as me pretty much, with me 2 inches taller, but thicker in the muscle area, always has been, and probably always will be, be a really buff grandma. Never stopped her from picking me up and carrying me when I didn't want to be carried.

"You do know I might freak out right?" She looked at me with her eyes narrowed a bit but not in a glaring way, "I'll probably freeze halfway up and you'll have to call the fire station to get ." I joked and she just smiled, as if she knew that is what is going to happen and it was the total truth, most likely I WILL get stuck halfway up.

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It was NOT a small climbing wall.

"Holy shit." I said and Sam smacked me, motioning towards the children getting buckled in to climb the wall with their parents holding the rope. I looked up at the easily 50 foot tall climbing wall in front of me, "You have to be kidding me! No way!" I took some steps back before Sam grabbed me and gave me a small peck on my cheeks.

"Don't worry so much Ashley. I'll be holding your rope, and you know I can hold your weight, meaning that you're not going to fall to your death, okay?" She said sweetly and again, I couldn't say no. I sighed and nodded, she smiled and motioned for the worker to strap me up for my inevitable death. Once they had the ropes hooked up to me and had the helmet on my head I could feel my dignity already beginning to dwindle down in nothingness. I looked back at Sam who gave me a thumbs up and I groaned, grabbing into the first colorful. . . sticking out thingy that. Never bothered to learn the name of and slowly began to climb up.

I hated how steep this damn wall was, if it was more angled this would be WAY easier, and my arms were already feeling weak and I wasn't even 10 feet up yet. I looked back at Sam who was watching me while talking to the guy next to her, he tried to wrap an arm around her waist and she, while still holding my rope with one hand, turned and punched the guy in the face. I gasped and let go of the wall, making her grab the rope with two hands and she gave me a cheeky grin, motioning for me to continue climbing while the guy who got punched got picked up off of the floor by his buddies who were laughing and joking abut what just happened. I reached back for the wall and grabbed onto it, pulling myself back towards it and starting to climb again, I saw from the corner of my eye a small child climbing like a freaking spider monkey right up the wall and stared at them while they climbed at inhuman speed.

The next time I looked down I could barely make out Sam's face except for a smile and I saw Josh and Chris walk in hand in hand, grinning as they looked around and found Sam. I saw them beginning to converse and frowned, I'd rather be down there then all the way up here almost hyperventilating from how far up I was and how close I was to the top already. I only had a few more feet but this entire process has wrecked me. My arms ached so badly and my legs were wobbly, I just wanted this to be over. I sighed and leaned my head on the wall, going slack. I felt movement next to me and looked over to see Sam there, eyes sparkling. I gasped in shock and looked down to see Josh and Chris holding our ropes. I grinned at Sam, surprised at how fast she made it up here in such a short time.

"Hey sweet thing, you looked lonely up here and thought that maybe you'd wanna, get out of here. know what I mean. Wink." Sam said and I scoffed.

"Did you just say wink instead of actually doing it."

"Of course babe." She leaned over and kissed me, then began to climb again, I followed her as quickly as I could and once we were both at the top we cheered and Sam hugged me tightly, planting a kiss right on me and holding me close to her, I wrapped my arms around her waist and closed my eyes, smiling into the kiss and giggling when she began to.

"I should be in charge of dates next time." I said and she nodded.

"Just what I was thinking. I need to stop forcing you into these sort of things." Sam sighed and I shrugged.

"Sometimes I actually enjoy the stuff you pull me in to. . .this was terrifying of course." I looked down and gulped, "I don't think my brain can handle this. We should get down now."

"Okay Ashley, let's go meet up with Chris and Josh. They were looking for us and wanted to treat us to lunch."

"Sweet! Free food!" I said and Sam laughed, we high-fived and made our way back down.